BY EMILY MOSS More and more celebrities have been vocal in expressing love and support for medical marijuana. Each year, the list keeps growing! Check out the following celebrities who are not afraid to go through public scrutiny just to show their passion for weed, its legalization and its many benefits for treatment of their […]
By Terry Jarrett Washington loves controversy. And critics are undoubtedly clucking right now about the Trump administration’s plan to replace the Clean Power Plan (CPP) with a modified effort. But the administration deserves credit for updating the plan, rather than scrapping it entirely. For starters, the CPP envisioned by President Obama represented a massive overreach of the […]
YONKERS, NY—The 64th edition of the Yonkers Trot and 63rd renewal of the Messenger Stakes are both set for Saturday night, September 1, and the three-year-olds trotters and pacers have declared in for the second jewels of the Triple Crown at Yonkers Raceway. Each is worth $500,000. Four colts and four geldings have been entered […]
RE: Ombudsman Alert’s August 16 article – Reader says robocalls are a nuisance To the Editor, I get at least two Robo calls a day on my landline at home. Thursday’s are worse. Besides the usual robocalls, I get several calls from Monsey, Williamsburg and Monroe area. They are in Yiddish. Most I don’t understand, […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Last week’s article in this column, “How to Put an End to Annoying Robocalls” sparked many complaints to this Ombudsman, the most shocking of which revealed the fact that Robocallers have regularly practiced “disguising” their identities by “stealing” the telephone numbers (both landline and wireless) from their former “victims” with the obvious intention of tricking […]
BY MAURA MONAGHAN After playing music to entertain audiences for over 20 years, Rob Spampinato is stepping into a new role as musician. The lifelong Rockland resident and longtime musician is starting his own school of music, opening just in time for this year’s school year. “Rob’s School of Music” opened two weeks ago on […]