‘FEMA 1603′ at Mead Theatre Lab
Meet Looter Larry, one of the more colorful characters in Giani Clarkson's one-man "FEMA's 1603." Larry hawks toys, TVs, even a bit of beat-up bedding that he implausibly describes as a water mattress.
January 16, 2009
Rescuers improvise to save swimmers in danger
French lifeguards are starting to use a rescue technique that was originally developed in Hawaii: a foam polyurethane mattress is attached to a jet-ski and towed out to sea for struggling swimmers to grab on to. Frederic Jeammes reports
Principal, teacher in sex scandal
A principal and teacher accused of having sex with underage girls on a sponge mattress at a school in Bushbuckridge have both been suspended.
Resnick's Mattress Factory gets new owner
Capital Region stores will be unaffected by the change; founder pioneered innovative ads
