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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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Legal Teams Intervening On Behalf Of Port Chester Man Facing Deportation Legal Teams Intervening On Behalf Of Port Chester Man Facing Deportation
Legal Teams Intervening On Behalf Of Port Chester Man Facing Deportation A legal defense team is working to halt the potential deportation of a Port Chester father who was scooped up last month by members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check. The Hudson Valley Community Coalition held a meeting Monday to map out a legal option to keep Aroldo Soto-Contreras, who came to America from Guatemala in 1989, when he fled the war-torn country, including receiving confirmation from Sen. Chuck Schumer that his office has contacted ICE. "The lawyers are going to make an emergency request and appeal to avoid his deportation," said Luis Yumb…

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Obituaries
Clarkstown Police Detective Frederick Parent Dies At 52 Clarkstown Police Detective Frederick Parent Dies At 52
Clarkstown Police Detective Frederick Parent Dies At 52 Clarkstown Police Detective Frederick J. Parent died Tuesday following a brief illness. He was 52. Clarkstown Chief Raymond McCullagh announced Parent's death on Facebook, saying Parent was "not only a solid detective but a true friend who will be missed by everyone in our building." He began his career with the Clarkstown Police Department in July of 1991 as a dispatcher. On July 29, 1996, Parent was sworn in as a police officer and he was issued badge #115. In May of 2005, he was promoted to detective in the Juvenile Aid Bureau, said Officer Peter Walker. During his years as a …

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Obituaries
White Plains Police Officer Michael Ferguson Dies At 43 White Plains Police Officer Michael Ferguson Dies At 43
White Plains Police Officer Michael Ferguson Dies At 43 Michael Ferguson of Ossining a police officer with the City of White Plains Police Department for 17 years, died Monday, Nov. 13, at the age of 43. The department announced Ferguson's death on Monday on Facebook: "It is with sincere regret that the department announces the passing of Police Officer Michael Ferguson. Our deepest sympathies are with his family during this difficult time." The department has not released a cause of death. Ferguson, a  former longtime resident of Sleepy Hollow, was born in North Tarrytown on April 30, 1974. He graduated from St. Teresa’s School and …

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Details Released After CSX Train Clips SUV In Clarkstown Details Released After CSX Train Clips SUV In Clarkstown
Details Released After CSX Train Clips SUV In Clarkstown A West Nyack woman's SUV was clipped by a CSX freight train after realizing too late that she couldn't get off the tracks before her vehicle was hit. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. Sunday when the woman was beginning to cross the railroad tracks at Pineview Road, which does not have a crossing bar or lights when she realized she didn't have time to make it across the tracks before she was hit, said Clarkstown Police Officer Peter Walker. The train clipped the front of the SUV, taking her front bumper and license plate with it, he said. The woman, who was "really shaken,"…

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Business
Whole Foods Adding Amazon Pop-Up Shops Whole Foods Adding Amazon Pop-Up Shops
Whole Foods Adding Amazon Pop-Up Shops Need an Amazon fix?  Pretty soon you will be able to walk into the nearest Whole Foods Market and visit an in-store pop-up shop featuring the all of the company's technology products beginning next week, according to Supermarket News. Supermarket News said the stores will offer such items as the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Fire TV, Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets in the stores that will be staffed by Amazon employees. The first of the pop-up shops are slated for stores in Chicago and in Rochester Hills, Mich., Davie, Fla., and Pasadena, Calif., and Denver, said SN.com. And best of all, the m…

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Six Car Pile-Up Backs Up Mid-Hudson Bridge Traffic For Miles Six Car Pile-Up Backs Up Mid-Hudson Bridge Traffic For Miles
Six Car Pile-Up Backs Up Mid-Hudson Bridge Traffic For Miles A six-car pile-up has slowed traffic to a crawl along the Mid-Hudson Bridge in Poughkeepsie late Monday afternoon. The crash occurred around 4 p.m. mid-span. Traffic is getting around the six vehicles involved, state police said. Troopers are on the scene. There are injuries, but information on their severity is not yet available.  This is a developing story. Check with Daily Voice for updates.

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Two City Of Poughkeepsie Men Charged With Murder Two City Of Poughkeepsie Men Charged With Murder
Two City Of Poughkeepsie Men Charged With Murder DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. --  Two City of Poughkeepsie men have been charged with the murder of a city man after police received reports of a person being tied up and beaten. The murdered man was found around 1:11 a.m. Monday when responding City of Poughkeepsie police officers found an unidentified man bound and dead in a first-floor apartment at 48 Marshall St., said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. When officers arrived they nabbed a man leaving the apartment identified as David Perry, 49, as another man fled out the window, he added. Perry told officers that the two men had tied up the man and attempt…

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6-Year-Old Girl, Hit, Killed By Bus Was In Process Of Moving To Kiryas Joel 6-Year-Old Girl, Hit, Killed By Bus Was In Process Of Moving To Kiryas Joel
6-Year-Old Girl, Hit, Killed By Bus Was In Process Of Moving To Kiryas Joel The 6-year-old girl who was killed by a school bus on Friday in Kiryas Joel in Orange County was in the process of moving to the area, according to New York State Police. Leah Mezzi of Brooklyn was killed when she exited the bus about 11:15 a.m., and proceeded to a south sidewalk and abruptly changed directions and began to cross the street in front of the bus, said Trooper Steven Nevel. The bus driver did not see her change directions and she was subsequently struck by the front bumper and was pronounced dead at the scene, Nevel said. The child's family were in the process of moving to Ki…

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Obituaries
Croton Fire Department Mourns Loss Of 73-Year Member Salvatore Vasta Croton Fire Department Mourns Loss Of 73-Year Member Salvatore Vasta
Croton Fire Department Mourns Loss Of 73-Year Member Salvatore Vasta Salvatore J. Vasta, Jr. of Croton-on-Hudson, a longtime member of the Croton Fire Department, died on Saturday, Nov. 11. He was 89. A 73-year member and former captain of the Harmon Engine Company No. 3, Vasta married his wife Patricia In 1951, and together they raised nine children.  A master mason for most of his life, Vasta also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and lived in Croton-on-Hudson his entire life. In 2008, Croton-Harmon High School presented Vasta with a high school diploma.  Vasta was also a member of IUOE Local 137, The Knights of Columbus, Boy Scout Troop 25, and…

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Police & Fire
Route 9 Reopens After Vehicle Rolls Over Into Utility Pole In Rhinebeck Route 9 Reopens After Vehicle Rolls Over Into Utility Pole In Rhinebeck
Route 9 Reopens After Vehicle Rolls Over Into Utility Pole In Rhinebeck This story has been updated. Route 9 just south of Rhinebeck is back open to traffic following a single-car crash that took out a utility pole, is reopen after almost 10 hours, according to the New York State Police. The crash, that took place at 12:43 p.m. Monday. caused numerous wires to block the roadway closing the road in both directions through the evening commute. During the closure, traffic was rerouted to Ackert Hook Road and Haggerty Hill Road. The driver, which flipped the vehicle, received minor injuries. 

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