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Speechapalooza 2021: Coming to a screen near you

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Northern Essex Community College’s 7th annual Speechapalooza event will be held virtually for the second year in a row due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It will be held over a span of three days, April 30, May 1, and May 2 on YouTube @ https://youtu.be/3x4ccIZPVJk. Speechapalooza was created in…

Spreading Alzheimer’s awareness in the community

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The Alzheimer’s Association is partnering with NECC to spread awareness about Alzheimers. The association is inviting NECC, students and their families to participate in an event called, “Know The 10 Signs of Alzheimers.” The event will be held over a webinar and will be hosted both in Spanish and in…

Students react to NH’s mask mandate being lifted, NECC officials share school’s plans for fall

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As of April 15, New Hampshire no longer mandates that residents wear masks in public places. While the state has lifted the mandate, NH Governor Chris Sununu said he still encourages people to wear a mask. “A state mandate does not have to be in place for us to know…

Students take on virtual escape room

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With the exit doors locked and just an hour to escape a horde of the undead, our (virtual) fate was all but sealed. Luckily, the post-apocalyptic world had never seen the likes of such crafty community college students as ourselves. On April 8 2021, I, as a reporter for the…

Registration for summer, fall begins at NECC

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Registration for the summer and fall semesters is now open at Northern Essex Community College. The school is offering many different options for classes. There will be in person classes, only for health and stem classes unless the pandemic improves as stated on NECC’s website. There will be online classes,…

Virtual town hall highlights plans for fall classes

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Monday, March 29, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs William “Bill” Heineman, and Director of Student Success Management Audrey Ellis hosted a Virtual Town Hall meeting via Zoom to update students and parents on NECC’s most current plan for conducting courses in the Fall. Earlier this month, NECC announced…

Reflecting on a year of COVID

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In March of 2021 the anniversary of the first lockdown came about, and more specifically the first time since NECC shut down and changed the format to online learning. Students reflect on the past year. Nisaly Gonzalez, who lives in North Andover and is studying Liberal Arts in NECC says…

A year in a pandemic: How it has affected those with chronic illness.

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It has been year since the World Health Organization declared SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19/The Coronavirus, a global pandemic. Since then, more than 118 million people have been infected worldwide, and 2.7 million have died. One of the groups of people that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, whether because of a COVID-19…

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center doctors encourage community to get vaccinated

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On Tuesday evening, March.2, NECC students Tanner Jordan and Silvia Urena Polanco hosted a COVID-19 Vaccine Forum alongside guest doctors Lydia Rex and Tuhin Roy from Greater Lawrence Family Health Center via Zoom to answer the community’s questions about the safety of the vaccine. Students, faculty and the general public…

Interactive comedy hour offers a night of laughts

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On Wednesday evening March 3rd, NECC Student Life Activities presented an online interactive comedy hour to have fun and loosen up life during COVID times, hosted by professional stand-up comedian and adjunct professor David Rattigan. The crowd warmed up “with a tiny bit of education” as Rattigan put it, with…