TZ GRAD COMPLETES AIR FORCE BASIC TRAINING

TZ GRAD COMPLETES AIR FORCE BASIC TRAINING

U.S. Air Force Airman Jayson E. Thibert graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four […]

Legislature inSAINity

Legislature inSAINity

BY GEORGE HOEHMANN, SUPERVISOR, TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN Many Clarkstown residents have come to me about the sale of the Rockland County Sain Building at 18 New Hempstead Road in New City. The building is owned by the County of Rockland and has fallen into disrepair. Under the leadership of our County Executive, Ed Day, County […]

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: Finally, A Drug Treatment for Hearing Loss?

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: Finally, A Drug Treatment for Hearing Loss?

“New Approach Promotes Growth of Sound-Detecting Hair Cells,” Breaking News From M.I.T BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT This Ombudsman again thanks Jason Pontin, editor of the “MIT Technology Review,” for his permission to quote directly from his publication this time on the breakthrough discovery of a possible drug treatment for hearing loss. The breakthrough was announced earlier […]

Carrington Custody Case pending before a Maryland Court

Carrington Custody Case pending before a Maryland Court

Arguments heard Friday, May 5; decision expected shortly BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Six and a half years after Rockland County Family Court separated Susan Carrington from her two daughters, the Maryland mother awaits a ruling in her home state that could determine whether she finally sees her kids again. In the time that’s elapsed her daughters […]

JACKIE CASSAGNOL AND WCFR: THE SPIRIT OF NURSES’ WEEK

JACKIE CASSAGNOL AND WCFR: THE SPIRIT OF NURSES’ WEEK

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Jackie Cassagnol’s life changed when Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake in 2010. Cassagnol, a longtime registered nurse currently working as a professor at Dominican College, was training Haitian civilians in first aid and emergency response following the killer quake and one young man told her, “If we knew this then, […]