NECC Observer

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


The mastermind behind Student Activities

If you find yourself looking through Northern Essex’s event calendar, one name starts to stick out from the rest: Student Life Coordinator Stephanie Haskell.  Haskell has...
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Hold me back as time flies

It is no secret that time starts to fly by at an incomprehensible rate as we get older. As unexplainable as this is, the trials and tribulations of life slowly weigh on the human...
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New Year’s resolutions: The lie we keep telling ourselves

Many make New Year’s resolutions but are unable to keep them. Working out, eating healthier, reading more. But how are some able to complete their resolutions and even make...
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NECC Knights are your Region 21 champions

On Mother’s Day May 8, the NECC Knights faced Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) Knights  in the championship game for the Region 21 tournament in  Fraser Field in Lynn....
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Life vs. travel

With all of the factors at play in your everyday life, it is hard to just pick up your bags and travel. The typical job would not help you have any available time to actually go...
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Why students continue to take online classes

COVID-19 has altered the ways that individuals approach education. One of these things that have changed is the prominence of online classes. Even now, when in-person courses are...
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Knights moving on to the Region 21 Championship

On Saturday May 7th the number 1 seed NECC Knights faced the number 2 seed Massasoit Community College in Frasier  Field in Lynn, Massachusetts. The winner of this game would...
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