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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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Wilton Cancer Survivor Takes On Marathon Challenge For Charity WILTON, Conn. -- Jenn Lewis told her college roommate that someday she would run a marathon with her sister. Twenty-five years later, one terrifying medical ordeal and three children later, the Wilton woman is ready to honor that vow. Lewis will run for the Fairfield-based Connecticut Challenge in the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 2, along with her sister, Nancy Shidler of Oklahoma City. The run will come four years after she fought cancer of the appendix, and more than two decades after watching Nancy run her first marathon. “This has been on my bucket list for 25 years,’…

by Tom Renner

10/24/2014

Business

Westport Resources CEO Named Among Top 100 Financial Advisors WESTPORT, Conn. – John Adams Vaccaro, founder and CEO of Westport Resources, has been named one of Barron’s “Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors” in America for the sixth straight year. Westport Resources is a leading independent investment and financial planning firm serving individuals, families, municipalities and institutions around the world. Barron’s, published by Dow Jones & Company, is a top weekly financial newspaper in the United States. Ranked 47th (up from 73rd last year), Vaccaro is one of only two Connecticut-based financial advisers on the list. “I am very pleas…

by Tom Renner

10/24/2014

Events

Wilton Historical Society Plans Fall Antiques Market WILTON, Conn. -- The Wilton Historical Society and Barn Star Productions will host the second annual Wilton Fall Antiques Market on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will be held at the Wilton High School Field House at 395 Danbury Road (Route 7) in Wilton, and benefits the Wilton Historical Society. Casual collectors and antiques experts will enjoy this event as it caters to all tastes. Items on display include everything from period Americana and European antiques to fine art, stoneware and red ware pottery, quilts and samplers, game boards, folk art, painted and decorat…

by Tom Renner

10/24/2014

Schools

WCC Administrator From White Plains Honored At White House WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains resident Teresita Wisell, a Westchester Community College administrator, was honored at a White House ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 22, for her role as a "Champion of Change" for promoting citizenship in the workplace. "It is such an honor for me to receive this White House Champion of Change Award on behalf of the work that we do at Westchester Community College to support citizenship education of our employees, students and their families,” Wisell said. “Community colleges have the power to positively impact the lives of thousands of individuals on a dai…

by Tom Renner

10/24/2014

News

Westchester Community College Administrator Honored At White House MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- Teresita Wisell, a Westchester Community College administrator, was honored at a White House ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 22, for her role as a "Champion of Change" for promoting citizenship in the workplace. "It is such an honor for me to receive this White House Champion of Change Award on behalf of the work that we do at Westchester Community College to support citizenship education of our employees, students and their families,” said Wisell, a White Plains resident. “Community colleges have the power to positively impact the lives of thousands of individuals on …

by Tom Renner

10/24/2014

Events

High School Students Join Atria Darien For Breast Cancer Fundraiser DARIEN, Conn. -- Darien High School students joined residents at Atria Darien Assisted Living on Tuesday, Oct. 14, for a "Pretty in Pink" fashion show in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Helen Ainson Darien clothing store's staff organized the fashion show, joining with Darien students and Atria residents and staff. WinePort offered wine and guests enjoyed appetizers and other delectables prepared by the Atria staff. Darien Toy Box was also an event sponsor. Proceeds from the benefit went to the Women’s Breast Center at Stamford Hospital.

by Tom Renner

10/23/2014

Neighbors

Bridgeport Woman Closes In On Obtaining Bachelor's Degree BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Bridgeport’s Kayla Pettway already has an associate degree. She knew that to get ahead, however, she would need her bachelor’s degree. Now, 14 years after she finished high school, Pettway is less than a year away from earning a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Bridgeport’s IDEAL Program. She expects to graduate in May 2015. “I didn’t imagine it would take this long,’’ said Pettway, who graduated from Bullard Havens Vocational Technical High School in Bridgeport. “I think everything happens for a reason. If I could have done it differently, I wou…

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Neighbors

Darien Woman Serves In U.S. Navy In The Pacific DARIEN, Conn. -- Berlin Martinezrivera, a 2013 Darien High School graduate, has been serving as a Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy for one year. Martinezrivera is serving her first deployment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu. The daughter of Otto Martinez and Elcedia Rivera, Martinezrivera was born in Guatemala and credits moving to the United States with helping her achieve her goals. "When I was younger living in Guatemala I had no one to look up to," Martinezrivera said. "Many people did not know how to read or write and were working at a young age …

by Tom Renner

10/23/2014

Sports

MaxPreps' Video Shows Crazy End To Football Win At Greenwich's Brunswick GREENWICH, Conn. -- Brunswick's football team scored a touchdown on a trick play in the final seconds Saturday to give the Greenwich team a 28-21 win over Salisbury. MaxPreps produced a video of the final play, called "Cuckoo" by coach Jarrett Shine. After the snap to quarterback Billy O'Malley, the ball went through three different players before ending up back in the hands of senior Malik Wilder, who used his speed and vision to race into the end zone, according to the recap on MaxPreps. Brunswick (4-1) has won four straight games heading into Saturday's contest against Kent. …

by Tom Renner

10/23/2014

Events

Author Discusses New Book At Neuberger In Purchase On Monday PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Author Ara H. Merjian will discuss his newly published book, "Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City: Nietzsche, Modernism, Paris," at the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College on Monday, Oct. 27, at 4:30 p.m. Merjian's book examines how de Chirico’s metaphysical cityscapes redirected the course of modernist painting and the modern architectural imagination. Merjian is associate professor of Italian studies at New York University, where he is an affiliate of the Institute of Fine Arts and the art history department. The book will be available for purchas…

by Tom Renner

10/23/2014

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