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Art club information session

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On Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, at 7 p.m., the art club held a special information session for all students to attend at Northern Essex Community College. Tiffany Esmerio, the coordinator of orientation and student transition at NECC hosted a total of four students via Zoom. Esmerio introduced various methods used…

Yoga studio in downtown Haverhill to host class with live music

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One amazing spot located in Downtown on Washington Street, is The Yoga Tree. This beautiful yoga studio offers various yoga classes every day throughout the week, as well as lots of yoga-related special events. Tomorrow night, Yoga Tree owner Ally Vallieres will teach a yoga class as local singer-songwriter Liz…

News daze: The impact of local news on individuals 

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In a time where the country is being plagued by crucial problems – from the ongoing fight for racial equality to the ups and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic – many people are staying glued to their television screens in anticipation for what is going to happen next. Many students…

GalaxyCon excels in the convention industry

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Ever been to a convention? If so, was it pop culture related? If going to pop culture conventions is one of your hobbies, and you enjoy meeting celebrities as part of that hobby, then GalaxyCon has you covered! GalaxyCon is a convention company that provides fans of various TV shows…

Photo Essay: Before I’m gone

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Carmen “Tita” Almonte   “I always served other people. Running around, always doing things for other people. There isn’t anybody out there that has any negative feelings towards me, thank Jehovah. The best thing in life is when people get along. When people get along, we live well. We live…

Inspiration vs imitation: Learning when to detach oneself: Why taking a step back is just as crucial as moving forward.

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Inspiration is key. It’s something that I need around me constantly, and it’s what drives me to create.  But I have to know when to detach. Not that long ago I wrote a piece about what some local artists are doing to find inspiration during these trying times, as it…

Pandemic pregnancy: The pressures of parenthood

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Because there is still so much that we do not know about COVID-19, we are unsure of some of the effects that it can have on a developing child. What we do know is that COVID-19 is uncommon in newborns born to mothers who had tested positive for COVID-19 during…

Haverhill Art Walk

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As vaccines are flying and progress is being made to set quarantine-reality behind us, it’s time to remember what it’s like to live again! What better tools to help with that than community and art? The perfect, lively aid is coming to Haverhill in the form of an Art Walk.…

The sports system at NECC

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Sports have been for many years at the very top of the entertainment industry across the world, and sports have brought it in the highest revenues for so long. It is no coincidence that in the United States, the biggest sports and the development among players are highly based on…

How the Center for Liberal Arts embraces different cultures

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Northern Essex Community College has a diverse group of students attending both the Lawrence and Haverhill campuses, especially in the Lawrence campus where 80 percent of the student population are bilingual and speak predominantly Spanish. This is why NECC and the Center for Liberal Arts have incorporated different activities and…