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A New Chapter for PHS: The Search for the New Principal
A New Chapter for PHS: The Search for the New Principal
Aia Tracz, Freelance Reporter • December 22, 2025
Upside Arts Loses Space at Fox Run Mall
Upside Arts Loses Space at Fox Run Mall
Teagan Welby-Long, Freelance Reporter • December 22, 2025
Sports
Photo of PHS junior athletes, Raegan and Emery Lawton. Photo donated by Raegan Lawton.
What Is the Psychology Behind Sport Superstitions?
Ailish Honda, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2025

Michael Jordan wore his University of North Carolina practice shorts under his Chicago Bulls shorts every game. Serena Williams didn’t wash...

Sugarloaf Mountain, Carrabassett Valley, Maine, on March 15, 2025. Photo courtesy of Eloise Patrick.
Losing Our Winters: How Climate Change is Affecting New England Snow Sports
Parker Loomis, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2025

The frosty air and thick layers of snow that once defined New England winters have recently been, well, bare. You would think that New England's...

A&E
Graphic by Charlie Honeyman
Chef Pino’s Holiday Recipe: The Feast of the Seven Fishes
Jenny Ryan, Freelance Writer • December 22, 2025
Holiday Must Listen: Stevie Wonder’s “Someday at Christmas” Album
Holiday Must Listen: Stevie Wonder’s “Someday at Christmas” Album
John Sullivan, Freelance Writer • December 22, 2025
Student Life
Photo donated by Ms. Wemple
Portsmouth High School Welcomes International Visitors
Zuri Wemple, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2025
Ms. Law
PHS Welcomes New Faculty and Staff for the 2025-2026 School Year
Isabella Lawrence, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2025
Opinion
The final ascent to Goose Eye Mountain in July of 2024.
National Park Protection and Why Our Protected Land Deserves More Than Indifference
Hannah Williams, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2025
Portsmouth High School’s college counseling office on October 15, 2025.
Education Shouldn’t Be A Luxury
Charleigh Allerheiligen, Staff Reporter • October 27, 2025
The PaperWeight
The PaperWeight Q&A: Senior Stress & How to Manage
Zuri Wemple and Evie Thibeault • October 28, 2025
PHS Seniors: What are your plans after high school?
PHS Seniors: What are your plans after high school?
Margaret Montplaisir, Staff Reporter • May 20, 2024
Video
PHS Boys Varsity Basketball Highlights vs. Merrimack High School
Perry Gouin, Freelance Videographer • January 22, 2025
How the pandemic affected the class of 2023
Matthew Minckler, Paper Clip Staff/Written • June 5, 2023
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