Michael Piper, Senior After nearly one month in space, NASA’s Orion capsule is set to splash down in the Pacific on December 11. Orion has flown out to and beyond the Moon as part of the Artemis 1 mission, which aimed to test the launch vehicle and spacecraft that will take the first astronauts to…
Month: December 2022
The Guise of Magic
Aislin Freedman, Junior What makes a book fantasy? Is it the magical creatures, or the sorcerers and witches with magical powers, or the imaginary world that only exists in ink on paper. I always thought that it was a combination of many factors, all focusing on an element of unexplainable things that happen, yet are…
Car Crash on Humphrey Street
Peter Sullivan, Sophomore Last Wednesday started off as a typical day for most citizens in Marblehead. People were going about their business, birds were chirping, squirrels were hopping from tree to tree, and the chilly November breeze was blowing through. However, any preconceived notion that it would be a normal afternoon was soon shattered when…
Powderpuff Review
Tucker Crane, Sophomore This past Saturday (11/19/2022,) the annual Powederpuff showdown between Swampscott and Marblehead went down. This was the tenth annual powderpuff game since it began in 2012. After four weeks of practicing, the all girl flag football teams took the field to continue our decade long rivalry. This time around, the coaches were…
Georgia Midterm Elections
Zoe Gast, Senior Many midterm elections on November 8th were won with very slight margins. Surprising democrat victories in Nevada and Arizona won with only 48.9 and 51.4 percent of the vote, respectively. Georgia, another recent swing state, had similar results with Warnock and Walker within one percent of each other. The difference, neither broke…