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Videos Of Students In Hudson Valley Using Racist Language Being Probed Videos Of Students In Hudson Valley Using Racist Language Being Probed
Videos Of Students In Hudson Valley Using Racist Language Being Probed An investigation is underway after an area school district became aware of videos featuring "racially insensitive language" by students. The videos, currently circulating on social media among Northern Westchester students in the Lakeland Central School District who attend Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak and Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt Manor came to the attention of district officials earlier this week, the district said on Wednesday, June 3. "Based on initial findings, these incidents appear to have taken place in the past, several years ago, and are now being recirculated," sa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Voicemails To Lakeland Schools Superintendent Lead To Harassment Charge Voicemails To Lakeland Schools Superintendent Lead To Harassment Charge
Voicemails To Lakeland Schools Superintendent Lead To Harassment Charge A Northern Westchester man who admitted to leaving more than two dozen harassing voicemails to Lakeland Schools Superintendent George Stone is back in trouble with police in Yorktown for leaving more unwanted messages. On Oct. 2, officers from the Yorktown Police Department were dispatched to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, where there was a report of harassment, prompting an investigation.  Police said that the investigation determined that between Oct. 12 and Oct. 21, Cortlandt Manor resident Anthony Cassone allegedly made several calls to the voicemail system that “served n…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Cortlandt Man Admits To Harassing Lakeland Schools Superintendent Cortlandt Man Admits To Harassing Lakeland Schools Superintendent
Cortlandt Man Admits To Harassing Lakeland Schools Superintendent A Northern Westchester man has admitted to sending more than two dozen harassing voicemails to Lakeland Schools Superintendent George Stone for several months, leading to an order of protection. Police said it is alleged that between Jan. 17 and June 17 this year, Cortlandt Manor resident Anthony Cassone, 55, “left approximately 25 voicemails on the victim’s voicemail system that served no legitimate purpose and caused the victim annoyance and alarm.”  At the victim’s request, a criminal summons was obtained from the Yorktown Justice Court on June 28 for a charge of second-degree harassment…

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by Zak Failla