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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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Hospital In Area Temporarily Suspends Labor, Delivery Services Hospital In Area Temporarily Suspends Labor, Delivery Services
Hospital In Area Temporarily Suspends Labor, Delivery Services A hospital in the Hudson Valley is temporarily suspending labor and delivery services as it works to build a new team of qualified doctors. Putnam Hospital and Nuvance Health announced that as of Monday, March 1, CareMount’s OB/GYN physicians - the only doctors who provide delivery and labor services at the hospital - will no longer be doing so as they recruit new physicians for their unit. As a result, officials said that Putnam Hospital announced that they will be temporarily suspending delivery services while it works to build a new team, which has already started. Officials noted that …

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Police & Fire
Wife Of Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Robbed At Gunpoint, Reports Says Wife Of Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Robbed At Gunpoint, Reports Says
Wife Of Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Robbed At Gunpoint, Reports Says The wife of Hall of Fame Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of a popular upstate New York shopping destination, according to multiple reports. Juli Boeheim was reportedly robbed shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1 in the parking lot of Destiny USA, a shopping mall in Syracuse. According to reports, a suspect - possibly a juvenile - started a conversation with Boeheim while she was sitting in her car near the Cheesecake Factory entrance, at which point he pulled out a gun and reached inside her vehicle to grab her purse. The suspect al…

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Business
Google's Fitbit Recalls 1.7M Smartwatch Over Burn Hazard Google's Fitbit Recalls 1.7M Smartwatch Over Burn Hazard
Google's Fitbit Recalls 1.7M Smartwatch Over Burn Hazard More than a million Google Fitbits are being recalled due to a burn hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. The company announced that 1.7 million Fitbits are being voluntarily recalled because the battery in the Ionic smartwatch can overheat and burn users wearing them. “The health and safety of Fitbit users is our highest priority,” Fitbit said in a statement. “We are taking this action out of an abundance of caution for our users.” The Ionic smartwatch was produced from 2017 to 2020. Consumers can find the model number, FB503, on the back of the Ionic under …

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Lifestyle
CT Man Wins $100K In State Lottery CT Man Wins $100K In State Lottery
CT Man Wins $100K In State Lottery A winning $100,000 CT Lottery ticket sold at a Connecticut gas station has been cashed in by one lucky player. On Wednesday, Feb. 23, New Haven County resident Carlos Cortez, of Waterbury, cashed in a winning $100,000 "Cash5" scratch-off ticket that was sold by the R A Hafeez Corporation on Meriden Avenue in Waterbury. Later that day, two other CT Lottery players cashed in tickets worth $10,000. "Cash5" costs $1 per wager, and players can add a "KICKER" option for an additional 50 cents per wager to increase the chance of winning and unlock additional prize levels. To play "Cash5" with a…

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News
COVID-19: Don't Use This Specific At-Home Test, FDA Warns COVID-19: Don't Use This Specific At-Home Test, FDA Warns
Covid-19: Don't Use This Specific At-Home Test, FDA Warns Federal health officials are cautioning Americans not to use a specific at-home rapid COVID-19 test that is being distributed but has yet to be authorized. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert to advise that people should not use the ACON Laboratories test “Flowflex SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test (Self Testing” that is packaged in a dark blue box (see above). Officials said that the test has not been authorized, cleared, or approved by the FDA for distribution or use in the United States, and the agency is concerned about the risk of false results from those using it. T…

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COVID-19: Positive Infection Rate In CT Hits 2022 Low; Latest Breakdown Of Cases, Deaths COVID-19: Positive Infection Rate In CT Hits 2022 Low; Latest Breakdown Of Cases, Deaths
Covid-19: Positive Infection Rate In CT Hits 2022 Low; Latest Breakdown Of Cases, Deaths Connecticut hit a new COVID-19 milestone as the state recorded its lowest daily positivity rate of 2022. In his latest update to begin the month of March, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that the state administered more than 7,000 COVID-19 tests on Monday, Feb. 28, resulting in just 170 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus. The 2.42 daily positivity rate is the lowest recorded in Connecticut in the new year after it hovered near 25 percent during the peak in mid-January. After weeks of seeing the number of COVID-19 patients being treated in Connecticut hospitals dwindling, the Departme…

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Politics
Congressman From Long Island Gets NY Republican Party's Nod In Gubernatorial Race Congressman From Long Island Gets NY Republican Party's Nod In Gubernatorial Race
Congressman From Long Island Gets NY Republican Party's Nod In Gubernatorial Race New York’s Republican Party leaders have tapped a Long Island lawmaker as their choice to challenge for incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s seat in Albany. Congressman Lee Zeldin, who represents New York’s 1st District on Long Island, was overwhelmingly the choice for the Republican Party at their convention on Long Island, though he could potentially face a primary challenger over the summer. If he were to succeed Hochul, Zeldin would become the first Republican governor in New York since George Pataki two decades ago, though he faces an uphill challenge against the incumbent. Earl…

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Video Shows Yonkers Man Going On Tirade At Orlando Airport Video Shows Yonkers Man Going On Tirade At Orlando Airport
Video Shows Yonkers Man Going On Tirade At Orlando Airport A New York man who threw an allegedly drunken tirade at a Florida airport had to be tased after getting verbally abusive and physically violent with staff members before being arrested. On Thursday, Feb. 24, 34-year-old Westchester County resident Ryan Martin, of Yonkers, became belligerent before boarding his United Airlines flight from the Orlando International Airport back to New York in a video that went viral after being caught on camera and shared online. “Don’t touch me! Don’t (expletive) touch me!” Martin screams into the void as fellow passengers stare at their phones. “You want a …

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Cashless Tolling Starts At Bridge In Hudson Valley Cashless Tolling Starts At Bridge In Hudson Valley
Cashless Tolling Starts At Bridge In Hudson Valley A new cashless tolling option has been implemented for drivers traveling on a busy Hudson Valley bridge that connects Dutchess and Ulster counties. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday, March 1 that the Mid-Hudson Bridge connecting Highland in Ulster County and Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County has become the latest in the region to go cashless. Related story - New Cashless Tolls Coming To Westchester: Here's When, Where Motorists will no longer have to wait at the gate to pay or scan their E-Z Pass. Instead, sensors will read the car’s EZ-Pass, or a photo will be taken and …

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Schools
COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of CT Schools Who Have Dropped Mask Mandates COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of CT Schools Who Have Dropped Mask Mandates
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of CT Schools Who Have Dropped Mask Mandates Most school districts in Connecticut are ditching mandatory COVID-19 masks for students and staff members now that the statewide mandate has been lifted. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said this week that approximately 85 percent of school districts across the state have elected to drop mandatory facial coverings as the mandate expired on Monday, Feb. 28. Earlier story - COVID-19: Masking Decision Now Up To School Districts As CT Mandate Expires However, while the state is loosening up restrictions as the country recovers from the Omicron spike of COVID-19 infections, Lamont advised that some…

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