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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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Obituaries

Services Set For Gerald LaBlanc Of Stamford, Retired Fire Dept. Captain STAMFORD, Conn. — Services have been set for retired Stamford Fire Department Capt. Gerald LaBlanc, a lifelong Stamford resident who died Oct. 2. He was 87.LaBlanc was born Nov. 17, 1929, in Stamford to the late Dennis and Dolores Leblanc. A devoted father and husband, LaBlanc is survived by his wife, Dolores (Boshka) LaBlanc. He was predeceased by his daughter, Lisa, and his brothers, Robert LeBlanc and Dennis LaBlanc. LaBlanc was a Stamford firefighter for many years, rising through the ranks to captain. He retired after being seriously injured in a major fire due to a chemical explosion.…

by Daily Voice

10/06/2017

Politics

Chris Murphy Tells Rolling Stone He Has Hope For Tackling Gun Violence In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) explains why he has hope for tackling gun violence — even after Sandy Hook and Las Vegas. The junior senator from Connecticut has spoken out on the issue of gun control since he arrived in the Senate in 2013, just weeks after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School left 20 children and six educators dead. Last year in the wake of the mass killings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Murphy staged a 15-hour filibuster on the floor of the Senate. And Murphy has stuck to his message of gun control this week i…

10/06/2017

Police & Fire

Suspect At Large In Road-Rage Shooting On I-95, State Police Say MILFORD, Conn. — A suspect shot at another car during a road rage incident on I-95 in Milford on Thursday afternoon, Connecticut State Police said. Troop G is investigating a report that someone fired a handgun, striking another vehicle, while traveling in the area of I-95 south near the Exit 36 off-ramp in Milford, state police said. The incident may have begun anywhere between Exit 41 in Orange and Exit 36 in Milford, state police said. The incident happened at about 5:15 p.m. Thursday and was reported at about 5:38 p.m., state police said. Anyone with information about the incident is…

10/05/2017

News

Westport Filmmaker Harvey Weinstein Accused Of Decades Of Sexual Harassment WESTPORT, Conn. — in a blistering 3,500-word story, the New York Times detailed nearly three decades of sexual harassment complaints, cases and settlements involving movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has a home in Westport. And the powerful filmmaker, who won an Academy Award for producing "Shakespeare in Love," isn't actually denying the story. The story includes interviews with many current and former employees from Miramax and the Weinstein Co. Weinstein is accused of sexual harassment, inappropriate behavior and unwanted physical contact with employees and actresses, incl…

10/05/2017

Police & Fire

Safe Steps: Port Jervis Officers Become Walking School Bus For Students PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — Members of the Port Jervis Police Department hit the streets Wednesday — but for a fun and safe cause. The officers became a "walking school bus" for 50 kids at Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School. They escorted the students from J's Mobil to A.S.K. "Along the way, they were given pedestrian and bicycle safety tips. All participants received book bags and treats!," Port Jervis Police said in a Facebook post.

by Daily Voice

10/05/2017

Police & Fire

Weston Police Still Investigating Untimely Death At Park WESTON, Conn. — Weston police are continuing to investigate the untimely death of a man at Bisceglie-Scribner Park last week but said there are no criminal elements to the case, according to the Weston Forum. A Weston police officer discovered the deceased man at the park at 7:31 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27. His body was sent to the Office of the State's Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy. Weston police have not released the man's name pending completion of the investigation and notification of one more family member, police told the Forum. There no threat or harm of danger to the publi…

by Daily Voice

10/05/2017

News

Clothesline Project In Port Jervis Displays Messages Of Hope For One Day PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — Want to experience "The Clothesline Project"? It will be on display until 3 p.m. today, Oct. 5, at Orange Square Veterans Park. The T-shirts on the "Clothesline" display messages from adults and kids alike who have been victims of abuse. The goal of the project is to increase awareness, celebrate survivors' strengths and break the silence that often surrounds domestic violence. "Thank you Orange County Safe Homes for bringing this message to our community," Port Jervis Mayor Kelly Decker said in a Facebook post.

by Daily Voice

10/05/2017

News

Great Pumpkin Or Harvest Moon? It'll Be A Bright Sky Tonight In Westport FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — When the full moon rises this evening across Fairfield County, you may understand what Linus was seeing when he exclaimed, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" The full moon that rises tonight, Thursday, Oct. 5, is also the Harvest Moon. The full moon falling closest to the autumn equinox, the Harvest Moon appears bigger and even more orange than normal when it rises, according to NASA. That's how it got its name — the bright light gave farmers extra time to harvest crops in the fall, which officially began Sept. 22. "With everything ripeni…

by Daily Voice

10/05/2017

News

Great Pumpkin Or Harvest Moon? It's A Bright Sky Tonight In Orange County ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. — When the full moon rises this evening across Orange County, you may understand what Linus was seeing when he exclaimed, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" The full moon that rises tonight, Thursday, Oct. 5, is also the Harvest Moon. The full moon falling closest to the autumn equinox, the Harvest Moon appears bigger and even more orange than normal when it rises, according to NASA. That's how it got its name — the bright light gave farmers extra time to harvest crops in the fall, which officially began Sept. 22. "With everything ripening at o…

by Daily Voice

10/05/2017

Politics

Blumenthal & Murphy Introduce Bill To Close Automatic Weapon Loophole In the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy have introduced a bill to ban "bump stock devices," which convert guns into automatic weapons. They joined U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday in introducing the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act, a bill to close a loophole that allows semi-automatic weapons to be easily modified to fire at the rate of automatic weapons, which have been illegal for more than 30 years. “Bump stock devices are carnage force-multipliers. The searing noise of that staccato firing in Las Vegas…

by Daily Voice

10/05/2017

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