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Karen Tensa

Managing Editor, Connecticut

ktensa@dailyvoice.com

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Karen has lived and worked in Connecticut for more than two decades. Her professional experience includes more than a decade of work as the news editor at The Advocate in Stamford and reporting and editing stints on the staff of The Hartford Courant, among others. She is dedicated to writing local news, enjoying winter sports and reading nonfiction books.

Karen was formerly a managing editor at Daily Voice.

Karen Tensa's Contributions

Traffic

Two-Vehicle Accident Cleared From I-84 In Danbury Update: The crash scene has been cleared in Danbury as of 9 a.m., DOT said. DANBURY, Conn. — Traffic backups were being reported on a foggy Wednesday morning on I-84 westbound in Danbury, according to the Department of Transportation. The traffic jam lasts for 1.5 miles between Exits 3 and 1 because of the crash near Exit 1, DOT said. Motorists should expect lane closures in the area, DOT warned. The accident was reported at 7:45 a.m. It was not clear when the accident scene would be cleared.

by Daily Voice

09/27/2017

News

Fairfield Man Makes Arrangements To Bury His Murdered Mom In Connecticut FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A 24-year-old Fairfield man has spent the week facing the difficult task of arranging the funeral for his 40-year-old mother, who was murdered in a domestic violence hit-and-run in Virginia. Joseph Muratori said picking out the casket for her "was the hardest part" as he prepares himself for the calling hours and funeral service next week for his mother, Dawn Meade. "My mother was an angel," Muratori said. "No matter what was happening or what she was going through, my mom never failed to laugh or make other people laugh. ... I know people say …

09/27/2017

Obituaries

Elizabeth 'Betty' McCoy, Active In Darien Politics, Dies At 103 DARIEN, Conn. — Elizabeth Bacon “Betty” McCoy of Darien, a longtime member of the Republican Town Committee in Darien, died on Sept. 25. She was 103. Born on Nov. 2, 1913, in Charleston, S.C., McCoy received her bachelor's degree from George Washington University and then married Ralph Richard McCoy in 1935. Inducted in 1932 into the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, she recently received an award for 75 years of membership. McCoy moved to Darien in 1948 and was active in local politics. For over 20 years, she was a member of the Republican Town Committee and then was a member of the Represent…

by Daily Voice

09/27/2017

News

Feds Charge Bridgeport Man, 55, In $1M Overseas 'Lizard Bus' Loan Scam BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 55-year-old Bridgeport man was arrested Tuesday morning on charges that he and others defrauded the Overseas Private Investment Corp. of over $1 million and laundered most of the funds through bank accounts in Liberia and the United States, prosecutors said. William Garrison Jackson was charged by criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey William E. Fitzpatrick said. Jackson appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel in Bridge…

by Daily Voice

09/27/2017

Police & Fire

FBI Data: Crime In Connecticut Dips To Lowest Level Since 1967 The FBI’s state-by-state crime report for 2016 shows that crime rates continue to decline in Connecticut, which has seen the largest reduction in violent crime of any state in the nation over the last four years. The overall crime in Connecticut is now at its lowest point since 1967, according to the FBI report. The number of murders statewide is at the lowest point since 1969. Since 2011, overall crime in Connecticut has declined by 18 percent, including a 20 percent drop in violent crime. “Because of smart, data driven policies and reforms to our criminal justice system, we have made C…

by Daily Voice

09/27/2017

Schools

Greenwich High Picks Leader To Work With Students In Windrose Program GREENWICH, Conn. – Brian Keating, the Clark House assistant dean and an English teacher at Greenwich High School, has been appointed to be the interim administrator of the Windrose Program at GHS. Superintendent of Schools Jill Gildea said the appointment is effective Oct. 12. An educator for 23 years, Keating has been with GHS since 2001 and was a member of the Greenwich Alternative High School Design Team for the 2016-17 school year, resulting in the launch of the Windrose Program this year. “We are very lucky to have Brian Keating taking over as the program administrator at Windrose t…

by Daily Voice

09/27/2017

Obituaries

Services Set For Paul G. Saviano, 63, Engineer & Avid Boater In Norwalk NORWALK, Conn. — Paul G. Saviano, , died on Saturday, Sept. 23, at home in Norwalk. He was 63. Born in Norwalk and a lifelong Norwalk resident, Saviano was the son of the late Dr. Gabriel Saviano, and the husband of Carrie (Dannes) Saviano for 38 years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by their children: Leora, Jamesen, and Danen, as well as his daughters-in law Jennifer and Rouby; and his first grandchild: a boy due this November. He was predeceased by an infant daughter. Saviano was a retired opto-mechanical engineer at Perkin-Elmer, where he worked for 26 years. He was als…

09/27/2017

News

Ivanka Trump Used Private Email To Talk With Greenwich's Linda McMahon GREENWICH, Conn. — First Daughter Ivanka Trump, who used a private email account to do government business, sent some of those emails to Linda McMahon of Greenwich, the head of the Small Business Administration, according to Newsweek. Some of the emails were posted at the website for American Oversight, a government watchdog group. The documents show that on Feb. 28, Trump — identifying herself as Ivanka Kushner — emailed McMahon from a personal domain. At the time, Trump was operating from inside the White House in a nonofficial capacity, Newsweek said. In the email, Trump said asks if &…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

News

Community Blasts Act Of Vandalism Reported At Hindu Temple Wilton WLTON, Conn. — The interfaith religious community is coming to the support of the Wilton Hindu Temple, where an act of apparent vandalism was discovered Monday. A broken window at the temple at 68 Westport Road in Wilton, near the Norwalk and Westport border, was found Monday by Swami Balgopal, the spiritual leader at the temple. The window had a value of $1,500. Rabbi Rachel Bearman of Temple B’nai Chaim in Georgetown blasted the act of vandalism. "I have just become aware of the vandalism of Wilton's Hindu Temple," Bearman posted on Facebook. "This kind of behavior is no…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

News

CT National Guard Deploys For Puerto Rico To Set Up Communication Systems Help is on the way from Connecticut to Puerto Rico to help restore communications on the island that has been ravaged by two hurricanes — Irma and Marie. On Tuesday morning, a crew of 13 Guardsmen from the Connecticut National Guard departed Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby on a C-130H cargo plane, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced. The crew is headed to Puerto Rico, where they will assist local government authorities in establishing and maintaining urgently needed communications equipment, which will be used in the ongoing recovery and response efforts. Almost immediately upo…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

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