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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.

Joe Jenkins's Contributions

Schools

Mamaroneck Schools Host STEM Initiatives Summit MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- The Mamaroneck School District hosted a local summit to discuss new science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) initiatives on Feb. 10. Margaret Käufer, president and founding member of the STEM Alliance of Larchmont-Mamaroneck, began the meeting by discussing STEM initiatives and their importance in the education curriculum. STEM initiatives seek to increase curiosity, employability, job growth and social equality. Children are insatiably curious, but curiosity declines rapidly as children age. STEM education nurtures creativity. It validates the cultural cont…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

News

Bridgeport Ranks Among Nation's Most Diverse Cities FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- In honor of Black History Month, financial social media website WalletHub has named the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in the nation -- and several Connecticut municipalities made the list, including Bridgeport, which came in at No. 25. In order to identify the most ethno-racially and linguistically diverse landscapes among 350 of the most populated U.S. cities, WalletHub examined each city across three key metrics, including racial and ethnic diversity, language diversity and region of birth diversity. Bridgeport was tied for the 25th spot…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

News

Proposed Shopping Center In Cortlandt Elicits Debate CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- The proposed Cortlandt Crossing shopping center continues to generate mixed reactions among the community, according to the Northern Westchester Examiner. The strongest criticism came from residents who live closest to the proposed project. They claim the 850,000-square-foot Town Center would infringe on residentially zoned land, the Northern Westchester Examiner said. One supporter of the project stated the shopping center would bring increased infrastructure to the town, the Northern Westchester Examiner reported. Click here to read the full article.

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

Obituaries

Angelina Nicastro, 97, Norwalk Resident NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk resident Angelina Ann Forlivio Nicastro passed away Monday, Feb. 16. She was 97. Nicastro was born to the late Ottavio and Adeline Franco Forlivio on Aug. 3, 1917, in New Canaan. She is survived by her sisters Mary Monaco of Stamford, and Helen McConnell of New Canaan. Although she had no children of her own, Nicastro is also survived by her neice Karen Cossuto Fraser of Fort Worth, Texas, her husband, Christopher and their three children Kyle, Connor and Cameron. She is also survived by her nephew Thomas Paul Cossuto of Alpharetta, Ga., wife Maeve and their…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

News

Westchester Lawmakers, Commuters Push Cuomo To Increase Transit Funding SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- State and local elected officials, transit users, and transportation advocates urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday to increase state funding in the New York State budget to support statewide public transit systems. Advocates are asking the governor to make a new investment of $17.4 million in operating aid for downstate non-Metropolitan Transportation Authority suburban transit systems, $25 million for upstate operating assistance, as well as a capital investment of $100 million for both the suburban downstate and upstate public transportation systems. Wh…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

Obituaries

Nellie Ruth (Grubb) Keller, 106, Longtime Yorktown Resident YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Centenarian and longtime Yorktown matriarch Nellie Ruth (Grubb) Keller died peacefully at her residence Tuesday morning, Feb. 17. She was 106. Keller was born in Malta, Ohio, on Aug. 11, 1908, on the edge of Appalachia's coal mining country before moving to New York City and an international corporate life, marrying Clarence Christian Keller, raising seven children and outliving three of them. Keller played the piano for the Yorktown Presbyterian Church Sunday school, served as PTA president and Girl Scout leader. During the Second World War she worked in her family…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

Obituaries

Frank Califano, 90, Cortlandt Manor Resident CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. -- Frank Califano of Cortlandt Manor passed away Tuesday, Feb. 17. He was 90. Califano was born on Feb. 8, 1925, in Ischia, Italy, to Pasquale and Raffaela Califano. He married his late wife Nancy Mangano on June 12,1955. Califano worked as an investigator for the Department of Social Services in New York City. Califano is survived by his children, Joann Mosher, Christopher Califano, John Califano and Michael Califano. He is also survived by two brothers, John and Tony; and five grandchildren, Sean, Nancy, Emily, Carolyn and Alessandro. Frank later remarried and…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

Obituaries

Cedilece Perry, 85, Bridgeport Resident BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Cedilece Perry of Bridgeport passed away in the comfort of her home on Sunday, Feb. 15. She was 85. Born in Bridgeport to the late Edward and Viola E. Smith Bridgeforth, Perry was a lifelong resident of Bridgeport. She was employed as a child care provider by the state of Connecticut. Survivors include nine sons, Antonio Semedo of Nevada, Ed "Cochise" Semedo of New London, Patrick Pierce, Kelvin and John Perry of Bridgeport, Roy Adams of Trumbull, James Perry of Meriden, Ronald Perry of Rhode Island and Eric Burt of Delaware; seven daughters, Belinda Sneed, Yolan…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

Politics

Maloney Pushes For Stronger Railroad Safety Standards PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Putnam, sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan requesting quick approval of strong minimum safety standards for crude oil transport in the wake of a freight train derailment in West Virginia last week. “We can all agree we must prioritize replacing and retrofitting dangerously inadequate DOT-111 tank cars that are prone to splitting, but as we’ve seen in recent accidents, we also need enhanced tank car standards established that go beyond the current industry standard. Although some CPC-1232 (tank c…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

Politics

Rep. Maloney Pushes For Stronger Safety Standards On Rail Transport Of Oil NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan requesting quick approval of strong minimum safety standards in the rules for crude oil transport in the wake of a freight train derailment in West Virginia last week. “We can all agree that we must prioritize replacing and retrofitting dangerously inadequate DOT-111 tank cars that are prone to splitting, but as we’ve seen in recent accidents, we also need enhanced tank car standards established that go beyond the current industry standard. Although some…

by Joe Jenkins

02/19/2015

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