Karen Tensa

Managing Editor, Connecticut

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Karen has lived and worked in Connecticut for more than two decades. Her professional experience includes more than a decade of work as the news editor at The Advocate in Stamford and reporting and editing stints on the staff of The Hartford Courant, among others. She is dedicated to writing local news, enjoying winter sports and reading nonfiction books. 

Karen was formerly a managing editor at Daily Voice.

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Stamford's AITE Vandalized With Swastikas, Profanity, Messages Of Hate Stamford's AITE Vandalized With Swastikas, Profanity, Messages Of Hate Stamford's AITE Vandalized With Swastikas, Profanity, Messages Of Hate
Stamford's Aite Vandalized With Swastikas, Profanity, Messages Of Hate STAMFORD, Conn. — The Stamford community is expressing its outrage after one of the city's high schools was defaced with hateful graffiti — including swastikas, “KKK,” profanity and the number 666 — over the weekend. The vandalism involving spray-painted graffiti at the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering is under investigation by police, Stamford Mayor David Martin said Monday.  “Hate and racism have no place in Stamford," Martin said. "And events like the one this weekend are not reflective of who we are as a city. We are one of the most diverse communities in the …
Hillary Clinton Making A Stop At Costco In Brookfield For Book-Signing Hillary Clinton Making A Stop At Costco In Brookfield For Book-Signing Hillary Clinton Making A Stop At Costco In Brookfield For Book-Signing
Hillary Clinton Making A Stop At Costco In Brookfield For Book-Signing BROOKFIELD, Conn. — Want to find out "What Happened" first-hand from 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton? You can be among the first to get a signed copy of her upcoming memoir next month at Costco in Brookfield. Clinton, a resident of Chappaqua, N.Y., will head north as part of her book tour to sign copies at Costco at 200 Federal Road, Brookfield, at noon on Saturday, Sept. 16.  The appearance is listed on her book's official website, although it does not appear on the list of events on the Costco website. The book will be published on Sept. 12 by Simon &…
Bicyclist Killed In Route 6 Crash ID'd As 68-Year-Old Doctor From Danbury Bicyclist Killed In Route 6 Crash ID'd As 68-Year-Old Doctor From Danbury Bicyclist Killed In Route 6 Crash ID'd As 68-Year-Old Doctor From Danbury
Bicyclist Killed In Route 6 Crash ID'd As 68-Year-Old Doctor From Danbury DANBURY, Conn. — A 68-year-old doctor from Danbury has been identified as the bicyclist hit and killed by a car on Route 6 in Southeast on Friday, officials said Monday.  David Eric Wellin, a well-known orthopedic surgeon who lived on Lilac Lane, was bicycling west along the shoulder of Route 6, just east of Starr Ridge Road in Southeast, at about 9:05 a.m. when the accident occurred, said Putnam County Sheriff Donald Smith. Wellin tried to make a left turn across the roadway, but he crossed into the path of a car that was overtaking him from behind in the westbound lane of the roadway, sai…
Two Fairfield Boaters Identified After Fatal Accident On Long Island Sound Two Fairfield Boaters Identified After Fatal Accident On Long Island Sound Two Fairfield Boaters Identified After Fatal Accident On Long Island Sound
Two Fairfield Boaters Identified After Fatal Accident On Long Island Sound FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The two Fairfield men have been identified who died in a boating accident on Long Island Sound as officials released more information on the weekend accident.   The two men who died were Michael Murphy, 53, of Fairfield, and Scott Trautman, 46, also of Fairfield, according to the Environmental Conservation Police. The two were aboard Murphy’s 32-foot 2017 Sea Fox power boat heading south in New Haven Harbor on Saturday evening, said Dennis Schain, spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. At some point, Murphy’s vessel struck the no…
Police: Stamford Mother In 'Altered Mental State' Stabs Son, Herself Police: Stamford Mother In 'Altered Mental State' Stabs Son, Herself Police: Stamford Mother In 'Altered Mental State' Stabs Son, Herself
Police: Stamford Mother In 'Altered Mental State' Stabs Son, Herself STAMFORD, Conn. — A Stamford mother in an "altered mental state" stabbed her son in the stomach and herself several times Sunday night, causing non-life-threatening injuries, police said.   Stamford officers responded to a home on Meredith Lane at 9:10 p.m. Sunday and to Stamford Hospital, police said. The son, whose age was not released by police, was transported by his father to Stamford Hospital, where he was treated for a non-life-threatening stab wound to his abdomen, police said.  Officers secured the home and attempted to make contact with the mother, who was reportedly in…
Norwalk Driver, 30, Arrested In Deadly Crash Into Backhoe In The Bronx Norwalk Driver, 30, Arrested In Deadly Crash Into Backhoe In The Bronx Norwalk Driver, 30, Arrested In Deadly Crash Into Backhoe In The Bronx
Norwalk Driver, 30, Arrested In Deadly Crash Into Backhoe In The Bronx NORWALK, Conn. — One Norwalk man is dead and a second is charged with vehicular manslaughter after an SUV crashed into a backhoe parked along the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx, according to the New York Post. Jorge Viteri, 30, was driving drunk when the accident happened near Exit 7C at 6:50 p.m. Sunday, according to the Post. Abe Prior, 30, of Norwalk, who was a passenger in the SUV, died at Jacobi Medical Center, the Post said. Two women were treated for minor injuries, the story said. Viteri, who was not seriously injured, was charged with vehicular manslaughter, assault, driving whi…
Two Boaters Die After Vessel Capsizes On Long Island Sound Two Boaters Die After Vessel Capsizes On Long Island Sound Two Boaters Die After Vessel Capsizes On Long Island Sound
Two Boaters Die After Vessel Capsizes On Long Island Sound Two men are dead after a boat capsized Sunday on the Long Island Sound near the west breakwall off New Haven, the Coast Guard announced. A Good Samaritan reported an overturned and damaged vessel at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, the Coast Guard said. A unresponsive individual was also found on the rocks of the breakwall, who was later to be determined as a passenger of the capsized vessel. Two Coast Guard swimmers were able to recover the 46-year-old unconscious man off the breakwater. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died, according to the Coast Guard. First responders continued to search…
Man, 49, Pulls Out Clump Of Victim's Hair In Assault, New Canaan Police Say Man, 49, Pulls Out Clump Of Victim's Hair In Assault, New Canaan Police Say Man, 49, Pulls Out Clump Of Victim's Hair In Assault, New Canaan Police Say
Man, 49, Pulls Out Clump Of Victim's Hair In Assault, New Canaan Police Say NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A New York man was arrested after dragging and pulling a clump of hair out of a victim's head during a domestic dispute at a New Canaan home late Sunday, police said. Officers were dispatched at 9 p.m. Sunday to a home on Heritage Hill Road on a report of a dispute, police said.  An investigation determined that Christopher Johnson, 49, of Hartsdale, N.Y., had assaulted the victim, pulling out a clump of hair while dragging the victim, police said. Johnson was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and disorderly conduct.  He was released on $500 bond for a cou…
Darien Police: Briefcase Taken From Unlocked Car Found, But Laptop Was Gone Darien Police: Briefcase Taken From Unlocked Car Found, But Laptop Was Gone Darien Police: Briefcase Taken From Unlocked Car Found, But Laptop Was Gone
Darien Police: Briefcase Taken From Unlocked Car Found, But Laptop Was Gone DARIEN, Conn. — A briefcase stolen from an unlocked car at a home on Tulip Tree Lane in Darien was recovered — but the laptop inside was gone, police said. The resident said that the car was entered during the overnight hours of Aug. 13 to Aug. 14, police said.  When he went to the vehicle in the morning, the resident saw the glove box was open, police said. Initially, he thought he may have left it open and didn’t report it to police.  But later that day, a neighbor found his briefcase in her yard, police said. The briefcase had been in the vehicle, and a laptop was missing from it, polic…
Funeral Mass Set For Slain Student From Greenwich's Convent Of Sacred Heart Funeral Mass Set For Slain Student From Greenwich's Convent Of Sacred Heart Funeral Mass Set For Slain Student From Greenwich's Convent Of Sacred Heart
Funeral Mass Set For Slain Student From Greenwich's Convent Of Sacred Heart A funeral Mass has been scheduled for the family killed in Friday's double murder/suicide in Pound Ridge, N.Y. A funeral Mass will be celebrated for 50-year-old Loretta P. Dym, her 18-year-old daughter Caroline E. Dym and 56-year-old husband Steven E. Dym on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, 7 Pound Ridge Road, Bedford Village, N.Y.  Interment will be private. Caroline E. Dym was entering her senior year at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich,where she was a golf standout. Related story: Details Emerge In Death Of Student From Greenwich's Convent Of Sacred He…
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