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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

Police & Fire

Trio Wearing Hoods, Facemasks Steal From Stop & Shop In Fairfield County, Police Say Three suspects are wanted after allegedly loading up shopping carts at a Fairfield County supermarket with merchandise and fleeing the store without paying, police said. Shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6, it is alleged that the three walked into the Stop & Shop on Old Kings Highway North in Darien and loaded up multiple shopping carts with large containers of Tide and Tide pods. Police said that the trio - who were all wearing hoods and face masks at the time of the shoplifting incident - then exited the store without attempting to pay, fleeing in an older model tan Che…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2021

Police & Fire

Laptops, Possible Other Items Stolen From Office Building In Fairfield County, Police Say A suspect is at large in Fairfield County after burglarizing a commercial building and possibly stealing items from other offices, police announced. Officers from the Darien Police Department responded to the Bank of America commercial building at 1120 Post Road on Monday, Nov. 1, where there was a reported burglary over the previous weekend. According to police, an employee of the building reported seeing two laptops in the office on Friday, Nov. 29 before noticing them missing on Sunday, Oct. 31. During the investigation into the stolen laptops, police said that detectives determined tha…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2021

News

Covid-19: Study Shows Chance Of Winter Surge That Could Be Worse Than Delta Variant With the weather cooling down and crowded indoor holiday season gatherings fast approaching, a new study is showing that there could be a winter surge of COVID-19 cases that could rival the earlier emergence of the Delta variant. According to a newly released study, researchers are predicting that there is at least a 30 percent chance that states could experience a surge of new infections that could exceed the numbers seen during the spike in cases in mid-September during the variant. With activities moving indoors, there is expected to be a surge in cases, though with more Americans getti…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2021

Police & Fire

Shooting Suspect Apprehended, Charged In Westchester, Police Say The investigation into a shooting last month in Westchester led to multiple charges for a suspect with a history of weapon, assault, and robbery arrests, police announced. In the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 30, officers from the Mount Vernon Police Department responded to a stretch of East First Street, where they found a 37-year-old man from Tuckahoe with a gunshot wound to his shoulder. The shooting victim - whose name was never released - was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he was treated, evaluated, and later released. On Friday, Nov. 12, police investi…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2021

News

Covid-19: CT Sees New Increase In Cases; Latest Breakdown By County, Community Nearly three dozen new COVID-19 fatalities were reported in the past week in Connecticut as the number of cases continues to mount as the weather cools down and drives activities indoors. In the past week, Connecticut hospitals recorded 33 new virus-related deaths - up from less than two dozen a week prior - bringing the total up to 8,809 statewide, according to the latest update from the Department of Health. After spiking above 3 percent for two days earlier this week, the daily positive infection rate of those tested in Connecticut is down to 2.61 percent, with 458 new COVID-19 cases con…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2021

Schools

President Joe Biden Writes To Westchester Elementary School Class An elementary school class in Westchester got a special surprise from the White House after reaching out to the new administration earlier this year. In New Rochelle, the fourth-grade students in Pia Persampieri’s bilingual class at the Trinity Elementary School wrote letters to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this year to discuss topics that concerned them. The project was part of an opinion unit in literacy, where students were assigned to write an opinion piece based on their research into hotbed topics such as social media, climate change, and violence in sc…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2021

Police & Fire

Two Teens Nabbed For String Of Robberies At Long Island T-Mobile Stores Two teens on Long Island are facing a host of charges after forcibly stealing Apple products from several T-Mobile stores and threatening violence when employees sought to intervene, police said. In Nassau County, police Robbery Squad detectives said that Lanizja Myers, of Rosedale, and Brooklyn resident Elyanni Sesay, both 19, entered the T-Mobile locations and forcibly removed Apple iPhones and Apple Watches. Investigators said that in the instances when a store employee would attempt to stop them, the two teens threatened that they had a weapon and displayed a taser and pepper spray. Po…

by Zak Failla

11/13/2021

News

Covid-19: Number Of New Hudson Valley Cases Climbs Again; Latest Breakdown By County Alarm bells are sounding for some in the Hudson Valley as the positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to surge as the holiday season rapidly approaches. The average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate of Hudson Valley residents tested for the virus climbed to 2.27 percent on Thursday, Nov. 11, up from 2.19 percent the day before and 2.04 percent on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Statewide, the positive infection rate also continues to rise, from 2.78 percent up to 3 percent for the first time in weeks during the same time frame. According to the latest update from the Department of Health, 30 …

by Zak Failla

11/12/2021

News

Covid-19: Number Of New Long Island Cases Climbs Again; Latest Breakdown By Community Long Island reported more than 340 new COVID-19 infections in both Nassau and Suffolk counties as the region continues to see a rise in its positive test rate that has lasted for weeks. The average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate of Long Islanders tested for the virus climbed to 2.88 percent on Thursday, Nov. 11, up from 2.73 percent the day before and 2.62 percent on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Statewide, the positive infection rate also continues to rise, from 2.78 percent up to 3 percent for the first time in weeks during the same time frame. In Suffolk, 468 new COVID-19 infection…

by Zak Failla

11/12/2021

News

Storm With Gusty Winds Leads To Power Outages In Hudson Valley Thousands in the Hudson Valley were left without electricity as the latest storm to roll through the region brought whipping wind gusts approaching 40 mph that toppled some tree limbs and power lines in the area. As of 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, Central Hudson utility crews were working to repair 66 active outages that were impacting 2,269 of the company’s customers. The bulk of the outages were reported in Putnam County (810), followed by Ulster County (661), Dutchess County (586), and Greene (199) counties. The most outages were being reported in: Philipstown (Putnam): 810; Washing…

by Zak Failla

11/12/2021

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