By Kyle Auger Sports Editor Sixty-one. In the past thirty years, there have been sixty-one mass murders with guns in the United States. Of the twenty-five worst mass shootings of the last fifty years, fifteen of them were on American soil; the second place nation had two. If those numbers do...

By Abby Cianciolo Photography Editor    We’ve heard our parents and grandparents say it time and time again, that the world is a much different place from when they were growing up. After the events at Sandy Hook Elementary, it can be seen that this has never been more true. What is not...

By Amy Keum and Kai-Lou Yue Staff Writers & Lauren Cullen Multimedia Editor  Due to the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, schools across the nation have been improving their security systems. By implementing new protocols, students’ safety is expected to improve. One of these...

By Craig Brinkerhoff Staff Writer The first DECA competition of the year will be held on January 31st, and business teacher John Rogers looks happy about this year's group. "Just from sheer numbers, we have enough kids that we could sweep each event.  A lot of kids this year have been...

By Nicole Souza Staff Writer Westford Academy students all must take an average of seven midterms each school year, most of them consisting of tests that could take up to an hour and a half each. But the Forensics students get to take a break from the scantrons and number two pencils. Instead,...

By Anastasha Echavarri News Editor Last friday, Adam Lanza walked into an elementary school in Newtown, CT and claimed twenty-six lives. Twenty of the lives were young children and the others were the teachers who tried to protect them. Since Lanza shook this small suburban town and turned it...

By Alex Gounaris Staff Writer & Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief In light of the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut this past Friday, Westford Academy has decided to implement a number of new procedures regarding security. WA Principal Jim Antonelli...

By Anastasha Echavarri News Editor  The class of 2015 has been hosting a Toys for Tots fundraiser for the past week. They have been collecting and will continue to collect toys for the rest of the week for families who cannot afford gifts for this holiday season. This event has been headed by...

By Craig Brinkerhoff Staff Writer For a few weeks now students have been noticing painter's tape animals appearing on the wall all over the school.  These animals are the product of teacher Jennifer Girardi's Marine Biology Classes. Fifteen rolls of painter's tape later, there are eighteen...