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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Danbury, CT
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Danbury Student Athletes Get Shoe Recycling Project Up And Running Danbury Student Athletes Get Shoe Recycling Project Up And Running Danbury Student Athletes Get Shoe Recycling Project Up And Running
Danbury Student Athletes Get Shoe Recycling Project Up And Running DANBURY, Conn. — Two members of the track team at Danbury High realized that as runners, they have a shoe problem. They replace their training shoes often — but the shoes often still have a lot of life left in them.  Leah Sarkisian and Daniel Nichols, who are both DHS juniors, are hosting a Soles4Souls fundraiser at the FCIAC championship track meets next week. The shoe drive will give those unwanted but still usable shoes to people in need.  The inspiration came from Daniel’s mom, who says she’s constantly buying new running shoes for him.  But the kids took the idea — and ran with it.  …

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by Karen Tensa
Fairfield, CT
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Pickup Truck Nearly Crashes Onto Preschool Playground In Fairfield Pickup Truck Nearly Crashes Onto Preschool Playground In Fairfield Pickup Truck Nearly Crashes Onto Preschool Playground In Fairfield
Pickup Truck Nearly Crashes Onto Preschool Playground In Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. — The driver of a pickup truck was hospitalized Friday evening after nearly crashing into a preschool playground on Grassmere Avenue, according to the Fairfield Sun.  The crash occurred at about 7 p.m., when a black Nissan Frontier struck a sign, went onto the sidewalk, hit a parked car and slammed into a fence surrounding Pumpkin Preschool, the Sun said. The preschool is at 449 Grassmere Ave., where Exit 23 of I-95 North meets Kings Highway Cutoff, the Fairfield Sun said.  Click here to read the story at the Fairfield Sun. 

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by Karen Tensa
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Warning: Dry Season Can Speed Spread Of Blue-Green Algae On Lake Zoar Warning: Dry Season Can Speed Spread Of Blue-Green Algae On Lake Zoar Warning: Dry Season Can Speed Spread Of Blue-Green Algae On Lake Zoar
Warning: Dry Season Can Speed Spread Of Blue-Green Algae On Lake Zoar MONROE, Conn. — The Lake Zoar Authority has issued a public health warning that blue-green algae is likely to present a threat to swimmers and pets this summer on the lake. The threat level is contingent on the summer weather. A dry season intensifies the toxicity, but a rainy climate diminishes the hazard, diluting the presence of the bacteria-like growth. Exposure in high levels is a suspected cause of illness as severe as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in humans—a neurodegenerative disease--and can be fatal to pets and livestock. The algae floats on the …

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by Karen Tensa
Greenwich, CT
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Greenwich Eighth-Grader Organizes Drug Disposal To Fight Opioid Addiction Greenwich Eighth-Grader Organizes Drug Disposal To Fight Opioid Addiction Greenwich Eighth-Grader Organizes Drug Disposal To Fight Opioid Addiction
Greenwich Eighth-Grader Organizes Drug Disposal To Fight Opioid Addiction GREENWICH, Conn. — Proclaiming that "the best me is drug free," a Greenwich eighth-grader set out to fight opioid addiction for her middle school capstone project.  Lilly Saleeby, who attends Central Middle School, was required to come up with a project that promotes progress in their community. Each student composes an essay, comes up with an action plan, and completes a final project. Lilly, who is an athlete, said she knows how frustrating it is to get injured. She watched as her brother suffered an injury and needed surgery.  But that also inspired her project.  "Surger…

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by Karen Tensa
Bridgeport, CT
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Bridgeport Police Investigate Shooting After Victim Arrives At Hospital Bridgeport Police Investigate Shooting After Victim Arrives At Hospital Bridgeport Police Investigate Shooting After Victim Arrives At Hospital
Bridgeport Police Investigate Shooting After Victim Arrives At Hospital BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Police were investigating a shooting after a victim arrived at St. Vincent’s Medical Center on Friday afternoon, according to the Connecticut Post. The victim's condition was unknown, the Post said. Police were investigating reports of shots fired on Trumbull Avenue, the Post said. Click here to read the story at the Connecticut Post. 

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by Daily Voice
Greenwich, CT
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HBO Movie Puts Spotlight On Ruth Madoff, Now Living In Exile In Greenwich HBO Movie Puts Spotlight On Ruth Madoff, Now Living In Exile In Greenwich HBO Movie Puts Spotlight On Ruth Madoff, Now Living In Exile In Greenwich
HBO Movie Puts Spotlight On Ruth Madoff, Now Living In Exile In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. — With the premiere set for this week for HBO's "The Wizard of Lies," the story of Bernie Madoff and the Ponzi scheme that took him down, the New York Post set out to find his widow, Ruth Madoff.  She now lives in the gated condominium complex called The Gables in Old Greenwich, making a daily walk to the nearby Upper Crust Bagel Company for breakfast, according to the Post.   Ruth Madoff, who refused to talk to the Post, leads a quiet life in Greenwich, taking Pilates, getting her hair done, walking on the beach, wearing jeans and helping out a church bazaar for…

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by Daily Voice
Newtown, CT
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Four Decades Of Fun: St. Mary's School Carnival Sets Up In Bethel Four Decades Of Fun: St. Mary's School Carnival Sets Up In Bethel Four Decades Of Fun: St. Mary's School Carnival Sets Up In Bethel
Four Decades Of Fun: St. Mary's School Carnival Sets Up In Bethel BETHEL, Conn. — Do you love rides? Are you craving fried dough? Then the 41st Annual St. Mary's School Carnival is the place to be in Bethel. The fun and games are set up on the lawn at the Municipal Center at 1 School St. in Bethel. Proceeds benefit the programs at St. Mary's School.  The hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to to 2 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday.  There is a break in the festivities from 2 to 4 p.m. to honor those who have served the country in the Bethel Memorial Day Parade.  Every day is bracelet day for unlimited rides.  This yea…

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by Daily Voice
Shelton, CT
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Police Looking For Boater Who May Have Hit Kayak In Housatonic In Shelton Police Looking For Boater Who May Have Hit Kayak In Housatonic In Shelton Police Looking For Boater Who May Have Hit Kayak In Housatonic In Shelton
Police Looking For Boater Who May Have Hit Kayak In Housatonic In Shelton SHELTON, Conn. — The state's Environmental Conservation Police are seeking help in locating a boat that may have been hit a kayak and tossed the man aboard it into the Housatonic River last week in Shelton.  On Thursday, May 11, between 8 and 10 p.m., a man was kayaking on the lower Housatonic River in the area of Wooster Island off Southbank Park in Shelton, near red channel marker #68, when he was possibly struck by another vessel, EnCon police said.  The man was thrown into the water, sustaining injuries to his lower body, and was forced to swim to shore, EnCon police.  The other boat i…

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by Karen Tensa
Newtown, CT
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Newtown Police Seeking Witnesses To Fatal Motorcycle Crash In January Newtown Police Seeking Witnesses To Fatal Motorcycle Crash In January Newtown Police Seeking Witnesses To Fatal Motorcycle Crash In January
Newtown Police Seeking Witnesses To Fatal Motorcycle Crash In January NEWTOWN, Conn. — The Newtown Police is asking for help in its investigation of a motorcycle crash over the winter that killed a Southbury man.  Michael Defusco, 42, was killed in the crash on Mount Pleasant Road/Route 25 in the area of Reservoir Road on Jan. 19.  Police are now looking for witnesses to the crash and the first people who arrived on the scene as they seek more information. Related story: Newtown Police Identify 42-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Crash Police, Newtown Hook & Ladder and Newtown Ambulance responded to the scene at 3 p.m. and found Defusco's heavily damaged …

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by Karen Tensa
Greenwich, CT
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12 Injured, Four Hospitalized After Train Derailment, Metro-North Says 12 Injured, Four Hospitalized After Train Derailment, Metro-North Says 12 Injured, Four Hospitalized After Train Derailment, Metro-North Says
12 Injured, Four Hospitalized After Train Derailment, Metro-North Says At least a dozen passengers were injured when a commuter train derailed Thursday near the Metro-North station in Rye, N.Y. — and four people were sent four to the hospital, an MTA spokesman said Friday. But that information conflicted with earlier reports from Metro-North, including ones sent out on Twitter, that there were no injuries.  At 5:15 p.m. Thursday, a New Haven Line train headed toward Connecticut was traveling in a slow-speed zone when derailed just east of the Rye station, the MTA said. Five cars of the 12-car train went off the tracks.  The train cars remained upright but the…

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