Tom Renner

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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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Mahopac, NY
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New Pottery Store In Mahopac Adds New Wrinkle To Old Favorite New Pottery Store In Mahopac Adds New Wrinkle To Old Favorite
New Pottery Store In Mahopac Adds New Wrinkle To Old Favorite MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- Deborah Albanese is bringing back an old favorite with her new business in Mahopac, Westchester Putnam Pottery. She’s also adding a new wrinkle that distinguishes her store from similar outlets. Albanese opened the store in November at 54 Miller Road. Customers can create and paint pottery, and she also has a glass fusion process that is unique to the region. Albanese believes pottery classes and creative outlets are coming back in vogue, especially as people look for ways to disconnect from their technology tools. “It’s making a comeback,’’ Albanese said. “I have ma…

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield Giants Cheer Team Ready For National Stage Fairfield Giants Cheer Team Ready For National Stage
Fairfield Giants Cheer Team Ready For National Stage FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Fairfield Giants Junior Midget cheer team is ready and waiting in Florida to strut its stuff in the Pop Warner National Cheer and Dance championships. The girls left Fairfield on Friday and arrived in Orlando, Fla., over the weekend. They will compete on Wednesday.  The girls qualified to compete in the Pop Warner cheerleading nationals by winning the New England Regional title last month.  Team members are  Isabelle Abbott, Sabrina Behboudi, Grace Carrol, Fiona Carter, Aidan Gombos, Emily Haithwaite, Cassie Llewellyn, Joanna Moomjian, Michaela Murdock, Kayla …

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by Tom Renner
Darien, CT
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Darien Media Consulting Firm Certified By Women's Business Council Darien Media Consulting Firm Certified By Women's Business Council
Darien Media Consulting Firm Certified By Women's Business Council DARIEN, Conn. -- The Women's Business Enterprise National Council, a widely recognized and respected national certification organization, recently certified BCM Media, a private media-consulting firm in Darien. BCM Media was founded in 2013 by Brenda McKenna, a resident of New Canaan. “Women Presidents’ Educational Organization is proud to welcome BCM Media as one of 12,000 certified Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) in the U.S.,” said Marsha Firestone, founder and president of the Women Presidents’ Educational Organization. “These companies go through an extensive evaluation process …

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Darien, CT
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Employees At Ring's End Darien Dress As Superheroes For Make-A-Wish Employees At Ring's End Darien Dress As Superheroes For Make-A-Wish
Employees At Ring's End Darien Dress As Superheroes For Make-a-wish DARIEN, Conn. – Employees at the Ring’s End in Darien location will dress as their favorite Superheroes on Friday, Dec. 12, and accept donations from customers in support of the young heroes participating in Make-A-Wish CT. Shopers can visit between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and find their favorite Superhero to make a donation. Make-A-Wish grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States. Ring's End has 15 locations in Connecticut and Southern New York. The business provides lumber, millwork, building materials, hardware, kitchen and bath ca…

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Stamford, CT
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Stamford Veteran's Fishing Event Reels In Gifts For Disabled Heroes Stamford Veteran's Fishing Event Reels In Gifts For Disabled Heroes
Stamford Veteran's Fishing Event Reels In Gifts For Disabled Heroes STAMFORD, Conn. -- Hooks for Heroes, an annual fishing event held at Stamford's Halloween Yacht Club in Stamford, raised money that went to directly to Operation Gift Cards. Operation Gift Cards helps wounded and injured troops at Walter Reed National Military Hospital located in Bethesda, Md. The event started three years ago around Memorial Day. Stamford's Pat Buzzeo, a U.S. Army veteran, and Richard Kondub were talking about fishing and developed a contest to donate money raised to help wounded veterans.  They wanted an organization that gives the most to the veterans and Buzzeo c…

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by Robyn Blosio Bova
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
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Hudson Gateway Realtors Donate To Make-A-Wish In Tarrytown Hudson Gateway Realtors Donate To Make-A-Wish In Tarrytown
Hudson Gateway Realtors Donate To Make-a-wish In Tarrytown TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors Make-A-Wish Committee presented a check for $12,600 to Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley at the Wish House in Tarrytown. The donation represents the proceeds from a recent fundraising cocktail party held at the Clubhouse at Patriot Hills in Stony Point. In addition to this summer’s HGAR Garage Sales held by 25 offices in the four-county area, HGAR raised a total of more than $23,000 for the organization this year. At the check presentation were Vicky Gonzalez; Scott Gunst; Kerri Stretch; John Chewens; Kathy Milich, HGAR Make-Wish Com…

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Fairfield, CT
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Fairfield University Basketball Player Named Conference Rookie Of The Week Fairfield University Basketball Player Named Conference Rookie Of The Week
Fairfield University Basketball Player Named Conference Rookie Of The Week FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Danbury’s Casey Smith was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week after averaging 14 points per game for Fairfield University in two women’s basketball games. Smith, a sophomore, transferred after one year at St. Joseph’s University. She was red-shirted last year at Fairfield. She has started all eight games for the Stags, and is averaging 11.8 points and 4.9 rebounds. She is averaging of 30 minutes per game for Fairfield (2-6). “We are very pleased with the progress Casey has made,” coach Joe Frager said in a story on the Fairfield women’s ba…

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Norwalk, CT
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Wilton-Based Commonfund Names New CEO Wilton-Based Commonfund Names New CEO
Wilton-Based Commonfund Names New CEO WILTON, Conn. -- Wilton-based Commonfund, the leading investment manager for not for profit investors, named J.P. Morgan executive Catherine M. Keating as its new Chief Executive Officer. Keating brings two decades of senior investment management experience at J.P. Morgan, most recently as Head of Investment Management Americas, as well as a longstanding commitment to not for profits, including as current Chair of the Villanova University Board of Trustees. A news release on a Villanova University website said Keating resides in Bronxville, N.Y. Keating will succeed Verne Sedlacek, Comm…

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Bridgeport, CT
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Bridgeport Runners Invited To Unique Sequential Number Event Bridgeport Runners Invited To Unique Sequential Number Event
Bridgeport Runners Invited To Unique Sequential Number Event FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Fairfield County runners have the opportunity to join a once-in-a-lifetime event Saturday morning. Race director Marty Schaivone, who produces events throughout Fairfield County, plans to stage a 9-kilometer race Saturday, Dec. 13 in Stratford. The race will begin at 10:11 a.m. The unusual starting time allows the race to complete a rare numerological sequence of 9-10-11-12-13-14.  Race information and registration is online. “I tried to get a race together last year on 11-12-13, but I couldn’t put it together in time,’’ Schaivone said. “The New York Road Runn…

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Danbury, CT
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Coldwell Banker In Danbury Makes Donation To Ann's Place Coldwell Banker In Danbury Makes Donation To Ann's Place
Coldwell Banker In Danbury Makes Donation To Ann's Place DANBURY, Conn. – The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Danbury donated $520 to Ann’s Place, a local nonprofit organization that provides community-based support services to individuals and families affected by cancer. The donation was made through the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation, the company’s charitable foundation. The staff and sales associates affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Danbury have been consistent supporters of Ann’s Place through the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation. “A cancer…

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