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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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Human Case Of West Nile Virus Infection Reported In Rockland For First Time In Three Years Human Case Of West Nile Virus Infection Reported In Rockland For First Time In Three Years
Human Case Of West Nile Virus Infection Reported In Rockland For First Time In Three Years The first positive case of West Nile virus in a Rockland resident has been confirmed by the county's Department of Health. Rockland County Health Commissioner Patricia Schnabel Ruppert confirmed that a person who lives in Orangetown who is over the age of 50 has tested positive for the illness. 
“This human case of West Nile virus reinforces the urgency of the need for people to protect themselves against mosquito bites and to continue to check their property and get rid of standing water around their properties where mosquitoes breed,” Ruppert stated. 
“Some mosquitoes are most active be…

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Police & Fire
CT Man Dies In Crash With School Bus Carrying Dozens Of Children CT Man Dies In Crash With School Bus Carrying Dozens Of Children
CT Man Dies In Crash With School Bus Carrying Dozens Of Children A motorcyclist from Connecticut died after crashing into a school bus filled with kids near the Massachusetts border. Massachusetts State Police investigators were called to a crash involving a motorcyclist and school bus in Hampden County at approximately 3:30 p.m. in Wales on Wednesday, Oct. 6 near the intersection of Stafford Road and Ainsworth Hill Road. Police said that the 53-year-old driver of a 2004 Yamaha R1 motorcycle died from injuries sustained in the crash, which involved a bus with more than two dozen children who were uninjured and treated by paramedics at the scene for minor…

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School In Fairfield County Placed On Lockdown After Suspicious Note Reported School In Fairfield County Placed On Lockdown After Suspicious Note Reported
School In Fairfield County Placed On Lockdown After Suspicious Note Reported A school in Fairfield County was temporarily put into lockdown after a student reported a threatening note to a teacher. In Stamford, Cloonan Middle School was temporarily locked down on Friday, Oct. 8, after a suspicious note detailing a school shooting was discovered and reported. At approximately 9 a.m. officials said that the school was locked down for less than a half-hour as police investigated the suspicious note, which highlighted a particular date that a school shooting would take place. The investigation into the note determined that it was an unfounded threat and the lockdown wa…

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ID Released For Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Car At Intersection In Region ID Released For Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Car At Intersection In Region
ID Released For Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Car At Intersection In Region Police have released the ID of a bicyclist who was struck and killed crossing a busy intersection in Western Massachusetts. Officers from the Northampton Police Department in Hampshire County said that local resident Charles Braun was riding his bike near the intersection of Woodlawn Avenue and Elm Street at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6 when he was struck by a car. Braun was transported to Corey Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, where he was later pronounced dead. Police noted that the 23-year-old driver, from Haydenville in Hampshire County, remained at the scene and coo…

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Three Former NYPD Police Officers Admit To Bribery Scheme Three Former NYPD Police Officers Admit To Bribery Scheme
Three Former Nypd Police Officers Admit To Bribery Scheme Three former NYPD officers from Long Island admitted to their roles in a scheme to sell personal information of victims in exchange for bribes, federal officials announced. In Brooklyn federal court, Robert Hassett, age 36, of Farmingville, a former NYPD officer, pleaded guilty to conspiring to participate in a scheme to sell the personal information of automobile accident victims in exchange for thousands of dollars worth of bribes. Prosecutors also said that Hassett also admitted that he participated in a scheme to steer vehicles damaged in automobile accidents to a tow truck company in c…

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Two Teens Face Reckless Driving, Other Charges After Separate Crashes In Fairfield County Two Teens Face Reckless Driving, Other Charges After Separate Crashes In Fairfield County
Two Teens Face Reckless Driving, Other Charges After Separate Crashes In Fairfield County Two teens are facing a host of charges in Fairfield County following the investigation into a pair of crashes that happened minutes apart, authorities announced. At approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 5, police in New Canaan responded to a pair of motor vehicle crashes that occurred within minutes of each other, both on Old Stamford Road. Police said that first, a BMW was traveling south on Old Stamford Road before the teen driver lost control, struck two trees, and crashed. Both the driver - who suffered a “significant” leg injury and had to be extricated out of the vehicle - and his pas…

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School Bus Was Not Intended Target Of Gunshots Fired Incident In Area, Police Say School Bus Was Not Intended Target Of Gunshots Fired Incident In Area, Police Say
School Bus Was Not Intended Target Of Gunshots Fired Incident In Area, Police Say The investigation into shots fired in the Hudson Valley found that a school bus in the area was not the target, according to school and police officials. In Dutchess County, first responders in the City of Poughkeepsie responded to a stretch of Forbus Street shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, where there were reports of shots fired in the area. At the scene, police said that investigators recovered multiple shell casings in the area of 20 Forbus Street, with witnesses describing a person who ran from the scene as a potential suspect. The initial police investigation found that a sch…

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Lifestyle
CT's Newest Millionaire Bought Lottery Ticket At Local Convenience Store CT's Newest Millionaire Bought Lottery Ticket At Local Convenience Store
CT's Newest Millionaire Bought Lottery Ticket At Local Convenience Store At least one Connecticut resident is feeling lucky after cashing in a CT Lottery ticket worth more than a million dollars. Wallingford resident Michael Tiscia cashed in a winning “Mega Million” lottery ticket sold at the Woodhouse Mart on Woodhouse Avenue in Wallingford that was worth a grand prize of $1,000,002 on Wednesday, Oct. 6. Tiscia wasn’t the only lucky lotto player this week, with three $333,333 winning “Powerball” tickets that were all sold at Scott’s Village Mobil on Farmington Avenue in Farmington. Those lucky winners were Pascual Martinez, of Farmington, Dennis Baerny, of Har…

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Non-Jury Trial Set For Acting Mets GM Busted For Alleged DWI In Westchester Non-Jury Trial Set For Acting Mets GM Busted For Alleged DWI In Westchester
Non-Jury Trial Set For Acting Mets GM Busted For Alleged DWI In Westchester Acting New York Mets General Manager Zack Scott is going from the front office to the front of a courtroom following his arrest for alleged impaired driving in Westchester County following a visit to owner Steve Cohen’s Connecticut home over the summer. Scott, age 44, was busted for allegedly driving while intoxicated when he was busted at approximately 4:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31 in White Plains, allegedly after attending a Fairfield County fundraiser at Cohen's Greenwich home. It is alleged that at the time he was approached by officers on South Lexington Avenue in White Plains, Scott …

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COVID-19: Pfizer Asks FDA To Approve Vaccine For Children Ages 5 To 11 COVID-19: Pfizer Asks FDA To Approve Vaccine For Children Ages 5 To 11
Covid-19: Pfizer Asks FDA To Approve Vaccine For Children Ages 5 To 11 Pfizer has officially asked the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to children between the ages of 5 and 11. With parents and politicians alike agreeing that keeping children learning in the classroom after a lost year in 2020, Pfizer is pushing to allow its vaccine to be administered among younger Americans. Pfizer tweeted this week that the company had submitted their formal request for Emergency Use Authorization of the vaccine to the FDA. "With new cases in children in the U.S. continuing to be at a high lev…

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