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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
Increase In Opt-Out Pupils Worries New York Chancellor Increase In Opt-Out Pupils Worries New York Chancellor
Increase In Opt-Out Pupils Worries New York Chancellor WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The steadily growing trend of students opting out of New York State testing could make it difficult to evaluate teachers where few -- if any -- students took the tests, according to The Wall Street Journal. United to Counter the Core, an advocacy group that aims to end Common Core standards, says more than 1.1 million students were expected to opt out of state testing this spring. Education Chancellor Merryl Tisch voiced her frustrations over having children caught between teachers unions and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new evaluation standards, The Wall Street Journal …

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Schools
Increase In Opt-Out Pupils Worries New York Chancellor Increase In Opt-Out Pupils Worries New York Chancellor
Increase In Opt-Out Pupils Worries New York Chancellor PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The steadily growing trend of students opting out of New York State testing could make it difficult to evaluate teachers where few -- if any -- students took the tests, according to The Wall Street Journal. United to Counter the Core, an advocacy group that aims to end Common Core standards, says more than 1.1 million students were expected to opt out of state testing this spring. Education Chancellor Merryl Tisch voiced her frustrations over having children caught between teachers unions and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new evaluation standards, The Wall Street Journal said.…

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News
NY Times Enters Debate Of Whitehead's First In Flight Claim For Connecticut NY Times Enters Debate Of Whitehead's First In Flight Claim For Connecticut
NY Times Enters Debate Of Whitehead's First In Flight Claim For Connecticut FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The New York Times is finally giving the proper attention to Gustave Whitehead, a former Bridgeport resident who has long been pushed to the shadows of aviation history. In the process, the flames in the debate of who really was first in flight have been stoked once again.  Conventional wisdom, and most history books, still claim that Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled flight in North Carolina in 1903. But in 2013o, IHS Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, a trade publication, said it was, in fact, Whitehead who was the first to fly. And he did it a …

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Lifestyle
Teen Use Of E-Cigarettes Triples, According To Report Teen Use Of E-Cigarettes Triples, According To Report
Teen Use Of E-Cigarettes Triples, According To Report WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A new report says the use of electronic cigarettes has tripled in middle and high school teens from 2013 to 2014, according to the New York Times.  The proliferation of e-cigarettes and the growth of the use of hookah pipes led to an increase of 400,000 new young users of tobacco-related products. It marks the first increase in years, The New York Times reported.  The FDA is taking steps to regulate e-cigs, but the prevailing fear is that the product is growing at a rate that far exceeds the implementation of new regulations, The New York Times said.  Clic…

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Events
Get Financially Smart With Special Programs At The Fairfield Library Get Financially Smart With Special Programs At The Fairfield Library
Get Financially Smart With Special Programs At The Fairfield Library FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Public Library will launch its second annual Money Smart Week starting on Tuesday, April 21.   During Money Smart Week, the library is offering three programs and will extend the learning with three additional programs the following week. Understanding Energy Efficient Programs for Homes and Small Businesses will take place on Tuesday, April 21, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Fairfield Woods Branch Library. This will be an informational program about how to lower a home or business energy bill. Representatives from United Illuminating, Nex-Gen and A…

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Neighbors
Fairfield Letter: Five Reasons To Kill The Casino Bill Fairfield Letter: Five Reasons To Kill The Casino Bill
Fairfield Letter: Five Reasons To Kill The Casino Bill FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Send letters to fairfield@dailyvoice.com. To the editor: It’s getting hard to keep up with all the attempts to expand casino-type gambling in Connecticut. Last year, public opposition stopped legislative leaders from putting the gambling game keno in restaurants, bars and convenience stores, and earlier this year a lack of support derailed a proposal by a legislative task force to place video slots in OTB facilities. Now, the Democratic legislative leadership wants to pass a bill that would allow t…

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by Robert Steele and Tony Hwang
Business
Kind Bars Are Not 'Healthy' Enough, Rules FDA Kind Bars Are Not 'Healthy' Enough, Rules FDA
Kind Bars Are Not 'Healthy' Enough, Rules FDA WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Food and Drug Administration has said Kind Bars do not meet the requirements to be tagged as "healthy," according to Bloomberg.  The FDA said said the Kind bars -- Fruit & Nut Almond & Apricot, Fruit & Nut Almond & Coconut, Plus Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate + Protein and Fruit & Nut Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew -- exceed the maximum levels of saturated fat to be called healthy. The FDA says anything using the tag must have less than 1 gram, Bloomberg said.  The FDA could order the snack bars off shelves until Kind LLC complies with lab…

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Weather
Wet Weather Will Return To Putnam Wet Weather Will Return To Putnam
Wet Weather Will Return To Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Sunny skies will give way to clouds and rain on Thursday night and into Friday throughout Putnam County.  Clouds will continue to increase overnight on Thursday with a 30 percent chance of rain. Low temperatures will be around 48 degrees.  Wet weather will continue on Friday morning with showers likely. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.  The high temperature will be between 63 and 65 degrees. Showers will linger early on Friday night before gradually clearing out of the area.  Sun returns on Saturday with a high of 72 degrees.  Sunday will feature…

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Weather
Wet Weather Will Return To Armonk Wet Weather Will Return To Armonk
Wet Weather Will Return To Armonk WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Sunny skies will give way to clouds and rain on Thursday night and into Friday throughout Westchester County.  Clouds will continue to increase overnight on Thursday with a 30 percent chance of rain. Low temperatures will be around 48 degrees.  Wet weather will continue on Friday morning with showers likely. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.  The high temperature will be between 63 and 65 degrees. Showers will linger early on Friday night before gradually clearing out of the area.  Sun returns on Saturday with a high of 72 degrees.  Sunday wi…

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News
Police Find More Than 10,000 Bags Of Heroin During Tarrytown Traffic Stop Police Find More Than 10,000 Bags Of Heroin During Tarrytown Traffic Stop
Police Find More Than 10,000 Bags Of Heroin During Tarrytown Traffic Stop TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Greenburgh Police said a routine traffic stop led to the seizure of more than 10,000 bags of heroin and the arrest of a Yonkers woman and a New York City man on Tuesday, according to LoHud.com.  Carolyn Claudio, 45, of Yonkers and Julio Vargas, 48, of New York City were pulled over by the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force and officers said they found nine bags of heroin on the pair, LoHud.com reported.  A subsequent search discovered 10,683 bags of heroin in a concealed area of the vehicle, police said. Claudio and Vargas were charged with first- and second-degre…

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