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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.

Jeanne Muchnick's Contributions

Business

More Than An Area Code: 203 Brand Takes Off For Fairfield County Duo FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A deeply rooted pride for Connecticut led a brother and sister team to start The Two Oh Three, apparel that highlights everything "203." The lifestyle line, which began in 2014, includes shirts, hoodies, hats, cups, keychains, decals, koozies and even a doormat. "To be honest, I don’t think I was able to truly appreciate this area until I went off to college in another state. When I moved away from home for the first time I immediately longed for ‘The 203’ and everything that came with it," said Tory Brown of the company's origin. "Our produc…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/23/2017

Business

Rockland Entrepreneur Is 'Dying' To Showcase The Merits Of Green Deaths NYACK, N.Y. -- For Kerry Potter, her new boutique, Dying to Bloom, is personal. The Suffern resident lost both of her parents in her twenties. At that time, she said she didn’t think twice about having them embalmed and entombed in a cement vault but over the years, as she became educated about the industry, she realized green burials fall more in line with her appreciation for the environment. "For what seems like an eternity, I've been looking for a way to help advocate and support the trend back to nature and simplicity," she said. "We’ve learned to make recycling cans, b…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/23/2017

Neighbors

Ridgefield Market Owner Is On A Mission To Heal RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Nature's Temptations is more than a market. For Ridgefield Owner Jeff Konchalski, the organic grocery shop is his life's calling. The desire to get -- and stay healthy-- started as a young boy based on the fact that Konchalski was sick a lot. He had spinal meningitis and so was unable to participate in many of the activities his peers were doing. At 15, he started researching food and supplements, which eventually helped him overcome his adversity and work his way back to good health. That passion for health and healing took off and led him to where he is today -- p…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/23/2017

Neighbors

'Risky Ideas' Fuel Darien Designer's Success DARIEN, Conn. -- When the home furnishings store Carey Karlan worked for suddenly went out of business, the Darien resident figured that was her sign to start her own interior design company. Last Detail was formed in 2006 and now, 11 years later, is busier than ever. Her office, located in Stamford, has projects in Darien, New Canaan, and Greenwich, as well as in New York City, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Florida and San Francisco. She credits her success to hard work, client service and a willingness to try a risky idea now and then. "I also go out of my way to keep up with the trends by t…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/23/2017

Business

The Heights On New Canaan Border Raises The Bar With Music & More NEW CANAAN. Conn. -- It's just a hop across the N.Y./Conn. border to The Heights and Brother's Vic's Lounge, a new 6,000-square-foot concert venue/banquet hall/restaurant that opened in the South Salem space formerly occupied by The Willows. Owner Victor Ponzo, an ex-Wall Street executive, said he's long wanted to open a place where residents can enjoy good food and music. His new venue, which features a lounge area in the front and a banquet area in the back, officially opened Friday, Feb. 10. This space, he said, is ideal for parties, weddings and other events, including live concerts. …

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/23/2017

Lifestyle

Get Caffeinated & Vote For Your DVlicious Favorite Coffeehouse, Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Aroma, taste, rotating beans from the world’s finest roasters, community ... such are some of the factors "brewed" into the three finalists you selected in our DVlicious coffee contest. Now's time to vote. Profiles on each will run the week of Feb. 20. In the meantime, grab a cuppa and let your fingers do the clicking. Voting ends at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27. You are allowed to vote multiple times, albeit once per day.

by Daily Voice

02/22/2017

Lifestyle

Ann Patchett's 'Bel Canto' Comes To Big Screen, Films In Yonkers YONKERS, N.Y. -- "Bel Canto," the Ann Patchett novel about a world-renown opera singer who becomes trapped in a hostage situation, is filming at Alder Manor in Yonkers, according to OnLocation Vacations. The long-in-the-works adaptation of the bestselling 2001 novel, stars Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe and Christopher Lambert. Filming took place Feb. 16 and 17 and is going on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Alder Manor, also known as the W. B. Thompson Mansion, is a historic home located on North Broadway (U.S. Route 9). In 1982, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, accor…

by Daily Voice

02/21/2017

Neighbors

When Tragedy Strikes, New Rochelle Author Goes Abroad To Live Life Anew NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- If you're going to be sad, why not be sad in Florence? At least that was the thinking of Pamela Hull, who, three years after her husband of 36 years passed away, decided to go abroad. At the time Hull was living in New Rochelle and had two grown kids.She had a career as an interior designer and painter and had dabbled in writing. Her first book, "Where's My Bride?" a memoir of a marriage -- which she wrote at age 60 -- had just been published. Paul's death from pancreatic cancer meant there was a lot of deep mourning, some therapy, and much inner soul searc…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/21/2017

Lifestyle

DVlicious Westchester County Coffee Contest Heats Up: Vote Now WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Had your locally brewed cup of joe yet? We asked for your favorites as part of our DVlicious "Best Coffee in Westchester" contest; five coffeehouses are now in the running. Have you voted? Profiles on each have run to help you decide. Here's a recap while you sip and click. The Black Cow Coffee Co., Croton, Pleasantville Coffee Lab Roasters, Tarrytown First Village Coffee, Ossining The Kitchen Table, Pound Ridge The Peekskill Coffee House, Peekskill Voting ends at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27. You are allowed to vote multiple times, albeit once per day.

by Daily Voice

02/21/2017

Neighbors

When Tragedy Strikes, New Rochelle Author Goes Abroad To Live Life Anew NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- If you're going to be sad, why not be sad in Florence? At least that was the thinking of Pamela Hull, who, three years after her husband of 36 years passed away, decided to go abroad. At the time Hull was living in New Rochelle and had two grown kids.She had a career as an interior designer and painter and had dabbled in writing. Her first book, "Where's My Bride?" a memoir of a marriage -- which she wrote at age 60 -- had just been published. Paul's death from pancreatic cancer meant there was a lot of deep mourning, some therapy, and much inner soul searc…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/21/2017

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