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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

2 New Tenants Sign Up At Danbury's Lee Farm Corporate Park DANBURY, CONN. – Two new deals were signed at Lee Farm Corporate Park at 83 Wooster Heights Road in Danbury, increasing the occupancy there to 86 percent, Cushman & Wakefield announced. Sigmund Software, a leader in electronic health record software specializing in psychiatric, behavioral health and addiction treatment facilities, leased 10,004 square feet of space. Concentrix, a global service and technology provider, leased 2,776 square feet. Sigmund Software is relocating from 2505 Carmel Avenue in Brewster, N.Y., while Concentrix is establishing its first Connecticut office. …

by Tom Renner

08/06/2014

Business

Redding Roadhouse Looks To Reopen Later This Year REDDING, Conn. -- Fans of the Redding Roadhouse, which closed in May, will be happy to hear that the landmark restaurant is looking to reopen later this year, according to an announcement on its Facebook page. “No ETA just yet ... all new ownership and management. Hopefully this fall,’’ the Redding Roadhouse posted on the Facebook page last week. The building and grounds have been under extensive repair. On the Facebook page, the business posted that its septic system was being repaired. "Right now we are focused on the repair project. This building hasn't had a day off in 30 years!"…

by Tom Renner

08/05/2014

Neighbors

Bridgeport Professor Works With Ideal Students To Get It Write FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Lisa Calderone emphasizes clean and concise writing to adult learners in her classes through the University of Bridgeport’s IDEAL Program. The key, she said, is helping students get more comfortable with the writing process. “You have to meet them where they are at,’’ said Calderone, who is an Adjunct Professor of Communications. In their first week, she asks students to describe their past writing experiences, and has found that many respond with a great deal of anxiety. She addresses this issue in a “lecture” on how to distance yourself from the emotional aspect…

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Sports

Westport Swimmer Posts Medley Win At YMCA Nationals WILTON, Conn. -- Westport’s Verity Abel, swimming for the Wilton Wahoos, won the 400 individual medley Wednesday at the YMCA National Long Course Championships in Indianapolis. Abel, a Staples High graduate who will attend Duke University, won the race in 4:56.69, nearly a second ahead of Julie Lajoie of Massachusetts. Abel’s victory follows the victory by Norwalk’s Ky-lee Perry, who won the 50-meter freestyle for the Wahoos on Tuesday. In other races at the national meet, Abel finished second in the 1,500 free and third in the 400 free and was on the Wahoos’ 200 free relay team, which …

by Tom Renner

08/01/2014

Neighbors

Westport Actors Return Home For Roles In Shakespearean Comedy WESTPORT, Conn. -- Two actors with roots in Westport are returning to the the area this summer to play roles in in the Connecticut Free Shakespeare’s production of "As You Like It." Jacob Heimer of New York City and Westport will play the role of Touchstone, a witty and clever (and base and bawdy) court jester. He is an Actors’ Equity actor. Heimer attended Staples High School, where he says “being in the theater club and Staples Players was like being on the football team.” This role marks Heimer’s debut with CT Free Shakespeare. His recent theatrical credits include "The Fantas…

by Tom Renner

08/01/2014

Sports

Fairfield American Plays Vermont In New England Little League Opener FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Fairfield American Little League opens play Friday in the New England Region Tournament in Bristol as it takes on the team from Williston, Vt. The game starts at 8:15 p.m. in Bristol. Fairfield American is seeking its third New England title in five years. Westport won the New England title last year, and Connecticut teams have won four of the last six New England titles. American last won in 2012. Fairfield American will have to stop a Vermont team that went 3-0 in its state tournament and outscored its opponents, 45-3. In the Vermont final, Williston beat Benn…

by Tom Renner

08/01/2014

Sports

Danbury's Cal Ripken Baseball Hits Up Fundraisers For World Series Trip DANBURY, Conn. -- Fundraisers are planned over the next few days for the Danbury Cal Ripken 12-year-old All-Stars as they prepare for a trip to the Cal Ripken World Series next week in Aberdeen, Md. On Saturday, Aug. 2, 1st and 10 Sports Bar and Grill in New Milford will donate 10 percent of all proceeds to the team for dinners purchased between 5 and 8 p.m. On Sunday, a car wash will be held at Nejame and Sons at 91 South St. in Danbury from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. to help the team. On Monday, Max Spirits at 40 Mill Plain Road in Danbury will host a Wine Class Tasting Tour of Italy fr…

by Tom Renner

08/01/2014

Schools

PhotoVoice Project At Norwalk's Briggs High Receives $25K Grant NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk-based Human Services Council announced the Perrin Family Foundation has awarded a grant of $25,000 to its Dr. Robert E. Appleby School Based Health Centers. This partnership will fund the PhotoVoice Project at Briggs High School, as well as provide general operating support to the School Based Health Centers — the only facilities in Norwalk providing free, school-based medical and mental health care. PhotoVoice is a social research strategy that can mobilize youth to spearhead community change. It teaches youth life-long leadership skills, how to work as a team…

by Tom Renner

07/31/2014

Sports

Fox Lane Students Win Rowing Gold Medals At Club Nationals WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Pound Ridge rowers Kris Petreski and Liam McDonough, who will be juniors at Fox Lane High School, won gold medals for Norwallk River Rowing Association at the recent USRowing Club National Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The 6-foot-3, 170-pound Petreski won two gold medals and the 6-foot-1, 155-pound McDonough won one at the regatta. They competed in the 16-and-under events. Petreski’s golds were in the double and the single, and McDonough won in the double with Petreski. Petreski won every qualifier and heat, semi and final he entered. The champion…

by Tom Renner

07/31/2014

Sports

Norwalk Swimmer Wins For Wilton Wahoos At YMCA Nationals WILTON, Conn. -- Norwalk’s Ky-lee Perry, swimming for the Wilton Wahoos, won the 50-meter freestyle event Tuesday at the YMCA National Long Course swimming championships in Indianapolis. Perry’s victory was one of several highlights for the Wahoos on the first full day of finals. Westport’s Verity Abel finished in the top three in two events, and Tommy Kealy finished second in the 100 butterfly. Perry won the 50 free in 25.95. She came back to anchor the Wahoos in the 200 free relay, which finished third. The other girls on the team were Chelsea Pond, Emma Holmquist and Abel. Perry’s an…

by Tom Renner

07/31/2014

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