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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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Lifestyle

$1M Powerball Ticket Sold At Convenience Store In Hudson Valley One lucky person is $1 million richer after a winning second-place Powerball ticket was sold in the Hudson Valley. The ticket, one of six sold across the country, was sold in Orange County at the Cumberland Farms in Chester at 38 Brookside Road for the Wednesday, Oct. 26 drawing, according to New York Lottery officials. No one picked the winning numbers of 19-36-37-46-56 with the Powerball of 24, to walk away with the entire $715 million jackpot. The $1 million ticket sold in Chester had five correct numbers, but not the Powerball, lottery officials said. Winning $1 million tickets …

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

Business

'An Offer I Can't Refuse': Hudson Valley Restaurant To Close After Nearly 4 Decades In Business A much beloved Hudson Valley restaurant that has been a staple for residents for some 37 years will close its doors early next year. Chef Marcello Russodivito of Rockland County staple Marcello's Ristorante, which has been on Lafayette Avenue in Suffern for almost 37 years, announced on Facebook he is closing in the second week of January 2023 after receiving an offer "I can't refuse." Russodivito plans to go out with a bang with a large New Year's Eve celebration, and then for the next two weeks, he will offer family-style dinners for just $19,98 a person, in a nod to the year he opened i…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

Police & Fire

31-Year-Old Killed After Van Collides With Scooter On CT Roadway A 31-year-old man riding a scooter was hit and killed during a crash with a van in Connecticut. The incident took place in New Haven County around 6:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 in Waterbury in the area of 1015 Meriden Road. According to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police, officers responded to a crash of a scooter and a van and found the 31-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. The man was transported to Saint Mary's Hospital where he died, Bessette said. The driver of the van was evaluated on the scene and did not require any further medical treatment, police said. The…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

News

Man Nabbed With Fentanyl, Other Drugs In Stamford A man was nabbed with a large stash of fentanyl, as well as other drugs, after police received word he was dealing in the area. Anthony Mojica, age 34, of the Bronx, was arrested in Fairfield County around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Stamford on the 200 block of Bedford Street. According to Stamford Assistant Police Chief Richard Conklin, members of the department's NARC squad received information that Mojica had been dealing larger quantities of fentanyl in the city and would be in the area. Members of the unit traced Mojica and detained him on Bedford Street where during an investi…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

News

CT Man Killed In Suspicious Overnight Crash Was Also Shot, Police Say A Connecticut man has been arrested after a 28-year-old who died in a crash was found with a gunshot wound. The incident took place in Hartford County around midnight in Southington on Thursday, Oct. 27. According to Lt. Keith Egan of Southington Police, officers responded to a report of a car versus a telephone pole in front of of the Noodles & Company on Queen Street. Shortly after midnight, Southington Police responded to the report of the crash, police said. Arriving officers found the occupant, identified as New Haven County resident Jose L. Principe, of Waterbury, unresponsive a…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

Police & Fire

Woman Seriously Injured In Crash On Long Island Expressway A woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer on the Long Island Expressway, which caused gridlock during the morning commute. The crash took place in Yaphank around 5:20 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 on the westbound side. According to the Suffolk County Police, Nassau County resident Josephine Carroll, age 53, of Bethpage, was driving a 2015 Nissan near Exit 67, when her vehicle struck the rear of a 2016 Kenwood tractor-trailer that was stopped in traffic for construction. Carroll was transported by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital …

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

Police & Fire

Police Investigating After Man Found Dead In Ronkonkoma Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man found dead on a Long Island street. The incident occurred in Ronkonkoma around 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25 on Remington Boulevard. Suffolk County Police detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the man's death after being found unconscious on the side of Remington Boulevard, near 6th Street. The man, who is in his late 50s, was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. Identification of the man is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. This is …

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

News

Know Him? Hudson Valley Man Wanted For Disseminating Indecent Material To Minors Police in the Hudson Valley are asking the public for help locating a man wanted for allegedly disseminating indecent materials to underage girls. Hayez D. Prelich, age 25, known to frequent both Dutchess and Ulster counties, is wanted by the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office for felony disseminating indecent material to minors and criminal contempt. According to the Sheriff's Office, Prelich has an extensive history of communicating with underage girls and sending obscene material. He is described as being 5-foot-11, 160 pounds with brown hair and eyes. Anyone who sees or comes in c…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

Police & Fire

Teen Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed In Connection To Shots-Fired Incident Over CT Highway Two Connecticut teens were nabbed in connection to a stolen car and shots fired incident. The Hartford County incident took place in Southington around 1:15 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23. According to Southington Police Lt. Keith Egan, the department received a call for a report of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lots of Garden Path Florist, located at 1239 Shuttle Meadow Road. The vehicle was identified, prior to police arrival, as being stolen from Bristol, Egan said. Surveillance footage, recorded in the area, showed three teens exiting the vehicle and provided a description of the ma…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

News

Hudson Valley Man Indicted For Attempted Murder In Hammer Attack, Police Chase A Hudson Valley man who allegedly attempted to kill his girlfriend with a hammer and then took police on a wild chase before crashing into a state police cruiser has been indicted for attempted murder. Rockland County resident Todd Humphrey, age 46, of Stony Point, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in connection with a violent attack at a hotel in West Nyack. On Monday, Oct. 17, around 5 am, officers from the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the Tappan Zee Hotel, located at 110 North Route 303 in West Nyack, for reports of a woman screaming, police s…

by Kathy Reakes

10/27/2022

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