BRADENTON, Fla. Mary C. Funnell, 69, formerly of Malta Avenue, Ballston Spa, died Sunday at her residence.
She lived in Ballston Spa most of her life before moving to Bradenton, Fla., in 1974.
Mrs. Funnell worked as a telephone operator for New York Telephone in Saratoga Springs for many years, and for the Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. She retired in 1984.
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FOOD NETWORK in March will debut limited series What America Eats With …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Fiji government has released part of a grant to its national rugby union to fund the country's participation at the World Cup in New Zealand later this year.
Education minister Filipe Bole confirmed on Monday that the Cabinet had approved the payment of 400,000 Fiji dollars ($226,000). He said the release of the full grant of 3 million Fiji dollars ($1.7 million) depends on whether the new union board meets the demands outlined by the government earlier this year.
The newly elected chairman of the rugby union, Col. Mosese Tikoitoga, said it would take any steps necessary to satisfy the government's demands.
Payment of the grant was …
A new book about the Kennet and Avon Canal provides anastonishing visual history of one of the country's best lovedwaterways, writes Christopher Hansford Partly because of its passagethrough Bath and the beautiful surrounding countryside, the Kennetand Avon Canal is one of the best loved and most spectacular ofEngland's waterways.
As the canal celebrates its 200th anniversary several new booksabout the waterway are being published and today we look at one ofthem.
Clive and Helen Hackford have gathered together a wonderful arrayof old photographs which they have used to tell the story of thisamazing waterway first proposed in 1788 as a less hazardous way ofgetting …
According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, "Anxiety disorders are associated with significant disability. There is growing interest in the question of whether pharmacotherapy that effectively reduces symptoms can also restore function."
"Recovery could potentially be defined as a lack of disability, with an associated reduction in symptom severity. Conversely, relapse could potentially be defined in terms of either increased disability or increased symptoms. We analyzed a database of randomized controlled trials of escitalopram in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD), focusing on the relationship between …
Byline: JEAN DerGURAHIAN Staff writer
The woman charged Tuesday with stealing more than $30,000 from the Glens Falls Civic Center only recently finished a probation period following a prior felony conviction for stealing, according to court reports.
Then she lied about the prior conviction on her job application at the civic center, a civic center official said.
Karen Atwood, the former box office manager who was arrested and charged with grand larceny, falsifying business records and defrauding the government, appeared Thursday before a Glens Falls City Court judge to hear the charges against her. She is scheduled to return March 7.
A …
Byline: California Pacific Medical Center
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- California Pacific Medical Center wishes to set the record straight in response to SEIU-UHW's recent public statements regarding recommendations from a Federal Mediator about the ongoing labor dispute. The Federal Mediator presented the two parties, SEIU-UHW and CPMC, with a document that, in his words, "represents [his] analysis of what might be acceptable to both sides to avert such a strike." Unfortunately, SEIU-UHW has circulated a document without the Mediator's introductory comments, thus grievously misrepresenting the purpose of the document.
For background, …
