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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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Lifestyle

Shelton Librarian Opens The Book On Plumb Memorial SHELTON, Conn. -- No matter how long you have lived in Shelton, Elspeth Lydon, director of Plumb Memorial Library, said there are a few things that may surprise you. The most common question she said library staffers get is whether the Plumb Memorial Library was ever a home. The answer? No. It was constructed as a public library. However, there is a clause in the will that if it ever stops being a library, the property and building revert to the donor’s family – descendants of the Plumbs and Wakelees. Some more history: the building was funded by the estate of David Wells Plumb and constr…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/29/2016

Lifestyle

Leap Year Baby Delivered In Westchester BRONXVILLE, N.Y -- Crystal Ramirez and Jason Campay, Yonkers natives who currently live in Maybrook in Orange County, were one of two couples who had leap year babies at Bronxville's NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence. Caroline Anna Marie Campay was born at 12:38 a.m. and weighs 7 pounds and 4 ounces. The newborn, who is 21 inches, was due Feb. 27. Her parents thought she was going to be born much earlier, but she waited until leap day to enter the world, they said. “I think she did it on purpose,” said Ramirez. “We had a number of false alarms but I think she held in just to be a leap year b…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/29/2016

Neighbors

Fairfield Woman Tells Tales Of Being A Leap Year Baby FAIRFIELD, Conn -- Fairfield resident Geri Pry has some fun stories about being a Leap Year baby. One is the fact that her birthdate of Feb. 29 is simply a great conversation starter. "People will hesitate a second and they say something like, 'Wow, how old are you anyway?" she said. "A guy at the CVS pharmacy said to me last week, 'What are you 18 or something?' I said 'Thanks a lot; that would make me 72!' He said he was never good at math." Her favorite story is the one about when she was born. She was her parent’s first baby and was a couple of weeks late. "…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/29/2016

Lifestyle

Orem's Diner In Wilton Receives DVlicious 'Best Diner' Award WILTON, Conn. -- Orem's Diner in Wilton, which won the DVlicious "Best Diner in Fairfield County" contest in January, was recently awarded its framed award. Father son duo of Vasilios (Bill) and Demetris Papanikolaou were on hand during a busy lunch hour to receive the certificate. "We at Orem's were ecstatic to hear that we won this award, and wanted to thank all the Daily Voice readers and our loyal patrons who took the time out of their lives to vote for us," said Demetris. "It really does mean so much to us. Thank you, thank You, thank you. "I also wante…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/29/2016

Neighbors

Scarsdale Resident Shares Stories Of Being A Leap Year Baby SCARSDALE, N.Y. --- Josh Fisher's favorite story about his Leap Year Day birthday is when he turned 21 and had to wait until midnight of March 1 to be served a cocktail. Being born on a Leap Year day has always been a topic of conversation, he said, with the most common question being: "What day do you celebrate on?" The Scarsdale resident's answer? "Whatever day my wife says." All joking aside, over the years he'd pick Feb. 28 or March 1 depending on the day it would fall on. "My grandmother's birthday was Feb. 28 so I usually picked the first," he said. Thi…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/29/2016

Lifestyle

DV Home Cooking: Warming Up Winter With Homemade Chili SPARKILL, N.Y. -- DV Home Cooking is a new series devoted to readers and their recipes. All we ask is that you're a home cook, not a professional chef. Got a favorite dish you want to share? Send it, along with the story behind it, to DVHomeCooking@dailyvoice.com. Home Cook: Jeff Lewis, Sparkill, N.Y. "If there’s anything I must have in my house, especially in winter, it’s my homemade chili. Everyone in my house (except for my son) loves it! Once I'm through with my Friday radio show on WRCR, I often take a batch out of the freezer that I have pre-made so it’s ready to go Saturday afte…

by Jeff Lewis

02/28/2016

Lifestyle

DVlicious Contest Continues With Best Coffee In Dutchess County DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. —Wake up and smell the coffee; then tell us who has the best cup of joe in Dutchess County. Daily Voice readers just picked Beacon Bread in Beacon as having the best soup in the County; now our DVlicious contest continues with coffee. Send nominees to dvlicious@dailyvoice.com by Monday, Feb. 29 at 12 p.m. Finalists will be announced later on in the week, with profiles on each to follow. Winners receive a DVlicious award and bragging rights to being the best java joint.

by Daily Voice

02/27/2016

Lifestyle

DVlicious Asks Who Has The Best Coffee In Putnam County? PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. —Wake up and smell the coffee; then tell us who has the best cup of joe in Putnam County. Daily Voice readers just picked Frankie's Waffles N Burgers in Mahopac as having the best soup in the County; now our DVlicious contest continues with coffee. Send nominees to dvlicious@dailyvoice.com by Monday, Feb. 29 at 12 p.m. Finalists will be announced later on in the week, with profiles on each to follow. Winners receive a DVlicious award and bragging rights to being the best java joint.

by Daily Voice

02/27/2016

Business

Larchmont Shop Owner Changes Strategy, Takes Business On Road LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- It's not every business owner that is able to reinvent her company and still survive, but Melanie Rose, owner of beadz, has been able to do that and more. Rose's Larchmont-based jewelry business, where folks can make their own items or buy items as gifts, has been in business for 21 years, 17 of which included a retail location on Boston Post Road. At her storefront locale, she sold beads, handmade accessories and offered parties. She closed the shop three years ago as the retail end of the business was soft, and decided to reinvent the business -- without a store. So far…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/26/2016

Events

Dobbs Ferry Event Invites Westchester Residents For Pie, Prose DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- True stories. Real People. Real Pie. That's the theme behind Pros(e) of Pie, an annual event taking place at Curious- on-Hudson in Dobbs Ferry, Saturday, Feb. 27. The event is inspired by urban storytelling series like NPR's "The Moth," and has been going on, in some form or another, since June 2013, always with different themes. The show was founded and is produced by Ivy Eisenberg, an experienced comedian, humor writer and start-up consultant who lives in White Plains and Sleepy Hollow resident Zak Shusterman a non-profit / IP attorney who's involved in a…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/26/2016

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