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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

Fairfield County Man Found Shot To Death In Car, Police Say Police are investigating after a man from the region was found shot to death on a city street. Fairfield County resident Michael Harrigan, age 42, of Bridgeport, was discovered by police around 4:45 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 12, after receiving a call for an unresponsive man in a car. According to Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management for Bridgeport, police responded to 64 Black Rock Ave., where they found Harrigan dead inside the car from an apparent gunshot wound. Police are conducting an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information should contact Detective Martin Heanue at 2…

by Kathy Reakes

12/13/2021

Police & Fire

Couple Killed In CT Shooting A Connecticut husband and wife were killed in an alleged domestic violence shooting. The incident involving the couple in their late 50s took place in Hartford County around 5:20 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 12, in the hamlet of Weatogue in the Town of Simsbury. The shooting came to light after an 18-year-old woman who was inside the Woodleigh Place house at the time of the shooting ran to a neighbor's house and called the police, according to Simsbury Deputy Chief Police Christopher Davis. Police said those killed were Linda Halligan, age 57, and her 59-year-old husband, Bernard Halligan Jr. A la…

by Kathy Reakes

12/13/2021

Police & Fire

Shots Fired Incident In Northern Westchester Under Investigation Police are investigating and asking the public for help after shots were fired in a busy area of a local village. The incident took place in Northern Westchester around 11 p.m., Friday, Dec. 10 in the village of Croton-on-Hudson. According to police, officers responded to the area of Harrison and Grand streets after receiving reports of shots fired in the area. No injuries are reported, but police are asking anyone with information to contact the department's Detective Division at 914-271-5177. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Kathy Reakes

12/13/2021

Business

Family Run Westchester Butcher Shop Has Kept Customers Coming Back For Decades If you're looking for an honest-to-goodness butcher who sources meats from small farms and knows the provenance of everything, head for Westchester County and Ulises. Tucked in a small shop at 435 Mamaroneck Ave., in Mamaroneck, this real live butcher shop with owners and workers passionate about what they do. They don't sell groceries or anything that is not meat-related unless it's their house-made chimichurri sauce. Housemade sauages and chimichurri sauce.Yelp Owned and operated by Ulises the butcher, who has more than 30 years of experience which he first learned in his homeland of…

by Kathy Reakes

12/12/2021

Lifestyle

Popular Eatery Serves Up New York-Style Pizza In Fairfield County We know you can find a pizza joint on every corner, but there's one Fairfield County restaurant that locals are saying serves up a great pie straight from a brick oven. Remo's Brick Oven Pizza in Stamford is gaining some rave reviews for its New York-style pizzas, a variety of pasta dishes, desserts, and freshly baked bread. Some of Remo's favorites include the fried calamari, the Gorgonzola bread, the handmade cannolis, and, of course, the pizzas of all kinds. Fried calamariYelp Some top-rated included the Margherita pizza, which is said the correct ratio of ingredients, and the build…

by Kathy Reakes

12/12/2021

Lifestyle

Hudson Valley Home Has Guinness World Record-Setting Christmas Display Of Over 600K Lights Hey, not in the holiday spirit yet? Well, get out of the bah humbug mood with a visit to a fabulous Christmas lights display at a Hudson Valley home that will make even the most hard-hearted smile with its almost 700,000 sparkling bulbs. The brainchild of the Dutchess County Gay family in Lagrangeville, the display holds the Guinness World Record for the most lights on a residential property. The family first earned the title in 2014 when they hung 601,736 lights. ERDAJT's Christmas Light DisplayERDAJT's Christmas Light Display/Facebook This year, -- the 26th anniversary of the fami…

by Kathy Reakes

12/12/2021

Police & Fire

Man Nabbed On Long Island With Stolen Gun, Drugs, Police Say A man was arrested on Long Island after he was allegedly nabbed with several bags of marijuana and a stolen handgun. Tevon Montgomery Crooks, of Jamaica, Queens, was arrested a little after midnight on Friday, Dec.10 when he was stopped for a defective rear plate light in Woodmere, Nassau County Police said. According to detectives, officers from the Bureau of Special Operations spotted a black 2011 Nissan Maxima with a defective rear plate light stopped at a traffic light while exiting the parking lot of 253-01 Rockaway Boulevard. Officers conducted a stop on Rockaway Boulevard at B…

by Kathy Reakes

12/11/2021

News

Three Charged In Connection To Kidnapping In Region Three Western Massachusetts residents have been charged in connection with a kidnapping. The incident took place in Berkshire County, on Friday, Nov. 26, according to the North Adams Police Department when they responded to a call for a report of a disturbance. When officers arrived, they heard a gunshot in the area and saw two people run away on foot, police said. A woman, who was a victim of a kidnapping, ran towards the officers. She was provided medical aid and security, police added. During an investigation, detectives arrested two individuals in connection with the incident. An addi…

by Kathy Reakes

12/11/2021

Police & Fire

LI Man Charged With DWI/Assault Following Fiery Mercedes Crash, Police Say A Long Island man has been charged with alleged DWI after crashing a Mercedes-Benz SUV that then burst into flames and injured his passenger. Willie Bryant, age 54, of Far Rockaway, was charged in connection with the crash that took place around 12:21 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 9 in Woodmere, the Nassau County Police said. According to police, officers received a call for a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Elm Street and Broadway. Upon arrival, officers found a utility pole split in half and a 2018 Blue Mercedes SUV engulfed in flames with two men lying outside…

by Kathy Reakes

12/10/2021

News

Man Dies After Kayak Overturns In Region A Western Mass man died after his kayak overturned in an area pond. John Reynolds, age 58, of the Town of Richmond in Berkshire County, died Thursday, Dec. 9 at Berkshire Medical Center after his kayak overturned in Richmond Pond. Around 7 a.m. Berkshire County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting an individual in Richmond Pond calling for assistance, said Berkshire District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Andrew McKeever. State police, along with numerous other law enforcement, responded to the area for an attempted rescue, McKeever said. Firefighters with the Stockbridge Fire…

by Kathy Reakes

12/10/2021

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