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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Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crash At Busy Westchester Intersection Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crash At Busy Westchester Intersection
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crash At Busy Westchester Intersection A 25-year-old man was critically injured when he slammed into a vehicle while illegally riding a dirt bike in Yonkers, police said. The incident took place around 10:18 p.m., Sunday, March 24, when two dirt-bike riders traveling north on South Broadway collided with a car whose driver turned left from Undercliff Street onto South Broadway, said Yonkers Police Detective Sgt. Dean Politopoulos.  Both drivers of the motorcycles were injured – one operator, a 21-year-old resident of Yonkers, was listed in stable condition; the other operator, a 25-year-old resident of Utica, was …
Pedestrian Assaults Driver In Greenwich Road-Rage Incident, Police Say Pedestrian Assaults Driver In Greenwich Road-Rage Incident, Police Say
Pedestrian Assaults Driver In Greenwich Road-Rage Incident, Police Say A pedestrian who thought a vehicle drove too close to him ended up in cuffs after assaulting the driver of the vehicle, police said. Seth Bladimirsquy, 51, of Greenwich, was arrested around 9:29 p.m., Friday, March 22, after allegedly assaulting the driver outside of the Greek Kitchen on North Water Street, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz. According to Slusarz, Bladimirsquy approached the driver after parking near the restaurant. During the encounter, the police report says Bladimirsquy shoved the person and grabbed his jacket in a way that restricted his breathing. Due to…
Tractor-Trailer Hit By Train At Pawling Crossing Tractor-Trailer Hit By Train At Pawling Crossing
Tractor-Trailer Hit By Train At Pawling Crossing This story has been updated. Police are on the scene of a crash involving a tractor-trailer and train in Pawling, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. The incident took place around 1:14 p.m. Monday, March 25, at Corbin Road and Libby Lane in Pawlings, said Sheriff's Office Capt. John Watterson. MTA officials said southbound Harlem Line Train 956 with 20 to 30 passengers on board struck the trailer that had become dislodged from the truck. No passenger injuries were reported. The crash is not impacting train schedules system-wide, MTA officials said. MTA tran…
Man Stabbed During Bridgeport Argument, Police Say Man Stabbed During Bridgeport Argument, Police Say
Man Stabbed During Bridgeport Argument, Police Say A man allegedly stabbed another person in the abdomen during an argument in Bridgeport. Bridgeport Police responded to the incident around 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, after receiving a 911 from a woman who came across the two people on Boston Avenue and Dover Street, said the Bridgeport Police. The man told the bypasser that he had been stabbed by the woman, said Terron Jones, with the Bridgeport Police. The Bridgeport Police responded immediately to the area and began canvassing it based on the provided description from the caller.  A few minutes later they were able to find b…
Piermont Fatality Described As 'Mental Health' Incident, Police Say Piermont Fatality Described As 'Mental Health' Incident, Police Say
Piermont Fatality Described As 'Mental Health' Incident, Police Say A reported shooting last week in Piermont was a fatal "mental health" incident, said Piermont Police. The incident took place around 2:37 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, in the River Lot for commuters, said Piermont Police Chief Michael O'Shea. "The incident involved a self-inflicted wound that was fatal," the Chief said. "There was no danger to the community at any time. The chief went on to say that if the public had been in danger the department would have used the area's reverse 911 system and online social media to warn residents.  "In a situation like this you to have to respect …
Father Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Found Dead Father Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Found Dead
Father Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Found Dead The father of a Sandy Hook victim was found dead in Edmond Town Hall after police responded to a report of an apparent suicide, said Newtown Police. When police arrived on the scene around 7 a.m., Monday, March 25, they found Jeremy Richman, 49, of Newtown, deceased. Richman is the father of Avielle Richman a first-grader killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012, said Newtown Police Lt. Aaron Bahamonde. "The death appears to be a suicide, but police will not disclose the method or any other details of the death," said Bahamonde. Richman, a co-founder of the Avielle Foundatio…
10 Added To List Of Priests Credibly Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Bridgeport 10 Added To List Of Priests Credibly Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Bridgeport
10 Added To List Of Priests Credibly Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Bridgeport Just as the Archdiocese of Bridgeport has agreed to pay more than $3.5 million to five people who claimed that they were sexually assaulted by priests, the Diocese on Friday, updated its lists of priests accused of sexual abuse by 10. The additions bring the total number of priests accused of sexual improprieties working in the Bridgeport at one point in their careers to 38, said Bishop Frank J. Caggiano.  "It is with much regret and concern for all those who are survivors of sexual abuse that I must announce that the following ten clergy who served in the Diocese of Bridgeport ha…
Florida Senator Trolls Cuomo: NY's High Taxes, Policies Reason For Exodus To Sunshine State Florida Senator Trolls Cuomo: NY's High Taxes, Policies Reason For Exodus To Sunshine State
Florida Senator Trolls Cuomo: NY's High Taxes, Policies Reason For Exodus To Sunshine State U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is taking aim at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo about Florida's lower taxes and sunny weather, and how Scott says the Empire State is contributing to his state's surge. Now that Florida has surpassed New York as the third most populated state (behind California and Texas), the newly elected Republican senator, Florida's former governor, just flexed some muscles in an appearance on Fox News and in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. On Fox News, Scott said he wrote a thank you note to Cuomo saying: "Thank you, Governor Cuomo. Please keep raising taxes." In his o…
This Hudson Valley County Ranks First In NY For Overall Health In 2019 This Hudson Valley County Ranks First In NY For Overall Health In 2019
This Hudson Valley County Ranks First In NY For Overall Health In 2019 For the second time in a year, Rockland County has ranked No. 1 in the state for overall health in the annual County Health Rankings Report, released Tuesday, March 19.  The overall health of a county is measured by two types of health outcomes: how long people live and how healthy people feel while alive.  Since 2013, Rockland County has been ranked one of the top three counties in the state for overall health and has ranked first three times. "Safeguarding the public's health is a priority in Rockland County," said County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert. …
Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, The Killers: Woodstock 50 Lineup Revealed Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, The Killers: Woodstock 50 Lineup Revealed
Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, The Killers: Woodstock 50 Lineup Revealed Hoping to spread the same message of peace, love and living in harmony that flowed through the original Woodstock Music Festival in 1969, the organizers of Woodstock 50 have outdone themselves with a star-studded lineup of performers. Think Jay-Z, the Lumineers, Miley Cyrus, the Killers, John Mayer, Chance the Rapper, the Black Keys, and original Woodstock performers Dead and Company, John Fogerty, Santana, John Sebastian, Country Joe Mcdonald, Canned Hea,t and Hot Tuna – along with a long list of others. Jay-Z formerly of Alpine will play Woodstock 50Wikipedia When coming up with the l…
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