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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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Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled In Massachusetts Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled In Massachusetts
Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled In Massachusetts There will be a special sobriety checkpoint set up in Massachusetts over the weekend by State Police to curtail impaired driving and educate the public about the dangers of it. Col. Christopher Mason, the Superintendent of Massachusetts State Police, announced the checkpoint put in place on Saturday, Aug. 28 into Sunday, Aug. 29 in Worcester County. According to Mason, the purpose of the checkpoint is “to further educate the motoring public and strengthen the public’s awareness to the need of detecting and removing those motorists who operate under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs from…

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Lifestyle
$2 Million CT Lottery Ticket Sold At Area Store $2 Million CT Lottery Ticket Sold At Area Store
$2 Million CT Lottery Ticket Sold At Area Store A Connecticut customer cashed in a CT Lottery Powerball ticket worth two million dollars that was recently sold at an area store. On Thursday, Aug. 19, a New Haven County  resident cashed in a "Powerball" ticket worth $2 million that was sold at the Bank Street Grand News on Bridge Street in Naugatuck. CT Lottery did not disclose the winner's name, but revealed the person lives in Naugatuck. According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch ticket is validated through a Lottery Retailer's terminal, the remaining number of unclaimed prizes for that prize level is automatically upda…

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Now-Former Governor Cuomo Stripped Of Emmy Award On His Way Out Of Office Now-Former Governor Cuomo Stripped Of Emmy Award On His Way Out Of Office
Now-Former Governor Cuomo Stripped Of Emmy Award On His Way Out Of Office Fate keeps kicking Andrew Cuomo while he's down. The embattled now-former New York governor, whose resignation took effect at midnight, Tuesday, Aug. 24, was stripped of his Emmy Award due to the sexual harassment allegations that led to him being forced out of office. In November last year, Cuomo was awarded the Daytime Emmy award for his then-daily live, televised COVID-19 pandemic news conferences, which caught the eye of much of the nation before the governor was embroiled in the sexual harassment scandal. Cuomo had been recognized for his “effective use of television to inform and cal…

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Politics
COVID-19: Schools Must Require Vaccines For All Personnel, Hochul Says COVID-19: Schools Must Require Vaccines For All Personnel, Hochul Says
Covid-19: Schools Must Require Vaccines For All Personnel, Hochul Says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out plans for her administration’s first days in office during her inaugural address after succeeding Andrew Cuomo in Albany. In her first address as governor, delivered on Tuesday, Aug. 24, Hochul addressed getting all school personnel vaccinated for COVID-19, improving the vaccination rate in the state, and getting New Yorkers back to work as the battle with the Delta variant of the virus rages. Related story - COVID-19: Info On Masks Among Students, Vaccines For School Personnel Outlined By Hochul “To the New Yorkers who are yet to meet me, I’ll …

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Schools
COVID-19: Info On Masks Among Students, Vaccines For School Personnel Outlined By Hochul COVID-19: Info On Masks Among Students, Vaccines For School Personnel Outlined By Hochul
Covid-19: Info On Masks Among Students, Vaccines For School Personnel Outlined By Hochul When the new school year begins in New York, it’s going to look very similar to how it ended in the spring as incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul lays out her plans for students and staff amid the latest surge of new COVID-19 cases. On her first day in office, the new governor said that she will be directing the state’s Department of Health to require universal masking for anyone entering school buildings, while all staff will have to be vaccinated, or submit to weekly testing. Earlier report - COVID-19: Schools Must Require Vaccines For All Personnel, Hochul Says “Priority number one is getti…

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Politics
Cuomo's Clemency Grant Of Brinks Robbery Getaway Driver In Hudson Valley Sparks Outrage Cuomo's Clemency Grant Of Brinks Robbery Getaway Driver In Hudson Valley Sparks Outrage
Cuomo's Clemency Grant Of Brinks Robbery Getaway Driver In Hudson Valley Sparks Outrage Now-former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted clemency to six people on his way out of office in Albany, drawing a backlash. Cuomo, whose resignation officially took effect as of 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 23, commuted the sentences of four people, referred one case to the parole board, and gave another a full pardon during his final hours in office. One of the commutations included David Gilbert, age 76, the getaway driver in the fatal 1981 Brinks Robbery in Rockland County heist after spending nearly 40 years in prison.  He had appealed to Cuomo for an early release from a life sent…

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COVID-19: Fairfield County Now Ranks At CDC's Highest Level For Transmission COVID-19: Fairfield County Now Ranks At CDC's Highest Level For Transmission
Covid-19: Fairfield County Now Ranks At CDC's Highest Level For Transmission Five counties in Connecticut have now been designated with the “high transmission” category for COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With variants of the virus surging through Connecticut communities, the CDC has added Fairfield County as an area with high COVID-19 transmission, the fourth to be classified under that category. Fairfield joins New Haven, Middlesex, Hartford, and New London counties as those being watched most closely by the CDC. “Substantial” transmission means the county has seen between 50 and 99.99 total new cases per 100,000 persons in the p…

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Northern Westchester Man Arraigned For Fatal Wrong-Way Drunk Driving Crash Northern Westchester Man Arraigned For Fatal Wrong-Way Drunk Driving Crash
Northern Westchester Man Arraigned For Fatal Wrong-Way Drunk Driving Crash A Northern Westchester man is facing a host of charges for allegedly drinking, driving, and killing a woman in a head-on crash, the District Attorney announced. Yorktown resident Mark Cope was arraigned on Monday, Aug. 23 for a wrong-way, head-on collision he caused while allegedly intoxicated in December 2020 that resulted in the death of an Ossining mother. Original story - ID Released For Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Northern Westchester Crash Specifically, Cope, age 41, was charged with: Three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide; Manslaughter; Aggravated vehicular homicide; V…

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Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Long Island Driver Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Building Wrong-Way Long Island Driver Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Building
Wrong-Way Long Island Driver Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Building A driver was allegedly drunk when he sideswiped a car before crashing into an apartment building on Long Island, police said. The incident happened at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 23 in North Babylon. The 29-year-old man was driving a 2003 Ford E250 van north on Deer Park Avenue in the southbound lanes near Edmonton Drive, Suffolk County Police said. The driver then sideswiped a Nissan Altima before veering into a building on Springwood Drive, according to police. Upon arrival, officers said that the driver, identified as Aliro Palaciostobar, of Deer Park, was allegedly i…

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COVID-19: CT Sees New Increases In Cases, Hospitalizations; Latest Breakdowns By Community COVID-19: CT Sees New Increases In Cases, Hospitalizations; Latest Breakdowns By Community
Covid-19: CT Sees New Increases In Cases, Hospitalizations; Latest Breakdowns By Community New COVID-19 patients were admitted to Connecticut hospitals as the positive infection rate across the state stayed above 3 percent through the weekend as the Delta variant surges through the country. The Department of Health reported 1,554 new COVID-19 cases between Friday, Aug. 20 and Monday, Aug. 23 out of 44,354 tests that were administered over the three days. The 3.50 percent positive infection rate ticked up slightly, from 3.13 in the previous data released by the state Department of Public Health. Twenty-three new COVID-19 patients were administered to Connecticut hospitals, bringi…

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