The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, NY is now enrolling participants in a national Alzheimer’s prevention study to determine whether two investigational anti-amyloid drugs can prevent or delay the emergence of symptoms of Alzheimer’s in people identified by genetic markers as being at particularly high risk for developing the disease at […]
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 […]
This Saturday, May 20, from 10 a.m. – 12 noon join Trail Guide Jack Bloom at Tallman Mountain State Park for a moderate to easy, 3-mile walk, appropriate for youth and up, on a flat wide trail that offers glimpses of the Hudson River. The trail is packed earth and wide, with little incline. The […]
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, […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY The gloves are off. Rockland County witnessed a spectacle at this week’s committee meetings of the County Legislature. The topic: the county-owned Sain Building. Lest there be any doubt here is the take-away: The interests of Rockland County taxpayers and the interests of the Ramapo Democratic delegation are not […]
Town attorneys fear rule may be unprecedented and spark costly legal battles  BY ROBERT KNIGHT  City Editor  A controversial and potentially landmark item on the Orangetown Town Board’s agenda forTuesday, May 16 is expected to draw a large crowd and an extended debate.  A public hearing will be held at 8:15 […]