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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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Third Juvenile Arrested In Connection To Murder Of 18-Year-Old In Danbury Third Juvenile Arrested In Connection To Murder Of 18-Year-Old In Danbury
Third Juvenile Arrested In Connection To Murder Of 18-Year-Old In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. — A third juvenile has been arrested in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old man earlier this month in Danbury, police said. At 11:38 a.m. Wednesday, a juvenile male turned himself in to the Danbury Police Department on an active warrant, police said.  "The warrant was a result of the investigation into the homicide of Gabriel Bara-Bardo," who died of blunt impact to the head and neck, police said. Related story: 15-Year-Old Danbury Boy Charged With Felony Murder In Death Of 18-Year-Old The juvenile male arrested Wednesday was charged with second-degree ro…

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Police: Man High On PCP Tried to Pull Woman From Car In Milford Police: Man High On PCP Tried to Pull Woman From Car In Milford
Police: Man High On PCP Tried to Pull Woman From Car In Milford MILFORD, Conn. — A man who police said was high on PCP and tried to pull a woman from a car in the parking lot of a hotel in Milford on Tuesday was arrested after officers shot him with a stun gun. At 5 p.m., Milford Police Officer Preto saw a man leaning into a car's driver side window in the parking lot of Howard Johnson’s Motel at 1052 Boston Post Road. Officer Preto then heard a woman yell for help and wave her arms from inside the car, police said. The man, identified as Eric Lewis, 35, of New Haven, was ordered to back away from the vehicle and place his hands behind his back, police s…

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Services Set For Michael Murphy Of Fairfield, Who Died In Boating Accident Services Set For Michael Murphy Of Fairfield, Who Died In Boating Accident
Services Set For Michael Murphy Of Fairfield, Who Died In Boating Accident FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Services will be held Friday for Michael B. Murphy of Fairfield, who died over the weekend in a boating accident on Long Island Sound. He was 53.  Murphy died Sunday after he was ejected from his boat when it hit a breakwall in the New Haven Harbor area. A Mass of Christian Burial for Murphy will be celebrated Friday, Sept. 1, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Pius X Church, 834 Brookside Drive, Fairfield. Interment will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery. There will be no calling hours.  He was raised in Huntington and was a 1982 graduate of Fairfield College Preparatory School. Murphy ear…

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Overturned Motor Vehicle Cleared From Route 25 In Trumbull Overturned Motor Vehicle Cleared From Route 25 In Trumbull
Overturned Motor Vehicle Cleared From Route 25 In Trumbull Update: TRUMBULL, Conn. — The crash scene has been cleared, DOT said. original story: TRUMBULL, Conn. — An overturned motor vehicle is blocking the right lane of Route 25 in Trumbull on Wednesday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation.  The accident is on the southbound side of Route 25 near Exit 6, DOT said.   The crash was reported Wednesday at 8:30 a.m., DOT said.  It was not clear when the accident scene would be cleared.

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Route 136 Reopens In Fairfield; Downed Tree, Wires Cleared From Scene Route 136 Reopens In Fairfield; Downed Tree, Wires Cleared From Scene
Route 136 Reopens In Fairfield; Downed Tree, Wires Cleared From Scene update: FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Route 136 in Fairfield has reopened at Judges Hollow Road after downed trees and wires were cleared from the area, DOT said.    original story: FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Route 136 is closed in both directions on Wednesday morning at Judges Hollow Road in northern Fairfield due to a fallen tree on wires, according to the state Department of Transportation. The closure was first reported at 6:42 a.m. by DOT. DOT said the cleanup of the debris and repairs would be done, with the road reopened, in four hours or less.

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Natural Gas Upgrade: Eversource Begins $2.2M Project In East Norwalk Natural Gas Upgrade: Eversource Begins $2.2M Project In East Norwalk
Natural Gas Upgrade: Eversource Begins $2.2M Project In East Norwalk NORWALK, Conn. – To ensure the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to its customers, Eversource is investing $2.2 million to upgrade the gas distribution system in the Cove area of East Norwalk.  The project includes replacing more than 7,800 feet of existing cast-iron and bare steel gas main with newer plastic pipe – which is safer, more durable and better able to handle fluctuations in underground temperatures.  Since 2012, Eversource has replaced 120 miles of aging gas lines around the state. The Norwalk upgrade project is underway, with construction crews working from 7 a.m. to …

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Easton Police Report Spree Of Car Break-Ins Easton Police Report Spree Of Car Break-Ins
Easton Police Report Spree Of Car Break-Ins EASTON, Conn. — Police were investigating reports of break-ins of seven vehicles at three different homes in Easton during the night of Aug. 22.  Items were taken from some of the vehicles, residents told police. Most of the vehicles entered were on Flat Rock Road, while the others on Old Oak Road, police said. Police remind all residents not leave anything of value in your car and always lock your car doors.

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Longtime Head Of School To Leave Ridgefield Academy After Nearly 2 Decades Longtime Head Of School To Leave Ridgefield Academy After Nearly 2 Decades
Longtime Head Of School To Leave Ridgefield Academy After Nearly 2 Decades RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — After 19 years of dedicated leadership, Ridgefield Academy's Head of School Jim Heus will be stepping down at the completion of the 2017-18 academic year. Since joining the Academy in 1999, Heus has led the school, which includes four preschool campuses under the Landmark Preschool name as well as the K-8 facility in Ridgefield, through growth and expansion. “Jim helped to nourish and grow Ridgefield Academy into what it is today: an environment where advanced learning is coupled with character development, and children are empowered to become thoughtful, independent, an…

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Student Hit By Car At Danbury's Western Connecticut State University Student Hit By Car At Danbury's Western Connecticut State University
Student Hit By Car At Danbury's Western Connecticut State University Updated: DANBURY, Conn. — A student at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury was hit by a car late Tuesday afternoon — the first day of classes, the college said via Facebook.  The student was struck by an eastbound car on White Street at the school's Midtown Campus and transported to Danbury Hospital for treatment, WestConn said. His injuries were not life-threatening. The 27-year-old transfer student was in the pedestrian crosswalk in front of Litchfield Hall when the accident happened shortly before 5:30 p.m., according to WLAD-AM. The driver stopped and waited for police at th…

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Want To Help From CT? Here's How You Can Safely Give To Victims of Harvey Want To Help From CT? Here's How You Can Safely Give To Victims of Harvey
Want To Help From CT? Here's How You Can Safely Give To Victims of Harvey Many Connecticut residents want to help the thousands of people left homeless and hungry by Hurricane Harvey in the Texas area. But the state is urging generous residents to choose a nonprofit organization carefully before making a monetary donation.  “The best way we can help survivors in a disaster, particularly in the first days, is to donate funds to trusted charitable organizations that are often on the frontlines working in close partnership with first responders,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said. “These funds will help those in need as the Houston region begins to recover.” Lt. Gov. Nancy …

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