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What Scary Movie Are You?

Dillon Minck, Reporter November 3, 2023

A range of 9th to 12th grade DPAC actors nearly perfecting their rehearsal for the 2023-2024 fall play Merry Men.

Spotlight On… DPAC

Ollie Williams, Reporter November 2, 2023

A spotlight beams on stage. Actors relay their final lines and complete silence covers the auditorium. A moment… then applause. DPAC (Dallastown Performing Arts Club) has been putting students on...

Dallastown math teacher Mrs. Boyd posing with two of her horses, Big and Mo.

From Their Shelters to her Sanctuary

JD Prelich, Reporter November 1, 2023

Wishbones for Pets Month runs from Oct. 15 through Nov. 1. It is a month people can celebrate by loving animals and pets more. This could be giving them treats, giving them baths, and just pampering them....

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YouTube Aims to Increase Ads

Alexander Mihalyov, Reporter October 30, 2023

YouTube has had a long history of being an ad-supported video hosting platform. Owned by Alphabet (Google), it has been very successful, making nearly $30 billion in revenue as of 2021. Even with all...

The DT Steppas, Dallastowns Step Team, enter the gym at one of their boys basketball halftime performances in January 2023. The team hopes to perform at Dallastown events this year as well.

DT Steppas!

Zion Johnson, Reporter October 30, 2023

When Major Kenneth White was just a kid, he was exposed to step by watching the TV show “A Different World.” Little did he know it was merely a pathway for a new passion that he would continue...

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Local Business is Loyal Business

Addysen Craumer, Reporter October 26, 2023

When walking through a strip mall, look into the windows, see the articles of clothing or maybe the handmade furniture that has started to collect dust on display.  But stores are not the only place...

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What 2023 Song Are You?

Austin Shipley, Reporter October 26, 2023

Freshmen Anna Roperti (33), Ella Zorbaugh (4) and Emmerson Markel (8) standing for The Star-Spangled Banner holding each others pinkies, which the team does at every game to symbolize they are united.

Rising Stars

Laura Pottman, Reporter October 26, 2023

In late August, DHS welcomed the Class of 2027, as well as new competition, to the turf. Anna Roperti, Ella Zorbaugh and Emmerson Markel are a few new faces to Dallastown varsity field hockey. This...

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What Game are You?

Alexander Mihalyov, Reporter October 25, 2023

Coming into the 2023-24 school year at Dallastown, there are some strange things that have happened. People come and go, and the office tries to adapt to the changes that have happened.

A Wave Of Change

Jay Zell, Reporter October 25, 2023

It has been a strange start at Dallastown for the 2023-24 school year in the high school's main office. While every year there are new faces, over this past summer, the DHS administration underwent...

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