May 6, 2021
NASHUA, N.H. Mary Elizabeth Choppa, 60, died Monday, April 26, 2021, at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua.
She was born Nov. 10, 1960, in Youngstown, daughter of the late Dominic S. and Elizabeth Ward Choppa.
She was a graduate of Ursuline High School in Youngstown, as well as Youngstown State University (M.A. in history). She worked as a management support analyst for Elliot Hospital in Manchester.
Mary was a gifted singer and musician who especially loved traditional Irish folk music. She enjoyed genealogy and ancestry research, traveling, especially to Ireland, Italy, National Parks and Disney, as well as animals and technology. She was a member of several genealogy groups including TIARA The Irish Ancestral Research Association, NERGC New England Regional Genealogical Consortium, FGS Federation of Genealogical Societies, and IGSI Irish Genealogical Society International.
May 4th 2021 18:17
On day two of Econsultancy Live: ‘What’s next for CX?’, Elisabeth Ward, accessibility expert at Scope, speaking to Econsultancy Editor Ben Davis, gave an overview of disability in digital including how the pandemic has in some cases exacerbated accessibility issues.
More than fourteen million (or one in five) people living in the UK are disabled, meaning as many as 40% of UK households house at least one disabled person. Despite this group making up such a large proportion of UK customers, they are still 50% more likely to face barriers in digital spaces than non-disabled customers.
“The collective spending power of disabled people and their households, often called the Purple Pound, is estimated to be worth £274 billion per year to UK businesses, but 7 in 10 customers say they will click away from a website that they find difficult to use.” Ward revealed.
Local history brought to life with Whanganui lecture series
27 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Researcher Dr Elizabeth Ward will deliver a free seminar on early Whanganui women s political groups at the Davis Theatre next month.
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Researcher Dr Elizabeth Ward will deliver a free seminar on early Whanganui women s political groups at the Davis Theatre next month.
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Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
A series of free seminars hosted by the Whanganui Regional Museum aims to raise awareness of the presence of history in the local community.
The theme of the series is New Decade and the lectures are associated with Massey University study, research and writing.
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Advocates applaud opportunity for public input on I-94 East-West project, but new environmental review process still needed
WisDOT commits to additional public input and data review on controversial highway expansion project with major racial inequity and climate impacts By Press Release - Apr 15th, 2021 05:14 pm
MADISON After calls for broader public input and a better review, WISDOT Secretary-designee
Craig Thompsonannounced Thursday that the state plans to undertake a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Interstate 94 expansion project in Milwaukee. Until now, WisDOT was pursuing the expansion project based on data and input collected before the project’s 2017 cancellation by then-Gov.