BY DIANE DIMOND It was the admission that made every parent of every kid who wants to play football gasp. The question from Rep. Jan Schakowsky was simple: “Do you think there is a link between football and degenerative brain disorders like CTE?” Jeff Miller, the National Football League’s senior vice president for health and […]
“Live from Nashville” will show Monday, April 11 at Westchester Broadway Theatre. The musical theatre production features a troupe of singers, dancers, a bona fide band of Nashville musicians, dazzling staging and rhinestone-bedecked costumes, all designed to celebrate a century of celebrities and treasured songs. WBT promises phenomenal fiddling, fancy footwork and top-flight vocals to […]
ROCKLAND COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland’s water conservation efforts will get a boost in the 2016 New York State Budget, which awards the county $250,000 to continue its work. “This funding will help us to perform tasks that our residents have made clear are important to them and to Rockland County’s future when it comes to […]
Last week, 600 Zarathushtis (Zoroastrians), their friends and families from the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut came together to celebrate the opening of a new Zoroastrian religious and cultural community center in Pomona, NY. The inaugural event held during the week of Nowruz, the start of the Persian new year also […]
The CIA invented the cough relief drug dextromethorphan in 1950s. It has has been known to have other uses as well BY ESTHER INGLIS-ARKELL Much of the cough syrup on the shelves today owes a little something to the US Navy and the CIA. One of its main effective ingredients was developed by a project […]
By Kevin L. Kearns Voters are going to the polls this year with economic worries uppermost in their minds. Although the “headline” unemployment rate has fallen to 4.9 percent, the labor force participation rate remains near historic lows, indicating that many people who might work are not doing so. Discouraged workers have given up looking […]