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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

Support Pours In From New Canaan Co-Workers After Fire Destroys Colleague's House Employees of the town of New Canaan are working hard to raise money through a GoFundMe page to help a fellow employee who lost their home to a fire. Employee Nick Colabella lost his Monroe home he shared with his wife, two daughters and mother to the fire on July 12. The family, who were on the way to their grandmother's funeral when the fire started, lost everything in the fire. According to Mose Saccary, the highway superintendent in New Canaan who started the page, the fire started in the garage, but Colabella could not extinguish the fire himself and called the Monroe Fire Department.…

by Kathy Reakes

08/05/2018

Police & Fire

Stamford Man's Real Identity Tracked Down Through Police Body Camera A 24-year-old man who allegedly gave police a fake name after running a stop sign was tracked down through the use of the officer's body camera and busted for possession of ecstasy. A man who gave his name as Joseph Rodderick of Stamford was given two tickets in July for failing to stop at a stop sign and for driving without a license, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin. During the stop, the officers, Stephane Smarh and Vanessa Lynn, could smell pot and during a search turned up nine pills marked with a scorpion, Conklin said. Once back at the police station, the two officers took…

by Kathy Reakes

08/04/2018

Police & Fire

Restaurant Brawl Breaks Out After Stamford Man Says He Found A Mouse In His Fried Rice A Stamford man who ordered take-out Chinese for dinner got a real surprise when he opened his box of fried rice, and then ended up in jail. Antwaun Boyd, 25, who ordered food from China Xpress earlier this week, was arrested by Stamford Police Thursday after allegedly finding a fried mouse in his fried rice before punching one of the restaurant's employees, said Sgt. Robert Shawinsky. The crazy story began after Boyd and his grandmother said they opened the fried rice and dumped it out only to find a fried mouse mixed in with the rice, police said. Surprised, and angry, Boyd and his grandm…

by Kathy Reakes

08/04/2018

Sports

St. Joseph Names New Varsity Basketball Coach St Joseph High School in Trumbull announced Friday it has hired Kevin Wielk to serve as the new varsity head coach for boys basketball. Wielk, a 1995 graduate and former St Joe’s high school basketball player under the legendary Vito Montelli, will replace former coach Paul Dudzinski, who was let go in June. “We are very excited to have Kevin Wielk join our coaching staff,” said Kevin Butler, assistant principal for Athletics. “Kevin brings a wealth of experience from all levels of basketball, having coached youth AAU, high school, and for the past 10 years at the collegiate level. "…

by Kathy Reakes

08/04/2018

Police & Fire

Suspects Caught After Forcing Victim Into Car Trunk During Armed Robbery, Police Say Two men are being held without bond after allegedly forcing a man into the trunk of his vehicle during an armed robbery and then taking police on a chase. The incident unfolded around 12:30 a.m. Friday when Port Jervis Police responded to a 911 call reporting a 67-year-old man had been assaulted in the parking lot of a senior housing complex, said Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden. Officers arrived at the scene and learned that the victim had parked his motor vehicle outside the apartment complex where he was confronted by two men, one armed with a silver handgun. The victim was robb…

by Kathy Reakes

08/04/2018

Police & Fire

31-Year-Old Man Charged In Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl A 31-year-old area man has been charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl more than two times. Hector A. Chacon-Diaz of Central Nyack was arrested Thursday by the Clarkstown Police Department for the rape of the young girl who is a relative, said Det. Peter Walker, spokesman for the police department. The alleged incidents took place between 2015 and 2018, Walker said. Chacon-Diaz was charged with felony predatory sexual assault against a child and felony course of sexual conduct against a child, he added. He was arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court and bail was set at $50,000. He is…

by Kathy Reakes

08/04/2018

Police & Fire

Teen Suspect Nabbed In Mid-July Northern Westchester Homicide An 18-year-old Northern Westchester resident has been arrested for the shooting death of a man in July. Demetrius Bogan of Peekskill was arrested Friday following an exhaustive three-week investigation into the July 13 murder of Khalil Lyons, 22, of the Bronx, said Peekskill Chief of Police Don Halmy. Police discovered Lyons lying on the ground in the area of 1245 Park St. when responding to a call for shots fired, Halmy said. He was transported to New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. A male suspect was reported to have been observ…

by Kathy Reakes

08/03/2018

News

Details Emerge After SUV Slams Into Pleasantville Pharmacy Pleasantville Police Chief Erik Grutzner hs provided new information after an SUV slammed into the front of a pharmacy in Northern Westchester, sending glass and merchandise flying. The crash took place around 12:22 p.m. Friday at the Pleasantville Pharmacy at 63 Wheeler Ave.in Pleasantville, said Grutzner. The crash occurred when a man driving a Toyota Highlander, who was parked in front of the pharmacy, backed out of his parking space and hit a passing car on Wheeler Avenue. He then put the car in forward and went to go back into his parking space, but instead of stopping, he hopped the c…

by Kathy Reakes

08/03/2018

Police & Fire

SUV Slams Into Pharmacy In Northern Westchester This story has been updated. An SUV slammed into the front of a pharmacy in Northern Westchester, sending glass and merchandise flying. The crash took place around 12:22 p.m. Friday at the Pleasantville Pharmacy at 63 Wheeler Ave.in Pleasantville, said Pleasantville Police Chief Erik Grutzner. The crash occurred when a man driving a Toyota Highlander, who was parked in front of the pharmacy, backed out of his parking space and hit a passing car on Wheeler Avenue. He then put the car in forward and went to go back into his parking space, but instead of stopping he hopped the curb and smashe…

by Kathy Reakes

08/03/2018

News

Worker At Area Daycare Center Accused Of Injuring Child A 60-year-old worker was arrested on a warrant for allegedly injuring a child at a local daycare center last month. Tammy Gosney of Milford was charged with risk of an injury to a child for allegedly grabbing a child by the wrist and yanking them up from the ground, causing an injury to the child’s elbow on June 27, said the Milford Police Department. Gosney, who was employed at the Good Child Daycare during the incident, has since been fired, police said. She is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 28.

by Kathy Reakes

08/03/2018

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