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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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Trumbull High Bus Detained As A Precaution; Police Check For Weapon Threat Trumbull High Bus Detained As A Precaution; Police Check For Weapon Threat
Trumbull High Bus Detained As A Precaution; Police Check For Weapon Threat TRUMBULL, Conn. — A bus from Trumbull High School was briefly detained Friday afternoon as a precaution while police investigated a possible threat of a weapon, police said. The driver stopped the bus on Highgate Road after hearing a conversation that included the mention of a weapon, police said. He pulled the bus over, and the police department was notified as a precautionary measure, police said.  After interviewing the student and determining that there was no threat of a weapon, the bus was allowed to continue transporting the students home, police said.  School Resource Officer Scott …

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Teen Arrested In Paintball Attack In Bridgeport That Blinded Man In One Eye Teen Arrested In Paintball Attack In Bridgeport That Blinded Man In One Eye
Teen Arrested In Paintball Attack In Bridgeport That Blinded Man In One Eye BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport police arrested a juvenile in connection with a series of drive-by paintball attacks on the city's East Side that left a man blind in one eye, according to News12 Connecticut. Carloads of teens are firing paintballs that have been frozen, making the hits more painful and causing more injuries, News12 said. Victor Cacho, 41, told News 12 he suffered huge bruises on his back after he was hit six times in an attack at 9:30 p.m. Monday at Ogden Street and Noble Avenue.  Another victim was hit down the street, leaving him blind in one eye and undergoing surgery in…

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Bridgeport Man Gets Over 13 Years For Selling Crack At Trumbull Gardens Bridgeport Man Gets Over 13 Years For Selling Crack At Trumbull Gardens
Bridgeport Man Gets Over 13 Years For Selling Crack At Trumbull Gardens BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 28-year-old Bridgeport man who was part of a drug ring that sold heroin and crack at the Trumbull Gardens housing complex in Bridgeport will spend over 13 years behind bars, prosecutors said.  Jonathan Bohannon was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 160 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Bohannon pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, in January 2012, an investigation into narcotics trafficking and violent crimin…

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Wilton Superintendent Addresses Swastika In Bathroom, Gun Photo On Snapchat Wilton Superintendent Addresses Swastika In Bathroom, Gun Photo On Snapchat
Wilton Superintendent Addresses Swastika In Bathroom, Gun Photo On Snapchat WILTON, Conn. — The Wilton superintendent sent a letter to parents promising that the schools are safe places for all students after he "learned of two reprehensible incidents" on Thursday. A drawing of a swastika was discovered in a boys bathroom at Middlebrook School on Thursday, said superintendent Kevin Smith. The parent of the child who drew the swastika came forward.  "While neither I nor any member of our administration will in any way minimize the impact of this incident, I took some small comfort in learning that the child very clearly did not understand the full mea…

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33-Year-Old Man Identified As Victim In Stamford Harbor Drowning 33-Year-Old Man Identified As Victim In Stamford Harbor Drowning
33-Year-Old Man Identified As Victim In Stamford Harbor Drowning STAMFORD, Conn. — The man who apparently drowned Friday in Stamford Harbor has been identified as a 33-year-old city resident, according to the Stamford Advocate. Rasheed Hines waded into the water near the harbor’s East Branch at about 11 a.m. Friday and began to struggle, Capt. Richard Conklin told the Advocate. Several witnesses tried to help as others called 911, the Advocate said.  First-responders from the Stamford and Greenwich Fire Departments searched for Hines, pulling his body from the water about an hour later, the Stamford Advocate said. He was pronounced dead at Stamford Hosp…

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Monroe Police Searching For Two Suspects In Bank Robbery Monroe Police Searching For Two Suspects In Bank Robbery
Monroe Police Searching For Two Suspects In Bank Robbery MONROE, Conn. — Monroe police were searching for two suspects after the Newtown Savings Bank on Main Street/Route 25 was robbed Friday morning.  "There will be a noticeable police presence in the area," Monroe police said at 11:35 a.m. Friday on Twitter. A bank robbery suspect was described as a black man wearing all dark clothing and a baseball hat, police said. He was a passenger in a newer model four-door gray Honda Civic, police said. He was picked up by a white female driving the Honda after the bank robbery and left the scene, police said.  Anyone with information on the r…

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Man's Body Pulled From Stamford Harbor During Search For Missing Swimmer Man's Body Pulled From Stamford Harbor During Search For Missing Swimmer
Man's Body Pulled From Stamford Harbor During Search For Missing Swimmer Update: The deceased man has been identified as a 33-year-old Stamford resident. Click here for an updated story from Daily Voice.  STAMFORD, Conn. — The body of a man was pulled from Stamford Harbor on Friday afternoon after residents said someone had disappeared underwater while swimming, the Stamford Advocate said. The man was rushed to Stamford Hospital, where efforts to resuscitate him failed and he was declared dead, the Advocate said. Police received 911 calls from residents at about 11:15 a.m. from residents on Harbor Drive and Downs Avenue that a man was struggling about 50 feet f…

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Update: Man's Body Pulled From Stamford Harbor During Search Update: Man's Body Pulled From Stamford Harbor During Search
Update: Man's Body Pulled From Stamford Harbor During Search Update: The body of a man has been recovered from Stamford Harbor. Click here for an updated story from Daily Voice. STAMFORD, Conn. — Rescue divers from the Stamford Fire Department were searching the water off of Harbor Drive on a report of a person who went underwater off-shore, according to Twitter.  The search for a possible person in the water was reported just before noon Friday on on the Stamford Fire Department's Twitter account. No further information was immediately available.

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Police: 5 New Canaan Teens Busted With 53 Cans Of Beer In Home Being Built Police: 5 New Canaan Teens Busted With 53 Cans Of Beer In Home Being Built
Police: 5 New Canaan Teens Busted With 53 Cans Of Beer In Home Being Built NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Five male teenagers from New Canaan were found trespassing and holding an underage drinking party in a house that is under construction in the northern part of town last month, police said.  At 10:18 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, officers were dispatched to Proprietors Crossing on a report that juveniles were inside an under-construction house, without permission, and were drinking alcohol, police said. The property owner recorded the license plate of a vehicle that was seen leaving the property and then found 53 cans of Bud Light in a cooler in the master bedroom, police sa…

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Wilton's Weir Farm Honors Interns With Park's First Young Stewards Awards Wilton's Weir Farm Honors Interns With Park's First Young Stewards Awards
Wilton's Weir Farm Honors Interns With Park's First Young Stewards Awards WILTON, Conn. — The Friends of Weir Farm awarded the first Young Stewards awards to three seasonal interns who worked at the national historic site this season. Weir Farm’s Youth Internship Program exposes interns to a variety of National Park Service careers and hands-on experience by completing projects and working with park staff, partners and volunteers.  Awards were presented to the three interns in recognition of their accomplishments: Tanner Burgdorf of Bridgeport, a natural resources intern Josh Pfohl of Ridgefield, a youth ambassador intern Claire Tensa of Danbury, a youth ambass…

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