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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Yonkers, NY

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Yonkers' Cinema-Restaurant Showing 'The Quiet Man' On St. Patrick's Day YONKERS, N.Y. -- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the cinema-eatery in Yonkers, will present its St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, featuring a screening of the classic film “The Quiet Man,” on Monday, March 17. The film begins at 8 p.m., and bar and food service begins at 7 p.m. Tickets for advance reserved seating are available online at Drafthouse.com and at the concierge desk day of show. The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Yonkers opened in August 2013 and is a state-of-the-art movie house featuring luxurious seating with dine-in food and bar service during the movie. Named the Top Irish Film of…

by Tom Renner

03/05/2014

Wilton, CT

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Wilton Wahoos Swimmers Glide To Top Results At Meets WILTON, Conn. -- The Wilton Wahoos swim team for ages 13-and-up competed in several meets with outstanding results in recent meets. At the Orlando Grand Prix in February, nine members of the national squad participated in a meet with more than 500 swimmers. Stephen Holmquist swam in seven events in the three-day meet, with his best a ninth place finish in the 400-meter individual medley. Tommy Kealy also had a strong meet, and Ian Rainey of Westport made five time cuts for the Junior National meet. For the complete recap from the Wahoos, click on the attached PDF.

by Tom Renner

03/05/2014

Greenwich, CT

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Lauren Moffatt Holds Grand Opening On Greenwich Avenue On Thursday GREENWICH, Conn. – The new Lauren Moffatt Store at 26 Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, March 6, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The store will donate 15 percent of sales that day to the Greenwich Chapter of the American Red Cross. To learn more about Lauren Moffatt and her collection of fashions, visit the store's website or Facebook page.

by Tom Renner

03/05/2014

Bronxville, NY

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Bronxville's Cain Pulls Out Of World Meet Because Of Injury BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Bronxville’s Mary Cain pulled out of this weekend’s World Indoor Championships for track and field due to a calf injury. Cain, who now trains in Portland, Ore., under distance running legend Alberto Salazar, said on the USA Track and Field website that she developed “discomfort In my lower calf” over the past week. An MRI on Saturday did not reveal any damage. “But I still feel the pain when I wear spikes and have decided not to risk making it worse in Poland,’’ Cain said. "I hope to be able to run in the World Indoor Championships many times in the future.” Cain qualif…

by Tom Renner

03/05/2014

New Rochelle, NY

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New Rochelle Girls Track Crowns Three Champions At State Meet NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – New Rochelle High School’s girls track team crowned two individual champions and added a relay victory in the New York indoor track and field championships in Ithaca, N.Y. on Saturday. New Rochelle was led by senior Symone Darius and senior Ashley Wiggins. Darius won the 300 meters. Wiggins won 55 hurdles. They joined Alicia Donaldson and Victoria Jones-Alleyne on the winning 4 x 200 relay. Darius has established herself as one of the best sprinters in the nation. She owns the second fastest time in the nation in the 200 and 300 meters, and is ranked 22nd in the natio…

by Tom Renner

03/05/2014

Ossining, NY

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Ossining Girl Helps Synchronized Skating Team Win National Title WESTCHESTER COUNTY, Conn. – Skaters from Westchester County helped the Skyliners Synchronized Skating team win the gold medal in the Juvenile Division at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships last weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. The skaters are ages 12-and-under and coached by Natalie Martello. Celeste Cote-Estrada is the assistant coach and Natalie Martello is the choreographer. Girls from Westchester County are: Mikhalia Archer, Ossining; Kathleen Bishop, Scarsdale; Annie Guo, White Plains; Sophia Lamb, Pleasantville; Gracie Ossorio, Rye Brook; Katherine Xie of Chappaqua; and E…

by Tom Renner

03/05/2014

Chappaqua, NY

Obituaries

Alisa Lippmann, 100, Former Resident Of Chappaqua CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Alisa Lippmann, a former resident of Chappaqua, died on Feb. 18 in Napa, Calif. She was 100. She was born in Rome, May 9, 1913 to Giulo and Emma Moscato. She married in Genoa in 1936 and escaped to New York City from Paris on the eve of World War II with only her baby daughter and her mother. Shortly thereafter, she started her own business making hats and dresses in New York until her husband, Heinz, was able to safely emigrate from Europe. The family lived in Teaneck, N.J. before moving to Chappaqua to be closer to family. A decade after losing her beloved husband …

by Tom Renner

03/04/2014

Westport, CT

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Westport's Greens Farms Boys Basketball Repeats As New England Champs WESTPORT, Conn. – Faced with the loss of two 1,000-point scorers from last year’s New England champions, Greens Farms Academy coach boys basketball Doug Scott was uncertain of what to expect heading into a new season. But he should not have worried, On Sunday, the Green Dragons won their second straight New England Prep School Class C championship with a 56-45 win over Hyde.Tournament MVP Zach Baines of Stamford scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead GFA, which finished the season at 21-4. “The cupboard looked incredibly bare at this time last year,’’ Scott said. “We got incredi…

by Tom Renner

03/04/2014

Somers, NY

Breaking News

Technology Help Days Planned For March, April In Somers SOMERS, N.Y. – At Home In Somers will host Technology Help Days in March and April at the Somers Library Program Room. Bring cell phones, smart phones, iPads, tablets and laptops to the program. The sessions will be held Sunday, March 23, and Saturday, April 19, from 2-4 p.m., at the Somers Library Program Room. RSVP to Teresa Chang at [email protected] by March 15. You can sign up for both sessions. Somers High School students are needed to volunteer and adult volunteers are also welcome. Contact Teresa Chang at 914-907-0881 for more information.

by Tom Renner

03/04/2014

Greenwich, CT

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Students In Greenwich School Pinch Pennies For Leukemia & Lymphoma Society GREENWICH, Conn. – Students at Parkway School in donated more than $3,000 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) after a Pennies For Patients collection last month. The children donated $3,728.92 by collecting change and money under couch cushions, jacket pockets and cars. They collected the money from Jan. 27-Feb. 7. Parkway is for students in preschool through Fifth-Grade. Students in the fourth-grade class of Kristin Marchetti collected the most cash and were to be rewarded with a pizza party. Instead, the students chose to forgo the pizza party and donated the money to the Wilton…

by Tom Renner

03/04/2014

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