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The official student news site of Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA

THE ALGONQUIN HARBINGER

The official student news site of Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA

THE ALGONQUIN HARBINGER

Junior Lauren Robert cleans up her lunch table as she comes in to third lunch.

Students, clean up your table when you finish

Liza Armstrong, Online Editor April 27, 2019

At the beginning of each day, all the cafeteria tables shine with the kind of shimmer that can only come from a laborious cleaning job, all the thanks to our hardworking custodians. However, by the time...

Staff writer Elyssa Rubin argues that both paper and plastic bags have negative effects on our environment.

Paper bags are not a permanent solution

Elyssa Rubin, Staff Writer April 26, 2019

In recent months and years, grocery bags have been changing. Plastic bag bans have been spreading across the world, including being approved at Northborough’s Town Meeting on April 23, causing a number...

Staff writer Karthik Yalala that with the revenue events such as March Madness brings, NCAA athletes should get paid.

NCAA athletes deserve to be paid

Karthik Yalala, Staff Writer April 7, 2019

One of the most famous U.S. college sports tournaments playing out right now, March Madness, raises an important question that’s often debated by fanatic college sports fans: should college athletes...

Freshman Jessica Kane and senior Jake Hathaway both go to the Northborough Dunkin Donuts to buy a coffee every morning.

Algonquin runs on Dunkin’ at a cost

Larissa Andrade, Staff Writer April 6, 2019

Most mornings, kids get into their cars dreary eyed and definitely not looking forward to spending most of their day at school. But one thing that many kids do look forward to is driving their car straight...

Raising minimum wage backfires on young, inexperienced workers

Raising minimum wage backfires on young, inexperienced workers

Abby Keene, Staff Writer April 5, 2019

Amazon purchased Whole Foods Market stores on August 28, 2017, and immediately things began to change, and not in a positive way. The goal for a higher minimum wage and a lower poverty rate backfired...

Assistant A&E Editor Macey Poitras-Cote writes that the death penalty is ineffective in preventing crime and burdens taxpayers.

Death penalty ineffective, inhumane, costly

Macey Poitras-Cote, Assistant A&E Editor April 4, 2019

California has the highest amount of criminals on death row, but Governor Gavin Newsom paused sentences for all 737 of these criminals on Wednesday, March 12. Newsom said that the death penalty has been...

In addition to being a star player for the Patriots, tight end Rob Gronkowski gave back to his community. Gronkowski ran football drills for about 100 military children at a ProCamps event on Joint Base Andrews, Md., July 2, 2015.

Gronkowski retires: a look back on the beloved tight end’s career

Karthik Yalala, Staff Writer April 3, 2019

One of our favorite sports characters, the Patriots’ tight end Rob Gronkowski, sadly retired on March 24, changing the course of the Patriots’ offseason. Whether you like him for the craziness...

On March 15, 2019, 49 worshippers were shot at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The following night senior Asma Ali attended a memorial event at her local mosque, Worcester Islamic Center, where around 2,000 people of various faiths gathered to mourn the loss of the victims.

Despite desensitization we should feel something

Asma Ali, Staff Writer March 30, 2019

Forty-nine people dead (and still counting). I type my thoughts blearily on the Notes app of my phone, perhaps so that I can sift through my emotions and separate them out into neat piles. I'm tired...

Senator Ed Markey (D) of Massachusetts and first-term Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez (D) of New York proposed the Green New Deal with the goal of sparking conversation about climate change, and providing a bold, innovative solution.

What is the Green New Deal?

Abby Keene, Staff Writer March 27, 2019

The United States Senate failed to earn the 60 votes needed to start debating the Green New Deal on March 26, 2019. Fifty-seven Senators voted not to debate the Green New Deal, while 42 declined  to vote...

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