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Tom Renner

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trenner@dailyvoice.com

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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Business

Fairfield Chamber Starts Pilot Program In Southport To Help Businesses FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce has recognized that members of the Fairfield business community have many different needs within the different areas of town. As such, the Chamber has launched a new initiative to establish Member Business Districts throughout Fairfield. The first pilot program was started in Southport to help and support businesses in that section of town. In the New Year, with the Southport pilot phase underway, this same program with be launched in the other business districts of town such as: Grasmere, Commerce Drive/Metro area, Greenfield Hill, Blac…

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News

Ex-Boyfriend Agrees To Pay Father $5M For Deadly Stamford Christmas Fire STAMFORD, Conn. -- The former boyfriend of the Stamford mother whose three young girls and parents were killed in an early Christmas Day fire in 2011 has agreed to pay the father $5 million, according to a story in the New York Post. Michael Borcina will pay the amount as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Matthew Badger, the father of the girls, the Post said. At the time of the fire, Borcina was Madonna Badger's boyfriend and contractor. Borcina was sued for allegedly performing shoddy work and not equipping the home with fire detectors, the Post said. The fire roared through t…

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Police & Fire

Waterbury Man Busted On Multiple Crack, Heroin Charges In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. -- Danbury officers arrested a Waterbury man on multiple drug possession charges on Wednesday, police said. Bryan Montalvo was arrested while he was sitting in a car with a women known to engage in prostitution on Foster Street, police said. After retrieving the illegal drugs that were in plain view, officers found a compartment in the car that contained a large quantity of heroin and crack cocaine, police said. Montalvo faces narcotic possession charges, possession with intent to sell, possession near a school and other charges. He was held on $200,000 bond. Montalvo'…

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Events

Fox Lane HS Sports Boosters Hosting Bowl-a-thon BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Fox Lane High School's Sports Booster Club will host its second annual Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Grand Prix New York. The event begins at 9 a.m. and will last for 24 hours at SpinsBowl. The Bedford Central School District’s Board of Education and the Booster Club will organize and coordinate teams. More than 700 community members attended last year’s Bowl-A-Thon as participants or spectators. The Bowl-A-Thon is sponsored by Grand Prix New York, and local entities including Bradsell Painting and Carpentry, Bedford Hardware, Mount Kisco Sports and …

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Schools

Scarsdale Schedules Four Budget Study Sessions In February SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- The Scarsdale School District invites residents to attend four budget study sessions in the upcoming weeks. The meetings will be: Monday, Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. The meetings also will be broadcast live on the district's cable TV station and streamed live over the district's website. Meetings for Wednesday, Jan. 14, and Wednesday, Jan. 21 have been canceled. The meetings will feature formal presentations with detailed information and give the public the opportunity, follo…

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Schools

Fairfield Prep Announces Spanish Teacher Will Take Over As New President FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Rev. Thomas M. Simisky, S.J., has been appointed president-elect at Fairfield Prep after a national search. The announcement was made by the Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J., president of Fairfield University, a Jesuit four-year college. Fairfield Prep is a division of Fairfield University. Simisky will assume leadership of the school on July 1, succeeding current president, the Rev. John J. Hanwell, S.J., who has been named socius for the Jesuit USA Northeast Province. “I am pleased to appoint Father Simisky to lead Fairfield Prep,'' von Arx said. "In his short…

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Sports

Skaters From Stamford Synchronized Teams Win 3 Medals In Massachusetts STAMFORD, Conn. -- Each of the three lines from the Stamford- and Darien-based Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating team won a medal at the Colonial Classic Competition held last weekend at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. The three-day event hosted 146 U.S. teams, which competed across every division from Beginner to Senior. The Shadows, an Open Juvenile line, won gold and bested nine teams with their flawless performance to “Why Don’t You Do Right?” by Sinead O’Connor. “It was the best we skated this season – knowing we won first makes all our hard work worth it,'' said Kal…

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Schools

Housatonic CC Offers Non-Credit Courses For Manufacturing Workers BRIDGEPORT ?- Housatonic Community College is offering three standalone, non-credit courses designed for employees in the manufacturing field. The courses, CNC programming and setup, solidworks, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, will be offered evenings starting Monday, Jan. 26. “These are part of a package of non-credit courses we developed for people working in the field who want to strengthen their skills or acquire new ones,” said Joseph Jenecaro, continuing education coordinator. “They’re ideal for people who want to move up in their field or move into new manufacturing a…

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Neighbors

Eastchester Seeks To Start Music Booster Group For Parents EASTCHESTER, N.Y. -- A new Eastchester Music Boosters group for parents is seeking new members. With the support of Superintendent Walter Moran, the boosters will aim to provide support for the district's band, orchestra and choral programs. Parents of students of all ages are invited. Volunteers are needed for board positions including president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Interested parents should email eastchestermusicboosters@gmail.com. Please include the position you would like to hold, and the best days/times for meetings.

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

Obituaries

Phyllis Ratliffe, 93; Pound Ridge Resident Served In Navy In WW II POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Phyllis Corinne Ratliffe, 93, of Blue Ash, Ohio, a longtime Pound Ridge resident, died Jan. 9. The youngest of three children, she was born to Genevieve and Robert More on Aug. 21, 1921 and raised in St. Paul, Minn. She attended Carelton College for two years until enlisting in the U.S. Navy on April 19, 1943. She served as a Link Instrument Flight Trainer in Hutchinson, Kan. until the end of World War II in September 1945. Phyllis married Thomas Ratliffe on March 3, 1945. She lived briefly in Santa Monica, Calif. before traveling across the country to Hempstead, N.…

by Tom Renner

01/14/2015

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