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Westchester Professor Wins Emmy Award For Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Show Westchester Professor Wins Emmy Award For Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Show
Westchester Professor Wins Emmy Award For Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Show The Emmy Awards are Sunday, Sept. 17 but one local resident already got his gold statue. Purchase College Professor Dave Grill just received his fourth Emmy Award for lighting Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime Show in the category of "Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special." The associate professor of theatre design/technology, a Mahwah, N.J. resident, won three prior Emmy awards for lighting design in 2002, 2013, and 2015. Megan Seibel, a Purchase student, had the opportunity of a lifetime assisting him at the halftime show. You can read her blog post…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Chappaqua Property Expansion Made Eyeing Election Win, Hillary Clinton Says Chappaqua Property Expansion Made Eyeing Election Win, Hillary Clinton Says
Chappaqua Property Expansion Made Eyeing Election Win, Hillary Clinton Says Hillary Clinton says the home next to the Chappaqua house she and her husband have lived in since 1999 was purchased in anticipation of her being elected president. The de facto expansion of the property was made so White House staff and Secret Service would have a place to stay on the occasions Hillary Clinton was in Chappaqua as president she told Jane Pauley in an interview on CBS "Sunday Morning." The Clintons acquired the home next door and their neighbor's parcel for $1.16 million in August 2016, just months before election day on Nov. 8. Asked about the purchase while walk…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Pleasantville's Gary Myers Signing New Book About NFL QBs, Their Fathers Pleasantville's Gary Myers Signing New Book About NFL QBs, Their Fathers
Pleasantville's Gary Myers Signing New Book About NFL QBs, Their Fathers Gary Myers, the New York Daily News football writer who lives in Westchester, is peeling back the curtain behind the relationships between NFL quarterbacks and their fathers. "My First Coach: Inspiring Stories of NFL Quarterbacks and Their Dads," was released last month. The Pleasantville resident is hosting a book signing at Scattered Books at 29 King Street in Chappaqua on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The book is geared toward middle school and high school students, with each chapter having a life lesson. "At one point John Elway was a 10-year-old kid who may or may not …

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by Sam Barron
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Westchester Author Unravels Tale Of Little Known Holocaust Story Westchester Author Unravels Tale Of Little Known Holocaust Story
Westchester Author Unravels Tale Of Little Known Holocaust Story WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y.-- Yvette Manessis Corporon is a three-time Emmy Award–winning writer, author, and producer at NBC's EXTRA who tells other people's stories for a living. But when it came time to tell her own, it took a while. The Yonkers resident, who lives on the Bronxville border, grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about how the people of Erikousa, a small Greek island, hid a Jewish family—a tailor named Savvas and his daughters—from the Nazis during World War II. Nearly 2,000 Jews from that area died in the concentration camps but even though everyone on Erikousa knew…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester Singer Once Embarrassed By Disease Aims To Connect Women Westchester Singer Once Embarrassed By Disease Aims To Connect Women
Westchester Singer Once Embarrassed By Disease Aims To Connect Women SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. --  It's not every day an 11-year-old is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. But even more incredible when that woman  -- now 22 -- gets breast cancer. But instead of wallowing in her illness, Bianca Muñiz is singing about it -- and raising awareness about the travails of cancer.  The Sleepy Hollow resident, who took voice lessons at Lagond Music School in Elmsford (and has been singing since second grade) started talking/blogging about her experiences as a way to help others. "The first time I was diagnosed I was embarrassed and wanted to pretend like it wasn't happeni…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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North Salem's David Letterman Returns To TV With New Netflix Show North Salem's David Letterman Returns To TV With New Netflix Show
North Salem's David Letterman Returns To TV With New Netflix Show David Letterman, the original host of "Late Night" (NBC) and "The Late Show" (CBS) will be back broadcasting for a new series on Netflix. The yet-to-be-named, six-episode series has the longtime North Salem resident combining two interests for which he is renowned: in-depth conversations with extraordinary people, and in-the-field segments expressing his curiosity and humor. In each hour-long episode, Letterman will conduct a long-form conversation with a singular guest -- and will also explore topics on his own, away from the studio. The series is set to premiere in 201…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Got Mail? This Is Only Hudson Valley Post Office Open Labor Day Got Mail? This Is Only Hudson Valley Post Office Open Labor Day
Got Mail? This Is Only Hudson Valley Post Office Open Labor Day Believe it or not, you can send a letter on Labor Day, Hudson Valley residents. In some cases, you may need to travel a bit to do it, and even cross a bridge. Hint: Make that the new bridge. The Postal Service’s Palisades Postal Store at the mall in West Nyack is the only post office in the Greater Hudson Valley that is open on Labor Day.  Full postal retail services are available from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with U.S. Passport application acceptance hours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Although there will be no regular mail service on Monday, Sept. 4, Priority Mail Express will be delivered on Labor Da…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Cops & Cones Coming To Mount Kisco Cops & Cones Coming To Mount Kisco
Cops & Cones Coming To Mount Kisco WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Members of the Westchester County Police are getting ready to scream for ice cream with the community in Mount Kisco. The community has been invited to a “Cops and Cones” ice cream social with the men and women tasked with keeping Westchester safe, beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Grand Prix New York on North Bedford Road. Officer Mike Hamborsky will be on hand to serve as DJ, providing musical entertainment and there will be vehicles and equipment from the Patrol Division and Special Operations Division for the public to see. There will also be an Aviation Unit…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester 13-Year-Old To Sing At US Open Westchester 13-Year-Old To Sing At US Open
Westchester 13-Year-Old To Sing At US Open WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Twelve vocalists age 14 and under will perform patriotic-themed songs during the night sessions of the 2017 US Open and- - and one Yonkers resident is among them. Thirteen-year-old Brandon Hernandez will be returning for his second consecutive year to sing "America the Beautiful." Other performers include talent from throughout the New York metropolitan area, as well as from Arizona, Florida, and Hawaii. The US Open runs from Monday, Aug. 28 to Sunday, Sept 10; Hernandez will sing on Thursday, Aug. 31 prior to the night session, which starts at 7 p.m. …

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Westchester Actor Selected For North American Tour Of 'Les Miz' Westchester Actor Selected For North American Tour Of 'Les Miz'
Westchester Actor Selected For North American Tour Of 'Les Miz' NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Jordan Cole saw "Les Miserables" when it was on Broadway when he was 7-years-old and walked out of the theater telling his parents that one day, he wanted to be the street urchin, Gavroche.  Now, at 10, the New Rochelle resident, whose real name is Jordan Feigenbaum, is getting his wish. After touring as Michael Llewelyn Davies in "Finding Neverland" -- his first big role outside of local theater -- he 's now set to play his dream role in the upcoming Broadway tour of Les Miz. He and another boy will alternate in the role. The adventure, according…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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15-Year-Old Westchester Student Inspires Girls To Think Big 15-Year-Old Westchester Student Inspires Girls To Think Big
15-Year-Old Westchester Student Inspires Girls To Think Big MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. --  Raina Ghosh, a Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School student was one of nine awardees from across the country who took part in the nationwide ThinkBIG Challenge, a nonprofit organization established two years ago by then 13-year old Jothi Ramaswamy. ThinkSTEAM, her 501(c) 3 Mohegan Lake-based group, profiled in an earlier Daily Voice story, operates with financial backing from organizations including Ardsley-based Acorda Therapeutics, Purchase-based PepsiCo, IBM in Armonk, Wal-Mart and PepsiCo. The organization is built around recognizing female talent in the math, tech…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Internship Allows Fox Lane Grad Marilyn Erazo To Make Mark At NWH Internship Allows Fox Lane Grad Marilyn Erazo To Make Mark At NWH
Internship Allows Fox Lane Grad Marilyn Erazo To Make Mark At NWH MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - - Marilyn Erazo has returned home. The Mount Kisco native, who graduated from Fox Lane High School in 2010, is working at Northern Westchester Hospital as an intern, doing a three-month rotation in hospital administration. Erazo, who moved to Mount Kisco when she was two, said the internship allows her to get a firsthand look at working in hospital administration. "I requested this rotation," Erazo, who is working as an administrative fellow for Northwell Health, which runs Northern Westchester, said. "I really wanted to come back. I want to see what the …

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by Sam Barron