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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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Schools
Bronxville Middle School Orchestra Plays Holiday Music At Lawrence Hospital Bronxville Middle School Orchestra Plays Holiday Music At Lawrence Hospital
Bronxville Middle School Orchestra Plays Holiday Music At Lawrence Hospital BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Students from the Bronxville Middle School orchestra played in the lobby of Lawrence Hospital Center recently. Members of the orchestra, directed by Claire Stancarone, played holiday music in the hospital’s lobby as a special treat for patients, visitors and staff. For a video of the students, visit the Lawrence Hospital Center’s Facebook page.

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Sports
Westport's Greens Farms Academy Runs Win Streak To 23 Westport's Greens Farms Academy Runs Win Streak To 23
Westport's Greens Farms Academy Runs Win Streak To 23 WESTPORT, Conn. – The Greens Farms Academy boys basketball team improved to 5-0 and ran its winning streak to 23 games by winning the Farroba Classic in Providence, R.I., over the weekend. The Dragons defeated Wheeler, 68-50, in the championship game as Zach Baines scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Matt Tate added 15 points and five assists. In its opening game, GFA routed Hebron, 92-45, as Baines scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Sunday Okeke added 18 points while Tate tossed in 15. Jim Djema added 12. Baines, from Stamford, was named the MVP of the tournament. Tat…

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Schools
Norwalk High's Candlelight Concert Brings Sweet Sound To The Holidays Norwalk High's Candlelight Concert Brings Sweet Sound To The Holidays
Norwalk High's Candlelight Concert Brings Sweet Sound To The Holidays NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk High School held its winter concert, Candlelight, this week. There were three performances with more than 600 students in the school's orchestra, chorus and band performing holiday songs. Candlelight is the oldest high school winter concert in New England. It began in the 1930s and has been performed every year except for two years during World War II, when regulations prevented it.  

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Neighbors
Pennyweights Donates Gifts To New Canaan's Waveny LifeCare Network Pennyweights Donates Gifts To New Canaan's Waveny LifeCare Network
Pennyweights Donates Gifts To New Canaan's Waveny LifeCare Network NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Continuing its generous decade-long holiday tradition, Pennyweights has donated more than 135 gifts of jewelry to Waveny LifeCare Network in New Canaan. The gifts were issued to the residents at The Village, Care Center and the ladies in Waveny’s Adult Day Program. Pennyweights is based in New Canaan and is owned by Kelly and Geoff Sigg.

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Events
Artists Put Public Spin On Diaries At Neuberger Exhibit In Purchase Artists Put Public Spin On Diaries At Neuberger Exhibit In Purchase
Artists Put Public Spin On Diaries At Neuberger Exhibit In Purchase PURCHASE, N.Y. -- "Dear Diary: Update All," will be on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College from Jan.  4, 2014 through March 16, 2014. The exhibition of 20 international artists and 30  artworks explores how artists express their individual and collective identities, and the relationships among memory, document, and fiction. The mixed media exhibition presents work that uses online data, remembrance, handiwork, genetics, gaming, and Google to mark the discord, beauty and banality that occur each day.  According to Jacqueline Shilkoff, the museum's curator of New Media,…

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Sports
Westhill High Girl Wins Race At New York Meet Westhill High Girl Wins Race At New York Meet
Westhill High Girl Wins Race At New York Meet STAMFORD, Conn. – Westhill High School’s Claire Howlett won one event and finished second in another Saturday at the 60th Bishop Loughlin Games in New York. Howlett won the 2-mile in 10:48.16, outdistancing the pack by a comfortable 14 seconds. In the mile, Howlett finished second in 5:04.33. Denise Branch won the race in 5:03.17. Howlett, who announced in the fall that she will attend Stanford University, has the top time in the 2-mile in the country so far in the young indoor track season. Her 1-mile team is fifth in the nation, according to MileSplit.com. The Bishop Loughlin Games, w…

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Schools
Westchester Community College Dance Company Plans Program For Kids Westchester Community College Dance Company Plans Program For Kids
Westchester Community College Dance Company Plans Program For Kids VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Danceworks, the dance company of Westchester Community College, will perform a special program for children on Sunday, Feb. 2. Danceworks for Children will be presented at the college at a 3 p.m. matinee in the Academic Arts Theatre. The troupe, a diverse ethnic and cultural combination of college students and alumni, is led by Company Director Mollyann Franzblau. During this program, children are invited to get into the action on stage. The suitable for children three and older.  Danceworks, founded in 1979 by Franzblau and faculty consultant Jo Robbins, performs annu…

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Business
Peachwave In Wilton Serves Up Frozen Yogurt, Movies For Grand Opening Peachwave In Wilton Serves Up Frozen Yogurt, Movies For Grand Opening
Peachwave In Wilton Serves Up Frozen Yogurt, Movies For Grand Opening WILTON, Conn. -- Peachwave Frozen Yogurt of Wilton officially opened its doors on Dec. 13 at 142 Old Ridgefield Road. The self-serve froyo store has been open since Halloween but made it official with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Wilton First Selectman William Brennan, Chamber of Commerce Director Janeen Leppert, and Peachwave’s Greg Young, Gregg Roberts, Kurt Houser, and Ryan Ventura attended the grand opening. “Although this was our official grand opening, the people of Wilton have already warmly welcomed us,'' said Ventura, manager of the Wilton Peachwave. "We are looking forward to inve…

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Sports
Ridgefield Teen Makes Luge Team For Sochi Winter Olympics Ridgefield Teen Makes Luge Team For Sochi Winter Olympics
Ridgefield Teen Makes Luge Team For Sochi Winter Olympics RIDGEFIELD, Conn. – While training on the luge, Ridgefield’s Tucker West spends much of his time focusing on the start of his icy race. That attention to detail landed the 18-year-old a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team headed for Sochi in February. West was selected Saturday as the youngest member of the delegation for the United States on luge, a sliding sport with the rider on his back, heading feet first down an icy track. Tucker got his start in the sport when his father, Brett, built a luge track in the family’s Ridgefield backyard after the 2002 Olympics. “The start has been a key role…

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Sports
Aspetuck Wildcats Cheer Teams From Easton, Weston Redding Enjoy Nationals Aspetuck Wildcats Cheer Teams From Easton, Weston Redding Enjoy Nationals
Aspetuck Wildcats Cheer Teams From Easton, Weston Redding Enjoy Nationals EASTON, WESTON AND REDDING, Conn. -- Two cheerleading teams from the Aspetuck Wildcats competed in the American Youth Football and Cheer championships last weekend in Orlando, Fla. The Division 13 team placed fifth out of the nine teams at nationals. The Division 10 team placed seventh out of 10 teams. Aspetuck teams are comprised of cheerleaders from Easton, Weston and Redding. The Division 13 team is (first picture) D13 Team is:  First Row – Emily Nolan, Sassie Ruggiero, Emma Delaney, Jenna Salvatore, Morgan Moughty, Mishelle Mauricio, Samantha Romaniello,  Sydney Lockwood; second row: …

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