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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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Mount Vernon, NY

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Mount Vernon Resident Recalls Holocaust With Poems Of Lives Lost MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- For the first time ever, and in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Francoise Grab, a poet living in Mount Vernon, will have her work set to music. "Stories of Liberation," presented at City Hall April 13 at 7 p.m. is sponsored by the Mount Vernon Jewish Community Council and The Office of the Mayor and is all about never forgetting the atrocities of the War. For 81-year-old Grab, who grew up in Paris, the memories are like they were yesterday. Her family was very involved in the Resistance. Though only a girl at the time, Grab has very clear memories of people…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/13/2015

Mahopac, NY

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Putnam Melts For National Grilled Cheese Day PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Get out the frying pan. April 12 is National Grilled Cheese Day. According to National Day Calendar, which tracks such things, the grilled cheese sandwich originated in the U.S. in the 1920′s when inexpensive sliced bread and American cheese became easily available. It was originally made as an open-faced sandwich but changed over the years. As for what cheese and bread to use? Opinions vary. A recent survey by the dating and social networking site Skout reported that cheddar, with all its oozing glory, is most popular (33 percent) with mozzarella (10 percent…

by Daily Voice

04/12/2015

White Plains, NY

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Westchester Melts For National Grilled Cheese Day WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Get out the frying pan. Sunday is National Grilled Cheese Day. According to National Day Calendar, which tracks such things, the grilled cheese sandwich originated in the U.S. in the 1920′s when inexpensive sliced bread and American cheese became easily available. It was originally made as an open-faced sandwich but changed over the years. As for what cheese and bread to use? Opinions vary. A recent survey by the dating and social networking site Skout reported that cheddar, with all its oozing glory, is most popular (33 percent) with mozzarella (10 perc…

by Daily Voice

04/12/2015

Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield Melts For National Grilled Cheese Day FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Get out the frying pan. April 12 is National Grilled Cheese Day. According to National Day Calendar, which tracks such things, the grilled cheese sandwich originated in the U.S. in the 1920′s when inexpensive sliced bread and American cheese became easily available. It was originally made as an open-faced sandwich but changed over the years. As for what cheese and bread to use? Opinions vary. A recent survey by the dating and social networking site Skout reported that cheddar, with all its oozing glory, is most popular (33 percent) with mozzarella (10 pe…

by Daily Voice

04/12/2015

White Plains, NY

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White Plains Is Among Area Towns Honoring Holocaust Rembrance Day WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom Hashoah, is Thursday, April 16 but there are already a host of events going on. A sampling follows: Now through Friday, April 17, JCC of Harrison: Ever since Carla Ifrah's son studied the Holocaust for his bar mitzvah three years ago, the family has put together a comprehensive exhibit that is free and open to the public (appointment necessary). The exhibit of more than 100 items (all replicas) deals more with what might have been, rather than with the graphic horrors. Already, according to Rabbi Eytan Hammerman…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/11/2015

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Doctor Predicts Tough Days Ahead For Spring Allergies NORWALK, Conn. -- Just when you thought it was safe to leave the house. After one of the nastiest winters on record, there's another seasonal threat connected with the start of spring: allergies. The doctors at Norwalk-based Allergy Center of Connecticut are already seeing the effects. "The amount of precipitation we had this winter is likely to increase the pollen and mold levels this spring," said Dr. Philip Hemmers. "I've been seeing patients suffering with tree pollen allergies for two weeks already." Although he said it's possible the prolonged cold could shorten the length of t…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

White Plains, NY

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White Plains County Employee Goes For Big Win In Girl Scout Baking Contest WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Who knows how the cookie will crumble? Or more specifically, which Girl Scout will win the "Taste of Home" baking contest? Donna Fumuso, a Westchester County employee who works in White Plains, and her niece, Lindsay Sylvester, a Greenwich fifth grader, have been selected among the Top 16 in the National Girl Scout Cookie Recipe Contest sponsored by "Taste of Home" magazine for their oatmeal raisin cookie pie. "We know we loved how it tasted," said Sylvester. "But to have a cooking magazine think so too is very cool. Now I just need people to vote for us!” Tha…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

Stamford, CT

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Stamford Resident Part Of Friend's Quest To Keep Holocaust Stories Alive FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom Hashoah, is April 16. A host of events are already underway. A sampling follows: April 12, Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut, Southbury: Newtown resident Rita L. Frost who has been researching the heroic deeds of Varian Fry since 1977, will speak at 4 p.m. Fry saved over 2,000 artists, scientists and intellectuals trapped in Nazi-controlled Vichey, France. Frost and her friend Marion Percy of Stamford have found 10 survivors but continue to hunt for more. A short film, "Assignment Rescue,” narrated by Meryl S…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

Fairfield, CT

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Slurp Up At Fairfield's 7-Eleven With Bring Your Own (Slurpee) Cup Day FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Dare we say, let your cup runneth over? April 11 is Slurpee's "Bring Your Own Cup Day" at all 7-Eleven stores. You can find them in Danbury, Fairfield and Norwalk. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., you can get a slurpee for $1.49 provided you follow the specific cup rules, as in your cup must be clean, watertight, and fit through a 10-inch hole. There's also a one cup per customer rule. Go here for specifics. And don't forget to send us your photos if you go.

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

Greenwich, CT

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Greenwich Fifth-Grader Goes For Big Win In Girl Scout Cookie Baking Contest GREENWICH, Conn. -- Who knows how the cookie will crumble? Or more specifically, which Girl Scout will win the "Taste of Home" baking contest? Greenwich Girl Scout Lindsay Sylvester, a Glenville School fifth-grader, already considers herself a winner. She and her aunt, former Girl Scout Donna Fumuso of Pawling, N.Y., have been selected among the Top 16 in the National Girl Scout Cookie Recipe Contest sponsored by "Taste of Home" magazine for their oatmeal raisin cookie pie. "We know we loved how it tasted," said Sylvester of their creation. "But to have a cooking magazine think so t…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

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