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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
Two Women Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Cards In Fairfield County, Police Say Two Women Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Cards In Fairfield County, Police Say
Two Women Wanted For Using Stolen Credit Cards In Fairfield County, Police Say Police are asking the public for help identifying two women wanted in connection with a burglary. The theft took place in Fairfield County on Thursday, Aug. 19 at the Crunch Fitness Gym located at 770 Connecticut Ave., in Norwalk. According to Lieutenant Joe Dinho, of the Norwalk Police, credit cards were stolen from a vehicle and then used in multiple stores, with a value totaling over $15,000 in charges.  Detectives recovered video of the two unknown women, and are asking for the public’s help in identifying them. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Fitz…

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Police & Fire
Police ID Victims In Western Mass Triple-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Police ID Victims In Western Mass Triple-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash
Police ID Victims In Western Mass Triple-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash The victims of a triple-fatal wrong-way crash on Route 91 have been identified by Massachusetts State Police. The victims of the crash which took place in Hampden County have been identified as Judith Keating, age 65, and Michelle Swaller, age 65,  both of Milford, Connecticut, and Wallace Sherman Jr. of Gloversville of Fulton County in upstate New York, state police said. The crash took place around 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 22, when a Subaru with only the driver inside was traveling the wrong way on I-91 in Holyoke hit another vehicle head-on, state police said.  The second vehicle,…

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Police & Fire
Long Island Teen Dies In Crash After Hitting Tree Long Island Teen Dies In Crash After Hitting Tree
Long Island Teen Dies In Crash After Hitting Tree A Long Island teen was killed after losing control of an Infiniti G37 and hitting a tree. Suffolk County resident Michael Seda, age 18, of Hauppauge, was killed around 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 22, in Smithtown, said Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim. According to Ahlgrim, Seda was driving on the Sunken Meadow Parkway south of Pulaski Road in Smithtown when the crash occurred. A preliminary investigation determined that Seda was driving northbound when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree in the center median.  Seda was extricated from the vehicle by firefighters and transported to Ston…

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Police & Fire
CT Man Dies From Multiple Gunshot Wounds, Dog Shot In Face CT Man Dies From Multiple Gunshot Wounds, Dog Shot In Face
CT Man Dies From Multiple Gunshot Wounds, Dog Shot In Face Police in Connecticut are attempting to figure out if shootings that left a man dead and a dog injured are related.  The first incident took place around 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 23, in New Haven County when the Waterbury Police Department was dispatched to a shots fired call in the area of Arch Street.  Prior to the officer’s arrival, they were notified by dispatch that a dog inside the residence was shot, said Sgt. Robert Davis of the Waterbury Police. When officers arrived on the scene they found a dog with a gunshot wound to the face. The dog was transported to Mattatu…

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Police & Fire
Struggling Swimmer Rescued From Hudson River Struggling Swimmer Rescued From Hudson River
Struggling Swimmer Rescued From Hudson River A heroic save took place when area firefighters rescued an autistic person who became exhausted while swimming in the Hudson River. The incident took place in Rockland County on Monday, Aug. 23 when the Piermont Fire Department Dive Team was dispatched to a mutual aid call to Nyack where a person was struggling in the water. The department waiting to transport the girl to the hospital.Piermont Fire Department Rescue boat 13-Marine and divers were on the scene in under five minutes from the time of initial dispatch.  After locating the person, Lieutenant Patrick Krummack immediately dov…

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Politics
'Rhymes With Local': Kathy Hochul Takes Command As NY's First Female Governor 'Rhymes With Local': Kathy Hochul Takes Command As NY's First Female Governor
'Rhymes With Local': Kathy Hochul Takes Command As NY's First Female Governor Just after midnight, Kathy C. Hochul, became the 57th governor of New York, making history as the first woman to take the reins of state’s highest office. She was sworn in early Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the State Capitol by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, in a private ceremony, just hours after outgoing governor Andrew M. Cuomo walked out the door amid a series of sexual harassment allegations. Hochul, a 62-year-old Democrat from Buffalo, who has served as Cuomo’s top lieutenant for seven years, is slated to reveal some of her priorities as well as her choice for lieutenant governor later Tuesday. …

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Police & Fire
Man Charged With Burglary, Vandalism Of Long Island Synagogue Man Charged With Burglary, Vandalism Of Long Island Synagogue
Man Charged With Burglary, Vandalism Of Long Island Synagogue Police on Long Island and members of a synagogue are searching the beach for two Torahs stolen when the temple was vandalized over the weekend. Long Beach police arrested Hunter McElrath, age 23, of Staten Island on Sunday, Aug. 22, and charged him with the vandalism of the Nassau County synagogue in which two Torahs and silver crowns were stolen. The Chabad of the Beaches in Long Beach was found ransacked, with everything from Jewish prayer clothes to Torahs thrown or broken on the floors, said Rabbi Eli Goodman. Goodman, who has been on the beach searching for the missing centuries-old T…

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Police & Fire
Four-Alarm Long Island House Fire Breaks Out Four-Alarm Long Island House Fire Breaks Out
Four-Alarm Long Island House Fire Breaks Out An 8,000-square-foot home on Long Island sustained damage to the first and second floors of the three-story home during a four-alarm fire. The fire, which was deemed a four-alarm due to the size of the house and the location of the Nassau County home, started around 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 23 in Sands Point. The call came in for a generator fire but when Port Washington Fire crews arrived on the scene they found smoke in all three floors of the massive home at 30 Arden Lane, said Chief Brian Waterson. A search of the residence found that all occupants were out and the fire originated in the …

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Business
Popular CT Eatery Closed Due To Damage From Henri Popular CT Eatery Closed Due To Damage From Henri
Popular CT Eatery Closed Due To Damage From Henri A popular Connecticut eatery is closed due to the effects of Henri when a large tree fell on the roof causing damage. A tree fell across the Litchfield County breakfast and brunch hotspot in the middle of Sunday brunch at Cara-Bean, in Watertown, said owner Jasmine Benjamin Jeffrey. The large tree destroyed the restaurant's vent hood, but no one inside was injured. Unfortunately, the restaurant, located at 49 DeForest St., can't operate without a vent hood so they are closed, Benjamin Jeffrey said. "Hopefully, we will reopen later in the week," she said. "Our town workers are awesome…

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Police & Fire
Person, Dog Rescued From River In Western Mass Person, Dog Rescued From River In Western Mass
Person, Dog Rescued From River In Western Mass A person and their dog were rescued from a river in Western Massachusetts after being swept away in the current. It happened at 9:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 23 in Hampshire County. Firefighters in Northampton were dispatched to the Mill River behind Maines Field for an individual and dog that were swept away in the current.  Once on the scene, firefighters found the individual and dog holding onto a tree that was across the river, unable to fight the current to the shore, said the Northampton Fire Department.  Firefighters donned water rescue suits and entered the water. Utilizing wa…

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