Ferris Acres named one of the best ice cream shops in America

May 22, 2018
By Cate Casparius '19 People in Westport and throughout Connecticut have been traveling to Ferris Acres Creamery in Newtown, Connecticut since 2003 for their unique homemade ice cream flavors. Recently, Thrillist, one of the top sites for “Best ofs” reviews, just awarded it the title of one of “The 31 best ice cream sh...
[Oct. 2016 Arts] New documentary looks back at Sandy Hook tragedy
November 22, 2016
By Jack Shapiro ’19 & Bailey Blaikie ’19 “Newtown,” a documentary about the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, has already been released to New York, Los Angeles and Orange County, but it will be available nationwide on November 2, 2016. Filmed over the course ...
Nothing done after Newtown, two years later

Sophia Hampton, News Editor
December 15, 2014
Two years have passed since the Sandy Hook shooting. Two years have passed since I was sitting in Journalism class and suddenly we weren’t learning about AP Style. Suddenly we were watching the news as they tried to explain why 26 people were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 20 of those...
In Memory of Dylan Hockley

Katie Cion, Editor-in-Chief
June 7, 2013
Friday morning’s groundbreaking of Long Lots’ new playground, donated by New Jersey Firefighters’ Mutual Benevolent Association as a part of their “Sandy Ground: Where Angels Play” project, which plans to build 26 playgrounds in memory of the 26 victims that passed away at Sandy Hook, was no...