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WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The stump of a fallen tree sits splintered in front of the senior parking lot while its trunk lies across the road.

Falling trees threaten cars in senior parking lot

Srivas Arun, Co-Editor-in-Chief Dec 22, 2025

A tree in front of Westford Academy’s senior parking lot fell across Patten Road around noon on Friday, Dec. 19, dragging down live power lines and compromising two telephone poles in the process.  Another tree fell across Cold Spring Road shortly after, blocking portions of both roads. According...

The senior parking lot blanketed in snow on the following Wednesday, Dec. 3 morning.

Snow Day Grader: Dec. 2, 2025

The Editors Dec 4, 2025

The last-minute early release on Tuesday, Dec. 2 was an undeniable mess that put students, parents, and staff members in danger despite weekend reports of impending snow.  While these reports of snow had turned to a forecast of rain by Monday, Dec. 1, earlier action should have been taken to prevent...

The WA Cafeteria floods with water from nearby bathrooms. Tape is put up to stop people from going into the flood.

WA holds early release due to plumbing issues

Anushka Patil, News Editor Jan 31, 2020

Story updated February 8, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. On Friday, January 31, Westford Academy released students twenty minutes ahead of schedule, due to a plumbing issue in the bathrooms located next to the Cafeteria. The senior class was released at 1:35 p.m. and the rest of the students at 1:40 p.m. A broken...