Athletes engender empowerment in Westport’s annual triathlon
Lauren Hassell ’22, Web Features Editor
September 21, 2019
At the waterline of Compo Beach in Westport, over 200 athletes charged into the Long Island Sound and began the annual 2019 Fairfield County Bank Westport Kiwanis Triathlon on Sept. 8, 2019. The participants were prepared for the 0.5-mile swim, 5.5-mile bike ride and a 2.2-mile run that constituted the event...
Staples students take home the prize at National History Day
May 16, 2019
Walking into Honors United States History class on the first day of sophomore year of high school, one would normally expect that the class would be solely watching the teacher talk about all things history while students sit in their seats, staring at the clock. However, that is not the case at Staples. Here...
Staples boys’ tennis takes home the state championship
Gabrielle Feinsmith, Associate Managing Editor
June 5, 2014
The boys’ tennis team yesterday won the class LL state tennis championship for the first time since 2011. Baxter Stein ’14 and Connor Mitnick ’14 clinched the title by winning their doubles match with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 against Greenwich. “It was absolutely unreal. It felt like the whole...
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Evi Tarshis '20, Staff Writer
Connecticut state officials reported on March 23 that the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Westport has surpassed 70, which is one fifth of the state’s c...
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March 29, 2020
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March 27, 2020
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Natalie Bandura ’22, a caregiver for four chickens, takes on her second year of Advanced Journalism as a news editor for the paper. Bandura was a member of Ursus, the newspaper at Bedford Middle School...