Articles by: Angela Tournas
David Hartleb says farewell after 15 years.
NECC graduate is named chief of police in Merrimac
Massachusetts Essex County Sheriff Frank G. Cousins, Jr., told the more than 1,000 NECC graduates who received associate degrees and certificates on Saturday, May 21, “This is an exceptional group. …
Northern Essex Community College’s Life Long Learning Program will travel to Newport, Rhode Island, for a chowder cook-off at the Breakers Mansion, the grandest of Newport’s summer …
People’s United Bank has committed to donate $10,000 toward Northern Essex Community College’s new $25 million Allied Health & Technology Center scheduled for construction on Common Street in Lawrence. The …
High School students interested in becoming nurses are invited to an information session hosted by Northern Essex Community College on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Free and open to the public, …
Three finalists, Dr. William Heineman, Northern Essex Community College dean of foundation and liberal arts and sciences, Dr. Cheryl Reagan, vice president of academic affairs at Clinton Community College in …
NECC says good-bye to David Hartleb.
UMass Lowell offers free tuition to NECC graduates with 3.0 or better
Students in Juan Barboza-Gubo’s Color & Design class recently completed several abstract, faux, stained-glass window murals, in the B and C buildings, using black electrical tape and colored tissue paper. …
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