May 7 Race for the Cure The fourth annual 5k run and walk will be held at the Sherwood Island State Park Connector. People of all ages are welcome, and all proceeds go toward funding community grants...

“While reading the novel gives you chills, visualizing the true story of this sea monster come to life on the big screen was utterly paralyzing,” Mira Patel ’16 said. In the newly released film,...

Builders Beyond Borders is meant to build, share and inspire both friendships and communities. This year the organization is headed off to Ecuador for nine days in February to work in classrooms, build...

The dynamic duo that is Tina Fey and Amy Poehler has always been one of America’s favorite comedy acts, but now with the release of their new movie, Sisters, they have created a film solely dedicated...

To Kyle Ratner ’16, a flag is more than just a piece of cloth and dye; flags are representative of a country’s history, and Ratner’s flags are representative of his. Ratner has flags from Denmark,...

Interns usually apply for trainee positions in order to gain experience in their field of interest. Well, Nancy Meyers sure did direct quite an experience for us. Her latest, and best movie in my opinion,...

Bruce Jenner, the once all American boy, has recently decided to transition into becoming a woman at the age of 66. The transition from male to female comes with many difficulties, such as the switch from...

Yesterday, April 8, Apple revealed its third iOS update, which unleashed a plethora of new emoticons focused on increasing the diversity of the people emojis. The un-updated emoji keyboard had very...

Over the past couple of weeks, my gym teacher, Mr. Doornwerd, assigned all his junior physical education classes to stand for a total of 15-20 minutes a day for five consecutive days. What prompted him...

Angels and devils, saints and sinners, holy or wicked, there’s a little bit of both in everyone, and pretty soon chaos will run free in the garden of good and evil. Each year, the Westport Arts Center...

March 17 was originally a day for honoring St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. While this tradition still holds true, modern rituals have spun the holiday into an unhinged leprechaun fiasco, giving...

“Rock….Steady….’Cause your team, ain’t even ready. Rock, rock, rock, rock, steady-edy-edy-edy. Rock!”   Besides the fact, that I know you were singing and doing the dance moves full...

A walk down Main Street, a large popcorn at the Bowtie, sharing a milkshake and fries at the Sherwood diner. What do all of these things have in common? They’re all a quintessential Westport “date.” However,...

On Oct. 8, Gov. Dannel Malloy introduced an Ebola preemptive, granting public health officials the authority to quarantine any suspected persons infected with, exposed to, or showing symptoms of the Ebola...

The compressible orange couch; the classic, green arm-chair; the untrackable cups of coffee; and even our fuzzy, white haired friend Gunther all appeared to be an ideal life for twenty-year-olds in the...

“One word: deprivation. Deprivation of sleep, deprivation of food, deprivation of time,” Liv Kelly ’14 said. The blinding headlights of the runway stage masquerades the backstage drama of designers...

From sixth to twelfth grade, the apparel has changed even more than the people dressed in it. This year’s senior class, like all who came before them, has a story to tell based on its unique and distinctive...

This summer is adventure. Some seniors are participating in internships abroad, sophomores and juniors get to put their new licenses to practice, and freshmen will relish in their first summer of high...

We hope you read the pre-story on Alice last week because this past weekend, Westport Academy's "Alice in Wonderland" was a huge success. The rabbit was hopping, the caterpillar was inching, the mad hatter...

Follow Alice down the rabbit hole to Bedford Middle School this weekend to see four Staples students explore the magical world of Wonderland. Westport's Academy of Dance is putting on a  a dance version...

Confining, rattly beach chairs, globs of gloopy sunscreen, a football, a bible, five Igloo coolers, and a stack of Vanity Fair magazines, form a mini mountain in the back bed of the Tundra, that struggles...

Popularity: the state or condition of being liked, admired, or supported by many people. Maybe this defines popularity in the dictionary, but in high school it’s defined by party invitations, priority...

One day Klaff’s lighting store was shutting down and moving out. Then, the next morning the store is painted, the doors are open, customers are shopping and South Moon Under is open for business. On...

Fashion is a profound and critical piece of a boy’s definition. It is the shirt they wear that indicates their friend group. It is the pants they dress in that determine their personality. It is the...

When the winter chills creep through under your door and the treacherous black ice lurks behind the snow plows that are at work shoveling away the newly fallen snow, Westport students...

With winter weather drawing near and a snowfall already past, the key is layers, layers, layers! According to the Farmer’s Almanac, this is supposed to be the coldest winter of the decade. So get ready...

Part 1: The horrors began even before buying our tickets. Our anticipation built as we stood in the dark, unsure of the nightmares that awaited. Looking inside the Lake Compounce Amusement Park, we...

Staples alum Ben Reiser ’13 was walking a few blocks along Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C., to his congressional internship early this afternoon when he saw hordes of police running in one direction...

When the summer sandals come off and the boots come out, it’s clear fall has arrived. After being back in school for around a month, everyone is back in the swing of things and ready for some fall activities....