A dream come true

Assistant Principal Lindsay Donaldson recently prepared and disseminated information about ChatGPT to educators.

“Our teachers are learning more about the pitfalls of ChatGPT and reviewing if there can be positive applications of the technology,” said MHS Principal Dan Bauer.

Bauer and Buckey confirmed incidents where students handed in ChatGPT-generated work as their own.

“We want students producing authentic assignments that cause them to engage critically in their thinking about topics and assignments,” Bauer said. Passing off ChatGPT-created work constitutes plagiarism and cheating, violating the MHS student handbook’s section titled “academic integrity expectations.”

“If a teacher suspects

BY CHRIS STEVENS

Nearly everyone has a vehicle they dream about owning. Maybe it’s a sports car, luxury vehicle, decked-out Harley or even a fire truck.

“Every firefighter, I think, dreams of owning their own fire truck,” said Marblehead Fire Chief Jason Gilliland. And for Gilliland, that dream has come true.

Gilliland recently became the proud owner of a classic 1939 model 80 Mack combination pumper/ladder truck. If that weren’t exciting enough, it is an original Marblehead fire truck. Gilliland said he’d looked off and on for a truck he could call his own, something small enough to store, ideally with an open cab. He wasn’t sure it would ever happen.

Then he got a phone call from a guy who said he had something he thought belonged to Gilliland.

“I hate calls like that,” Gilliland said with a laugh. “I said, ‘What could you possibly have that belongs to me?’”

When Sunapee, New Hampshire

Assistant Fire Chief Dana Ramspott said it was a vintage Marblehead fire truck, Gilliland said, “OK, now you’ve got my attention.”

Ramspott immediately sent photos.

“It’s pretty funky looking,” Gilliland said, showing the photo Ramspott sent. “I’m not a real big fan of the swayback, but it belonged to Marblehead, so you know what, I’m interested.’”

A little history

Along with photos, Ramspott also sent Gilliland the original “bill card,”