{"id":657,"date":"2025-07-23T10:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-necc-news.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=657"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:07:21","slug":"in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mdg1iciz-d464030d76df94ec7a24772dc314d89b\">\n.avia-section.av-mdg1iciz-d464030d76df94ec7a24772dc314d89b{\nbackground-color:#f5f5f5;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-mdg1iciz-d464030d76df94ec7a24772dc314d89b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  list-grid-extra-padding-bottom-section custom-page-banner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' 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src=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Darren-Gatorade-768x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"1000\" width=\"768\"><\/noscript><\/a><a class=\"wpgb-card-layer-link\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/in-the-news\/whav-northern-essex-mens-basketball-wins-junior-college-division-iii-national-championship\/\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpgb-card-content wpgb-scheme-dark\"><div class=\"wpgb-card-body\"><h3 class=\"wpgb-block-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/in-the-news\/whav-northern-essex-mens-basketball-wins-junior-college-division-iii-national-championship\/\">WHAV: Northern Essex Men\u2019s Basketball Wins Junior College Division III National Championship<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpgb-block-3\">Mar. 15, 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpgb-card wpgb-card-13 wpgb-post-32807\" data-col=\"1\" data-row=\"1\" data-format=\"standard\"><div class=\"wpgb-card-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpgb-card-inner\"><div 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style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/50431975013_434c4bf29f_c-1-768x512.jpg)\"><\/div><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpgb-noscript-img\" src=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/50431975013_434c4bf29f_c-1-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"512\" width=\"768\"><\/noscript><\/a><a class=\"wpgb-card-layer-link\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/in-the-news\/whav-northern-essex-joins-five-other-community-colleges-in-launching-apprenticeship-programs\/\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpgb-card-content wpgb-scheme-dark\"><div class=\"wpgb-card-body\"><h3 class=\"wpgb-block-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/in-the-news\/whav-northern-essex-joins-five-other-community-colleges-in-launching-apprenticeship-programs\/\">WHAV: Northern Essex Joins Five Other Community Colleges in Launching Apprenticeship Programs<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpgb-block-3\">Mar. 13, 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