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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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Neighbors

Coldwell Banker In Somers Hosts Toys For Tots Program SOMERS, N.Y. – The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Somers has been designated a local collection site for the Toys for Tots program, an annual event sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and local Marine Corps detachments. Donated toys can be dropped off at the Somers office at 338 Route 202 through Sunday, Dec. 21. Once the reception area of the office is full of toys, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage staff and affiliated sales associates will provide the items to the local Marine Corps for distribution. While the Marines and local community organizations mana…

by Tom Renner

11/26/2014

Business

Westport Resources CEO Joins Board Of Securities Industry Association WESTPORT, Conn. – John Adams Vaccaro, founder and chief executive officer of Westport Resources, was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Westport Resources is a leading independent investment and financial planning firm serving individuals, families, retirement programs, municipalities and institutions around the world. Additionally, Vaccaro was appointed for the second time as chairman of SIFMA’s Private Client Group Small Firms Committee, representing more than 300 national financial securities firms. …

by Tom Renner

11/26/2014

Business

Murphy Brothers Of Mamaroneck Earns Building Industry Honors MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Murphy Brothers Contracting of Mamaroneck won three 2014 Home Building Industry (HOBI) Awards from the HBRA of Connecticut and two Pinnacle Awards from the Hudson Valley Builders and Remodelers Association in New York for its Shore Road Project in Greenwich, Conn. The coastal colonial-style home was designed by Crozier Gedney Architects. Lois Arena of Steven Winter Associates was the project energy consultant. With a HERS Rating of 27, The Shore Road Project meets all of the high-performance requirements of the Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Home certificati…

by Tom Renner

11/26/2014

Sports

Pound Ridge Rowers Win Multiple Medals In Fall Regattas POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Pound Ridge residents Kris Petreski and Liam McDonough capped a fantastic fall season of rowing by helping the Norwalk River Rowing’s Men’s Youth 4 Plus Coxswain to a fifth-place medal at the 50th Head of the Charles in Boston. The Head of the Charles is a major international regatta featuring 11,000 athletes in 2,252 boats. It involved 776 clubs and schools from 29 countries. The Men's Youth Plus 4 race featured 85 teams. The regatta is a popular, invitation-only event, and boats with four or more athletes that finished in the top half of their event or boats with …

by Tom Renner

11/25/2014

Real Estate

Home Offers Sweet Spot Living On County Border CARMEL, N.Y. -- Kathy O’Driscoll’s real estate listing at 208 Daisy Lane sits in a Putnam County sweet spot. The home located near the border of Putnam and Westchester counties has students attending top rated North Salem schools and is within a mile of the Croton Falls railroad station, Interstate 684 and the Croton Falls Reservoir. “It’s a great location for people moving up to the area,’’ O’Driscoll said. “It affords you wonderful privacy. It is in a neighborhood but is not in a subdivision. For the price and the taxes, this is a home that has a lot to offer.” It is also close to shop…

Content Partner: Houlihan Lawrence - Jefferson Valley

Real Estate

Interior Designer Creates Open Look For Beautiful Fairfield Home FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A busman’s holiday for Fairfield interior designer Ron Marshall required five years. Now, the next homeowner of 1 Hubbell Lane in Fairfield will reap the rewards. After finding the 2 acre parcel and working with an architect, the home was built. “I started decorating five minutes after I finished building,’’ said Marshall, who completed the Greenfield Hill home in 2008. “It shows better than some brand new homes. It’s time for a new project. I created what was in my head, and now it’s time for someone else to enjoy it.” The five-bedroom, six-bathroom house with 8,684…

Content Partner: Higgins Group

Neighbors

Dogs Parade At New Canaan's Village At Waveny Care Center NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- More than a dozen of Waveny’s canine friends and their owners recently paraded down “Main Street” at The Village at Waveny Care Center to the delight of patients, residents and adult day program participants. Included among the contestants was Blue, an Australian miniature shepherd whose owners are Debbie Perron, director of volunteers, and her husband, Jeff. At the end of the show, audience members presented each of the dogs with a special ribbon and superlative title. Blue was awarded the title of Most Beautiful Eyes.

by Tom Renner

11/25/2014

Lifestyle

Greenwich Dancers Earn Top Honors At International Competition GREENWICH, Conn. -- Christine Georgopulo knew she had an amazing staff and students at the Arthur Murray Grande Ballroom of Greenwich. Now she has the hardware to prove it. Champion instructors Kelly Butler and Tom Varian traveled with Greenwich residents/students Jean O'Hare and Ran Holladay to Chicago for the NorthStar Dance-O-Rama, competing against 25 other Arthur Murray Dance Centers from around the world. The Greenwich dancers were honored with the Top Studio award. Arthur Murray Dance Centers turns 103 in January with 280 schools around the world teaching 44 partner dances throug…

by Tom Renner

11/25/2014

Events

Stamford's The Center Hosts Gingerbread House Fundraiser STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education (The Center) will host its sixth annual holiday benefit, Gingerbread Houses & Cocktails for a Cause. This holiday event has become such a favorite that The Center added an event this year: Benefits will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at l’escale Restaurant & Bar, 500 Steamboat Road in Greenwich, and Thursday, Dec. 4, at Country Club of Darien, 300 Mansfield Ave. Both evenings begin at 7 p.m. “I have attended this event every year. My friends and I think it is the perfect way to kick off the holiday …

by Tom Renner

11/25/2014

Sports

2 Norwalk Packers Cheer Teams Win New Englands, Advance To Nationals NORWALK, Conn. -- Two Norwalk Packers cheerleading teams scored victories in the New England Regional Championship on Saturday at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H. Competing in the Large White Division, Norwalk won the under-10 and under-13 regional titles. It is the second consecutive title for the U13 team. Both teams advance to the National Championships in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 13 to 14. The teams will depart for Orlando from Norwalk, by bus, on Wednesday Dec. 10. The girls on the U10 team are E'yjah Bledsoe, Morgan Carroll, Jordyn Dixon, Grace Fatone, Damaris Flor…

by Tom Renner

11/25/2014

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