Observer alum wins award
By Shantely Aquino May 9, 2023 22-year-old Jose Rodriguez is a journalism graduate of Northern Essex Community College who is now pursuing his bachelor’s degree at Salem State University, where he is majoring...read more
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Peace Poetry contest winners celebrated
By Shantely Aquino, Features Editor May 9, 2023 Photo courtesy NECC At NECC’s Haverhill campus Tech Building the 15th Annual Peace Poetry contest was held the night of May 4. The contestants’ ages ranged from first...read more
Professor Profile: Tom Greene
By Shantely Aquino, Features Editor April 28, 2023 Fifty-four-year-old Thomas Greene is the chair of the NECC English department and professor as well as a short-story writer, gamer and vampire history fanatic. Greene also has an...read more
From immigrant to business owner
By Evthokia Dimakis, Correspondent April 28, 2023 Editor’s Note: Journalism student Kia Dimakis wrote this profile of her grandfather, Antonios Dimakis, and his business, Mark’s Deli. Her father, Stavros Dimakis, is the current...read more
Spring semester 2023 draws to an end
By Kim Zappala, Editor-in-Chief 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...read more
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
By Shantely Aquino, Features Editor April 18, 2023 The NECC Library is hosting a continuing series of workshops to help students define, identify and avoid plagiarism when completing assignments. One workshop was held on April...read more
Balancing work and school by finding jobs close by
By Evthokia Dimakis, Correspondent April 18, 2023 It is no secret that college is expensive, and many students have to work while enrolled. In Haverhill, however, there are some full-time students who find it a mutually...read more
Chief Hobbs reflects on community policing
By Elliott Mascoll, Correspondent April 18, 2023 Chief Hobbs from the Northern Essex Community College Public Safety Department values community engagement. “Building relations within the community to address their needs and...read more