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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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Linda McMahon Slated To Speak At Darien Chamber's Breakfast Event Linda McMahon Slated To Speak At Darien Chamber's Breakfast Event
Linda McMahon Slated To Speak At Darien Chamber's Breakfast Event DARIEN, Conn. — Linda McMahon, a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, will be making a return trip to her old stomping grounds in Connecticut later this month.  McMahon, who is the head of the Small Business Administration, will speak at a breakfast event for the Darien Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Oct. 20.  The Darien Chamber of Commerce and Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson will host the breakfast at the Country Club of Darien at 500 Mansfield Ave.  McMahon, 69, lives in Greenwich and is the former president and CEO of the Stamford-based WWE.  Other participating organizat…

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Police & Fire
Police: Stamford Teen Busted With Stolen, Loaded Handgun Police: Stamford Teen Busted With Stolen, Loaded Handgun
Police: Stamford Teen Busted With Stolen, Loaded Handgun STAMFORD, Conn. — A Stamford teen spotted trying to open car doors on the city's West Side overnight Wednesday was arrested with a stolen and loaded handgun, police said. At 12:42 a.m. Wednesday, Officer Conor Canning and Officer Steven Orgera were patrolling and spotted a suspicious person on Piave Street, police said.  The suspect, later identified as Lenold Auguste, 19, of 20 Spruce St., attempt to open the door of a parked vehicle, police said.  Auguste then noticed the police car and started to walk away, but the officers stopped him, police said. He was holding something in his coat …

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by Karen Tensa
Business
Heads Up, Fairfield County: Every Single Yahoo Account Hacked Heads Up, Fairfield County: Every Single Yahoo Account Hacked
Heads Up, Fairfield County: Every Single Yahoo Account Hacked Every single one of Yahoo's users had their account comprised in a massive cyberattack, Verizon-owned parent company Oath said Tuesday. That's 3 billion accounts -- 2 million more than the number Yahoo disclosed when it reported the hack in August 2013. It includes Yahoo email accounts as well as Flickr, Fantasy and Tumblr. Names, email addresses and passwords, were breached, but financial info was not, said Verizon, which acquired Yahoo's core internet assets four months ago for $4.48 billion. Verizon said it obtained "new intelligence" regarding the hack after getting help from…

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Business
Change In Leadership Announced At Greater Danbury Chamber Of Commerce Change In Leadership Announced At Greater Danbury Chamber Of Commerce
Change In Leadership Announced At Greater Danbury Chamber Of Commerce DANBURY, Conn. — The Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce is under new leadership, according to WLAD-AM. JoAnn Cueva is now the acting president of the regional business group, taking over from Stephen Bull, WLAD-AM said. Board of Directors Chairman Jim Arconti said the change was made Friday, according to WLAD-AM.  Cueva is also a member of the chamber's Women's Business Council Steering Committee, WLAD said. Click here for the story at the WLAD-AM website.

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by Karen Tensa
Neighbors
Students At Danbury's Ridley-Lowell Help Red Cross In Wake Of Hurricanes Students At Danbury's Ridley-Lowell Help Red Cross In Wake Of Hurricanes
Students At Danbury's Ridley-Lowell Help Red Cross In Wake Of Hurricanes DANBURY, Conn. — The students at Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute in Danbury banded together to help the Red Cross with disaster relief after Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico were hit with multiple hurricanes. The students from the Massage Therapy and Esthetics program decided to donate all profits from their public clinic on Friday, Sept. 29, to the Red Cross. All esthetics and massage therapy teachers and students were involved in the effort.  “People who practice esthetics and massage therapy are dedicated to using their hands to help others. This fundraiser allowed our st…

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Police & Fire
Police: Sherman Man Yelled Obscenities At Driver, Kicked Bus In Milford Police: Sherman Man Yelled Obscenities At Driver, Kicked Bus In Milford
Police: Sherman Man Yelled Obscenities At Driver, Kicked Bus In Milford MILFORD, Conn. — A 44-year-old man from Sherman was arrested in Milford after he yelled obscenities at a driver and kicked the bus, Milford police said.  Lance Barrett, of 24 Quaker Ridge Road, was arrested at 8 p.m. Monday at the bust stop at the Connecticut Post Mall, police said. Police were called on a report of a unruly passenger, who kicked the bus door, causing it to crack, and yelled obscenities at the bus driver, police said. He was charged with second-degree breach of peace and second-degree criminal mischief. He was released on a promise to appear in court on Oct. 31.

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Business
Stamford Breaks Ground On Urby; Apartments Will Fill 'Hole In The Ground' Stamford Breaks Ground On Urby; Apartments Will Fill 'Hole In The Ground'
Stamford Breaks Ground On Urby; Apartments Will Fill 'Hole In The Ground' STAMFORD, Conn. – Developers broke ground Tuesday on a project across from the Stamford Town Center that will finally fill the infamous site known as the "hole in the ground."      What will be built to fill that hole, which has been a blight in downtown Stamford for nearly 50 years? A housing development known as Stamford Urby, which will include hundreds of apartments.  Developers said Stamford Urby will reinvent the rental housing market in downtown Stamford. The 4.3-acre site is at Greyrock Place and Tresser Boulevard.  “We are excited that the Urby concept is coming to Stamf…

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Business
Office Building Near Center Of Fairfield Sells For $1.35 Million Office Building Near Center Of Fairfield Sells For $1.35 Million
Office Building Near Center Of Fairfield Sells For $1.35 Million FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A commercial office building located at 134 Round Hill Road in Fairfield has been sold for $1.35 million, Southport-based Angel Commercial announced.  The property consists of a 7,350-square-foot freestanding commercial office building on 0.32 acres in the center of Fairfield.  It is conveniently located directly off I-95 at Exit 22. Both the seller, Round Hill Road Partners, a general partnership, and the buyer, 134 Round Hill Road LLC, were represented by Angel Commercial LLC.  No immediate plans have been outlined for changes to the building. It is home to PriMed, a…

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Police & Fire
Darien Police: Drunken Driver Couldn't Remember How Car Became Damaged Darien Police: Drunken Driver Couldn't Remember How Car Became Damaged
Darien Police: Drunken Driver Couldn't Remember How Car Became Damaged DARIEN, Conn. — A driver who could not remember how her car became so heavily damaged that it was inoperable was arrested on drunken driving charges in Darien, police said.  Officers were sent to Hoyt Street and Phillips Lane at 12:53 p.m. Sept. 26 on a report of an erratic driver, police said.  They found a white Honda Civic pulled to the side of the road on Hoyt Street, police said.  When the officer approached the car, it was immediately apparent that it had sustained heavy damage to the front passenger-side tire and rim, rendering the vehicle inoperable, police said.  The driver, Elea…

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Politics
Murphy: Mass Shootings Are American Problem; There’s An American Solution Murphy: Mass Shootings Are American Problem; There’s An American Solution
Murphy: Mass Shootings Are American Problem; There’s An American Solution In the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left over 50 dead and over 500 injured, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post on the topic. Here is the full text of Murphy's op-ed:  On awful, gut-churning days such as Monday, I find it important to remind myself that mass shootings happen almost nowhere else but the United States. As we become normalized to the regular pace of massive, execution-style killings — Sandy Hook, Charleston, Orlando and now Las Vegas — it’s critical to understand that the Groundhog Day phenomenon of horrific mass shootings is …

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