Tom Renner

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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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Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Mad Bulls Girl Wins Title At State Wrestling Championships NORWALK, Conn. -- Madeleine Gordon, Anna Haus and Cali Gilchrist represented the Norwalk Mad Bulls in the girls youth state championships Sunday in Thomaston. All three girls wrestled well, with Haus winning a state championship. Mad Bull program founder and director Randy Haus was pleased with the results and said the team continues to break new ground in youth wrestling with the growing four-year program. “This is a first for us as a wrestling team, preparing the girls for state competition with our wrestling club, we were all excited to see how we would match up with some of the best g…

by Tom Renner

03/14/2014

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Norwalk High Hosts Winter Guard, Percussion Show On Saturday NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk High School will host the Music Arts Conference 2014 Winter Guard and Percussion Home Show on Saturday, March 15. The show will start at 1 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m. Throughout the day, 36 competition guard groups are scheduled to compete. They will be joined by 12 competition Winter Percussion groups all from across the Tri-State area. The day will feature the talents of the Norwalk High School Scholastic AA Winter Guard, the Norwalk High School Scholastic Open Winter Guard, and Norwalk High School Indoor Winter Percussion Ensemble. Tickets can be purchased…

by Daily Voice

03/14/2014

Greenwich, CT

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Greenwich Basketball Player Named To League's All-Freshman Team GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich resident and former Greens Farms Academy star Sean Obi, a freshman basketball player at Rice University, was named Tuesday to the Conference USA All-Freshman team. Rice's season ended Tuesday with a first-round loss to North Texas in the C-USA Tournament. The Owls went 7-23 this season. Obi finished second on the team in scoring with 11.4 points per game and led C-USA during the regular season with a 9.3 rebounding average. He also ranked third in the league with a 59.6 field goal percentage and second in C-USA with 11 double-doubles. Obi, who came to live …

by Tom Renner

03/14/2014

White Plains, NY

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Westchester County Association Starts Networking Group For Startups WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Westchester County Association’s BLUEPRINT for Westchester announced last week the formation of a new networking group for companies, startups, and entrepreneurs who want to meet like-minded innovators. “Accelerate Westchester: Meetup. Startup.,” will offer opportunities to share tips, address startup challenges, and attend forums where entrepreneurs can bounce ideas off industry experts. The first event for Accelerate Westchester: Meetup. Startup. is scheduled for Wednesday, April 2, at 5:30 p.m., in the Executive Dining Room at 1133 Westchester Ave. in Whi…

by Tom Renner

03/13/2014

Stamford, CT

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Stamford Hockey Player Signs Free Agent Deal With Rangers STAMFORD, Conn. – Stamford native Ryan Haggerty signed a free-agent contract Wednesday with the New York Rangers hockey team and will forego his final season at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Haggerty, a junior, scored 28 goals and collected 15 assists this season at RPI. He lead the team in goals, points, power play goals and game-winning goals. "I am thrilled to see Ryan earn the opportunity to sign an NHL contract with the New York Rangers," RPI head coach Seth Appert said in a statement on the RPI website. "His growth as a player and person in his three years at RPI was impressiv…

by Tom Renner

03/13/2014

Danbury, CT

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Danbury Will Host Top Pro, Amateur Cyclists For New Race DANBURY, Conn. – After more than a decade since top professional cyclists and amateurs from the tri-state area last raced in downtown Danbury, they will be making a return this summer. The inaugural Race4Scholars Criterium presented by Danbury Audi will take place in Danbury on Sunday, Aug. 17. "Danbury Audi has made a powerful statement to brand downtown Danbury as a mecca for family entertainment and a destination for cycling enthusiasts," said Duane Perkins, founder and president of WHEELpassion. "It takes a lot of time to launch a high-caliber events like this. Proceeds from this ev…

by Tom Renner

03/13/2014

Fairfield, CT

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Gymnast Shannon Miller Plans Cancer Survival Talk In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, will appear in Fairfield on Thursday, March 20, as part of a Speaker Series presented by the CT Challenge. Following an introduction by Bigelow Tea President and CEO Cindi Bigelow, Miller will speak at the Roger Ludlowe Middle School at 689 Unquowa Road in Fairfield at 7 p.m. She will greet other cancer survivors at a reception before her presentation. During her gymnastics career, Miller won 49 national and 59 international medals, including two world all-around titles and seven Olympic medals. In 2011, Mil…

by Tom Renner

03/13/2014

Norwalk, CT

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Fairfield County Chorale Presents 'King David' At Norwalk Concert Hall NORWALK, Conn. -- The Fairfield County Chorale and Orchestra, under the baton of David Rosenmeyer, will present Arthur Honegger’s monumental oratorio, "King David," at the Norwalk Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15. The Chorale will be joined by soloists Camille Zamora, soprano; Malena Dayen, mezzo-soprano, and Chee Shen Tan, tenor, as well as Kelly Cranston, a 16-year-old sophomore at Trumbull High School, who will appear in the cameo role as the shepherd in King David. James Naughton will be featured as the narrator in King David. A Tony Award-winning actor who has appeared in…

by Tom Renner

03/13/2014

Briarcliff, NY

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Briarcliff's Inspired Chef Digs Savory Cracker Treat BRIARCLIFF, MANOR, N.Y. -- There are three things I can always count on when I go away on a girls weekend – and when I say girls I use the term loosely as my friends are all close to or over 50 – there’s going to be a lot of eating, drinking, and laughing! And that’s just what happened when I went away with a group of eight to Stratton Mountain to stay at a friend’s ski house. So, now that I am finally over my hangover, I can talk about the food. Let’s just say no one came on the trip empty handed. Joan brought every type of chocolate covered caramel and nut imaginable. Sandy came with brow…

by Laura Mogil

03/13/2014

White Plains, NY

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Ragtime At Westchester Broadway Theatre Delivers Flawless Show WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Often, when an event is highly publicized, it disappoints. But, such is not the case with Standing Ovation Studios' production of "Ragtime: The Musical," that opened, recently, at the Westchester Broadway Theatre. The production goes beyond one's loftiest expectations. Boasting a cast of 40 performers, Ragtime tells the story of three divergent families in the turn-of-the-century. The families, and their three backgrounds are as far apart, as one can imagine. But, their quest was very much the same, and that was, to achieve the much sought after American Dream.…

by William Reynolds

03/13/2014

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