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Vira Mamchur Schwartz

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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. 

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Norwalk-Based Silvermine Productions Looks To Kickstarter For Funding Short "Operation Cavity" Norwalk-Based Silvermine Productions Looks To Kickstarter For Funding Short "Operation Cavity"
Norwalk-Based Silvermine Productions Looks To Kickstarter For Funding Short "Operation Cavity" Norwalk isn't exactly known as a hotbed of film industry. But that doesn't mean there's no creativity there.  Alex Morsanutto has certainly found inspiration in his hometown of Norwalk. Hailed as an up-and-coming young filmmaker, he started Silvermine Productions, a production company innovating storytelling, in 2012. The Norwalk-based company has created commercials for Kona Brewing Company, Kiehl’s and Chevrolet–to name a few–as well as award-winning short films and documentaries. You can view these on the company's website. "The excitement is one of the coolest parts of making films…

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Port Chester Native, Former CBS Employee Christine Lo Parco Dies At 95 Port Chester Native, Former CBS Employee Christine Lo Parco Dies At 95
Port Chester Native, Former CBS Employee Christine Lo Parco Dies At 95 Christine Lo Parco, 95, died Saturday, March 30, in Boca Raton Community Hospital after falling ill the day before. She leaves her sister, Nancy Caminiti of Port Chester and several nieces and nephews and many friends. Her husband, John Lo Parco died in 2007. Another sister, Carmela Scafa of Port Chester and brothers Louis and Patrick preceded her in death. Christine was born in Port Chester on March 25, 1924 to Alessandro and Filomena (Franciosa) Paen. She worked as a bookkeeper at CBS in New York before moving to Boca Raton, FL nearly 30 years ago where she was employed at the Boca Raton …

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Don’t Overlook This Clover: Pit Bull Needs A Forever Home Don’t Overlook This Clover: Pit Bull Needs A Forever Home
Don’t Overlook This Clover: Pit Bull Needs A Forever Home Clovers, particularly the four-leaf variety, are supposed to bring you luck, not need some good fortune of their own. But that’s exactly what Clover, a 12-year-old pit bull needs–some luck finding her loving, forever home for her golden years. Originally rescued from a shelter in Alabama by Second Chance Rescue in New York City, Clover was used as a breeder for dog fights. It’s not known how many litters she might have had, but consider a worst-case scenario: A pit bull like Clover can theoretically have three litters per year and is often kept at it until 10 years old in the dog fighting w…

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Longtime Waccabuc Resident, Computer Pioneer John A. Moore Dies Longtime Waccabuc Resident, Computer Pioneer John A. Moore Dies
Longtime Waccabuc Resident, Computer Pioneer John A. Moore Dies John A. Moore, a longtime resident of the hamlet of Waccabuc in Lewisboro, died on Thursday, May 2 in Jupiter, FL. John was born in Watertown, NY, son of Anna and Clare Moore. The family eventually moved to Syracuse, where John later graduated from Syracuse University. After pioneering in the computer world, John joined Reader's Digest in the '70s where he was a group systems analyst. After years with the Digest, he and a partner formed their own fulfillment business. He retired in 2000 to go on to enjoy the good life of golf, travel and family. John had a never-ending thirst for knowledg…

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Greenwich's Lisa Lori Makes Smiles Possible For Her Own Children And Thousands of Others Greenwich's Lisa Lori Makes Smiles Possible For Her Own Children And Thousands of Others
Greenwich's Lisa Lori Makes Smiles Possible For Her Own Children And Thousands of Others Can anything be sweeter to a mother than her child’s smile? Corners of the mouth turned up in mischievous glee or sleepy contentment. Now imagine your child cannot smile because of physical challenges like cleft palates or facial paralysis. What do you do then? A mother does everything she can. Lisa Lori, Greenwich resident and owner of The Perfect Provenance (a luxury lifestyle store and café at 47 Arch Street in Greenwich), was overjoyed to be pregnant with her first child 18 years ago. Suffering from an auto-immune disease (she is now in remission), she was told her condition could not…

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Business
Stamford-Based Catalyst Wins Four Awards From Connecticut Press Club Stamford-Based Catalyst Wins Four Awards From Connecticut Press Club
Stamford-Based Catalyst Wins Four Awards From Connecticut Press Club Catalyst Marketing Communications of Stamford has won four awards from the Connecticut Press Club for work on behalf of its clients. Catalyst Public Relations Account Executive Christina Scott was recognized with three awards, including a first-place prize. Thomas Renner won a second-place award. The winners will be honored on Tuesday, May 15, at an awards ceremony and cocktail party at Artisan in Southport. “Catalyst is honored to have our work recognized by the Connecticut Press Club,’’ Catalyst President Melissa LoParco said. “The awards are a fine example of the mind-set of everyone …

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Former Rye Resident And Volunteer Extraordinaire, Kerstin Doherty, 81 Former Rye Resident And Volunteer Extraordinaire, Kerstin Doherty, 81
Former Rye Resident And Volunteer Extraordinaire, Kerstin Doherty, 81 Mrs. Kerstin Birgetta Doherty (née Karlsson), 81, of Raleigh, NC died on Sunday, May 5. She was the only daughter of the late Otto Wilhem Karlsson and Anna Karin Segerdahl Karlsson. Kerstin was born July 10, 1937 in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1959, Kerstin began her employment at Pan American Airlines with her home base in New York. She began flying to a variety of cities in the Pan Am system (throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia). In 1960, on one of those Pan Am flights (a return “leg” from Paris to New York), she met the love of her life, Robert Doherty. In 1962, Kerstin left Pan Am to…

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A Life Dedicated To Education In Bedford Central School District: John Ernest Finch, 89 A Life Dedicated To Education In Bedford Central School District: John Ernest Finch, 89
A Life Dedicated To Education In Bedford Central School District: John Ernest Finch, 89 John Ernest Finch died peacefully on Friday, May 3. He was 89 years old and most recently a resident of Arbor Ridge in Rhinebeck. John lived his early life in Mt. Kisco and raised his family in Bedford Hills. He is survived by his devoted wife (Joan) of 62 years, his three children (Christine, Karen and Paul), his five grandchildren (Mark, Michael, Benjamin, Matthew and Anna), his sisters (Judy and Patricia) and brother (Robert). John was predeceased by his father (Ernest), mother (Katherine) and brothers (Edward and Joseph). John served briefly in the Marine Corp before enjoying a …

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John Gerard Taaffe, 79, Teacher, Counselor, Mentor To Kids in Crises In Rockland, Elsewhere John Gerard Taaffe, 79, Teacher, Counselor, Mentor To Kids in Crises In Rockland, Elsewhere
John Gerard Taaffe, 79, Teacher, Counselor, Mentor To Kids in Crises In Rockland, Elsewhere John Gerard Taaffe, 79, died Sunday, April 28 at the UC San Diego Medical Center after a year-long battle with cancer. John leaves his wife of 55 years, Shirley, his daughters Lisa and Jeannine, sons-in-law Elliot Levin and Kent Jensen, his grandson Seth and his three siblings Rosemarie, Patrick and Thomas. He joins his late son Sean in heaven where they are sure to be eating cheesesteaks and rooting for the Eagles, Phillies and Flyers. Born and raised in the Bronx to Irish immigrant parents, John went to Cardinal Hayes High School and received his B.A. from Iona College and Master’s in Soc…

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Katonah High Grad, Longtime Reader's Digest Employee Jacqueline (Seymour) Keegan Dies At 88 Katonah High Grad, Longtime Reader's Digest Employee Jacqueline (Seymour) Keegan Dies At 88
Katonah High Grad, Longtime Reader's Digest Employee Jacqueline (Seymour) Keegan Dies At 88 Jacqueline Keegan, 88, died  peacefully on Friday, April 26 at Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen, NH. Born in Somers,  she was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (Shanks) Seymour. A graduate of Katonah High School in Katonah, she worked for many years in the International Office for Readers Digest. She was predeceased by her husband James A. Keegan Jr. Keegan is survived by her two children, Kevin Keegan and Kim Keegan and her husband Paul Weathers, three grandchildren–Sam Weathers, Lucy Weathers, Ceili Wesson and her husband Glendon, a great grandson–Gauge Wess…

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