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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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White Plains, NY
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Westchester Celebrates Earth Day With Variety Of Events Westchester Celebrates Earth Day With Variety Of Events Westchester Celebrates Earth Day With Variety Of Events
Westchester Celebrates Earth Day With Variety Of Events WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Earth Day, celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, is upon us -- it's April 22 -- and there are a host of events, neighborhood clean-ups, volunteer projects and family activities taking place during the weekends that bookend it. Here's a sampling. April 18, Ossining: At Green Ossining’s 5th Annual (free) Earth Day Festival, you'll learn how to live a more sustainable life, visit artisan vendors, and enjoy food and live music on the Hudson River. Go Green: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Engel Waterfront Park, 160 Westerly Road, www.greenossining.org/. April 18, Lar…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Mamaroneck, NY
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Have You Done Your Spring Cleaning? Larchmont Expert Offers A Checklist Have You Done Your Spring Cleaning? Larchmont Expert Offers A Checklist Have You Done Your Spring Cleaning? Larchmont Expert Offers A Checklist
Have You Done Your Spring Cleaning? Larchmont Expert Offers A Checklist LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- Spring has sprung and with it, so has that annual tradition known as spring cleaning. Leslie Josel, the principal of Order Out of Chaos, a Larchmont-based organizing consulting firm who advises clients from throughout the county, offers the following tips. Give away two items each day for 15 days. If you have cast offs or if something no longer serves a purpose, consider a trip to your local donation store. Stick to the “get one-toss two” rule, then you should actually reduce the clutter in your home.  A floor is not a shelf. Take five minutes each day to do a clean…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Somers, NY
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Somers Holocaust Survivor To Speak In Mahopac For Remembrance Day Somers Holocaust Survivor To Speak In Mahopac For Remembrance Day Somers Holocaust Survivor To Speak In Mahopac For Remembrance Day
Somers Holocaust Survivor To Speak In Mahopac For Remembrance Day SOMERS, N.Y. -- Susan Lowenberg, who was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1933, the year Hitler came to power, doesn't like to talk about the Holocaust, but knows she must. "The memories are very painful," she said. "I've been spending all my life trying to forget them." On the other hand, the Somers resident recognizes the importance of telling her story. And so, on Sunday, April 19, in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is Thursday, she will be among a group of congregants at Temple Beth Shalom in Mahopac sharing her story.  The abbreviated version: She was interned at age nine a…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Stamford, CT
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Stamford Holocaust Survivor Says 'Not Hating' Helped Her Live Stamford Holocaust Survivor Says 'Not Hating' Helped Her Live Stamford Holocaust Survivor Says 'Not Hating' Helped Her Live
Stamford Holocaust Survivor Says 'Not Hating' Helped Her Live STAMFORD, Conn. -- When Judith Altmann, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor and longtime Stamford resident, tells her story, audiences are always clamoring for more.  Altmann, who was born in Jasina, Czechoslovakia, was sent to a host of concentration and labor camps, including Auschwitz, Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Bergen Belsen, with a death march along the way. She tells her stories at various organizations. Her next talk is Sunday, April 19 at Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., and Monday, April 20 at 4:30 p.m. at Fairfield University's Egan Chapel (Admission is free; …

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Yonkers, NY
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Yonkers Resident Shares Her Unusual Holocaust Story By Way Of Greece Yonkers Resident Shares Her Unusual Holocaust Story By Way Of Greece Yonkers Resident Shares Her Unusual Holocaust Story By Way Of Greece
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…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Rivertowns, NY
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Hastings Holocaust Survivor Stresses The Importance Of Remembering Hastings Holocaust Survivor Stresses The Importance Of Remembering Hastings Holocaust Survivor Stresses The Importance Of Remembering
Hastings Holocaust Survivor Stresses The Importance Of Remembering HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Ed Lessing, who survived the Holocaust by posing as a Christian stable boy, first on isolated Dutch farms and later, in the woods as part of an armed resistance group, will be spending Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday telling his story yet again, to an audience at Temple Beth Am in Yorktown Heights. The sought-after speaker -- he has been a primary keynote for the Hidden Child Foundation/ADL, is on the Speaker's Bureau for the Holocaust & Humans Rights Education Center in White Plains and speaks to numerous Tri-State area schools and synagogues-- said i…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Yorktown, NY
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On Remembrance Day, Yorktown Resident Shares Thoughts As Child Of Survivor On Remembrance Day, Yorktown Resident Shares Thoughts As Child Of Survivor On Remembrance Day, Yorktown Resident Shares Thoughts As Child Of Survivor
On Remembrance Day, Yorktown Resident Shares Thoughts As Child Of Survivor YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Sheri Gordon Handwerger calls herself a "third generation survivor." That's because the Yorktown Heights resident grew up with maternal grandparents and a mother who survived the Holocaust. And while it shaped their lives, it also shaped hers. "I felt robbed of my family," she said of growing up in Riverdale, just one street shy of the Yonkers border. "I had three uncles I never met, as well as a host of other relatives I never knew."  To this day, she says she would never buy a German car such as a Mercedes or BMW. "I just won't," she said.   And while she …

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Scarsdale, NY
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Scarsdale's JCC Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day With Events Scarsdale's JCC Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day With Events Scarsdale's JCC Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day With 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…

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by The Daily Voice
Mamaroneck, NY
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Westchester Is Awash In Holocaust Stories, On Remembrance Day, We Remember Westchester Is Awash In Holocaust Stories, On Remembrance Day, We Remember Westchester Is Awash In Holocaust Stories, On Remembrance Day, We Remember
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…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
Armonk, NY
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Armonk Camp Is Site Of 'Shop For A Cure' Charity Event Armonk Camp Is Site Of 'Shop For A Cure' Charity Event Armonk Camp Is Site Of 'Shop For A Cure' Charity Event
Armonk Camp Is Site Of 'Shop For A Cure' Charity Event ARMONK, N.Y. – The Tick-Borne Disease Alliance (TBDA) and the Lyme Research Alliance (LRA), two of the most influential voices on Lyme and tick-borne diseases, will be hosting their third annual "Shop for a Cure" event April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Armonk's Breezemont Day Camp. The nearly 30 women’s, children’s and home vendors participating in this year’s fundraiser will be donating all proceeds to TBDA/LRA in support of its research and education initiatives. In addition to the merchandise that will be for sale, there will also be a raffle. “The Shop for a Cure event is a grea…

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