Karen Tensa

ktensa@dailyvoice.com

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 local news, winter sports and reading nonfiction books.

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Fairfield County Boy Scouts Council Will Allow Gay Members

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News 04/19/13

College Student From Danbury Feels Safe Despite Boston Lockdown

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DANBURY, Conn. -- Friday was scheduled to be the first day of final exams for Sneha Mehta, a 2010 graduate of Danbury High School who is in the physical therapy program at Northeastern University in Boston.

But finals were canceled as authorities searched the greater Boston area Friday for a suspect in the twin bombings Monday at the Boston Marathon finish line. ...

Danbury Native Describes Scene Of Lockdown, Manhunt Near Boston

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DANBURY, Conn. -- "It's a crazy end to a long, emotional week," Megan Wicklund, a Danbury native, said in an interview from her home in Waltham, Mass., where she was on lockdown Friday morning as authorities searched for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Wicklund's week began Monday morning with excitement as a team of charity runners ...