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Edison Insider

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Edison Insider

Edison Insider

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Jasmine Parran
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Jasmine Parran

Jasmine Parran is a writer for the Edison Insider. When she is not in school, she is a great track runner and soccer player. In her spare time, she enjoys going downtown with friends. She loves listening to music and enjoys r...

Ava Tankard
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Ava Tankard

Ava Tankard is a writer for the Edison Insider. When she is not playing field hockey or going on bike rides. She enjoys baking and playing with her dog Sophie. Ava spends her summers in Martha’s vineyard, Massachusetts. In her...

Laetitia Horn
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Laetitia Horn

Laetitia Horn is a hard-working writer for the Edison Insider. Her friends describe her as lively and spontaneous and she has a passionate feeling about journalism. One of her favorite things to write are short stories. When c...

Gabriel Singh
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Gabriel Singh

Hi. I am Gabriel Singh and I am a writer for the Edison Insider. I like to play basketball and golf in my free time. I am on the A basketball team for Westfield, and I drive 200 yards. I also play Fortnite a lot, and I am ranked...

Avery Johns
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Avery Johns

Avery is a writer for the Edison Insider. Other than being in school, Avery enjoys playing soccer and hanging out with her friends. Avery has a dog named Macie, and one younger sister. She loves Taylor Swift, skiing, and the s...

Norah Mendel
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Norah Mendel

Norah is a writer for the Edison Insider. Outside of school, she loves to draw, dance, and spend time with her friends. Norah also enjoys shopping, learning how to cook, watching movies, and listening to music. A few of her favorite...

Joe Reilly
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Joe Reilly

Joseph Reilly is an eighth grade student at Edison Intermediate school. He likes writing and interviewing people. Outside of school, he enjoys playing baseball, football and finds joy in hanging out with his friends. He is exc...

Sari Korr
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Sari Korr

Sari Korr is an eighth grader at Edison Intermediate school, and she is also a writer for the Edison Insider. Outside of Journalism, Sari enjoys softball, listening to music, and hanging out with friends. She also loves going t...

Clara D’Olier-Lees
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Clara D’Olier-Lees

Clara D’Olier-Lees is a thoughtful writer for the Edison Insider. She hopes to improve her writing skills through Journalism. Aside from homework and school, she enjoys shopping and hanging out with her close friends. Clara i...

Maddie Diaz
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Maddie Diaz

Maddie Diaz is a writer for the Edison Insider. Outside of school, Maddie enjoys cheerleading and hanging out with her friends. Maddie also loves watching television; her favorite show is "The Summer I Turned Pretty." Maddie has tw...

Maya Greenberg
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Maya Greenberg

Maya Greenberg is an eighth grader at Edison Intermediate school, and she is a journalist at the Edison Insider. Outside of Journalism, Maya loves to hang out with friends and family. She also loves to listen to music in her free ...

Marlee Mendelsohn
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Marlee Mendelsohn

Marlee Mendelsohn is a writer for the Edison Insider. She likes playing soccer and hanging out with her friends. She likes shopping and her favorite stores are Lululemon, Brandy Melville, and Mixology. Marlee also likes to read, and ...

Ian Dickey
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Ian Dickey

Ian Dickey is a writer for the Edison Insider. He enjoys writing about current events or moderate issues. After school, Ian likes playing basketball, baseball, and COD. He also loves to golf and go to the beach during the summ...

Abbey Kraus
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Abbey Kraus

Abbey Kraus is an Edison Insider writer that loves to spend time with her friends. She also enjoys shopping at Lululemon, Brandy Melville, and Sephora, but especially when she’s with her friends. Abbey also enjoys Starbucks. In...

Jake Paster
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Jake Paster

Jake Paster enjoys playing football, baseball, and lacrosse. Jake’s favorite movie is Water Boy. His favorite foods are steak, shrimp, french fries, chicken fingers, chicken, and ice cream. Jake's hobbies are playing Fortnite, P...

Lidia Wright
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Lidia Wright

Lidia Wright is a writer for the Edison Insider. In her free time, she participates in track and field, volleyball, and soccer. Lidia plays the cello and likes to listen to music. She is an avid reader and has a cat named Roge...

Francesco Mola
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Francesco Mola

Francesco Mola is a rookie writer for the Edison Insider. He enjoys playing football and lacrosse. In his free time, he practices lacrosse, and he loves hanging out with friends. His favorite shows are South Park and Family Guy, ...

Sadie Soriero
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Sadie Soriero

Sadie Soriero is a writer at Edison Insider. In her free time she listens to country music and Taylor Swift. She aslo plays field hockey, dances, and enjoys hanging out with friends. Her goal for this year is to master punctuat...

 Lexi Wessner
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 Lexi Wessner

Lexi Wessner is an eighth grader at Edison Intermediate School. She enjoys listening to music; her favorite artists are Taylor Swift, Drake, Frank Ocean, and Zach Bryan. During the summer, Lexi goes to sleepaway camp for six ...

Sophie Sabato
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Sophie Sabato

Sophie Sabato is a writer for the Edison Insider. Outside of school, Sophie enjoys soccer, volleyball, and flag football. She also enjoys listening to Rihanna and The Weekend. Some of her favorite shows are Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girls, Th...

Etta Schaefer
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Etta Schaefer

Etta Schaefer is an eighth grader at Edison Intermediate School. She plays first base for the Westfield Softball A team. Something Etta really enjoys is taking naps when she gets home from school. She also likes to hang out with...

Laia Colet-Rams
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Laia Colet-Rams

Laia Colet-Rams is a writer for the Edison Insider. Outside of writing, she enjoys going to the beach and going on bike rides. Laia also enjoys traveling, and she spends every summer in Spain. She enjoys cooking and attending co...

Brody Gewirtz
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Brody Gewirtz

Brody Gewirtz is a writer for Edison Insider. He enjoys interviewing people and writing articles. Outside of school, he enjoys playing lacrosse, Fortnite, and basketball, and spending time with friends and family. He also lik...

Luke Ehrlich
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Luke Ehrlich

Luke loves to play basketball and baseball. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and hanging out with friends. If you could not tell, he loves sports and his favorite teams to watch are the Villanova Wildcats, The New Yor...

Jack Doherty
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Jack Doherty

Jack Doherty loves to play baseball, basketball, and football, and his favorite of the three sports is baseball. He always keeps busy by golfing in his free time, hanging out with his friends, and playing video games. He also lo...

Blake DeSimone
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Blake DeSimone

Blake DeSimone is a writer for the Edison Insider. He likes playing Fortnite, where his rank is silver 111, and also watching movies. He also enjoys playing golf and basketball. Blake plays soccer for the Westfield team. He like...

Amanda Basaldua
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Amanda Basaldua

Amanda Basaldua is a new writer for the Edison Insider. She enjoys participating in volleyball games and hanging out with her friends. She enjoys listening to music. Her favorite artists are Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift. She enjoys g...

Olivia Breder
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Olivia Breder

Olivia Breder is a new writer for the Edison Insider. She enjoys hanging out with her friends, playing hockey and watching television in her free time. She likes listening to rap and pop music and her favorite singers are the Be...