Articles by: Ernie Greenslade
![Crockpots will Help Address Food Insecurity in Merrimack Valley](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2018/12/crockpot-horizontal.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Students in Northern Essex Community College Professor Jacqueline Dick’s Introduction to Public Health course addressed food insecurity in the Merrimack Valley this semester, collecting close to 100 new crockpots to donate to needy local residents …
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![Future CPA has Strong Time Management Skills](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2018/12/Carolyn-Greene.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Accounting major Catherine Greene of Plaistow, NH attends Northern Essex full time, works 25 to 60 hours a week, and is training for a May marathon in Pittsburgh. Still, she finds time for fun.
Northern Essex’s Early College partnership with the Lawrence Public Schools is one of only nine programs across the state to receive the official seal of approval at the state level.
The partnership was recently granted official …
![From Retail Sales to Computer Programming](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2018/12/Alex-Bochman.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Known as the “family IT guy”, the one to call when the computer won’t start or the printer isn’t working, Alex Bochman is now pursuing an associate degree in computer science.
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![NECC Instructor and ’08 Alumna, Sara Codair, Gives Talk about Publishing](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2018/11/sara-codair.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
On December 5 at 4 p.m., Sara Codair, a local author and NECC instructor, will speak about the process of getting a novel published. By telling the story of how their novel, Power Surge, got …
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