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Top Notch Players to present “Love Letters”

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The Top Notch Players at Northern Essex Community College will have a play take place
virtually called, “Love Letters”, by A.R Gurney on Dec.10 through Dec.12.

The story is about one couples who spent 50 years together and they begin to read love letters to each other in regard to their relationship.

Due to Covid-19, rehearsals were all done online for the safeness of others. The performance will also be presented online. The play will stream on vimeo and anyone can watch it within the comfort of their homes.

The play was directed by Brianne Beatrice who is the theater Coordinator at NECC and
also an adjunct professor.

For five years Beatrice has produced all shows, and pre-pandemic, she typically has designed the set, built the sets and designed the lighting, sound and costumes, but also with
the help of her students.

According to Beatrice, “It’s a really nice time of the year to feel hopeful and we all need hope in our lives and joy in our lives and hopefully this play will bring  that to a lot of people.”

According to an announcement from  NECC’s Center for Liberal Arts, the play is “available only on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/487879040

“If you enjoy the play and would to ‘pay what you want’, you can send a Venmo to: @Brianne-Beatrice in the amount that you wish to donate to the Northern Essex Community College Theater Program. Please name the donation ‘Love Letters’. For additional details, contact Prof Brianne Beatrice at bribeats@gmail.com.”

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Mobile market provides free food

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Poster with details about the mobile food market

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 on both campuses located in Haverhill and Lawrence.

Northern Essex will have its next Food Market on Oct. 27.

In order to receive food from the Food Market, an appointment has to be made a week an advance.

A bag of food which is prepacked and fresh will be given through drive-up and if you don’t have a vehicle then it can be given by foot.

Due to Covid-19, everyone who’s volunteering at the Food Market will being wearinggloves and a facemask for the safety of others and themselves.

Coordinator of Civic Engagement, Service-Learning, & Community Resources Janel D’ Agata Lynch, who supervises the Food Market stated that about 150 to 200 students participated recently at the FoodMarket. Everyone receives the same amount of food and the same fresh produce. According to Courtney Morin, who manages the Food Market, stated that fresh food like onions, eggplant,peppers, and zucchini is some of the produce that is being given at the Food Market. Each bag weighs about 15 pounds each.

The Food Market receives its fresh food from the Boston Food Bank.

In order to register, students and faculty can go onto the NECC website and click on Events and thenc lick on Food Market, which is presented on the school calendar, which will give the option to fill out a form in order to register.

If anyone wants to volunteer and help the community, 5 to 6 people is needed at theFood Market in order to help those in need.

The Food Market is running by appointments only, due to Covid-19, if you’re a student or a faculty at NECC, NECC wants to help and provide free food for those in need