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Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

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CT Man Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl, Heroin CT Man Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl, Heroin
CT Man Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl, Heroin A Connecticut man will spend years in federal prison after being sentenced for his role in a drug-trafficking operation, authorities announced. New Haven resident Quentine Davis, age 31, was sentenced by US District Judge Janet Bond Arterton to 63 months behind bars, followed by three years of supervised release after admitting to trafficking fentanyl and heroin throughout the region. US Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery said that the DEA New Haven Task Force launched an investigation late in 2019 into the distribution of heroin and fentanyl in New Haven and Waterbury. The investigation - wh…

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Lifestyle
This Delicatessen Voted Best On Long Island This Delicatessen Voted Best On Long Island
This Delicatessen Voted Best On Long Island A popular deli that has been a Long Island staple for more than two decades has earned a prestigious distinction. Each year, the Bethpage Best of LI polls Long Islanders to lay down a roadmap “to the best, top-notch businesses and services throughout both Nassau and Suffolk counties.” Related story - This Port Washington Eatery Serves Up Best Milkshake On Long Island, Voters Say Organizers of the contest have been counting votes since it began, with the winners ultimately chosen by the "Long Islanders who rely on those businesses each and every day.” In 2022, Long Islanders voted Greenw…

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Amityville Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty For Abusing Dog, SPCA Says Amityville Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty For Abusing Dog, SPCA Says
Amityville Woman Charged With Animal Cruelty For Abusing Dog, SPCA Says A woman on Long Island is facing charges for allegedly abandoning her 4-year-old dog in a dilapidated home, SPCA officials announced. Roy Gross, the Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA announced that after a joint investigation between his organization and the Amityville Police Department, a woman was arrested for neglecting Blue, her Cane Corso blue pit bull mix dog. Gross said that Amityville resident Lisa Dunn, age 56, was charged with one count of animal cruelty for allowing her dog to remain in an abandoned home strewn with feces, urine, garbage, wasted food, and insects. Police noted t…

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Police & Fire
Lynbrook Man Asleep On Shoulder Of Parkway Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Police Say Lynbrook Man Asleep On Shoulder Of Parkway Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Police Say
Lynbrook Man Asleep On Shoulder Of Parkway Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Police Say New York State Police troopers busted a 31-year-old man with an illegal weapon while asleep at the wheel on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County, officials said. A trooper on patrol shortly after 11 p.m. on Sunday, May 29 in Hempstead found Lynbrook resident Mark Campbell asleep in his vehicle on the shoulder of the parkway, allegedly under the influence. According to a state police spokesperson, while interviewing Campbell, the trooper determined he was allegedly intoxicated, and the driver proceeded to fail multiple Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, at which point he was taken int…

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Real Estate
Westchester, Long Island Now 'Overvalued Housing Markets' Following Pandemic Boom, Report Says Westchester, Long Island Now 'Overvalued Housing Markets' Following Pandemic Boom, Report Says
Westchester, Long Island Now 'Overvalued Housing Markets' Following Pandemic Boom, Report Says Homes in some parts of downstate New York are being considered “overvalued” amid the current housing bubble, according to a new Fortune Magazine report. Fortune studied home price growth, which is wildly outpacing income growth across the country, with different areas across the US considered “overvalued," “undervalued,” or "normal."  Specifically, in downstate New York, both Suffolk and Nassau counties, as well as Westchester have been listed as being "overvalued," the report states. Other counties upstate also earned the distinction, while markets in the rest of the state have remain…

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Police & Fire
Two Felons Busted With Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Cash, Ammo In CT Bust Two Felons Busted With Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Cash, Ammo In CT Bust
Two Felons Busted With Heroin, Crack Cocaine, Cash, Ammo In CT Bust Two convicted felons are facing new charges after being busted during a search and seizure in Connecticut, police announced. In New Haven County, police officers in Waterbury assigned to the department’s Vice and Intelligence Division executed a search warrant at a William Street apartment following an investigation into drug sales in the region. At the apartment, investigators located suspect Quentin Boone, age 28, who was with a second man, Litchfield County resident Douglas Elliott, age 34, of Torrington, both of whom are convicted felons with prior narcotic felony-related convictions wh…

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Real Estate
Fairfield County Ranks As 'Undervalued' For Home Prices, New Report Says Fairfield County Ranks As 'Undervalued' For Home Prices, New Report Says
Fairfield County Ranks As 'Undervalued' For Home Prices, New Report Says Homes in some regions in Connecticut are being considered “undervalued” amid the current housing bubble, according to a new Fortune Magazine report. Fortune studied home price growth, which is wildly outpacing income growth across the country, with areas in Connecticut considered “overvalued" or “undervalued.” Specifically, in Fairfield County, Bridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk were considered undervalued. Also undervalued for housing are Hartford, East Hartford, and Middletown, the report said. New Haven County and Milford were rated as “normal,” with no other areas highlighted by the …

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Company Owner In Massachusetts Sentenced For Tax, Fraud Schemes Company Owner In Massachusetts Sentenced For Tax, Fraud Schemes
Company Owner In Massachusetts Sentenced For Tax, Fraud Schemes The owner of a Massachusetts plumbing company will spend more than a year behind bars for overbilling customers for work he never performed and engaging in a near $1.5 million tax evasion scheme, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors said that plumbing contractor Jared “Jay" Derrico, age 35, of the town of Boxford in Essex County, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and two counts of mail fraud in February. In addition to his prison time, Derrico was ordered to forfeit $315,00…

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Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Burglary, Credit Card Theft, Larceny In Darien Man Accused Of Burglary, Credit Card Theft, Larceny In Darien
Man Accused Of Burglary, Credit Card Theft, Larceny In Darien A suspect implicated in multiple crimes in Fairfield County is facing a host of charges after being arrested on active arrest warrants, police announced. On Thursday, May 26, officers responded to Stamford Superior Court to serve a pair of active arrest warrants for Stratford resident Dean Henton, age 55, stemming from two incidents in Darien. According to a spokesperson from the Darien Police Department, a Brook Street business owner left his building unattended for approximately a half-hour on Thursday, March 17, and when he returned, an employee from a neighboring business advised that a…

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Woman Caught With Mail Stolen From Nine Houses In Darien, Police Say Woman Caught With Mail Stolen From Nine Houses In Darien, Police Say
Woman Caught With Mail Stolen From Nine Houses In Darien, Police Say A wanted Fairfield County woman is in custody after being busted with drugs, paraphernalia, stolen mail, and packages taken from at least nine homes, police said. In Darien, police officers on patrol in the area of Intervale Road checked on the well-being of a 37-year-old woman who was walking by herself at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Monday, May 30. According to a spokesperson from the Darien Police Department, while checking on the woman, the officer was told that she had gotten into an argument on the phone and was unsure where her car was parked, stating that a friend had borrowed it. …

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