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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.
Westchester Restaurant Becoming A Neighborhood Staple
For those looking for a neighborhood spot that serves a little of everything, and does it all well then a Westchester restaurant is your new favorite stop.
The Shop Ardsley, in Ardsley, starts the day with bagels and omelets and wraps, slides into lunch with burgers and salads and sandwiches, and then transforms into dinner with steaks and pasta and chicken dishes.
The breakfast menu is pretty straightforward with a mix of bagels, omelets, pancakes, and the like. The lunch menu features a nice choice of burgers, sandwiches, and salads.
The dinner menu takes things up a notch with such off…
CT Man Busted With 145 Vials Of Crack, Other Drugs After Spotted Making Deal, Police Say
A Connecticut man was allegedly busted with 145 vials of crack cocaine, heroin, and other drugs after police spotted him making a deal on a city street.
The bust took place around 3:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 7, when Waterbury Police Department’s Gang Task Force and Street Crimes Unit saw area resident Yamil Carreras, age 42, conducting drug deals in the area of Baldwin Street, said Sgt. Robert Davis.
After officers stopped Carreras, a search uncovered:
145 vials of crack cocaine (55.6 grams);
24 bags of cocaine (2.8 grams);
54 bags of heroin;
$507 in cash;
A loaded Smith and Wes…
Fairfield County Man, Brother Cited For Saving Man, Dog From Freezing Water
Two brothers, one a Fairfield County resident, have been awarded the prestigious Carnegie Hero Medal for their brave actions of saving a man and his dog who had fallen through the ice on an area lake.
The brothers, Fairfield resident Jonathan Goldfarb, and his brother Matthew Goldfarb, of Howell, New Jersey, were honored during a ceremony at the Fairfield Police Department on Wednesday, July 7.
The rescue took place on Tuesday, Dec. 22 around 4:05 p.m., when the Fairfield Police Department received a 911 call reported a man and his dog in the water in Lake Mohegan, Sergeant Michael St…
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