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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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Lifestyle
Westchester Residents Welcome To Apply For Arts Grants Westchester Residents Welcome To Apply For Arts Grants
Westchester Residents Welcome To Apply For Arts Grants WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Applications for ArtsWestchester's Arts Alive Grants are now available, and may be accessed online. The deadline is Oct. 17. Unlike many opportunities that fund mid-size and large institutions, Arts Alive Grants are designed specifically to support community-based arts activities. Arts Alive Grants also fund artists to create new work, as well as support partnerships between schools and individual artists or arts organizations. “Arts Alive Grants are modest in size, but have a big impact because they make the arts central to community life. Our goal is to ensur…

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by Tom Renner
Business
Wilton Film Director's Bourbon Video Wins Industry Honor Wilton Film Director's Bourbon Video Wins Industry Honor
Wilton Film Director's Bourbon Video Wins Industry Honor WILTON, Conn. -- Wilton film director Alan Blake’s web spot has won a 2014 Videographer Award of Distinction. Blake wrote the piece, entitled “History Lesson,” for Charleston, S.C.-based Virgil Kaine Bourbon. It was inspired by the brand’s back story, which tells of the eponymous Virgil Kaine, a Civil War railway worker and bootlegger. Blake’s client had been marketing its product mostly via events and social media and didn’t have a large budget allocation for video production. Blake + Company’s solution was to shoot super-lean with minimal crew and equipment; Blake even designed and bu…

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by Tom Renner
News
Stamford Man Fakes Death To Avoid Wedding Stamford Man Fakes Death To Avoid Wedding
Stamford Man Fakes Death To Avoid Wedding STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Stamford man faked his death to get out of a wedding to an English woman he met at the University of Connecticut, according to a CBSlocal.com report. Tucker Blandford, 23, told the British tabloid The Daily Mail that he impersonated his parents and called, Alex Lanchester, 23, and told her that her fiance had committed suicide. Lanchester called Blandford’s parents to express her condolences, and the ruse was blown. The wedding had been set for Aug. 15.  

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by Tom Renner
Police & Fire
Fairfield Firefighters Respond To Garden Court Gas Leak Fairfield Firefighters Respond To Garden Court Gas Leak
Fairfield Firefighters Respond To Garden Court Gas Leak FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a report of a gas leak on Monday afternoon, Aug. 18, at 5 Garden Court. Companies 2, 3, and 5 responded to the call. Engine 3 Lt. Lee Corbo took command and reported a natural gas line break on the street side of the meter in front of an occupied two-story, wood-framed home and asked Southern Connecticut Gas to assist in shutting off the gas. Fire personnel evacuated the residence, set up a protective hose stream in front of the house, established a water supply line from the hydrant, and began to monitor the building. Fa…

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by Tom Renner
Sports
Easton's Thomas Claims Top Amateur Spot In 70.3-Mile Ironman Race Easton's Thomas Claims Top Amateur Spot In 70.3-Mile Ironman Race
Easton's Thomas Claims Top Amateur Spot In 70.3-Mile Ironman Race EASTON, Conn. -- Easton’s Chris Thomas finished fifth overall and first among amateurs Sunday at the Ironman 70.3-mile Timberman race in Gilford, N.H. Thomas finished the race in 4 hours, 8 minutes and 57 seconds. There were more than 2,200 athletes in the race. Thomas had the top time in his age group in the bike and run. He was second among 40-44-year-old athletes in the swim. Thomas finished off the race with a 13.1 mile run in 1:21:50. The race also consisted of a 1.2 mile swim and 56-mile bike ride. Last week, Thomas won the Masters Division at the USA Triathlon Age Group Champi…

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by Tom Renner
News
Mamaroneck Composer Featured In New York Concert Mamaroneck Composer Featured In New York Concert
Mamaroneck Composer Featured In New York Concert MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- The Tenri Cultural Institute hosts a portrait concert featuring chamber music by composer Eric Nathan, a native of Mamaroneck, on Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. The concert will include performances by the Momenta Quartet, violist Samuel Rhodes, oboist Peggy Pearson and pianist Mei Rui. Nathan is a recipient of a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship and 2013 Rome Prize, and this past season his music has been featured internationally at the New York Philharmonic’s 2014 Biennial, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music and by the Berlin Philharmonic’s Scharoun Ensemble. The: Tenri Cul…

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by Tom Renner
Lifestyle
Magic In The Moonlight Shines At Avon In Stamford Magic In The Moonlight Shines At Avon In Stamford
Magic In The Moonlight Shines At Avon In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- Currently playing at Stamford’s Avon Theater is Woody Allen’s Magic In The Moonlight, a wonderful period piece that is set in the 1920s on the opulent French Riviera. This light, romantic comedy is about a master magician, and mystic debunker, Stanley Crawford (Colin Firth) . He appears on stage as Chinese conjurer Wei Ling Soo, a celebrated magician who is tapped by his oldest friend and fellow magician, Howard Burkan (Simon McBurney), to help try and expose a psychic medium Sophie Baker (Emma Stone) as a fake. Onstage, Soo is a marvel, packing theaters and wowing au…

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by Robert Sodaro
Real Estate
Douglas Elliman Closes Deal On $9M Greenwich Estate Douglas Elliman Closes Deal On $9M Greenwich Estate
Douglas Elliman Closes Deal On $9M Greenwich Estate GREENWICH, Conn. – Douglas Elliman Real Estate officially branched into Connecticut and closed on its first sale, a $9 million waterfront estate in Old Greenwich. “This is huge milestone for Douglas Elliman as we continue to expand to new markets. We go where our clients want to be, and this is a prime example of the power and reach of our vast network,” said Dottie Herman, Douglas Elliman president and CEO. Earlier this year, Douglas Elliman opened its first West Coast office in Beverly Hills, Calif., along with a large office in Scarsdale, N.Y. The Old Greenwich home is at 23 Hendrie …

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by Tom Renner
Sports
Bronxville Road Race In September Will Benefit Brain Tumor Research Bronxville Road Race In September Will Benefit Brain Tumor Research
Bronxville Road Race In September Will Benefit Brain Tumor Research BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- The inaugural running of The Bronxville Road Race for the Children’s Brain Tumor Project will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13. All proceeds benefit pediatric brain tumor research at Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, where the Children’s Brain Tumor Project (CBTP) focuses on the research and treatment of rare and inoperable brain tumors that affect children and young adults.  The CBTP was founded, in part, with the support of Elizabeth Minter (Bronxville High School Class of 2009) and her family, longtime reside…

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by Tom Renner
Events
ArtsWestchester Sponsors Expanded Jazz Fest ArtsWestchester Sponsors Expanded Jazz Fest
ArtsWestchester Sponsors Expanded Jazz Fest WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. –  Jazz Fest, a collaboration between ArtsWestchester, the City of White Plains, and the White Plains Business Improvement District, will feature free and affordable performances in White Plains from Sept. 2-7. Now in its third year, Jazz Fest has expanded from three days of performances to a six-day festival that includes Latin, smooth, classic and contemporary styles of jazz. ArtsWestchester will be a significant contributor to this year’s festivities, hosting two events in The Arts Exchange, its historic landmark building on Mamaroneck Avenue, and co-hosting …

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