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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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Real Estate

P.T. Barnum Circus Partner's Estate Hits Market For $6.95M In North Salem Life at the circus was certainly different than the life lived at home for George Fox Bailey, of early Barnum & Bailey fame, at his estate in North Salem that recently hit the market for $6.95 million. Circus lovers won't find any big tops or swirling, bright colors in the 1838 brick Greek Revival that is the centerpiece of the 25-acre property known as Autumn Farms, but they will uncover a few amenities such as a putting green and sparkling pool, that Bailey could only dream of. Bailey's father, Hackaliah Bailey, created and ran what many consider the first circus, the North Salem Circ…

by Kathy Reakes

01/09/2018

Police & Fire

Ex-nyc Ballet Leader From Irvington Faces DWI Charge In Ardsley The former longtime leader of the New York City Ballet will appear in Ardsley court Monday to face a drunk-driving charge just days after resigning from the company he has directed for years following allegations of sexual harassment. Peter Martins, 71, of Irvington, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 29, following a traffic crash in Ardsley, Ardsley police said. Following the accident, Martins was charged with DWI and released. He will appear in court at 2 p.m. to answer the misdemeanor charge. The Danish-born Martins, who was a principal dancer and became ballet master in chief in 1989, wro…

by Kathy Reakes

01/09/2018

Lifestyle

Coyote Education Q&A Coming To Clarkstown As development continues throughout the Hudson Valley, coyotes are adapting to living in towns and are venturing into yards as a way to find food. To help residents learn about ways to deal with coyotes, and to overcome what they say are "unwarranted fears," Clarkstown will host an education seminar and question and answer session with Frank Vincenti of the Wild Dog Foundation on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. The event will focus on: The genetics of New York coyotes What coyotes eat How to prevent conflicts with coyotes The important role they play in the eco-system What is a coyw…

by Kathy Reakes

01/09/2018

News

Last Holdouts Of Newburgh 'Operation Family Ties' Head To Trial A Newburgh father and son accused of supplying drugs to a major drug operation in Orange County are the last of 35 people arrested to head for trial. Ramon Rivera, 46, and Raymond Rivera, 26, face charges of conspiracy and drug sales in connection with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office “Operation Family Ties,” operation that busted a large-scale, two-gang network that peddled drugs throughout the county. The father was in court Thursday, despite the bad weather, to discuss a possible plea agreement for the older Rivera. The younger Rivera's case was not called. According to th…

by Kathy Reakes

01/09/2018

News

Injuries Reported In Raging Pearl River Fire Click here for an updated story: Pearl River Fire Update: House Destroyed, Dog Missing Two roads were closed as a fire that destroyed a house broke out in Pearl River with two reported injuries, according to the Orangetown Police Department. Orangeburg Road and Pearl River were closed to allow first responders room to battle the large-scale fire that started around 4:15 p.m. Monday, with a reported partial building collapse at 314 Orangeburg Road, officials said. EMS officials have been requested for one burn victim and one firefighter injury, according to sources. Click here to view …

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2018

Police & Fire

Raging Pearl River Fire Closes Two Roads Click here for an updated story: Pearl River Fire Update: House Destroyed, Dog Missing Two roads were closed as a fire that destroyed a house broke out in Pearl River with two reported injuries, according to the Orangetown Police Department. Orangeburg Road and Pearl River were closed to allow first responders room to battle the large-scale fire that started around 4:15 p.m. Monday, with a reported partial building collapse at 314 Orangeburg Road, officials said. EMS officials have been requested for one burn victim and one firefighter injury, according to sources. Click here to view a…

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2018

Police & Fire

Seen Him? Man Wanted For Strangling Somers Victim New York State Police are asking the public for help in locating a 28-year-old man wanted for strangling a victim during a domestic incident in Somers. Davon M. Olin of the Bronx, is wanted in connection with a domestic incident that took place Dec. 18 at a home in Somers in which he "choked" the victim and then provided state police with a fake name and fled the scene, said New York State Police Spokesman Trooper AJ Hicks. The next day, police uncovered Olin's real name, and through the New York Probation Office found a Bronx address on file that used to belong to his late grand…

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2018

Police & Fire

Monticello Man Nabbed With Unlicensed Handgun A traffic stop for a registration suspension led to the arrest of a Monticello man for possessing an unlicensed handgun, according to the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office. Andre Miller, 47, was arrested after being stopped about 12:15 p.m., Friday, Dec. 29, by a deputy after receiving a "hit" from a license plate reader indicating that the vehicle had a suspended registration to an insurance lapse, said Undersheriff Eric Chaboty. During a search of the vehicle, Miller was found to be in possession of an unlicensed handgun and was charged with felony weapon possession, and other tr…

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2018

Police & Fire

Unsolved Mystery: Dutchess Sheriff Seeks Info On Cold Case Homicide Nearly a half century ago, a charming Roy C. Ketcham High School graduate and artist, was murdered after leaving work on a summer night in 1970. Since that time, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau has been looking for the killer or killers of Alice Susan Vrablic, a 20-year- old Wappinger resident, said Capt. John Watterson. During the summer of 1970 Vrablic was employed as a waitress at Howard Johnson’s on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, and at the end of the summer was planning on returning to France to study art at the University of Paris. On the night of Aug. 22, 1970, she …

by Kathy Reakes

01/08/2018

News

Powerful Storm Tops Week's News PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The "Bomb Cyclone" storm system that moved through the area Thursday not only lived up to the hype, it surpassed it. Click here to read the story. Related story: A tractor-trailer overturned after crashing down an embankment on I-84, initially blocking the right lane in Fishkill, according to the New York State Police. Click here to read the story. Here are some of the other top stories of the week (click on the link to read the story): A fire that broke out at the Northern Westchester compound of former President Bill Clinton and his wife, 2016 Democratic…

by Kathy Reakes

01/07/2018

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