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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.
ID Released For 30-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Hit By Two Vehicles On I-87
A 30-year-old man killed after being hit by two vehicles on I-87 has been identified.
Orange County resident Anthony Shipman III, of New Windsor, was found dead on the highway around 1:20 a.m., Sunday, March 8, after New York State Police responded to a call of a person sitting on the guide rail on the northbound side of the highway in the town of Newburgh, said state police.
An investigation at the scene found that David R. Kurtz, 48, of Walden, was driving his 2020 Chevy Blazer northbound when he struck Shipman, who was in the roadway for an unknown reason.
Shipman was then s…
ID Released For Man Killed In Rockland House Fire
A man who died during an early morning fire in Rockland County has been identified.
Michael Mantell, 75, of Nanuet, died around 6:20 a.m., Wednesday, March 11, during a fire at his home at 27 Amarillo Drive, said the Clarkstown Police Department.
When police officers arrived on the scene, they found the front part of the house engulfed in smoke and flames.
The officers were unable to gain entry to search the home due to the flames, police said.
Following the fire, Mantell was removed from the home by fire personnel and pronounced dead by medical personnel, police said.
The Nanuet F…
Long Island Man Nabbed For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Pedestrian, Police Say
A Long Island man has been arrested for leaving the scene of a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian last month.
Daniel Gianotti, 22, of Elmont, was arrested on Tuesday, March 10, for the crash that occurred on Sat., Feb. 22, in Elmont, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, a 41-year-old woman was attempting to cross the Hempstead Turnpike to Evans Avenue, when she was was struck by a gray 2012 Honda Civic that was making a left turn from Hempstead Turnpike onto Evans Avenue.
The driver, later identified as Gianotti, allegedly fled the scene without attemp…
Covid- 19: Stamford Senior Center Suspends Programs
Amid the spread of the novel coronavirus, another Fairfield County senior center has suspended its programs.
The Stamford Senior Center announced on Wednesday, March 11 that out of an abundance of caution, they will temporarily suspend all programs and activities beginning on Thursday, March 12.
No cases of COVID-19 have been reported at the Senior Center, nor is there an outbreak in the City of Stamford at this time, said Christina Crain, executive director of the center.
However, the center’s members, given their age, are among those individuals identified by The Center for Disease …
Long Island Man In Mercedes Nabbed For Exposing Genitals At Least Five Times, Police Say
A man driving a black Mercedes wanted for at least five incidents of allegedly exposing himself to women on Long Island has been nabbed by police.
Corwinn Hall, 27, of Bellport, was arrested on Wednesday, March 11, for five counts of public lewdness and one count of attempted robbery, following an investigation that began in February, said the Nassau County Police.
The incidents, which all involved a young black man driving a black Mercedes, began on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Valley Stream, when a 17-year-old girl was allegedly approached by Hall, who asked for directions and was observed by…
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