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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.

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News

Bethel Rallies Behind Grieving Family After College Student's Death BETHEL, Conn. -- The Bethel community is rallying behind the family of a young woman who was killed in a tragic bicycle accident last week in Texas. Casey Ellis, 21, a 2013 graduate of Bethel High School, died last week in an accident in Abilene, Texas. She was a student at Abilene Christian College. According to a post on Facebook, people can help the family by transferring hotel rewards from Hilton and Holiday Inn to help the family. Residents can also contribute via a PayPal gift to rtmyers2@gmail.com. PayPal donations will help with the cost of food, gasoline and a memorial service. T…

by Tom Renner

11/28/2016

Neighbors

Croton Woman Captures Attention With Award-Winning Designs Who: Denise Wenacur, Croton-on-Hudson What: Award-winning interior designer More info: http://denisewenacur.com/ CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Westchester’s most sought after Interior Designer, Denise Wenacur, creates positive design experiences for her clients. It is the reason they stay with her long term. “When working with the team at DW Design & Decor it has always been about the personal experience for each and every one of our clients and making sure we meet the unique vision of each individual project along the way,” said Wenacur, principal of DW Design & Decor llc in Croton-on-H…

by Tom Renner

11/28/2016

Sports

Five Lakeland Softball Standouts Will Take Their Talents To College SHRUB OAK, N.Y. -- Five Lakeland High School softball players announced last week that they will continue their careers in college. Olivia Knopf will attend Marist, Colleen Walsh will head to Sacred Heart in Connecticut, Amber Badillo will go to University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Cameron Lischinsky will go to LIU Post and Krista Verrino will attend Ramapo. The girls all had big years at Lakeland, leading the Hornets to a 22-2 record before falling to Pearl River, 2-1, in the Section 1 Class A championship game. Walsh hit .438 in 24 games last year, and went 18-2 on the mound with a 1…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2016

Neighbors

Devastation In Haiti Hits Home For First Responder From Spring Valley SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- For the second time in six years, Spring Valley’s Jackie Cassagnol traveled to witness firsthand devastation in Haiti. She came away more heartbroken from the pain of a recent hurricane than she did in 2010, when an earthquake ravaged the island. “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen,’’ said Cassagnol, who started Worldwide Community First Responder (WCFR) in the wake of the earthquake six years ago. “I went to areas that were never visited since the hurricane. There are places that before the hurricane, there were houses. Now it’s just land. It’s rubble. There was stil…

by Tom Renner

11/22/2016

Sports

Dutchess County's Theiller Helps Fairfield Volleyball Secure NCAA Berth FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Led by Hopewell Junction's Megan Theiller, Fairfield University won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference volleyball championship Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Quinnipiac on George Bisacca Court at Alumni Hall. Theiller, a John Jay grad, and the Stags take home their record-tying ninth MAAC Championship with the win. “I couldn’t be prouder of this team,” said Todd Kress, the 2016 MAAC Coach of the Year for a conference-record fifth time. “They are great people who make good decisions on and off the court, and they have worked incredibly hard to get here.” Fairfield (2…

by Tom Renner

11/21/2016

Sports

Fairfield Volleyball Rolls To MAAC Title, Earns NCAA Bid FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Led by Most Valuable Player Megan O'Sullivan, Fairfield University won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference volleyball championship Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Quinnipiac on George Bisacca Court at Alumni Hall. The Stags take home their record-tying ninth MAAC Championship with the win. “I couldn’t be prouder of this team,” said Todd Kress, the 2016 MAAC Coach of the Year for a conference-record fifth time. “They are great people who make good decisions on and off the court, and they have worked incredibly hard to get here.” Fairfield (28-5) earned the MAAC’s autom…

by Tom Renner

11/21/2016

Lifestyle

Chelsea Piers CT In Stamford Offers Personal Safety Workshop For Runners STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Athletic Club at Chelsea Piers Connecticut will be holding a personal safety workshop designed specifically for runners on Tuesday, Nov. 22, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Taught by Martial Arts expert Dan Kruy, the workshop will teach basic self-defense moves with a focus on valuable prevention skills. The class will also review basic steps runners can take to stay safe year-round. “With daylight savings time ending, many runners will find themselves running in the dark before and after work. With several reported attacks on runners in the city and tristate area, we thought it…

by Tom Renner

11/21/2016

Events

Greenwich Holiday Stroll Features New App To Help Local Businesses GREENWICH, Conn. — The Holiday Stroll returns to downtown Greenwich for the eighth straight year on Dec. 3-4, during which a new app, GreenwichVIP.com, will be launched. Events during the Holiday Stroll include a live nativity scene complete with a camel, donkey, llama, cow and five sheep. In addition, there will be entertainment tents, food trucks, ice sculpture demonstrations, photos with Santa and live reindeer. GreenwichVIP.com, known as “the app of everything," puts the entire community into the palm of the consumer’s hands and gives each store its own community rewards, VIP off…

by Tom Renner

11/21/2016

Neighbors

Women Find Savings On Maternity Wear At New Brookfield Business BROOKFIELD, Conn. -- On the surface, little has changed in the working day for Brookfield’s Tracy Gravius. She’s still an early-riser, works late into the evening and during the course of the day, handles priorities and tasks better than a juggler with six balls. Who: Tracy Gravius, Brookfield What: Founder and owner of PREGASTYLE, which resells maternity clothing and accessories Info: https://www.pregastyle.com/ Dig deeper, however, and people will see that everything has changed since Gravius launched her maternity clothing business, PREGASTYLE, from her home in October. The online compan…

by Tom Renner

11/21/2016

Neighbors

Ossining Woman Gets Down To Business With Stress Reduction Programs Who: Wendy Wollner of Ossining What: Owner, Balancing Life's Issues More info: http://www.balancinglifesissues.com/index OSSINING, N.Y. -- Long before employment behavioral consultants coined the phrase “stress management,” Ossining’s Wendy Wollner tackled the issue. She identified it, developed programs to combat it and even experienced it in her own life. She founded a business in 1999, Balancing Life’s Issues, that provides a global network of trainers to help employers with issues in health, wellness and productivity. The business offers 15,000 training sessions a year with more than 1,…

by Tom Renner

11/21/2016

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