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A Rockland County jury Friday awarded a Clarkstown elementary school teacher four million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages for libelous defamation. Attorney Michael Feldman of Finkelstein & Partners in Newburgh said Meredith Trussell-Slutsky was bullied for more than six months in 2017 after a series of quote “malicious and fictitious” articles were published on an Internet blog, The Rockland Post…
Carol Mcilmurray of The Rockland Post could not be reached for comment.
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A sports venue consultant hired by the town of Ramapo to give his opinion on how to squeeze more money out of the ballpark is now on the case. Supervisor Michael Specht says Dan Barrett has already been familiarized with the history of the ballpark and the controversy over how it came about…
The ballpark will host the 2019 All-Star Game between the Can-Am League and the Frontier League. It’ll be the first time the two Independent Professional leagues face each other. Mark your calendars, it’s coming this July.
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A discount retailer is reportedly coming to the former Nanuet Toys R Us location with plans to open later this year. Lohud.com reports the Rhode Island-based discount retailer Ocean State Job Lot will employ around 50 people after it converts the 38,000-square-foot building on Route 59. It’s been unoccupied since June last year.
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The Samsondale Avenue Bridge over the CSX Railroad in the Village of West Haverstraw has been reopened, alleviating traffic that has been plaguing the area for months while the rehab project of the bridge was taking place. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips says the work isn’t completely done yet but the bridge won’t have to be closed again…
The 2.3-million-dollar project on the 40 year-old bridge began last April.
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A State Senator covering Rockland County thinks the governor will easily get the Reproductive Health Act passed. David Carlucci says adding it to the state constitution would be a more difficult hill to climb…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined his goal earlier this week of passing the Reproductive Health Act in the first 30 days of the new legislative session. Cuomo said taking it a step further and making it part of the state constitution is important to its survival…
Cuomo said he won’t sign a budget until the Reproductive Health Act and the Contraceptive Care Act pass. The budget is due April first.