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Tom Renner

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trenner@dailyvoice.com

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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Neighbors

Stamford Girl Shares Valentine's Day Love With Childhood Cancer Patients STAMFORD, Conn. -- Three years ago, Stamford’s Grace Targonski watched her aunt fight a long battle with cancer. It motivated the teenager to turn her attention to helping children facing a similar challenge. Targonski, 13 and an 8th-grader at Dolan Middle School, created “Caring with Grace.” The organization conducts events such as bake sales and art and crafts projects, and the proceeds are turned over to organizations that support children with cancer. Last weekend, Targonski and friends worked for four hours to make 64 Valentine's Day cards for children fighting cancer, and they were del…

by Tena-Lesly Reid

02/17/2017

Neighbors

Redding Physician's Book Advocates Overhaul Of U.S. Healthcare System REDDING, Conn. -- Like most Americans, Dr. Gil Lancaster of Redding realizes the United States needs to overhaul its health care system. The difference is the Redding cardiologist and physician at Bridgeport Hospital has put forth a comprehensive -- and workable -- solution that has the potential to solve the crisis. Lancaster discussed his book, “EMBRACE: A New Healthcare Plan for the 21st Century,” at Mark Twain Library in Redding last week. The book details a new approach to healthcare, and was designed by healthcare professionals. Lancaster’s writing and the group’s plan have been praise…

02/17/2017

Lifestyle

Be An Ecological Steward In Your Own Landscape, Putnam PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- The wildlife activity, or lack of it, in our yards can tell us a lot about the ecological health of our landscapes. Take a look right now. Do you have an abundance of birds finding the late winter foods they need, like the persistent fruits of Eastern Redcedar, Winterberry, Northern Bayberry, etc? Have you spotted any returning migrating birds? What natural foods do you have for them to eat? Have you left any leaf litter in place for those migrating birds to search for an insect meal? Are your perennials and grasses still offering seeds to hungry birds? Have you provid…

by Kim Eierman

02/17/2017

Lifestyle

Be An Ecological Steward In Your Own Landscape, Westchester WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The wildlife activity, or lack of it, in our yards can tell us a lot about the ecological health of our landscapes. Take a look right now. Do you have an abundance of birds finding the late winter foods they need, like the persistent fruits of Eastern Redcedar, Winterberry, Northern Bayberry, etc? Have you spotted any returning migrating birds? What natural foods do you have for them to eat? Have you left any leaf litter in place for those migrating birds to search for an insect meal? Are your perennials and grasses still offering seeds to hungry birds? Have you p…

by Kim Eierman

02/17/2017

Lifestyle

Be An Ecological Steward In Your Own Landscape, Rockland ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- The wildlife activity, or lack of it, in our yards can tell us a lot about the ecological health of our landscapes. Take a look right now. Do you have an abundance of birds finding the late winter foods they need, like the persistent fruits of Eastern Redcedar, Winterberry, Northern Bayberry, etc? Have you spotted any returning migrating birds? What natural foods do you have for them to eat? Have you left any leaf litter in place for those migrating birds to search for an insect meal? Are your perennials and grasses still offering seeds to hungry birds? Have you prov…

by Kim Eierman

02/17/2017

Lifestyle

Be An Ecological Steward In Your Own Landscape, Bergen BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- The wildlife activity, or lack of it, in our yards can tell us a lot about the ecological health of our landscapes. Take a look right now. Do you have an abundance of birds finding the late winter foods they need, like the persistent fruits of Eastern Redcedar, Winterberry, Northern Bayberry, etc? Have you spotted any returning migrating birds? What natural foods do you have for them to eat? Have you left any leaf litter in place for those migrating birds to search for an insect meal? Are your perennials and grasses still offering seeds to hungry birds? Have you provid…

by Kim Eierman

02/17/2017

Lifestyle

Be An Ecological Steward In Your Own Landscape, Dutchess DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- The wildlife activity, or lack of it, in our yards can tell us a lot about the ecological health of our landscapes. Take a look right now. Do you have an abundance of birds finding the late winter foods they need, like the persistent fruits of Eastern Redcedar, Winterberry, Northern Bayberry, etc? Have you spotted any returning migrating birds? What natural foods do you have for them to eat? Have you left any leaf litter in place for those migrating birds to search for an insect meal? Are your perennials and grasses still offering seeds to hungry birds? Have you prov…

by Kim Eierman

02/17/2017

Lifestyle

Be An Ecological Steward In Your Own Landscape, Passaic PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- The wildlife activity, or lack of it, in our yards can tell us a lot about the ecological health of our landscapes. Take a look right now. Do you have an abundance of birds finding the late winter foods they need, like the persistent fruits of Eastern Redcedar, Winterberry, Northern Bayberry, etc? Have you spotted any returning migrating birds? What natural foods do you have for them to eat? Have you left any leaf litter in place for those migrating birds to search for an insect meal? Are your perennials and grasses still offering seeds to hungry birds? Have you provi…

by Kim Eierman

02/17/2017

Neighbors

South End Residents Remain Ready To Fight Proposed Move By O&G BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A controversial application by O&G Industries to move its cement and asphalt recycling operations to the banks of Cedar Creek on Howard Avenue has been pulled from the Bridgeport Planning and Zoning meeting on Feb. 27. This is the latest in a series of delays by O&G, the largest private construction company in Connecticut. Residents who have been opposing the application for nearly a year had planned to meet next week to finalize its presentation to Planning & Zoning Commissioners. The group will reschedule its meeting for March. O&G hopes to relocate it…

02/17/2017

Police & Fire

Man Gets 4 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin In Fatal Newtown OD NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A Waterbury man was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison for distributing the heroin that caused a woman in Newtown to suffer a fatal overdose last year, prosecutors said. Ronald Weaver, 38, was sentenced to 52 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport. Newtown Police helped track down Weaver after a woman died of a suspected drug overdose last March. The case stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids tha…

02/17/2017

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