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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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Police & Fire

Darien Homeowner Reports Theft Of Nearly $30K In Jewelry DARIEN, Conn. -- Jewelry valued at nearly $30,000 was reported stolen from a Darien home earlier this month. The Darien Times reported thieves took approximately $27,000 in jewelry from a home on Wildcat Road. The victim told police she stored a box with jewelry on June 16 before leaving for a trip. The box was missing when she returned on June 20. She reported the theft on July 11, believing she had misplaced the box. During the woman's vacation, contractors at the home installed a kitchen floor at her home. There were no signs of forced entry. Darien detectives spoke with contractors who …

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

Police & Fire

Walden Man, 22, Forcibly Touched Girl While She Was Sleeping, Police Say WALDEN, N.Y. -- A 22-year-old Walden man was arrested by New York State Police in Montgomery for inappropriate conduct with a woman who was sleeping. David L. Matos faces a criminal sexual assault felony charge and misdemeanor for forcible touching. Police said Matos subjected a woman to inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact while she was sleeping. Matos was issued an appearance ticket and is to return to the Village of Walden Court on Aug. 10.

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

Sports

Fairfield Softball Captures State Junior Division Title FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Little League Girls Softball All-Stars won the Connecticut Little League Juniors state championship Sunday, shutting out Ledyard, 2-0, in Orange. Kylee Holderied pitched her second complete game shutout against Ledyard, winning her fourth game of the tournament. Sophie Sancho and Elizabeth Doolan each drove in a run, with Sancho turning a terrific double play to shut down a seventh-inning Ledyard rally. Fairfield went undefeated in the state tournament and now advances to the Eastern Regionals, which begin Friday in Orange. Pictured (back row, left to rig…

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

News

Alert Issued For Missing Woman Who Could Be In Hudson Valley Suffolk County police issued an alert Wednesday night for a missing 56-year-old woman who could be in the Hudson Valley.Laura Gines, 56, who is developmentally disabled, was last seen in Central Islip in Suffolk County, at 7:35 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20. People with information should contact the Suffolk County P.D. Third Precinct at (631) 852-6000 . She was last seen wearing a floral shirt, red pants or shorts, and sneakers. She may be in need of medical attention.

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

News

Union: Crane Operator In Tappan Zee Accident Had Little Time To React The crane operator operating the piece of equipment that crashed Tuesday at the Tappan Zee Bridge had little time to react when the mishap occurred, according a union official. Jeff Loughlin, the business manager for the Union of Operating Engineers Local 137 in Briarciff Manor, told LoHud.com the operator was helpless as the boom descended rapidly under its own weight. Loughlin said the accident was not the result of human error. A crane from the construction site of the new span of the Tappan Zee Bridge collapsed on the old span near the Rockland County side around noon on Tuesday, shutti…

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

Politics

Police: Vet, 81, Held Captive In Hudson Valley Motel Five Years HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. -- A man who allegedly held an 81-year-old veteran captive in a Highland Falls motel for five years was arrested Wednesday after a motel resident turned a video over to police. Perry Coniglio, 43, was arrested at the U.S. Academy Motel at 41 Main St., according to HVNN.com. Police say Coniglio held David McClellan, a Korean War-era Navy corpsman, at the motel and stole Social Security benefits and proceeds from a vehicle, which was sold without the prisoner's consent. Coniglio faces charges of unlawful imprisonment, grand larceny, criminal possession of a weapon, endang…

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

News

Hudson Valley Medical Clinic Owner Indicted In $5M Medicaid Fraud NEW YORK — A Middletown resident who provides affordable housing and services for the developmentally disabled was charged Wednesday for his role in an alleged $5 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the indictment and arraignment of Joseph Wright, 52. Prosecutors allege that Wright, as owner of a not-for-profit organization called Assistance By Improv II, Inc. (ABI), located at 953 Southern Blvd. in the Bronx, lured thousands of low-income New Yorkers to ABI with the promise of affordable housing, arranged to have them subjected to unnecessary medic…

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

Schools

Registration Open For Rutherford Preschool Programs RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Openings are still available for preschool programs in Rutherford Public Schools for the 2016-17 school year. For the morning class for three - year-olds, children must be three years of age by Oct. 1, 2016. For the afternoon class for four-year-olds, children must be four years of age by Oct. 1, 2016. Tuition for the half-day program is $3000. per student. Interested Rutherford residents should call 201 438-7675 ext. 1112 for a registration package. A non-refundable deposit of $300 is required at registration. The program is open to students who reside in Rutherford wi…

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

Neighbors

Summer Program Honors Beloved Oradell Librarian ORADELL, N.J. -- The Book and Needle Woman’s Club of Oradell sponsored The Summer Reading Kick-Off Program at the Oradell Library, in memory of the children’s librarian, Debby Kyritz. Brian Richards opened up this years “On Your Mark, Get Set, READ” program by mesmerizing a group of over 50 children and parents with his magic. Kyritz grew up in Oradell, attended River Dell High School, and later studied at Lehigh University where she received her bachelor’s degree and the University of Southern Connecticut, where she received a master’s degree in library science. She started at Oradell P…

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

Schools

Greenwich High Student Earns Honors For Paper On Gettysburg GREENWICH, Conn. – Recent Greenwich High School graduate Owen Tedford has been named a recipient of The Concord Review’s 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize.The Concord Review is “the only quarterly journal in the world to publish the academic research papers of secondary students,” according to the Review’s website. “The Emerson Prize is awarded annually to students published in The Concord Review during the previous academic year who have shown outstanding promise in history at the high school level.” Tedford was the second GHS student to be published in The Concord Review, a scholarly histori…

by Tom Renner

07/21/2016

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