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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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News

Stamford Mother's Stay Of Deportation Denied — But She's Not Leaving STAMFORD, Conn. — A stay of deportation was denied Monday for a Stamford woman with two daughters — one of whom needs constant care for diabetes — Miriam Martinez Lemus says she does not plan to leave. The next step is uncertain after U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement ruled that it would not grant Lemus another stay of her deportation – stays it had been granting to her since 2012. Even though she had been expected to be on a plane to her native Guatemala at 3 p.m. Monday, her attorney told the Hartford Courant that she would not leave the country as ordered. Lawyer Glenn Formic…

by Daily Voice

11/20/2017

Police & Fire

Bridgeport Gets $1.875M Grant From Feds To Grow Community Policing Efforts BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Bridgeport has received a $1.875 million federal grant to help boost community policing in the state's largest city. Proceeds from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services program grant can be used to "hire community policing officers, develop and test innovative policing strategies, and provide training and technical assistance to community members, local government leaders, and all levels of law enforcement," U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday. A total of $98,495,397 in grants went to 179 law enforcement agencie…

11/20/2017

Police & Fire

Norwalk Man Charged With Burglarizing Home, Stealing Car In Darien DARIEN, Conn. — A Norwalk man has been charged with stealing a car, burglarizing a home and taking items from motor vehicles during a weeklong crime spree in Darien over the summer, police said. In late August, the Darien Police Department investigated several overnight car burglaries, car thefts, and the overnight burglary of home on Noroton Avenue. During the home burglary, two laptop computers were stolen while the residents were asleep, police said. On Aug. 30, Greenwich police arrested Kurt Vanzuuk, 35, in a car that had been stolen from Darien, police said. The vehicle he was driv…

11/20/2017

Police & Fire

Trumbull Police Department Mourns Death Of Veteran Officer Update: Funeral services have been set for Saturday for Officer Michael Borucki. Click here for more information from Daily Voice. TRUMBULL, Conn. — The Trumbull Police Department is mourning the death of a veteran officer with 22 years of service on the force. Officer Michael Borucki died after battling cancer since 2013. "It is with heavy hearts that the Trumbull Police Department announces the passing of Officer Michael Borucki," the department said in a Facebook post on Monday afternoon. "Officer Borucki was an active member of the Trumbull Police Department for over 2…

by Daily Voice

11/20/2017

Police & Fire

Trumbull Police Bust Big Drinking Party Filled With Students From SHU TRUMBULL, Conn. — Officers busted an underage drinking party with up to 70 participants — many of whom are students from Sacred Heart University — and issued a summons to the host, Trumbull police said. Officers received an anonymous tip via the Internet about the party shortly after midnight Sunday, police said. They went to a home on White Plains Road and confirmed that there was a large gathering of people under the age of 21 who were drinking alcohol on the premises, police said. Officers also found evidence of a drinking party inside the home, police said. The partygoers, who were…

by Daily Voice

11/20/2017

Police & Fire

Police: Stamford Man Smashed Window And Robbed Darien Liquor Store — Twice DARIEN, Conn. — A man who was apprehended while committing a burglary in Stamford over the summer has now been charged in two burglaries at a Darien liquor store, police said. The Darien Police Department investigated three overnight commercial burglaries at Frates’s Liquors at 1937 Post Road in December 2016 and February 2017. In all three incidents, the suspect smashed the front widow using a rock and then climbed through to gain entry, police said. Once inside, the suspect removed cash from the registers. Investigators from the Darien Police Department believed that the same person …

11/20/2017

Politics

Connecticut's Latest Budget Cuts Hit Hard In Weston, Westport FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — The General Assembly finally passed a $41 billion two-year state budget at the end of last month, but that wasn't the end of cuts in aid funding to towns and cities in Connecticut. On Friday, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced a decision to hold back $91 million in state aid to keep the budget balanced. With the budget changes from Malloy, a total of 160 municipalities will see budget cuts and nine will get more state funds, according to CT Mirror. Only one town in Fairfield County — Sherman — will seen an increase in state funding, according to figures published by C…

by Daily Voice

11/20/2017

Police & Fire

Fairfield Man, Shelton Woman Charged With Violating Protective Orders MILFORD, Conn. — A Shelton woman was arrested on charges of violating a protective order after she sent 30 text messages and made seven phone calls to a man in one day, Milford police said. The man has a protective order against Ileena Zamfino, 31, barring her from contacting him, police said. Zamfino was arrested Friday and charged with violation of a protection order and second-degree harassment, police said. She was released on a promise to appear in court on Nov. 20. In a separate case, Milford police also arrested another person on charges of violating a protective order. Daniel To…

by Daily Voice

11/20/2017

Traffic

Tractor-Trailer Rollover Snarls Traffic For Miles On I-84 Update: All lanes of I-84 were reopened just before noon on Monday, DOT said. Original story: DANBURY, Conn. — Traffic jams were reported for miles on I-84 after an accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer on Monday morning, according to Connecticut State Police and the Department of Transportation. The crash blocked two lanes of westbound I-84 between Exits 3 and 2 for much of the morning commute, DOT said. Backups were reported for over 11 miles back to Exit 10 in Newtown, DOT said. The left and center lanes remained closed at 8:30 a.m., about two hours after the crash occurred,…

11/20/2017

Business

Something Spicy: New Popeyes Opens Its Doors In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. — The lines are already forming at the drive-thru after the new Popeyes opened for business over the weekend in Danbury. Residents of northern Fairfield County can now score some of Popeyes' signature fried chicken, butterfly shrimp and fluffy Southern biscuits. The parking lot was already filled on Sunday as the Louisiana-style eatery opened its first Danbury location. Other Popeyes in Fairfield County can be found in Norwalk, Trumbull, Stratford and two in Bridgeport. The quintessential bright orange building, which includes a drive-through lane, is on Newtown Road just …

11/20/2017

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