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Zak Failla

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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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Politics
COVID-19: Hillary Clinton Holed Up At Home In Northern Westchester After Testing Positive COVID-19: Hillary Clinton Holed Up At Home In Northern Westchester After Testing Positive
Covid-19: Hillary Clinton Holed Up At Home In Northern Westchester After Testing Positive Hillary Clinton has become the latest high-ranking Democrat to contract COVID-19. Following confirmed infections from former President Barack Obama and most recently, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Clinton announced that she tested positive and that she is hunkering down in her Northern Westchester home, located in the hamlet of Chappaqua in the town of New Castle. Clinton, age 74, said that she has some mild cold symptoms, but otherwise is feeling fine after the positive test. “Well, I’ve tested positive for COVID,” she posted on social media. “I’m more grateful than ever for the…

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News
Hastings-On-Hudson Schools Placed On Lockdown Hastings-On-Hudson Schools Placed On Lockdown
Hastings-On-Hudson Schools Placed On Lockdown An alleged social media threat led to a temporary lockdown of a pair of Westchester schools to start the day. The Hastings-on-Hudson School District entered into its lockdown and lockout protocols on Wednesday, March 23 after receiving a tip about an alleged threat to the Farragut Complex targeting the high school and middle school. Schools Superintendent William McKersie issued an alert to the community advising that “all is safe and secure at the High School, Middle School,” and that the lockdown was lifted at approximately 9 a.m. after the threat was investigated. The two-hour delay a…

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Police & Fire
Suspect At Large After Armed Dunkin' Donuts Robbery In Massapequa Suspect At Large After Armed Dunkin' Donuts Robbery In Massapequa
Suspect At Large After Armed Dunkin' Donuts Robbery In Massapequa A suspect is on the loose after making off with an undisclosed amount of cash during a midday armed robbery at a Long Island Dunkin’ Donuts location, law enforcement authorities announced. Nassau County Police detectives said that the man walked into the shop at 20 Broadway in Massapequa at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, and approached a female employee to order a coffee. According to police, after making his order, he pulled out a silver handgun and demanded cash from the register, to which the employee complied. The man then fled east on Veteran’s Boulevard with an undis…

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News
Stratford Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin-Trafficking Operation Stratford Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin-Trafficking Operation
Stratford Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin-Trafficking Operation A Fairfield County man will spend years behind bars after being sentenced for allegedly trafficking heroin in Connecticut, federal officials announced. Stratford resident Nadyar Malaka, age 35, was sentenced in Hartford federal court to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin in July 2021. In addition to his prison term, US District Judge Michael Shea also ordered Malaka to pay a $50,000 fine and to forfeit $52,111.45 and a 2012 Porsche Panamera 4.…

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Lifestyle
CT Man Is $100,000 State Lottery Winner CT Man Is $100,000 State Lottery Winner
CT Man Is $100,000 State Lottery Winner A Connecticut man cashed in a winning CT Lottery ticket worth six figures that was sold at an area gas station. Hartford County resident Ryan Carey, of Bristol, won the top prize playing a “$100,000 50th Anniversary” scratch-off lottery ticket to earn one of three jackpot-winning prizes. The winning ticket was sold at My Store LLC on Farmington Avenue in Bristol and cashed in on Monday, March 21, according to CT Lottery officials. It was the first of three $100,000 top prizes to be cashed in. According to CT Lottery, the $10 scratch-off game includes the following prizes for players: $1…

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Schools
11-Year-Old In Hudson Valley Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School 11-Year-Old In Hudson Valley Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School
11-Year-Old In Hudson Valley Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School An 11-year-old girl has been identified as the social media user who made a threat on Snapchat targeting a Hudson Valley school district, officials announced. In Dutchess County, the Poughkeepsie City School District announced that a minor has been identified as the person responsible for making a threat through the social media platform on Tuesday, March 22. A spokesperson for the district said that the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department was notified by the FBI at approximately 2:50 a.m. on Tuesday morning about a threat of a shooting that was flagged by Snapchat stemming from the city…

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News
Long Island MS-13 Gang Members Charged With Murdering Mother Whose Body Was Found In Trunk Long Island MS-13 Gang Members Charged With Murdering Mother Whose Body Was Found In Trunk
Long Island MS-13 Gang Members Charged With Murdering Mother Whose Body Was Found In Trunk Several purported members of the MS-13 gang members from Long Island are facing charges for a host of crimes and the murder of a mother whose body was later found in the trunk of a car, federal authorities announced. An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Central Islip charging 11 members of the street gang with multiple crimes that include predicate racketeering acts involving murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, witness tampering and witness retaliation, and related narcotics and firearms offenses. Four were also charged for their roles in the April 11, …

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Schools
Two Schools In Area Will Remain Remote After Social Media Threats Two Schools In Area Will Remain Remote After Social Media Threats
Two Schools In Area Will Remain Remote After Social Media Threats A pair of schools in the area will remain remote as the police continue an investigation into threats made through social media targeting the buildings. The Poughkeepsie Middle School and Poughkeepsie High School have been closed to in-person learning since Monday, March 21 due to social media threats that were made, according to district officials. Original story - Poughkeepsie HS, MS Go Remote After Social Media Threats As the investigation into the threats is ongoing, a spokesperson for the Dutchess BOCES/Poughkeepsie City School District announced that both schools will remain on a rem…

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News
DOJ Accidentally Publishes List Of Alleged Clients In Sarah Lawrence Case DOJ Accidentally Publishes List Of Alleged Clients In Sarah Lawrence Case
DOJ Accidentally Publishes List Of Alleged Clients In Sarah Lawrence Case The trial of a father accused of running an alleged sex cult out of his daughter’s college dorm room in Westchester County took an unexpected twist after federal prosecutors reportedly released a list of former clients tied to the operation. Lawrence Ray, age 62, the man who allegedly ran the cult out of Sarah Lawrence College near the border of Yonkers and Bronxville in Westchester, has been on trial in Manhattan for more than a week on charges that include sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses for running the shady operation at the school. Original story - Father O…

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Traffic
Stretch Of Sunrise Highway Closed In West Babylon For Crash Stretch Of Sunrise Highway Closed In West Babylon For Crash
Stretch Of Sunrise Highway Closed In West Babylon For Crash A stretch of Sunrise Highway was temporarily closed on Long Island due to a crash. Shortly after 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, first responders in Suffolk County responded to the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway in West Babylon, where there was a crash that left at least one motorist trapped inside a vehicle. An alert was issued by the Suffolk County Police Department at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, advising that the highway is closed at Hubbards Path in West Babylon to allow detectives to investigate. According to the New York State Department of Transportation, the c…

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