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NECC students enjoy night out at Woo Sox

NECC students enjoyed a night out in Worcester this September to watch the Woo Sox take on the Red Wings.  As a part of fan appreciation week the Woo Sox hosted a unique event at their home stadium POLAR park. All NECC students, faculty and their families were welcomed to…

A baseball pitcher throws the ball to the batter


An eccentric and funny NECC production

The NECC theatre program had their first performance of the semester, “All in the Timing” by David Ives.  The play was performed from Oct. 2 to Oct. 5 at The Chester H. Hawrylciw Theatre on the third floor of the Spurk Building on the Haverhill campus.  On Friday evening, the…

Two women wearing tutus and a man sitting a stool with a beanie.


What high schoool did not teach us: Prep skills are lacking for many students going into college

How would the lack of college prep skills high school students get effect students that are just coming to college? School has officially started, and new college students are coming in. High school is different in so many ways. High school can also teach us skills that are meaningful in…

A bulletin board in the Spurk building hallway


PACE Awards

A group of people stand in a line smiling and holding their awards


People of Lawrence photo essay

My profile is on Lawrence and the people residing in it making it what it is today I took photos of people doing their every day activities. Note: Arias is currently enrolled in an Early College Journalism I course. Students completed profiles and/or portraits for their final projects. Arias chose…

A man sitting in a pink background


Students share views at open forum

Monday afternoon proved fruitful for members of the Student Affairs Committee, as they held an open student forum where members of both campuses shared their experiences, questions, and concerns with the current state of Northern Essex Community College in a town-hall style online meeting. Hosted on the afternoon of April…


Comics by Narjis Musa

 

A comic drawing showing a woman wearing an old fashioned dress


Observer staff win NENPA awards

Student journalists from the NECC Observer recently won awards from The New England Newspaper and Press Association in the college division of the Better Newspaper competition. Shaun Hood of Groveland and Observer correspondents received a first place award for best arts and entertainment section and former Observer Editor-in-Chief/Opinion Editor Kim…

A man holds an award plaque and smiles


Water woes in the Spurk building

Students and staff on the third floor of the C Building recently had to grapple with issues caused by a persistently leaking ceiling on the third floor. The issue led to trash cans being placed throughout the floor to manage the water dripping into the hallways, but this temporary solution…

Buckets collect water from ceiling in a hallway


Comics: The art of making you laugh at the current situation

Opinion comics by Narjis Musa, Observer correspondent    

Comic drawing of two people sitting at a kitchen table talking about how eggs are expensive