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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

Westchester Single Family Home Sales Rise 6.2 Percent In 2015 WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Activity rose in Westchester County real estate for the 14th time in the past 16 quarters, giving the region a 6.2 percent boost for the year in the sale of single family homes over 2014. “Things are looking very positive,’’ said Gail Fattizzi, Executive Director at Westchester Real Estate. “The number of sales is rising, which is good news. Prices are staying stable, which is also good news. You don’t want to see any unbridled exuberance. I think overall, we’re in a pretty good place.” Westchester Real Estate reported a 12 percent rise in sales in the fourth qua…

by Tom Renner

01/20/2016

Lifestyle

Landscape Resolution for 2016: Create A Pollinator Victory Garden BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- Pollinators are critical to our food supply and are responsible for the pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants. But many pollinators are in trouble and most of our home landscapes have little to offer them. Make a resolution for the New Year to create a “Pollinator Victory Garden” to help win the war on pollinator decline. Here are some ways you can help pollinators in your own landscape: Plant a wide array of plants with different flower colors. Different types of pollinators are attracted to different colors. While bees favor white, purple, blue …

by Kim Eierman

01/20/2016

Real Estate

Westchester Realtor Takes Reins Of Association For 100th Anniversary WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- William Raveis Associate Real Estate broker Marcene Hedayati has been selected to become President of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors at a special time in the organization’s history. Hedayati, a Realtor with more than 20 years experience who has had various roles with HGAR, was selected President for HGAR’s 100th anniversary year. She will be installed on Thursday, Jan. 21, at The Ritz-Carlton in Westchester. “It’s going to be exciting to be the President during the centennial year,’’ said Hedayati, the broker of record, part owner and manager of Willi…

Content Partner: William Raveis Legends Realty Group

Real Estate

Polpo Restaurant Hosts Special Happy Hours For Realtors GREENWICH, Conn. -- Ron Rossa owner of Polpo Restaurant wants to personally thank all Realtors for their continuous support and invite them to a half price happy hour every Wednesday through the end of February. The happy hour runs 5-7 p.m. and includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres. The restaurant is located at 554 Old Post Road No. 3. “It's really nice of Ron to show his appreciation to the realtors and it’s a great opportunity to connect with one another ,’’ said Barbara Zaccagnini of Coldwell Banker in Greenwich. The restaurant features a piano bar, where Jay Sweeney’s music will provid…

Content Partner: Barbara Zaccagnini

Sports

Lakeland HS Grad Tori Jarosz Named Conference Player Of Week Marist College senior and former Lakeland High School standout Tori Jarosz of Cortlandt Manor has been named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the fourth time in her career and second time this season, the conference announced Monday. Jarosz led the Red Foxes to a big week as the team went 3-0 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play with wins against Manhattan, Iona, and Monmouth. Jarosz averaged a double-double, scoring 24 points per game on 60 percent shooting (27-for-45 overall) while pulling down 13.3 rebounds per game. In Jarosz’s first game of the week a…

by Tom Renner

01/19/2016

Schools

Student Workshops Coming To Stepinac In White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Study Skills for Students is hosting a workshop at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains beginning Saturday, Jan. 23. The S4 workshops foster academic achievement by teaching students key study strategies that help them learn and achieve better academic success. “Parents, students and teachers agree the S4 Study Skills program offers a pathway to academic success," said Paul Carty, principal at Archbishop Stepinac High School. "We continue to make the workshops available to our students, and those from the surrounding communities, because the progra…

by Tom Renner

01/19/2016

Real Estate

Bongiardino Joins Better Homes & Gardens Rand Realty In Wyckoff WYCKOFF, N.Y. -- Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty announced that Peter Bongiardino has joined its office in Wyckoff. “I’m very excited to join this company,” Bongiardino said. “My daughter-in-law, April, works out of the Warwick office, and I’m thrilled to begin my real estate career with her.” Besides being a part of Rand Realty, Bongiardino has owned a pest control business for the past 30 years and will continue to run his business in parallel to real estate. Bongiardino plans to bring his experience from his previous business and apply it to his real estate career to help it flour…

by Tom Renner

01/19/2016

Neighbors

Daily Voice Editor Shares Journalism Expertise At Wooster In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. -- Daily Voice Senior Client Editor Tom Renner spoke to students at Wooster School in Danbury Friday to share his insight on journalism. Renner talked for an hour to the students, who ranged in ages from 1st to 5th grade. He shared with them stories about his more than three decades of experience in the field, which included stops in Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Stamford. Renner joined Daily Voice in February 2010 and is the news organization's longest-tenured editorial employee. Students were part of a class led by Dr. Stephanie Bell of Ridgefield, head of Lower Sch…

by Daily Voice

01/19/2016

Real Estate

Elegance Abounds At Newly-Listed Wilton Colonial WILTON, Conn. -- William Raveis Realtor Nancy Budd will host an open house Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at her new listing at 385 Nod Hill Road in Wilton. The five-bedroom Colonial sits on 2.9 acres and includes 6,162 square feet. It was built in 1999. It is listed for $1,699,000. Click here for listing details. Click here for a virtual tour of the home. “It’s spectacular and elegant home in a desirable neighborhood," Budd said. “It has exquisite detail and millwork throughout.” The home features five en suite bedrooms, five full baths and two half baths. There are are also three fireplaces a…

Content Partner: Nancy Budd

Sports

Stamford Skaters Help Team Win Medals At Massachusetts Competition STAMFORD, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut Skating team (SCSS) won a gold and two silver medals at the Colonial Classic Open last weekend at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. The three-day event hosted 141 Northeastern U.S. teams that competed across every division from Basic Skills 1 to Senior. Each program is judged on required elements, speed, challenging step sequences, and precision, as well as for style and artistic expression. The Sprites, the SCSS team’s Basic Skills 2 line, won their second gold medal this season. In yellow dresses, the Sprites performed to the soul classic, “Bui…

by Tom Renner

01/15/2016

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