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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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Restaurant Deals Continue To Please Cortlandt, Peekskill Diners Restaurant Deals Continue To Please Cortlandt, Peekskill Diners
Restaurant Deals Continue To Please Cortlandt, Peekskill Diners PEEKSKILL, N.Y. - The bounty of the Hudson Valley continues to be on full display during Hudson Valley Restaurant Week (HVRW), which runs from Nov. 3 to Nov. 16, with some deals extending beyond the set promotion. HVRW, which includes a prix fixe three-course lunch for $20.95 and dinner for $29.95  (beverage, tax and tip not included), usually takes place when business is a little slow, explained Evan Liaskos, owner/executive chef of Cortlandt's Colonial Manor. "It's usually the first two weeks of November, but people sometimes tell me 'I can't get there then…' so I've extended the service…

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Garrison's Boscobel Salutes Veterans With Free Admission Offer Garrison's Boscobel Salutes Veterans With Free Admission Offer
Garrison's Boscobel Salutes Veterans With Free Admission Offer GARRISON, N.Y. -- In honor of Veteran's Day, Boscobel is offering free house and grounds admission to all former U.S. military who show their military ID (or even a photo of themselves wearing their uniform). This program extends throughout November. It also includes half-price admission for up to five family members per visiting veteran. Boscobel House and Gardens is at 1601 Route 9D in Garrison, 845-265-3638.  

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Bridgeport Shows Its Creative Side With Annual Art Trail Bridgeport Shows Its Creative Side With Annual Art Trail
Bridgeport Shows Its Creative Side With Annual Art Trail BRIDGEPORT, Conn -- The sixth annual Bridgeport Art Trail, a virtual (and free!) citywide studio tour, will run from Thursday, Nov.13, to Sunday, Nov.16, under the theme "View Art. Talk Art. Buy Art."  New this year: A "Party with the Artists" Happy Hour Kick-Off from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at McLevy Hall, where guests are invited to view a sampling of works, tour the historic building (President Lincoln spoke here!) and meet the artists and entrepreneurs who call the space home. There will be light refreshments and music courtesy of WPKN-FM, 89.5 on the radio. Also on the agenda:  …

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Mamaroneck High School's PACE Program Celebrates Forty Years Of Dance Mamaroneck High School's PACE Program Celebrates Forty Years Of Dance
Mamaroneck High School's Pace Program Celebrates Forty Years Of Dance MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Forty years of anything can be hard to believe but at Mamaroneck High School, where the dance program at PACE (those in the "know" know it as the the Performing Arts Curriculum Experience) had a slow start, it's a celebratory milestone. November marks 40 years since the dance performance, "Kinesthesia." The show, with its diversity of dance styles, will be held at the high school's PACE Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 19-22 with an additional matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22. A special opening night reception will follow the show on Wed, …

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Delicious Deals In White Plains Thanks To Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Delicious Deals In White Plains Thanks To Hudson Valley Restaurant Week
Delicious Deals In White Plains Thanks To Hudson Valley Restaurant Week WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- There's still time to make your reservations for Hudson Valley Restaurant Week. The promotion lasts through Sunday, Nov. 16 and features prix fixe, three-course lunches for $20.95 and dinners for $29.95 (beverage, tax and tip not included).  Participating White Plains restaurants include Benjamin Steakhouse, Gaucho Grill, 42 The Restaurant, Morton's Steakhouse, Sam's of Gedney Way,  Sapori Italian Restaurant, Sofrito, and Taleggio. A full list can be found here; see previous Daily Voice story here. Enjoying Restaurant Week? Share your comments below.

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Farm-To-Bedford Is Featured At John Boy’s Outpost Farm-To-Bedford Is Featured At John Boy’s Outpost
Farm-To-Bedford Is Featured At John Boy’s Outpost BEDFORD, N.Y. — John Boy's Outpost, nestled in the spot where Bedford's iconic Stewart's Market reigned for decades, is the newest enterprise of John "John Boy" Ubaldo, a Pound Ridge native who reached animal husbandry through a circuitous route.  After graduating from Skidmore College as an international politics major, Ubaldo casually thought, "I'll go hang out on Wall Street for a few years." The few years turned into a dozen. Losing several friends and relatives in the 9/11 tragedy was an eye-opener. Ubaldo decided to make a major lifestyle change. He returned to Pound Ridge, "got a…

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New Hastings Restaurant Gets A 'Very Good' Review New Hastings Restaurant Gets A 'Very Good' Review
New Hastings Restaurant Gets A 'Very Good' Review HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Hastings' newest restaurant, Forty°North, got a "Very Good" rating from the New York Times. The casual eatery, located on the grounds of the Hastings Tennis Club, "is off to a great start," said the article, "with little touches like the Bell jars that serve as vases on each table, the thirsty kitchen towels that function as napkins, and the simple rectangles of cardboard that hold the daily menu." The restaurant is located at 100 River St. The phone number is (914) 274-8655; go here for the full article. 

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Dobbs Ferry Resident Featured As Special Guest Artist In White Plains Show Dobbs Ferry Resident Featured As Special Guest Artist In White Plains Show
Dobbs Ferry Resident Featured As Special Guest Artist In White Plains Show DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Though Broadway is in his blood, Dobbs Ferry resident John Treacy Egan, an acclaimed actor and singer, says he doesn't live in the city for a reason. "I love Westchester and it's very special to have the opportunity to perform close to my friends and family." The Larchmont-raised performer (he went to Rye Country Day and Hommocks Middle School in Mamaroneck), has appeared widely on Broadway, on hit television shows, and in major motion pictures. He was recently in the Tony-nominated cast of "Casa Valentina"  at the Manhattan Theater Club and created the role of Joey in…

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Waccabuc Resident Leads Margaret Fuller Discussion At NYU Waccabuc Resident Leads Margaret Fuller Discussion At NYU
Waccabuc Resident Leads Margaret Fuller Discussion At NYU LEWISBORO, N.Y. -- Waccabuc resident Philip Kunhardt, a former Episcopal minister in Ossining, will introduce the discussion for “Mine are Well-Spent Days: Margaret Fuller and the Reinvention of Womanhood,” a public lecture on the 19th-century women’s rights advocate, at 6 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 18, at New York University's Center for the Study of Transformative Lives.  The event, which goes to 7:15 p.m., is being held at King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, First-Floor Screening Room (53 Washington Square South, between Sullivan and Thompson streets). Kunhardt is the Center's founding directo…

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Irvington Town Hall Theater Adds New Shows To Its Roster Irvington Town Hall Theater Adds New Shows To Its Roster
Irvington Town Hall Theater Adds New Shows To Its Roster IRVINGTON, N.Y. -- Irvington Town Hall Theater has new additions to its lineup this season along with a new theater manager. Joining the ever popular Best of Film Series (now in its sixth year) which will run one night each month, ITHT is adding two new series that will play throughout the season in alternating months: The Irvington Stage Door and Cabaret on the Hudson. Irvington Stage Door presents readings of new works in progress in a relaxed setting without sets, costumes or props. This new Monday night reading series (a night notoriously dark on Broadway) hosts productions heading …

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