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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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Schools

Norwalk High School Hosts Dodgeball Tournament For Charity NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk High School will host its eighth annual charity Dodgeball Tournament on Wednesday, March 15. The tournament will raise money for the non-profit organization More Than Me and Helping Hands of Norwalk High School. More Than Me is a non-profit that provides access to education for girls in Liberia by building schools, establishing health care services, and offering tuition assistance for secondary education. Helping Hands is a program at Norwalk High School that benefits students in need of financial assistance. A committee of students and teachers are running the to…

03/03/2017

Sports

Greenwich Girls Help Synchronized Skating Team Dominate Nationals FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Girls from Fairfield County helped the Skyliners synchronized skating team win four gold medals and one bronze medal last week in the national championships in Rockford, Ill. The Skyliners won titles in the Junior, Novice, Intermediate and Juvenile Divisions. The Senior Division team finished third. "“This season has been truly exceptional, with all of our lines performing at the top of their game,” said Josh Babb, Skyliners Head Coach and Director of Synchronized Skating. “Earning four 2017 National titles and the Senior Bronze is a testament to how extremel…

03/03/2017

Events

Award-Winning Actor, Family Host Westport Fundraiser To Aid Cancer Research WESTPORT, Conn. -- Tony Award-winning star of theater, film and television James Naughton of Weston and his family will host A Tribute to Pamela, an evening of musical entertainment to benefit promising new research aimed at the early detection of pancreatic cancer, on Sunday, May 7 at 5:30 pm at the Westport Country Playhouse. Honoring the legacy of Naughton’s wife, who lost her courageous battle with pancreatic cancer in 2013, A Tribute to Pamela will feature solos, duets and group performances by Naughton and his family, including daughter Keira, a Broadway and television actress; son Gre…

03/03/2017

Events

'Mad Hatters' Dinner Dance Supports St. John's Parish In Lewisboro NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- A Mad Hatters Dinner Dance to benefit the mission and ministry of St. John’s Parish in Lewisboro, but also Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship will be held on March 25. The dinner and dance will begin at 7 p.m. at Salem Golf Club. It will include a sit-down dinner, music from a top DJ and a silent auction for everything from dinners at the best local restaurants to romantic getaway weekends. Guests are asked to come wearing their favorite hat – grand or goofy, it’s all part of the fun. The event will benefit the church and Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship, an outstanding…

03/03/2017

Lifestyle

Bagged Leaf Collection Will Resume April 3 In Stratford STRATFORD, Conn. -- Stratford will resume bagged leaf collection on Monday, April 3. Leaves and yard waste for town collection must be placed in either kraft paper, recyclable leaf bags or empty 32-gallon garbage cans for collection on the day after recycling. Bagged or contained leaves will be picked up curbside once every two weeks on the day after recycling from Monday, April 3 until Monday, Dec. 18, at which time the program will cease for the winter. The leaf drop-off area at the Transfer Station on Watson Blvd will accept leaves from residents between the hours of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mo…

03/03/2017

Business

Westport Wealth Management Group Wins Women's Choice Award WESTPORT, Conn. -- Catamount Wealth Management of Westport was recently awarded the Women’s Choice Award. The award was originally developed to help women identify advisors and firms that provide quality service and a strong commitment to their female clientele. Advisors and firms that meet 17 criteria are honored with the prestigious Women's Choice Award. The Women’s Choice Award is recognized as The Voice of Women. The award represents the extraordinary power and significance of today’s female consumer through their collective voice in determining the most recommended brands, products and …

03/03/2017

Politics

Danbury Rep Returns To King Street School With Dr. Seuss In Mind DANBURY, Conn. – State Rep. Michael Ferguson returned to his old stomping grounds at King Street Primary School in Danbury on Thursday to read a book to a class of second-graders and promote the power of reading. It was all part of Read Across America Day — a nationwide celebration that takes place annually on March 2, which is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. RELATED STORY: Get to know Danbury Representative Michael Ferguson Ferguson, a former student at King Street School, read a Dr. Seuss book to Lorena Tesbir’s second grade class called "One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote," which expl…

03/02/2017

Sports

Norwalk Senior Surpasses 1,000-Point Plateau At King NORWALK, Conn. -- Trey Canevari, a Norwalk resident and senior at King School in Stamford, surpassed 1,000 career points and concluded his basketball career as one of the top scorers in school history. Canevari eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone with a 15-point effort in a 66-41 win over Forman. He concluded his career with 1,022 points after the Vikings fell to Greens Farms Academy of Westport, 74-43, in the Fairchester Athletic Association quarterfinals. Canevari will play basketball at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. He is three-sport captain at King, where he also played football an…

03/02/2017

Sports

Stamford Synchronized Skating Teams Wrap Up Season In Pa. STAMFORD, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating team finished its season at the Reflections Synchronized Skating Invitational competition last weekend at Hershey, Pa. The Sprites received their sixth consecutive gold medal over two seasons. The Shadows, an Open Juvenile Line, took third and the Shimmers finished fifth. Information about tryouts and Clinics for the upcoming SCSS team can be found at: www.terryconnerssynchro.org Stamford skaters on the SCSS teams are: Shadows: Alyssa Fish, Deanna Gladstone, Natalie Hernandez, Kara McLaughlin, Sarah Meyers, Danielle Nugent, …

03/02/2017

Schools

Staples Honors 9 Students Selected As National Merit Finalists WESTPORT, Conn. — Nine Staples High School seniors have been named finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. As Merit Scholar finalists, JiSu Ahn, Isabelle Amlicke, Alexander Ialeggio, Nicole Kiker, Lindsey Marks, Grace McGinley, Ulyana Piterbarg, Tia Pogue, and Phoebe Spear all have a chance to earn one of 7,400 National Merit Scholarship awards, together worth more than $35 million. Final scholarship winners, chosen from a group of more than 15,000 finalists, may be notified by NMSC as early as March. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, acco…

03/02/2017

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