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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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Politics
Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Dies At Prison In Hudson Valley Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Dies At Prison In Hudson Valley
Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Dies At Prison In Hudson Valley Embattled former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of the state’s most powerful politicians, has reportedly died at the age of 77 in a Hudson Valley prison. A Democrat, Silver was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison in July 2021 on corruption charges and died at the Otisville Correctional Institution in Orange County on Monday, Jan. 24, officials announced. Silver, who at one point represented most of Manhattan, was found guilty of two counts of honest service wire fraud, two counts of honest services mail fraud, two counts of extortion under the color of off…

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Lifestyle
New Series Filmed In Westchester Debuts On HBO New Series Filmed In Westchester Debuts On HBO
New Series Filmed In Westchester Debuts On HBO The Hudson Valley is set to be featured in the long-awaited debut of HBO’s latest drama “The Gilded Age.” Largely produced in New York, “The Gilded Age,” starring Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, features New York City in 1882 after a young Marian Brook, played by Louisa Jacobson, moves from rural Pennsylvania to the big city. The show was set to premiere on HBO at 9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24, produced and written by Julian Fellowes of “Downton Abbey” fame. The nine-episode series is scheduled to run through Monday, March 21. During shooting, multiple scenes for HBO's latest drama were…

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Police & Fire
Former Elementary School Teacher In CT Charged With Sexually Assaulting Students, Police Say Former Elementary School Teacher In CT Charged With Sexually Assaulting Students, Police Say
Former Elementary School Teacher In CT Charged With Sexually Assaulting Students, Police Say A former elementary school teacher in Connecticut is facing charges for allegedly sexually abusing minors in his care as students, police announced. In Litchfield County, former Plymouth Center School educator James Eschert, age 51, turned himself in to police following a lengthy investigation into alleged inappropriate conduct between him and multiple minors who were his students at the time. According to investigators at the Plymouth Police Department, on Sept. 29, 2021, they received a complaint against Eschert regarding his activities which children. Police said that the investigation …

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Lifestyle
COVID-19: Drive-Through Rapid Testing Sites Consolidated On Long Island COVID-19: Drive-Through Rapid Testing Sites Consolidated On Long Island
Covid-19: Drive-Through Rapid Testing Sites Consolidated On Long Island With Long Island seeing improved COVID-19 numbers over the past week, some drive-through testing sites will be consolidating in Suffolk County this week. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that there will be three testing sites open, beginning as of Monday, Jan. 24 which will be open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. The testing sites will be located at these locations: Red Creek Park on Old Riverhead Road in the Hampton Bays (open for school-required testing and community testing) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays; Heckscher State Park, Field 8 in East Islip from 8 a.m. t…

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News
New Area Code To Launch In Downstate NY, State Announces New Area Code To Launch In Downstate NY, State Announces
New Area Code To Launch In Downstate NY, State Announces Downstate New York is getting a fresh new area code. The New York State Public Service Commission announced that on Long Island, Nassau County will soon have a second area code, as 363 joins the traditional 516 and Suffolk County’s 631 and 934. Officials said the new area code will be available for residents and businesses in the second quarter of 2023, though customers in the existing 516 area code will be unaffected by the change. The news comes due to the increasing demand for phone numbers in Nassau County, prompting the Commission to introduce the new area code. According to the Comm…

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News
COVID-19: New Rules For Visitors Take Effect At CT Nursing Homes COVID-19: New Rules For Visitors Take Effect At CT Nursing Homes
Covid-19: New Rules For Visitors Take Effect At CT Nursing Homes New rules are now in effect for friends and families visiting residents in Connecticut nursing homes. Beginning over the weekend, new protocols directing all nursing homes in Connecticut to require visitors to either show proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recently tested negative for the virus in order to enter the facilities became official. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont issued the executive order on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Specifically, when entering nursing homes, visitors must: Provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and, if eligible…

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Lifestyle
New Series Largely Produced On Long Island Debuts On HBO New Series Largely Produced On Long Island Debuts On HBO
New Series Largely Produced On Long Island Debuts On HBO Long Island will take center stage in the long-awaited debut of HBO’s brand-new drama “The Gilded Age.” Largely produced on Long Island, “The Gilded Age,” starring Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, features New York City in 1882 after a young Marian Brook, played by Louisa Jacobson, moves from rural Pennsylvania to the big city. The show was set to premiere on HBO at 9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24, produced and written by Julian Fellowes of “Downton Abbey” fame. The nine-episode series is scheduled to run through Monday, March 21. Some of the shooting of the show took place on a set built …

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Police & Fire
One Teen In Critical Condition, One Arrested In Westchester Stabbing One Teen In Critical Condition, One Arrested In Westchester Stabbing
One Teen In Critical Condition, One Arrested In Westchester Stabbing One teen was hospitalized in critical condition in Westchester and a second arrested after an early morning stabbing, police announced. Officers from the New Rochelle Police Department responded to the parking lot of a Lincoln Avenue apartment complex shortly after 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22, where there was a report of an 18-year-old who was found unresponsive and bleeding from the chest. New Rochelle Police Capt. J. Collins Coyne said that officers began administering first aid, and paramedics transported the teen to an area hospital, where he was listed in critical, but stable condit…

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Politics
COVID-19: Unvaxxed Sarah Palin Tests Positive Just As Her Defamation Trial Vs. NY Times Starts COVID-19: Unvaxxed Sarah Palin Tests Positive Just As Her Defamation Trial Vs. NY Times Starts
Covid-19: Unvaxxed Sarah Palin Tests Positive Just As Her Defamation Trial Vs. NY Times Starts Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin tested positive for COVID-19 just as a civil defamation trial involving her and the New York Times was set to begin. A lawyer for Palin, who remains defiantly unvaccinated, announced on Monday, Jan. 24 that the one-time Alaska governor tested positive for COVID-19 following a diagnosis last year for the virus. Palin said last month that she would get a COVID-19 vaccine “over (her) dead body.” Manhattan federal court judge Jed Rakoff said on Monday that he had learned the previous day that Palin, age 57, tested positive for COVID. T…

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Lifestyle
Woman Wins $77,000 In CT Lottery Woman Wins $77,000 In CT Lottery
Woman Wins $77,000 In CT Lottery Sevens were wild for a pair of lucky CT Lottery players who cashed in winning tickets worth big prizes. In New Haven County, Wallingford resident Cynthia Jackson won $77,000 playing "Mega 7s" on a ticket sold at Nisa's Variety on East Center Street in Wallingford, lottery officials announced on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Later that week, on Thursday, Jan. 20, a winning $277,777 "Mega 7s" prize was cashed in by Westerly, Rhode Island resident Mark Britton that was sold at the Bestway Convenience on Libert Street in Pawcatuck in New London County. According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch tick…

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