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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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Lifestyle
Greenwich Family Center Worker Espouses Benefits Of TM Greenwich Family Center Worker Espouses Benefits Of TM
Greenwich Family Center Worker Espouses Benefits Of TM GREENWICH, Conn. -- Nadia Fiorita, MSW, is a clinical social worker with Greenwich-based Family Centers. She wrote this article for The Daily Voice. Meditation has been around for thousands and thousands of years.  Yet, today many people are using it as a way to cope with the demands and stress of modern life. It seems to me that people are searching for ways to experience a sense of calmness in the midst of their hectic, demanding lives. I was and am one of those people.  About a year and a half ago, with some encouragement from my older sister, I signed up for a course called Transcende…

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by Nadia Fiorita, Family Centers
Business
Danbury Farmers' Market Gets Support From Whole Foods Danbury Farmers' Market Gets Support From Whole Foods
Danbury Farmers' Market Gets Support From Whole Foods DANBURY, Conn. – Whole Foods will donate 5 percent of all sales made in its Danbury store on Tuesday, Jan. 7, to the CityCenter Danbury Farmers Market. Whole Foods in Danbury is located at 5c Sugar Hollow Road and will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Danbury Farmers Market Community Collaborative runs from June through October in Kennedy Park. Customers can purchase fresh local fruits, vegetables and specialty items at the market, which started in 2009. More information about Whole Foods in Danbury is available online and on Facebook.

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by Tom Renner
Schools
Midterms Approaching? Study These Tips For Success Midterms Approaching? Study These Tips For Success
Midterms Approaching? Study These Tips For Success FAIRFIFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Do you have a question about your middle or high school student’s studying practices? S4 Study Skills, an area leader in providing evidence-based study skills and test preparation workshops for students, will answer questions from Daily Voice readers. If you have a question, please submit it here or email anne@s4studyskills.com. Q. What’s the best way to study for midterms? Ryan C., Fairfield A. We’ll let you in on a secret: Studying for midterms is no different from everyday studying, as long as you have a regular study practice that you keep up with. If you…

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by Michelle Sagalyn
Real Estate
Darien Board Of Realtors Holds Annual Meeting, Welcomes New Officers Darien Board Of Realtors Holds Annual Meeting, Welcomes New Officers
Darien Board Of Realtors Holds Annual Meeting, Welcomes New Officers DARIEN, Conn. -- The Darien Board of Realtors held its annual meeting and holiday party last month at the Country Club of Darien. Eugene Marconi, general counsel of the Connecticut Association of Realtors, administered the oath of office to the 2014 officers. The 2014 Officers and Directors are: Dave Wilk, president; Janine Tienken, past president; Reese Hutchison, VP/president elect; Mary Lou Ball, secretary; Karen Brewer, treasurer; Mike Barbis, director; Leslie Caruso, director; Cathy Lawton, director; and Mary Seiler, director Outgoing Directors Lucille Story, Bob Green and Liz Baco…

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by Tom Renner
Lifestyle
Neuberger Museum At Purchase College Celebrates Unique Piece Neuberger Museum At Purchase College Celebrates Unique Piece
Neuberger Museum At Purchase College Celebrates Unique Piece PURCHASE, N.Y. --The Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College will host a 40th anniversary celebration of one of its most unique pieces beginning Jan. 12 and running through March 23. The celebration will display the artwork of American artist and abstract expressionist Cleve Gray. Cleve Gray’s Threnody: Forty Years was organized by Assistant Curator Avis Larson. Gray was commissioned to create a site-specific painting for the inauguration of the Neuberger Museum in 1974. Threnody (1972–73), the 22-foot tall, 250-foot long artwork in 28 panels, turned out to be an extraordinary project…

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by Tom Renner
Events
St. Mary's Church Plans 175th Anniversary Celebration At Briarcliff Library St. Mary's Church Plans 175th Anniversary Celebration At Briarcliff Library
St. Mary's Church Plans 175th Anniversary Celebration At Briarcliff Library BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will celebrate its 175th anniversary on Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Briarcliff Manor Public Library. The celebration begins at 2 p.m. There is no charge, but people are asked to RSVP for the event. Reservations can be made by calling the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society at 914941-4393 or via email at mail@briarcliffhistory.org. St. Mary’s originally met in a small one-room school house on the corner of Sleepy Hollow Road and Albany Post Road. The congregation was known at the time as St. Mary’s Beechwood. The church, now at 6…

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by Tom Renner
Neighbors
Westchester Real Estate, Inc., Backs Luncheon For Bridge Fund Westchester Real Estate, Inc., Backs Luncheon For Bridge Fund
Westchester Real Estate, Inc., Backs Luncheon For Bridge Fund EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Westchester Real Estate, Inc. participated in a fund-raising luncheon in New York City to support The Bridge Fund of Westchester, a local non-profit, in its mission to prevent homelessness. The luncheon was hosted by WoMen in Relocation, a trade group of relocation and real estate professionals, in which Westchester Real Estate, Inc. members Gail Fattizzi and Debra Budetti are active.  Fattizzi was instrumental in introducing WoMen in Relocation to The Bridge Fund four years ago when the fund was selected to be the recipient of money raised at the group’s annual holi…

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by Tom Renner
News
Pleasantville Express Travel Camp Registration Planned Pleasantville Express Travel Camp Registration Planned
Pleasantville Express Travel Camp Registration Planned PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – The Pleasantville Recreation Department will hold a travel camp in July for children in grades 6-8. The Pleasantville Express Travel Camp will run from July 1-31. The camp will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and trips include Six Flags, Mets and Yankees games, Zip Lining and more. Registration begins Saturday, Jan. 18 at 9 a.m. and the cost is $1,100. More information is online at the Pleasantville Recreation Department.

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by Tom Renner
News
New Mayor Frank Catalina Proposes Audit Of Peekskill Finances New Mayor Frank Catalina Proposes Audit Of Peekskill Finances
New Mayor Frank Catalina Proposes Audit Of Peekskill Finances PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina called for an independent audit of Peekskill's finances when he was sworn in as mayor on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Catalina, a Republican, made the city’s financial management one of his signature themes during the election last fall. Catalina unseated Democrat Mary Foster in the November election. “If I’m wrong about the city’s finances I will be the first person to come to this podium and apologize,” Catalina said during his New Year’s Day speech, according to The Examiner. Catalina also called for a public referendum on a controversial centra…

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by Tom Renner
Schools
New K-3 Charter School For Mount Vernon Children Planned New K-3 Charter School For Mount Vernon Children Planned
New K-3 Charter School For Mount Vernon Children Planned MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Concerned citizens of Mount Vernon will submit an application to the State University of New York (SUNY) Trustees to open a new kindergarten through third grade Public Charter School in Mount Vernon. The proposed name of the school is Friendship Tech Public Charter School. The intended location for the proposed school is 261 East Lincoln Ave. in Mount Vernon. The targeted population is Mount Vernon children between the ages of 5 and 8. The proposed grades are Kindergarten through third grade with an estimated enrollment of 240 students. The first class would be enrol…

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