NECC Observer

The student news website of Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill and Lawrence, Mass.


Mobile market provides free food

By  and        October 8, 2020 The mobile farmer’s market at Northern Essex Community College provides free food to students and faculty, The Food Market is open once a month from September through April...
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Pandemic School: Learning during COVID

By  and        October 8, 2020 Coronavirus has drastically changed the ways schools have been running. Throughout Haverhill and surrounding areas, schools are all going about opening in a very different way....
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Pandemic Etiquette 101

By  and        October 8, 2020 The day of March 12 will live in infamy due to the coronavirus pandemic and how it subsequently shook up the world. When this pandemic first hit, we didn’t exactly know...
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Dual enrollment is a win-win for high school students during the pandemic

By  and        October 8, 2020 March 11 of this year the World Health Organization would declare COVID-19 a pandemic, two days later the U.S. declared a state of emergency, closing schools and changing...
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Online learning in the pandemic

By  and        October 8, 2020 During this pandemic, it has been difficult for students to learn and concentrate. Some college students have faced a lot of struggles. Also, the professors have been facing...
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When COVID-19 hits home

By  and        October 8, 2020 COVID-19 continues to tear through the world, through the United States, and through Massachusetts. It continues to reach and affect people throughout the Haverhill community,...
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Students reflect on loss of on campus experience

By  and        October 8, 2020 Not much has changed since March of 2020. NECC students remain inside, learning through the screens of their laptops. The only thing that is different is the question of what...
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