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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

Police & Fire

32 People Displaced In Five-Alarm Fire In Stamford; 3 Admitted To Hospital STAMFORD, Conn. — A total of 32 people were displaced after a huge fire heavily damaged two multi-family houses near Stamford Hospital on Monday evening, according to the Stamford fire officials. Of the 32 residents displaced, 28 were relocated by the Red Cross, said a press release from Lt. Colin Burns. The two houses contained a total of eight separate units. During the fire, three civilians and four firefighters were transported to the nearby Stamford Hospital Emergency Department for evaluation, Burns said. As of Tuesday morning, one civilian and two firefighters had been admitted to t…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

Police & Fire

Topping Off: Last Steel Beam Put In Place For New Stamford Police HQ STAMFORD, Conn. — The Stamford Police Department has reached a high point — literally — in the construction of its new headquarters. A topping-off ceremony was held Monday afternoon as the last steel beam was put in place for the future new home of the police department. Mayor David Martin, Director of Public Safety Ted Jankowski, and Police Chief Jon Fontneau were on hand with other police officers and city officials to officially “top off” construction. "This is a significant milestone for the project as the last steel beam of the upper floor will be installed," the Stamford…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Norwalk Man Took Van Without Paying New Canaan Gas Station For Tow NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A 30-year-old man from Norwalk was arrested on larceny charges after he took his van from a New Canaan gas station without paying for a tow, police said. Officers responded at 1 p.m. Thursday to the Gulf Service Station on South Avenue. Employees told police that Robert Lenkowski's van had beeb towed to the service station and he owed $254. He told employees that he would return in two hours to pay for the tow, police said. Workers shortly thereafter saw the van pulling out of the service station, police said. New Canaan Police contacted the Norwalk Police Departmen…

09/26/2017

Schools

Bridgeport’s Warren Harding High Closed Due To Flood BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Students at Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport were sent home Tuesday morning due to a water a leak on the second floor, according to the Connecticut Post. School resource police officers helped to shut down the school and move teachers from affected areas, the Post said. Click here for the story at the Connecticut Post.

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

News

Mosquito Infected With West Nile Confirmed In Another Fairfield County Town MONROE, Conn. — Mosquitoes trapped at the Garder Road trapping station in Monroe last week tested positive for West Nile virus, according to a state Mosquito Management Program statement released Monday night.This is the first positive test for West Nile in Monroe identified by the state Agricultural Experiment Station this year, said Dr. Philip Armstrong, director of the program. “Although it is late in the season,” said Armstrong, “mosquitoes will continue to be active until the first hard frost. Take precautions and protect yourself from mosquito bites.” Related story: First Human Case O…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

Police & Fire

Stamford Driver, 23, Busted With Pot, Cocaine In Car, New Canaan Police Say NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Marijuana and cocaine were found in the car of a 23-year-old Stamford man who was stopped for failing to dim the high beams in New Canaan, police said. On Sept. 22, Joao Oliveira, of Leroy Place, Stamford, was pulled over just after midnight on Sept. 22 on Cherry Street, police said. Oliveira was pulled over by an officer, who discovered that the license plate on Oliveira's 2002 Audi belonged to a 1997 Ford, police said. The officer investigated the odor of marijuana coming from the car, which led to the discovery of marijuana as well as individually packaged small bag…

09/26/2017

Lifestyle

Designs Sought For Memorial To 26 Victims Of Sandy Hook School Shooting NEWTOWN, Conn. — Design submissions are now being accepted for a permanent memorial to the 20 first-graders and six educators killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14, 2012. Kyle Lyddy, chairman of the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission, said they are looking for a design that will be sensitive to everyone affected by the tragedy. “With your submission, we hope that you will be purposeful with your thoughts, keeping in mind the reason your design is being sought, and are sensitive to the many individuals and families who have been impacted by that h…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

News

Shop A Mile In Her Shoes: Trumbull Event Supports Important Message TRUMBULL, Conn. — The Trumbull Police Department, in cooperation with The Center for Family Justice and the Westfield Trumbull shopping mall, is holding its second annual Shop A Mile In Her Shoes event on Saturday, Sept. 30, on the eve of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Also sponsored by the Trumbull Rotary Club, Shop a Mile was launched last year by Trumbull Police Chief Michael Lombardo as a way to highlight the important work done by The Center for Family Justice to break the cycles of domestic violence, sexual violence and child abuse. “Because October is Domestic Violence Awareness…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

Police & Fire

Two Houses Damaged In Huge 5-Alarm Fire Near Stamford Hospital STAMFORD, Conn. — Two houses were severely damaged in a massive five-alarm fire near Stamford Hospital on Monday evening, according to firefighters. The large fire broke out at about 5:30 p.m. Monday in a home at 46 Alden St. and spread to a second home in the densely populated neighborhood beside the hospital, firefighters said. Stamford firefighters were battling the massive blaze for over two hours until it was extinguished. Nearby neighbor Gabrian Holloway told the Stamford Advocate that he rescued two people who were trapped on the roof of one of the burning homes. Two people and f…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

Police & Fire

Second Norwalk Man Charged With Stealing Jewelry From New Canaan Home NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A second Norwalk man has been arrested on charges of breaking into a New Canaan home and stealing over $1,800 worth of jewelry last month, police said. Marlo Naen Aguirre, 29, of 3 Testa Place, was arrested on a warrant at noon Monday at Stamford Superior Court. He was charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary, third-degree larceny and third-degree conspiracy to commit larceny. Aguirre was held on $5,000 bond with a court date of Oct. 9. His alleged accomplice, Sioni Bonilla, 35, of Ely Avenue, was arrested Sept. 5 on the same charg…

by Daily Voice

09/26/2017

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