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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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News

Man Admits To Burglarizing Schools In Westchester A man with a lengthy rap sheet will spend time behind bars after admitting to burglarizing multiple schools in Westchester, the District Attorney announced. Mount Vernon resident Donald Bennett, age 62, pleaded guilty this week to burglarizing schools in communities throughout Westchester after he unlawfully entered several buildings between 2020 and 2021. Original story - Suspect Arrested For String Of Westchester School Intrusions Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said that between Feb. 20, 2020, and Feb. 28 this year, Bennett illegally entered and stole items from Imm…

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

Police & Fire

One Hospitalized After 'Serious Auto Accident' On Long Island, Police Say One was hospitalized on Long Island after a two-vehicle crash on Sunrise Highway, police said. According to Nassau County police detectives, a 40-year-old man was driving a 2004 Infinity when he struck a 2021 Land Rover being driven by a 44-year-old man west on Sunrise Highway in Massapequa shortly before 10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28. Police said that as a result of the collision the driver of the Infinity was “severely injured” and transported to a local hospital for treatment. He is currently listed in stable condition, according to police. The driver of the Land Rover refused medical t…

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

Lifestyle

CT Officials Caution About Cannabis Look-Alike Products Before Halloween State officials in Connecticut are cautioning parents to be wary of cannabis edibles to ensure that no children have a bad trip on Halloween. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is warning the public about cannabis edibles and hemp derivatives in packaging designed to look like well-known snack foods and candy that could intentionally or accidentally be slipped to trick-or-treaters. In some instances, instead of “Chips Ahoy,” the THC items are dubbed “Trips Ahoy,” while “Oreos” are packaged as “Stoneos.” Related story - School District Warns Of THC-Laced Cookies Packaged As Br…

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

Lifestyle

NY Officials Caution About Cannabis Look-Alike Products Before Halloween State officials in New York are cautioning parents to be wary of cannabis edibles to ensure that no children have a bad trip on Halloween. New York Attorney General Letitia James is warning the public about cannabis edibles and hemp derivatives in packaging designed to look like well-known snack foods and candy that could intentionally or accidentally be slipped to trick-or-treaters. In some instances, instead of “Chips Ahoy,” the THC items are dubbed “Trips Ahoy,” while “Oreos” are packaged as “Stoneos.” "These misleading products contain a high concentration of THC, the psychoactive comp…

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

News

Covid-19: New Deaths Reported, Infection Rate Steady In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases By County Nearly three dozen new COVID-19 fatalities were reported in the past week in Connecticut as the number of newly reported daily infections held steady after a small spike. In the past week, Connecticut hospitals recorded 30 new virus-related deaths - up from approximately a dozen a week prior - bringing the total up to 8,751 statewide as of Thursday, Oct. 28 since the pandemic began in March 2020. The daily positive COVID-19 infection rate of those tested in Connecticut has been fluctuating in the past week, up to nearly 3 percent before dropping down to 1.77 percent of those tested on Wedne…

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

Sports

HS Football Team In Hudson Valley Switches Schedule After Violent Incidents One Hudson Valley high school is trading Friday night lights for Saturday afternoon sunshine. Following a violent incident involving a parent assaulting a district administrator during an incident in Orange County, the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District announced it would only play host to football games on Saturday afternoons. On Friday, Oct. 15, officers from the Town of Woodbury Police Department working a Monroe-Woodbury varsity football game in Central Valley responded to a report of a dispute involving a parent who assaulted an administrator who was attempting to break up an alte…

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

News

Marina Owner In Fairfield County Sentenced For Scuttling Abandoned Vessels The owner of a Fairfield County marina will avoid time behind bars but was hit with a heavy fine as he was sentenced for abandoning boats in the Long Island Sound. John Magness, formerly of Southbury in New Haven County, was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $45,000 fine for scuttling several sailboats and motorboats between Black Rock Harbor and the Pennfield Reef Lighthouse in the Long Island Sound. Magness, who now lives in Bristol, Maine, was the owner of the Bluefish Cove Marina in Bridgeport. Acting US Attorney Leonard Boyle said that while he was preparing to …

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

News

Covid-19: Immunocompromised People May Need Fourth Dose, CDC Says Some Americans may require a fourth shot of the COVID-19 vaccine if they are immunocompromised, according to new federal guidance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that adults 18 and older who received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines and are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get a fourth dose at least six months after getting their third shot, the guidance states. Officials cautioned that Johnson & Johnson recipients “should not receive more than two COVID-19 vaccine doses,” though a second is recommended. The CDC authorized a thir…

by Zak Failla

10/29/2021

Schools

New Mural Honors Slain Pace University Football Player Gone, but not forgotten. Pace University in Westchester County unveiled a mural in their Kessel Student Center to commemorate the memory of Danroy “DJ” Henry, Jr., a student-athlete who was shot and killed by a police officer more than a decade ago. Henry, a junior defensive back on the football team at Pace University's Pleasantville campus, was at a sports bar in neighboring Thornwood with teammates when a fight broke out after their homecoming game in 11 years ago. Danroy "DJ" Henry, 20Justice for DJ Henry Facebook page Pleasantville police officer Aaron Hess remained at the scene,…

by Zak Failla

10/28/2021

Politics

Cuomo Expected To Be Charged With Allegedly Groping Former Aide, Reports Say Embattled former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to be arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly groping a former aide, according to multiple reports. Months after he resigned from office following the release of the Attorney General’s report into sexual harassment allegations made against, Cuomo is now reportedly facing a sex-crime complaint in Albany City Court. The news was first reported by the New York Post and Independent New York Focus website. If he is convicted of forcible touching, Cuomo would have to register as a sex offender, with a judge determining whether…

by Zak Failla

10/28/2021

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