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Tom Renner

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trenner@dailyvoice.com

No one knows local sports quite like Tom Renner, The Daily Voice's Sports Editor. For 22 years, he covered the field for The Stamford Advocate. He's been in Fairfield County since 1987.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Sports

Westchester Cyclists And Runners Invited To South Salem Biathlon WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Area cyclists and runners are invited to test their skills at the fourth annual Church Tavern Biathlon to be held on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 82 Spring St. in South Salem. The course consists of a seven-mile bike ride up Church Tavern Road and past Lake Truesdale, followed by a four-mile run up Church Tavern and back to the finish line, all on secondary roadways. The race and the course’s largest hill are namesakes of a former St. John’s Church building that served as a colonial-era pub,…

by Tom Renner

07/25/2014

Schools

Digital Arts Experience Of White Plains Creates Mobile Classroom WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Digital Arts Experience (DAE), a White Plains-basedlearning center that provides after school and summer programs in creativetechnology, announced the launch of its ?rst mobile computer lab. The DAE team will be converting a Sprinter passenger vehicle into a mobile classroom, out?tting it with top of the line computers, a 3D printer and all essential technology to provide DAE classes off site.We have been providing quite a few offsite programs at schools and youth organizations over the past year, and weve recognized some issues that the mobile lab will resolve, …

by Tom Renner

07/24/2014

Police & Fire

Fairfield Police Seek Help To Find Baseball Field Vandals FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Fairfield police are seeking help from the community to find vandals who spray-painted the scoreboard and dugout at Mill Hill Elementary School, the home of the Fairfield American Little League baseball program. Fairfield American won the District 2 and Division 1 championship. It was scheduled to play Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Orange against Farmington for the Section 1 championship. Vandals spray-painted “Cheaters” in white paint on the scoreboard, dugout and press box at the field. A story at the Fairfield Citizen website estimated the damage at $10,000. In a pres…

by Tom Renner

07/23/2014

Obituaries

Richard Miller, 83, Served On Board Of Selectmen In Weston WESTON, Conn. -- Richard Miller, a longtime Weston resident who served three terms on the town’s Board of Selectmen, died on Friday, July 18. He was 83. Miller, a Democrat, became active in town politics after moving to Weston in 1984. He stepped down from the Board of Selectmen in 2007. During his time on the board, he was a school advocate who also supported expansion projects. He also supported senior citizen causes, including tax-abatement and tax-deferral programs. He served on the Weston Warm Up Fund, which helps residents pay heating bills, as well as the Kiwanis Club and the Com…

by Tom Renner

07/23/2014

Sports

Fairfield 11-Year-Old Girls Win State Softball Title FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Little League Girls Softball 11-year-old all-star team clinched the Little League state championship on Sunday, July 20, with a 14-0 win over Waterford. The game, played in Rocky Hill before a crowd of Fairfield and Waterford fans, was never in doubt from the beginning. The Fairfield girls went up 4-0 in the first inning and completed their championship run in the fourth inning after the mercy rule was invoked. Similar to the other games in this state championship series, the Fairfield team relied on strong pitching, consistent hitting, smart base runn…

by Tom Renner

07/23/2014

Real Estate

Realtors Remain Upbeat After Dip In Home Sales In New Canaan FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The total number of home sales may have dipped in the second quarter in New Canaan and Darien, but Realtors believe the real estate marketplace is healthy and stable. I think there was concern in the first quarter and the early part of the second quarter, said Liz Bacon office leader and sales manager in Darien for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties. June was gangbusters. Were feeling a lot more confident. It has been a confusing market because were getting things back in balance. Now we have inventory, and were in the process of getting …

by Tom Renner

07/23/2014

Sports

Norwalk 9-Year-Olds Advance In Cal Ripken State Tournament NORWALK, Conn. -- The Norwalk 9-year-old Cal Ripken All-Stars won the first two games of the state tournament in South Meriden over the weekend. Norwalk beat Ledyard, 9-8, and South Meriden, 4-1, to advance in the winners' bracket. In the game against Ledyard, Norwalk took a 7-3 lead only to see Ledyard rally for an 8-7 advantage going into the bottom of the sixth. Mike Russo singled to start the rally, and Konstantinos Kodonas tied the game with an RBI single. Kodonas moved to third base after a couple of wild pitches and scored the winning run on a two-out single by Jonathan Diurno. …

by Contributed

07/23/2014

Sports

Stamford Girls Basketball Team Goes 6-2 In AAU Tourney STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford Peace earned a top 16 finish out of 57 teams in the recently completed AAU eighth-grade girls national championships in Orlando, Fla. Peace, coached by Colette Kelly, posted a 6-2 record over five days to account for the best nationals finish since 2011, when Peaces then-eighth-grade girls finished sixth in the same event. Peace compiled a 4-0 record in pool play in capturing the FF Pool championship. In game one, Stamford was down 10-0 early but used a 33-8 run before halftime to take control of the game and earn a 52-43 win over Indy Shock. McKenna Frank …

by Contributed

07/23/2014

Lifestyle

Norwalk's Shores Hosted Deadly Raid During Revolution NORWALK, Conn. -- While East Norwalk’s Calf Pasture Beach serves as respite from the summertime heat to modern day Norwalkers, nearly 250 years ago its rocky shores played host to one of the most deadly raids during America’s struggle for independence. In July of 1779 the American Revolution had reached a crucial stage. British occupation of both Boston and New York left the patriots of coastal Connecticut sandwiched between two of the Crown’s most important strongholds. As a result, the Long Island Sound became an overseas highway of British vessels transporting food, supplies, and pr…

by John Haffey

07/23/2014

Neighbors

Wilton Girl Wins Gold Medal At Taekwondo National Championships WILTON, Conn. -- Wilton’s Emily Fields won a gold medal in the recent Taekwondo National Championships in San Jose, Calif. Fields, 11, won gold in the 12-14 girls age group in the Breaking Division. Fields, who recently completed sixth grade at Middlebrook Middle School, won three gold medals in the Connecticut state championships in February. She also competed in Poomsae, a combination of basic actions and movements exercised with an imaginary opponent, at the national championships. Fields has taken martial arts since she was four years old and has trained at the World Champion Taekwo…

by Tom Renner

07/23/2014

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