NECC Observer

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


Spring semester 2023 draws to an end

By        April 28, 2023 The spring college semester is always an exciting time of year, and nowhere is that more evident than at Northern Essex Community College (NECC). As the days grow longer and...
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2023 PACE awards

By        April 28, 2023 It is the end of the spring 2023 semester, and it is time to celebrate students for their hard work and determination with the PACE awards. The amazing staff at PACE had a hard...
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Holding the debt ceiling hostage: MAGA Republicans do not want to pay America’s bills

By        April 26, 2023 MAGA Republicans in Congress are holding raising the debt ceiling hostage unless their demands are met and will not consider passing a seperate bill that would involve budget...
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Students get a chance to let their voices be heard: Public Relations students invite you to the 2023 Speechapalooza event

By        April 18, 2023 Photo courtesy Principles of Public Relations class Northern Essex Community College students are excited to announce the upcoming Speechapalooza event, which will take place on...
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Reproductive rights attacked: MAGA Republicans strip women of their rights to choose again

By        April 18, 2023 This week Federal Judge Mathew Kacsmaryk, the sole federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, ruled to ban the use of the abortion medication Mifepristone. A medication that has been...
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U.S. dollar in jeopardy

By        April 18, 2023 The Brics nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have been discussing the idea of deplatforming the U.S dollar as the world’s reserve currency for several years...
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Gun violence in schools

By        April 7, 2023 It’s almost been a year since I wrote my first editorial story in the NECC Observer, where I touched on gun violence in the United States. On Monday March 27th, 2023, another...
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