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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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Police & Fire
Two Busted On Weapons Charges In Nassau After Fleeing From Officers, Crashing, Police Say Two Busted On Weapons Charges In Nassau After Fleeing From Officers, Crashing, Police Say
Two Busted On Weapons Charges In Nassau After Fleeing From Officers, Crashing, Police Say Two men are facing charges after refusing to comply with officers attempting to pull them over for a traffic violation on Long Island and then attempting to flee on foot, police said. Officers from the Nassau County Police Department attempted to pull over a black Mercedes on Zeckendorf Boulevard after it failed to signal while making a right-hand turn onto Ring Road in East Garden City shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6. Police said that the officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, but the driver - later identified as Rosedale resident Johnny Ortiz, age 23 - refused to stop be…

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News
NY To Have $110M In Student Debt Canceled As Part Of $1.85B Settlement NY To Have $110M In Student Debt Canceled As Part Of $1.85B Settlement
NY To Have $110M In Student Debt Canceled As Part Of $1.85B Settlement New Yorkers will have millions of dollars in debt canceled after one of the nation’s largest student loan services agreed to relieve $1.85 billion in loan debt as part of a multi-state agreement, authorities announced. Navient, the target of a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general agreed to cancel $1.7 billion in private student loan debt and offered $95 million in restitution for thousands of students nationwide following an investigation into the company's business practices. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the agreement on Thursday, Jan. 13, which will include mo…

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Two Nassau County Police Officers Injured Attempting To Apprehend Fleeing Suspect Two Nassau County Police Officers Injured Attempting To Apprehend Fleeing Suspect
Two Nassau County Police Officers Injured Attempting To Apprehend Fleeing Suspect Two police officers on Long Island were hospitalized after a suspect attempted to evade arrest after being busted with an illegal weapon, authorities announced. Nassau County police detectives on patrol at approximately 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8 spotted a suspicious black Mazda SUV parked in the closed lot of the Doxy Brook fishing park in Woodmere. As they approached, police said that they spotted a man and woman in the back seat “making suspicious movements." As they approached, the man, later identified as Brooklyn resident Trevon Johnson, age 22, jumped into the front seat, and the wo…

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Lifestyle
Two Lucky CT Residents Win $50K Each In State Lottery Two Lucky CT Residents Win $50K Each In State Lottery
Two Lucky CT Residents Win $50K Each In State Lottery A pair of CT Lottery players are feeling lucky after cashing in tickets worth $50,000 that were sold at area convenience stores. Lottery officials announced that in New London County on Monday, Jan. 10, Oakdale resident Russell Bowen cashed in a winning “Powerball” ticket worth $50,000 on a ticket sold at Henne Penny Hartford Road 23 on the Hartford Turnpike in Waterford. That same day, a Plainville resident in Hartford County won the top prize playing “$50,000 Win It All” on a ticket sold at the Dairy Mart on Bradley Avenue in Waterbury. According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch t…

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Woman From Hudson Valley Accused Of Stealing $32K With Forged Application Woman From Hudson Valley Accused Of Stealing $32K With Forged Application
Woman From Hudson Valley Accused Of Stealing $32K With Forged Application A former SUNY professor from the Hudson Valley is facing charges for allegedly forging a grant on behalf of her school and stealing more than $30,000, authorities announced. The New York State Inspector General’s Office announced that Ulster County resident Cynthia Marcello, age 55, of Hurley, a former SUNY Sullivan professor, was charged with a felony count of forgery for allegedly stealing $32,400 through a phony grant she submitted. Inspector General Lucy Lang said that Marcello, a computer science professor at the university for 12 years before her resignation in 2020, found that she al…

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Schools
Redistricting Results In Closure Of School In Hudson Valley Redistricting Results In Closure Of School In Hudson Valley
Redistricting Results In Closure Of School In Hudson Valley Facing a budget deficit, a Hudson Valley school district will be redistricting, including the closing of one of its elementary schools. In Ulster County, the Saugerties School District announced that the Board of Education has approved a plan to redistrict, including shuttering the doors at Mt. Marion Elementary School. “Last spring, the Board of Education tasked me with creating a committee of stakeholders to help the District face the upcoming budget deficit as well as maintain and improve programming for all students,” Superintendent Kirk Reinhardt announced. “I firmly believe that our…

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Suffolk County Sheriffs Arrest Wanted Fugitive From Justice Suffolk County Sheriffs Arrest Wanted Fugitive From Justice
Suffolk County Sheriffs Arrest Wanted Fugitive From Justice A wanted man out of Pennsylvania was busted on Long Island following a monthlong investigation, authorities announced. On Thursday, Jan. 6, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Bureau investigators arrested Sean Healy, age 36, of Center Moriches, as a fugitive from justice out of the State of Pennsylvania. Healy is wanted on two warrants: Disseminating obscene or intimate images of a person out of Wayne County; Possession of dangerous drugs out of Cumberland County. Investigators noted that both charges are punishable by at least one year in jail in Pennsylvania. According to Suff…

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News
Here's Who Will Be Eligible For $5,000 Stimulus Checks Here's Who Will Be Eligible For $5,000 Stimulus Checks
Here's Who Will Be Eligible For $5,000 Stimulus Checks It is unlikely that the federal government will distribute a fresh round of stimulus checks to most Americans again, but some will qualify for some financial assistance in 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, eligible Americans received as many as three stimulus checks to help them ride out the pandemic, though a fourth is unlikely, outside of a specific group. Parents who gave birth to a child in 2021 will be eligible for a 2022 stimulus check of up to $1,400, similar to the third round that was issued in March last year. Eligible new parents who inform the IRS they had a baby — or babies …

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Schools
Juvenile Charged For Making Threat To Westchester School Juvenile Charged For Making Threat To Westchester School
Juvenile Charged For Making Threat To Westchester School A minor has been charged after calling in a purported threat to a Westchester elementary school that led to a lockout. Officials in Port Chester announced that a juvenile has been charged and taken into custody in relation to a threat made at Park Avenue Elementary School on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Original story - Westchester School District Placed In Lockout Due To Anonymous Threat Police said that no further information will be released regarding the juvenile. "As stated prior we take these incidents very (seriously.) Our Detective's conducted an extensive investigation to locate the call…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Seeing Trend Of Less Positive Cases, Lower Infection Rates COVID-19: Hudson Valley Seeing Trend Of Less Positive Cases, Lower Infection Rates
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Seeing Trend Of Less Positive Cases, Lower Infection Rates The Hudson Valley has seen relief from the post-holiday surge of new COVID-19 infections as the positivity rate of those being tested for the virus dipped closer to 20 percent. For three straight days, the seven-day average percentage of positive test results in the Hudson Valley dipped from 22.59 percent on Sunday, Jan. 9, to 21.96 the following day, and down to 21.09 percent on Tuesday, Jan. 11, still among the highest in the state. Statewide, the positivity rate is also on the decline, to 20.22 percent on Jan. 11, as most of the state's 10 regions have seen COVID-19 either plateauing or …

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