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Joe Lombardi

Managing Editor

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Joe Lombardi, Daily Voice's Managing Editor, has spent his professional career as a newsroom director, manager, editor, producer, writer, reporter and broadcaster who has worked at major websites, television networks, newspapers, magazines and radio stations and as a book author.

The Manhattan native, Irvington (NY) High School and University of Dayton graduate has been actively involved in web publishing for more than 25 years. In addition, he also has expertise in marketing, public relations and social media.

Lombardi rejoined Daily Voice in September 2013 as managing editor after serving as sports editorial consultant from August 2011 through January 2012. He was named to oversee editorial operations in the fall of 2017.

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Joe Lombardi's Contributions

News

Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Increase In Positivity Rate; Latest County Totals The Hudson Valley saw another new increase in the COVID-19 positive rate for testing, according to data released by New York State on Saturday, Nov. 28. The positive testing rate in all focus areas under the state's Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.65 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 3.45 percent. Within the focus areas, 36,745 test results were reported Friday, Nov. 27, yielding 2,076 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 115,610 test results were reported, yielding 3,987 positives. The positive testing rates for the last five days i…

by Joe Lombardi

11/28/2020

Obituaries

Tech Entrepreneur Tony Hsieh, 46, Dies From Injuries In CT House Fire Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos, died at age 46 from injuries sustained in a fire at a Connecticut home. The blaze broke out on Wednesday, Nov. 18 in New London, and Hsieh died from his injuries on Friday, Nov. 27 at Bridgeport Hospital with his family by his side, according to KLAS 8 News Now in Las Vegas, where Zappos' headquarters is located. Hsieh retired as Zappos CEO in August 2020 after 21 years. Before joining Zappos, he sold LinkExchange, an Internet advertising network, to Microsoft in 1998 for $265 million. Hsieh, a Harvard graduate …

by Joe Lombardi

11/28/2020

News

Covid-19: Here's Seven-Day Positivity Rate For Testing In Nassau, Suffolk Counties Amid concerns of a post-Thanksgiving rise of COVID-19 infections, Long Island saw new increases in both COVID-19 cases and the positive rate for testing in data released on Friday, Nov. 27. Statewide, the positive testing rate in all focus areas under New York's Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.69 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 3.13 percent. Within the focus areas, 50,972 test results were reported Thursday, Nov. 26, yielding 2,901 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 168,470 test results were reported, yielding 5,275 positives. The most recent…

by Joe Lombardi

11/28/2020

News

Covid-19: Here's Seven-Day Positivity Rate For Testing In Each Hudson Valley County Amid concerns of a post-Thanksgiving rise of COVID-19 infections, the Hudson Valley saw new increases in both COVID-19 cases and the positive rate for testing in data released on Friday, Nov. 27. Statewide, the positive testing rate in all focus areas under New York's Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.69 percent, and outside the focus zone areas is 3.13 percent. Within the focus areas, 50,972 test results were reported Thursday, Nov. 26, yielding 2,901 positives. In the remainder of the state, not counting these focus areas, 168,470 test results were reported, yielding 5,275 positives. The …

by Joe Lombardi

11/28/2020

News

Covid-19: Rockland School Testing Sites Announced The Rockland County Department of Health has partnered with Good Samaritan Hospital to provide one week of COVID-19 testing for school districts within the county's Yellow Zone. The period begins Monday, Nov. 30. Schools within the Yellow Zone are required to test 20 percent of students, faculty, and staff over the two-week period immediately following the announcement of a Yellow Zone designation in order to stay open for in-person instruction. School districts have until Wednesday, Dec. 9 to meet this initial requirement. If the results of the 20 percent testing show the po…

by Daily Voice

11/28/2020

Traffic

I-95 Stretch Reopens After Crash This story has been updated. A stretch of I-95 in Fairfield County has reopened after a serious two-vehicle crash caused its closure. The closure was northbound in Westport between Sherwood Island/Route 476 (Exit 18) and Route 1/Center Street (Exit 19) on Saturday, Nov. 28. Nearby, also in Westport, a crash on the Merritt Parkway, also northbound, caused delays at Route 33 (Exit 41) with stop-and-go delays to Route 7 (Exit 39). Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

by Daily Voice

11/28/2020

Weather

Severe Weather Alert: Wind Gusts Up To 70 MPH, Isolated Tornadoes Possible From Major Storm A storm system that will be accompanied by downpours, possible hail, and isolated tornadoes could produce damaging wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour in parts of the region that could cause power outages. The storm will arrive Monday morning, Nov. 30, and continue through the early evening. Deep low pressure tracking west of the region will produce strong southerly winds Monday and Monday night, the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook statement issued Saturday morning, Nov. 28. Depending on the ultimate track and intensity of the system, gusts of …

by Joe Lombardi

11/28/2020

Police & Fire

Long Island Man Driving Drunk Charged After Fatal Crash A Long Island man was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist. Michael Goldstein, 52, of Farmingdale, was riding a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle in Lindenhurst southbound on Wellwood Avenue when his vehicle struck a 2007 Toyota 4Runner traveling northbound, making a left to turn onto Buffalo Avenue at approximately 4:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, Suffolk County Police said. Goldstein was transported by North Lindenhurst Fire Department to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced d…

by Joe Lombardi

11/28/2020

Police & Fire

Three Officers Hospitalized After Altercation With Man Involved In Dispute At LI Household Three police officers were hospitalized with one requiring emergency surgery after an altercation with a man involved in a disturbance with other residents of a Long Island household. Officers responded to a call for a disturbance in Uniondale on Liberty Street on Thursday, Nov. 26 at about 11:20 p.m. Upon arrival, officers separated Rigoberto Madrid Maldonado, 30, of Uniondale, from the other residents of the household, Nassau County Police said. During this time, Maldonado became irate and combative and lunged at an officer, according to police. Hearing the commo…

by Joe Lombardi

11/27/2020

News

Covid-19: CT Hospitalizations At Highest Level Since Mid-May; Latest Data By County, Community The number of those hospitalized in Connecticut with COVID-19 is now at the highest levels since mid-May, according to new data covering Thanksgiving Eve Day and Thanksgiving Day. A total of 1,017 patients are currently hospitalized for COVID in Connecticut. That's an increase of 49. A total of 71,327 tests were administered on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and Thursday, Nov. 26, with 3,429 coming back positive (4.81 percent positivity rate). There have been 35 additional deaths. For more info, including the number of cases by county and community, click here and scroll down.

by Joe Lombardi

11/27/2020

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