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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

Schools

Track Stars From Fairfield's Sacred Heart Show Off Athletic Skills FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Sacred Heart University's track and field team hosted students of Bridgeport’s Blackham Middle School’s for a recent throwing clinic. The clinic was created by Valerie Wherley, professor of exercise science, and organized by Lindsay Aponte, a senior exercise science student and track & field co-captain. The students learned exercises that will help them improve their throwing skills of track implements such as the shot put, javelin and discus. Aponte said she enjoyed sharing her love of both exercise science and track & field with the kids. “We ran a fundraiser …

by Tom Renner

01/30/2014

Sports

Youth Sports Concussion Summit Comes To Chelsea Piers In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. – A summit to discuss possible impending concussion litigation for youth sports programs will be held Thursday at Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford. The event begins at 7 p.m. and will include leaders from youth football, lacrosse, cheerleading, hockey and soccer, along with officials familiar with concussion laws. The purpose of the meeting is to address how best youth sports organizations can manage their legal risk with the approaching wave of concussion lawsuits at the NCAA and high school levels. A recent story in the National Law Review indicates more youth sport…

by Tom Renner

01/30/2014

Neighbors

Pound Ridge Writer Interviews Whistleblower On Waterboarding POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- A few residents know how the United Nations in its early days considered Pound Ridge as a possible location for its new headquarters. As it turns out, the UN found another spot a few miles down the road in Manhattan. Another lesser known fact is that both the FBI and CIA each maintained safe houses in Pound Ridge for several years. There is another lesser known fact only a few will confirm that several CIA officers have ties to our community – one who was raised in Pound Ridge and two others who have retired to our quiet community. Of the thousands of analysts, offi…

by Laurance Baschkin

01/30/2014

Lifestyle

Nebraska At Stamford's Avon Theatre A Wonderful Film STAMFORD, Conn. -- The film Nebraska runs through Thursday, Jan. 30, at Stamford’s Avon Theatre, and is a terrific movie. Just prior to the start of this wonderful film, Woody Grant (Dern) has received a letter apparently indicating he won $1 million dollars, and all he has to do to collect is fill out the form and mail it in. Unwilling to trust the US Postal service, Woody intends to walk from Billings, Mont., to Lincoln, Neb., to collect. That he’s 850 miles away doesn’t affect his decision (and yes, Woody is a touch “altered”). Now Woody’s heading to Lincoln. His son David (Forte) agre…

by Robert Sodaro

01/29/2014

Sports

New Rochelle Girls Track Team Blazes To Gold At New Balance Meet NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Girls on the New Rochelle High School track team ran off with victories and climbed among the national leaders Saturday, Jan. 25 at the New Balance Games at The Armory Track and Field Center. Symone Darius won the 300 meters and the 4 x 200 team also won gold with Darius, Ashley Wiggins, Victoria Jones-Alleyne and Alicia Donaldson. Ashley Wiggins added a victory in the 50 meter hurdles as New Rochelle won the meet, which included 300 teams from the Mid-Atlanitc and New England Regions. Darius’ time of 38.05 in the 300 is top time in the nation, according to the track …

by Tom Renner

01/29/2014

Police & Fire

White Plains Man Charged With DWI WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A White Plains man was charged with driving while intoxicated on Sunday, Jan. 26 by State Police from the Brewster barracks. Paraschkev S. Tachkov, 53, was charged with a misdemeanor after troopers stopped him for an equipment violation. Tachkov provided a positive breath sample with a Blood Alcohol Content of .16, police said. He was order to appear before the Town of Southeast on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

by Tom Renner

01/29/2014

Neighbors

Norwalk Grows Sprouts Healthy Schools NORWALK, Conn. -- Wall Streeters are typically tasked with growing hedge funds, but this former financial sales hotshot has been growing something much more valuable in Norwalk’s public schools. Lisa Lenskold, a Wall Street executive turned horticulturist, is the director of Norwalk Grows, an educational program that she launched three years ago in collaboration with the Norwalk Children’s Foundation (NCF). In her work with Norwalk Grows, Lenskold has installed fully operational gardens in 12 of Norwalk Public Schools,and while that may seem a daunting task to some, Lenskold considers t…

by Ann Quasarano

01/29/2014

Sports

Students Give Spirited Sochi Sendoff To Redding Figure Skater REDDING, Conn. – Students and staff at Joel Barlow High School in Redding gave hometown figure skater Brooklee Han a spirited sendoff to Sochi at the school's auditorium Tuesday morning. Han, a June 2013 graduate of the high school, will represent Australia in the winter Olympics, which begin next week in Russia. She was named to the team last month after winning the Australian national figure skating championship. Her father is a native of Australia and she is a citizen. Students and staff at Barlow sent off Han with speeches, a song and a little humor as she gets ready for the most impo…

by Tom Renner

01/29/2014

News

Report Says Federal Documents Detail Bribe By Yonkers Builder YONKERS, N.Y. -- Businessman Franco Milio paid a $5,000 bribe to a Yonkers employee in 2011 according to federal court documents, a story in LoHud.com said Monday. Milio, a builder, testified against former Yonkers Councilwoman Sandy Annabi and her political mentor Zehy Jereis about paying thousands of dollars to get Annabi to support a land-swap deal in 2006, the report said. Annabi, a former Democratic majority leader of the Yonkers City Council, was convicted in 2012 of accepting nearly $200,000 from Jereis, a former Yonkers Republican chairman, to drop her opposition against the Ridg…

by Tom Renner

01/29/2014

Politics

Danbury's Boughton Chooses Running Mate In Bid For Governor DANBURY, Conn. – Danbury’s Mark Boughton reached across to the other side of the state Tuesday to name his running mate in his bid to become governor of Connecticut. The Danbury mayor named former Groton Mayor Heather Somers as his choice to run for lieutenant governor with him. Somers is serving her fifth term on the Town Council in Groton. Boughton’s choice is viewed as a bid to diversify his voter base to another region of the state. It also reflects Boughton’s focus on jobs. Somers is a founding partner of a medical device manufacturer and was chair of the Groton Town Council’s Econom…

by Tom Renner

01/29/2014

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