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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.
More Than 40K Central Hudson Customers Still Without Power
Wednesday’s winter storm, the second in five days, brought a foot or more of heavy snow throughout the region, weighing down trees and breaking limbs onto power lines, cutting power to thousands.
Complicated by storm conditions and visibility, repair crews of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. worked throughout the storm to repair damage and restore power to more than 22,000 customers.
But with the heavy damage, as of 7 a.m. Thursday, 40,000 customers still remained without electric service, primarily in Ulster and Dutchess counties, and more than 650 damage locations were reported. T…
Highland Falls Man Sentenced To Five Years For Cocaine Possession
A Highland Falls man was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for possession of cocaine, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
Rakeem Whatley, 42, was also sentenced to three years post-release supervision after pleading guilty in December to criminal possession of a controlled substance for having 3.7 grams of cocaine, said the DA's Office,
At the time that Whatley pled guilty, he admitted that on March 31, 2017, he knowingly possessed the cocaine at his apartment at 467 Main Street, in the Village of Highland Falls, the DA's Office said.
The cocaine was dis…
Tomkins Cove Man Assaults Woman In Front Of Police
A Tomkins Cove man was arrested after a police officer watched him push a female to the ground during an argument, according to the Stony Point Police.
Winfil Germosen, 28, was charged Monday with assault, disorderly conduct, and harassment after a Stony Point officer on patrol on Route 9W saw him having an argument with a woman, said Lt. Daniel Hylas.
As the officer watched, Germosen pushed the woman to the ground causing minor abrasions to her hand, he said.
Germosen and the victim were in a domestic argument, but are not related, Hylas said.
He was released and is scheduled to appear …
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