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The Harborlight

Shining a light on Hingham news

The Harborlight

Shining a light on Hingham news

The Harborlight

2025-2026 Staff

Ethan Warhaftig
Editor-in-Chief

Ethan Warhaftig

Ethan Warhaftig is a senior and Editor-In-Chief for the Harborlight. He is president and founder of the Jewish Student Union, president of National Honor Society, captain of Model UN and is also a membe...

Caitlin Patten
Editor-in-Chief

Caitlin Patten

Caitlin Patten is a senior and Editor-in-Chief for the Harborlight. She is Vice President of the Class of 2026 and a member of Student Council, National Honor Society, and the Mentor Program. Caitlin als...

Ella Cignetti
Managing Editor

Ella Cignetti

Ella Cignetti is a senior and Managing Editor for the Harborlight. She is a member of National Honor Society, the Mentor Program, and SADD club. She swims year-round, and is team captain of the HHS Vars...

Anna Post
Managing Editor

Anna Post

Anna Post is a senior and Managing Editor for the Harborlight. In addition to writing and editing, Anna is an executive board member for the Mentor Program, a member of National Honor Society, SADD Cl...

McKenzie Patterson
Junior Editor

McKenzie Patterson

McKenzie Patterson is a Junior at Hingham High School and has been writing for the Harborlight since her freshman year. In addition to writing for the Harborlight, she is in the Global Citizenship Progr...

Sammy Price
Junior Editor

Sammy Price

Samantha (Sammy) Price is a senior and Junior Editor for the Harborlight. Aside from the Harborlight, she is a part of clubs such as Student Council and plays field hockey and tennis at Hingham High. Outside...

Will Carr
Business Manager/Public Relations

Will Carr

Will Carr is a senior and the business/PR manager of the Harborlight. He plays lacrosse year-round, and he is involved in the Global Citizenship Honors Program and the National Honor Society. In his free...

Caio DaSilva
Photo Editor

Caio DaSilva

Caio DaSilva is a senior at Hingham High School and a Photo Editor for the Harborlight. In addition to being a part of the Hingham High School Orchestra, Caio is also a member of both the Hingham Cham...

Hunter Gale
Photo Editor

Hunter Gale

Hunter Gale is a junior at Hignham High School and has been writing for the Harborlight since last year. He is also involved in clubs such as the Jewish Student Union, Mentorship Program, Student Council, Inves...

Zac Abusheleih
Contributing Writer

Zac Abusheleih

Zachary Abusheleih is a sophomore at Hingham High School and this is his second year writing for the Harborlight. He is on the basketball team and volunteers at the Weir River Farm as a livestock caret...

Henry Ader
Contributing Writer

Henry Ader

Henry “Hank” Ader is a sophomore at HHS, and this is his second year as a writer for the Harborlight. He is a runner for the cross-country team and an outside hitter for the volleyball team. In his...

Gianna Aljanabi
Contributing Writer

Gianna Aljanabi

Gianna Aljanabi is a junior and has been writing for the Harborlight since her sophomore year. Gianna is a member of the Debate team, Model UN, and StuCo. In the winter, Gianna runs track as a sprinter...

Gus Doggett
Contributing Writer

Gus Doggett

Gus Doggett is a junior at Hingham High School and currently in his second year as a contributing writer for The Harborlight. Beyond his involvement in student journalism, he is an active member of both ...

Peter Ford
Contributing Writer

Peter Ford

Peter Ford is a Junior at Hingham High School. Pete likes playing football, basketball, and lacrosse at Hingham High. Pete spends time fishing, golfing, and going on his boat. In his free time, Pete en...

Lexie Grimm
Contributing Writer

Lexie Grimm

Lexie Grimm is a sophomore at Hingham High School and this is her second year writing for the Harborlight. In addition to writing for the paper, she is a member of the Student Council and is the newly electe...

Julie Jacobus
Contributing Writer

Julie Jacobus

I am in 12th grade, and I joined Harborlight in the second half of my junior year. I play softball in the spring, and I enjoy traveling in my free time. Currently, my favorite class is psychology, which I wi...

Samantha Jesson
Contributing Writer

Samantha Jesson

Samantha Jesson is a sophomore at Hingham High School, and this will be her second year writing for the Harborlight. She competes on the cross country team in the fall, swims on the varsity swimming a...

Gabi Magner
Contributing Writer

Gabi Magner

Gabi Magner is a senior at Hingham High School. She plays two sports at the high school, ski team and tennis, and is captain of both. Additionally she is involved in several clubs, some of which include Gl...

Dory Maguire
Contributing Writer

Dory Maguire

Dory is a Junior at Hingham High School, and this is her second year writing for the Harborlight. She is the Vice President of Hingham’s Cancer Kids first club and participates in others, including Student Co...

Aidan Mannion
Contributing Writer

Aidan Mannion

Aidan Mannion is a sophomore, and this is his second year writing for the Harborlight. He is actively participating in Robotics, Jazz Band, and doing environmental research through the Cohasset Center for...

Celia McCarthy
Contributing Writer

Celia McCarthy

Celia McCarthy is a junior at Hingham High School, and this is her second year as a part of the Harborlight. In addition to her contributions to the Harborlight, she is also a member of the Student Co...

Abby Mercer
Contributing Writer

Abby Mercer

Abby Mercer is a current senior and has been writing for the Harborlight since her sophomore year. She is also Historian for Student Council, Secretary for the Global Citizenship Program, and Treasurer for Girl...

Cavan Nicholas
Contributing Writer

Cavan Nicholas

Cavan Nicholas is a senior at Hingham High School. He is in his fourth year as a contributing writer. In addition to playing football, basketball and lacrosse, he is also a part of the mentorship progra...

Vivien Nicholas
Contributing Writer

Vivien Nicholas

Vivien is a sophomore and this is her second year participating in the Harborlight! She’s involved in other clubs and activities such as SADD, STUCO, GCP, and Cancer Kids First, while also playing volle...

Katie Post
Contributing Writer

Katie Post

Katie Post is a Sophomore at Hingham High School, and this is her second year writing for The Harborlight. She plays tennis year-round and is on the Hingham JV Tennis Team. Katie is also a member of the S...

Izzi Puleo
Contributing Writer

Izzi Puleo

Izzi Puleo is a junior writer for the Harborlight. In addition to writing, Izzi is a member of the Veteran Appreciation Club and Drama Club. She plays hockey year-round on the Girls Varsity Hockey tea...

Jake Varholak
Contributing Writer

Jake Varholak

Jake Varholak, a senior at Hingham High, is entering his second year as a contributing writer for The Harborlight. Along with his efforts as a writer for the Harborlight, Jake is a member of the Student...

Veronica Webb
Contributing Writer

Veronica Webb

Veronica Webb is currently a Junior, participating in her second year with The Harborlight. She is also a part of Model UN, the Debate team, Student Council, Global Citizenship Program, French Club, and Latin...

Katie Whitlock
Contributing Writer

Katie Whitlock

Katie Whitlock has been a contributing writer for the Harborlight since her sophomore year. Along with writing for the newspaper, she is also Secretary of the Hingham Student Council and Vice President of G...

Abigail Zimmerman
Contributing Writer

Abigail Zimmerman

Abigail Zimmerman is a sophomore at Hingham High School and a second-year writer for the Harborlight. She is an active teammate on the girls basketball and crew teams and she serves on Student Council. ...

Annmarie Fennelly
Adviser

Annmarie Fennelly

Harborlight Advisor Ms. Fennelly has taught English at Hingham High since 1996, and she has led The Harborlight staff since 1998.  She currently teaches 9th grade Humanties and 12th grade Film and Me...

Chloe Hamilton
Contributing Writer

Chloe Hamilton

Chloe Hamilton is a freshman and it is her first year writing on the Harborlight. She participates in a few clubs such as Drama Club, Hingham Service Club, Hingham Unity Project and the Mindfulness Clu...

Eva Perine
Contributing Writer

Eva Perine

Eva Perine is a sophomore, and it's her first year writing for the Harborlight. She is a member of the Student Council, SADD, Best Buddies, and is part of the Mentor Program. She plays field hockey, lacross...

Anna Corbett
Contributing Writer

Anna Corbett

Anna Corbett is a sophomore, and this is her first year writing for the Harborlight. She is a part of the cross-country team and the track team at HHS. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with h...

Lily Christopher
Contributing Writer

Lily Christopher

Lily Christopher is a sophomore, and it is her first year writing for Harborlight. She is a member of the Student Council, Global Citizenship Program, Business Pathway Program, and Debate Team. Lily also cont...

John Carey
Contributing Writer

John Carey

Jack Carey is a sophomore at Hingham High School in his second year of writing for the Harborlight. He enjoys playing soccer, basketball, and baseball at HHS, as well as being involved with school club...

Gardner Duncan
Contributing Writer

Gardner Duncan

Gardner Duncan is a sophomore at Hingham High School and a new writer for the Harborlight. Other than the Harborlight, Gardner is also a member of the Student Council, the Business Pathways Program, and ...

Liam Cusick
Contributing Writer

Liam Cusick

Liam Cusick is a sophomore at Hingham High School and this is his first year writing for the Harborlight. Outside of the Harborlight, he is part of Student Council, Model UN, and the Veterans Appreciati...

Riley Bello
Contributing Writer

Riley Bello

Riley Bello is a junior at Hingham High School and has recently just started writing for the Harborlight.  Additionally to the Harborlight, he plays for the football team and the lacrosse team. In his f...

William Jones
Contributing Writer

William Jones

Will Jones is a junior at Hingham High, and this is his first year on the paper. He also participates in the Finance Club and the Current Events Club at the high school. Will plays football and basebal...

Cole Palek
Contributing Writer

Cole Palek

Cole Palek is a junior at Hingham High School in his first year writing for the Harborlight. He plays basketball and football on HHS’s varsity teams, and is a part of the Finance and Investment club...

Grace Newman
Contributing Writer

Grace Newman

Grace Newman is a sophomore, and this is now her second year writing for the Harborlight! She plays soccer in the fall, sails in the spring, and participates in clubs like Model UN, STUCO, GCP, and is al...

Liam O'Toole
Contributing Writer

Liam O’Toole

Liam O’Toole is a sophomore at Hingham High School. This is his second year writing for the paper. He is a member of the Concert Band and Chamber Winds ensembles. He is also one of the sound crew head...

Marlo Stevenson
Contributing Writer

Marlo Stevenson

I am currently a senior at HHS and this is my third year on staff for the Harborlight. I also participate in the Global Citizens Program, Student Council and am on the executive board for Activists United Club...