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Karen Tensa

Managing Editor, Connecticut

ktensa@dailyvoice.com

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Karen has lived and worked in Connecticut for more than two decades. Her professional experience includes more than a decade of work as the news editor at The Advocate in Stamford and reporting and editing stints on the staff of The Hartford Courant, among others. She is dedicated to writing local news, enjoying winter sports and reading nonfiction books.

Karen was formerly a managing editor at Daily Voice.

Karen Tensa's Contributions

News

What's In, What's Out: Connecticut Makes Recycling Easier In an effort to make recycling easier, Connecticut has made the rules the same across the entire state — telling people "What’s IN, What’s OUT.” There’s no longer any need for guesswork about what goes into the blue recycling bin and what you should put in the garbage. That’s because – for the first time ever – recycling rules have been standardized across the state – and there’s now an instant source of information about them. For example: Bottle caps – “IN” recycling bin if they are on the bottle, loose caps are “OUT” and should be put in the trash. Pizza boxes – “IN” recycling …

by Daily Voice

01/02/2018

News

Connecticut Resurfaced 260 Two-Lane Miles Of Roadways For $69M Do the highways seems in better shape? The Connecticut Department of Transportation resurfaced a total of 260 two-lane miles of roadways this construction season, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced. Aboutt 55 two-lane miles of that amount was completed under CTDOT’s Pavement Preservation Program, which includes crack filling, surface patching, drainage repairs, and other rehabilitation work to extend the life of existing roadways. CTDOT is responsible for the maintenance of more than 4,100 miles of roads and highways throughout Connecticut and typically resurfaces around 250 to 300 miles annu…

by Daily Voice

01/02/2018

Police & Fire

Danbury Firefighters Tackle Blaze In Elevator Shaft At La Quinta Hotel DANBURY, Conn. — Danbury firefighters extinguished a minor fire in the elevator shaft at the La Quinta Inn & Suites on Newtown Road on a frigid Monday afternoon, according to a Facebook post. The situation at the hotel was under control, and there were no injuries reported in the New Year's Day fire, the fire department said. An alarm went off at the hotel, located next Exit 8 of I-84 near the Bethel border, at about noon, according to the News-Times. Guests were evacuated from the hotel, which had smoke in the hallways, the News-Times said. Guests re-entered after the fire was extin…

by Daily Voice

01/01/2018

Police & Fire

Monroe Firefighters Battle House Blaze In Freezing Temperatures MONROE, Conn. — Monroe volunteer firefighters were out on a frigid New Year's Day to battle a blaze in a home on Elm Street, according to a Facebook post. The fire was at 689 Elm Street, which was closed in the area while crews were working at about 2 p.m., according to the department. It was the fourth call of the day for crews, who battled an earlier chimney fire, according to the Facebook post. The Stepney Fire Department and Stevenson Volunteer Fire Company provided mutual aid, and White Hills Fire Company from Shelton responded as the RIT.

by Daily Voice

01/01/2018

Police & Fire

Firefighters: Flames Burn Through Roof Of Danbury Home DANBURY, Conn. — Danbury firefighters worked in frigid temperatures to knock down a large blaze in a home on Fleetwood Drive on late Sunday afternoon. Flames were visible when firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire in a Cape-style home at 12 Fleetwood Drive after 4:30 p.m., according to the News-Times. "Rough fire tonight on Fleetwood Drive," Mayor Mark Boughton said via Twitter @MayorMark. "Thankfully no one was hurt. Great work by Danbury Fire Department." Photos from Boughton showed the fire had burned through the roof of the home, which sustained heavy d…

by Daily Voice

01/01/2018

Neighbors

Meet Greenwich Hospital's First Baby Of 2018 GREENWICH, Conn. – It's a boy! Greenwich Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2018 just after midnight on Monday. Baby boy Mason Raphael Mederos made his debut Jan. 1 at 12:08 a.m., weighing in at 7 pound and 14 ounces. This is the second baby for parents Emily and TJ Mederos of Port Chester, N.Y., who were high school sweethearts at Port Chester High School. Mason joins big brother Matthew Aidan, who is 1 years old. His dad, TJ Mederos, is a New York City police officer based in the Bronx, and Emily Mederos plans to be a stay-at-home mom. The family received a gift basket from the hospi…

by Daily Voice

01/01/2018

Neighbors

Meet Bridgeport Hospital's First Baby Of 2018 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – It's a boy! Lisa and Michael Mastronardi of Shelton welcomed a new son on Monday morning. And making his birth even more special: Nico Anthony Mastronardi is the first baby born at Bridgeport Hospital in 2018. He is the second child of Lisa and Michael Mastronardi, joining 2-year- old big brother Luca. Nico weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces when he arrived at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1. He was delivered by Dr. Marina Torbey. Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health, is a 383-bed acute care hospital serving parts of Fairfield and New Haven counties.

by Daily Voice

01/01/2018

Police & Fire

Long Hill Firefighters Tackle Burning Car Overnight On Route 25 TRUMBULL, Conn. — It was a busy start to the New Years as volunteers from the Long Hill Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the fire after a car burst into flames, according to a Facebook post. The fully involved car fire occurred on Route 25 in Trumbull at 3 a.m. Monday, the Facebook post said. No further information was available on the blaze.

by Daily Voice

01/01/2018

Police & Fire

CT State Police Report Two Highway Fatalities Over New Year's Holiday The Connecticut State Police are investigating two fatal accidents on the state's highways over the long weekend for the New Year's holiday. An Ansonia man collapsed and died after a crash on Route 8 in Trumbull, and a Glastonbury woman after she was ejected from her car on the Putnam Bridge, state police said. State police have increased patrols for the busy travel time from 12:01 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29, through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1. Here are the state police statistics on traffic enforcement through 7:30 a.m. Monday: Speeding violations: 490 Seatbelt violations: 17 All moving …

by Daily Voice

01/01/2018

Sports

Montgomery Boy, 10, Skates To Silver Medal At US Nationals His goal is the 2026 Olympics. And 10-year-old Jacob Sanchez of Montgomery in Orange County took his first big step in that direction by winning his first national figure skating medal on Friday. Jacob, a member of the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club, took the silver medal in the Juvenile Boys category in the opening day of the 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Solar4America Ice in San Jose, Calif. Jacob, who trains six days a week at Ice Time Sports Complex in Newburgh, scored 51.77 points as he skated to the Club Des Belugas remix of "Puttin' On the Ritz." …

01/01/2018

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