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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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Lifestyle

Little Libraries Pop Up In Monroe Thanks To Edith Wheeler Memorial Library MONROE, Conn. — Book lovers may have noticed a big treat when visiting Wolfe Park and Great Hollow Lake in Monroe. Two "mini-libraries" have popped up on the landscape at the two parks, thanks to the staff at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, according to the Town of Monroe. The Wheeler Fund made a financial donation, and Jerry and Kathy Stevens designed and built the mini-libraries. Patrons are invited to take part by borrowing a book and lending a book. It is free. "Take a book, share a book," is the motto on the Little Library.

by Daily Voice

08/16/2017

Politics

Sen. Toni Boucher: 'Shaken To The Core' By Events In Charlottesville WILTON, Conn. — State Sen. Toni Boucher, a Republican, said the events in Charlottesville over the weekend "both saddened and angered me." The largest group of white supremacists and neo-Nazis to gather in a decade descended on the Virginia college town. They were protesting plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Hundreds of others then arrived to counter-protest. It turned deadly after a car plowed into a crowd of peaceful counter-protesters, killing one and injuring 19. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency. Also, a Virginia state troo…

by Daily Voice

08/16/2017

Schools

Danbury's Teacher Of The Year Combines Love Of Science & Education DANBURY, Conn. — The daughter of a school teacher and a pharmacist, Beth Manning started her career as a pharmaceutical representative. But it wasn’t long before Manning felt the calling to become a teacher. Now a science teacher at Westside Middle School Academy, Manning was chosen as the Danbury School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2017-18. In her job as a pharmaceutical rep, she was tasked with training co-workers in technological changes. “I soon realized that was my favorite part of the job,” Manning said. “And because my mom was a teacher, I always thought I might want to be a tea…

by Daily Voice

08/16/2017

Police & Fire

Milford Man, 18, Charged With Threatening To Harm Unborn Child MILFORD, Conn. — An 18-year-old Milford man was arrested on charges of threatening to harm an unborn child, police said. Officers went to a home at 73 Wepawaug Drive at 1 p.m. Monday to investigate a possible domestic violence incident, police said. Officers arrested 18-year-old Joshua Armstrong, who was accused of threatening to harm the unborn child of a female inside the home during a verbal argument, police said. He also grabbed the victim by the collar of her shirt, police said. Armstrong was charged with second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct, police said. He was relea…

08/16/2017

Police & Fire

Police Seek Whereabouts Of Montville Man, 29, Missing Since May MONTVILLE, Conn. — The Montville Police Department is seeking the whereabouts of Bryan Kiggans, 29, who was reported missing on May 4. He was last seen in the Norwich area, state police said. Kiggans has three tattoos: four stars behind his right ear, 'Faith' on his left wrist and 'Loyalty' on his right forearm, state police said. Anyone who knows anything the whereabouts of Kiggans, or anyone who may have any other information is asked to contact Officer Moorehead at the Montville Police Department 860-848-7510 x125 or email Kmoorehead@montvillepolice.org. All calls and emails will rema…

by Daily Voice

08/16/2017

Obituaries

Services Set For Enrico Ferrante Sr., 80, Retired Danbury Police Officer DANBURY, Conn. — Enrico Ferrante Sr. of Danbury, a retired city police officer, died Aug. 10 at Danbury Hospital. He was 80. Ferrante was born Sept. 2,1936, in Ripi, Italy, son of Orlando and Maria (Cortina) Ferrante. He left Italy to go to Venezuela, where he became a horse trainer. He later moved to the United States, where he worked as the meat manager at Pantry Pride and later served as a police officer for the Danbury Police Department. He enjoyed soccer, playing bocce, horse races, poker and Bugs Bunny. Ferrante was a member of the Amerigo Vespucci Lodge in Danbury. He is surviv…

by Daily Voice

08/15/2017

Police & Fire

Lock Your Car: Crime Spree Could Have Been Prevented, New Canaan Police Say NEW CANAAN, Conn. — The New Canaan police chief is reminding residents to protect their valuables after a car stolen in town last weekend was used in a crime spree in Trumbull and Bridgeport. "These crimes may have been prevented," Chief of Police Leon Krolikowski said Tuesday. On Saturday, Aug. 12, the New Canaan Police Department investigated a complaint that two vehicles had been stolen overnight from Gower Road, he said. Both vehicles had been left unlocked with the keys inside, Krolikowski said. After it was stolen, one the cars — a BMW SUV — was used in robberies in Brid…

08/15/2017

Police & Fire

Suspect Robbed, Assaulted Dunkin' Employee At Parkway Rest Area NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — A suspect assaulted and robbed an employee at a Dunkin' Donuts at a rest area on the Wilbur Cross Parkway early Tuesday, state police said. At 4:50 a.m., troopers from Troop I - Bethany responded to the rest area in North Haven for a reported robbery. The suspect walked into the Dunkin' Donuts and demanded money from the employees, state police said. He then assaulted an employee, causing minor injuries, state police said. The suspect was a black man in his 20s, and was wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants, and sneakers with red soles, police said. After getting…

by Daily Voice

08/15/2017

Police & Fire

Bronx Man Charged In Darien Bank Robbery Is Suspect In Westport Robbery DARIEN, Conn. — A 24-year-old Bronx man was arrested Monday in connection with the June robbery of a bank in Darien in which the suspect indicated he had a weapon, police said. Surveillance photos showed the suspect in the June 12 robbery at the Chase Bank at 454 Post Road was a heavy-set black man with tattoos on his face, police said. Since then, Darien detectives have been working with detectives from Waterbury, Westport and Pawtucket, R.I., where similar bank robberies were committed by the same suspect, police said. The FBI New Haven Office also offered assistance, police said. Relate…

08/15/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Danbury Man Crashed In Restaurant, Fled, Then Reported Car Stolen DANBURY, Conn. — A Danbury man was arrested after he slammed his car into a restaurant, fled on foot, reported the car stolen in another town and then showed up in the lobby of Danbury Police headquarters causing a disturbance, police said. At about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, officers responded to the report of a crash at Division Street at West Wooster Street, police said. Witnesses said a Subaru traveling east on Wooster crossed the lanes and struck the side of Pio Pio Restaurant at 1 Division St., police said. The male driver fled the scene on foot, wearing a white shirt and red short…

08/15/2017

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