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Tom Renner

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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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Race Scheduled For Sunday In Fairfield Postponed Race Scheduled For Sunday In Fairfield Postponed
Race Scheduled For Sunday In Fairfield Postponed FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Sunday’s Boston Buildup 20K road race has been postponed until Feb. 16. The race will begin at 9 a.m. at Tomlinson Middle School in Fairfield. More information on the series is on clubct.org.  

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by Tom Renner
News
New ArtsWestchester Exhibit Shows 'HATtitude' New ArtsWestchester Exhibit Shows 'HATtitude'
New ArtsWestchester Exhibit Shows 'HATtitude' WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Some 10 years ago, on a visit to Milwaukee, I was charmed by a small exhibition of hats that African American women wore to church. Each hat was more unusual than the next. I came home inspired to do something similar at ArtsWestchester. The staff was indulgent, but not exactly charged up. Time passed. The hat show languished.  Then, the Alexander McQueen exhibition  happened at the Met. Hats appeared on runway models. “Hatitude” was all around us. The hat show seemed more relevant than ever. Judith Schwartz,  board member extraordinaire, NYU art professor and …

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by Janet Langsman
Obituaries
Sister Elizabeth Lee, 89, Of Maryknoll In Ossining Sister Elizabeth Lee, 89, Of Maryknoll In Ossining
Sister Elizabeth Lee, 89, Of Maryknoll In Ossining OSSINING, N.Y. -- Sister Elizabeth Lee , a Maryknoll sister for 70 years, died on Feb. 4. She was 89. Lee was born on May 12, 1924 to Lou She Lee and William Lee in San Francisco. She graduated from Mt. Gollitzin Academy in Baden, Pa. , in 1943. She entered Maryknoll Sisters on Sept. 7, 1943, and was given her Religious name, Sister Marie Clementia, at her reception on March 7, 1946. From 1945-1949, Sister Elizabeth attended Maryknoll Teachers College where she earned a Bachelor of Education degree. She was then assigned to Boston’s Chinatown where she taught English and catechetical cl…

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by Tom Renner
Sports
Harvey Boys Basketball Falls To Christian Heritage Harvey Boys Basketball Falls To Christian Heritage
Harvey Boys Basketball Falls To Christian Heritage KATONAH, N.Y.  -- Christian Heritage rallied from a big early deficit to defeat The Harvey School, 59-55, in a boys basketball game in Trumbull, Conn. Jake Cohn of Pound Ridge led Harvey with 17 points. Evan Roteman, a freshman from Chappaqua, added 13. Senior Deshawn Hilliard had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Harvey led 17-4 early before Christian Heritage rallied to climb within 35-30 at halftime. Christian Heritage took the lead with 4:30 remaining and was paced in its comeback by Ryan Conlan, who scored 29 points. Harvey is 8-10 overall and 4-4 in the Housatonic Valley Athletic League.…

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by Tom Renner
News
Signal Problems Plague Danbury Branch Railroad Crossings Signal Problems Plague Danbury Branch Railroad Crossings
Signal Problems Plague Danbury Branch Railroad Crossings DANBURY, Conn. – A new signal system installed in November on Metro-North’s Danbury Branch has consistently malfunctioned, according to a report in The News-Times. Problems with the $70 million system have created dangerous conditions at rail crossings and longer commutes for riders. The Danbury Branch runs to South Norwalk with stops in Ridgefield, West Redding and Wilton. The stops on the 24-mile line also include Bethel, Branchville, Cannondale and Merritt 7 before reaching South Norwalk. The line is not electrified, and trains travel by diesel engine. The railroad line crosses roads i…

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by Tom Renner
Sports
Harrison Boys Track Earns Share Of County Championship Harrison Boys Track Earns Share Of County Championship
Harrison Boys Track Earns Share Of County Championship HARRISON, N.Y. – Harrison High School’s boys indoor track and field team earned a share of the Westchester County Championship Sunday at a meet at The Armory in New York. Harrison and New Rochelle tied for top honors with 61 points. It is the first time in Harrison’s history that it has won or shared the team title. “As a coaching staff, we knew the boys team had a chance in the beginning of the season to contend only if all of our scoring athletes could bring their “A Game” on the same day,” Coach Dominic Zanot said.  “Through the leadership of our senior captains: Ben Adler, Giovanni Va…

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by Tom Renner
Politics
Greenwich's Linda McMahon To Receive Top Honor From State Republicans Greenwich's Linda McMahon To Receive Top Honor From State Republicans
Greenwich's Linda McMahon To Receive Top Honor From State Republicans STAMFORD, Conn. – Greenwich resident Linda McMahon, former chief executive officer of Stamford-based World Wrestling Entertainment, was selected as this year’s recipient of the Prescott Bush Award, the Connecticut Republican Party’s highest honor. State GOP Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr. made the announcement Tuesday. The award will be presented at the annual Prescott Bush Dinner, the largest annual event hosted by the state GOP. McMahon was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2012. The 36th Annual Prescott Bush Awards Dinner will take place on April 10 at the Stamford Hil…

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by Tom Renner
Sports
Connecticut Olympians Step Off In Opening Ceremony In Sochi Connecticut Olympians Step Off In Opening Ceremony In Sochi
Connecticut Olympians Step Off In Opening Ceremony In Sochi FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Olympians from Fairfield County and across Connecticut will march in the opening ceremonies for the winter games Friday in Sochi, Russia, but not all of them will be wearing the red, white and blue of the United States. Redding’s Brooklee Han (Australia) and Stamford’s Siobhan Heekin-Canedy (Ukraine) will compete in figure skating events under different flags. Here’s a list of Olympians from Connecticut with their hometowns as recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee, sport and first day of competition: Julie Chu, of Fairfield, women’s hockey, Saturday, F…

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by Tom Renner
Sports
From Stamford To Stanford, An Unlikely Running Star Emerges From Stamford To Stanford, An Unlikely Running Star Emerges
From Stamford To Stanford, An Unlikely Running Star Emerges STAMFORD, Conn. – The best female distance runner in Connecticut history attended Stanford University in the 1980s. And now Westhill High School’s nationally ranked distance star Claire Howlett has made a commitment to attend the California school as well. Howlett will follow in the footsteps of Greenwich High standout Ceci Hopp, who still holds several league and state records. Howlett is the top-ranked girl in the country at 3,000 meters and second at 1,600 and 3,200 meters. Considering Howlett’s start, her ascent is amazing. Westhill coach Ed Lane said nothing in Howlett’s early career…

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by Tom Renner
News
Connecticut Rejects All Homeowner Claims For FEMA Funds For Sandy Aid Connecticut Rejects All Homeowner Claims For FEMA Funds For Sandy Aid
Connecticut Rejects All Homeowner Claims For FEMA Funds For Sandy Aid FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Fairfield County homeowners are reeling from a decision by a committee of public officials to deny them federal grant money to help them rebuild after Superstorm Sandy in November 2012. The state rejected 94 homeowner applications, including 26 from Fairfield, for the $16.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The committee of public officials decided to spend the money on storm infrastructure  projects for shore line towns. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, homeowners who expected to be reimbursed as much as 75 percent of of constr…

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