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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.

Zak Failla's Contributions

News

Covid-19: Westchester Community College Teacher Charged For Fraudulent Vaccination Card A community college teacher in the Hudson Valley is facing charges after being busted for a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination card, the District Attorney announced. In Westchester, Mount Vernon resident Sonya Tarter Wilson, age 50, a former Westchester County Community College assistant teacher was arraigned after allegedly altering a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to obtain a full-time position at the school. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said that at approximately 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9, Wilson submitted a copy of a forged COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card that include…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

Schools

Covid-19: NY Cancels January Regents Exams Due To Pandemic High school students in New York will be exempt from taking the January Regents exams due to the spike of fresh COVID-19 infections that have been threatening the entire state. The New York State Education Department announced on Tuesday, Dec. 21 that the exams have been canceled due to the surge of new COVID-19 cases, specifically those tied to the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. It marks the second straight year that the Education Department canceled the Regents exams due to the spread of COVID-19. “New York set a daunting record last week with more COVID-19 cases rep…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

News

Covid-19: Emergency Room Visitors No Longer Allowed At LI Hospital Due To Omicron A Long Island hospital has been forced to update its Emergency Room visitor policy due to the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and a recent rise of new infections across the region. As of Tuesday, Dec. 21, Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside and Long Beach will no longer be permitting visitors to help curtail the spread of the virus, which has been running rampant on Long Island for weeks as the infection rate spikes. Earlier story - COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Climb In Cases As Infection Rate Tops 8 Percent The new policy is effective immediately and will be in place "until…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

News

Silver Alert For Missing 15-Year-Old CT Teen Seen her? A Silver Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old teen in Connecticut who has not been seen in several days. In Hartford County, the Glastonbury Police Department issued a Silver Alert for Amaree Felicier, who left her home on Sunday, Dec. 19, and has not been seen since. When she was last seen, police said that Felicier was wearing blue jeans and a black-colored long-sleeved shirt. No other descriptive information has been provided by police. Anyone with information regarding Felicier's whereabouts or who recognizes her has been asked to contact the Glastonbury Police Departm…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

News

Covid-19: City In Fairfield County Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate An indoor mask mandate is being put back in effect in Connecticut’s second-largest city. With the number of COVID-19 cases surging, and variants on the rise, Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons announced that she will be implementing a city-wide indoor mask mandate. Simmons scheduled an announcement Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 21 with other top health officials outside the Stamford Government Center on Washington Boulevard to make the mandate official. The mask mandate is expected to take effect at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night. It will require masks or facial coverings to be worn, regardless of vacci…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

Business

Supermarket In Fairfield County Recalls Store-Made Ground Beef A supermarket in Fairfield County announced a voluntary recall of store-made ground beef that may contain small metal fragments. ShopRite on Bridgeport Avenue in Shelton announced a recall of ground beef that was produced and sold at the store on Sunday, Dec. 19 due to the contamination, the company announced. The voluntary recall is for all store-made packages of ground beef with a sell-by date of “Dec. 19, 2021," that were prepared at the ShopRite at 875 Bridgeport Ave. in Shelton. No other products sold at the ShopRite of Shelton and no other ShopRite stores in the area are affected b…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

Schools

Two Fairfield County Schools Enter 'Lock-In' During Bank Robbery Investigation Two schools in Fairfield County entered their lock-in/lock-out protocols while police investigated a reported bank robbery and Lyft carjacking in the area. Police investigators in Bridgeport were called to the Webster Bank on Main Street shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, where there was a report of a robbery by a suspect who proceeded to flee in a stolen Lyft vehicle. The suspect reportedly later caused a crash on Thorme Street. No suspects have been identified and no injuries have been reported. As a result of the investigation, the Bridgeport School District temporarily plac…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

Schools

Covid-19: School In Region Closes Due To Increase In Cases A school in Western Massachusetts is the latest to go remote for the remainder of 2021 due to a rise in COVID-19 cases amid the arrival of the Omicron variant. In Hampshire County, school officials announced late on Monday, Dec. 20 that the R.H. Conwell Elementary School in Worthington will be closed for the rest of the week due to a spike in confirmed cases of the virus within the building. Schools Superintendent Gretchen Morse-Dobosz and Worthington School Nurse Samantha Pease issued the alert after the district identified 33 close contacts within the elementary school that spanned betwee…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

Schools

Covid-19: School District In Westchester Goes Remote Due To Increase In Cases Another school district in the Hudson Valley is going remote amid the winter rise in new COVID-19 cases and the surge of the Omicron variant. In Westchester, Mount Vernon Schools Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton announced that the district will be transitioning to its distance learning model on Wednesday, Dec. 22, through at least the middle of January. "We have all been watching as Broadway closed, professional sports have been affected, and some states (Maryland) have moved to remote learning,” Hamilton wrote in a message to parents. “We have also seen an increase in our positive cases…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

Police & Fire

Woman Wanted On Long Island For Child Abuse, DWI, Apprehended A woman wanted for allegedly driving drunk and child abuse has been apprehended by police investigators on Long Island. During the fall, an alert was issued by police in Suffolk County as they sought the public’s assistance in tracking down a wanted woman from St. James who was busted for allegedly driving while intoxicated and child abuse allegations. Camille Baez, age 38, was wanted on a Suffolk County Family Court arrest warrant for child abuse and neglect, and the Suffolk County First District Court on a bench warrant for a DWI arrest. In a new statement, the Suffolk County Police Depa…

by Zak Failla

12/21/2021

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