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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
Dispute Between Teen, Mother's Boyfriend Gets Physical, New Canaan PD Says Dispute Between Teen, Mother's Boyfriend Gets Physical, New Canaan PD Says
Dispute Between Teen, Mother's Boyfriend Gets Physical, New Canaan PD Says A teen and his mother's 48-year-old boyfriend were arrested for disorderly conduct after getting into a fight with each other in New Canaan, police said. The dispute between Todd Givens of Stamford and the unidentified 16-year-old teen took place around 8:30 p.m. Friday on Gerdes Road, said the New Canaan Police Department. Responding officers found that the two were involved in a physical altercation in the driveway of the home, police said. Both received minor injuries but declined medical attention. Givens and the teen were arrested for disorderly conduct, the teen is scheduled to appe…

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News
Bus Rider In Area Arrested After Racially Laced Tirade At Other Passengers Bus Rider In Area Arrested After Racially Laced Tirade At Other Passengers
Bus Rider In Area Arrested After Racially Laced Tirade At Other Passengers Click here for an updated story: Video - Woman Faces New Charges After Racial Rant On Hudson Valley Bus A bus passenger was arrested by police after verbally attacking passengers in a racially laced tirade on a Transport of Rockland (TOR) bus. The incident took place around 5 p.m. Saturday, June 30 on Bus #235 along Route 92, said John Lyon, spokesman for Rockland County Executive Ed Day. The woman can be seen on a video posted by a user on Facebook yelling what Lyon described as "disgusting racial and ethnic epithets" at passengers on the bus, mixed with obscenities. At one po…

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Lifestyle
Longtime Putnam County Sheriff's Office Staffer Calls It A Career Longtime Putnam County Sheriff's Office Staffer Calls It A Career
Longtime Putnam County Sheriff's Office Staffer Calls It A Career After more than 20 years on the job, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office sent Pat Butler off in style when she called it a career. Butler has been employed as the financial technician for the department and had worked for the county for over 20 years, the department said on Facebook. "All the best to her in this new and exciting chapter of her life," they added

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Police & Fire
Route 82 In East Fishkill Reopens After Crash Route 82 In East Fishkill Reopens After Crash
Route 82 In East Fishkill Reopens After Crash Update: Route 82 has reopened after a crash blocked traffic for approximately three hours. Earlier report: East Fishkill police are asking motorists to avoid Route 82 in Dutchess County due to a crash that has blocked traffic.  The crash occurred around 1:40 p.m. Monday between Palen and Lake Walton roads, according to dispatchers with the East Fishkill Police Department. Although traffic is being rerouted, an officer on duty asks that drivers avoid the area due to downed poles and wires from the crash. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Police & Fire
Shooting Victim In Critical Condition, Poughkeepsie Police Say Shooting Victim In Critical Condition, Poughkeepsie Police Say
Shooting Victim In Critical Condition, Poughkeepsie Police Say A 27-year-old man shot during a dispute on Main Street is in critical condition, according to the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department. The shooting took place around 6:37 p.m. Sunday, July 1 at 644 Main St., said Det. Sgt. Sean Fitzgerald.   The unidentified man was taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital in a private car with serious injuries and underwent surgery, Fitzgerald said.  Early Monday, the man was listed in critical but stable condition. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the tip line at 845-451-7577. 

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Police & Fire
Haverstraw Police Detective Calls It A Career Haverstraw Police Detective Calls It A Career
Haverstraw Police Detective Calls It A Career After more than 30 years on duty, the Haverstraw Police Department said goodbye Friday to one of their most beloved officers, Detective Eleuterio "Terry" Collazo. Collazo called it a career after 31.5 years of dedicated police service to both the Village and Town of Haverstraw.  He was a police cadet in the Village of Haverstraw in the 1970's before being hired as a police officer in 1987 with the Village of Haverstraw Police Department, the department said on Facebook. In 1992, he was promoted to the rank of detective and was a familiar friendly face as he served as the D.A.R.E.…

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Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver, 31, Was Driving Without License In Greenwich, Police Say Wrong-Way Driver, 31, Was Driving Without License In Greenwich, Police Say
Wrong-Way Driver, 31, Was Driving Without License In Greenwich, Police Say A Greenwich man was arrested after police nabbed him driving the wrong way down a street Sunday afternoon. Mark Traisman, 31, was pulled over around 1:10 p.m. on Greenwich Avenue by Greenwich police officers. Once stopped he handed the officer police a driver’s license with another person’s name, according to the arrest report,  It was later revealed he did not have a valid license, according to the arrest report.  Traisman was charged with driving without a license, criminal impersonation, forgery, and interfering with a police investigation.  He was also given a ticket for driving the w…

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Police & Fire
New Officer Joins Bethel Police Force New Officer Joins Bethel Police Force
New Officer Joins Bethel Police Force The Bethel Police Department introduced its newest officer via Facebook. Michael Iadarola was sworn in during a special ceremony on Wednesday.  He will spend the next six months attending the Police Academy before returning to Bethel to complete his field training.

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Obituaries
Airman Who Grew Up In Fairfield County Killed In Crash Airman Who Grew Up In Fairfield County Killed In Crash
Airman Who Grew Up In Fairfield County Killed In Crash A U.S. Airman from Bridgeport who died in a multiple-vehicle crash in Idaho will be remembered Sunday, July 1. Lawrence Manlapit III, 29, the son of Lawrence Manlapit, Jr. and Dorine Norko, who is a transportation specialist for the Bridgeport public schools, was killed June 16 in a multi-vehicle crash on I-84 outside of Boise, Idaho, said the Idaho State Police. Two other airmen and a truck driver were also killed in the crash, police said. Based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, in Elmore County, Idaho, Manlapit attended James Curiale school in Bridgeport from kindergarten through eighth …

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Lifestyle
Pop Go The Weasels: Trio Removed From Wall In Greenwich Pop Go The Weasels: Trio Removed From Wall In Greenwich
Pop Go The Weasels: Trio Removed From Wall In Greenwich Forget the bears, we are talking weasels now. Yep, weasels.  Only these three guys were found inside the wall of a Greenwich home by Brian Sweig with Thoroughspect, not outside wandering around.  Sweig was just as surprised as the homeowner when he opened the wall to find out what had been scurrying around and found not a mouse or a squirrel, but three very active weasels.  "In all my years of doing this, it's only the second time I have found a weasel, and the other one was in Greenwich too," he laughed.  In fact, it's so rare, that state wildlife officials told him his first r…

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