Sandra Diamond Fox

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Sandra Diamond Fox has been a journalist since 2005, working for The News-Times and The Redding Pilot prior to coming to the Daily Voice. She has a bachelor's degree in English from Stony Brook University and a Master's degree in publishing from Pace University. She married with four teenage children and is a competitive runner and avid exerciser.

Sandra was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Stamford, CT

On Your Side

Crowne Plaza Stamford Giving Grand Reopening Party To Celebrate Renovations STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Crowne Plaza Stamford is hosting a Grand Reopening Party at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, to showcase an $18 million renovation funded by Montreal-based owner, Rosdev Corp. With a capacity for more than 1,600 guests in its 355 rooms and over 30,000 square feet of meeting space, the hotel can host a wide range of events, including casual meetings, large-scale conferences and gala-style social events. It offers the Crowne Plaza brand’s new “Always On” enhancements that are focused on connectivity, wellness and productivity. The 24-hour business center features U-Connec…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Greenwich, CT

Your Community

Junior League of Greenwich Throws Viva Las Vegas Party At Adult Day Center GREENWICH, Conn. -- The Junior League of Greenwich has partnered with River House Adult Day Center, previously known as Greenwich Adult Day Care, to host Viva Las Vegas! on Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at the River House in Greenwich. The event is open to family, friends and caregivers. It is an afternoon of casino games (including slot machines and roulette tables), a magic show, music and refreshments. River House is an adult day center where seniors participate in programs designed and developed to support healthy aging. The center addresses the impact of aging on families in the community.…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Bridgeport, CT

Your Community

Bridgeport Bluefish Kick Off Baseball Season With Fundraising Luncheon BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- To kick off the 2016 season, the Bridgeport Bluefish will host a Leadoff Luncheon on Thursday from noon-1:30 p.m. at Housatonic Community College. The event will support the Hall Neighborhood House, a local nonprofit organization that provides a host of social and educational programs that benefit the lives of children, youths, families and senior citizens in Bridgeport and surrounding communities. The luncheon will also celebrate the start of the 2016 baseball season, which begins Thursday, April 21, on the road against the Sugar Land Skeeters. Guests will have the op…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Westport, CT

Breaking News

Westport Planning, Zoning Board Questions Housing Complex Proposal WESTPORT, Conn. — Planning and Zoning Commission members were questioning a pre-application proposal for two abutting housing complexes in Westport at Thursday's meeting, according to a story in Westport News.One complex contains 85 market-rate units, and the other has 70 units designated as “affordable," said Westport News. Summit Development wants permission to build the apartments at the end of the Hiawatha Lane Extension, on the Westport/Norwalk border. Summit intends to build the project in two stages: phase one would start in early 2017 with 85 market-rate units, and phase two wou…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Bridgeport, CT

On Your Side

Agreement Reached On Contract With Stop & Shop Workers In Connecticut FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- After 57 negotiating sessions over three months, Stop & Shop and local unions representing its workers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new contract, according to a story in Supermarket News. The sessions took place between the retailer and representatives of five United Food and Commercial Workers union locals in Providence, R.I., said Supermarket News. UFCW Locals 328, 371, 919, 1445 and 1459, who represent about 35,000 workers at Stop & Shop stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island s…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Darien, CT

Your Community

Third-Graders At Holmes School In Darien Perform World Songs DARIEN, Conn. -- Third-graders at Holmes Elementary School in Darien performed songs from around the world for parents on Friday, April 1.

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Fairfield, CT

Your Community

Fairfield Boy Launches GoFundMe Campaign For Eagle Scout Project FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Daniel Knorr, a Boy Scout from Troop 88 in Fairfield, has set up a GoFundMe page for his Eagle Scout project. His project consists of building multiple high-strength rolling shelves at the United Congregational Church in Bridgeport. He works with the Norma F. Pfriem Urban Outreach Initiative, which operates out of the church. The church serves meals to those in need, functions as a clothing closet and as an overflow shelter during the winter months. With so many functions, the space the group has must be utilized in the most efficient way possible. Currently, the stora…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Norwalk, CT

Breaking News

Norwalk Gets $1.7M In State Funds To Convert Building Into Community Center NORWALK, Conn. -- The Connecticut Department of Housing awarded a $1.74 million grant Thursday to the City of Norwalk to assist in the conversion of an abandoned historic industrial building into the SoNo Life Center. The SoNo Life Center will be a mixed-use community services center with 16 units of permanent supportive housing, a medical clinic and a job training center. The SoNo grant is part of nearly $28 million awarded to support the development of affordable housing across Connecticut. It as part of the latest round of funding under the state’s Competitive Housing Assistance for Mult…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Trumbull-Monroe, CT

Breaking News

Easton Police, Community Center Staff Join Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Event EASTON, Conn. — Easton Police Chief Tim Shaw, Capt. Rich Doyle and Officer Mark Pastore, as well as Easton Community Center Facility Director Joel Silkoff and Youth & Teen Director Billy Barrett are supporting The Center of Family Justice’s fourth annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes." The event is taking place at 9 a.m. on April 30 in Fairfield. Men throughout Fairfield County will be walking in towering red stilettos to support the Center’s mission of building a men’s movement to stop sexual assault and domestic violence by literally stepping into a woman’s pair of heels. Registr…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

Fairfield, CT

Your Community

Artist Showing Paintings At 'Eclectricity' Exhibit At Fairfield U Bookstore FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield artist Al Coyote Weiner's new exhibit, “Eclectricity," is on display through April 30 at the Fairfield University Bookstore's Stairwell Art Space. Weiner is an avant-garde artist who lives in Fairfield. Employing an expansive and unabridged use of color, Weiner’s work crosses the border of confinement and questions the status quo. For more information, call the bookstore at 203-255-7756. To view Coyote's work and learn more about him, click here. The Fairfield University Bookstore is at 1499 Post Road.

by Sandra Diamond Fox

04/12/2016

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