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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

Veterans Day Means Deals, Discounts In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A host of deals and discounts are available to military personnel on Veterans Day. The below is a sampling. Eligible customers who go to an Olive Garden on Wednesday, Nov. 11 can get a free meal which includes an entree from a special Veterans Day menu and unlimited soup or salad. Other eateries with a similar deal include T.G.I. Friday's, Red Robin, Denny's, Chili's, Outback Steakhouse, Red Lobster, IHOP, and Applebee's. Those in need of a caffeine fix can get a free tall coffee provided you show ID proving you're a veteran, active-duty military, or the spous…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/11/2015

Events

Veterans Day Means Deals, Discounts In Bergen County BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- A host of deals and discounts are available to military personnel on Veterans Day. The below is a sampling. Eligible customers who go to an Olive Garden on Wednesday, Nov. 11 can get a free meal which includes an entree from a special Veterans Day menu and unlimited soup or salad. Other eateries with a similar deal include T.G.I. Friday's, Red Robin, Denny's, Chili's, Outback Steakhouse, Red Lobster, and Applebee's. From 7 a.m .to 7 p.m. participating IHOPs will offer free red, white, and blue pancakes to veterans and active duty military to thank them for their br…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/11/2015

Lifestyle

Bethel Bookstore Owner Shares Ideas On What Will Be Hot For The Holidays BETHEL, Conn. -- Cold weather is the perfect time for cozying up with a book, either one you get yourself or one you are gifted with. Alice Hutchinson, owner of Byrd's Books in Bethel offers some of her favorites on what may be "hot" this holiday season. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition" sure to delight Harry Potter fans of all ages. "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell dealing with teenagers and romance and life in general. "Speed Kings" by Andy Bull, about the 1932 Winter Olympics and the men who participated. "The Mur…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/11/2015

Events

Rhinebeck's Oblong Books Commemorates Veterans Day With Author Visit RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- Oblong Books & Music in Rhinebeck is commemorating Veterans Day with Historian John Kelly, author of "Never Surrender: Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer of 1940." Kelly's vivid account captures a key moment in Western history: The critical six months when Winston Churchill debated whether the British would fight Hitler. Drawing on the War Cabinet papers, other government documents, private diaries, newspaper accounts, and memoirs, Kelly tells the story in vivid detail, taking readers from the battlefield to …

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/11/2015

Business

Darryl's In Rhinebeck Prides Itself On Being A One-Stop Shop RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- If it weren't for a search for a country house 25 years ago, Darryl's on East Market Street might be in a quaint village somewhere else. Darryl Gamble, who has owned Darryl's on New York's Upper West Side since 1986, had always wanted to open a second locaiton for his contemporary women's boutique store. A friend suggested Rhinebeck and soon after touring the area, he and his partner, Ed Coviello, knew it would be a perfect fit -- for both a home and a store. They purchased their weekend home in 1990 and moved there full time after 9/11. Darryl's second location opened in…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/10/2015

Neighbors

Westchester Student Creates Organization To Make Science More Fun For Girls MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. -- A dinner conversation between siblings sparked one girl's quest to make science more accessible - -and fun -- to her fellow female students. "My brother mentioned that in his C++ class, there were 33 boys and no girls," explained Jothi Ramaswamy, a ninth grader at Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak. "This fact shocked me so I went online and found out that although 66 percent of fourth grade girls are interested in science, only 18 percent major in computer science after high school." Ramaswamy said she wanted to do something about this and so, spen…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/10/2015

Business

Personal Service Keeps Nanuet's Pet Nutrition Center Ahead Of Competition NANUET, N.Y. --The fact that there's a PetSmart, a Petco, a Costco, a BJ's, a Walmart, two Targets and three supermarkets within a stone's throw (more or less) of the family-owned Pet Nutrition Center doesn't faze Marty Fazio. That's because the New City resident, who has owned his Nanuet store for 36 years with his wife BeBe, knows his customers like his store's personal service and wide array of merchandise. He said his father and uncles -- all self-made men -- always told him to treat customers the way you want to be treated. They also taught him the value of a customer over a sale. &qu…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/10/2015

Business

Piermont's Ned Kelly Combines His Passions With Restaurants, Design Shop PIERMONT, N.Y. -- Ned Kelly has a twist on the saying, "Don't quit your day job." His is: "Don't quite your night job." That's because the Congers resident -- yes, the brother of famed Rockland restauranteur Peter X. Kelly -- works at the Xaviars Empire, as he calls it, constantly circling between the restaurants (often at night) and his own business, Piermont-based Ned Kelly & Co. (usually by day). The Piermont shop is 14 years old and expanded (and doubled!) its size five years ago. And while tabletop, home decor, flowers and gift items remain its main focus, the…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/10/2015

Business

Customer Service Drives Foot Traffic At Rocco's Shoe Repair In Suffern SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Dominick Ferrara, the owner of Rocco's Shoe Repair in Suffern, said over the years people have brought him everything from couches to dollheads. He's even gotten a Civil War hat and a chaise lounge. What he specializes in, however, is shoes, though handbags are also a big part of his business. Men's and women's heels make up the bulk of his work. The store has been in existence since 1952 when his father moved the business from New York's Bleecker Street. Ferrara took over in 1969, though said he worked years alongside his dad. He said he thinks people like the old time no…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/10/2015

Business

Unleashing Creativity Is Basis Of Business For Suffern-Based Artytime SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Wendy Sommers, Founder and Art Instructor of Artytime, says she was "born an artist." "Some of us stop calling ourselves artists as we 'grow up,'" she said. "I never did." And good for Rockland County that she didn't. Sommers' business, which is based out of her Suffern home, is 100 percent mobile, and is all about helping folks of any age to unleash their inner Van Gogh. A longtime artist - -she got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Maine College of Art and later worked as a Graphic Design Director in Mahanttan --- Sommers started her bus…

by Jeanne Muchnick

11/08/2015

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