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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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Events

Find Out What Happened, And Get Clinton To Sign Your Book In Brookfield BROOKFIELD, Conn. — Looking to get a signed copy of Hillary Clinton's new book on the 2016 presidential election, "What Happened"? Better get in line. The new political memoir went on sale Tuesday, and it's already the top-selling book at Amazon and at Barnes & Noble. The line went around the block at Clinton's first book-signing Tuesday at Barnes & Noble in Union Square in Manhattan. And she is scheduled next to appear at Costco on Federal Road in Brookfield. Her book signing is set for noon on Saturday, Sept. 16. You must be a member of Costco to attend the event. …

09/14/2017

Schools

New Humanities Program Leader For Greenwich Schools Hails From Southwest GREENWICH, Conn. – Lori A. Elliott, who has relocated from Arizona, is the Greenwich School District’s new Humanities Program Coordinator, effective Sept. 11. In Arizona, Elliott held the position of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Coordinator and eSchool Evaluator for the Deer Valley Unified School District in Phoenix. Certified in both English language arts and English as a second language, she has had extensive experience particularly at the secondary level, as a teacher, coach and administrator. “She will bring a new perspective based on her extensive work with schools and teac…

by Daily Voice

09/14/2017

News

Bridgeport School Crossing Guard Hit By Car Remains In Critical Condition BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Vietnam veteran who was one of the two school crossing guards hit by a car remained in critical condition Wednesday, a day after the accident in Bridgeport, according to the Connecticut Post. The 68-year-old Bridgeport man suffered two broken legs and a brain bleed after the accident at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Park and North avenues. He took the brunt of the impact and was dragged about 40 feet, police said. His crossing guard partner of nine years, a 50-year-old Bridgeport woman, has been released from the hospital after suffering only minor injuries, t…

by Daily Voice

09/14/2017

Police & Fire

Trumbull Police Standoff Ends; Report Of Hostage Situation Was Fake TRUMBULL, Conn. — A reported hostage situation that led Trumbull police to set up an hours-long perimeter in a standoff at a large apartment complex in town Wednesday afternoon turned out to be a fake, police said. The incident began at about 1 p.m. at the Royce of Trumbull apartment complex on Old Town Road, police said in a statement just after 7 p.m. “Trumbull police were notified by another law enforcement agency that a woman was being held hostage inside one of the Royce apartments by a man who was armed with a weapon,” Trumbull police Lt. Douglas Smith said in a statement. “Police c…

09/13/2017

Police & Fire

Stratford Motorcyclist Dies After Colliding With Car In Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 28-year-old Stratford man died early Tuesday of injuries suffered after his motorcycle was hit by a car in Bridgeport, according to the Stratford Star. Jeremy Ragsdale was eastbound on Capitol Avenue on his Honda CBR 650 when he collided with a northbound 2013 Nissan Altima driven by a 28-year-old Fairfield woman at 1:21 a.m. at Norman Street, the Star said. Ragsdale died shortly after arriving at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, the Stratford Star said. The collision is under police investigation. Click here for the story at the Stratford Star.

by Daily Voice

09/13/2017

Police & Fire

Police In Standoff With Suspect Barricaded In Trumbull Apartment Complex UPDATE: The police standoff at the apartment was the result of a fake 911 call. Click here for an updated story on the standoff from Daily Voice. And click here for a story on an arrest in the case from Daily Voice. TRUMBULL, Conn. — Police were involved in a standoff with a person barricaded in an apartment in Trumbull on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The incident began before 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Royce of Trumbull off Old Town Road, near Fairchild Wheeler Magnet High School on the Bridgeport border, police said. In a statement, Trumbull police said there was an ongoing police inc…

by Daily Voice

09/13/2017

Police & Fire

Police Standoff At Trumbull Apartment Puts Fairchild Wheeler On Lockdown UPDATE: The police standoff at the apartment was the result of a fake 911 call. Click here for an updated story on the standoff from Daily Voice. And click here for a story on an arrest in the case from Daily Voice. Original story: BRIDGEPORT, Conn — Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet High School was in lockdown Wednesday afternoon because of a police standoff in a nearby apartment, the Connecticut Post said. Officers blocked roads near the magnet high school at about 2 p.m. and allowed only buses onto the campus for dismissal, the Post said. A suspect was barricaded at Avalon Gates …

by Daily Voice

09/13/2017

Police & Fire

Man Charged With Stealing $3K In Cutting Saws From Norwalk Contractor NORWALK, Conn. — A man has been arrested and charged with stealing over $3,000 worth of cutting saws from a paving contractor during a commercial burglary on Bouton Street, Norwalk police said. Detective Brendan Collins quickly determined a person of interest in the burglary, which occurred Sept. 7, police said. Collins located and recovered the stolen items, as well as executed two search warrants on a residence and a vehicle. He obtained an arrest warrant for Jose Concepcion, who was taken into custody at an apartment at 261 Ely Ave. on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Concepcion was charged with th…

09/13/2017

News

All-Clear At Davenport Ridge After Spill At School Sends One To Hospital STAMFORD, Conn. — Stamford Public Schools was given an all-clear from authorities at Davenport Ridge Elementary School shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday after a spill disrupted the morning arrival. The school on Newfield Avenue had been closed to students and staff earlier while the source of a strong odor was investigated, according to a statement from Stamford Public Schools. The odor was determined to be the result of a spilled cleaning liquid. One employee was transported to Stamford Hospital as a precautionary measure and was expected to be released. Students either remained on buses …

by Daily Voice

09/13/2017

Police & Fire

Man Charged With Robbing, Slashing Victim In Street Assault In Norwalk NORWALK, Conn. — An arrest has been made in a serious street robbery on Woodward Avenue in which the victim was severely assaulted and slashed in the head "with an edged weapon," Norwalk police said. The robbery/assault occurred Sept. 8 in front of 50 Woodward Ave., near small businesses and homes, police said. During the robbery, the suspect stole cash and severely assaulted the victim by slashing the victim's head with an edged weapon, police said. Detective Dan Fitzmaurice determined that Gregory Sayles was a suspect in this crime and obtained an arrest warrant for him. Say…

09/13/2017

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