NECC Observer

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


Essex County young adults share their thoughts on local government

By        February 18, 2021 In our education system we are taught primarily about how our federal government works, but what about how our local government works? I spoke with some of the young adults of...
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A youthful Christmas

By        December 16, 2020 It is that time of the year again… Christmas season is upon us. The holidays have a way of brining us back to the childhood memories of family and presents. For the holiday...
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Single parenting in modern America

By        December 8, 2020 According to the U.S Census, single parent families make up around 32% of the 11 million families that have children under the age of 18, with single mothers being the primary...
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A different kind of Thanksgiving

By        November 19, 2020 As we currently experience an upward trend of new COVID-19 cases, NECC students begin to prepare accordingly with the Mass.gov Safety Guidelines for their Thanksgiving...
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Credibility, the seemingly lost art form

By        October 28, 2020 In the case of the last couple of weeks we have seen headlines suggesting Osama Bin Laden is still alive, that there is a cabal of Democrat pedophiles running Washington D.C, and...
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Staving off cabin fever in the time of COVID

By        October 8, 2020 In a world on pause, what is one to do? Americans are resorting to an assortment of various activities to stave off cabin fever during the outbreak of COVID-19. Have people been...
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