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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Norwalk, CT
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3 Shot In Late-Night Incident On Chapel Street In Norwalk 3 Shot In Late-Night Incident On Chapel Street In Norwalk 3 Shot In Late-Night Incident On Chapel Street In Norwalk
3 Shot In Late-Night Incident On Chapel Street In Norwalk Update: Click here to read more details on this triple shooting in Norwalk.  NORWALK, Conn. — Three people arrived at Norwalk Hospital late Thursday suffering from gunshot wounds after an incident on Chapel Street, according to police.  Shots were reported in the area at about 10:40 p.m., police said.  A short time later, two people arrived at the emergency room with gunshot wounds, police spokesman Lt. Terrance Blake said. A third person arrived with a gunshot wound a short time later, he said. All three were receiving treatment overnight at the hospital.  Scanner reports said a bullet-…

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Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Police: Bridgeport Man Breaks Into Easton Home, Threatens Girlfriend Police: Bridgeport Man Breaks Into Easton Home, Threatens Girlfriend Police: Bridgeport Man Breaks Into Easton Home, Threatens Girlfriend
Police: Bridgeport Man Breaks Into Easton Home, Threatens Girlfriend EASTON, Conn. — A 34-year-old Bridgeport man is facing home invasion charges in Easton after breaking into his girlfriend's parents home and threatening her with a knife, Easton police said.   Charles Grace was arrested late Wednesday night and charged with home invasion, threatening, disorderly conduct and second-degree criminal mischief. Grace broke into the home while his girlfriend was alone there, police said.  After forcing his way inside the home, Grace began to verbally abuse his girlfriend and displayed a knife that he had brought with him, police said.  He damaged items in the h…

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by Karen Tensa
Danbury, CT
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Time To Clean Up: Danbury Begins Spring Leaf Pickup Time To Clean Up: Danbury Begins Spring Leaf Pickup Time To Clean Up: Danbury Begins Spring Leaf Pickup
Time To Clean Up: Danbury Begins Spring Leaf Pickup DANBURY, Conn. – The City of Danbury’s free spring leaf pickup program will begin on Monday, April 17, and run for six weeks through Friday, May 26. Only leaves bagged in paper leaf bags with no tape will be accepted.  Bags should be left at curbside in front of homes for the city’s Highway Department for pickup. This protocol will be strictly enforced, the city said. Here are important rules to remember:  No tape of any kind No plastic bags No large debris No grass, rocks, dirt, garbage or animal waste Branches will be picked up separately. Limbs must be cut into lengths no longer than …

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by Karen Tensa
Stratford, CT
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Ex-Stratford Man Gets 8 Years In Federal Prison For 2 Fraud Schemes Ex-Stratford Man Gets 8 Years In Federal Prison For 2 Fraud Schemes Ex-Stratford Man Gets 8 Years In Federal Prison For 2 Fraud Schemes
Ex-Stratford Man Gets 8 Years In Federal Prison For 2 Fraud Schemes STRATFORD, Conn. — A former Stratford man will serve eight years behind bars for two separate fraud schemes involving over $300,000 in postal orders and $1 million in car loans, prosecutors said Wednesday.   Marc Anthony Alexander, 37, formerly of Stratford and Oxford, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Deirdre M. Daly. According to court documents and statements made in court, the first scheme involved the theft of postal money orders.  Alexa…

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Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Police: Two Boys, 12, Robbed Of Bikes, iPhone In Trumbull Police: Two Boys, 12, Robbed Of Bikes, iPhone In Trumbull Police: Two Boys, 12, Robbed Of Bikes, iPhone In Trumbull
Police: Two Boys, 12, Robbed Of Bikes, iPhone In Trumbull TRUMBULL, Conn. — Two 12-year-old boys were attacked and robbed of their bicycles by two other juveniles while out riding Monday afternoon, police said.  The incident occurred at 1:30 p.m. April 10 while the two boys were riding their bicycles at the Royce Apartments located off Old Town Road in Trumbull, police said. Both boys suffered minor injuries, police said. Two other juvenile males approached the two and said they wanted to ride the boy’s bikes, police said.  After the boys said “no,” the suspects punched the two boys and shoved them off their bikes, police said.  An iPhone belong…

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Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Police: Woman Attacked, Threatened To Kill Ex With Knife At Trumbull Mall Police: Woman Attacked, Threatened To Kill Ex With Knife At Trumbull Mall Police: Woman Attacked, Threatened To Kill Ex With Knife At Trumbull Mall
Police: Woman Attacked, Threatened To Kill Ex With Knife At Trumbull Mall TRUMBULL, Conn. — A Trumbull police officer interrupted an assault outside the Westfield Trumbull Mall as a 22-year-old woman violently attacked her ex-boyfriend and threatened to kill him with a knife, police said.  The incident happened at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday as a Trumbull Police Officer was flagged down in the mall parking lot.  The woman, who had already injured the 19-year-old man and threatened to kill him, threw a knife away as the officer approached, police said. The suspect, identified as Hayley Nicole Welcome of 160 Glenview Terrace, New Haven, had gone to the mall, where her forme…

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by Karen Tensa
Bridgeport, CT
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Bridgeport Police Arrest Two, Seize Guns And Bullets At Greene Homes Bridgeport Police Arrest Two, Seize Guns And Bullets At Greene Homes Bridgeport Police Arrest Two, Seize Guns And Bullets At Greene Homes
Bridgeport Police Arrest Two, Seize Guns And Bullets At Greene Homes BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport police arrested two men and seized guns and ammunition after coming upon a hangout of the Green Boyz gang in the Greene Homes housing complex, the Connecticut Post reported.  Police had been pursuing a BMW they believed was involved in a shooting when a teenage suspect hopped out of the car and ran into an apartment at the Greene Homes, the Post said.  Officers found a half-dozen suspected gang members there, arresting Jarod “J-Rod” Hamilton, 18, on charges of interfering with police and criminal trespass and Christopher Gorham, 36, who was charged with crimin…

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Bridgeport, CT
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Red Cross Comes To Aid Of Bridgeport Family After Apartment Fire Red Cross Comes To Aid Of Bridgeport Family After Apartment Fire Red Cross Comes To Aid Of Bridgeport Family After Apartment Fire
Red Cross Comes To Aid Of Bridgeport Family After Apartment Fire BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The American Red Cross is helping one family – one adult and two children — after a fire Wednesday morning at an apartment in the Charles F. Greene Homes in Bridgeport.  The Red Cross provided assistance to meet the family’s immediate needs. The Greene Homes is a seven-story, high-rise complex with five buildings. The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits with personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant; shaving supplies and other items a resident might not have been able to gather in the rush to escape the fire.  For more information about the Red Cross, vi…

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Stamford, CT
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Road In North Stamford Closed For Police Investigation Of Suicide Road In North Stamford Closed For Police Investigation Of Suicide Road In North Stamford Closed For Police Investigation Of Suicide
Road In North Stamford Closed For Police Investigation Of Suicide STAMFORD, Conn. — The discovery of the body of a man who apparently committed suicide closed a road in North Stamford for over three hours on Tuesday morning, according to the Stamford Advocate.  A resident found the body of a man — identified only as a nearby resident — was found on the side of Lakeside Drive at about 6:30 a.m., police told the Advocate. The man apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, the Advocate said.  The road reopened at about 10:15 a.m. after the police investigation, the Stamford Advocate said. Click here to read the story at the Stamford Advocate…

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Bridgeport, CT
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Tick Tock: Beware Of Early Start For Tick Season In Stratford Tick Tock: Beware Of Early Start For Tick Season In Stratford Tick Tock: Beware Of Early Start For Tick Season In Stratford
Tick Tock: Beware Of Early Start For Tick Season In Stratford FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — As temperatures soar and kids enjoy spring break, beware of a danger lurking outside in the backyards, parks and woods of Fairfield County: Ticks.  Experts are predicting that this could be a bad year for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses in Connecticut. That's because an unusually high number of ticks have already tested positive this spring for the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.  Here are some tips — from the experts at the Connecticut Department of Public Health — for protecting yoursel…

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