NECC Observer

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


Federal pandemic unemployment assistance to expire soon

By  and        December 8, 2020 The discontinuance of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance is set to leave many unemployed people without financial aid. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a...
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Celebrating the holidays during the pandemic

By  and        December 8, 2020 The holidays, as festive and jolly as they might seem, can be a stressful time. Adding in a global pandemic that has killed a significant amount of people that has required...
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Keeping creative with Professor Victor

By  and        April 29, 2020 Marquis Victor is a new professor at Northern Essex Community College who teaches Intro to Film Studies and Communication through Film. He started teaching spring 2020, not only...
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New Lawrence food vendor named

By        October 27, 2016 The Lawrence campus gained a new food vendor after weeks of looking. The vendor will be El Taller, which operates a restaurant at 275 Essex St., only a couple blocks from the...
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Amesbury Street Property Donated

By        November 6, 2015 Louise Haffner Fournier’s family make donation   The Louise Haffner Fournier Education Center on Amesbury Street on the Lawrence Campus has gone from a rented building to a...
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Winterfest

By        March 5, 2015 With the accumulation of snow at the Lawrence campus over this semester, a lot of events had to be cancelled along with the school days, Winterfest being one of them. Winterfest...
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NECC Nursing Program

By  and        February 25, 2015 The Lawrence campus at NECC has rapidly transformed in the last year for the nursing program, along with the Lawrence campus in general. From renovations around campus, to better...
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Meet the new library director

By        November 4, 2014 By Jessica Freeman “There’s more paperwork now” jokes, Mike Hearn, the recently appointed Director of Library Services. Hearn said his job is now more administrative, and that he...
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