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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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Sports
Connecticut Players Come Up Big In Astros World Series Win Connecticut Players Come Up Big In Astros World Series Win
Connecticut Players Come Up Big In Astros World Series Win Houston is a long way from Connecticut — but two natives of the Nutmeg State are celebrating after the Astros won their first World Series on Wednesday night.  Pitcher Charlie Morton, a graduate of Redding's Joel Barlow High School, came out of the bullpen to earn the win in the pivotal Game 7 of the World Series.  And former University of Connecticut star George Springer was named the World Series MVP.  The Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1,  in that final game.   Morton, who is usually a starter, came on in relief. He pitched four innings, giving up two hits and one run, …

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Police & Fire
Police Searching For Person Who Jumped From I-95 Bridge Into Norwalk River Police Searching For Person Who Jumped From I-95 Bridge Into Norwalk River
Police Searching For Person Who Jumped From I-95 Bridge Into Norwalk River NORWALK, Conn. — First-responders were searching the Norwalk River and Norwalk Harbor on Thursday for a person who is believed to have jumped from the Yankee Doodle Bridge on I-95 in Norwalk late Wednesday, state police said.  At 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, state police troopers from Troop G responded to the bridge on a report that a person had possibly jumped from the bridge, said Sgt. Eric J. Haglund, state police spokesman.  The Norwalk Police and Fire Departments, Westport Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard used boats in an attempt to locate the person but have been unsuccessful, Haglun…

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Traffic
Truck Crashes On I-95 & Merritt Cause Closures, Big Traffic Delays Truck Crashes On I-95 & Merritt Cause Closures, Big Traffic Delays
Truck Crashes On I-95 & Merritt Cause Closures, Big Traffic Delays UPDATE: The Merritt Parkway has reopened after the truck crash, according to Connecticut State Police.  Original story: FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — The Thursday morning commute is a mess in lower Fairfield County — on both I-95 and the Merritt Parkway.  The Merritt is closed on the northbound side between Exits 31 and 33 because of tractor-trailer accident, the state Department of Transportation said.  The tractor-trailer was involved in a crash with a vehicle at about 6:20 a.m., DOT said.  State police said there are life-threatening injuries in the accident. Greenwich police said the park…

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Politics
Hoydick Promises To Give Up House Seat If Elected Stratford Mayor Hoydick Promises To Give Up House Seat If Elected Stratford Mayor
Hoydick Promises To Give Up House Seat If Elected Stratford Mayor STRATFORD, Conn. — Republican Laura Hoydick said she will give up her seat in the House of Representatives if she is elected mayor of Stratford, according to the Connecticut Post.     Hoydick said she would also step down from her post of executive director of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce, a chapter of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, the Post said.  She had not previously announced whether she would continue in those posts if elected, the Connecticut Post said.  Democrat Stephanie Philips and unaffiliated candidate Sandra Zalik are also running for mayor in Stratford. Mayor …

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Police & Fire
Westport Tree Hit By Live Wire Burns For 10 Hours Westport Tree Hit By Live Wire Burns For 10 Hours
Westport Tree Hit By Live Wire Burns For 10 Hours WESTPORT, Conn. — It was one of the strangest sights in the wake of this week's nor'easter: A downed power line sparked a fire in a tree's root system and caused the soil to boil.  The fire, which occurred Monday on Caccamo Trail, burned for about 10 hours, according to the Westport Fire Department.  "Please be safe and stay away from down power lines at all times," the fire department said in a Facebook post. "The ground was hot enough to boil the water being used to try put out the fire."  Thousands of Westport customers lost electricity in the storm due to widespread…

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Schools
Legendary GE Leader Jack Welch Pays A Visit To 'His' Business School At SHU Legendary GE Leader Jack Welch Pays A Visit To 'His' Business School At SHU
Legendary GE Leader Jack Welch Pays A Visit To 'His' Business School At SHU FAIRFIELD, Conn. — It's not every day that college students get to hear first-hand from the a business leader so legendary that their school is named for him.  But over 200 business students at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield recently had that opportunity as Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric and the namesake of SHU’s College of Business, paid a visit.  The business titan took part in a question-and-answer session with President John J. Petillo and the business students in the atrium of the Frank and Marisa Martire Business & Communications Center on campus.  Petillo f…

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Police & Fire
Know Him? Bridgeport Cops Seek To ID Co-Conspirator In Murder Of Barber Know Him? Bridgeport Cops Seek To ID Co-Conspirator In Murder Of Barber
Know Him? Bridgeport Cops Seek To ID Co-Conspirator In Murder Of Barber BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The Bridgeport Police Homicide Unit is seeking to identify the co-conspirator in the murder of a local barber two days after arresting the man whom police described as the shooter.     Mark Christian, 32, was arrested Monday and charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and weapons charges in the death of Deon Rodney, who was shot to death Oct. 14 in a barbershop at 500 Park Ave., police said. On Wednesday night, police released a video of Christian's co-conspirator in an attempt to identify him.  The suspect is shown in the surveillance video above, entering a store …

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New Canaan Police: Suspicious Male Made 'Inappropriate' Comments To Jogger New Canaan Police: Suspicious Male Made 'Inappropriate' Comments To Jogger
New Canaan Police: Suspicious Male Made 'Inappropriate' Comments To Jogger NEW CANAAN, Conn. — New Canaan police are investigating an incident at Waveny Park in which a suspicious male approached a female jogger on Halloween.  At 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, a female jogger was approached while she was running on the trails in Waveny Park, police said. "The male suspect approached the jogger, tapped her on the shoulder, and made inappropriate remarks that alarmed the jogger," police said. The suspect was described as a 5-foot-8 white male with short blonde hair and black-framed eyeglasses, wearing a blue hoodie with the Under Armour logo on the chest, shorts an…

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News
Eversource Closes In On Last Remaining Power Outages In Westport, Weston Eversource Closes In On Last Remaining Power Outages In Westport, Weston
Eversource Closes In On Last Remaining Power Outages In Westport, Weston FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Eversource is zeroing in on repairing the remaining power outages from the weekend nor'easter. Only a few customers were still in the dark on Wednesday afternoon in Fairfield County, although many outages persist in the eastern side of Connecticut.  Here are the outage numbers as of 4:30 p.m., according to Eversource and United Illuminating:  Bethel: 69 customers Brookfield:12 customers Danbury: 16 customers Darien: 6 customers  Fairfield: 3 customers  Greenwich: 8 customers  Monroe: 40 customers New Canaan: 5 customers  New Fairfield: 39 customers Newtown: 71 cus…

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Stratford Man Gets Nearly 5 Years Behind Bars For Distributing Heroin Stratford Man Gets Nearly 5 Years Behind Bars For Distributing Heroin
Stratford Man Gets Nearly 5 Years Behind Bars For Distributing Heroin STRATFORD, Conn. — A Stratford man who dropped a box containing $20,000 worth of heroin when he tried to flee as he was arrested will spend 57 months behind bars in a federal prison, prosecutors said.     Anthony Lee Parowski, 30, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin, said U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham. According to court documents and statements made in court, in March 2017, the DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Forc…

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