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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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Alert Issued For Boy Who's Gone Missing In Region Alert Issued For Boy Who's Gone Missing In Region
Alert Issued For Boy Who's Gone Missing In Region Seen him? Police in Western Massachusetts are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing boy who hasn’t been seen since the weekend. On Monday, Oct. 11, an alert was issued in Berkshire County by the police department in Cheshire, Massachusetts, which is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the missing boy pictured above. According to police, the boy was reported missing out of Pittsfield, but has ties to the Cheshire area. No other descriptive information on the boy was provided by the police. Anyone with information regarding the missing child has been asked to conta…

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Police & Fire
Police Investigating Alleged Racist Comments Made To Cast Member At Long Island Theater Police Investigating Alleged Racist Comments Made To Cast Member At Long Island Theater
Police Investigating Alleged Racist Comments Made To Cast Member At Long Island Theater A cast member at a popular Long Island theater was allegedly the target of racially charged comments, police said. The Northport Police Department received a report of an incident on Sunday, Oct. 10 involving a cast member at the Engeman Theater involving racist comments. According to police, the cast member reported to theater staff that they were subjected to the comments, which were relayed to the Northport Police Department. Police said that upon being notified of the alleged incident, officials reached out to the theater for further information as they investigated. The cast member r…

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Schools
Superintendent In Westchester Resigns Following Fallout Over State-Ordered School Closure Superintendent In Westchester Resigns Following Fallout Over State-Ordered School Closure
Superintendent In Westchester Resigns Following Fallout Over State-Ordered School Closure The head of a Westchester school district that had an elementary school forced to close due to safety concerns has stepped down. Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District officials announced that Superintendent Patrick Brimstein, who was placed on paid leave earlier this year, has resigned from his position after the state ordered the closure of the Ridge Street Elementary School. Original story - District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close The move comes after the school building was shut down by the state, which said the district was “using spac…

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COVID-19: Survivors At Risk For Heart Failure, Blood Clots A Year Later, New Study Says COVID-19: Survivors At Risk For Heart Failure, Blood Clots A Year Later, New Study Says
Covid-19: Survivors At Risk For Heart Failure, Blood Clots A Year Later, New Study Says Heart damage and blood clots a year after survivors shake off COVID-19 have shown that the effects of the virus extends well beyond the initial infection, a new study says. According to the study, even people who never showed enough symptoms to be hospitalized with the virus are in danger of developing heart failure or potentially deadly blood clots a year later. Researchers at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System in Missouri reported that COVID-19 survivors who weren’t hospitalized had a 39 percent increased risk of developing heart failure in the first year compared to …

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Police & Fire
Seen Him? Alert Issued By Police For Wanted Long Island Suspect Seen Him? Alert Issued By Police For Wanted Long Island Suspect
Seen Him? Alert Issued By Police For Wanted Long Island Suspect Police investigators on Long Island are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a wanted man who has multiple warrants out for his arrest. The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert regarding 47-year-old Jason Burrell, who has been wanted for nearly five years following the issuance of a warrant for his arrest on Oct. 18, 2016. According to police, Burrell is wanted on a Suffolk County Family Court warrant for failing to pay child support and by the Suffolk County First District Court on a bench warrant for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Burrell was descri…

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Police & Fire
Pickup Truck Driver Flees Scene Of Long Island Crash With Serious Injuries, Police Say Pickup Truck Driver Flees Scene Of Long Island Crash With Serious Injuries, Police Say
Pickup Truck Driver Flees Scene Of Long Island Crash With Serious Injuries, Police Say Seen this truck? Police investigators on Long Island are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian with serious injuries. Shortly before 7:10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, Suffolk County police investigators responded to a reported hit-and-run in the hamlet of Riverside in the Town of Southampton, where there was a report of a pedestrian struck on Riverleigh Avenue. The driver of the vehicle proceeded to speed off after striking the pedestrian, southbound on Riverleigh Lane without stopping or reporting the incident. According to p…

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Gas Rates May Increase In Massachusetts This Winter, Eversource Warns Gas Rates May Increase In Massachusetts This Winter, Eversource Warns
Gas Rates May Increase In Massachusetts This Winter, Eversource Warns Eversource customers in the region could see a small spike in their bills this winter as the utility company contends with rising natural gas prices. This week, citing rising gas prices around the world, Eversource filed its proposed winter natural gas rate for Massachusetts residents with the Department of Public Utilities that would include rate increases for customers beginning on Monday, Nov. 1. According to Eversource, during the pandemic, the price of natural gas rose by approximately 20 percent as the demand increased in 2020 as many sheltered in place for upwards of a year and some…

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Police & Fire
Police Bust Man With Illegal Handgun In Westchester After Receiving Tip Police Bust Man With Illegal Handgun In Westchester After Receiving Tip
Police Bust Man With Illegal Handgun In Westchester After Receiving Tip Police busted a man with an illegal handgun after being tipped off about a potential sale of the weapon in Westchester. At approximately 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, officers from the New Rochelle Police Department and Real-Time Crime Center at Westchester County Police Headquarters received information about a possible gun sale about to take place in the area of Pershing Square. The investigation into that tip led police to Mamaroneck resident Anthony Repaci, age 41, who was stopped and found to be in possession of a loaded 9mm Ruger handgun, leading to his arrest, said New Rochell…

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Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Admits To Role In Murder Using Baseball Bats, Machetes Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Admits To Role In Murder Using Baseball Bats, Machetes
Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Admits To Role In Murder Using Baseball Bats, Machetes An alleged MS-13 street gang member admitted to his role in a violent murder on Long Island where their victim was beaten to death with baseball bats and hacked with machetes. Ever Flores, a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), pleaded guilty this week to racketeering charges for his role in the murder of Dewann Stacks in Brentwood in 2016 and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Jacquelyn Kasulis said that on Oct. 13, 2016, Flores and other MS-13 co-conspirators …

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Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say
Man, Woman Face Charges After Cocaine Found During Struggle With Troopers, Police Say A man and woman are facing charges after being combative with New York State Police troopers and attempting to dispose of evidence during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley. Troopers from the Ellenville barracks in Ulster County stopped Sullivan County resident Symone Quinones, age 29, of Monticello, on Route 52 in Wawarsing after she committed multiple traffic violations in the area. Police said that while speaking with Quinones during the traffic stop, troopers discovered that she was driving with a suspended license. During the stop, police said that a passenger in the Hyundai Sonata,…

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