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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
Westport Country Playhouse Named Company Of The Year By WSJ Westport Country Playhouse Named Company Of The Year By WSJ
Westport Country Playhouse Named Company Of The Year By WSJ WESTPORT, Conn. – Westport Country Playhouse was named Company of the Year in a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. The article in the WSJ said artistic director Mark Lamos “has turned a spotty suburban troupe into an artistic powerhouse.” Productions at Westport Country Playhouse included “The Dining Room,” “The Show-Off” and “Loot.”  The report praised Westport, saying “Few regional companies are striking so satisfying a balance between familiarity and adventurousness.” For the complete article, click here. Lamos became the artistic director at Westport in 2009. He spent 17 years…

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Sports
Snow Postpones FCIAC High School Games For Thursday, Friday Snow Postpones FCIAC High School Games For Thursday, Friday
Snow Postpones Fciac High School Games For Thursday, Friday FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – The approaching snowstorm has forced the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference to postpone a number of sports events for Thursday and Friday. All of the boys and girls basketball games scheduled for Friday have been postponed. Some games have been pushed back to Saturday, Jan. 4. The complete list of postponements and games scheduled for Saturday is on the FCIAC website.

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News
Weston Church Continues Christmas Tree Bonfire Tradition Weston Church Continues Christmas Tree Bonfire Tradition
Weston Church Continues Christmas Tree Bonfire Tradition WESTON, Conn. -- Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Weston will conduct a bonfire of Christmas trees on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 6 p.m. The church, which is at 285 Lyons Plain Road,  re-started the Epiphany tradition of burning Christmas trees seven years ago.  The event raised $2,000 for the Weston Warm-Up Fund in January. Members of the Weston Volunteer Fire Department are present to stack the trees, control the fire and extinguish it. Dawn Egan will accept the donations on behalf of the Weston Warm-Up Fund. The bonfire is made by more than 100 Weston families whose trees have been brought to the s…

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Events
Camerata Chamber Group Playing At Westchester CC In February Camerata Chamber Group Playing At Westchester CC In February
Camerata Chamber Group Playing At Westchester CC In February VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Westchester Community College's Camerata Chamber Group will present a matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m. in the Classroom Building, Room 200. Romantic Period Favorites will be performed.  Violinist Victor Lionti is the founding creative force behind the Camerata, serving as its music director and conductor since its inception on the Westchester Community College campus in 1986. Lionti is also the conductor of the Westchester Youth Symphony (which has its home on the Westchester Community College main campus in Valhalla). He was formerly principal violist of…

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Business
Stamford-Based Frontier Acquires AT&T's Wireline Business Network For $2B Stamford-Based Frontier Acquires AT&T's Wireline Business Network For $2B
Stamford-Based Frontier Acquires AT&T's Wireline Business Network For $2B STAMFORD, Conn. -- Frontier Communications Corp. has agreed to purchase AT&T’s wireline business and statewide fiber network, which provides services to residential, commercial and wholesale customers in Connecticut, in a $2 billion transaction.  Frontier will also acquire AT&T’s U-verse video and satellite TV customers in Connecticut. Frontier will pay AT&T $2 billion in cash for the business and related assets. “We are excited to be acquiring AT&T’s wireline operating company in Connecticut, where our company has been headquartered since 1946,’’ said Maggie Wilderotter, …

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Lifestyle
Ossining Workshop Provides Thoughts On Self-Improvement Ossining Workshop Provides Thoughts On Self-Improvement
Ossining Workshop Provides Thoughts On Self-Improvement OSSINING, N.Y. – A recent workshop on “goal factoring” in Ossining provided 23 participants information on how they can improve goal-setting and help keep their New Year’s resolutions. An article in The Wall Street Journal said “goal factoring is one of the techniques taught by the Center for Applied Rationality. The three-day workshop in Ossining in November gave participants instruction on “how thinking about one’s future self as a different person can help goal-setting  why building up an "emotional library" of associations can reduce procrastination.” The growing “rationality movement…

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News
Polar Plunge In Peekskill Supports This Is Me Foundation Polar Plunge In Peekskill Supports This Is Me Foundation
Polar Plunge In Peekskill Supports This Is Me Foundation PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – The Quiet Man Public House in Peekskill will sponsor a Polar Plunge to support the This Is Me Foundation on Wednesday. More than 30 people are expected to brave the cold to jump in the Hudson River. The event begins at 1 p.m. at Riverfront Park in Peekskill. The event is open to the public. The This Is Me Foundation was created to raise awareness about alopecia, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. The foundation was started in 2012 by sisters Lauren and Caitlin Bradley. Scholarships are awarded to local high school seniors enrolled in college who have displayed …

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Events
Titanic Opens At Westchester Broadway Theatre In Elmsford On Jan. 16 Titanic Opens At Westchester Broadway Theatre In Elmsford On Jan. 16
Titanic Opens At Westchester Broadway Theatre In Elmsford On Jan. 16 GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Original "Titanic" Broadway cast member Drew McVety will set sail again in the Tony Award-winning musical, which begins performances at Westchester Broadway Theatre on Jan. 16.  The production, which is a new adaptation of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s musical about the doomed ocean liner, will run through Feb. 23. Original cast member Don Stephenson, who portrayed Charles Clarke in the 1997 Broadway production of Titanic, directs the new production. that uses a cast of 20 and projections to tell the epic story. Choreography is by Liza Gennaro ("Once Upon a Mattress,"…

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News
Father Of Slain Sandy Hook Student Writes Emotional Letter To Self Father Of Slain Sandy Hook Student Writes Emotional Letter To Self
Father Of Slain Sandy Hook Student Writes Emotional Letter To Self DANBURY, Conn. – Western Connecticut State University assistant professor Jimmy Greene, whose daughter died in the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School,  was recently featured in a moving video produced by "CBS This Morning."  Greene read a letter he authored to himself that touched on his background, music and the tragedy at Sandy Hook. “As tough as a musician’s life may be, God will always make the way for you. Your faith in him, especially in times of trouble, will give you peace beyond understanding,’’ Greene says in the opening minute of the video. The entire video can be seen h…

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Police & Fire
White Plains Man Arraigned On Grand Larceny, Fraud Charges White Plains Man Arraigned On Grand Larceny, Fraud Charges
White Plains Man Arraigned On Grand Larceny, Fraud Charges WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A White Plains man was charged with 10 felonies Tuesday after he was accused of stealing and cashing checks over a period of eight months. John Stewart, 47, was arraigned on one count of grand larceny in the third-degree, a class D Felony; eight counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument, class D felonies; and one count of scheme to defraud in the first-degree, a class E felony. According to a release from the office of Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore, Stewart was accused of cashing checks made out to eight businesses between November 2012 and Ma…

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