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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

Eight Westchester Residents Charged With DWI In State Police Labor Day Weekend Stops Dozens of area residents were nabbed for driving while intoxicated by state police during the three-day Labor Day weekend. They include: Westchester Adam J. Heyd, 37, of Somers. He was traveling on the Taconic State Parkway in the town of Putnam Valley when he was stopped for a vehicle and traffic law violation. Michele A. Ridlon, 47, of Dobbs Ferry. She was traveling on Route 9 in the town of Cortlandt when she was stopped for a vehicle and traffic law violation. Richard B. Clampitt, 55, of Lewisboro. Aggravated DWI. He was found sleeping in his vehicle on I-684 in the town of Bedfor…

by Kathy Reakes

09/08/2018

Police & Fire

CT State Police Investigating Multiple Armed Robberies Connecticut State Police are asking for help in cracking four burglaries carried out by the same man. Troop F in Westbrook, along with Middletown Police, are currently investigating the four separate armed robberies at area gas stations that have occurred in the early morning hours between Aug. 21 and Wednesday, said state police. The first and second robberies took place on Aug. 21 and Aug. 27, both between midnight and 2 a.m. at the Sunoco Gas Station located at 110 Saybrook Road in the town of Haddam. A third robbery took place on Aug. 28 at the Gulf Gas Station at 339 Main St., in Mi…

by Kathy Reakes

09/08/2018

Schools

Coyote Sighting Causes Lock-In At Several Schools In Westchester Several Westchester schools were put on lock-in Thursday following a coyote sighting on school property. The coyote was seen around 10:45 a.m. Thursday on the Greenburgh school district's Warburg campus on Hartsdale Avenue which includes the Woodlands Middle/High School, Lee F. Jackson School, and the Early Childhood Program. As a precaution, the schools were placed in lock-in, which means no one including staff and students can leave the buildings, the district said in a Facebook post. The RJ Bailey and Highview schools were not impacted by the lock-in. District officials assured parents…

by Kathy Reakes

09/08/2018

Schools

Principal In Fairfield County Placed On Leave Pending Investigation Students at one Fairfield County school found a new principal at the helm on Thursday after their former leader was placed on leave pending an investigation. Darien's Hindley Elementary Principal DJ Collela has been placed on leave, the district told parents in a letter sent last month. Although the details concerning his leave were not released, the school is apparently looking into his conduct as a principal. Collela was appointed to on July 1, 2016. Before the appointment, he worked as a fifth-grade teacher for 10 years, a sixth-grade science teacher for five years and as the assistant…

by Kathy Reakes

09/08/2018

Police & Fire

School Crossing Guard Struck By Vehicle In Fairfield County A school crossing guard was hit by a car and briefly pinned while on duty. The incident took place in Stamford around noon Thursday when a patrol officer was flagged down on the report of a person being hit by a car on Stillwater Avenue and Virgil Street, said the Stamford Police. The officer responded to the scene and found an 83-year-old school crossing guard on the ground next to two vehicles. He was alert but in pain, they said. The driver that struck the crossing guard, identified as Iris Morales-Cante, 18, told the officer she came out of Virgil Street and made a right hand turn onto…

by Kathy Reakes

09/07/2018

News

Video: Ceremony Marks Opening In Full Of New Tappan Zee Bridge Watch a video of the opening ceremonies for the new TZB here Marching bands and a special singing star helped Gov. Andrew Cuomo mark the opening of the second span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. In addition to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of Chappaqua, Cuomo celebrated Friday with hundreds of dignitaries and community members, workers who built the new bridge, high school students from Irvington and Nyack, Nyack High School's Red Storm Marching Band and singer-songwriter and Rockland County native Grace VanderWaal, who performed "The Star-Spangled Banner." In additio…

by Kathy Reakes

09/07/2018

News

Woman Injured After Accidentally Lighting Firework In Fairfield County A Fairfield County woman lost at least one finger and maybe more after lighting a stick of dynamite, thinking it was a candle. The tragic accident occurred around 8 p.m. Thursday when the family living at 1248 Lindley St., Bridgeport, lost power as a result of the night's thunderstorms, said Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. When the power went out, the family went to the Home Depot to purchase candles, but the store was closed, he said. The family remembered that when they purchased their home two years ago, there were a couple of what they thought were candles le…

by Kathy Reakes

09/07/2018

News

Retired Nypd Officer Sentenced In Connection To Deaths Of Nine Horses A 52-year-old woman was sentenced to two years in jail for the deaths of nine horses and the mistreatment of a 10th. Jeanne Ryan of Goshen was sentenced Thursday after being found guilty in July to 10 felony counts of animal cruelty and 10 counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals by a jury, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office, Ryan, a retired New York City police officer, was sentenced to multiple concurrent sentences of two years, the DA's Office said. The maximum sentence which the law allows for the felony of aggravated cruelty to animals is two years in jail,…

by Kathy Reakes

09/07/2018

Police & Fire

Fire Breaks Out After Lightning Strikes Tennis Club In Westchester Torrential rain and severe lightning hampered firefighters as they worked a two-alarm fire Thursday at a popular tennis club. The call came in around 4:30 p.m. Thursday for the fire at the Amackassin Club at 557 Palisade Ave. in Yonkers, said Yonkers Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Fitzpatrick. "A captain was nearby and within a minute he could see flames shooting out of the roof," Fitzpatrick. Within two minutes, more than 40 firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire that may have been started by a lightning strike to the chimney, he added. "There was a large chunk of masonry…

by Kathy Reakes

09/07/2018

Police & Fire

Teen Shot After Forcing His Way Into Neighbor's Home In Fairfield County An 18-year-old teen was shot by a neighbor after he forced his way into his home and violently attacked the man, police said. The incident took place around 6 p.m. Thursday when the teen forced his way into the home on Shelton Road in Trumbull and attacked the 72-year-old homeowner for no reason, said Trumbull Police Capt. Keith Golding. The homeowner, fearing for his family’s safety, shot the teen once, with his legally owned handgun, striking him in the abdomen, Golding said. Responding officers treated the teen at the scene before he was transported to Bridgeport Hospital by ambulance.…

by Kathy Reakes

09/07/2018

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