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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

Elderly Man Identified Who Died In Mobile Home Fire In Shelton SHELTON, Conn. — The man who died in a fire that gutted his mobile home Friday evening in Shelton has been identified, police said. The victim was 75-year-old Richard Kowalsky, Shelton police Detective Richard Bango said in a statement Saturday, The Shelton Police and Fire Departments responded to 35 Hemlock Drive, which is in the Fairchild trailer park, for a fully engulfed structure fire at a mobile home. The park is off Bridgeport Avenue. "First responders that arrived on scene received reports that there was possibly a person in the trailer at the time of the fire," Bango s…

by Daily Voice

12/02/2017

Politics

Blumenthal Calls Flynn's Guilty Plea 'Shattering For The Trump Presidency' After President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called for legislation to protect the Special Counsel from political interference. “Michael Flynn’s admission of criminal guilt is shattering for the Trump presidency," Blumenthal said in a statement Friday. "Clearly, Flynn is cooperating – and he must continue to cooperate completely and candidly if he hopes to avoid even more serious criminal convictions." Flynn admitted to lying about conversations with the Russian ambassador las…

by Daily Voice

12/02/2017

Lifestyle

First Trailer Released For New PBS Show From New Canaan's Ann Curry NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Former "Today" show co-host Ann Curry is returning to television with a powerful new show that will debut this winter on PBS — and the first teaser trailer is out. Curry's new series, "We'll Meet Again," reunites people who have lived through traumatic moments with the person who helped them the most. “This series helps people separated by conflict, war and humanitarian disasters find each other again and reveals untold stories of courage, survival, friendship and even love,” said Curry. “This is human history, — not from the point of view of kings …

by Daily Voice

12/02/2017

Police & Fire

Victim Found Dead Inside Mobile Home After Fire In Shelton SHELTON, Conn. — An unidentified person was found dead after a fire destroyed a mobile home in Shelton early Friday evening, according to the Valley Independent Sentinel. The fully involved fire was reported at 5:50 p.m. in the Fairchild Heights mobile home park off Bridgeport Avenue, the Valley Independent Sentinel said. The victim was found after the fire was extinguished in the mobile home, the Valley Independent Sentinel said. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fatal blaze remains under investigation, the Valley Independent Sentinel said. The victim had not been ident…

by Daily Voice

12/02/2017

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Police Set Up ‘Safe Space’ To Complete Online Sales Deals BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Bridgeport Police Department is setting up a Safe Spot right in front of headquarters to give the public a place to complete purchases that have been arranged online. Bridgeport Police Chief AJ Perez and Sgt. Joseph Szor from the Robbery and Burglary Division of the Detective Bureau are cautioning residents when making internet purchase exchanges. Assaults have been reported recently against those meeting up to exchange money for goods sold online, they said. "Criminals will offer something that is too good to be true and they will mislead victims to meet in a…

by Daily Voice

12/02/2017

News

Stamford Man, 65, Indicted On Additional Federal Charge In $2M Scheme STAMFORD, Conn. — A federal grand jury has indicted a 65-year-old Stamford man on additional federal charges — for a total of 39 — in connection with defrauding investors of over $2 million, prosecutors said Friday. Thomas J. Connerton was charged with various offenses stemming from the securities fraud scheme that defrauded 50 victim-investors, according to U.S. Attorney John H. Durham. In September 2015, Connerton even told victim-investors, “I will go on the record to state that there is not a single investor that will lose one dollar invested in Safety Technologies.” A federal grand …

by Daily Voice

12/02/2017

Police & Fire

Connecticut State Police Investigating Fatal Shooting At A Home In Kent KENT, Conn. — A suspect was in custody late Friday after a fatal shooting at a home in Kent, according to Connecticut State Police. State police were investigating an incident that occurred "at approximately 6 p.m. at a residence on Kent Cornwall Road in the town of Kent, where one individual sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound," State Police spokesman Sgt. Eric Haglund said. One person sustained a gunshot wound and was transported to a hospital, Haglund said. At about 9:15 p.m., Haglund reported that the victim had died of the injuries. At that time, Haglund also report…

by Daily Voice

12/02/2017

Police & Fire

Burning Trash Extinguished At Trumbull Transfer Station TRUMBULL, Conn. — The Long Hill Fire Department tackles some burning trash at the Trumbull Transfer Station on Thursday. "This load of garbage didn’t want to wait until the refuse plant to burn," the Long Hill Fire Department said in a Facebook post.

by Daily Voice

12/01/2017

Police & Fire

NCC Student From Fairfield Loses $700 Through Check Scam, Police Say DARIEN, Conn. – An 18-year-old Norwalk Community College student fell victim to a check deposit scam and lost $700 in the process, Darien police said Friday. The male student, who is from Fairfield, reported the larceny on Wednesday, Nov. 29. The victim told police that while at Norwalk Community College the previous day, he was approached by a male in the lobby area of the college, police said. The male suspect asked the victim whether he would be willing to allow him to deposit a check in the victim’s bank account in order to withdraw funds to pay off the male’s alleged “financial ai…

12/01/2017

News

Greenwich Lawyer Appointed To Lead UConn Board of Trustees GREENWICH, Conn. — Thomas E. Kruger of Greenwich has been appointed to serve as chairman of the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday. Kruger is a partner in the corporate practice of the international law firm of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. He has served as a member of the UConn Board of Trustees since 2011. “It has been my privilege to be a part of the unprecedented growth of one of America’s finest public universities these last six years, and I’m humbled by the opportunity to help continue to build UConn into …

by Daily Voice

12/01/2017

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