Kristofer Jenkins had no interest in college when he graduated in 2005 from North Andover High School. So he enlisted in the Marine Reserves, completed boot camp, and with nearly two years until his deployment, …

Forty-five Years Later, Tom Sexton Fondly Recalls Time at NECC
Former Alaskan Poet Laureate Tom Sexton is a celebrated poet with 12 published books but he is also a storyteller and many of the stories he …

Pulitzer Prize-Winning author and journalist Sonia Nazario will make two separate appearances in the Merrimack Valley on Friday, April 8, when she will discuss the modern-day odyssey of child migrants who …

In 2006, journalist Doug Fine set out to prove that “you can be a digital age American while reducing your carbon footprint.”
Fine—a former suburbanite and fast food junkie— moved to the Funky Butte Ranch in …

The Life Long Learning Program at Northern Essex Community College is offering a class studying the Art of Humor Writing with feature columnist, Sharon Williams Tucker, starting March 9, 2011. This …

If you are a military veteran and have a story or two to tell, NECC English Professor Paul Saint-Amand, a Vietnam-Era Veteran, is looking for you. With the beginning of the Spring 2011 semester he …