BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Shortly after Rockland County cleared out Building A of the Yeager Healthy Center in Pomona last January, the New City-based Friedwald Center became the first new tenant in the building, hosting an Adult Day Health Care program. The county used to host a similar program. On Monday, May 15 spirits were high for […]
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 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 […]
“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 […]