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Jeanne Muchnick

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Jeanne Muchnick, Daily Voice Deputy Editor, Content, has covered everything from baby advice for Parents Magazine to travel finds for The Rough Guides to human interest features for The New York Times to lifestyle insights for prevention.com. She has been a Senior Editor at top national women's magazines including Woman's World and Woman's Day and was instrumental in the launch of Gannett's InTown, Rockland and Putnam magazines. She is also the author of Dinner for Busy Moms, a 2010 Mom's Award winner. Among her favorite things to write about: Her neighbors and surrounding communities. So email her and fill her in on what's happening near you. And, follow her on Instagram @dailyvoicefeatures.

Jeanne was formerly a deputy editor at Daily Voice.

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Events

No Shame: Westchester Singer Won't Let Cancer -At Age 11 - Get Her Down Want to hear a powerful performance? Head to Tarrytown's Pierson Park's Band Shell Friday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. where Singer Bianca Muñiz will be belting it out. The Sleepy Hollow resident, an alumnus of the Lagond Music School in Elmsford, is a two-time cancer survivor. She got ovarian cancer at age 11, was in remission for years and then was diagnosed with breast cancer at 22. But instead of wallowing in her sorrows, she started singing and blogging about her experiences as a way to help others. "The first time I was diagnosed I was embarrassed and wanted to pretend like it wasn't h…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/13/2017

Lifestyle

Who Has Orange County's Best Pizza? Vote In Our DVlicious Contest ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. -- Who has Orange County's best pizza? We asked -- and you answered. Four eateries are now in the running for the DVlicious "best." Profiles will run on each next week. In the meantime, start voting. Voting ends 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28. You can vote multiple times, albeit once per day.

by Daily Voice

09/13/2017

Business

Fry Oh My: Warwick Wannabe Chef Embraces The Food Truck Life WARWICK, N.Y. -- By day, Jessica Williamson is a sales rep for a dental company but come weekends, the avid cook can be found around town with her Lil Fry food truck. Her gluten-free gourmet fresh cut fries are cut and brined on-site. Diners can choose classic fries or add a gourmet seasoning and dipping sauce. The Warwick "wannabe chef" said she was trying to think of something different and more creative than what she normally saw in a food truck when she came up with the concept two years ago. She also wanted to do something she personally liked. "This was one way to turn…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/13/2017

Business

Brotherly Love: Goshen-Based Ruby Group Is All About Building Community GOSHEN, N.Y. -- You could say construction runs in the blood of the Berman brothers. For Howie, COO of The Ruby Group, a Goshen-based development, construction management and consulting company, his memories of sitting at his grandmother's dinner table on Friday nights, listening to his dad and uncle talk about the building industry made him wish that one day he would be part of it. Peter Berman, CEO of the family-owned company feels the same. "I was always interested in the field," said the Warwick resident. "I remember going to construction sites with my grandfather, sitti…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/13/2017

Lifestyle

A 70-Year-Old Holocaust Story Comes To Life In New Book By Yonkers Author You know how you hear your grandparent's stories over and over but then one day you finally listen and realize there's something incredible there? In a way that's what happened to Yvette Manessis Corporon. When the Yonkers resident first wrote "When the Cypress Whispers" in 2014, a novel about the deep bond between an American woman and her Greek grandmother, she wove in the story her "ya ya" had always told her: about how the people of Erikousa, a small Greek island, hid a Jewish family during World War II. Once she started promoting her book -- her first -- Manessis Co…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/13/2017

Neighbors

He Did It For His Son: Westport Man Braves The Odds To Combat Brain Cancer WESTPORT, Conn. -- It's the words one hates to hear: "We found something." Westport native Peter Green talks about those words -- and the battle with brain cancer that followed -- in his new book, "Cancer Crossroad." The book, set for a late September release, will also feature Green's unique adaptive exercise program designed specifically for the needs of those going through and recovering from cancer treatment. The company is called Workout Through Cancer (WOTC). Green's book also describes the important steps cancer patients and survivors can take to help overcome fe…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/13/2017

Events

Travel Back In Time To Norwalk's Past With New World War I Tour NORWALK, Conn. -- History buffs, take note -- and then buy your tickets. “Over Here: Norwalk in WW I,” a new tour by the Norwalk Preservation Trust, will explore the social, artistic and architectural heritage from that tumultuous time. The tour on Sunday, Sept. 17, will visit the homes, monuments and memorials that tell the story of Norwalk during the Great War and its participation in the expansive industrialization that fueled America’s growth as a world power. Participants will visit homes of that era and take a trip back in time at the recently restored Wall Street Theater (opened 1…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/13/2017

Business

Beltway Bound: Westchester Staple Zachys Expands To Washington, D.C. Zachys Wine & Liquor, a longtime fixture in Scarsdale (73 years!) has expanded to Washington, D.C. According to The Washington Post, the new Zachys is a 17,000-square-foot warehouse created for wine sales and storage, tastings, classes, corporate meetings and office space. The store opened in July but will celebrate its grand opening later this month. Go to www.zachys.com/ for more information.

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/12/2017

Lifestyle

White Makes A Splash At New Windsor's Storm King Art Center NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. -- It's a white, white world at Storm King Art Center in New Windsor. David Smith's The White Sculptures, running now through Nov. 12, is the first exhibition to critically and fully consider the use of the color white within the artist's works. Smith is widely considered to be one of the foremost artists of the 20th century and was the American sculptor most linked to abstract expressionism. In 1933 he made the first welded iron sculpture in America and went on to produce a diverse body of work that has influenced generations of sculptors who have followed. At the time …

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/12/2017

Business

Norwalk Mom Of Three Puts Her Best Foot Forward With Year-Old Shoe Company NORWALK, Conn. -- Devyn Taylor has always had a passion for shoes. So, when her corporate fashion industry job started getting to her thanks to a four-hour daily commute into Manhattan, along with some health issues (she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2013), the Norwalk resident figured something had to give. Inspiration struck shopping for her son's birthday about a week after she left her job. Disappointed she couldn't find cool shoes that weren't the adult downsized version of an overpriced Nike, Addidas or Jordan, she thought to herself: "I wish I could have my own shoe l…

by Jeanne Muchnick

09/12/2017

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