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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.

Karen Tensa's Contributions

Lifestyle

Il Bacio In Danbury Competes For 'Coolest' In DVlicious Ice Cream Contest DANBURY, Conn. -- There's no lacking for ice cream in Fairfield County. But where do you go -- and possibly drive out of your way -- for the best? Six finalists, each of which will be profiled this week, are in the running as part of our DVlicious contest. Have you voiced your opinion yet? You have until 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 26 and can vote multiple times, albeit once per day. Read on, then click and pick. Il Bacio Ice Cream, Danbury The Scoop: Tony and Gina Nascimento have been scooping up their own ice cream creations for over two decades to delighted fans in Danbury. And each flavor…

by Daily Voice

07/14/2017

Business

Bethel Rallies To Help Giggling Pig Rebuild After Devastating Fire BETHEL, Conn. — The Bethel community is rallying to help a beloved business that brings the arts to children after a devastating fire ripped through its space early Thursday. The Giggling Pig Art and Party Studio at 178 Greenwood Ave. lost everything in the overnight fire. A GoFundMe campaign is now looking to help the business rebuild. The Giggling Pig opened in Bethel last year and had been offering classes and summer camp in their beautiful space. But the space is now "filled with water and smoke and everything but The Giggling Pig's outdoor sign has been destroyed," the GoFundMe sa…

07/14/2017

News

Bridgeport Lawyer Gets 30 Months For Cheating Distressed Homeowners BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 51-year-old lawyer who had an office in Bridgeport will spend 30 months behind bars for taking part in a long-running scheme to defraud distressed homeowners throughout Connecticut, prosecutors said. Bradford Barneys, a Maryland resident who was licensed to practice law in Connecticut, was also sentenced Thursday to three years of supervised release after his prison term, said U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly. Barneys ran the scam with Timothy W. Burke, formerly of Easton, from 2010 to November 2015. In the scheme, Burke lied to homeowners who were in, or facing, fo…

by Daily Voice

07/14/2017

Police & Fire

Greenwich Police Dredge Pond At Binney Park For Clues In Human Remains Case GREENWICH, Conn. — Investigators from the Greenwich Police Department were back at Binney Park again Thursday as the work continues into a case of human remains first discovered there this past spring. Officers will supervise the planned dredging of the pond there, and were also sifting through dirt on Thursday in Helen Binney Kitchel Park Natural Park in Old Greenwich, according to the police department. Police and forensic examiners said the skeletal remains found were the result of a fairly recent death — from a "few months to a few years” ago, police Lt. David Nemecek told the Greenwi…

by Daily Voice

07/14/2017

Police & Fire

Fire Rips Through Shops, Apartments In Downtown Bethel BETHEL, Conn. — A fire tore through apartments and shops on Greenwood Avenue in the center of downtown Bethel overnight, according to a Facebook post from the Stony Hill Fire Department. Firefighters from Bethel and Stony Hill, with help from many mutual aid companies, responded to the structure fire, which occurred in a row of quaint mixed-use buildings at 178 Greenwood Ave. just after 1 a.m. Thursday. Several families are homeless and some businesses are closed in the aftermath of the blaze, which took about three hours to extinguish, according to the News-Times. One resident was taken…

by Daily Voice

07/13/2017

News

Three Bystanders Rush To Rescue Driver After Westport Rollover Crash WESTPORT, Conn. — After a car flipped Wednesday morning on the Post Road East in Westport, two bystanders ran to help along with a man on his way to a job interview who hopped off a passing bus, according to multiple media reports. Aaron Tucker, 32, jumped off the Norwalk-bound bus and used a shirt he had been given at his Bridgeport halfway house as a tourniquet on the injured man’s head. The 61-year-old driver suffered injuries after his car struck a tree and flipped over shortly after 11:30 a.m. in front of 1701 Post Road E. at Westfair Drive, the Westport News said. Scott Luciani, a…

by Daily Voice

07/13/2017

Police & Fire

Monroe Man, 21, Charged With Selling Heroin/Fentanyl That Led To OD MONROE, Conn. — A 21-year-old Monroe man was arrested Tuesday for the second time in less than a week in connection with a nearly fatal drug overdose in town, according to the Connecticut Post. Nicholas Ludwig of Block Farm Road was charged with first-degree assault, illegal manufacture, distribution, sale of drugs and reckless endangerment. He sold heroin/fentanyl to a woman who was found unresponsive on July 2 and was revived after multiple doses of Nalaxone (Narcan), police told the Post. Related story: Monroe Man Found Hiding In Bushes Had Drugs, BB Gun, Police Say He was held on $25…

07/13/2017

Police & Fire

Norwalk Man, 24, Charged With Felony Murder In Bridgeport Shooting Death BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 24-year-old Norwalk man was arrested Wednesday on a felony murder charge in connection with a shooting death back in May in Bridgeport, according to the Connecticut Post. Deondre Bowden was also charged with criminal possession of a pistol, possession of a pistol without a permit, theft of a firearm and credit card theft. He was held on $1 million bond. Lawane Toles, 43, of New Haven, was found dead, shot to the head, shortly before 9:30 p.m. May 24 on Railroad Avenue. Bridgeport police picked up Bowden when he was found driving around in Toles’ red Hyundai Sonata si…

by Daily Voice

07/13/2017

Police & Fire

Empty AIG Rubber Factory Goes Up In Flames In Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Bridgeport firefighters battled a large blaze at the empty AIG Rubber factory on Stratford Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. Stratford Avenue was closed while the Bridgeport Fire Department responded to the scene. Residents were asked to stay clear of the area as firefighters tackled the blaze in the long-vacant building. The heavy smoke from the fire could be seen from I-95 and across the greater Bridgeport area. Firefighters did not enter the building, which has been the scene of multiple fires since it was abandoned in 2014, NBC Connecticut reported. The blaze was re…

by Daily Voice

07/13/2017

Business

New Doctor In Town: AFC Celebrates Opening of Shelton Urgent Care Clinic SHELTON, Conn. – American Family Care, a provider of walk-in urgent care and occupational medicine, has opened its newest Connecticut center at 389 Bridgeport Ave. in Shelton. The AFC location is central to serving residents of Shelton, Derby, Ansonia and Monroe. “Our goal in establishing AFC in Shelton is to offer area residents greater access to high quality medical treatment that’s also fast, convenient and saves money,” says Dr. Steven Heffer, AFC owner and medical director. “Our patients’ care and well-being are at the heart of our business. We aim to set a new standard in urgent care…

by Daily Voice

07/13/2017

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