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Kathy Reakes

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kreakes@dailyvoice.com

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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

Business

Black Duck Cafe, Popular Fairfield County 'Food Hangout,' Closing After 40-Year Run Click here for an updated story: Look Who's Back: Days After Announcing Closure, Black Duck Restaurant Says It Will Stay Open After 40 years as a staple and favorite "hangout" in Westport, the Black Duck Cafe is closing its door for good. The sad news came via Facebook when the owners of the floating barge restaurant posted on Tuesday they would be shuttering their doors for good. "It is with a heavy heart that we announce our closing," they wrote. "We've had an amazing 40 years here in Saugatuck and in Westport. We are grateful for every friend we've had the pleasure to se…

by Kathy Reakes

10/31/2018

Police & Fire

Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Tractor-Trailer In I-95 Hit-Run A 34-year-old man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while attempting to cross I-95. Connecticut State Troopers in Troop G found the deceased person after receiving a 911 around 9:29 p.m. Tuesday of debris in the roadway on I-95 southbound in East Haven, state police said. When troopers arrived on the scene they found that two people were attempting to cross both lanes of the highway when Rafael Arroyo Rivera, of New Haven, was struck in the center lane of the southbound side by an unknown tractor-trailer, state police said. The other pedestrian made it across the highway. River…

by Kathy Reakes

10/31/2018

Police & Fire

Driver Violates Move Over Law, Hits State Police Cruiser, Injuring Trooper A driver was cited for not obeying the Move Over law after hitting a New York State Trooper's vehicle on the New York State Thruway, according to state police. The crash took place around 7:21 p.m. Tuesday when the trooper was clearing a traffic stop scene on I-87 in Spring Valley, said Trooper Michael Cassella. The trooper was attempting to help the driver pull back into traffic when his vehicle was hit by another vehicle who failed to yield, said Cassella. The trooper received minor injuries. The other driver was not injured. Cassella said the crash is under investigation, but the off…

by Kathy Reakes

10/31/2018

Lifestyle

Community Rallies To Support Children After Murder-Suicide Involving Parents Two gunshots changed the lives of three children forever, leaving them without parents and questioning what will happen to them now. The life-changing event took place on Friday, Oct . 26 at approximately 8:40 a.m. to a home on Knox Road, located east of Route 9W near the Hudson River in Highland Falls. When police arrived on the scene, they found two people dead inside the home. An investigation into the shooting found that 41-year-old Mario Vanzetta, killed his wife, 41-year-old Stephanie Vanzetta, before taking his own life. The couple had a teenage daughter and two younger sons. Now …

by Kathy Reakes

10/31/2018

News

Body Of Bridge Jumper Recovered In Hudson River The body of a man who jumped to his death has been recovered by marine patrol deputies in the Hudson River. News of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge jumper was first called into the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office around 3:20 a.m. Tuesday through a 911 call reporting a suspicious vehicle on the bridge span, said Dutchess County Sheriff's Office said Lt. Shawn Castano. Responding deputies located the vehicle unattended. Evidence indicated that the operator of the vehicle, a 76-year-old male from Rhinebeck, jumped off the bridge into the Hudson River, Castano said. The Dutchess County Sheriff…

by Kathy Reakes

10/30/2018

Police & Fire

Man Turns Himself In After Punch Requires Reconstructive Surgery For Westport Victim A man wanted for allegedly punching another person in the face, causing reconstructive surgery, turned himself in to Westport Police. Westport Police learned of the incident on Aug. 23, when the victim went to the police station to report an assault that had occurred at a Hillspoint Road address in Jully. According to police, the victim reported that Ian Pearson, age and address unknown, and a friend had been asked to leave the residence multiple times. The victim and another party escorted Pearson and his friend off the property at which time a verbal argument took place before Pearson pu…

by Kathy Reakes

10/30/2018

News

Reports Of Hunters Near School Stir Concern In Westchester Village Two reports of hunting in area parks near an elementary school have one local mayor sounding the alarm. According to Hastings-on-Hudson Mayor Peter Swiderski, there have been two incidents recently involving hunters near Hillside Elementary School, prompting the mayor to email a letter to residents. In the message, Swiderski said the first incident involved the sighting of an individual with a bow and arrow, assumed to be a hunter, entering the woods last week. The second, the next day, involved a report of loud noises believed to be gunshots coming from the woods. In both cases, the Hast…

by Kathy Reakes

10/30/2018

Police & Fire

Suspect Who Moved Out Of State Nabbed For Winter Burglary At Town Of Poughkeepsie Restaurant A 36-year-old man wanted for an alleged burglary at an area restaurant was nabbed by police after a lengthy search. Jonathan Gardineer of the Town of Poughkeepsie was arrested in LaGrange on Monday, Oct. 22, for a burglary that took place Feb. 15 at Gibson's Bar & Restaurant on Vassar Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie, said Town of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Kevin Faber. A follow-up investigation led detectives to Gardineer, but police were not able to locate him until months later at a home in the Town of LaGrange, he said. Following his arrest, police learned that he had been living a…

by Kathy Reakes

10/30/2018

Police & Fire

Truck From Fairfield County Business Identified In Fatal Hit-Run Crash State Police are looking at a Fairfield County business in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a Bridgeport woman on Route 8. Maria Mendoza-Robles, 54, was struck around 8 p.m. Thursday while attempting to walk across busy southbound Route 8 near Exit 5 in Bridgeport, said Connecticut State Police. Original reports said Mendoza-Robles was hit by an unknown tri-axle dump truck with a red or orange cab, police said. Later, through an investigation, police found that the truck involved in the hit-and-run incident was a blue Peterbilt dump truck. “Although initially, witnesses desc…

by Kathy Reakes

10/30/2018

Police & Fire

Man Flees Police, Arrested With Hypodermic Needles In Stony Point A report of a person driving erratically led to the arrest of a Stony Point man on numerous driving charges and for having hypodermic needles. The incident took place around 6:14 p.m. Friday when the Stony Point Police received a report of an erratic driver in a blue Honda on Grassy Point Road, said Stony Point Police Lt. Daniel Hylas. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver, James Rose, 27, fled the scene. The vehicle was later located in the rear of 18 Grassy Point Road, Hylas said. During a search, Rose was found to be in possession of three hypodermic needles. He was ar…

by Kathy Reakes

10/30/2018

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