U.S. Navy discovers method for turning seawater into jet fuel Researchers with the U.S. Navy announced last Tuesday they had made a major breakthrough in fuel technology which could allow them to convert seawater into jet fuel. The scientists have discovered a method of breaking down seawater into hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the first step in […]
NEW CITY – Josiah Williams, 17 of New Windsor, NY, pled guilty to one count of first degree manslaughter on April 11 for the 2013 killing of a Ramapo man in Hillcrest. Williams was arrested on August 26, 2013 in Orange County more than two months after he stabbed Ricarrdo Barrett at a children’s birthday […]
A confirmed case of acute Hepatitis A was identified in a food handler at the La Fontana restaurant in Nyack, the county Health Dept. revealed last week. Exposure to the Hepatitis A virus could have occurred between March 19 and April 1, 2014 from the food handler, who had acquired the virus while overseas. The […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Born and raised in North Carolina and Georgia, singer-songwriter Riley Etheridge Jr. has made several appearances at the Piermont venue Turning Point, many of them sellouts, and will present a seven member band including two Piermont locals on Saturday, April 19. Etheridge’s band has three guitars, a drummer, a bass player […]
During May and June at the Nyack Library, original artwork will be showcased by Nyack native, Russell Paul Fernando. He paints a vivid picture of his effervescent mother, Marguerite Rosmarie Fernando. Her sparkling international career with Pan American World Airways took her on a journey around the world that led her to America. Also featured […]
BY BARRY WARNER April is Occupational Therapy Awareness Month and the growth in Rockland County’s, as well as America’s elderly population, is expected to keep the job market for occupational therapists and certified occupational assistants especially favorable. We’ve all heard the term, but what is an occupational therapist, exactly? Occupational therapists have an overriding goal, […]