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Tom Renner

Client Editor

trenner@dailyvoice.com

No one knows local sports quite like Tom Renner, The Daily Voice's Sports Editor. For 22 years, he covered the field for The Stamford Advocate. He's been in Fairfield County since 1987.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Tom Renner's Contributions

Business

Amanda Smith Caterers Opens Saturday In Darien DARIEN, Conn. -- Amanda Smith Caterers will open its new boutique, tasting space and offices on the Post Road across from the pubic library in Darien on Saturday, March 1. An open house will be held with special treats on Saturday as well as Monday through Friday, March 3 to 7. The space is located at 1480 Post Road. This new space offers a state-of-the-art kitchen to host cooking classes and demos as well as an office where clients can discuss the details of their events, have a formal tasting, or pick up Amanda Smith Caterers new En Route dinner service. Amanda Smith Caterers is a ful…

by Tom Renner

02/27/2014

Neighbors

Letter: Lorenzo Colella at Joe's Pizza In New Canaan Is A Food Artist NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- The New Canaan Daily Voice accepts signed letters to the editor. Send letters to newcanaan@dailyvoice.com. Lorenzo Colella, who works at Joe's Pizza in New Canaan, is an artist. Maybe not in the conventional sense, but he is an artist nonetheless. He doesn't paint, he doesn't sculpt, nor does he write poetry. His art is pizza and his studio is his pizzeria. His giant frame belies his gentle touch. Colella is a master craftsman at work. He opens the oven door to cast a critical eye over his work and like a potter at the kiln, only he knows when the time is right. He…

by Jeff Perkins

02/27/2014

Events

Stamford Innovation Center, Westfair Partner For New Event STAMFORD, Conn. - The Stamford Innovation Center announces a partnership with Westfair Publications to create an annual event series, “Smart in the Suburbs”, that will celebrate outstanding business and technical skills of the companies and individuals of Fairfield County. The inaugural event will take place on Friday, Feb. 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Stamford Innovation Center. The agenda includes several “TEDtalk” style presentations and a panel discussion featuring leaders from some of the top companies in the greater New York City area, including Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, dire…

by Daily Voice

02/27/2014

Politics

Group Asks Westport Adoptees To Support Bill For Open Birth Certificates FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Access Connecticut, a group dedicated to restoring the right of adult adoptees born in Connecticut to access their true original birth certificate, is encouraging people to submit testimony in support of a bill that will be up for discussion Friday in the state Legislature. A public hearing will be held Friday on Raised Bill 5144 – An act Concerning Access to Birth Certificates and Parental Health Information For Adopted Persons. People can submit testimony in support of the bill via email to PHC.Testimony@cga.ct.gov Before 1975, all adoptees born in Connecticut …

by Tom Renner

02/27/2014

Sports

Freshman Mariano From Yorktown Flying High For UMass Lacrosse YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Yorktown’s Nick Mariano just wanted to contribute as an incoming freshman for the powerful lacrosse team at the University of Massachusetts. He has, and in a big way. Mariano has nine goals in UMass’ first three games and earned Player of the Week and co-Rookie of the Week honors from the Colonial Athletic Association. The freshman attack’s early success has helped UMass spurt to a 3-0 start, including a win over No. 14 Ohio State. Mariano scored the game-winning goal in overtime and had three goals in the contest. “I wanted to come into the season with an open mind,’’ …

by Tom Renner

02/26/2014

Sports

Darien's Ice Cats U12 Girls Hockey Team Wins State Tournament DARIEN, Conn. – The Connecticut Ice Cats 12-and-under girls hockey team, which is sponsored by the Darien Youth Hockey Association, won the Tier II Connecticut Hockey Conference state tournament last weekend with a dominating performance in Simsbury. The Ice Cats defeated Greenwich Skate Club, 2-1, in the championship game. In four games, the Ice Cats outscored opponents, 24-2. Darien opened with a 2-0 win over Greenwich before routing Northern Lights Maroon, 9-0, and the Polar Bears, 11-1. The Ice Cats finished the season 30-13-3 and went 5-1 in conference regular season games. Its only …

by Tom Renner

02/26/2014

Neighbors

Hot Bread Kitchen Combines Passions For Founder WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Jessamyn Rodriguez wanted to create a job where she could combine her passions. And though not many realized that baking and social justice could go hand in hand, the result is New York-based Hot Bread Kitchen, where Rodriguez does just that. Rodriguez started the business in 2007. Her goal was to increase economic security for foreign-born and low-income men and women by opening access to a specialty food industry. The business trains employees and assists them with business incubation. Before she started the business Hot Bread Kitchen, Rodriguez spent 10 yea…

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Neighbors

Weston Woman Trades Corporate Career To Help Vets Find Homes WESTON, Conn. – Four years ago, Weston resident Vicki Thomas took her 35 years of marketing and public relations experience and put them to use for Purple Heart Homes, an organization that helps wounded veterans find permanent housing solutions. While she changed the lives of others, she also changed her own. Thomas, 68, won the Purpose Prize worth $100,000 late last year from Encore.org, a nonprofit organization which helps people pursue second careers for community causes. The path Thomas has followed in her “encore” career could not have been more surprising or emotionally rewarding. “…

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Sports

Redding Figure Skater Plans To Try For Olympic Repeat In 2018 REDDING, Conn. – Redding figure skater Brooklee Han is pleased with her performance at the Olympic in Sochi and is now looking to competing again in the 2018, she said in a YouTube interview posted by the Australia Olympic Team. Han, a 2013 graduate of Joel Barlow High School, finished 20th in her first Olympics last week. “Overall, I was pretty happy with the performance,’’ Han said of her long program. “After qualifying, I was able to go out and enjoy the skate and enjoy the program overall. I was a bit disappointed with the fall in the lutz. It had been going really well in practice.”…

by Tom Renner

02/26/2014

Events

Stamford Symphony Performs 'Scheherazade' At Palace Theatre STAMFORD, Conn. – The Stamford Symphony will perform the symphonic poem of Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade" based on "The Tales of the Arabian Nights" on Saturday, March 1, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at Stamford’s Palace Theatre. Scheherazade, a young woman accomplished in the studies of arts and philosophy, volunteers to spend a night with the King, who had a reputation of taking a new wife every day and beheading her the morning after they married. Every night, she would weave a tale by reciting a portion of a story without giving away the ending. The King would spare her li…

by Tom Renner

02/26/2014

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