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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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Trapped In Cement: Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone Trapped In Cement: Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone
Trapped In Cement: Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone Brooke Eby isn't ready to call "code red" just yet as she continues her battle with ALS as she approaches the "later stages" of the disease. The Potomac, MD native and Lehigh University graduate, who has been sharing her "dying diary" on social media, had some strong words in her latest update as she described the toll ALS continues to take on her body. In her latest post, Eby says she hates that she's paralyzed, and explained that it feels like someone poured cement over one foot, then the other, then her entire body. "It feels like the actual me is stuck inside the cement, desperately tr…

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Business
Baltimore Ice Cream Shop Reopens After Vicious Vandal Attacks: 'They Didn't Break Our Spirit' Baltimore Ice Cream Shop Reopens After Vicious Vandal Attacks: 'They Didn't Break Our Spirit'
Baltimore Ice Cream Shop Reopens After Vicious Vandal Attacks: 'They Didn't Break Our Spirit' Shattered glass. Smashed cases. Two attacks in seven days. But the scoops at Moo Moo Cows are back in Maryland. Moo Moo Cows is back up and running, serving "cow-to-cone ice cream," hot dogs, brats, snowballs, and other Baltimore favorites after vandals smashed the storefront.  "They broke our windows (twice), but they didn't break our spirit!" the owners posted on Facebook. "Moo Moo Cows is open all week Wed. thru Sun. (1 p.m. to 9 p.m.)  Come by and share in sweet success and celebration."  The second attack was reported early on Aug. 8 when three people smashed through th…

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Business
Mane Event: Baltimore County Horse Hoisted From 10-Foot Pit (PHOTOS) Mane Event: Baltimore County Horse Hoisted From 10-Foot Pit (PHOTOS)
Mane Event: Baltimore County Horse Hoisted From 10-Foot Pit (Photos) A daring rescue in Maryland ended with a horse safely back on its feet after it fell nearly 10 feet into a pit Thursday morning, Aug. 14, officials said. Crews were called to the 13300 block of Old Hanover Road in Reisterstown around 7:20 a.m. for a confined space animal rescue, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Fire officials said the horse had been walking over a wooden plank when it gave way, sending the animal into the deep hole. Baltimore County Fire Department Photos from the scene show firefighters and technical rescue teams surrounding the pit as the horse l…

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Police & Fire
Sheriff’s Deputy Injured In Loudoun County Motorcycle Collision (DEVELOPING) Sheriff’s Deputy Injured In Loudoun County Motorcycle Collision (DEVELOPING)
Sheriff’s Deputy Injured In Loudoun County Motorcycle Collision (Developing) A Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office deputy was hospitalized after a motorcycle crash on Mountain Road Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 13, officials said. The collision happened around 1 p.m. between Hyatt Lane and Morrisonville Road, according to the sheriff’s office. The deputy, a member of the LCSO Motor Unit, and the other individual involved — who was also riding a motorcycle — were both transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy Walsh at 7…

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Lifestyle
‘Fighting For Her Life’: Port Deposit 6-Year-Old With Leukemia Now Recovering At Home ‘Fighting For Her Life’: Port Deposit 6-Year-Old With Leukemia Now Recovering At Home
‘Fighting For Her Life’: Port Deposit 6-Year-Old With Leukemia Now Recovering At Home Oakley Avalos continues her unexpected fight against B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia — but this week, she’s doing it from the comfort of home, surrounded by the family who has been by the 6-year-old's side since day one. Her parents, Bethany and Chad Avalos, said in an update on Wednesday, Aug. 13, that Oakley’s levels held steady enough for doctors at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore to approve her release after weeks of treatment.  It’s a big step forward in a battle that began unexpectedly, when the little girl — known for her love of all things pink, unicorns, axolotls — was giv…

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Traffic
$90K Weed Bust At Dulles Airport Marks 2nd Major Seizure In 3 Days: Feds $90K Weed Bust At Dulles Airport Marks 2nd Major Seizure In 3 Days: Feds
$90K Weed Bust At Dulles Airport Marks 2nd Major Seizure In 3 Days: Feds A Georgia man was busted at Dulles International Airport with more than 23 pounds of marijuana stuffed in his suitcase — the second major weed seizure at the airport in just three days, officials said. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said officers stopped 27-year-old Octavious Lamar Dozier, of Atlanta, on Tuesday, Aug. 5, as he tried to board a Dublin-bound flight with a connection to Leeds, England. CBP said an inspection of checked baggage being loaded onto the flight uncovered 14 vacuum-sealed packages inside a hard-sided suitcase.  The packages contained a green leafy subst…

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Police & Fire
Beer In Hand, Stafford Man Tells Deputies ‘Catch Me’ Before Sprinting Into Traffic: Sheriff Beer In Hand, Stafford Man Tells Deputies ‘Catch Me’ Before Sprinting Into Traffic: Sheriff
Beer In Hand, Stafford Man Tells Deputies ‘Catch Me’ Before Sprinting Into Traffic: Sheriff A Virginia man who allegedly downed a beer in public and shouted “you’re gonna have to catch me” to law enforcement learned the hard way that deputies take that kind of challenge seriously. The sheriff’s office said it started around 1:08 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, when a deputy responded to a disturbance at Waffle House on Civilian Street in Stafford County. A man, later identified as 35-year-old David Owens, appeared intoxicated and was reportedly talking inappropriately to female employees, officials said. Before the deputy arrived, a fire marshal spotted Owens walking on Celebrate Virgin…

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Lifestyle
‘Amazing And So Strong’: Maryland Girl, 2, Battling Cancer At CHOP Inspires Community Support ‘Amazing And So Strong’: Maryland Girl, 2, Battling Cancer At CHOP Inspires Community Support
‘Amazing And So Strong’: Maryland Girl, 2, Battling Cancer At Chop Inspires Community Support A 2-year-old Maryland girl is in the fight of her life at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) — and an entire community is stepping up to help. Gracie has spent her entire life battling unexplained symptoms and enduring countless doctor visits before a recent cancer diagnosis stunned the family. Specialists at CHOP have worked “tirelessly to uncover a diagnosis after many failed treatments," according to a family friend, but her condition remains tricky. “This journey has been emotionally and financially overwhelming for her family,” organizers of a fundraiser set up for the fam…

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Leesburg Opens First Themed Playground At Ida Lee Park For Kids 5 And Under Leesburg Opens First Themed Playground At Ida Lee Park For Kids 5 And Under
Leesburg Opens First Themed Playground At Ida Lee Park For Kids 5 And Under Leesburg’s youngest residents have a brand-new place to play, and it comes with a school bus, musical flowers, and even a giant caterpillar. Vice Mayor Todd Cimino-Johnson joined members of the Parks & Recreation and Capital Projects Departments on Wednesday, Aug. 13, to cut the ribbon on the town’s first themed playground at Ida Lee Park. Designed for children ages five years old and under, the new small playground features a “play bus” that encourages discovery, creativity, and connection with nature, organizers said.  Kids can climb, slide, spin in a cocoon, explore sensory pan…

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Miles-Long Backup Reported After Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down I-495 In Montgomery County Miles-Long Backup Reported After Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down I-495 In Montgomery County
Miles-Long Backup Reported After Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down I-495 In Montgomery County A tractor-trailer crash on I-495 in Montgomery County shut down all westbound lanes and caused miles of backups Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 13, according to transportation officials. The crash happened on the Outer Loop at the I-270 Spur (Exit 38), the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) program reported shortly after 2 p.m.  All lanes were blocked and delays stretched roughly 2.5 miles. By 2:46 p.m., officials said all lanes were still closed, with traffic being diverted to MD-187 (Exit 36). Delays had grown to about three miles. A Maryland Department of T…

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