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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.

Kathy Reakes's Contributions

Politics

Rockland Budget With 2.9 Tax Hike Adopted Rockland County Executive Ed Day thanked the Minority members of the Rockland County Legislature for supporting his vetoes as the county's $709 million budget with a 2.9 percent tax hike was approved. "The Majority's amended budget would have been a return to the days of speculative revenue, over-estimating sales tax revenue and a refusal to modernize county government," said Day. "In short, a budget like theirs could lead us back down the path of deficits and double-digit tax increases; a return to the sins of the past." The vetoes included Legislative amendments that: Included $3.5 mill…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Police & Fire

Hero Police Officers Save Residents From Three-Alarm Fire In Newburgh City of Newburgh police officers braved smoke and flames to save several residents inside a home early Wednesday as flames spread throughout the residence. The call for the fire came in around 3:47 a.m. Wednesday at 746 Broadway, said City of Newburgh Police Det. Lt. Joseph Burns. Upon arrival, officers found the first floor of the residence was heavily engulfed in flames and onlookers told them there will still residents inside the building, Burns said. Officer Daniel D’Elicio ran into the building and located an elderly man that he was able to safely evacuate, wh…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Police & Fire

Brewster Schools Placed On Lockout After Suspended Student Makes Threat Brewster schools are on lockout Wednesday after a suspended high school student made a threat via his Snapchat account that was serious enough for many to call the school's tip line to alert officials. The unnamed student made the Snapchat threat Tuesday evening and by 10 p.m. the school had received enough notices to notify the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, Superintendent Valerie Henning-Piedmonte said in a letter to parents. "We received several messages sent through Anonymous Alerts that a student who was suspended, posted threats directed at the high school using h…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Lifestyle

Fairfield County Chef Eric Felitto Wins Food Network's 'Chopped' Episode To say Fairfield County Chef Eric Felitto is a little psyched about winning Tuesday night's episode of "Chopped" is an understatement. Early Wednesday, Felitto, who was hard at work, took a break from cooking to tell Daily Voice about how he had to wait almost a year before revealing that he won the event against three other chefs. "I filmed on Jan. 18., 2017 and had a $250,000 fine hanging over my head if I told anyone," the popular chef of The Chelsea an the Tasty Yolk food trucks said. Know for delicious sandwiches and entrees such as the mouth-water Chicken Scarpariello, lus…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Police & Fire

Boy Killed In Drive-By Shooting In Bridgeport A 12-year-old boy killed in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday was probably not the intended target, Bridgeport Police said. The shooting took place just after 9 p.m. in front of 289 Willow Street in Bridgeport as the boy stood in front of a duplex, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. He was struck at least twice by gunfire, Jones added. The victim, identified by News12, as Clinton Howell, was transported by medics to Bridgeport Hospital and was pronounced dead a short time later. "It does not appear at this point that the victim was th…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Police & Fire

Several Injured, Including Two State Troopers, In Crash That Caused I-84 Closure Several people were injured during a crash on I-84 in Putnam County, including two New York State Police troopers. The incident took place around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 in the eastbound lane of the interstate, just east of Exit 17 in the Town of Kent, when the trooper's vehicle was rear-ended while conducting a vehicle and traffic stop, said Trooper AJ Hicks. "Two troopers were in the vehicle sustained minor injuries only," said Hicks. "Occupants of the stopped vehicle and the offending vehicle were injured." One person suffered severe but non-life threatening injuries, he added. …

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Police & Fire

Three Suspects On Loose After Man Attacked In Westchester A 39-year-old was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries late Thursday after being attacked by three men in Westchester. Police are investigating the assault that occurred around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 in the area of Locust Hill Avenue at Overlook Terrace, said Yonkers Police Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. The victim told police that he was accosted by three individuals and struck in the back of the head; the three suspects fled the scene, and a passerby called for assistance, Politopoulos said. "The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to …

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Lifestyle

Seen It? Brightly Colored, Rare Mandarin Duck Comes Out Of Nowhere To Strut Stuff In Manhattan Have you seen it? New Yorkers and holiday visitors to the city from near and far have been flocking to a pond off Fifth Avenue in Central Park for a chance to spot the beautiful, sparkling Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata), and there has been much speculation about how it ended up in a pond in the middle of the bustling city. But for officials with the Wildlife Conservation Society, the duck's appearance is really not much of a mystery. "Because of their beauty, Mandarin ducks have long been a favorite among waterfowl breeders and are commonly kept by bird enthusiasts," said Max Pulsinell…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Police & Fire

Westchester Man Charged With Violating Protection Order A Westchester man was nabbed for violating a protective order after getting pulled over and officers found the protected person in the vehicle. Samuel Espinet, 35, of Yonkers, was arrested around 3:17 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, when Rockland County Sheriff's deputies pulled over his vehicle on Orangeburg Road for a traffic violation, police said. When deputies ran a check of Espinet, they found that he was under an order of protection to stay away from the passenger in the vehicle. He was arrested and charged with criminal contempt/disobeying a court order and aggravated unlicensed oper…

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

Police & Fire

Man Makes Off With $180 In Heartburn Medication At Walgreens Officers responded to Walgreens in Darien after the store manager reported four suspicious men lingering in the medication isles and missing heartburn medication. The incident took place on Friday, Dec. 14, at the store at 138 Heights Road, said Det. James Palmieri. Once on the scene, the store manager told officers that four men had been in the store earlier in the day, and had returned just prior to the police being called. One of the men seemed to be suspiciously lingering in one of the medication isles, Palmieri said. When the manager confronted the …

by Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018

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