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Tom Renner

Client Editor

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.

Tom Renner's Contributions

Real Estate

Dorothy Botsoe Expands Realty Office To N. White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Dorothy Botsoe has expanded with a new real estate office in North White Plains. Botsoe, born in Ghana, West Africa, and a licensed real estate broker, has been selling real estate for 25 years. Botsoe has listings all over Westchester County and some in Rockland. She is a foreclosure expert, and because there are so many foreclosures in Westchester, she is often the Realtor to whom Fannie Mae turns. “I want to help first-time homebuyers," Botsoe said. Botsoe said she plans to build a team in North Plains. “I plan to hire agents and expect to have even more longe…

by Tom Renner

05/08/2014

Lifestyle

The Armonk Players Present 'Play On!' In June ARMONK, N.Y. -- The Armonk Players present "Play On!" in June at the Whippoorwill Hall Theatre at North Castle Public Library. Show dates are Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, June 8, at 4 p.m.; Thursday, June 12, Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 14 at 8 p.m. The theater is at 19 Whipporwill Road East in Armonk. The play by Rick Abbot is directed by Mark Pierce. It is the hilarious story of a theater group trying desperately to put on the play "Murder Most Foul," in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script. Act I is a…

by Tom Renner

05/08/2014

Sports

Harvey School Softball Pitcher Fires Second Straight One-Hitter KATONAH, N.Y. -- Harvey softball pitcher Selena Cummings of Ossining made it back to back one-hitters in her last two starting assignments, but the sophomore was outstanding at the plate too, collecting three hits and knocking in eight runs to lead the Lady Cavaliers to an 18-2 win over Monfort Tuesday. Cummings, coming off her one-hit victory last Friday over Storm King, struck out four Monfort batters in Tuesday’s game called after four innings. She allowed two runs. Harvey took advantage of the difficulties the Monfort pitcher had in throwing strikes. Grace Tow of Pound Ridge walked fo…

by Tom Renner

05/08/2014

Police & Fire

4 Dead In Florida Home Owned By Former Fairfield Tennis Star James Blake FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Four people died in a fire Wednesday morning in a Tampa, Fla., home owned by Yonkers, N.Y., native and former Fairfield resident and retired tennis player James Blake, according to multiple news sources. Blake did not live at the home and was not there when the fire broke out at about 6 a.m. He was renting out the home, which he bought in 2005 for $1.5 million. There were five bedrooms and five bathrooms in the home, which had 5,856 square feet of living space, according to a report on wtsp.com. The identities of the victims were not released by investigators. Blake …

by Tom Renner

05/07/2014

Schools

Danbury Woman Travels Long Road From Ecuador To Attain College Degree DANBURY, Conn. – Danbury’s Jessica Coraizaca fought her parents at every turn when it came time for to leave Ecuador when she was 12 years old. Now that she will graduate from Western Connecticut State University on Sunday as a Dean’s List student and the first from her family to earn a college degree, she knows her parents made the right decision. “Now I don’t want to go back,'' said Coraizaca, who will graduate with a bachelor's in secondary education and Spanish and a 3.84 GPA. "I want to have my life here. When I was 12, I had so much anger with me. As you grow up, you realize you can …

by Tom Renner

05/07/2014

Sports

Norwalk Wrestler 3rd At Eastern Youth Nationals NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk's Jeff Cocchia finished third last weekend at the Eastern Youth Wrestling Nationals in Maryland. Cocchia, a sixth-grader at Roton Middle School who wrestles for the Norwalk Mad Bulls, finished 4-1 in the tournament. He won his first two matches before losing to the West Virginia champion in the semifinals. He won two more matches in the consolation rounds. “We keep talking about getting to the next level in our program; Jeff has certainly achieved this by being our first National Place winner and All-American, we’re a very proud coaching staff and team with his e…

by Tom Renner

05/07/2014

Sports

Darien Football Players Make College Commitments DARIEN, Conn. -- Three seniors from last season’s Darien High School football team have committed to continue playing at the college level. Silas Wyper, starting quarterback for the 2013 Blue Wave, will enroll at Middlebury College in Vermont in the fall. Daly Hebert, the record-setting kicker and punter, will play at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. Andrew Nault, a starting linebacker, will take his talents to Endicott College in Massachusetts. “We’re very proud of how many of our players continue their careers in college,” coach Rob Trifone said. “These three players will represe…

by Tom Renner

05/07/2014

Sports

Darien Players Helps AAU Boys Hoops Team Win 2 Tourneys FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – The United Sons and Daughters boys basketball team, which included players from Norwalk, Westport, Darien, New Canaan, Greenwich, Wiltonand Fairfield, won two prestigious tournaments over the weekend. The defending Connecticut AAU champions entered the Battle of the Hardwood tournament in the 15-and-under and 16-and-under divisions, compiling a 7-0 record. The team will defend its AAU title this weekend in Hartford. Players from area towns included Norwalk’s Peter Kotulsky, Westport’s Mack Muller and Justin Seideman, Hayes Kelchner of Fairfield, Darien’s Alex Pre…

by Tom Renner

05/07/2014

Real Estate

Ron Howard's Home On Westchester/Fairfield Border Hits Market For $27.5M GREENWICH, Conn. – Film producer and director Ron Howard has put his six-bedroom home along the border of Greenwich and Armonk, N.Y., on the market for $27.5 million. Howard and his family lived at the 32-acre estate Conyers Farm for more than two decades. The home contains 23 rooms, including six bedrooms and five full baths. There are also four half-baths. Tamar Lurie of Coldwell Banker and Lyn Stevens of Sotheby’s International Realty are the listing agents. Complete details on the home are on the listing website. Interior features include seven fireplaces, a fitness room, indoor poo…

by Tom Renner

05/06/2014

Sports

Chavkin Fires No-Hitter for Katonah's Harvey School KATONAH, N.Y. -- Harvey School baseball pitcher Mike Chavkin, a senior from Armonk, fired a no-hitter Monday, May 5, for the Cavaliers in a 3-0 win over Masters. Chavkin had a perfect game heading into the seventh inning when he walked the leadoff batter. The next batter hit a ball to deep left center field, but junior John Colangelo tracked it down for the catch. The following batter hit a hard ground ball to shortstop Corey Eisenband who threw to Ben Alper at second, and Alper fired to Curtis Rattner at first for a 6-4-3 double play to end the game and clinch the no-hitter for Chavkin. Ch…

by Tom Renner

05/06/2014

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