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Kathy Reakes

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Kathy Reaks has worked as a reporter in the local news business since 1984, starting as a news clerk and working her way up. She spent 17 years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Florida as a general assignment reporter, crime reporter, entertainment reporter and restaurant critic. She worked four years at Hometown News as a general assignment reporter, then another two years at Spacecoast Daily in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She attended Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida.

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Lifestyle

Covid-19: Putnam County Department Of Health Offers Emotional Support Amid Crisis The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a highly stressful and anxiety-provoking situation on multiple fronts, but support is available for those feeling overwhelmed. For individuals in crisis in Putnam County, the Crisis Hotline remains open 24-hours-a-day, 7 days each week and can be reached at 845-225-1222, county officials said To help those who don't have a regular therapist or mental health professional, the state has set up a COVID Emotional Support Helpline with more than 10,000 volunteer therapists, all of whom are mental health professionals. The hotline -- 84…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

News

Covid-19: Ridgefield, One Of Hotspots For Pandemic In Fairfield County, Now Has 80 Cases In one day there are 16 new reported cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ridgefield, considered one of Fairfield County's hotspots. Ridgefield Health Director Ed Briggs confirmed on Monday, March 30, there were 80 COVID-19 active cases in Ridgefield with ages ranging from 12 years old to 101. The current death toll in toll remains at seven, all at the Ridgefield Crossing senior care facility on Route 7. Briggs estimated that since the average COVID-19 patient infects about eight other people, Ridgefield could have as many as 400 to 500 cases when the pandemic is expecte…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

News

Covid-19: Possible Exposure Reported At These Area Stores Health officials have announced a number of new potential novel coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure sites in the area. According to the Orange County Department of Health, an infected resident visited several sites in Middletown beginning on Wednesday, March 18 through and Friday, March 20. According to Health Commissioner Dr. Irina Gelman, a resident exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms visited the ShopRite in the Campbell Plaza on Dolson Avenue on March 18. The individual returned to ShopRite two days later (Friday) and also visited Family Dollar, Walgreens and Yes Beauty Supply on Dolson Aven…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

News

Covid-19: Rockland County Releases Map Of Cases By Town As Death Toll Reaches 18 In County As the number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths continues to escalate in Rockland County, officials are pleading with residents to stay home at the same time as providing a map to track cases. "Lives are hanging in the balance," said Rockland County Executive Ed Day. "Stay home." As of Monday afternoon, March 30, there have been 18 reported deaths, said Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert. Most of the deaths included residents over the age of 60, many with pre-existing conditions, Ruppert said. The map has differing numbers from the state total…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

Police & Fire

Man Found Stabbed To Death, Killer Also Dead, Police Say Police are investigating the murder of man discovered dead with stab wounds in the area. The 58-year-old unidentified victim was found in Ulster County at around 2 a.m., Sunday, March 29, when Saugerties Police responded to Old Kings Highway in Katsbaan. A preliminary investigation by police detectives indicates the homicide is an isolated incident and there is no concern at this time for public safety, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said. The suspected killer has been located and is also deceased, he added. Saugerties Police Detectives have processed the crime scen…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

Lifestyle

Covid-19: 'Lunch Is On Us' Effort Delivers Pizza To Long Island Nursing Home Workers A Long Island insurance company is making sure the front-line workers at nursing homes and senior care facilities amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are receiving a good lunch. SterlingRisk Insurance has launched a “Lunch is on us” campaign as a way to say thank you to the front line workers with catered lunches. “In every neighborhood and community across Long Island, there are unsung heroes going to work to help those in need during this unprecedented time,” said SteringRisk CEO David Sterling. “We wanted to thank them for their efforts and ultimately decided on the men and wo…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

Police & Fire

Woman, 23, Charged After Baby Found Alone Crying In Car, Greenwich Police Say A 23-year-old woman was charged after allegedly leaving her infant alone in a vehicle while she shopped in Fairfield County. Wendy May Dimartino, of Stamford, was arrested after surrounding to Greenwich Police on Thursday, March 26, for the incident which took place on Wednesday, March 11, on Liberty Way, said Greenwich Police. According to police, a citizen reported to Greenwich officers that an infant had been left alone in a car for at least 15 minutes, police said. Officers arrived on the scene and found the baby and were able to locate the mother shopping about 100 yards away, police …

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

Police & Fire

Woman Arrested For Attacking, Attempting To Choke Victim In Area, Police Say A 46-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly attacking another woman and attempting to choke her. Ulster County resident Renee J. Hart, of Kingston, was arrested for an incident that took place on Friday, March 20, after police responded to a report of a dispute, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said. Saugerties Police responded to a report of a dispute that occurred at a residence on Old Stage Road. The called told officers she was involved in a physical altercation with Hart, Sinagra said. During the course of the fight, Hart allegedly threw the victim to the grou…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

News

Hanukkah Stabbing Victim Dies Three Months After Machete Attack The man who has been struggling for life since a machete attack at a rabbi's home in the area this past December has died from his injuries. Rabbi Yisroel Kahan of Monsey said on Sunday, March 29, that the family had been holding out hope he would improve, but Josef Neuman, 72, died on Sunday. "With great sadness, we mourn the passing of Josef Neuman at the age of 72, who succumbed to injuries sustained during the #MonseyStabbing while celebrating Chanukah on December 28th," Kahan said on Twitter. "May his memory be a blessing." Neumann was one of five men attacked with a machete at the h…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

Lifestyle

Covid-19: Dad Locks Son Out Of House In Hudson Valley After Spring Break Trip One Hudson Valley dad isn't fooling around when it comes to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), locking his spring-break partying son out of the house. Peter Levine, of Nanuet in Rockland County, which has been hit hard by the pandemic, was worried a few weeks ago when his son Matt Levine, a junior student-athlete at Springfield College in Massachusetts, headed to South Padre Island in Texas with a group of friends to party down for a couple of weeks, reported the New York Post. But the more the 52-year-old father thought about it, the more he thought his son should come home and follow the r…

by Kathy Reakes

03/30/2020

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