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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.

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Police & Fire

2 Police Cruisers Collide During Pursuit Of Speeding SUV On Median Of I-95 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Two state police cruisers that collided on I-95 in Bridgeport on Thursday morning were both in pursuit of a SUV that was speeding in the median to avoid traffic, state police said. The accident happened at 7:16 a.m. Thursday on the southbound side of I-95 just north of Exit 25, state police said. It closed two lanes of the highway and caused traffic jams in the morning commute. State Trooper Joseph Longo, 44, spotted the black Ford SUV, which "passed his cruiser at a high rate of speed in the median," state police said. Longo pulled his cruiser from the le…

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09/14/2017

Police & Fire

Threatening Messages Found In Two Bathrooms At Westhill High STAMFORD, Conn. — The principal at Westhill High School in Stamford has alerted parents and students to two threatening messages found in two bathrooms on Tuesday and Wednesday. Westhill Principal Michael Rinaldi said the Stamford Police Department is taking steps to keep students safe at the school. "Westhill is providing a safe and secure learning environment for all students and staff members, as well as communicating accurate and timely information to you regarding issues of safety, is a top priority," said Rinaldi. "Therefore I want to follow up on the incident report…

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09/14/2017

Business

Danbury Difference: Mayor Mark Makes The Pitch For Amazon HQ2 DANBURY, Conn. — Mayor Mark Boughton is taking to social media to make Danbury’s case for becoming the home of the new Amazon HQ2.The video, posted on the City of Danbury's Facebook page, was made by Danbury’s own RmediA. The city hired the firm to film a brief video outlining the reasons that Danbury would make the perfect home for the global company. The media-savvy Boughton stars in the 90-second feature in which he describes the benefits thatDanbury could offer to Amazon and to the 50,000 high-paid employees expected to work at the massive headquarters. “We felt that with such a high-te…

09/14/2017

News

Man Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In NY WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A man was struck and killed by a Metro-North train in White Plains on Wednesday shortly after 8 p.m., officials said. He was hit by the 7:29 p.m. from Grand Central Terminal that was due in at North White Plains at 8:12 p.m., an MTA spokesman told Daily Voice on Thursday morning. Metro-North described the victim as "an unauthorized man" on the tracks at the White Plains Station, the spokesman said. The victim's identity has not been released. The incident is currently being investigated by the MTA Police Department. Check back to Daily Voice for additional …

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09/14/2017

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Police: Robbery ‘Victim’ Shot Himself In The Leg Update: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A man who said he was shot in the leg during a robbery Wednesday evening in Bridgeport apparently shot himself, according to the Connecticut Post. The shooting occurred just after 8 p.m. at Platt Street and Ryon Street, police told the Post, and the man was treated at St. Vincent's Medical Center. The man told police he was shot by three armed robbers, but a police spokesman said there was no evidence of a robbery and said it "looks like victim suffered a self-inflicted wound," the Post said. Click here for the Connecticut Post story.

by Daily Voice

09/14/2017

Traffic

2 State Police Cruisers Involved In Crash On I-95 In Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Two lanes on I-95 southbound were reopened after a crash involving two state police cruisers near Exit 25 in Bridgeport on Thursday morning, according to NBC Connecticut. Everyone is OK, state police told NBC 30. Traffic was backed up for about 2 miles to Exit 27 with residual delays from the accident, according to the DOT. The crash occurred at about 7:20 a.m. and was cleared by 8:30 a.m., DOT said. Details of what led up to the crash were not immediately available. No further delays were reported. Click here for the story at NBC 30.

by Daily Voice

09/14/2017

News

Danbury Man Impaled On Metal Post After Fall Is Recovering After Surgery DANBURY, Conn. — A man who fell from the roof of a Danbury social club and became impaled on a large piece of metal was recovering on Wednesday, according to his family. “He is out of surgery and doctor said it went well,” the victim’s sister said in a post on Facebook. “At the moment he is in recovery and will then have a full workup to make sure nothing else is going on. My parents and I appreciate all the support calls and texts and most importantly prayers.” The 34-year-old man was in stable condition after surgery at Danbury Hospital to remove a foot-long section of the post from his c…

09/14/2017

Schools

Save The Music: 3 Danbury Schools Get $105K From VH1 For Instruments DANBURY, Conn. — Three Danbury elementary schools will receive $105,000 this school year from VH1 Save the Music to fund programs for students who dream of playing musical instruments. The check to fund the program will be presented on Oct. 23 at Park Avenue School. More than 30 students from Park Avenue, Morris Street and South Street schools will perform with their instruments that day. VH1 Save the Music has partnered with SpreadMusicNow – a nonprofit organization headquartered in Redding – to fund the programs at the three schools, which serve kindergartners through fifth-graders. “The…

by Daily Voice

09/14/2017

Schools

Traffic Alert: Police Warn Of Limited Parking At Darien High Open House DARIEN, Conn. — The Darien Police Department is issuing a traffic advisory related to the Darien High School Open House that is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. Parents attending the event should be aware that parking at the high school is limited. Carpooling is strongly encouraged. Due to the large amount of expected traffic, it will be necessary to limit vehicular access to the high school campus, police said. As of 6 p.m. Thursday, access to the high school will be via the Noroton Avenue entrance only. High School Lane and Nutmeg Lane will be closed to traffic entering the …

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09/14/2017

Police & Fire

Seen Him? Reward Offered For Danbury Man Sought In NY Attempted Rape Have you seen him? New York State Police from the Brewster barracks are continuing to search for a 35-year-old Danbury man who is wanted in connection with a burglary and attempted rape in March. On Wednesday, state police reissued an earlier alert and said New York State Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the location, arrest and conviction of Hector G. Cruz-Diaz of Danbury. Troopers were dispatched on March 20 to a residence on Main Street in the Village of Brewster on a reported sexual assault. An investigation indicated that Cruz-Diaz unlawfully en…

by Daily Voice

09/14/2017

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