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Town of Canton 2019 Election Special

On November 5, the Town of Canton will hold local elections to fill the seat of First Selectman, and seats on the Board of Education, Board of Finance, and the Board of Selectmen. On October [...]
Features

VSCO fever

BY ABBY CHARRON, LAURA DIMARTINO, AND RACHEL SULLIVAN Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook are all well known social media platforms; however, one social media platform that has skyrocketed within the past year is VSCO. VSCO is [...]
Opinion

Planet Earth: the good news

By MARA LLOYD Lately, the only articles with the word “earth” in the title are about the rising of sea levels, the extinction of a species, or what percentage of plastic is actually recycled. It’s [...]
Arts & Literature

Hook, Line, and Sinker

BY LEN LANGE Dramatic. That was her favorite word, wasn’t it? It certainly seemed as much, given she’s said it twelve times in the past five minutes. He’s done little more than slink back as [...]
News

Greta Thunberg’s environmental impact

BY LAUREN ESCHENBRENNER On Wednesday, 16 year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize. She was also [...]
Opinion

Financial literacy can help students in the long run

BY LAURAINE NICHOLLS Just recently, I had an after-dinner talk with my parents and younger sister about balancing a checkbook. Unfortunately, not many other people my age can say the same. The purpose of getting [...]
Opinion

The case for a younger president

BY RYAN SCAFURI This next election cycle is an incredibly exciting one for many people, but for me especially it’s a massive occasion. During this next election I will be able to cast an official [...]
Opinion

The “Anti-Vax” movement has serious consequences

BY ERIC SCHAFER New York City made headlines in early April when Mayor Bill de Blasio and Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot announced a public health emergency due to an outbreak of measles, ordering all [...]
Opinion

Time to say ‘goodbye’ to marine life

BY CAITLIN BERTOLINO “It’s just one plastic straw,”said 7.53 billion people in the world. In recent years, the debate about plastic use, especially single use plastic products, has become both urgent and controversial. Some argue [...]
Opinion

Teachers not shooters

BY ALEX COLUMBIA Imagine that your high school math teacher has a gun inside her classroom ready to shoot the minute there is an alarm of an active shooter inside the school. This may be [...]

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