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Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger
Teacher Wins $4M Libel Award Against Online Blogger A Rockland County blogger was hit with a $4 million verdict for allegedly cyber-bullying a local Clarkstown elementary school teacher on her blog. Meredith Trussell-Slutsky of Clarkstown was awarded $500,000 in compensatory, and $3.5 million in punitive damages by a state Supreme Court jury on Friday during the trial accusing Carol McIlmurray of libeling her through articles and false accusations on her Rockland Post blog and through other social media posts, according to a news release from Trussell-Slutsky's attorneys. "Ms. Trussell-Slutsky, a mother of two, and community volunteer was bu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Lakeland, Somers, Hen Hud Districts Will Get School Resource Officers Lakeland, Somers, Hen Hud Districts Will Get School Resource Officers
Lakeland, Somers, Hen Hud Districts Will Get School Resource Officers County Executive George Latimer has authorized the Westchester County Police Department to provide School Resource Officers to the Lakeland, Somers and Hendrick Hudson school districts. Under separate contracts for police services, the school districts will pay the cost of the officers’ salaries and benefits during the school year, while the County will assume those costs during the summer months. Latimer noted that the school districts will be able to enhance school security and student safety during the school year, by having five new School Resource Officers -- or SROs -- in their buil…

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by Jon Craig