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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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Neighbors

State Officials Honor Stamford Women For Halting Sexual Assault STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford residents Jessica Feighan and Kerilyn Whitehead were honored as upstanding citizens for stopping a sexual assault in progress in December 2014 in a ceremony led by State Rep. Caroline Simmons and several other community officials. Feighan and Whitehead were honored for “Saving A Woman By Calling The Police And Assisting Officers In The Performance of Their Duties To Protect The Community.” The commendation was presented at The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education (The Center) in Stamford. Members of Survivors Helping Inspire New Endings, "…

by Tom Renner

09/20/2016

Business

Fairfield County Group Offers Prize To Company With Social Progress Plan WESTPORT, Conn. -- Fairfield County-based Social Venture Partners Connecticut wants to reward people who are changing world for the better, and is offering an incentive to do so. SVP Connecticut is offering $500 in a competition to “all that are accomplishing social good,” according to its promotional flier. The competition will be held on Friday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m. at the Westport Innovation Hub, 20 Ketchum St., in Westport. Non-profit and for-profit companies can enter. Companies will have five minutes in the “pitch fest” to tell SVP its plan and how an investment of $500 will benefit a s…

by Tom Renner

09/20/2016

Neighbors

Fairfield's Danna Funaro Completes Basic Training At West Point FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Cadet Danna Funaro, daughter of Michael and Zhanna Funaro of Fairfield, recently completed Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Military Academy. Funaro entered West Point on June 27 and has successfully completed six weeks of CBT. CBT is one of the most challenging events a cadet will encounter over the course of their four years at the academy. The initial military training program provides cadets with basic skills to instill discipline, pride, cohesion, confidence and a high sense of duty to prepare them for entry into the Corps of Cadets. Areas of summer instruction inc…

by Tom Renner

09/20/2016

Neighbors

Norwalk Tennis Ace Honored By Hometown In Virginia NORWALK, Conn. -- As the founder and owner of Slammer Tennis World, Marvin Tyler has tied the success of his business to his commitment to community. Last month, Tyler extended his range by nearly 450 miles in showing commitment to his hometown in Virginia. Tyler hosted the first annual tennis jamboree in Emporia, Va., where he lived until he was 11 years old. Tyler is the first certified tennis teaching professional from the Emporia/Greensville County area. He conducted the free tennis jamboree at the Greensville High School tennis courts. Greensville Town Clerk Robert Wrenn supported Ty…

by Tom Renner

09/20/2016

Lifestyle

Nyack Native Puts New Spin On Ghastly Images At Rockland CC Exhibit ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Nyack native Krista Wortendyke found pictures of sanctioned violence from all over the world -- lynchings, beheadings, stonings -- in which an audience posed with the bodies they had just killed. She felt very little reaction, and though she did not know it at the time, the epiphany led the conceptual artist to her latest project. “Interventions,” an examination of images violence and media representations of brutality, opened Sept. 12 in the Technology Center Rotunda at Rockland County Community College. The exhibit runs through Sept. 30. The project started when …

by Tom Renner

09/19/2016

Business

Stamford Woman Joins Catamount Wealth Management In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. -- Adriana Calousdian of Stamford has joined the Catamount Wealth Management advisory team as a Senior Client Advisor. Calousdian is responsible for managing client relationships, assisting clients in achieving their financial goals and cultivating new relationships for the firm. She has over eight years of financial industry experience. Calousdian began her career at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley and most recently, spent five years working on the Private Banking and Investment team at Merrill Lynch in New Canaan. She is a graduate of the Hopkins School and holds a Bach…

by Tom Renner

09/19/2016

Real Estate

Rand Sells Nyack Property To Rockland County Pride Group NYACK, N.Y. -- Rand Commercial is pleased to announce it has sold a property at 28 South Franklin St. in Nyack, NY, which will be used as the Rockland County Pride Center. “This is an incredible moment in social justice history,” said Brooke Malloy, executive director of Rockland County Pride. “The Pride Center will be a cornerstone for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender affirmation and inclusivity in Rockland County, a safe place for all youths, adults, seniors, and families to gather, find support, make new friends, access resources, and feel at home.” The newly formed Rockland Count…

by Tom Renner

09/18/2016

Schools

14 Greeley Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Fourteen seniors at Horace Greeley High School have been named semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. The semifinalists are Owen Greene, Meaghan Townsend, Michael Hiebert, Eric Wang, Talia Lindner, James Wei, Richard Ma, Lily Woolf, Aryan Malhotra, Timothy Zavarella, Rebecca Schelling, Lan Zhang, Adam Stein and Raymond Zheng The students were among the 16,000 semifinalists selected nationwide to receive this distinction. To qualify, these students scored among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2017 scholarship …

by Tom Renner

09/18/2016

Business

NY Times Looks Into Complex Questions Facing Port Chester PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- The complex question facing Port Chester residents about how to renovate its business hub was the subject of a recent story in The New York Times.The Times story said Starwood Capitol Group wants to build a $300 million, mixed used development on a former hospital campus near Interstate 287. The project would include 700 housing units. But some residents want to know what's in it for Port Chester. The Sustainable Port Chester Alliance is calling for Starwood to commit to a community benefits agreement, which could include a labor agreement with local construction worker…

by Tom Renner

09/18/2016

Police & Fire

Greco Named Officer Of the Month By Greenwich Police GREENWICH, Conn. -- Andrew Greco was named Officer of the Month in Greenwich by Chief James Heavey for his dedication in combating crime in town."Officer Greco's actions reflect great credit upon himself and the department,'' Heavey said. In August, Greco was returning to headquarters after completing a double shift. Officer Greco observed a speeding vehicle on North Street. He stopped the vehicle, and upon his approach to the vehicle, the operator suddenly sped off. Greco ran back to his cruiser and attempted to stop the suspect for a second time. The suspect refused to pull over, …

by Tom Renner

09/17/2016

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