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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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Lifestyle

Domestic Violence Crisis Center Representing 7 Fairfield County Towns To Hold First HarvestFest In an effort to raise awareness of domestic violence, the Domestic Violence Crisis Center will host a special event to help spotlight the need for funding and education. The center will hold HarvestFest from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport. “October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we are celebrating the community collaborations DVCC enjoys in raising awareness of domestic violence throughout lower Fairfield County," said Kevin Shippy, DVCC executive director. "The event is a culmination of the center's events that will tak…

by Kathy Reakes

10/29/2018

Police & Fire

Man Arrested For Installing Four Cameras Inside Unknowing CT Woman’s Home, State Police Say A man who entered a neighbor's home through an unlocked door and allegedly installed video cameras in four spots in the home has been arrested by police. Christopher Pelgrift, 57, of Salisbury, was arrested Tuesday after the woman called the police and they responded to the home in Salisbury, said Connecticut State Police. An investigation revealed that Pelgrift had entered the home and installed the videos cameras while the woman was not home. She happened to notice a camera and called the police, state police said. Pelgrift was taken into custody and charged with burglary, breach of pea…

by Kathy Reakes

10/28/2018

Police & Fire

31-Year-Old Surrenders To Greenwich Police In Connection With Heroin Overdose A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly selling drugs to a person who later overdosed on heroin. Parker Ross of Riverside turned himself in to Greenwich Police after being notified of an active warrant for his arrest in connection with the event that took place on Saturday, Oct. 20, said Greenwich Police. Greenwich police and EMS personnel responded to a home in Riverside on the report of a possible heroin overdose. The patient was transported to Greenwich Hospital for treatment, police said. A follow-up investigation found that Ross provided crack and heroin to the victim and helped …

by Kathy Reakes

10/28/2018

Police & Fire

Stratford Man Accidentally Shoots Self With Nail Gun While Working At Job Site A Stratford man who police at first thought had been shot by a firearm, had actually shot himself in the hand with a nail gun while working at a construction job. The incident unfolded Thursday early evening when the Woodbridge Police Department was contacted by the Stratford Police Department after they responded to Bridgeport Hospital for the report of a walk-in gunshot victim, said Woodbridge Police Sgt. A.J. Cappiello. "The patient reported to Bridgeport Hospital Staff that he shot himself in the hand with a gun while working at a job site in Woodbridge," Cappiello said. Upon…

by Kathy Reakes

10/28/2018

News

Two Women Found Bound Together In Hudson River ID'd As Missing Sisters Update: Two women found bound together whose bodies washed up on the shore off Manhattan's Upper West Side have been identified. The bodies discovered along the Hudson River were Rotana Farea, 22, and her sister, Tala Farea, 16, both of Fairfax, Virginia, the NYPD said Saturday. There were no obvious signs of trauma, The two went missing in late August. The cause of death has not been determined. Original report: Police are asking the public for help identifying two women reportedly found bound together floating on the rocks of the Hudson River. The two women were found around 2:39 p.m…

by Kathy Reakes

10/28/2018

News

Police Seek New Yorkers' Help In Probe Of Baby Found Dead In Fairfield County Police are asking New Yorkers' for help finding the person responsible for dumping a full-term newborn baby boy at a Stamford recycling center on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The baby was discovered at the recycling center by an employee who was sorting materials, police said. Since the baby boy was discovered, Stamford investigators have worked hard to discover what area the recycling came from in order to focus their efforts in those towns. At this point in the investigation, the child can only be described as a white or Hispanic male. No determination has been made as to whether the child was st…

by Kathy Reakes

10/28/2018

Lifestyle

Education Fund Launched For Son Of Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Killed In Plane Crash Frends and family of a man who grew up in Northern Westchester and was an attorney in Fairfield County and one of three victims in a fatal plane crash have started an education fund for his son. Richard Terbrusch, 53, of Ridgefield, was killed Saturday, Oct. 13 in a plane crash along with two other people, including the pilot Munidat "Raj" Persaud, the owner of a Danbury flight training company, and Dr. Jennifer Landrum, a teacher at Thomson High School in Georgia. Terbrusch, a 1983 graduate of John Jay High School in Cross River whose family law practice was in Danbury, left behi…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2018

Police & Fire

Suspect Tracked Down After Theft Of 65-Inch Flat Screen At Home Under Construction In Westport A Bridgeport man was arrested for stealing items from a home under construction after fingerprints linked him to the crime.Westport Police officers were dispatched for a report of a residential burglary to a home under construction on Sept. 28. A 65-inch television and Samsung sound bar were stolen from the wall resulting in $1,000 damage to the wall to which it was mounted, said the Westport Police. The approximate value of the television was $1,200. Detectives responded to the scene and processed the home and evidence for fingerprints and DNA. Fingerprints found at the scene and investiga…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2018

Police & Fire

Fire Leads To Evacuation Of Busy Town Of Poughkeepsie Store A fire in the deli section of the Price Chopper grocery in the Town of Poughkeepsie caused the evacuation and temporary closure of the store. The fire started around 2:07 p.m. Friday at the store located at 2585 South Road when a rotisserie caught fire, said Chief Tory Gallante of the Arlington Fire Department. The department arrived within three minutes to find customers already being evacuated by store employees, Gallante said. "They did an excellent job of evacuating the shoppers," he said. "It can take a while." The fire was already out by the time firefighters rea…

by Kathy Reakes

10/26/2018

Lifestyle

New Millionaire: Lottery Winner From Area Identified A 70-year-old area man is the latest new millionaire in the area after winning $1 million in the Cash4Life game. Martin Posner of Brewster matched the first five numbers drawn for the September 13 drawing earning him his $1,000,000 payday, said the New York Lottery. He purchased the winning ticket at Community Pharmacy, 1 Independent Way in Southeast, the New York Lottery said. Posner, who says he plays the Lottery every week, matched the first five numbers for the game's Sept. 13 drawing — 21, 26, 42, 51 and 59, and Cash Ball 01. “I stopped into the pharmacy to buy my weekly tickets an…

by Kathy Reakes

10/26/2018

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