Karen Tensa

Managing Editor, Connecticut

ktensa@dailyvoice.com

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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Construction Begins To Extend Wilton Loop Of Norwalk River Valley Trail Construction Begins To Extend Wilton Loop Of Norwalk River Valley Trail
Construction Begins To Extend Wilton Loop Of Norwalk River Valley Trail WILTON, Conn. — Timber & Stone has started construction on a 2,000-foot extension of the Wilton Loop of the Norwalk River Valley Trail. “With the strong support of the Wilton community, we’re excited about extending the Loop beyond the recently completed boardwalk to Twin Oak Lane,” said Pat Sesto, president of the Friends of the Norwalk River Valley Trail. Timber& Stone, the trail builder for the entirety of the Wilton Loop, expects to finish with the latest extension this month. When the extension is completed, the east side of the Wilton Loop will run over 2 miles from the trail…
Masuk Upsets New Canaan In Football Semis; Barlow, St. Joseph Also Advance Masuk Upsets New Canaan In Football Semis; Barlow, St. Joseph Also Advance
Masuk Upsets New Canaan In Football Semis; Barlow, St. Joseph Also Advance FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Masuk High School upset New Canaan High in the Class L semifinal football game on Sunday afternoon, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference reported.   The final score was 28-15, with No. 5 Masuk topping No. 8 New Canaan at Benedict Field in Monroe. The Rams from New Canaan were the four-time reigning champion in Class L.  Masuk advances to the final against No. 2 Daniel Hand High School on Saturday at a time and site to be announced. Hand topped No. 3 Windsor on Sunday, 31-6, in the other semifinal game.  In Class LL, top-ranked Greenwich topped fourt…
Police: Stratford Man Nabbed In Shelton Burglary Suspected In More Breakins Police: Stratford Man Nabbed In Shelton Burglary Suspected In More Breakins
Police: Stratford Man Nabbed In Shelton Burglary Suspected In More Breakins UPDATED: SHELTON, Conn. — A Stratford man was charged in multiple commercial burglaries after he was arrested as he was breaking into a health care building in Shelton early Sunday, police said.  The man, identified as 47-year-old Mark Lindsey of Stratford, was arrested at 9 a.m. Sunday, police said.  Lindsey was charged with three counts of third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief, third-degree criminal attempt at larceny and fifth-degree larceny.  Lindsey was held on $25,000 bond and was scheduled to appear in Derby Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 4.  The arrest stemmed from…
Connecticut State Police Identify Man Killed In Shooting In Kent Connecticut State Police Identify Man Killed In Shooting In Kent
Connecticut State Police Identify Man Killed In Shooting In Kent KENT, Conn. — The person shot to death in a home in Kent has been identified as a 30-year-old man who lived in the residence, Connecticut State Police said Sunday.   Andre Edness of 381 Kent Cornwall Road, Kent, sustained a fatal gunshot wound in the Friday evening incident, State Police spokesman Sgt. Eric Haglund said.   The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will be conducting an autopsy to determine exact cause and manner of death, Haglund said. A person of interest has been taken into custody, but that individual has not been placed under arrest, he said. No information has been rel…
Christmas Light Dispute, TV Show's Jokes Top The Week's News In Westport Christmas Light Dispute, TV Show's Jokes Top The Week's News In Westport
Christmas Light Dispute, TV Show's Jokes Top The Week's News In Westport FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Two disputes were settled this past week in Fairfield County, with neighbors making an agreement to allow a Christmas light show to continue in Fairfield and ABC agreeing to stop dissing Norwalk on a sitcom. ICYMI: Here are links to those two stories, as well as the other top stories from the Daily Voice in the past week:  Some lights are a little dimmer and the music is a bit muted, but there’s peace on Roseville Terrace after a petition threatened to end a popular 300,000-light Christmas extravaganza in a Fairfield neighborhood. “It’s resolved,” homeowner Gene Hal…
Supermoon Will Light Up The Sky In Connecticut On Sunday Supermoon Will Light Up The Sky In Connecticut On Sunday
Supermoon Will Light Up The Sky In Connecticut On Sunday The full moon that lights up the sky above Connecticut on Sunday will be bigger and brighter than usual — and will kick off a series of three consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. "The Full Moon is the Frost Moon, the Cold Moon, the Long Night Moon, or the Moon before Yule. In the Southern Hemisphere, it's getting warmer, so happy Strawberry Moon. And oh yeah, did we mention it's a Supermoon?" NASA said via Twitter.  A supermoon occurs when the full moon is at the closest point of its orbit to the Earth. It makes the moon appear bigger and brighter than a full moon at its far…
Crawling At 16 MPH? WSJ Says I-95 Fails In Fairfield County Crawling At 16 MPH? WSJ Says I-95 Fails In Fairfield County
Crawling At 16 MPH? WSJ Says I-95 Fails In Fairfield County FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — It's one thing everyone in Fairfield County can agree on: I-95 is the worst.  Not only does the Wall Street Journal agree, a new story says the Maine-to-Florida freeway is a failure.  And as the WSJ explains how the highway fails — through a series of facts that interact with a map — our stretch of I-95 in particular is called out for its short-comings.     This will come as no surprise: One of I-95’s most congested stretches nationwide is in Fairfield County — and Stamford is ranked as the second-most congested city per-capita after Los Angeles, according to the …
Bicyclist, Driver Charged In ‘Road Rage’ Encounter In Stamford Bicyclist, Driver Charged In ‘Road Rage’ Encounter In Stamford
Bicyclist, Driver Charged In ‘Road Rage’ Encounter In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. — A bicyclist and a motorist from Stamford were charged with assault after a road rage incident in the city on Friday, according to the Stamford Advocate.  The incident began when a BMW sped past a bicyclist on Shippan Avenue, and the bicyclist followed the car onto Rippowam Avenue, police told the Advocate.  The car stopped and the bicyclist, Peter C. Brooks, 60, screamed at the driver, Richard DeGabriel, 55, and spit on him, the Advocate said. DeGabriel followed Brooks the wrong way on Ponus Avenue, where the car hit the bike's rear tire and knocked Brooks to the ground, …
Police: Danbury Boy Was Sexually Assaulted By 2 Men He Met On Dating App Police: Danbury Boy Was Sexually Assaulted By 2 Men He Met On Dating App
Police: Danbury Boy Was Sexually Assaulted By 2 Men He Met On Dating App DANBURY, Conn. — Two men have been arrested on sexual assault charges after a 15-year-old male from Danbury reported he "had a sexual encounter" with two adult men he had met through a dating app, police said Friday.  The teenager went to the Danbury Police Department, accompanied by his parents, to make the complaint just after midnight on July 12. The incident had happened about five hours earlier, police said.  An investigation by the Special Victims Unit of the Danbury Police Department determined the identities of the adult males involved, and Danbury Superior Court issued ar…
CT Dems: Senate-Approved Tax Bill 'Will Be A Disaster For The Economy' CT Dems: Senate-Approved Tax Bill 'Will Be A Disaster For The Economy'
CT Dems: Senate-Approved Tax Bill 'Will Be A Disaster For The Economy' Both of Connecticut's Democratic Senators are slamming a Republican tax plan that passed early Saturday, saying it will give massive tax breaks to corporations and the rich, while raising taxes on working families and causing the federal deficit to balloon.  U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy both voted against the bill after speaking out against it on the floor of the Senate.  “Teachers, factory workers, nurses – they’re the ones who deserve a tax cut, not big corporations or people who are rich already,” Murphy said via Twitter just after the vote at about 2 a.m.  "The l…
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