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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.

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News

Stamford Mayor Martin Declares Snow Emergency: Move Your Car Off Streets STAMFORD, Conn. – Mayor David Martin has declared a Snow Emergency, effective 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, in anticipation of the impending snowstorm. The Snow Emergency will require the removal of all vehicles on designated snow emergency streets. City parking garages will be available free of charge after 5 p.m. Wednesday through the duration of the storm. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the area from midnight until 6 p.m. Thursday. Forecasters predict moderate heavy snow on Thursday with accumulations of 6-12 inches. Snow is expected to begin late Wednesday or early Thursday morning. …

02/08/2017

Business

Starbucks Looks To Build In Danbury's Berkshire Shopping Center DANBURY, Conn. -- It seems java lovers can't get enough of Starbucks. And yet another new store could soon be coming to Danbury, according to a report on WLAD. The Seattle-based coffee chain is apparently looking to open a store in the Berkshire Shopping Center on Newtown Road. The WLAD report said Starbucks wants to construct a 2,000-square foot building on the site of a former coffee hut. Starbucks already has multiple locations in Danbury, including the Danbury Fair Mall, Mill Plain Road, North Street and on Federal Road. There are also locations in Bethel, a little more than two miles …

02/08/2017

Weather

Danbury Residents Reminded To Remove Cars From Streets During Storm DANBURY, Conn. -- Danbury will be at a Level 1 Snow Emergency starting at 5 a.m. Thursday. Level 1 means residents must move cars yoff streets street so that city plowsbegin snow removal operations. Mayor Mark Boughton also reminded residents to shovel sidewalks and stay safe in the impending storm.

02/08/2017

Sports

Greenwich Hockey Player Featured In Sports Illustrated Article GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich's Cam Atkinson, an All-Star hockey player with the Columbus Blue Jackets, was recently profiled in a recent article in Sports Illustrated. Atkinson made his first All-Star team this winter for the Blue Jackets. He joined the NHL team in 2012 and has 26 goals and 22 assists. He will almost certainly eclipse his career highs of 27 goals and 26 assists, both of which he set last season. Atkinson scored a goal in Tuesday's 3-2 victory for the Blue Jackets over Detroit. He is among the NHL leaders in goals scored, and is the team's leading scorer. In the SI article,…

02/08/2017

Police & Fire

Westport Firefighter Returns From Security Stint In Jordan With Marines WESTPORT, Conn. — Westport Fire Department Firefighter James “Doc” Branson recently returned from a 375-day deployment to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with the U.S. Marines as an adviser with Security Cooperation Team-Jordan. The Fire Department celebrated his return by taking down the “Blue Star Flag” which flew at Westport Fire Headquarters during his time overseas. Branson returned to duty with the department this week. Branson is a Navy Corpsman and medic for the Marines and a medical advisor to the Jordanian Armed Forces. He helped train some of the first tactical medics in the Jor…

02/08/2017

Real Estate

Cozy And Captivating, Mid-Century Modern In Weston Awaits New Owner WESTON, Conn. -- One of Weston’s most architecturally unique homes, designed by a firm led by a key influencer in 20th century design, has come on the market at 94 Lords Highway. The 3-bedroom, 3-bath home includes 1,797 square feet of living space and two acres of land. The home was designed by a team led by a disciple of Edward Durrell Stone, an early practitioner of modern architecture and peer of Frank Lloyd Wright. The home is listed for $799,999 and is being offered by Cyd Hamer and Inger Stringfellow of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty. “It’s a special home,’’ Hamer said. …

02/08/2017

Neighbors

Greenwich Hospital Emergency Department Celebrates Renovation GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich Hospital celebrated the completion of a multi-million dollar Emergency Department renovation designed to deliver critical and life-saving care to area residents more quickly and efficiently. Led by Greenwich Hospital’s Norman Roth, president, and Christopher Davison, MD, medical director of the Emergency Department, staff and volunteers paused to celebrate with a ribbon cutting in front of the new centralized nursing station. “This is a major accomplishment when you consider that we renovated every corner of the Emergency Department and never once shut our door…

02/08/2017

Police & Fire

Redding Police Prepare For Close Cut To Fight Cancer REDDING, Conn. -- Members of the Redding Police Department will be shaving their heads to support the fight against childhood cancer.Members of the department will have their heads shaved at Joel Barlow High School on Monday, March 13. Led by team captain and Police Chief Doug Fuchs, the department is seeking to raise $2,500 for the St. Baldrick's Foundation, which is leading the fight against childhood cancer To make a donation to support the department, click here to visit its fundraising page.

02/08/2017

Police & Fire

Weston Man Charged With Stealing $400+ In Toothbrushes In Westport WESTPORT, Conn. -- A Weston man was charged with two counts of larceny after he attempted to steal expensive toothbrushes from a Westport drug store, police said.A witness at the CVS Pharmacy at 397 Post Road E. observed Nabeel Abdallah, 21, leaving the store with "two to three boxes" of toothbrushes, according to a police report. The man got into the passenger side of a vehicle, and the driver exited through a back lot, police said. The alert witness wrote down the license plate of the vehicle. The witness also noticed that a female was driving the vehicle, police said. Upon revi…

02/08/2017

Neighbors

Deadly Accident Of 2 Young Stamford Men Shatters Lives Of Family, Friends STAMFORD, Conn. — Pain pierced Brian Murphy’s heart early Saturday morning after two young men he worshiped as brothers died in a tragic Stamford automobile accident. Lucas Salem and Tommy Molgano, both 20, were not just friends for Murphy. They were trusted companions with mutual interests and goals, young men with big personalities, big dreams and even bigger hearts, he said. They were ready to take on the world, all of them, together. The vision to extend their friendship into early adulthood was shattered on Hope Street in Stamford. Molgano and Salem died in the wreck when a pickup truc…

02/07/2017

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