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Tom Renner

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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.

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'The Great Beauty' At Stamford's Avon Theater Tells Of Rome Adventure 'The Great Beauty' At Stamford's Avon Theater Tells Of Rome Adventure
'The Great Beauty' At Stamford's Avon Theater Tells Of Rome Adventure STAMFORD, Conn. -- Currently playing at Stamford’s Avon Theater, is the Italian-language film, The Great Beauty. This exquisitely-shot and lavishly-rendered film opens up with a quote from Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s book Journey to the End of the Night: “To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination work, the rest is just delusion and pain. Our journey is entirely imaginary, which is its strength.” This sets the tone for the rest of the film as Jep Gambardella (Servillo) an aging socialite and writer, aimlessly wanders the streets of Rome, looking for…well, something. Over the years,…

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by Robert Sodaro
Obituaries
Michael 'Mookie' Ruegger, 31, Darien Native Michael 'Mookie' Ruegger, 31, Darien Native
Michael 'Mookie' Ruegger, 31, Darien Native DARIEN, Conn. – Michael (Mookie) Cade Ruegger, 31, a former Darien resident, died on Feb. 3 in Dover, N.J. Ruegger was born on Feb. 10, 1982, in Greenwich and was the son of Arthur and Susan Ruegger of Darien. He graduated from Darien High School in 2001. He was active on the debate team and was the football team manager. He received his bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and a masters degree from Southern Connecticut State University. He was pursuing a doctorate degree in history from SUNY Albany at the time of his death. Bruegger fought a lifelong battle with Muscular Dystrophy.…

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by Tom Renner
Neighbors
Family Turns To Darien Community For Support After Paralyzing Fall Family Turns To Darien Community For Support After Paralyzing Fall
Family Turns To Darien Community For Support After Paralyzing Fall DARIEN, Conn. – Christina Yackery didn’t know where to turn for help when an accident at her parents’ Rowayton home left her father, Vince, paralyzed last spring. She quickly found support in the Darien and Rowayton communities though, and knows now that her neighbors are ready to help for the long haul. “The community support and generosity has been an eye opener for us,’’ Yackery said. “The hardest thing to do is ask for help. But all we have to do is ask and people are at our door. We’ve learned how many friends we have, and how many people are behind us. Before this happened, we didn’t …

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Lifestyle
Armonk Indoor Sports Center Hosts Talk On Heart Disease Armonk Indoor Sports Center Hosts Talk On Heart Disease
Armonk Indoor Sports Center Hosts Talk On Heart Disease ARMONK, N.Y. -- Armonk Indoor Sports Center will host Dr. Sandy Lithgow for a discussion on heart disease on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Heart disease is the the leading cause of death in American women. Dr. Lithgow She will talk about lifestyle interventions that women can take to prevent heart disease and live a healthier and more balanced life. Specific focus will be placed on nutrition, exercise, stress management, and ways to improve sleep. Dr. Lithgow is an internist at Glenville Medical Associates in Greenwich. The discussion is free and open to the community.  

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by Tom Renner
Real Estate
Northwestern Mutual Signs Lease For New Office In Westport Northwestern Mutual Signs Lease For New Office In Westport
Northwestern Mutual Signs Lease For New Office In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. – Northwestern Mutual, a life insurance and financial services company, will be relocating to 274 Riverside Ave. in Westport, Cushman & Wakefield announced. The company leased 11,575 square feet of office space and will occupy the entire fourth floor of the Westport building. “The building was an obvious choice for Northwestern Mutual, which had been located across the street at 285 Riverside Ave. for 10 years," said Adam Klimek, a director at Cushman & Wakefield who represented the landlord in the deal. "274 Riverside Avenue offered them more prominent river vi…

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by Tom Renner
News
Pelham Book Club's Selection Features South Korean Author Pelham Book Club's Selection Features South Korean Author
Pelham Book Club's Selection Features South Korean Author PELHAM, N.Y. – March’s Book Club Selection for the Pelham Public Library is “Please Look After Mom” by South Korean author Kyung-Sook Shin. The book will be discussed at the library on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The book is the story of Park So-nyo, 69, who disappears  after becoming separated from her husband at a Seoul subway station. But the novel is the story of her family as well, as they reflect upon her; it is told from the perspectives of the husband, the eldest son, a daughter, and Park So-nyo herself. In a review, novelist Jamie Ford wrote: "Please Look After Mom isn't mere…

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by Tom Renner
Obituaries
Dorothy Fields Tompkins, 101, Longtime Ossining Resident Dorothy Fields Tompkins, 101, Longtime Ossining Resident
Dorothy Fields Tompkins, 101, Longtime Ossining Resident OSSINING, N.Y. -- Dorothy Fields Tompkins died Jan. 28 at her home at The Pines in Ossining. She was 101. Tompkins was born Feb. 8, 1912 to William J. and Sarah Burdick Fields. She was a lifelong Ossining resident until moving to Somers in 1990, after the death of her husband, Theodore S. Tompkins, whom she married in 1938. In 2004, she returned to Ossining. Tompkins graduated from Miss Fuller’s Ossining School For Girls in 1930 and Miss Conklin’s Secretarial School in New York City in 1931. She worked for over 45 years in a series of positions with a business publishing firm. She was an …

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by Tom Renner
Sports
Harvey Celebrates Senior Day With Win Over Watkinson Harvey Celebrates Senior Day With Win Over Watkinson
Harvey Celebrates Senior Day With Win Over Watkinson KATONAH, N.Y. --The Harvey School's boys basketball celebrated Senior Day Saturday with a  57-55 win over Housatonic Valley Athletic League rival Watkinson. Before the team’s final regular season home game, Harvey paid homage to seniors Christian Artuso, Jake Cohn and Deshawn Hilliard.  A fourth senior, Andrew Schwartz, has been inactive this season due to medical reasons. Ricky Hicks scored 12 points to lead Harvey. Coh, from Pound Ridge, had nine points and five assists. Hilliard had 10 rebounds and seven points. Freshman Evan Roteman of Chappaqua score the game's decisive points, hitti…

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by Tom Renner
Sports
Connecticut Players Help U.S. Women's Hockey Team Roll To Victory Connecticut Players Help U.S. Women's Hockey Team Roll To Victory
Connecticut Players Help U.S. Women's Hockey Team Roll To Victory FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Fairfield’s Julie Chu collected an assist and Hillary Knight, who also has Connecticut ties, scored her second goal of the Winter Olympics as Team USA routed Switzerland, 9-0, on Monday in Sochi, Russia. Chu assisted on Knight’s goal in the first period. Knight, who played at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, also scored in Team USA’s 3-1 win over Finland in its first game. Monique Lamoureux, Amanda Kessel and Kendall Coyne had two goals each for Team USA. Alex Carpenter and Brianna Decker had the other goals for the United States, which out-shot Switzerland 5…

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by Tom Renner
Neighbors
Putnam Hospital Center Nurse Turns To Role As Educator Putnam Hospital Center Nurse Turns To Role As Educator
Putnam Hospital Center Nurse Turns To Role As Educator WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Kathleen Steiger’s initial career path took her to nursing. She’s still involved in daily patient care, but her new responsibilities are rooted in management, education, research and teaching. Steiger is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner who works for Health Quest’s Putnam Hospital Center as the Manager of Critical Care and Inpatient Dialysis as well as the Coordinator of Diabetes Education.  She also teaches at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, helping to train the next generation of nurses. Additionally, Steiger is a student herself, and expects to receive …

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