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(Archive April 2016) Remembering Zachary Marr

By editorialteam on August 27, 2024

By John Mossey | Editor-in-Chief

Zachary Marr was born February 13, 1994

Back in February, MWCC student Zachary Marr went missing while out in Boston with family in celebration of his recent 22nd birthday. Video surveillance throughout Boston suggested his body had fallen into the Charles River. After a month of searching, Marr’s body was finally found on March 15th in the river near the Museum of Science. Marr was finally coming home.

Zachary Marr was a man to admire. Not only was he a full time student at Mount Wachusett Community College, but he was also a full-time employee at Quiet Logistics, a distribution facility located in Fort Devens. read more

(Archive February 2016) David Bowie Tribute

By editorialteam on August 22, 2024

The Stars Look Very Different Today

By Jason D. Greenough | Arts & Entertainment Editor

Courtesy photo /  flickr.com/asecugsm

Even as a lifelong bookworm, reading of the ins and outs of Rock n’ Roll, when I hear that a Musician has died, it doesn’t always hit me deeply. When Lemmy Killmister, legendary frontman of Motorhead, passed away just before New Years Eve, it didn’t hit me the way it others because I am, admittedly, not a fan of Motorhead. When Natalie Cole, famed singer and Daughter of Jazz legend Nat King Cole, passed away on  New Years Eve, it didn’t hit me the way it may have hit others, because I am, admittedly, not a fan of Natalie Cole. I will admit, however, that I was crushed when I heard the news of Eagles founding father Glenn Frye’s passing, because I was a huge Eagles fan.  read more

(Archive May 2017) A Tribute to the Late Professor Edward Stevens

By editorialteam on May 11, 2017

By Nick Cherico | Assistant Editor

Professor Stevens and his daughter.
Photo courtesy of Stevens’ family

    On April 26, every member of the Mount Wachusett community was saddened to learn of the death of Professor Edward Stevens. Stevens was a MWCC faculty member for 51 years of his life, teaching various courses in science, electronics, and mathematics.

    According to the faculty page on the Science Department’s website, Professor Stevens wrote this about himself: he enjoyed gardening, skiing, swimming, hiking, reading, and playing tennis. Stevens believed that emphasizing to students how science is involved in everyday life was very important, which is why he taught science courses, according to the faculty page. read more