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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New Canaan, CT
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Crime Spree: Thieves Enter 10 Cars, Steal One In New Canaan Crime Spree: Thieves Enter 10 Cars, Steal One In New Canaan Crime Spree: Thieves Enter 10 Cars, Steal One In New Canaan
Crime Spree: Thieves Enter 10 Cars, Steal One In New Canaan NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Valuables were taken from 10 cars and a Porsche was stolen during a crime spree on the Fourth of July, New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski said. On Tuesday, the New Canaan Police Department received complaints from 10 residents that their vehicles had been entered, and valuables were taken, as well as one complaint of a stolen vehicle, the chief said. These thefts occurred during the early morning of July 4. Vehicles — all of which were not locked —were entered in the areas of Upper Elm Street, Graystone Circle, Millport Avenue, Richmond Hill Road, Sunrise Avenue, a…

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by Daily Voice
Fairfield, CT
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Safe & Hungry: Shih Tzu Reported Missing In Fairfield Returns Home Safe & Hungry: Shih Tzu Reported Missing In Fairfield Returns Home Safe & Hungry: Shih Tzu Reported Missing In Fairfield Returns Home
Safe & Hungry: Shih Tzu Reported Missing In Fairfield Returns Home UPDATE: Jack has been found. He is home — safe and hungry! FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A 15-year-old brown and white Shih Tzu has gone missing in Fairfield, and his owner is frantic to find him.  Fliers are posted outside and on Facebook for help in finding Jack, who weighs about 9 pounds and has a cyst-like growth on his upper back, according to a Facebook post. Jack has no collar, but he has on a white flee collar. Since he went missing, his owner has checked with emergency veterinarians, Bridgeport and Fairfield Police Departments, neighbors and the microchip company. She has also gone numerous …

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by Daily Voice
Danbury, CT
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Water Main Break Reported In Danbury Water Main Break Reported In Danbury Water Main Break Reported In Danbury
Water Main Break Reported In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. — Crews were responding to a water main break on Oak Ridge Avenue in Danbury on  Wednesday morning, according to the mayor. The water main break is in front of 7/9 Oak Ridge Ave., according to Mayor Mark Boughton.  "Our crews are enroute to evaluate the break and begin shutting water off to the affected area so that a repair may be made," he said at about 8 a.m. Customers without water or with low water pressure will include Oak Ridge Avenue, Ridge Road, Concord Road, Green Avenue, Lexington Avenue and Claremont Avenue. Customers in surrounding areas such as along …

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by Karen Tensa
New Canaan, CT
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Unlocked Porsche, With Keys Inside, Stolen In New Canaan Unlocked Porsche, With Keys Inside, Stolen In New Canaan Unlocked Porsche, With Keys Inside, Stolen In New Canaan
Unlocked Porsche, With Keys Inside, Stolen In New Canaan NEW CANAAN, Conn. — After an unlocked Porsche — with the keys left inside — was stolen overnight, New Canaan police took the opportunity to again remind residents to lock up their cars.  Multiple unlocked were vehicles entered overnight Tuesday and valuables were taken, New Canaan police said via Twitter.  "Protect your property, otherwise you could be a victim," police said. "Don't allow yourself to be a victim. Lock your car, remove valuables." 

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by Daily Voice
Darien, CT
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Darien Police: Man Exposed Himself After Outbursts At Market, Post Office Darien Police: Man Exposed Himself After Outbursts At Market, Post Office Darien Police: Man Exposed Himself After Outbursts At Market, Post Office
Darien Police: Man Exposed Himself After Outbursts At Market, Post Office DARIEN, Conn. — A 62-year-old man exposed himself to officers after he staged an outburst at the Darien Post Office and harassed a female customer at Palmer's Market, police said. Darien officers were dispatched to the parking lot of Palmer’s Market at 7:22 p.m. June 26 on a report of a man yelling at a female customer, police said. The description matched that of a man who has been involved in similar incidents in the past, police said. Officers found Robert Houseworth, who fit the description, inside the nearby post office at 246 Heights Road, police said.  Houseworth was tearing up his …

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by Daily Voice
Stamford, CT
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Man, 39, Stabbed Woman Who Refused To Give Him Cash, Stamford Police Say Man, 39, Stabbed Woman Who Refused To Give Him Cash, Stamford Police Say Man, 39, Stabbed Woman Who Refused To Give Him Cash, Stamford Police Say
Man, 39, Stabbed Woman Who Refused To Give Him Cash, Stamford Police Say STAMFORD, Conn. — The 39-year-old male suspect who robbed and stabbed a woman just a few blocks from the downtown Stamford train station was apprehended within minutes on Monday afternoon, police said. At 2:28 p.m. Monday, the Stamford police Patrol Division was dispatched to the rear of 67 Henry St. for a woman stabbed in the chest, Lt. Diedrich Hohn said in a statement. Officers arrived within a minute and started rendering medical aid to the victim, Hohn said. The 29-year-old Stamford woman had been stabbed four times in the upper torso and was bleeding badly, he said.  The victim’s cou…

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by Daily Voice
Bridgeport, CT
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Services Set For Connecticut Sailor Killed In Navy Collision Services Set For Connecticut Sailor Killed In Navy Collision Services Set For Connecticut Sailor Killed In Navy Collision
Services Set For Connecticut Sailor Killed In Navy Collision A memorial service is set for U.S. Navy Sailor Ngoc T. Truong Huynh, a 25-year-old Connecticut resident who was killed when the Navy destroyer he served on collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan in June. Huynh, a sonar technician 3rd class, was one of seven sailors who died onboard the USS Fitzgerald in the collision.  A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 6, at 2 p.m. at the Oakville Green on Route 73 in Oakville. A funeral service will take place at the same time in Oklahoma, where his family now lives. His family moved to Connecticut when he was in eighth grade, …

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by Daily Voice
Shelton, CT
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Man, 27, Shot In Ansonia; Suspect Crashes After Police Pursuit Man, 27, Shot In Ansonia; Suspect Crashes After Police Pursuit Man, 27, Shot In Ansonia; Suspect Crashes After Police Pursuit
Man, 27, Shot In Ansonia; Suspect Crashes After Police Pursuit ANSONIA, Conn. — Police pursued a suspect through multiple towns after a 27-year-old man was shot in Ansonia on Tuesday afternoon, police said.  Multiple 911 calls reported the shooting at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the area of North Main Street and Fourth Street.  Officers found a male victim with a single gunshot wound to his upper body, police said. He was transported to the hospital and was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.  A black or dark-colored Honda had fled the scene of the shooting, witnesses said.  The Derby Police Department attempted to stop a car matchi…

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by Daily Voice
Danbury, CT
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Have You Seen Her: Silver Alert Issued For Missing Girl From Danbury Have You Seen Her: Silver Alert Issued For Missing Girl From Danbury Have You Seen Her: Silver Alert Issued For Missing Girl From Danbury
Have You Seen Her: Silver Alert Issued For Missing Girl From Danbury DANBURY, Conn. — A Silver Alert continues for a missing 17-year-old girl from Danbury who has not been seen in over a week, police said Tuesday.   Danbury police repeated the Silver Alert warnings on Tuesday for Sidra Ramos, 17, police said. She is a white female with brown hair and unknown colored eyes. She is 5-foot-9 and weighs 130 pounds.  Sidra was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and white sneakers and carrying a pink sweater.  She was last seen Tuesday, June 27. Another teen from Danbury who had been reported missing, Kate Rosati, 15, has been located and is s…

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by Karen Tensa
Newtown, CT
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Danbury Man Asleep Behind Wheel Busted With Illegal Gun, Crack In Bethel Danbury Man Asleep Behind Wheel Busted With Illegal Gun, Crack In Bethel Danbury Man Asleep Behind Wheel Busted With Illegal Gun, Crack In Bethel
Danbury Man Asleep Behind Wheel Busted With Illegal Gun, Crack In Bethel BETHEL, Conn. — A 45-year-old Danbury man was busted with an illegal pistol and crack cocaine when he was found asleep behind the wheel of a running car on a Bethel road, police said.  Antonio Veiga, of 18 Houseman St., Danbury was arrested at 5:36 a.m. July 2 at Hunting Ridge Lane in Bethel, police said.  A glass pipe used for smoking crack was found between his legs, and a search of the car turned up another crack cocaine pipe, a marijuana smoking pipe, a gram of crack cocaine, and a handgun that was found in a bag under the driver's seat, Bethel police said.  Veiga had a suspended drive…

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