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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

Marine Officers Come To Aid Of Sailboat That Ran Aground Off Southport FAIRFIELD/WESTPORT, Conn. — Marine officers from Fairfield and Westport came to the rescue of a sailboat that ran aground Monday off the coast of Southport. The sailboat ran aground on a sunken island in Long Island Sound, Westport police said. There were six people on board and two dogs, and were reported to be OK after the rescue, police said. Officers were challenged by 3-foot waves and "had to utilize a wave runner to get a line in due to rocks," Westport police said. The sea tow was on the scene and assisted as well.

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09/05/2017

Police & Fire

Detective Retires After 34-Year Career With Greenwich Police GREENWICH, Conn. — Detective Jeffrey Stempien, who had many successes in his position, is retiring after over 34 years of service with the Greenwich Police Department, Chief of Police James Heavey announced. A former special police officer with the town of Greenwich, Stempien was sworn in as a full-time Greenwich Police Officer on July 29, 1983. He graduated from the 173rd Class of the Connecticut Municipal Police Basic Police Academy. During his career, he was assigned to several different positions, including: Patrol, Accident Car, Marine Section, and Detective Division, He also served f…

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09/05/2017

Police & Fire

Greenwich Police Lieutenant Retires After 33+ Years On The Force GREENWICH, Conn. — Lt. John Brown has retired after 33-plus years of service with the Greenwich Police Department, Chief of Police James Heavey announced. A son of former Greenwich Police Officer Samuel "Sam" Brown, John Brown was sworn in as a Greenwich Police Officer on Oct. 17, 1983. He graduated from the 178th Class of the Connecticut Municipal Police Basic Police Academy. During his career, he held numerous positions at the Greenwich Police Department, including: Police Dispatcher, Patrol Officer, Instructor, Detective Division, and the ranks of sergeant and lieutenant. He…

by Daily Voice

09/05/2017

News

Dreamers To Rally In Stamford Against Trump's Plan To End Daca Program FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Students who could be facing deportation will be holding a rally Tuesday in Stamford against President Donald Trump's plan to end the DACA program — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. And Sen. Richard Blumenthal is blasting the announcement, which is expected Tuesday from Trump. DACA allows some undocumented youth who were brought to this country as young children to apply for work permits and gain protection from deportation. About 8,000 in Connecticut and 800,000 in the U.S. are protected under it. As a response to the expected announcement, undocumented…

by Daily Voice

09/05/2017

Police & Fire

Danbury Police Sergeant Commits Suicide After Barricading Himself In Hotel DANBURY, Conn. — A man who barricaded himself in a Southbury hotel and committed suicide has been identified as a Danbury police sergeant, according to WLAD-AM. State Police, including the Tactical Unit, responded with the Southbury Police to the Wyndham Hotel at about 12:30 p.m. on a report of a suicidal man, WLAD said. The man, 38-year old Drew Carlson, a guest of the hotel, was pronounced dead at the scene with a self-inflicted injury, WLAD reported. Carlson was a sergeant who began his career with the Danbury Police Department in April 2004, WLAD said. Click here for the story at W…

by Daily Voice

09/04/2017

Police & Fire

Holiday Highway Death Reported In Wrong-Way Crash, CT State Police Say Connecticut State Troopers are reporting one highway death this Labor Day holiday weekend after a wrong-way driver on I-91 died in a head-on crash. The fatal crash occurred at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 91 south near Exit 15 in Wallingford, according to NBC Connecticut. Concetta Getman, a 77-year-old from Meriden, was driving north in the southbound lanes, police told NBC. She died of her injuries at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and the occupants of the other car were taken to Hartford Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, NBC Connecticut said. Over the long Labor Day holida…

by Daily Voice

09/04/2017

Obituaries

Services Set For Americo Ventura Of Brookfield, 89, Danbury Lawyer BROOKFIELD, Conn. — Services have been set for Americo S. Ventura of Brookfield, a longtime Danbury lawyer and a beloved member of the city's Portuguese community who died Sept. 1 at Danbury Hospital. He was 89. Ventura was born at 21 Comstock St. in Danbury on Sept. 15, 1927. He was the oldest son of Joaquim Ventura and Santana Morreira, who emigrated from Portugal in the early 1920s. As a teenager, Ventura worked in his father's grocery store. After attending Bordentown Military Institute in New Jersey, he graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a bachelor's …

by Daily Voice

09/04/2017

Events

Connecticut's Biggest Labor Day Parade Steps Off In Newtown NEWTOWN, Conn. — The state's largest Labor Day parade steps off at 10 a.m. Monday in Newtown, winding from the flagpole to Hawley School. The theme of the 56th annual edition of the parade is the "Labor of Love." The Honorary Grand Marshal is Lee Paulsen, who has run the Faith Food Pantry for over 33 years. The parade includes marching bands, floats, candy for kids and politicians, including First Selectman Pat Llodra, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Etsy. The parade starts on Main Street near Edmond Town Hall. It will take a left on Glover A…

by Daily Voice

09/04/2017

Police & Fire

New President Of Fairfield U. And His Family Renting Home That Caught Fire FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The new president of Fairfield University and his family were living in the historic home on the Old Post Road that was badly damaged in a fire early Saturday, according to the Connecticut Post. Mark R. Nemec and his family are safe after the large fire, Fairfield University said in a statement, and grateful for the work of first responders, the Connecticut Post said. A child jumped from a second-floor window to escape the fire, which had fully engulfed the back of the home when firefighters arrived at 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Nemec was renting the home with his wife and f…

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09/04/2017

Police & Fire

K-9 Officer Tracks Down Suspect After Police Car Pursuit Ends In Southport FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A police pursuit on I-95 ended in Fairfield on Sunday with a K-9 officer tracking down the fleeing suspect, witnesses said. The car, with police in pursuit, got off I-95 at Exit 21 around 5 p.m. Sunday, leading officers into Southport, witnesses said. The car raced down Mill Hill Terrace, then turned onto Osborne Lane, where the suspect jumped out of his car and ran, a witness said. The suspect fled onto Mill Hill Terrace, where he tried to break into a house, a witness said. But a police dog caught him, witnesses said. The car was towed from the scene. No additiona…

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09/04/2017

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