In the light of the recent school shootings across the country, the public is clamoring for preventatives to the issue, one of which is stricter gun control, mainly increasing the difficulty of obtaining a gun. However, most mass-shooters appear completely normal to others until the moment...

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 Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief We've spent a lot of time talking about the horrendous tragedy that happened a week ago today in Newtown, Connecticut, as has every other news source in the country. And that's precisely what this is about: How does the media cover a tragedy? What do they do to...

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...