By: Jewel Dickerman The ballroom glowed emerald green on Tuesday night as Dancing with the Stars transformed into Oz for “Wicked Night.” Each performance was inspired by songs from the hit musical, creating an evening full of fantasy, drama, and heartfelt emotion. The show opened with Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy dancing a playful jazz routine to…
By: Kiana Madrigal On October 15, The HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) program hosted a blood drive during blocks one through three in the gym foyer. Last blood drive, they had 42 units of blood donated, which was the highest amount they have gotten in a single blood drive. The blood drive is run…
Senior Class Officers (left to right) First row: Ms. Kotcho, Abby Cykosky, Kristian Nistad, Ms. Colianni Second row: Hunter Sasala, Ben Scholl By: Kiana Madrigal The Paupack Press would like to highlight our school’s class officers, starting with the seniors. Ben Scholl is the senior class president. He wanted the opportunity to help shape…
By Kody Hanor This time of year, stories are told about creepers and creatures everyone knows like the Boogeyman or Frankenstein’s monster, but this lesser-known tale of an old local youth group is just as frightening and even more likely to be real. This is Local Spooky Stories Part One. As told by an anonymous…
By: Ty Lounsbury Everyone loves to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, but the history of this tradition goes way beyond free candy. Most Halloween traditions have been traced back to ancient Celtic traditions from about two thousand years ago, and trick-or-treating is no exception. The Celts believed that the veil between the living world and…
By: Hannah Daidone Ingredients: -1 (2½- to 3-pound) butternut squash, peeled, cut into 1½ inch cubes (about 6 to 8 cups) -1 yellow onion, quartered and layers separated -2 sweet apples, such as Fuji, Gala, or Honeycrisp, cored and sliced -8 garlic cloves -3 sprigs fresh thyme, plus a few leaves for serving -¼ cup…
By: Jewel Dickerman Twenty Wallenpaupack Area High School students are taking their passion for medicine to the next level through participation in the Sanofi Biomedical Science Program at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton. The program, which meets monthly, offers students a unique opportunity to explore careers in the medical and health sciences fields through hands-on learning…
This is Mugs, Mrs. DiTaranto’s puppy. Her oldest sun and his girlfriend brought him from South Caroline, where his breeder lived. Mugs was a fun, loving, and playful dog. He passed away September 13th this year, but he had a wonderful and fulfilling life. He was 16 years old, 87 in human years and will…
