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Vira Mamchur Schwartz

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vschwartz@dailyvoice.com

Vira Mamchur Schwartz is the quintessential jack-of-all-trades... and master of a few of them. Vira’s editorial career started in technology publishing, writing and editing at the Ziff-Davis publication Computer Shopper. Later she served as Managing Editor at CD-ROM World and then Internet World, before moving to freelance writing.

Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, L.A. Times, Folio, Portable Computing, Internet Shopper and other websites and magazines that no longer exist. She ghost-wrote and designed an award-winning diet and fitness book for a popular fitness personality and, currently, loves to tell stories about people and animals.

Vira Mamchur Schwartz's Contributions

Lifestyle

Actor, Pound Ridge Native Matt Del Negro Hasn’t Let 10,000 No’s Stop Him Blame Shonda Rhimes. Pound Ridge native and John Jay-Cross River High School grad, Class of ’90, Matthew Del Negro was looking forward to his role on the ABC hit show "Scandal" amping up in 2017. Then the storyline changed. “I went from 16 episodes that season to 3,” said Del Negro. “It got really slow, excruciatingly slow. I couldn’t just wait for the phone to ring.” Never one to sit around between acting jobs–you may recognize him from "The Sopranos," "Teen Wolf" and "Goliath," to name but a few shows he's done–Del Negro decided to pursue a passion project, a podcast about perseverance a…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

02/18/2019

Lifestyle

Find Your New Best Friend Through A Good Dog Rescue Lisa Smith knows dogs. The Ossining resident has fostered dogs for the past eight years, working with eight major rescue organizations in the area. She is co-owner of Canine Kindergarten, a doggie daycare started over 15 years ago in Verplanck and now with two additional locations in Mount Kisco and Yorktown. And, as of October of last year, Smith is the founder of A Good Dog Rescue. Since she started, Smith has adopted out over 1,000 dogs in the tri-state area, doing about 10 adoptions a week (with an adoption costing new owners about $200 to $450). Smith finds most of her foster dogs from…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

02/14/2019

Lifestyle

Norwalk’s Bon & Viv Spiked Seltzer Earns High Marks For Super Bowl Ad It’s no surprise that plenty of people watch the Super Bowl just for the spectacle. And part of the spectacle are the ads. Commercials airing during game time are as dissected the next day as the game itself. Among the ads gathering praise in the Monday morning quarterbacking is one by Norwalk-based startup Bon & Viv Spiked Seltzer. Developed by Bullish, a New York City-based marketing agency, the ad features two mermaids, Bonnie and Vivian, pitching their idea of spiked seltzer to actual sharks and winning them over as investors a la ABC’s hit show Shark Tank. Dan Laustsen, a…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

02/05/2019

Obituaries

Port Chester Native, New York-Presbyterian Hospital HR Professional Julie Pennucci Haney Dies Julie Pennucci Haney died earlier this month after losing her long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was 63. She was born in 1955 in Port Chester to Connie and Danny Pennucci, who both predeceased her. Julie graduated from Syracuse University and enjoyed a successful career as a human resources professional in the publishing, foodservice distribution and healthcare industries. She retired from New York-Presbyterian Hospital after 21 years of dedicated service, where she developed many life-long friendships. Julie was a longtime resident of Lake Carmel with her lovin…

by Contributed

01/24/2019

Lifestyle

Norwalk’s Kitty Kaiya Is Your Next Cute Cat Fix Admit it. You number among the millions who cannot resist a cute cat photo. Emily Kempa certainly couldn’t. Pets didn’t seem to be in the cards for Norwalk’s Kempa family with dad having a severe cat allergy. Certainly rescues were out. But Emily Kempa wasn’t deterred. A little research found that Siberian Forest cats are known to be “hypo-allergenic,” and a particular photo of a fuzzy fluffball on a local breeder’s site sparked instant love. Six years later, Kaiya, as the fluffball became known, is a much-loved member of the family. “My dad is severely allergic and he’s been fine,” …

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

01/19/2019

Obituaries

Sailboat Racer, Stamford Hospital, Ferguson Library Volunteer Patti Rockhill Dies At 83 Patricia (Patti) Rockhill died on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at her beloved harbor-side home in Stamford, surrounded by her books, her dearly loved springer spaniel Georgia and her family. She was 83. The youngest of three children, Patti was born in Rochester, to George and Estell VanEpps and is survived by her brothers George (Grace) and Donald; both residing in Rochester. After graduating high school, Patti moved to New York City and worked at several world-class enterprises as a paralegal, including the L.A. Times and her beloved PepsiCo in Purchase. She attended The College of New Rochelle …

by Contributed

01/18/2019

Business

New Tenant Secured For Wilton Wellness Center Sean Cahill, Principal and Managing Director of Avison Young's Fairfield/Westchester office, announced an addition of another medical specialty tenant at the Wilton Wellness Center, a 50,000-square-foot medical office building located at 249 Danbury Road in Wilton. The building was completed in the summer of 2018. Sean McDonnell, Principal, and Lori Baker, Vice President, of Avison Young represented Cambridge Hanover, the developer of the project, where they negotiated a 10-year agreement with Connecticut IV Infusion Center that is expected to open in February. Brian Scruton of Cushman &…

by Daily Voice

01/17/2019

Obituaries

Yonkers Native Joan Marie (Cronin) Hastings, Devoted Community Volunteer, Dies At 88 After a long life defined by commitment and adventure, Joan Hastings passed away Saturday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2019 in Scottsdale, AZ, at the age of 88. Hastings is predeceased by two husbands, William Hastings (1923-1994) whom she married on October 24, 1953 in Yonkers, and Earl Terp (1927-2016) whom she married February 10, 2010 in Tucson, AZ. She is survived by one sister, Diane of Falmouth, ME. Hastings had five children, Bill Jr. (Debbie) of Falmouth, ME, Paul (Todd) of Palm Springs, CA, Mark of Mesa, AZ, Julie (Bruce) of Scottsdale, AZ and Geoff of Des Moines, IA and nine grandchildren …

by Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary

01/16/2019

Obituaries

Retired Briarcliff High School Teacher Rita MacDonald Cooney Dies At 90 Rita MacDonald Cooney, 90, a retired Briarcliff High School Teacher died peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 12, 2018 Born in Ossining on May 8, 1928. Cooney was raised in Ormond Beach, FL, and Creek Locks, NY. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth MacDonald. A 1946 graduate of St. Paul’s High School (Daytona Beach, FL), Cooney graduated from the College of St. Rose (Albany, NY) in 1950. She continued her education, earning a masters in elementary education and secondary education from the University of Florida in 1952, a master's degree in business education from the University of Bri…

by Elizabeth Cooney D'Errico

01/12/2019

Obituaries

Former Bank Manager Julia A. Rabasca, New Rochelle Native, Dies At 94 Julia A (Mastromarino) Rabasca, 94, died Dec. 20, 2018 at Solaris HealthCare Parkway in Stuart, FL. Born in New Rochelle, Rabasca lived at The Evergreen Club in Palm City, FL, for the past 37 years. She was in the banking industry for 39 years, last working for Barclays Bank as a Branch Manager before retiring in 1981. Rabasca was a member of The Evergreen Club where she was active in golf and was a very good player of Mah Jongg until declining health. She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Anthony D Rabasca of Stuart, FL. Rabasca will be sadly missed by her nieces Phyllis Berardo (…

by Bob Mastromarino

01/09/2019

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