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Lily Minish

Lily Minish, News & Features Editor

Lily Minish is a News & Features Editor for the 2022-2023 Wessex Wire. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, going to the beach and traveling. Her favorite shows are “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Gilmore Girls.”

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NYPD closed off the entrance to Trump Tower and used police buses to block the opposite side of the street on April 4, the day a grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on charges related to a hush money payment during his 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump faces criminal charges after indictment

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
April 28, 2023
Fox News faces a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, raising questions about media ethics.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Defamation lawsuit places Fox News in legal danger

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
April 6, 2023
(From left) Sarah Chodorcoff, Evie Minnella and Lauren Hain, participants in the ELL tables, discuss different topics with English language learners.

Roundtables let students adjust to culture and language of U.S.

By Lily Minish and Francesca Loffredo
March 3, 2023
The discoveries of classified documents, along with a spy balloon and other flying devices, raise significant questions about national security.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Potential security risks posed amid discoveries

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
March 3, 2023
New York Republican Rep. George Santos voluntarily stepped down from his committee assignments amid tension over his fabricated biography.

Uncovered lies leads GOP Rep. Santos to step down from House committees

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
February 13, 2023
Kevin McCarthy was chosen as Speaker of the House after 15 ballots.

McCarthy wins House speakership after 15 ballots

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
January 30, 2023
2022 marks a year of record mass shootings

2022 marks a year of record mass shootings

By Lily Minish, Francesca Loffredo, JJ Rella, Gabe Herman and Brooke Kupferberg
January 9, 2023
Lucas Sabol, senior

Board of Ed names first student representative

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
January 9, 2023
Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, was attacked on Oct. 28.

Suspect attacks Nancy Pelosi’s husband

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
November 22, 2022
Day 5: Color Day -- Spirit Week all leads up to the day that students eargerly wait for: Color Day! Seniors dressed as the “Graduation” album, juniors as minions, sophomores as Army and freshmen as “Stranger Things”. Boas, facepaint and colorful necklaces added to the array of colors in the stands of the Pep Rally.

PHOTOS: Students decked out for Spirit Week

By Ella Hermans, Lily Minish and Francesca Loffredo
November 8, 2022
Steph Spero, class of ‘15, helped children at a Florida disaster relief center.

WE alumna assists with Fla. disaster relief

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
October 31, 2022
Biden announces plan for student debt relief.

Biden plans to wipe significant amounts of student loan debt

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
October 4, 2022

Tulsa, Okla., shooting leaves 4 dead

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
June 17, 2022
School Spotlight for spring 2022

[Video] School Spotlight for spring 2022

By Staff report
June 15, 2022

10 killed after gunman opens fire in Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
June 1, 2022

More details emerge about Texas shooting that left 21 dead

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
May 26, 2022

Seniors prepare to hit the runway

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
May 12, 2022

Fashion students transform everyday trash to artistic masterpieces

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
March 21, 2022
(From left) Melilah Sanchez, Micah Kamenetskiy, Daniella Pastena, Kelly Cammarata, and Olivia D'Achille, members of the Cooking 4 A Cause Club, pose with their food donations to Toni's Kitchen.

Cooking 4 a Cause takes a bite out of hunger

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
January 10, 2022
An open door in the guidance office

An open door in the guidance office

By Lily Minish, News & Features Editor
November 19, 2021
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