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Tom Renner

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No one knows local sports quite like Tom Renner, The Daily Voice's Sports Editor. For 22 years, he covered the field for The Stamford Advocate. He's been in Fairfield County since 1987.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Sports
Darien Hockey Team Earns Honor From County Sports Commission Darien Hockey Team Earns Honor From County Sports Commission
Darien Hockey Team Earns Honor From County Sports Commission FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The Fairfield County Sports Commission today announced its 2015 Sports Persons of the Year in each of the 16 communities the Commission directly serves. The local sports honorees will be recognized at the 11th annual Sports Night awards dinner, Monday, Oct. 19 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich at 6 pm. In each of the 16 communities, a committee headed by a local town representative of the Commission, selected a Sports Person of the Year. Each winner was deemed to have had the most positive impact in their sports community from August 2014 through August 2015. The…

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Lifestyle
Westchester Neurosurgeon Warns Parents Of Concussion Risks Westchester Neurosurgeon Warns Parents Of Concussion Risks
Westchester Neurosurgeon Warns Parents Of Concussion Risks WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Neurosurgeon Ezriel Kornel MD of West Harrison's Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York believes in allowing children to play sports. He also advises parents, however, that concussions are one of the risks of most physical activities. Concussion is defined as any injury to the brain that disrupts normal brain function on a temporary or permanent basis. A concussion can alter the way the brain functions, and result in headaches, lack of concentration and judgment, loss of memory and poor balance and coordination. “Since most victims do not suffer a loss of consc…

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News
The Center In Stamford Receives $10K Grant For Girls Circle Program The Center In Stamford Receives $10K Grant For Girls Circle Program
The Center In Stamford Receives $10K Grant For Girls Circle Program STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling & Education (The Center) received a $10,000 grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to support its Girls Circle Program. Girls Circle, a strengths-based support group addressing the unique needs of girls ages 9-18 is designed to increase positive connections, personal and collective strengths, and competence in girls. These groups are a key component of linking our counseling and education programs together – through understanding the needs of girls, paired with education, girls are more likely to connect wit…

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Neighbors
Preschool Mothers Plan September Meeting In Ridgefield Preschool Mothers Plan September Meeting In Ridgefield
Preschool Mothers Plan September Meeting In Ridgefield RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- The Ridgefield MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, will be holding its first meeting of the year on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m.  MOPS is a group for mothers of young children to find friendship, support and encouragement. Moms of infants through kindergartners are welcome to attend. Child care is provided during each meeting. The Ridgefield MOPS meet the second Wednesday of every month from September through May at Ridgefield Baptist Church, 325 Danbury Road. MOPS is part of an international non-profit organization known as MOPS International. Fo…

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Neighbors
Personal Experience Fuels Eastchester Woman's Work With Substance Abuse Personal Experience Fuels Eastchester Woman's Work With Substance Abuse
Personal Experience Fuels Eastchester Woman's Work With Substance Abuse EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- Eastchester resident Joan Bonsignore is committed to helping individuals and families to understand and overcome the powerful disease of substance abuse and addiction. As Executive Director of the Westchester chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in White Plains, Bonsignore oversees an organization that is dedicated to education and prevention, while also making referrals to treatment programs. Over the years, the Council has helped to thousands of individuals in the Westchester County community struggling with drug or alcohol dependence.…

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Sports
Squash Stars From Stamford Grab Gold At Pan Am Games Squash Stars From Stamford Grab Gold At Pan Am Games
Squash Stars From Stamford Grab Gold At Pan Am Games STAMFORD, Conn. – Natalie Grainger, squash director at Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford, has added two more medals to her already impressive trophy case. Representing the United States in the 2015 Pan American (Pan Am) Games in Toronto, Grainger won gold medals in women’s doubles and in the women’s team competition. The women’s team competition gold medal was a moving experience for Grainger. Her teammates included former pupil and current U.S. No. 1-ranked squash player Amanda Sobhy and Olivia Blatchford, who she currently coaches and trains with at Chelsea Piers Connecticut. Sobhy t…

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Business
Mount Kisco Architecture Firm Names New Associate Mount Kisco Architecture Firm Names New Associate
Mount Kisco Architecture Firm Names New Associate MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. — Kenneth N. Baviello of Stamford, Conn. has been named Associate of the Mount Kisco firm of Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson Architects, PC (KG&D). Baviello recently completed all necessary requirements and has been granted a license to practice architecture in the State of New York.  He started at KG&D Architects, PC in 2006 as a college intern and joined the staff permanently as an Intern Architect is 2007.  Since then, Ken has been a valuable member of the KG&D team and in his position as Project Architect he has worked managing and coordinating projects …

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Sports
Norwalk TL Elite Softball Team Plans Tryouts Norwalk TL Elite Softball Team Plans Tryouts
Norwalk TL Elite Softball Team Plans Tryouts NORWALK, Conn. -- Tryouts for the Norwalk TL Elite 12-and-under softball team will be held this week at Norwalk High School. Tryouts are planned for Wednesday, Aug. 19, from 6-8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Players who cannot make the tryout can contact the team to make an appointment for an evaluation.   For more information or to pre-register, contact Trina Muro at bt2308@aol.com or call 203-943-0804. Information is also available on the team's website.

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Sports
Norwalk's Pierre-Louis Catches Attention Of Seahawks' Coach Norwalk's Pierre-Louis Catches Attention Of Seahawks' Coach
Norwalk's Pierre-Louis Catches Attention Of Seahawks' Coach NORWALK, Conn. -- Second-year linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis of Norwalk has caught the attention of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll during the team’s preseason workouts. "We're really fired up with what he can do," head coach Pete Carroll said in a story posted on Fox Sports. Pierre-Louis, who played at King in Stamford under Dan Gouin, joined the Seahawks last year after a standout career at Boston College. The 6-foot, 236-pounder linebacker played in seven games and had 13 tackles. He missed nine games with a shoulder injury. "He is so fast and he plays so quick,’’ Carroll added…

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Obituaries
Mirtha Lisboa, 70, Lived In Ossining Mirtha Lisboa, 70, Lived In Ossining
Mirtha Lisboa, 70, Lived In Ossining OSSINING, N.Y. -- Mirtha Lisboa of Ossining died on Monday, Aug. 17. She was 70. Lisboa was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on June 18, 1945 and was the daughter of Juan and Maria Esther (Castillo) Giraldez.  Mirtha is survived by her mother Maria Esther; her husband Jose; children William (Holly), Richard (Romana) and Karina; siblings Francis and Jorge Giraldez and Zulma Medina and four grandchildren. She was predeceased by her son Miguel Angel and her grandson Kevin. Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. at Dorsey. The funeral mass will be celebrated on Thursday at 10 …

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