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Joe Jenkins

Managing Editor, Orange County

jjenkins@dailyvoice.com

Joe Jenkins is a reporter who has worked for various publications including the Poughkeepsie Journal and the New York Daily News. He Graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2003 and received his master's degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. Joe is also a contributing columnist and analyst for various online sports publications.

Joe was formerly a managing editor at Daily Voice.

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Grocery Store Bidding Tops Last Week's News In Northern Westchester County Grocery Store Bidding Tops Last Week's News In Northern Westchester County
Grocery Store Bidding Tops Last Week's News In Northern Westchester County NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Here's a look at the top stories around Northern Westchester from last week.  A&P has received bids for 17 of its stores in Westchester County. Federal officials continue to send mixed messages -- praising Westchester County for its progress on building affordable housing -- only to turn around and punish the county further, according to a spokesman for County Executive Rob Astorino. A Yorktown resident was charged on Tuesday with unlawful consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors. Former Pace University head baseball coach Fred Calaicone died …

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Affordable Housing Tops Last Week's News In Westchester Affordable Housing Tops Last Week's News In Westchester
Affordable Housing Tops Last Week's News In Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Here's a look at the top stories around Southern Westchester County from last week.  Federal officials continue to send mixed messages -- praising Westchester County for its progress on building affordable housing -- only to turn around and punish the county further, according to a spokesman for County Executive Rob Astorino. A&P has received bids for 17 of its stores in Westchester County. The first bobcat sighting in Westchester County since last fall was reported on Sunday along Warren Avenue in Hawthorne. A White Plains woma…

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Another Assisted Living Plan Proposed In Pleasantville Another Assisted Living Plan Proposed In Pleasantville
Another Assisted Living Plan Proposed In Pleasantville PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Developers are set to propose an assisted living center on the site of the United Methodist Church in Pleasantville, according to the Northern Westchester Examiner.  The proposal comes one year after the village board shot down another bid to build a similar facility on the same lot, the Northern Westchester Examiner said.  The exact size and scope of the project is not known, but is said to be similar to the 87-unit facility that was shot down last year, the Northern Westchester Examiner reported.  Click here to read the full article.

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Politics
Peekskill Native Pataki Reveals How He'd Confront ISIS Peekskill Native Pataki Reveals How He'd Confront ISIS
Peekskill Native Pataki Reveals How He'd Confront ISIS PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Former Peekskill Mayor and 2016 presidential candidate George Pataki sat down with U.S. News & World Report to discuss a number of hot-button political issues, including how he would deal with ISIS if he were sitting in the Oval Office.  Pataki said he would ramp up military action against ISIS, including bombing campaigns and special ops strikes. Pataki also said he'd consider arming anti-ISIS groups like Peshmerga and the Sunni Sheiks in Anbar Province, U.S. News & World Report said. Pataki also discussed several other issues, including campaign finance, tax…

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Lifestyle
Westport's Groove Starring On ABC’s 'What Would You Do?' Westport's Groove Starring On ABC’s 'What Would You Do?'
Westport's Groove Starring On ABC’s 'What Would You Do?' WESTPORT, Conn. -- "What Would You Do," ABC's hidden camera TV show featuring ethical dilemmas, will air an episode filmed at Groove, the children’s clothing and gift store in Westport, on Friday, July 24 at 9 p.m. The show used actors to set up scenarios to see what bystanders would do or say when faced with an ethical dilemma. The scenarios involved a mother and her daughter (both actors) shopping for clothes, during which the daughter acted disrespectfully to the salesperson (another actor), threw clothes on the ground and displayed entitled, obnoxious behavior. In several scenarios,…

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Business
WWE Severs All Ties With Hulk Hogan After Racist Comments WWE Severs All Ties With Hulk Hogan After Racist Comments
WWE Severs All Ties With Hulk Hogan After Racist Comments STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford-based WWE is severing all ties with superstar Hulk Hogan due to an interview laced with racial slurs in 2012, according to multiple reports. WWE, which is headed by Greenwich residents Vince and Linda McMahon, has removed all merchandise and any mention of Hogan from its websites, according to Wrestling News Source.  Speculation about the separation points to audio that surfaced from a 2012 interview in which Hogan repeatedly used a racial slur geared toward African Americans, My San Antonio reported.  WWE officials have yet to comment on the situation.  …

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Politics
Investigation Sought In Email Use By Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton Investigation Sought In Email Use By Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton
Investigation Sought In Email Use By Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton This story has been updated. CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Officials have asked the Justice department to open an investigation into Chappaqua resident Hillary Clinton in connection to the personal email account she used while serving as secretary of state, according to reports. The request comes just weeks after two inspectors general claimed Clinton's emails contained potentially classified information, The New York Times reported.  It has not yet been determined if the information in question was deemed classified at the time Clinton was using the email address for state business. Clinton st…

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Stamford Police Searching For Two Teens Caught Robbing Home On Camera Stamford Police Searching For Two Teens Caught Robbing Home On Camera
Stamford Police Searching For Two Teens Caught Robbing Home On Camera STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford Police are searching for two teens who were caught on camera stealing items from a local home on July 10, according to officials.  The two males, one caucasian, the other black, broke into the home on South Lake Dr. at approximately 7:30 p.m. They can be seen taking items from the house via the security camera footage, police said.  Anyone with information regarding the two suspects is asked to call (203) 977-4407.  The video footage can be seen via the Stamford Police Department's Facebook page. 

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PJ Prunty Named New Executive Director Of CityCenter Danbury PJ Prunty Named New Executive Director Of CityCenter Danbury
PJ Prunty Named New Executive Director Of CityCenter Danbury DANBURY, Conn. -- PJ Prunty will take over as the new executive director of CityCenter Danbury in mid-August.   “I look forward to building upon the recent successes within CityCenter Danbury and to further increase the positive momentum that is clearly visible throughout our Downtown," Prunty said in a statement. "I'm appreciative for the opportunity to work with the members of the CityCenter Board, staff, Downtown property owners and merchants, and residents to continue to make CityCenter Danbury the destination for business opportunities, arts and culture, dining and entertainment, and …

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Danbury Man Gets 66 Months In Federal Prison For Armed Home Invasion Danbury Man Gets 66 Months In Federal Prison For Armed Home Invasion
Danbury Man Gets 66 Months In Federal Prison For Armed Home Invasion DANBURY, Conn. -- A Danbury man was sentenced to 66 months in prison on Thursday in connection to a violent home invasion and robbery of drug-trafficking money, according to U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly.  Robert Cherry, 45, participated in a home invasion robbery on Feb. 18, 2013, of a known marijuana dealer in a home in Danbury, Daly said.  One of Cherry’s co-defendants struck a male victim in the head with a handgun repeatedly before dropping the gun during a struggle. While they were fighting, Cherry then grabbed a knife from a knife block on the kitchen counter. Cherry and the othe…

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