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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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Long Island On Alert As Brand-New Shark Bite Incident Brings Number To Six In Two Weeks Lifeguards and swimmers are on high alert after two shark bites in one day on Long Island, bringing the total number of attacks to six in two weeks. The latest attack took place in Suffolk County at Seaview Beach on Fire Island around 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 13. Suffolk police said the Arizona man was in waist-deep water at Seaview Beach when he was bitten in the buttocks and on the left wrist. He was able to walk out of the water, Suffolk County Police said. The victim was transported via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening …

by Kathy Reakes

07/14/2022

Obituaries

Community Rallies To Support Family Of 17-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Hudson Valley Friends and family members are rallying to support the family of a 17-year-old Hudson Valley boy who was gunned down in a parking lot. Rockland County resident Treynahel "Trey" Cineus, of Spring Valley, was found shot and killed around 2:30 a.m., Friday, July 8 in the parking lot of 150 West Eckerson Road in Spring Valley. "We are mourning the loss of our beloved Trey, who was suddenly taken from us," said a GoFundMe started in his honor. "Trey was an extraordinary human being, an excellent student, a fierce athlete, a loving son, a role model to his three little brothers, and a great exam…

by Kathy Reakes

07/14/2022

News

Have You Seen Her? Police Seeking Help Finding Missing Hudson Valley Teen Police in the Hudson Valley are asking the public for help finding a missing teen who hasn't been seen in three weeks. Orange County resident Brittany Amber Hendershot, age 19, of Port Jervis, was reported missing by her mother on Thursday, June 23, said Chief Willian Worden, of the Port Jervis Police. Hendershot is described as being 5-foot-4, 125 pounds with a tattoo of a heart on her left wrist and a butterfly on her right ankle. She was last seen wearing a pink long-sleeve shirt, black yoga pants, and tan sneakers with pink lines on the sides. Anyone with information is asked to…

by Kathy Reakes

07/13/2022

News

Greenburgh Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate For Town Buildings A Westchester municipality has voted to reinstate indoor mask mandates for town board meetings and in all town-owned buildings with the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. The Greenburgh Town Board made the decision as the number of cases continues to rise to require masks inside all town-owned buildings. At the town board meeting on Wednesday, July 13, everyone who attends must wear a mask, said Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. "We know that most people hate masks. Some employees and residents have compromised immune systems," said Feiner. "If they get Covid-19 it could be very…

by Kathy Reakes

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

One Rushed To Westchester Medical Center In Critical Condition After Two-Vehicle Crash In Area A woman was seriously injured after being hit by a BMW SUV while riding a dirt bike in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Rockland County around 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 12 in Nanuet in the area of N. Pascack Road and Clark Drive. The crash occurred when a 27-year-old New City woman was struck by the BMW while driving a dirt bike, said Det. Norm Peters of the Clarkstown Police. Arriving officers located the driver of the dirt bike lying on the ground near 55 Pascack Road. The woman was conscious but unable to communicate with officers due to the severity of her injuries, Peters …

by Kathy Reakes

07/13/2022

News

Surfer Attacked By Shark At NY Beach Another Long Island beach is closed to swimming after a surfer was bitten by a shark. The incident took place at Smith Point County Beach Park in Shirley, around 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 13, said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. The surfer was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue for treatment of injuries, Bellone said. The third attack comes after a shark bit a Smith Point County Park lifeguard, on Sunday, July 3 and another lifeguard was attacked in the village of Ocean Beach on Thursday, July 7. "This is the new normal with tiger sharks swimming closer t…

by Kathy Reakes

07/13/2022

News

IDs Released For Woman, Child Killed After Boat Capsizes In Hudson River Police have released the identities of two people who were killed when a boat capsized in the Hudson River. The incident happened around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 12 in midtown Manhattan near the Intrepid off Pier 84 and West 46th Street. The NYPD identified the victims on Wednesday, July 13 as 7-year-old Julian Vasquez and Lindelia Vasquez, age 47, both of Colombia. See Earlier Story: Two Killed, Including 7-Year-Old, After Boat Capsizes In Hudson River According to police, upon arrival, two NYPD divers entered the water as part of the rescue efforts and recovered the victims with the…

by Kathy Reakes

07/13/2022

News

Woman Says She Nearly Died After Picking Up Dollar Bill She Suspects Was Laced With Fentanyl A woman tells a harrowing story of how she had to be hospitalized after picking up a dollar bill she found on a bathroom floor that she later said was laced with drugs. The incident took place in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday, July 10 when the woman, identified as Renee Parsons, a resident of Kentucky, said on Facebook that she, her husband, and child stopped at a McDonald's to use the bathroom when she picked up the dollar off the floor and put it in her pocket while holding her baby. “I see a dollar bill on the ground," Parsons wrote on Facebook and told WKRN ABC News 2 in Nashville. "…

by Kathy Reakes

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

Resident Jumps From Third-Story Window After House Fire Breaks Out In White Plains A large fire that began on the first floor of a Westchester home and quickly raced to the attic caused one resident to jump out of a third-floor window, injuring his ankle. The fire began in White Plains around 8 a.m., Tuesday, July 12, in an old three-story home on Hale Avenue. White Plains Fire Chief Douglas McMath said fire officials arrived within minutes and the house was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. Firefighters at work.White Plains Fire Department "Once we made sure everyone was out we had to fight the large fire from outside because it was not worth endangering f…

by Kathy Reakes

07/13/2022

Police & Fire

CT Man Who Threatened To Shoot, Kill Hospital Staff Prevented From Buying Firearms, Police Say A Connecticut man who told his therapist he intended on killing staff members at an area hospital was prevented from purchasing guns. Hartford County resident Connor Zawasky, age 24, of Windsor, was charged on Tuesday, July 12, and charged with threatening. The incident began on Wednesday, June 8, when Zawasky told his counselor that he intended on obtaining a pistol permit and buying a gun to kill staff members at Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford, said Sgt. Mark Cleverdon, of the New Windsor Police. Following his arrest, Zawasky turned himself in at police headquarters and was proces…

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07/13/2022

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