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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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Police & Fire

Head-On Rockland Crash Seriously Injures Two After Mercedes Driver Loses Control, Police Say Two drivers received serious injuries during a head-on crash in Suffern. The crash took place around 8 p.m., Thursday, March 28, on Orange Avenue, after an 83-year-old Valley Cottage man driving a Mercedes-Benz suffered a medical episode and lost control of his vehicle, Suffern Police said. According to police, the man was traveling north on Orange Avenue when he suffered the medical event and swerved into the southbound lane smashing into an oncoming van driven by a 52-year-old Montebello man. A medical condition caused one driver to lose control of his vehicle and slam head-on into …

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2019

News

Here's The Latest Update On Number Of Rockland Measles Case After State Of Emergency Declared The number of cases of measles in Rockland County has reached 157 confirmed cases, with 10 active cases, Rockland County Health officials announced Friday, March 29. During an update meeting on Friday, Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert said that 500 vaccinations have been given since a state of emergency was announced on Tuesday, March 26. In all, a total of 17,400 vaccines have been given out since the outbreak began in October, Day said. Day announced the emergency declaration Tuesday, saying he made the decision beca…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2019

Police & Fire

16 Assault Weapons, Explosive Device Removed From Ridgefield Home A 49-year-old man was arrested after state police removed an explosive device from his Ridgefield home along with 16 assault weapons, 76 unregistered high-capacity magazines, and six silencers. Mark Albin was arrested on Thursday, March 28, after Ridgefield Police responded to a disturbance at 180 Tackora Trail at 12:30 a.m., said Ridgefield Police Capt. Shawn Platt. While taking Albin into custody for disorderly conduct, officers removed firearms from the residence for safekeeping, Platt said. While removing the weapons, officers discovered a large cache of illegal firearms…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2019

Politics

Trump Inflated Net Worth Of Northern Westchester Estate By $241M, New Report Says A financial statement obtained by The Washington Post reveals President Donald Trump inflated the worth of his Northern Westchester estate by hundreds of millions of dollars. In one “Statements of Financial Condition," obtained by the Post for 2011, Trump exaggerated the value of his 200-acre Seven Springs estate in Bedford by $241 million. In the statement, Trump said the property, “zoned for nine luxurious homes," was valued at $261 million, far more than the roughly $20 million quoted by Westchester assessors. Trump went on to state th…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2019

Business

Grand Opening Set For New Ralph's Italian Ices & Ice Cream Shop In Mamaroneck Put on your stretchy pants and head to the grand opening of new Ralph's Italian Ices & Ice Cream in Mamaroneck on Saturday and if you are one of the first 50 people in line, you will receive a free Italian ice. But wait, Ralph's owner Scott Rosenberg is also opening a SoBol, next door, and the first 50 people to visit the business will also get a free acai bowl. The fun at both businesses gets underway around noon, Saturday, March 30, with not only great things to eat but face-painting, animal balloons, and live music. The grand opening is a big deal for Rosenberg who was forced to c…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2019

Police & Fire

Investigation Leads To New Charges After Fatal Crash, CT State Police Say An 18-year-old teen has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash that took place last year in Salisbury. Christopher Hoyt, of Sharon, was arrested via a warrant on Wednesday, March 27, while in court on another matter, said the Connecticut State Police. Hoyt's arrest comes after an intensive investigation by Trooper Corinne Swift of the crash that took place on July 20, 2018, on Housatonic River Road when he lost control of his Jeep Wrangler while making a turn, went up an embankment and flipped the vehicle. His passenger, 18-year-old Lukas Kosko of North Canaan…

by Kathy Reakes

03/29/2019

Lifestyle

Rare Seal Sighting: Young Calf Spotted On Beach In Fairfield There was a real "wildlife" treat when a harp seal decided to sun itself for several hours on the Long Island Sound in Fairfield County. A pretty rare sight -- seals seldom come onshore in that area unless ill -- the seal was judged by wildlife officials from Mystic Aquarium and Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to be about 1 or 2 years old and was in good health on Sasco Beach in the Town of Fairfield. "He was just soaking up the sun and rolling around," said Fairfield Animal Control Officer Paul Miller of the seal who showed up around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, M…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2019

Police & Fire

One Seriously Injured When Car Hits School Bus Head-On, Stamford Police Said An area woman is undergoing surgery after her car hit a school bus head-on in Stamford, police said. The incident took place around 12:21 p.m., Thursday, March 28, at 765 Newfield Ave., said Stamford Police Sgt. Jeff Booth with the Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Squad. According to Booth, the crash occurred when a 2006 Toyota Camry driven by a woman was traveling northbound on Newfield Avenue when she allegedly drifted into the southbound lane hitting the bus head-on, he said. One student and the driver of the bus from the J.M. Wright Technical High School were transported&n…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2019

Lifestyle

Widow Describes Sandy Hook Husband As Her 'Champion' Three days after the death of her husband, Jeremy Richman, his wife, Jennifer Hensel, called the Sandy Hook father her "champion," in a letter posted on a GoFundMe page. The page, started by family and friends, following Richman's suicide on Monday to help Hensel and her two children with expenses, described him as a "dedicated father, husband, son, and friend." The two, who have been together for 28 years, are the parents of Avielle Richman, who was killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy. The couple also had two children after Avielle's death including Imogen, 4, and Owen, 2. On the p…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2019

News

Parents Will Be Held Accountable If They Violate Rockland State Of Emergency, County Exec Says Under Rockland County's new state of emergency addressing the "measles outbreak," parents could face a misdemeanor charge and be fined if their unvaccinated child violates the declaration. Under the countywide state of emergency, which went into effect on Wednesday, March 27, anyone who is under 18 years of age and unvaccinated against the measles will be barred from public places until the declaration expires in 30 days or until they receive the MMR vaccination. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says that although police will not be stopping people asking…

by Kathy Reakes

03/28/2019

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