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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Greenwich, CT
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Director Of Facilities Leaving Greenwich Public Schools For College Job Director Of Facilities Leaving Greenwich Public Schools For College Job Director Of Facilities Leaving Greenwich Public Schools For College Job
Director Of Facilities Leaving Greenwich Public Schools For College Job GREENWICH, Conn. – Ronald Matten, director of facilities for Greenwich Public Schools, is leaving for a job as executive director of facilities for Hunter College in New York.  His last day in Greenwich will be July 31. “It has been a pleasure to work for the Town of Greenwich. I have enjoyed and will miss working with my colleagues in the schools and with Town officials in service of maintaining and improving school facilities," Matten said. "I look forward to applying all that I have learned working in this community to my new position at Hunter College.” Matten has been with t…

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Bridgeport, CT
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Bridgeport Man Busted In Mall Parking Lot After Violating Protective Order Bridgeport Man Busted In Mall Parking Lot After Violating Protective Order Bridgeport Man Busted In Mall Parking Lot After Violating Protective Order
Bridgeport Man Busted In Mall Parking Lot After Violating Protective Order BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 26-year-old man was arrested at the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford after he was found in a car with a woman who has a protective order against him, police said. Milford police responded to the parking lot of the mall at 1201 Boston Post Road on a report of a car accident at 12:45 a.m. Monday, July 10.  An investigation of the accident led to the arrest of Georgio Marks of 3651 Main St., Bridgeport, who was found with a woman who has a full no-contact protective order against him, police said. He was charged with violation of a protective order and released on a prom…

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Danbury, CT
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Bethel Man, 20, Mugged Another Man In Downtown Danbury, Police Say Bethel Man, 20, Mugged Another Man In Downtown Danbury, Police Say Bethel Man, 20, Mugged Another Man In Downtown Danbury, Police Say
Bethel Man, 20, Mugged Another Man In Downtown Danbury, Police Say DANBURY, Conn — A 20-year-old Bethel was arrested on charges of mugging a man in downtown Danbury is also facing multiple drug charges, Danbury police said. The street robbery was reported at 4:25 a.m. July 1 on Terrace Place for the report of a street robbery, police said.  The adult male victim sustained injuries to his head but refused medical attention, police said. He told police that a man, later identified as Luiny Delacruz, 20 of Bethel, had assaulted him and taken his money. Danbury police detectives applied for and were granted an arrest warrant for Delacruz.  Patrol officers fo…

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by Karen Tensa
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Trumbull Man Left Kids In Car With Motor Running At Mall, Police Say Trumbull Man Left Kids In Car With Motor Running At Mall, Police Say Trumbull Man Left Kids In Car With Motor Running At Mall, Police Say
Trumbull Man Left Kids In Car With Motor Running At Mall, Police Say TRUMBULL, Conn. — A 33-year-old Trumbull man was arrested after he left three children under the age of 12 alone in a locked car, with the motor running, in a parking lot at the Connecticut Post Mall on Saturday, Milford police said.   Police were called at 5 p.m. Saturday  to the Connecticut Post Mall at 1201 Boston Post Road on a report of unsupervised children in a car.  The police investigation led to the arrest of Devon Brown, 33, of 22 Horseshoe Drive, Trumbull. The three children left alone are ages 10, 6, AND 22 months old, police said.  The were left in the locked, running vehicle…

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by Karen Tensa
Pound Ridge, NY
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Man, 26, Found Asleep At Wheel With Heroin, New Canaan Police Say Man, 26, Found Asleep At Wheel With Heroin, New Canaan Police Say Man, 26, Found Asleep At Wheel With Heroin, New Canaan Police Say
Man, 26, Found Asleep At Wheel With Heroin, New Canaan Police Say A 26-year-old man who was found asleep behind the wheel of a car has been arrested on a heroin possession charge, New Canaan police said.   At 12:10 a.m. July 1, New Canaan officers were called to the Frogtown Road on a report of a vehicle in a driveway with its engine running and the driver asleep, said Chief of Police Leon Krolikowski. A search of the vehicle uncovered a quantity of heroin, Krolikowski said. The driver, Agron Sabovic, of 109 Knapp Lane, New Canaan, was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics (heroin), the chief said.  Sabovic was released on $250 cash bond for…

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by Karen Tensa
Danbury, CT
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2 Men Robbed Of Cellphones, Assaulted In Danbury; First Arrest Made 2 Men Robbed Of Cellphones, Assaulted In Danbury; First Arrest Made 2 Men Robbed Of Cellphones, Assaulted In Danbury; First Arrest Made
2 Men Robbed Of Cellphones, Assaulted In Danbury; First Arrest Made DANBURY, Conn. — A Waterbury man who had assaulted two men, sending them to the hospital, and stolen their money and cellphones in Danbury was arrested Friday, police said.  The street robbery occurred at about 4:30 a.m. July 2 on Dr. Aaron B. Samuels Boulevard, police said. The two adult male victims "sustained significant facial injuries" and were transported to Danbury Hospital, police said.  They said two males had assaulted them and taken their money and cellphones, police said.  Through their investigation, the Danbury Police Detective Bureau determined that one of the suspects was …

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by Karen Tensa
New Canaan, CT
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Detour: Frogtown Road In New Canaan Reopens After Emergency Pipe Repair Detour: Frogtown Road In New Canaan Reopens After Emergency Pipe Repair Detour: Frogtown Road In New Canaan Reopens After Emergency Pipe Repair
Detour: Frogtown Road In New Canaan Reopens After Emergency Pipe Repair UPDATE: Frogtown Road is now open, thanks to the hard work of the town Highway Department, the New Canaan Police Department said via Twitter. The road reopened at about 4:40 p.m. Monday.  NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Due to an emergency pipe repair, Frogtown Road will be closed to through traffic on Monday, New Canaan Chief of Police Leon Krolikowski announced. Local traffic coming in from Weed Street can access up to 436 Frogtown. Local traffic coming in from Ponus Ridge Road can access up to Wells Lane. This closure is expected to last throughout Monday, and motorists should avoid this area, Kro…

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by Karen Tensa
Armonk, NY
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Four Injured As Fire Destroys Car In I-95 Crash Four Injured As Fire Destroys Car In I-95 Crash Four Injured As Fire Destroys Car In I-95 Crash
Four Injured As Fire Destroys Car In I-95 Crash One car was destroyed by fire after a three-vehicle crash on I-95 in Westport that sent four people to the hospital on Sunday, fire officials said.  The crash occurred at about 5:40 p.m. on  I-95 southbound between Exits 17 and 16, Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Gootman said.  Westport Engines 4 & 2, Car 3 and Rescue 3 responded to the call along with units from the Norwalk Fire Department.  A car was on fire in the left lane when firefighters arrived, with two additional vehicles from the accident in the right lane, Gootman said.  Westport Engine 4 stretched a single hand line and extingu…

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by Karen Tensa
Westport, CT
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Fire Destroys Car After Crash On I-95 In Westport; 4 Injured Fire Destroys Car After Crash On I-95 In Westport; 4 Injured Fire Destroys Car After Crash On I-95 In Westport; 4 Injured
Fire Destroys Car After Crash On I-95 In Westport; 4 Injured WESTPORT, Conn. — One car was destroyed by fire after a three-vehicle crash on I-95 in Westport that sent four people to the hospital on Sunday, fire officials said.  The crash occurred at about 5:40 p.m. on  I-95 southbound between Exits 17 and 16, Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Gootman said.  Westport Engines 4 & 2, Car 3 and Rescue 3 responded to the call along with units from the Norwalk Fire Department.  A car was on fire in the left lane when firefighters arrived, with two additional vehicles from the accident in the right lane, Gootman said.  Westport Engine 4 stretched a single han…

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by Karen Tensa
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Five Fires In Nine Days: Monroe Firefighters Respond To Blaze In Stove Five Fires In Nine Days: Monroe Firefighters Respond To Blaze In Stove Five Fires In Nine Days: Monroe Firefighters Respond To Blaze In Stove
Five Fires In Nine Days: Monroe Firefighters Respond To Blaze In Stove MONROE, Conn. — The Monroe Volunteer Fire Department responded to a stove fire on Sunday morning, according to a Facebook post. This was the fifth reported/actual structure fire in Monroe in the last nine days, the department said in the post. The homeowner extinguished the blaze before firefighters arrived, and he sustained a minor burn, the post said.  Fire units checked for an extension of the blaze and ventilated the home of smoke, the post said.  The Stepney Fire Department responded with mutual aid.  "We remind people to not leave cooking unattended," the fire department said. 

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