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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

Scarsdale's JCC Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day With Events SCARSDALE, N.Y. — In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day April 16, the JCC of Mid-Westchester is presenting a number of activities for adults which are open to the public and free of charge. The day's events begin at 1 p.m. with a complimentary bagel lunch prior to the film screening at 2 p.m. of "Numbered," a highly visual and emotionally cinematic journey, guided by portraits of Auschwitz Survivors. There will be a post-screening discussion with Auschwitz Survivor, Peter Somogyi. Reserve a seat here. At 7 p.m. local artist Audrey Reich will give a guided tour of her Holocaust-inspi…

by The Daily Voice

04/16/2015

Neighbors

New Rochelle Holocaust Survivor To Spend Remembrance Day Telling Her Story NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- New Rochelle resident Bettina Graf will be spending Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday talking to students at Solomon Schechter School in White Plains. As part of the White Plains-based Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center's Speaker's Bureau, she said talking to students is of utmost importance. "We are the last generation they will ever see," she said. "After that, it is strictly from the textbook." And so she talks, telling about her life and how, at age 11, everything drastically changed. She was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1927 to a wealthy f…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/16/2015

Lifestyle

X-Planations: Westchester Chef Peter X. Kelly Stirs Up Cocktails YONKERS, N.Y. -- If you haven’t noticed we are in the throes of a cocktail renaissance. It started about 10 years ago and it continues to grow. Certainly the "Mad Men" series has had an impact but "Sex and the City" probably was the kick-start. Seeing attractive women sipping colorful cocktails in beautiful settings must have inspired a new generation of cocktail enthusiasts. However, it’s not necessary to head to the hottest club or restaurant to partake in this “Cocktail Culture." Enjoying a well-made libation in the comfort of your own home with someone you truly care about rather t…

by Peter X. Kelly

04/16/2015

Neighbors

Yonkers Resident Shares Her Unusual Holocaust Story By Way Of Greece YONKERS, N.Y. -- A 70-year old story that began in Greece, circled its way to New Rochelle, and eventually landed in Yonkers, is about to come full circle in June when the Greek island of Erikousa is recognized by the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation for helping save a Jewish family during World War II. And it's all thanks to Yonkers resident Yvette Manessis Corporon, a Greek Orthodox mom of two who, ever since writing the book, "When the Cypress Whispers," seven years ago made it her mission to get the island recognized for its heroic efforts during the Holocaust. Corporon, who grew up in N…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/16/2015

Events

Westchester Is Awash In Holocaust Stories, On Remembrance Day, We Remember WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- They each have a story. And it's often too long and dramatic to read in one sitting or hear in one speech. "They" are the New Rochelle, Somers and Hastings-On-Hudson Holocaust Survivors who are speaking at various venues throughout the county today and this weekend in tribute to Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is Thursday. Bettina Graf of New Rochelle, for example, will be telling her story of growing up in Vienna, Austria, to Solomon Schechter School students in White Plains. "We are the last generation they will ever see," she said. "After that, it is str…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/16/2015

Lifestyle

Have You Done Your Spring Cleaning? Darien Expert Has Your Checklist FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Finally, spring has sprung, and with it, that dreaded annual ritual known as spring cleaning. Two area experts -- Seana ("Shawna") Turner, a professional organizer with The Seana Method in Darien, and Bonnie Joy Dewkett, of The Joyful Organizer in Ridgefield -- offer the following tips: Pick dates to start your cleaning, and mark it on your calendar. "This will make sure you get it done," said Dewkett. She even advises making appointments with yourself for organizing and cleaning. "You don't miss an appointment with your boss, so don't miss one with yoursel…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/16/2015

Lifestyle

Two Westchester Post Offices Offer Extended Hours For Tax Day WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- With more and more people filing tax returns online, less and less post offices in the area are staying open late. Ossining and Yonkers Main post offices are the only two in Westchester offering extended hours -- to 7 p.m. -- April 15. On the plus side, Bronxville, Tarrytown, Scarsdale, Port Chester, Purchase, Mamaroneck and the Martine Station in White Plains are open until 6 p.m., hopefully giving you enough time for that April 15 postmark. If you're really crunched, you can cross the Tappan Zee Bridge, where the post office at the Palisades Center Mall…

by Daily Voice

04/15/2015

Lifestyle

Did You File? Putnam Post Offices Open Regular Hours On Tax Day PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- With more and more people filing tax returns online, less and less post offices in the area are staying open late. All Putnam post offices are open their regular hours, meaning you have until 5 p.m. to get your April 15 postmark at the Brewster, Mahopac, Cold Spring, Garrison and Carmel stations. The U.S. Postal Service (USPC) recommends the following filing tips: If depositing returns in a blue collection box April 15, double-check the pick-up schedule on the label. To ensure getting the April 15th postmark, deposit returns before the last scheduled pick-…

by Daily Voice

04/15/2015

Lifestyle

Did You File? Fairfield Post Offices Open Regular Hours On Tax Day FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- With more and more people filing tax returns online, fewer and fewer post offices in the Fairfield County area are staying open late for last-minute filers. All Fairfield County post offices are open for their regular hours, meaning that in many locations, you have until 5 p.m. for that all important April 15 postmark. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) offers the following filing tips: If depositing returns in a blue collection box on April 15, double-check the pickup schedule on the label. To ensure getting the April 15 postmark, deposit returns before th…

by Daily Voice

04/15/2015

Neighbors

Weston Holocaust Survivor To Speak In Greenwich For Remembrance Day WESTON, Conn. -- For a long time, Agnes Vertes, who lived as a hidden child in Budapest from 1944 to 1945, did not consider herself a survivor. She hadn't been in a Concentration Camp and had a hard time shaking the guilt of wondering why she survived when so many children – a million and a half -- were murdered. "One of them could have been an Einstein or something," Vertes said. "Or someone else really significant, and I am a nobody." That thought sparked a seed many years ago that made Vertes realize she survived to be the voice of those who cannot speak. She is now a member of t…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/15/2015

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