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The top ten new ways to fry up your fries

The top ten new ways to fry up your fries

Sean Cavanaugh, Executive Features Editor | March 6, 2019

Fries are the center of a lot of people’s diets, they seem go with a lot of things. They go with Chicken fingers, chicken wings, nuggets, burgers, pulled pork, but they are also great by themselves....

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The Red Bracelet: Links to Chapters

The Red Bracelet: Links to Chapters

The Red Bracelet will be a short story published here on LSO. Please stay tuned for a new chapter each Monday.
Rachel St. Louis, Copy Chief | March 5, 2019

Below are the hyperlinks to Creative Writing editor Rachel St. Louis' latest short story, The Red Bracelet (currently being written), listed from newly published chapters at the top to the oldest at the...

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Jack Kelley raises his arm in triumph after winning a match in the the Merrimack Duals. He and the team trained for a month preparing for this meet.

On or off the mat, senior wrestler’s teammates are his ‘family’

Alex Peters | February 21, 2019

For senior Jack Kelley, wrestling is more than a sport. To him, it’s a family. “We’ve all just gotten so close, with the amount of time and effort that was put in over the years to constantly...

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Senior Ryan Morse mourns the loss of Tyler VanAvery's "drip" in this tribute.

RIP to “the drip” of VanAvery

Ryan Morse | February 21, 2019

I get to class early and sit down. I see a small, about 5’7” figure approach me. This figure is foreign to me. I don’t recognize it. As it gets closer I start to make out some facial features....

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English teacher Ms. Murphy's daughter who is one of 1,300 cases, wears a Dup 15 shirt.

Wear jeans for genes

Lilly Grodt | February 20, 2019

LHS will be spreading awareness for Dup 15 tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 21. This is a disease where only part of Chromosome 15 is duplicated. This causes it to be a neurodevelopment disorder, and leads...

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The article "Why Art Matters" was originally published in the April 2017 edition of The Lancer Spirit magazine. The full poster of this image, created by Zoe Deiffenbach, is located by the stairs next to classroom 420.

C’mon, get creative. Don’t be shy. Art classes are for everyone. Give them a try.

Hailey Mosher, FreeLancer | February 19, 2019

Ok, so as a kid who wants to go into art in college I’m pretty mad and upset right now. Some of the art classes I was looking forward to taking may not run next year. I plan to take as many art...

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Patriots celebrate after the Steelers are "robbed by the refs" according to senior Ryan Morse, who is a die-hard Steelers fan. "Jesse James caught that ball," Morse said. "We had the Patriots beat, and it was our one chance to do that and it was taken from us for what seemed like no reason." Morse said "it hurts" to be a Steelers fan in a situation like this.

The psychological pain of a Steelers fan in New England

Ryan Morse | February 19, 2019

It hurts, it hurts real bad. I will never stop being a Steelers fan, but oh god it hurts. In no way do I mean to belittle serious mental health issues brought about by incredibly traumatic events, but...

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FBLA members dress for success at their ice cream social.

FBLA spreads social awareness

Brian Boyle | February 19, 2019

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) week, or the second week of Feb., is the national week of FBLA participation. “FBLA week provides the opportunity for us to make FBLA more known,” business...

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The Red Bracelet: Chapter One

The Red Bracelet: Chapter One

The Red Bracelet is a short story published here on LSO. Please stay tuned for a new chapter each Monday.
Rachel St. Louis, Copy Chief | February 18, 2019

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” —Winston Churchill Val sat by the therapist’s table and clutched the green crayon....

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Students listen to John Broderick, a former Supreme Court judge, tell the story of how his son's mental health impacted him. Since his son, who has mental health issues, physically attacked him in 2002, he has become an advocate for mental health awareness.

Bringing mental health issues out from the shadows one word, one ‘Sign,’ one fact at a time.

John Broderick, who is a mental health advocate, spoke to LHS students, teachers and community members about mental health issues on Wednesday, February 13.
Mary DeWinkeleer | February 15, 2019

John Broderick, co-chair of the Campaign to Change Direction N.H., wants to start a new conversation about mental health. Over the last four years, this former chief justice of the N.H. Supreme Court,...

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Pictured are the baked tortilla chips.

How to make crisp tortilla chips at home

Sean Cavanaugh, Executive Features Editor | February 15, 2019

One cold Saturday afternoon, I was home alone, and I really wanted tortilla chips. I didn’t want factory-processed and bagged tortilla chips, I wanted homemade tortilla chips. So, I did what every...

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It's Cold

It’s Cold

Chris DeWolf, Reporter | February 15, 2019

It’s cold. Too cold to take out the trash. Too cold to take my dogs out for a walk. Too cold to take my dogs out to visit my best friend down the street. But that’s not the reason why I...

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