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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Darien, CT
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Stamford Teen Arrested After Entering Darien Home, Attacking Officers Stamford Teen Arrested After Entering Darien Home, Attacking Officers Stamford Teen Arrested After Entering Darien Home, Attacking Officers
Stamford Teen Arrested After Entering Darien Home, Attacking Officers DARIEN, Conn. – A16-year-old boy from Stamford was arrested after a bizarre incident in Darien in which he entered a home, assaulted a teenage resident and fought with responding officers and EMS workers, police said.     The incident began at 4:45 p.m. Sunday when Darien officers responded to a Post Road home on a report of an unknown person in the residence, police said. The teen had knocked on the front door, which was answered by a 10-year-old resident, and gone inside, police said. The juvenile, who was making incoherent statements and sweating profusely, appeared to be under the influ…

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Stamford, CT
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Stamford Officers Dive In To Rescue 7-Year-Old From Water Off Cummings Park Stamford Officers Dive In To Rescue 7-Year-Old From Water Off Cummings Park Stamford Officers Dive In To Rescue 7-Year-Old From Water Off Cummings Park
Stamford Officers Dive In To Rescue 7-Year-Old From Water Off Cummings Park STAMFORD, Conn. — Three Stamford police officers dove into the waters off Cummings Park to save a 7-year-old boy who fell into Long Island Sound from the fishing pier Sunday night, police said. The boy could not swim and was holding onto a pylon in the water to stay afloat, police said.   Stamford officers arrived at Cummings Park at 6:27 p.m. Sunday and saw a child about 70 feet out with his head just above the water, police said.  Officers Damien Rosa and Michael Montanaro ran down the pier, and Sgt. Charles "Chip" White jumped into the water from the beach alongside the pier, police sai…

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by Karen Tensa
Westport, CT
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Math Whiz Match-Up: Men From Bethel & Stratford Face Off On 'Superhuman' Math Whiz Match-Up: Men From Bethel & Stratford Face Off On 'Superhuman' Math Whiz Match-Up: Men From Bethel & Stratford Face Off On 'Superhuman'
Math Whiz Match-Up: Men From Bethel & Stratford Face Off On 'Superhuman' FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Two math whizzes from Fairfield County will prove that computing is a superpower at they meet up Monday night and compete for a $50,000 grand prize on the TV show "Superhuman."   One contestant with local ties is Stratford’s Jonathan Matte, 47, who by day is a math teacher at Greens Farms Academy in Westport.  Another of the six contestants is Ethan Brown, an 18-year-old from Bethel. He is a recent graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and a self-proclaimed mathemagician. The episode, called “No Task Too Tall,” was taped last summer.  "Superhuman" is ho…

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by Daily Voice
Danbury, CT
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3 Women Get Into Late-Night Fight At Diner In Danbury; One Sent To Hospital 3 Women Get Into Late-Night Fight At Diner In Danbury; One Sent To Hospital 3 Women Get Into Late-Night Fight At Diner In Danbury; One Sent To Hospital
3 Women Get Into Late-Night Fight At Diner In Danbury; One Sent To Hospital DANBURY, Conn. — Three women were arrested after they got into a late-night fight at Elmer's Diner in Danbury, and one of them ended up at Danbury Hospital with bruises, scratches and a bite on the arm, according to the News-Times. The fight began after 2 a.m. Saturday, between Kennly Caceres, 24, and sisters Carla and Michell Morla, both 27, the News-Times said.  Police said the Moria sisters confronted Caceres after they overheard her talking about one of their male friends, and the three got into a physical fight, the News-Times said. Caceres went to the ER, and Carla and Michell Moria …

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by Daily Voice
Greenwich, CT
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Himes Proposes Bill To Require On-Camera Media Briefings From White House Himes Proposes Bill To Require On-Camera Media Briefings From White House Himes Proposes Bill To Require On-Camera Media Briefings From White House
Himes Proposes Bill To Require On-Camera Media Briefings From White House In response to the Trump administrations’s recent restrictions on press access at the White House, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-4th District) introduced a new bill that would require the White House to hold at least two televised press briefings per week. Himes calls it the Free Press Act.  "The White House has begun to dramatically, and in an historically unprecedented way, reduce the media and therefore the American people’s access to the thinking of the president. And that’s not healthy. So now is the time," Hime said via Twitter as he introduced the bill. The White House has repeatedly banne…

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by Daily Voice
Stamford, CT
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Career Criminal Arrested After Alert Stamford Resident Reports Van Break-In Career Criminal Arrested After Alert Stamford Resident Reports Van Break-In Career Criminal Arrested After Alert Stamford Resident Reports Van Break-In
Career Criminal Arrested After Alert Stamford Resident Reports Van Break-In STAMFORD, Conn. — A 55-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record and a van filled with allegedly stolen tools was arrested after an alert resident reported a van break-in in progress on the city's East Side, Stamford police said.  A caller at 4:24 a.m. Thursday reported he saw someone break into a van parked on William Street, police said.  Patrol officers responded and found a van with a shattered window, police said. A suspicious person was seen running through a nearby yard, police said.  But a search of the area with the assistance of a Greenwich Police K-9 turned up no suspect, poli…

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by Karen Tensa
New Canaan, CT
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Cops: Former Employee Stole $150K In Rolexes From New Canaan Jeweler Cops: Former Employee Stole $150K In Rolexes From New Canaan Jeweler Cops: Former Employee Stole $150K In Rolexes From New Canaan Jeweler
Cops: Former Employee Stole $150K In Rolexes From New Canaan Jeweler NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A 30-year-old former employee of Manfredi Jewels stole $150,000 worth of Rolexes from the New Canaan store and sold them on eBay, police told Patch.com.  Pierce Shortell, of Wallingford was arrested Friday, charged with first-degree larceny and held on $150,000 bond, Patch.com said. The thefts were uncovered when discrepancies appeared in May that showed inventory and sales reports did not match, New Canaan police told Patch.  An investigation found that the discrepancies began just after Shortell was hired in 2016 and continued until he resigned this June, Patch said. …

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by Daily Voice
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Classic Car Catches Fire In Monroe Classic Car Catches Fire In Monroe Classic Car Catches Fire In Monroe
Classic Car Catches Fire In Monroe MONROE, Conn. — A crew from the Monroe Volunteer Fire Department responded to a small fire in a classic car on Saturday night, according to a Facebook post.  Upon arrival at 401 Monroe Turnpike, units found the front bench seat of a classic car had gone up in flames, the post said. Units used a can and the booster line to douse the small blaze.

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by Karen Tensa
Brookfield, CT
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Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash In Brookfield Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash In Brookfield Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash In Brookfield
Motorcyclist Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash In Brookfield BROOKFIELD, Conn. — A motorcyclist was killed in a three-vehicle crash late Saturday on Candlewood Lake Road near Huckleberry Hill Elementary School in Brookfield, police said. The identify of the motorcyclist who died had not been released as of Sunday afternoon, pending notification of family. The Brookfield Police Department is investigating the accident that involved two cars and one motorcycle at about 10:20 p.m. The motorcycle operator died at Danbury Hospital, police said. An occupant of one of the vehicles was also taken to Danbury Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, polic…

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by Karen Tensa
Bridgeport, CT
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Bridgeport Man Killed After Car Slams Into Parked Semi Bridgeport Man Killed After Car Slams Into Parked Semi Bridgeport Man Killed After Car Slams Into Parked Semi
Bridgeport Man Killed After Car Slams Into Parked Semi BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A man died Saturday night after his 1989 Toyota Corolla wagon slammed into a parked semi-trailer truck on Newfield Avenue in Bridgeport, according to the Connecticut Post. The crash occurred at 7:22 p.m. near the I-95 underpass, trapping the driver as the car became wedged under the trailer, the Post said. Tarryl A. Brown of Bridgeport was transported via ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital, where he died, police told the Post. Click here for the story at the Connecticut Post.

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