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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Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk Basketball Player Signs To Play As Pro In Peru NORWALK, Conn. – For most of his career, people told Norwalk’s Will Schwartzstein that he could not and would not have a career in professional basketball. Now, he has a pro contract, a dream fulfilled and the knowledge that his convictions were right all along. Schwartzstein, a 2002 graduate of Norwalk High School, signed in late March to play with a professional team in Peru. The player who was told time and again he couldn’t and wouldn’t finally did. “I definitely had many doubts that this day would ever come,’’ Schwartzstein wrote in an email. “Over the course of my playing career I h…

by Tom Renner

04/01/2013

New Rochelle, NY

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New Rochelle's Khalil Edney Named Athlete Of The Month NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – New Rochelle’s Khalil Edney's shot heard around the high school basketball world in March was just the beginning. What transpired afterward was nearly as amazing. Edney has been selected The Daily Voice Athlete of the Month for Westchester County for March. The senior hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer to lift the Huguenots over Mount Vernon, 61-60, in the Section 1 championship game. The frenzy, however, was just beginning. Videos of the shot went viral. Edney appeared on ESPN’s "SportsCenter" and morning news shows for ABC, NBC and Fox. He met singer Ashanti and poste…

by Tom Renner

04/01/2013

Fairfield, CT

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William Pitt Sotheby's Opens New Office In Southport SOUTHPORT, Conn. -- William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty announced the grand opening of its new Southport-Fairfield regional brokerage office at 250 Pequot Ave. in Southport recently. The new office joins two of the firm’s preexisting smaller offices in one facility. The agents from those offices, on the Post Road in Fairfield and Pequot Avenue in Southport, will now work together out of the Southport Village location. “I was searching for the perfect place to merge the two offices into one large regional location,” said Brad Kimmelman, brokerage manager for the Southport-Fairfield…

by Tom Renner

03/29/2013

Norwalk, CT

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Norwalk's Title Boxing Club A Hit With Fitness Crowd NORWALK, Conn. – Eric Van de Bovenkamp calls his foray into fitness with Norwalk-based Title Boxing Club his fourth and final business act. He figures he has saved the best for last. Van de Bovenkamp opened the facility at 250 Westport Ave. in September. After a long history in corporate America and entrepreneurship, he decided to start a venture that would give back to society. “I wanted to give something back that was good for the community instead of sitting on planes,’’ he said. Van de Bovenkamp and his wife, Trish, researched franchise opportunities before connecting with Title Box…

by Tom Renner

03/29/2013

Wilton, CT

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Wilton's Kacie Johnson Sets Another Columbia Lacrosse Mark WILTON, Conn. – Wilton’s Kacie Johnson started scoring goals for the women’s lacrosse team at Columbia University early in her collegiate career. Now, the senior has another place in history in the Lions’ record book. Johnson became the school’s all-time leader in goals scored for the Lions in a game against Dartmouth on March 23. She already owns the record for most points in a career, and holds the single-season record for most points. She has 30 goals on the season and with six games left, could surpass the school single-season mark of 45 set by Brittany Shannon in 2010. She also has t…

by Tom Renner

03/29/2013

Westport, CT

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Easton Race Director Brings Entertaining Approach EASTON, Conn. – Mark Pastor is a one-time clown, part-time disc jockey and full-time police officer in Easton. He combines experience from all three trades as the director of the Race For DARE. The 14th-annual 5-kilometer race steps off from the starting line at Samuel Staples Elementary School in Easton on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Pastor and his wife, Denise, both runners, started the race in 1999 and have watched it become one of the most popular events of the Fairfield County spring running circuit. “Our race is a real community race,’’ Pastor said. “The diehards will come to race in any …

by Tom Renner

03/28/2013

New Rochelle, NY

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Planet Smoothie Opens New Shop In New Rochelle NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Tasti D-Lite New Rochelle has added Planet Smoothie to its location on 1282 North Ave. in the Wykagyl Shopping Center, and will offer free smoothies to celebrate at its opening day festivities. The store will officially open as a co-branded site on Friday, April 5, and will hold a grand introduction event on Friday, April 12, starting with a Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. Grand opening festivities will run from 1-3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, with prize giveaways, music, free 12 ounce smoothies, and a meet and greet with Planet Sm…

by Tom Renner

03/28/2013

Yorktown, NY

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Removing Trees A Breeze For Yorktown's Jim Pulvermiller YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Clearing fallen trees in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sandy last October didn’t faze Jim Pulvermiller. The owner of Top Notch Tree, Inc. in Yorktown has seen all forms of Mother Nature’s devastation in his 30 years in the business. “As much damage as there was, if that had been a category 2 or a category 3 hurricane, we’d still be cleaning up from it,’’ Pulvermiller said. “It could’ve been much worse. The storm in October 2011 was actually much harder. The trees weren’t on the ground. We had to do a lot of climbing for that one.” In the days after the storm, Pulvermill…

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Mount Vernon, NY

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Nancy Fitch, 93, Keeps Volunteer Spirit In Mount Vernon MT. VERNON, N.Y. – Volunteerism grabbed Mount Vernon’s Nancy Fitch by the heart and never let her go. Nearly 70 years after serving as a den mother for the Boy Scouts, the 93-year-old Realtor maintains a commitment with a variety of groups. “My parents saw to it that, as an only child, I wasn’t selfish and that I made time to help others,’’ said Fitch, who works for Houlihan Lawrence in Bronxville. “I think I started before most people even know what volunteerism was. It was just a part of your life. I met a young man recently who is now a judge, and he said I gave him his first job doing…

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Stamford, CT

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Run/Walk Remembers Stamford American Little League Volunteer STAMFORD, Conn. – A road race and walk in memory of former Stamford American Little League volunteer Nicole Cuscuna will take place Saturday in Stamford. Nicole’s Butterfly of Hope Family Walk/Run will be three miles. It will begin at 9 a.m. at Kane Field, near the Stamford American Little League field in the Newfield/Pepper Ridge area of Stamford. It costs $25 for people 21-and-over, and $20 for people under 20. Complete information is available online. Cuscuna, the wife of Stamford American Little League president Rocky Cuscuna, died suddenly at the age of 44 in October. She was active…

by Tom Renner

03/26/2013

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