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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

ID Released For Victim In Fatal Westchester Shooting A 36-year-old man has been identified as the person shot and killed last week in Westchester, according to police. David DeGrace, of Mount Vernon, was named as the victim of the Tuesday, Aug. 28 shooting at 240 7th Ave., in Mount Vernon, said spokeswoman Maria Donovan. Donovan did not offer any details surrounding the murder but did say the investigation continues and no arrests have been made. A memorial service was held for DeGrace Tuesday at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon. Two other people, including a man and a woman, were shot on the same date, but in unrelated circumstances. T…

by Kathy Reakes

09/05/2018

News

Person Struck, Killed By Train In Hudson Valley A person was struck and killed by a train in the area, according to CSX officials. The person, who was on the tracks, was hit around 1:10 p.m. Wednesday by the train, which was headed north near the intersection of New Main Street and Conger Avenue in Haverstraw, said Christopher Smith, spokesman for CSX. The Town of Haverstraw Police Department responded to the scene and are working with CSX to investigate the incident, he added. "We appreciate the prompt response provided by local officials and extend our thoughts to those impacted by this tragic event,” Smith said. Neither the ide…

by Kathy Reakes

09/05/2018

Police & Fire

Two Killed In Two-Alarm Hudson Valley House Fire Two people were killed in a two-alarm house fire early Wednesday in the Hudson Valley, according to the New York State Police. The fire, which was reported around 3 a.m. in Monroe in Orange County, was already fully involved when firefighters arrived on the scene, officials said. Two people inside the residence at 18 Elm Road were found by firefighters, said Trooper Steven Nevel, spokesman for the New York State Police. Nevel said their identities will be released following the notification of family members. They are believed to be residents of the home that was engulfed by the fire wit…

by Kathy Reakes

09/05/2018

News

Amazon Truck Slams Into Overpass In Westchester A tractor-trailer slammed into an overpass overnight, backing up traffic for hours on the Bronx River Parkway in Westchester. The tractor-trailer, driving illegally on the parkway, crashed around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on the southbound side just north of the Cross County Parkway near the Yonkers-Mount Vernon border, Westchester County Police said. The top of the truck, which was carrying packages for Amazon, was sheared off and packages and debris littered the roadway, shutting down two of three lanes. No injuries were reported.

by Kathy Reakes

09/05/2018

News

Downed Lines Knock Out Power In Ossining Downed power lines have knocked out power to almost 100 customers in Ossining, according to Con Edison officials. Company crews are on scene determining what caused the outage that occurred around 7 a.m. on Charter Circle, said Allan Drury, a spokesman for ConEd. Drury said residents should expect to be without power until later afternoon to early evening, he added. The Ossining police and fire departments are on the scene to help.

by Kathy Reakes

09/05/2018

Police & Fire

Man Electrocuted While Removing Tree In Hudson Valley A 39-year-old man was killed while removing a tree in the Hudson Valley, according to police. John B. Nuzzolo of Newburgh, who was a sub-contractor for Simply Stump Grinding & Tree Removal, was working about 40-feet above the ground around 9:17 a.m. Monday to remove the tree at 29 Maple Road, said Cornwall-on-Hudson police. Nuzzolo then hit a live power line and was electrocuted and killed, police added. Town and village police responded, as well Storm King Fire Department, and Central Hudson Utilities. Power was cut to more than 2,000 residents as power crews worked to clear branche…

by Kathy Reakes

09/05/2018

News

Here's When Second Span Of New Tappan Zee Bridge Will Open After years of traffic hassles and plenty of sweat, complicated engineering and hard work, the day has finally arrived for the opening of the second span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Drum roll, please -- the official date is late Friday, Sept. 7, into early Saturday, Sept. 8. "People talked for decades about replacing the old Tappan Zee Bridge," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Twitter. "We’re actually getting it done. The second span of the new Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge opens this Saturday." The opening will be similar to the earlier opening of the first span with the four …

by Kathy Reakes

09/04/2018

Police & Fire

5-Year-Old Killed In Two-Car Hudson Valley Crash Identified A 5-year-old girl was killed during a horrific crash on Route 17 when the pickup truck she was riding in crossed the center lane and slammed into another truck, police said. Charkeilys Viera of Rochester, who was not in a child seat or seatbelt, was killed when she was ejected from the vehicle around 2:48 p.m. Monday, said Eric Chaboty, with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office. Sgt. Blake Starner driving eastbound on Route 17, just east of exit 105 in Monticello, when he came upon the crash that had just occurred, Chaboty said. According to Starner, a 1998 GMC S15 pickup truck driving by…

by Kathy Reakes

09/04/2018

Obituaries

ID Released For 14-Year-Old Area Drowning Victim The 14-year-old boy who drowned in Tonetta Lake in Southeast on Monday night has been identified. Oscar Gonzalez, who would have been a sophomore at Brewster High School when school begins Wednesday, was reported missing in a 911 call around 9 p.m. when he was swimming with a group of friends off of a floating dock on Shore Drive in Southeast. When Putnam County Sheriff's deputies arrived they observed a group of individuals at the end of the dock and an adult male in the water. The adult male informed the deputies that he was nearby when he heard cries for help. He dove into the water to…

by Kathy Reakes

09/04/2018

Police & Fire

Northern Westchester Man Jumps To His Death From Bridge On Taconic Parkway A Westchester County man who jumped to his death from the AMVETS Memorial Bridge off the Taconic State Parkway has been identified, according to the New York State Police. Xiaohu Liu, 53, of Briarcliff Manor was recovered by the Yorktown Heights Fire Department marine unit around 1 p.m. Sunday from the Croton Reservoir, said Trooper A.J. Hicks, public information officer for Troop K. Although the event remains under investigation, Hicks said Liu’s death is “consistent with suicide.”

by Kathy Reakes

09/04/2018

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