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, […]

SCHOLASTIC SPOTLIGHT 5/11/17

SCHOLASTIC SPOTLIGHT 5/11/17

BY MARC MATURO North Rockland, Nanuet on the run at Loucks Games Tuohy, Camillieri set to compete on the big stage in White Plains, along with a host of other top talents The Glenn D. Loucks Memorial Games in White Plains celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend, the distance medley relay takes place today, and […]

Marriott Goes Modular: How Pre-Fabricated Hotels Are Paving the Way

Marriott Goes Modular: How Pre-Fabricated Hotels Are Paving the Way

More than half of millennials and 45% of baby boomers agree that cost is a barrier to leisure travel, but that doesn’t seem to be keeping people from taking trips. In fact, every year, the global hotel industry generates between $400 billion and $500 billion in revenue, with one-third of that coming from the U.S. […]