The accident happened Monday afternoon.
A worker at Merrimack College was injured after falling about 20 feet on Monday afternoon. Campus police confirmed that the worker -- whose name has not been released -- fell and suffered from back pain afterward. He was taken to Lawrence General Hospital. OSHA was also reportedly notified.
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The silent film era returns to the big screen at Rogers Center for the Arts on the campus of Merrimack College. with the screening of a classic silent comedy and short subjects, all accompanied by live music. Showtime is Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. All are welcome to this family-friendly event; admission is free and the show is open to the public. Featured will be a full-length comedy, 'Grandma's Boy,' starring Harold Lloyd, a popular 1920s film star. Comedy short subjects will include 'Neighbors' (1920) starring Buster Keaton and 'Mighty Like a Moose' (1926) starring Charley Chase. The screening, the latest in the Rogers Center's silent film series, will feature live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who …
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On Monday, October 15, Merrimack College will bestow the prestigious 2012 Goldziher Prize on Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City for his work in advancing Jewish-Muslim dialogue. Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, will be in attendance to lend the support of the Catholic Church to Rabbi Visotzky‟s interfaith work. The Goldziher Prize is named for the Hungarian Jewish scholar Ignác Goldziher (1850-1921). In 1873 and 1874 Goldziher toured Constantinople, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem, and Cairo where he became a student at Al-Azhar. There he prayed in a mosque and wrote in his diary, “In the midst of thousands of the pious... never in my life was I more devout ...than on that Friday.” …
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MaryRose Mazzola has been campaigning since childhood.
After MaryRose Mazzola graduates from Merrimack College next weekend, she plans to jump right into the 2012 election full-time. The 21-year-old student is delaying grad school to work on State Sen. Barry Finegold's campaign, the Boston Globe is reporting. Mazzola, of Chelmsford, has been politically active since middle school and has been juggling school with her work on Finegold's campaign the past few months. Read the full story here.
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Merrimack College has inked a partnership with Fox College Sports to broadcast three hockey games live from Lawler Arena. All of the game will be created and produced in-house by Merrimack and Pack Network. In addition to last Saturday’s game against Union, the January 29 game against Providence and February 3 game against Boston University will be televised live on the Fox College Sports Network. Each of these games and the January 14 game against Maine will also be televised live in high definition on WBIN-TV locally. Merrimack is the only Hockey East school to reach a contract to broadcast some of its games nationally. Locally, fans can find WBIN on Channel 18 (811 in HD) on Comcast, Channel 6 (506 in HD) on Verizon Fios and 50 on …
Spend an afternoon skating with the Warriors, Santa, or your friends and family.
The holidays are synonymous with ice skating. Some prefer the fast action of hockey and some enjoy the elegance and grace of figure skating. Whatever be the case, there are some of us that are truly at home on skates. Casual skating is great exercise and an excellent opportunity to work out your legs. Skating can be invigorating and precise or also relaxed and leisurely. So if you haven’t laced up in a while or need to get in the holiday spirit, check out one of these great skating opportunities. 1. Skate with Santa and the Warriors Lawler Arena on the campus of Merrimack College has seen some incredible games in the last few years. The Warriors have had a great home record and soared to the top ranking in the nation recently. On Saturday…
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The top team in the nation lost its first two games of the season over the weekend.
Merrimack College went into a weekend series against Providence undefeated and ranked as the top team in the nation. Over the weekend, the Friars stripped Merrimack of both of those titles. On Friday, the Warriors visited Providence and lost its first game of the season in overtime. Jesse Todd scored for Merrimack in the third period to tie things up at one. One minute and 54 seconds into overtime, Ross Mauermann ended Merrimack’s undefeated streak. On Saturday, the matchup shifted to North Andover where the Friars took the momentum of the overtime win and embarrassed the Warriors on their home ice. Providence scored four consecutive times in the second period, all on the power play. Connor Toomey of Billerica was the only Warrior to bury …
Stollery is the top defenseman and senior captain of the nation's top ranked hockey team.
Karl Stollery of the Merrimack College hockey team is this week’s Athlete of the Week for his major role on the nation’s top ranked squad. Merrimack has topped the polls now for a week and a half. The Warriors are still the only undefeated team in the nation. Stollery is tied for second on the team with nine points this year. He has potted three goals and made six assists. Stollery is also tied for the team lead with seven blocked shots. A native of Camrose, Alberta, Stollery is the team’s captain and its top defenseman. Last year he was one of only five players to play in all of Merrimack’s 35 games. Stollery, 24 years of age, is a business major at Merrimack. This will be his last year in blue and gold as the senior is expected to …
The Warriors are ranked number 1 in the country for the first time in history.
Today, North Andover boasts the best college hockey team in the entire nation. Merrimack College may be the smallest Division 1 hockey school, but it is also the only undefeated team in the nation. The Warriors are 8-0-1 this year. They earned 27 first place votes in the USCHO National Poll and 20 first place votes in the USA Today poll. Merrimack won only three games in the 2006-07 season; now they are tops in the country, an improvement that few were able to foresee. Last year, the Warriors soared as high as #4 in the nation, winning a school record 25 games and advancing to its first ever Hockey East Championship game. Merrimack actually lost its top three scorers from last season. Hockey fans expected a step back, but the program has …
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Cannata and the Merrimack College Warriors are ranked second in the nation.
Athlete of the Week Joe Cannata was named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. His squad is in the midst of one of their best season in team history. The Warriors are 8-0-1 and despite earning more first-place votes than any other team in the nation, Merrimack is ranked second in the country. Only Minnesota is ranked higher. Merrimack is the only undefeated team in the nation at this point in the season. Merrimack beat Boston University one week ago and Cannata made 26 saves. The senior was named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. Cannata started each of Merrimack's 39 games as a junior last year. He is the school's all-time winnigest goalie. He has been drafted by the Vancouver …
