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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

Business

Ski Shop In Pearl River Closes Doors After Nearly 50 Years PEARL RIVER, N.Y. -- A Pearl River ski shop that has been in business for 48 years is closing, according to a report on LoHud.com. Bob Stevenson opened the shop, now on Central Avenue, in 1968, along with his partners, Ross Koenig and his wife, Patricia. The Koenigs are no longer involved in the business, the report said, although Patricia Koenig still owns the building. Bob Stevenson has been handling store operations with assistance from Bonnie Stevenson. "Awesome shop,'' one shop reviewer wrote on Yelp! in 2014. "Put an 18" gash down one ski all the way to the core and the…

by Tom Renner

07/25/2016

Sports

Ridgefield Teen Qualifies For Junior Olympics Track Meet RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Josephine Simon of Ridgefield has qualified for the National Junior Olympics Track and Field championship in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles. The competition will be held this week at Sacramento State University in California. Simon qualified by winning the Connecticut championship in both the 100 and 400 meter hurdles in June and placing third in both events at the Region 1 championship held in Albany earlier this month. Simon competes in the 17-18-year-old age group. Simon established a personal record in the 400M hurdles, running a 68.98 in the event at the Connecticut…

by Tom Renner

07/25/2016

News

Alert Issued For Missing Upstate Woman New York Police issued an alert Monday for a woman who was reported missing from a town in Chautauqua County.Janet Krumm, 60, has dementia and was last seen in Forestville, Chautauqua County, on Monday morning. She is driving a gray 2015 Ford Escape with New York registration EYC-9165. Call 911 or the Chautauqua Sheriff with any information at (716) 753-2131.

by Tom Renner

07/25/2016

Neighbors

Leonia Woman Graduates Bergen Leads Leadership Program LEONIA, N.J. -- Joyce Luhrs of Leonia graduated recently from the Class of 2016 Bergen LEADS, Bergen County’s first and only civic leadership program sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Bergen County in Hackensack.Bergen LEADS, a 10-month unique experiential learning and leadership program, is designed to prepare aspiring and acknowledged leaders to tackle the unique challenges and embrace the opportunities in Bergen County. A graduation ceremony was held at Bergen Community College in Paramus after the Bergen LEADS class presented, 'Take 2, Bergen: Bergen County Film Through the Years', in …

by Tom Renner

07/25/2016

Sports

Rowers For Norwalk's Connecticut Boat Club Capture Summer Gold NORWALK, Conn. -- Rowers from Norwalk-based Connecticut Boat Club picked up several gold medals this summer and qualified two athletes for the under-19 national team that will compete next month in the Netherlands. Fairfield's Olivia Luther started CBC's hot summer with two medals at the CanAmMex Regatta. She rowed for the United States as it won the women's 4- and the women's 8. The regatta, which brings together junior rowers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico, was held in Sarasota, Fla. At Club Nationals, Ella Petreski of Pound Ridge, N.Y., won gold in the u-17 women's 8 as part of the U…

by Tom Renner

07/25/2016

Neighbors

Passion, Need, Fuel Longtime Director Of Westchester Legal Services WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The seeds for Barbara Finkelstein’s two-decade tenure as the leader of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) were sown years ago in her native Brooklyn. Finkelstein grew up in a working class community, where her father worked for the post office while her mother raised the children, one of whom had special needs. “I always had a lot of responsibility and was involved in justice issues, whether it was criminal or civil,’’ said Finkelstein, the Chief Executive Officer of the White Plains-based organization. “I’ve always been involved in social justice issues. We had…

by Tom Renner

07/25/2016

Neighbors

Stamford Couple Remains Dedicated After 60 Happy Years Of Marriage STAMFORD, Conn. -- In the spring of 1954, 23-year-old Manny Blosio, who had just returned to his hometown of Stamford from a stint as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, went to the dentist to get his teeth cleaned. Blosio was instantly attracted to Rosemarie Marrucco, 26, a pretty green-eyed, blonde dental hygienist who gave him his cleaning. Although the pair didn't know it at the time, their fate was sealed for the next six decades and beyond. The Blosios will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on July 28. The couple, who are now in their 80s and still living in Stamford, have fou…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/25/2016

Business

Expert Helps Connecticut Businesses Carve Out The Right Path For Growth STAMFORD, Conn. -- As an expert adviser for the Connecticut Small Business Development Center, Stamford’s Tony Peters works with entrepreneurs to help their businesses grow. He speaks from experience. Peters launched two successful startups in totally unrelated fields, and shares his knowledge in building those companies with Connecticut entrepreneurs looking to do the same. Peters drove job creation by mixing public incentives and private investment, and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Small Business Development Center. “This was an opportunity to work with small busine…

by Tom Renner

07/25/2016

News

Cortlandt Begins Paving, Resurfacing Of Town's Roads CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- The Town of Cortlandt announced it has started paving and resurfacing of the town's roads. Cortlandt has appropriated $1.9 million dollars to be spent from the highway fund. No bonding or borrowing was needed. The town is paying for the project with money saved in the highway portion of its budget. The town has spent $1.6 million each of the past two years in road repair. In three years the town has expended $5.1 million dollars to resurfacing town roads without incurring any debt. The staff paving committee recommends a list of roads for treatment after evaluating all …

by Tom Renner

07/23/2016

Neighbors

Stamford Woman Travels To Africa To Help Women Escape Poverty STAMFORD, Conn. -- A Stamford woman and recent Yale University grad is raising funds to support a post-graduate year in Kenya to improve the lives of impoverished women. Allie Souza said on her Go Fund Me page that she will be working in coordination with the BOMA Project, a U.S. nonprofit and Kenyan NGO with a transformative approach to alleviating poverty and building resiliency in the drylands of Africa. "As part of BOMA’s Monitoring & Evalutation team, I will help to implement programs that allow women to 'graduate' from extreme poverty by giving them tools to start small busin…

by Tom Renner

07/23/2016

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