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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.
New Fairfield County Asian Eatery Draws High Marks
A new Asian-inspired restaurant in Fairfield County is being hailed as an inspired restaurant and gathering place with style at a time when many other restaurants are closing due to COVID-19.
Moon, which opened on Thursday, Jan. 21, in Greenwich, focuses on a mix of Japanese, Chinese, and Thai ingredients and flavors, prepared with an American slant.
Located at 130 E Putnam Ave., next to the town center, Moon strives to offer affordable dishes in an otherwise pricey dining arena.
At the newly renovated restaurant, experienced sushi chefs create adventurous dishes using local and fresh…
Man Busted For DWI With Infant In Car Following Crash In Area, Police Say
A Hudson Valley man was busted for an alleged DWI with an infant in the car following a single-vehicle crash.
Osgual Omar Romero-Godoy, age 20, of Stormville, was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 7, by Yorktown Police following a single-vehicle on Curry Street in Yorktown, the department said.
According to police, officers responded to the crash and found Romero-Godoy who said there was a 1-year-old child in the backseat of the vehicle.
Officers found the infant in the backseat, not in a car seat, but in a seatbelt with a cut in the area of his mouth, police said.
The child's mother was called an…
21-Year-Old Nabbed For CT Murder, Police Say
A 21-year-old was arrested for the murder of another man last month.
Franklin County resident Jordan Register, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 4, for the Friday, January 29, murder of Michael Dudley, age 27, of Durham, Connecticut, in Hartford, said Hartford Police Lieutenant Aaron Boisvert.
On the night of the killing, Hartford Police patrol officers responded to the Webster Street area on a report of a gunshot victim.
Upon arrival, they found Dudley in the rear lot of 12 Webster Street, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Life-saving measures were unsu…
Alert Issued For Missing Woman Who Could Be In Area
A woman who has been missing for more than three years may be in the New York area, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
Brianna Jayde Vibert, 24, was last seen at a Marathon Gas Station in Flint Township, Michigan on Monday, July 17, 2017, according to authorities.
She often went to the station to charge her phone or use the bathroom. Surveillance video from the gas station shows Vibert appearing anxious, even panicked, and she had blood on the inside of her right forearm.
According to Vibert's boyfriend, just before she went to the Marathon station the night before her disap…
Man Admits Operating Scam That Defrauded CT Victim Of Nearly $1.2 Million
A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from a lottery scam that defrauded an elderly Connecticut victim of nearly $1.2 million.
Stieve Fernandez, age 35, of Argentine and Jamacia, made the plea on Wednesday, Feb. 3, in Bridgeport, said U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between approximately 2015 to 2018, Fernandez and others, including Minique Morris and Horace Crooks, defrauded an elderly Mystic resident in a lottery scam.
As part of their scheme, Ferna…
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