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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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Events
Gaze At The Stars With The Ridgefield Discovery Center At New Pond Farm Gaze At The Stars With The Ridgefield Discovery Center At New Pond Farm
Gaze At The Stars With The Ridgefield Discovery Center At New Pond Farm REDDING/RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — Imagine looking up into the nighttime sky and seeing a hunter and his dogs, a bull and a charioteer. You can do just that at a stargazing event this weekend with the Discovery Center at Ridgefield and New Pond Farm Observatory in West Redding. Cliff Wattley of Ridgefield will lead the public skywatch on Saturday, Jan. 20, starting at 6:30 p.m. During the live observing session, participants will see craters, mountains and “seas” on the 4-day-old moon. They will also view the Orion nebula, star clusters, and the planet Uranus. Astronomers will point out and discus…

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Bridgeport Man Gets Prison Time For Stealing $313K In Postal Money Orders Bridgeport Man Gets Prison Time For Stealing $313K In Postal Money Orders
Bridgeport Man Gets Prison Time For Stealing $313K In Postal Money Orders BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 33-year-old Bridgeport man will spend 30 months behind bars for his role in two fraud schemes — one involving postal money orders stolen in Old Greenwich worth $313,570. Bernhard Harris was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven. According to court documents and statements made in court, the first scheme involved the theft of postal money orders. Marc Anthony Alexander, formerly of Stratford and Oxford, and his wife, Rachael Alexander, also known as Rachael Vierling, devised a scheme to steal blocks of blank postal money orders from t…

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Neighbors
Norwalk Land Trust Starts Drive To Preserve Historic White Barn Property Norwalk Land Trust Starts Drive To Preserve Historic White Barn Property
Norwalk Land Trust Starts Drive To Preserve Historic White Barn Property NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Land Trust has launched a campaign to raise $4 million to purchase the White Barn Property and preserve the 15.4-acres as woodlands, wetlands, and meadows with the eye-catching Stony Brook running through it.  The historic property is located on the Norwalk/Westport border and plays an important role protecting both the quality and quantity of drinking water for the local watershed. “Saving this beautiful property,” says Julian Henkin, a member of the Norwalk Land Trust’s board of directors, “is essential to protect a critical habitat for wildlife and a precious…

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New Canaan Rallies To Support Family After Death Of 10-Year-Old Boy New Canaan Rallies To Support Family After Death Of 10-Year-Old Boy
New Canaan Rallies To Support Family After Death Of 10-Year-Old Boy NEW CANAAN, Conn. — The community of New Canaan is rallying to help a local family after a 10-year-old died of complications from the flu.  Nico Mallozzi, a 10-year-old fourth-grader at West Elementary School, died unexpectedly Sunday after falling ill during a trip to Buffalo, N.Y., for a hockey tournament. The cause of death was sepsis as a complication of Influenza B and pneumonia.  "The Mallozzi family has just encountered a loss that no family should ever have to endure. Please join us in helping support the family as they cope with their unimaginable grief," said a GoFundMe …

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Schools
School Closings, Delays Announced In Fairfield County For Wednesday School Closings, Delays Announced In Fairfield County For Wednesday
School Closings, Delays Announced In Fairfield County For Wednesday FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — A number of school closures and delays have been announced for Wednesday, Jan. 17, in Fairfield County due to the snowy forecast.  Here is the list:  Bethel Public Schools: Closed Brookfield Public Schools: Closed Danbury Public Schools: Closed Henry Abbott Tech, Danbury: Closed J.M. Wright Tech, Stamford: 2-Hour Delay Monroe Public Schools: Closed New Canaan Country School: Closed New Canaan Public Schools: 2-Hour Delay New Fairfield Public Schools: Closed Newtown Public Schools: Closed  Region 9 Schools for Easton and Redding: Closed Ridgefield Public Schools: C…

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Rally Planned To Support New Fairfield Dad Facing Second Deportation Order Rally Planned To Support New Fairfield Dad Facing Second Deportation Order
Rally Planned To Support New Fairfield Dad Facing Second Deportation Order NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Supporters are rallying to help a New Fairfield father of two who is facing a second order to return to his native Guatemala.   A peaceful rally is planned for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Hartford federal building, 450 Main St. in hopes of getting a stay of deportation for Joel Colindres. Colindres, 33, fled death threats in Guatemala in 2004 and is now marked for deportation back to that Central American country on Jan. 31. This is the second time he has faced deportation in the past five months. He was ordered to leave the country last summer but was granted a last-min…

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Flu Complications Confirmed As Cause Death For 10-Year-Old New Canaan Boy Flu Complications Confirmed As Cause Death For 10-Year-Old New Canaan Boy
Flu Complications Confirmed As Cause Death For 10-Year-Old New Canaan Boy NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Flu and pneumonia followed by sepsis was the cause of death of a 10-year-old boy from New Canaan who died suddenly over the weekend, according to the New Canaan News Online.  Nico Mallozzi began to feel ill last Thursday, Jan. 11, and traveled to Buffalo, to be with his hockey team over the weekend, New Canaan Director of Health Dr. David Reed told New Canaan News Online on Tuesday. Nico, who did not feel well and did not play in the hockey tournament, was taken to the emergency room at Buffalo Women’s and Children’s Hospital, where he was diagnosed with Influenza B, New…

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Politics
Danbury City Councilman Selected As New State VA Commissioner Danbury City Councilman Selected As New State VA Commissioner
Danbury City Councilman Selected As New State VA Commissioner DANBURY, Conn. – Danbury City Councilman Thomas J. Saadi will be nominated to serve as the new Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Tuesday. Saadi, who is also a major in the U.S. Army Reserve serving with the 411th Civil Affairs Batallion, has been serving as acting commissioner of DVA since October.  “I want to thank Governor Malloy for his confidence in first appointing me Acting Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Affairs and now nominating me for the position of Commissioner,” Saadi said. “It has been an honor for me to be …

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Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Man Shot To Death In Bridgeport's First Homicide Of The Year 21-Year-Old Man Shot To Death In Bridgeport's First Homicide Of The Year
21-Year-Old Man Shot To Death In Bridgeport's First Homicide Of The Year BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 21-year-old Bridgeport man who was shot to death early Tuesday is the city's first homicide victim of the year, police said. At 12:28 a.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired at The Snack Shop at 604 Newfield Ave., according to a police statement.  Before officers arrived, the victim had been transported to Bridgeport Hospital by private car, where he was pronounced dead, police said.  The victim was identified as Jawuan Green, of 61 Read St., police said. He had turned 21 on Sunday.  A crime scene was located in and around The Snack Shop, police said. Th…

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Police: Two Teens Sold Liquid Pot, Vape Pens To Darien High Students Police: Two Teens Sold Liquid Pot, Vape Pens To Darien High Students
Police: Two Teens Sold Liquid Pot, Vape Pens To Darien High Students DARIEN, Conn. — Two 19-year-old men have been busted on charges of selling high-potency liquid marijuana, regular marijuana, and vape pens to smoke the liquid pot to Darien High School students, police said late Monday. Kason Sumpter of Norwalk and Gregory Goldstein of Wilton were arrested just after midnight Saturday after Darien officers made undercover drug buys from the two in the parking lot at Holmes Elementary School, police said. The case began over the past few weeks, as the Darien Police Department Detective Division and Selective Enforcement Unit developed information about illeg…

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