Joseph Rippo is a seventeen-year-old senior at Lindenhurst High School. He has been writing for The Charles Street Times for four years. Joseph enjoys giving a lot of his time as a volunteer including once a week in the ER at Good...

Lara Sinkus is a senior at Lindenhurst High School, and this is her fourth year writing for The Charles Street Times. Lara is a competitive dancer, who trains in various styles, six days a week, for over twenty-five hours a week. ...

Tyler Faber is a senior at Lindenhurst High School who is writing for his third year for the Charles Street Times. His interests include: reading graphic novels, listening to music, watching movies/TV, playing video games, biking, ...

Maggie Stavrinadis is a junior in Lindenhurst High School and a lot has changed since the first time she wrote for this paper in her freshman year. Over the course of the last two years, Maggie has achieved two years of JV wi...

Samantha Nuss is a junior at Lindenhurst High School, and this is her third year writing for the Charles Street Times. Samantha is on the Lindenhurst Girls Varsity track team and absolutely loves it. Sam is the new Fashion Edit...

Frankie Shaughnessy is a junior at Lindenhurst High School, and this is her second year writing for The Charles Street Times. In her free time, Frankie loves going to concerts, playing softball, and writing. While in school, ...

Diavona King is sixteen years old and in her junior year of high school. This is her second year writing for the Charles Street Times, and has enjoyed creative writing since Elementary School! She is on the Lindenhurst High School Varsity Danc...

Michelle Estevez is a Junior at Lindenhurst High School. This is her third year writing for The Charles Street Times. She is 15 years old, and is an only child. She spends her time reading, writing, baking, and watching her fav...

Jackson Messineo is a 15 year old Sophomore who goes to Lindenhurst High School, this is his second year writing for the Charles Street Times. He loves sports, such as Football, Basketball, and Baseball. He plays baseball for...

Katie Alas is a Freshman in Lindenhurst High School. Katie is interested in listening to music anytime and anywhere, going out with friends and family, and enjoy hers free time being alone on her phone. This is her first year wr...

Leah Albano is a sixteen year-old junior at Lindenhurst High School. This is her first year writing for the Charles Street Times. Her favorite school subjects are history and math. Leah is on the school softball team and enjoys playing so...

Hannah Boning is a sophomore at Lindenhurst High School, and this is her first year writing for the Charles Street Times. She enjoys reading and baking.  Her favorite subjects are English and History. ...

Jaynold Casimir is a 16 year old  junior at Lindenhurst High School and this is his second year of working for the Charles Streets Times. He is part of the Lindenhurst Track Team. He also enjoys typing and writing. He also likes...

Allison Checkley is a junior at Lindenhurst High School. Her favorite things to do include reading and writing poems. She enjoys doing makeup and listening to music. At Lindenhurst High School, she favors both her English and...

Olivia Dyckman is a junior at Lindenhurst High School. This is her first year writing for The Charles Street Times. Olivia spends her summers at the beach, and her winters snowboarding. She enjoys spending her free time with fri...

Lewandry Estevez is a 14 year old  freshman at Lindenhurst High School. This is his first year writing for the Charles Street Times.Since he was young he has always enjoyed the arts and he always likes police cases and mysteries.In hi...

Jack Finck is a fourteen year-old freshman at Lindenhurst High School. This is his first year writing for The Charles Street Times. He likes to go fishing and watch movies. He hopes to be a filmmaker once he gets older. He al...

Ryan Higgins is a Sophomore at Lindenhurst High School. He is interested in writing, reading,  criminology, making music, and detective work. He is a precise writer and will often delve into any area at any given time regardle...

Kamila Flores is a fourteen year-old freshman at Lindenhurst High School. This is her first year writing for The Charles Street Times. Kam enjoys listening to music and playing video games in her free time. She also enjoys readin...

Analia Leonardi is a freshman at Lindenhurst High School. Additionally, this is her first year reporting for The Charles Street Times. She is immensely passionate about writing and journalism. In her free time, she enjoys listening t...

Camila Medina is a freshman at Lindenhurst High School and new to The Charles Street Times paper. Camila is Dominican and Puerto Rican and was born in the Dominican Republic. Camila is a part of a family of five, including he...

Daniel Linich is a sophomore at Lindenhurst High School. This is his first year writing for the Charles Street Times. He likes fantasy, horror, and comedy movies and shows. He watches the NFL and his favorite teams are the Eagl...

Madison McCormack is a junior at Lindenhurst High School and this is her first year writing for the Charles Street Times. She enjoys playing field hockey and lacrosse after school. She enjoys skiing in the winter with the Lindenhu...

Aleena Pawa is a sophomore in Lindenhurst High School. This is her second year writing for The Charles Street Times. Aleena is a first generation Indian American. She is the youngest of two kids, her older sister is a junior in h...

Kimberly Romero is a junior at Lindenhurst Senior High School. This is her first year writing for The Charles Street Times. Her hobbies include listening to music, reading, watching horror and k-dramas, writing poems, going to the bea...

Jake Sullivan is 16 year old Junior of Lindenhurst High School. This is his first year writing for The Charles Street Times, and his various interests involve baseball, professional wrestling, many different video games and drawi...

Miles Williams is a 14 year old freshman at Lindenhurst High School. This is his first year in The Charles Street Times newspapers. He’s the middle child of three kids, one out of college, the other in 8th grade. Miles loves to ...

Nicolette (Nikki) Giordano is a student at Lindenhurst High School. This will be her first year writing for Charles Street Times.  When she isn't in school, she volunteers her time with Kids Need More, Lindy Cares, Long Island...

John Sinkus is a sophomore at Lindenhurst High School and it’s his second year writing for The Charles Street Times. John likes designing, music, video games, and much more. His favorite music artists include Beyonce, Tyler the...

Natalie Padro is a sophomore at Lindenhurst High School and this is her second year writing for the Charles Street Times. Natalie is on Varsity track where she runs hurdles along with being on JV Girls soccer.  She enjoys list...

Cosette Mole’-Garcia is a 14 year-old freshman at Lindenhurst High School, and this is her first year writing for The Charles Street Times. Cosette is a very active person who tries to join whatever she can. She is a dancer and ...

Mr. LaStella has been teaching in the Lindenhurst School District for 18 years.  This is his second year teaching journalism and being involved with The Charles Street Times. He is a movie buff,  music lover, and an avid Jets f...