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Joe Lombardi

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Joe Lombardi, Daily Voice's Managing Editor, has spent his professional career as a newsroom director, manager, editor, producer, writer, reporter and broadcaster who has worked at major websites, television networks, newspapers, magazines and radio stations and as a book author.

The Manhattan native, Irvington (NY) High School and University of Dayton graduate has been actively involved in web publishing for more than 25 years. In addition, he also has expertise in marketing, public relations and social media.

Lombardi rejoined Daily Voice in September 2013 as managing editor after serving as sports editorial consultant from August 2011 through January 2012. He was named to oversee editorial operations in the fall of 2017.

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Police & Fire
Fatal Sunrise Highway Crash: 20-Year-Old Farmingville Woman ID'd As Victim In East Moriches Fatal Sunrise Highway Crash: 20-Year-Old Farmingville Woman ID'd As Victim In East Moriches
Fatal Sunrise Highway Crash: 20-Year-Old Farmingville Woman ID'd As Victim In East Moriches A young woman was killed in a single-vehicle overnight crash on Long Island. The incident happened in East Moriches at about 10:50 p.m.  Saturday, Aug. 19. The woman was driving a 2016 Dodge Ram onto westbound Sunrise Highway (Route 27) from the Exit 61 ramp, Suffolk County Police said. The vehicle then left the roadway and overturned, ejecting her from the vehicle. The victim, identified as Olivia Montgomery, age 20, of Farmingville, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Detec…

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Weather
Tropical Depression Forms In Atlantic With 4 Other Areas To Watch Tropical Depression Forms In Atlantic With 4 Other Areas To Watch
Tropical Depression Forms In Atlantic With 4 Other Areas To Watch Click here for a new, updated story - Active Atlantic: Trio Of New Tropical Storms Named Within Hours As southern California braces for its first tropical storm in decades, activity is now starting to pick up in the Atlantic basin. Tropical Depression 6 formed on Saturday, Aug. 19, according to the National Hurricane Center. It's located in the Central Atlantic, has maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour, and is moving west at about 15 mph. (See the image above.) According to correct projections, the depression does not pose a risk to land. But there are four other areas in the t…

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Police & Fire
East Patchogue Fatal Shooting: Bellport 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim, Suspect From Riverhead East Patchogue Fatal Shooting: Bellport 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim, Suspect From Riverhead
East Patchogue Fatal Shooting: Bellport 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim, Suspect From Riverhead A dispute turned deadly and a suspect is now in custody after a man was shot and killed on Long Island. Two men were having a dispute when the shooting happened in East Patchogue in front of 616 Amsterdam Ave. around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18. Suffolk County Police responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired. The victim, identified as Ines Reyes, age 23, of Bellport, was transported by friends to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue where he was pronounced dead, Suffolk County Police said. Following an investigation by Homicide Squad detectives, the man police say was t…

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Police & Fire
Bay Shore Man Driving Drunk Crashes SUV With 2 Kids On Board In Hauppauge, Police Say Bay Shore Man Driving Drunk Crashes SUV With 2 Kids On Board In Hauppauge, Police Say
Bay Shore Man Driving Drunk Crashes SUV With 2 Kids On Board In Hauppauge, Police Say A local man has been charged with driving drunk with two young children in his SUV overturned on a Long Island roadway. The incident happened around 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 in Hauppauge. Peters Aiyeybomwan, age 43, of Bay Shore, was driving a 2016 Nissan Pathfinder on Express Drive North, when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into the left guardrail, overturning the vehicle, Suffolk County Police said.  The Safe-T Team responded and arrested the driver. Aiyeybomwan was charged with: Aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old…

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News
COVID-19: New BA.2.86 Variant With 30 Mutations Leads To Rapid Reaction From CDC, WHO COVID-19: New BA.2.86 Variant With 30 Mutations Leads To Rapid Reaction From CDC, WHO
Covid-19: New BA.2.86 Variant With 30 Mutations Leads To Rapid Reaction From CDC, WHO New update - COVID-19: First US Case Of BA.2.86 Variant With 30 Mutations Confirmed A newly identified COVID-19 variant has over 30 mutations, prompting immediate attention from health agencies. The World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded BA.2.86 to a “variant under monitoring," citing the "large number of mutations it carries." So far, only a few sequences of the variant have been reported from a handful of countries, the WHO said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it's also tracking the new strain. The WHO says a "variant under monitoring" has genetic change…

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Police & Fire
Person Dies After Pickup Truck Bursts Into Flames In East Setauket Person Dies After Pickup Truck Bursts Into Flames In East Setauket
Person Dies After Pickup Truck Bursts Into Flames In East Setauket An investigation is underway surrounding the circumstances of a person's death during a vehicle fire on Long Island overnight. Suffolk County Police officers responded to the blaze in East Setauket on Friday, Aug.18 at around 11:10 p.m. on the north shoulder, west of 445 Route 25A. The Setauket Fire Department extinguished the fire and a body was discovered inside the 2004 Dodge pickup. The person has not yet been identified.  The vehicle is registered to an out-of-state business. The fire appears non-criminal, according to police.  Anyone with information about thi…

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News
New Update - 36-Year-Old Goes Missing From Hospital In Region: Reward Now Offered In Case New Update - 36-Year-Old Goes Missing From Hospital In Region: Reward Now Offered In Case
New Update - 36-Year-Old Goes Missing From Hospital In Region: Reward Now Offered In Case Authorities are renewing their call for the public's help in a missing person case in the region. Just over two months ago, 36-year-old Matthew Russo went missing on Father's Day, Sunday, June 18, when he was last seen in Sullivan County at Garnet Health Medical Center in the hamlet of Harris. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office said Russo walked out of the emergency room.  Russo was wearing blue jeans and a white shirt. He is 5-foot-10, 145 pounds, and has hazel eyes and blond hair. The Sheriff's Office is now offering a $5,000 reward "leading to the whereabouts of …

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Plane En Route From Martha's Vineyard To Montauk Crashes At Fishers Island Plane En Route From Martha's Vineyard To Montauk Crashes At Fishers Island
Plane En Route From Martha's Vineyard To Montauk Crashes At Fishers Island Three people on board a small plane en route from Martha's Vineyard escaped injury after it crashed on Long Island. The incident happened around 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 at Fishers Island Airport in Suffolk County. The plane, a Piper PA32 single engine, was traveling to Montauk when the aircraft began to have engine troubles, according to New York State Police.  The pilot attempted an emergency landing at Fishers Island Airport and crashed just prior to the runway. There was a pilot and two passengers on the plane and no one was injured, said police. This incident is under inve…

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Weather
Tale Of 2 Coasts: Hilary To Bring Life-Threatening Flooding To SoCal; Far Different Story Here Tale Of 2 Coasts: Hilary To Bring Life-Threatening Flooding To SoCal; Far Different Story Here
Tale Of 2 Coasts: Hilary To Bring Life-Threatening Flooding To SoCal; Far Different Story Here Call it weather role reversal. As Hurricane Hilary is taking aim at the West Coast -- the first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years -- conditions will be crisp and clear in this region for the weekend after a quick-moving round of thunderstorms passed through ahead of a cold front at the end of the workweek, Morning temperatures ranging from the upper 50s to low 60s will rise to the mid-70s to around 80 degrees on Saturday, Aug. 19, which will be a few degrees below normal, but a welcomed change from the high humidity from earlier in the week, according to the National We…

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Storm System Packed With Drenching Downpours Sweeping Through Region Storm System Packed With Drenching Downpours Sweeping Through Region
Storm System Packed With Drenching Downpours Sweeping Through Region A line of thunderstorms packed with heavy rain is sweeping through the region ahead of a cold front on Friday morning, Aug. 18. Parts of the area have seen up to an inch of rainfall in less than an hour with localized flooding reported in some spots. Despite the soggy start, Friday will be dry most of the day with partly sunny skies and a high temperature of around 80 degrees. Clouds will decrease in the afternoon, with mostly clear skies overnight, leading into a bright and pleasant weekend. Saturday, Aug. 19 will be mostly sunny and breezy with a high temperature in the upper 70s. It w…

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