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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Teen Arrested In Shooting In Broad Daylight In Danbury Teen Arrested In Shooting In Broad Daylight In Danbury Teen Arrested In Shooting In Broad Daylight In Danbury
Teen Arrested In Shooting In Broad Daylight In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. — A 19-year-old Danbury man was Monday morning in connection with a shooting last month in broad daylight, police said.  At 3 p.m. Feb. 24, officers responded to the Danbury Hospital emergency room on a report of a gunshot victim, police said.  Officers and investigators from the Detective Bureau interviewed the adult male victim, who had suffered a non-life-threatening wound to his leg, police said.  The shooting had occurred on Chestnut Street in Danbury earlier that morning, police said. Through the investigation, detectives determined that Christopher Watson was as susp…
UConn-Stamford Treating Flier Vandalized With KKK As Bias Incident UConn-Stamford Treating Flier Vandalized With KKK As Bias Incident UConn-Stamford Treating Flier Vandalized With KKK As Bias Incident
UConn-Stamford Treating Flier Vandalized With KKK As Bias Incident STAMFORD, Conn. — Officials at the University of Connecticut in Stamford are calling it a bias incident after a flier about a billiards club tournament was defaced with the letters KKK.  In an email sent Monday to students in Stamford,  University of Connecticut officials are treating a report of vandalism at its downtown campus as a bias incident, the school told students in an email Monday. The defaced flier — which had detailed the rules of a billiards club tournament — was discovered March 9. "Someone had written the letters K and K written below the text of the flier, followed b…
Firefighter, Two Others Sent To Hospital After Blaze In Georgetown Barn Firefighter, Two Others Sent To Hospital After Blaze In Georgetown Barn Firefighter, Two Others Sent To Hospital After Blaze In Georgetown Barn
Firefighter, Two Others Sent To Hospital After Blaze In Georgetown Barn WILTON, Conn. — Three people, including a firefighter, were sent to the hospital after a barn fire in the Georgetown section of Wilton late Sunday, according to NBC Connecticut. Fire crews from several area towns battled the two-alarm blaze, which began at about 7 p.m. in a barn on Church Street, NBC Connecticut said. Members of the Weston Volunteer Fire Department and Weston Volunteer EMS were among the units that responded with mutual aid to Georgetown. Route 107 was closed late Sunday between Route 7 and Route 57 while firefighters worked and for an investigation, fire officials said. …
Kenny Woodd-Cahusac, 60, Longtime Greenwich Resident With Amazing Memory Kenny Woodd-Cahusac, 60, Longtime Greenwich Resident With Amazing Memory Kenny Woodd-Cahusac, 60, Longtime Greenwich Resident With Amazing Memory
Kenny Woodd-Cahusac, 60, Longtime Greenwich Resident With Amazing Memory GREENWICH, Conn. — Kenneth "Kenny" Woodd-Cahusac, a longtime Greenwich resident, died unexpectedly on March 11 in Riverside. He was 60. Born July 8, 1956, in New York City, Woodd-Cahusac and his family soon relocated to Old Greenwich.  They later moved to Clapboard Ridge Road in Greenwich, where he resided for 35 years before settling in Riverside in 1999.  Delighted to be living independently for the first time, upon stepping into the house his family purchased for him, he remarked in awe "This is mine?!," according to his obituary. A familiar figure around town, Wood…
Police: Volunteer Firefighter Broke Into Newtown Home, Assaulted Victim Police: Volunteer Firefighter Broke Into Newtown Home, Assaulted Victim Police: Volunteer Firefighter Broke Into Newtown Home, Assaulted Victim
Police: Volunteer Firefighter Broke Into Newtown Home, Assaulted Victim NEWTOWN, Conn. — Two teenagers were arrested after breaking into a Newtown home and assaulting a resident early Saturday, police said.  One suspect arrested was Brian Anthony Carriero, 18, who is a volunteer firefighter in Monroe, where he lives. A 17-year-old male was also arrested, but was not identified because he is a juvenile, police said.  At 3:23 a.m. March 18, Newtown police received a 911 call from a home on Elizabeth Street reporting a dispute, police said. When officers arrived, the resident reported that two men had broken into the home and physically assaulted her companion by…
Westport Police: Ridgefield Man Bounced Checks To Construction Business Westport Police: Ridgefield Man Bounced Checks To Construction Business Westport Police: Ridgefield Man Bounced Checks To Construction Business
Westport Police: Ridgefield Man Bounced Checks To Construction Business WESTPORT, Conn. — A Ridgefield man was arrested Friday on charges of writing two bad checks to O&G Industries in Westport back in October 2015, Westport police said. The account associated with the checks did not have sufficient funds when the checks were deposited, police said. A warrant was submitted to Norwalk Court for Connors' arrest, police said.  On Friday, Westport Officers traveled to the Ridgefield Police Department and took Connors into custody. Connors was transported to Westport Police Headquarters, where he was processed on a charge of issuing a bad check.  He was release…
Westport Man Fought, Threatened, Spit At Emergency Responders After Dispute Westport Man Fought, Threatened, Spit At Emergency Responders After Dispute Westport Man Fought, Threatened, Spit At Emergency Responders After Dispute
Westport Man Fought, Threatened, Spit At Emergency Responders After Dispute WESTPORT, Conn. — A 37-year-old man who appeared to be under the influence of drugs was arrested at a Westport home after arguing with a resident and destroying items, police said. Officers had to handcuff Charles Vosgueritchian after responding to the home on West Parish at 12:30 a.m. Sunday on a report of a disturbance, police said.   Vosgueritchian was found inside the home acting out and appearing to be under the influence of an unknown substance, police said.  As officers were taking him into custody, Vosgueritchian began fighting with them and threatening to kill them, police said. H…
18-Year-Old Hit In Head Dies After Shooting Outside Bridgeport Apartments 18-Year-Old Hit In Head Dies After Shooting Outside Bridgeport Apartments 18-Year-Old Hit In Head Dies After Shooting Outside Bridgeport Apartments
18-Year-Old Hit In Head Dies After Shooting Outside Bridgeport Apartments BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — An 18-year-old who was hit in the head in a shooting Saturday outside a Bridgeport apartment complex has died of his injuries, according to the Connecticut Post. The 19-year-old suspect in the shooting, in which a second 18-year-old was hit multiple times, was in custody in Waterbury in an unrelated robbery there, police told the Post on Sunday. Gregory Francilme died at St. Vincent's Medical Center after he was shot at 201 Bretton St. at 1:55 p.m., Police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald told the Post.  Related story: Afternoon shooting sends two teens to-the hospital in Bridgep…
Panhandler From Bridgeport Busted At Westport Train Station With Taser Panhandler From Bridgeport Busted At Westport Train Station With Taser Panhandler From Bridgeport Busted At Westport Train Station With Taser
Panhandler From Bridgeport Busted At Westport Train Station With Taser WESTPORT, Conn. — A 53-year-old panhandler from Bridgeport was arrested Friday at the Westport Train Station after officers found a taser in his jacket pocket, police said. Westport Officer Taylor Field responded at about 4 p.m. on a report of a suspicious person asking commuters for money as they got off the train, police said.  When Field found Frazier at the train station, the Bridgeport man was "acting very suspiciously and continuously turning away from the officer," police said. Frazier was also vague in his responses to the officer's questions, police said.  Due to his unu…
Family Of Four Displaced By Fire In Stratford Home Family Of Four Displaced By Fire In Stratford Home Family Of Four Displaced By Fire In Stratford Home
Family Of Four Displaced By Fire In Stratford Home STRATFORD, Conn. — No one was injured but a family of four was displaced by a fire in their Stratford home early Saturday, according to Patch.com. The fire, reported shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday at at 584 Woodend Road, was contained to a second-floor bedroom, Patch.com said. But the entire second floor sustained smoke and heat damage, while the first floor saw moderate smoke damage, the story said. The Red Cross is assisting, and the cause of the fire is under investigation, Patch.com said. Click here to read the story at Patch.com.
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