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Sophie Grieser

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sgrieser@dailyvoice.com

Sophie joined the Daily Voice team in March 2023, covering Long Island. Before this, her work appeared in publications such as the Borgen Project Magazine, The Interlude Magazine, and NYU Local.

Sophie graduated from New York University in 2021 with degrees in journalism and drama. 

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News
Freeport Man Claims $1M Lottery Prize Freeport Man Claims $1M Lottery Prize
Freeport Man Claims $1M Lottery Prize One very lucky Long Islander won $1 million from a scratch-off game, according to lottery officials. Walter Jewels of Freeport claimed his prize on Thursday, April 11, the New York State Lottery announced. Jewels won his $1 million prize on a Magic 8 Ball scratch-off game which he purchased at Curiosity Cards & Gifts, located at 193 Atlantic Avenue in Freeport. He received his winnings in a single lump sum payment that totaled $445,356 after required withholdings. According to the New York State Lottery, there is only one more top prize remaining for the Magic 8 Ball game, so there…

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Traffic
Northern State Parkway In Westbury To Close: Here's When, Where Northern State Parkway In Westbury To Close: Here's When, Where
Northern State Parkway In Westbury To Close: Here's When, Where Transportation officials announced a new set of closures on the Northern State Parkway on Long Island that will last for weeks. Beginning on Monday, April 15, and lasting for around seven weeks, the eastbound Northern State Parkway will be closed between the Meadowbrook State Parkway and the Wantagh State Parkway in Westbury, according to the New York State Department of Transportation. The closures will occur overnight, with one eastbound lane closing at 9 p.m. and the rest of the eastbound lanes closing at 10 p.m. NYSDOT said lanes will open back up at 5 a.m. During the planned closur…

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Police & Fire
Woman Leaves 2 Young Children In Car In Valley Stream: Police Woman Leaves 2 Young Children In Car In Valley Stream: Police
Woman Leaves 2 Young Children In Car In Valley Stream: Police A Queens woman was arrested after she allegedly left her two children, both under the age of 4, in a car in a Long Island parking lot. The incident happened in Valley Stream on Wednesday, April 10, according to Nassau County Police. Just before noon on that day, Sandra McLamb, age 33 of Queens Village, parked in the HomeGoods parking lot, located at 750 West Sunrise Highway. She left her 1-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter behind while she went inside the store, police said. A witness called the authorities after reportedly seeing McLamb’s children crying in the car alone. Once the…

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Police & Fire
Burlgar At Large Following $8K Syosset Theft Burlgar At Large Following $8K Syosset Theft
Burlgar At Large Following $8K Syosset Theft Police are searching for the person who broke into a local Long Island restaurant and made off with thousands of dollars. It happened in Syosset on Sunday, April 7, according to Nassau County Police. At approximately 3:40 a.m. that morning, a burglar forced their way through the back door of Italian-American restaurant Café Testarossa, located at 499 Jericho Turnpike. Once inside, authorities said the thief stole a total of $8,000 cash from the register before fleeing the scene. There are no descriptions of the subject and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone who may have information…

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News
Garden City Attorney Embezzles $700K From Client's Escrow Funds: DA Garden City Attorney Embezzles $700K From Client's Escrow Funds: DA
Garden City Attorney Embezzles $700K From Client's Escrow Funds: DA A Long Island attorney who specialized in real estate is said to have deceived multiple clients, stealing their property sale proceeds to the tune of over $700,000, according to officials. Daniel Boldi, age 49, of Garden City, faced his arraignment on Wednesday, April 10. The Nassau County District Attorney alleged that Boldi, who owned and operated the Boldi Law Group, PC, used his expertise in real estate transactions to embezzle his clients’ money on multiple occasions. In October 2023, the DA’s Office said, Boldi worked with a couple on the closing of the sale of their East Meadow h…

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Obituaries
'His Kindness Was A Beacon': Support Swells For Late Stoughton Father, Fiancé 'His Kindness Was A Beacon': Support Swells For Late Stoughton Father, Fiancé
'His Kindness Was A Beacon': Support Swells For Late Stoughton Father, Fiancé After a Massachusetts brother, fiancé, and father unexpectedly died, the community is helping support the family he left behind while remembering his lasting legacy. William Harris (known to many as “Bill” or “Billy”), a lifelong Norfolk County resident, died on Saturday, April 6. Bill, who was born in Norwood and lived with his family in Stoughton at the time of his death, had recently come back from a weekend vacation with his fiancée and the pair’s three children when he came down with the flu. The flu quickly turned into pneumonia, which led to a blood clot that required Harris to b…

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Police & Fire
Alleged IHOP Oil Thief Arrested In Oceanside, Police Say Alleged IHOP Oil Thief Arrested In Oceanside, Police Say
Alleged IHOP Oil Thief Arrested In Oceanside, Police Say A Queens man was nabbed for attempting to steal used cooking oil from two Long Island businesses, authorities said. The Oceanside incident occurred on Wednesday, April 10, according to Nassau County Police. It was just before 3:30 a.m. at the IHOP located at 2971 Long Beach Road when authorities allegedly caught 27-year-old Jahquay Rowe attempting to take the restaurant’s cooking oil. Rowe, who is from Flushing, Queens, reportedly had parked a box truck right next to the eatery’s cooking oil containers and was arrested. Nassau County Police said Rowe is also behind a similar crime tha…

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Business
Lead Found In Lunchables: Consumer Reports Urges USDA To Remove Product From School Programs Lead Found In Lunchables: Consumer Reports Urges USDA To Remove Product From School Programs
Lead Found In Lunchables: Consumer Reports Urges USDA To Remove Product From School Programs Tests performed by the nonprofit Consumer Reports allegedly found high levels of lead and phthalates in the popular snack boxes by Lunchables, leading the organization to call on the government to remove the lunches from the National School Lunch Program. Consumer Reports (CR) issued the call to the US Department of Agriculture to remove Lunchable meals from the national program following a report released on Tuesday, April 9. As part of the report, the organization tested store-bought Lunchable food kits and compared the nutritional profiles of these meals to the two school-only Lunchab…

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Police & Fire
Road Rage: Man Pulls Gun During Alleged Incident In Waterbury Road Rage: Man Pulls Gun During Alleged Incident In Waterbury
Road Rage: Man Pulls Gun During Alleged Incident In Waterbury A Connecticut man has been arrested after police say he followed a man into a parking lot and pulled out a gun while yelling at him. The New Haven County incident occurred in Waterbury in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 9. Connecticut State Police said it was about 6:30 a.m. when 46-year-old Hartford County resident Gentjan Korcari, of Southington, pulled into the I-84 Exit 23 commuter parking lot, following a person in a pickup truck. According to a witness, who was in the parking lot waiting for the pickup truck driver, Korcari got out of his black Mercedes-Benz E550 aft…

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News
Garden City Man Swindles $235K From Insurance Company, DA Says Garden City Man Swindles $235K From Insurance Company, DA Says
Garden City Man Swindles $235K From Insurance Company, DA Says An employer from Long Island has been arraigned after he allegedly defrauded an insurance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by lying about the number of employees he had, authorities said. Sixty-year-old Vassilios Handakas, also known as William or Bill Handakas, faced the charges against him on Thursday, March 28, according to the Nassau County District Attorney. The DA’s Office said that Handakas and Vector Structural Corporation entered a contract for a worker’s compensation policy with an insurance company for coverage between March 2019 and March 2020. In the applicat…

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