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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.

Sandra Diamond Fox's Contributions

Schools

Fresh Start For Students As New Sandy Hook School Opens In Newtown NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The new Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dickinson Drive in Newtown is ready to welcome students on Monday, the first day of a new year of school. Features of the new 86,800-square-foot school — which carried a $50 million price tag paid by the state — reflect its theme of nature, including a mural of a flock of birds in flight in the main office and rotating kinetic mobiles of metallic leaves in the lobby. The old Sandy Hook School was razed after 20 first-graders and six educators were killed by a lone gunman on Dec. 14, 2012. Since then, the students have attended classe…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/29/2016

Schools

WestConn Opens The Gates To Welcome New Students At Danbury Campus DANBURY, Conn. -- Despite the 85-degree heat, several hundred members of the class of 2020 waited patiently in line outside the opening gates at Danbury's Western Connecticut State University on Friday afternoon to participate in the school's "Opening the Gates" ceremony. Once the ribbon on the front gate was cut, the new students poured through it, heading straight into the next four years of their lives. At the Midtown campus Quadrangle, WestConn President John B. Clark, as well as about 10 other school administrators, addressed students and parents. Clark has just completed h…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/29/2016

Lifestyle

New Fairfield Women Offer Spiritual Connections At Holy Yoga Studio NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Beverly Steiger, co-owner of Holy Yoga of Connecticut, considers her job not just a business, but a ministry. "Holy Yoga is experiential worship. It's designed to help the student connect with God on a yoga mat," said Steiger, of New Fairfield, who owns the studio with fellow town resident Toni Maconi. Holy Yoga in New Fairfield is a nondenominational studio offering Christ-centered Hatha- and Vinyasa-style classes for students of all levels. Class offerings include Chair, Gentle, Restorative, Weights, Power and Flow. Holy Yoga is based out of Phoenix, wit…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/29/2016

Events

Darien Arts Center Invites All to Open House DARIEN, Conn. -- To inform the community of its latest offerings, the Darien Arts Center is hosting an open house on Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. All ages are invited to participate in free mini-classes in dance, visual arts, kids’ theatre and music, find out about programs, meet DAC board members and faculty, and enjoy music performed by DAC music teachers. Information will be provided, including show dates and participation and volunteer opportunities, for those interested in their community theatre group, DAC Stage, the bi-annual Darien Art Show and Sale and other programs. Compli…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/26/2016

News

Lowe's Goes To Work Repairing New Street Homeless Shelter In Danbury DANBURY, Conn. -- Workers from Lowe's of Danbury were busy Thursday making repairs to the New Street Homeless Shelter as part of the Lowe's Heroes program. Lowe's Heroes is a 10-year-old volunteer program that encourages employees in a location to team together, adopt a volunteer project with a local nonprofit organization or K-12 public school and make a difference. According to Todd Wingard, manager of Lowe's of Danbury, every year, each of the nearly 1,800 Lowe's stores throughout the United States allots $2,500 to give back to the community. In July, the city of Danbury reached out to…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/26/2016

Schools

New Fairfield Residents Continue Fight To Remove School Superintendent NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Many New Fairfield residents have been engaged in a long battle to remove Alicia Roy from her position as New Fairfield's superintendent of schools, including launching a petition in March to act as a collective Vote of No Confidence. As the school year begins Aug. 31, some of these individuals say they are frustrated by the situation, which has not changed. One of these parents is New Fairfield mother of four Patricia Gasparino, who said there has been a year-and-a-half of upheaval in the district. Six months have passed since the Vote of No Confidence petition fro…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/26/2016

Schools

Murphy Meets With Danbury Educators To Help 'Every Student Succeed' DANBURY, Conn. -- Danbury educators spelled out to U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy the many challenges students in the district face as the Democratic senator led a recent roundtable discussion on a new education law -- the "Every Student Succeeds Act." Murphy's discussion included Danbury Public Schools Superintendent Sal Pascarella as well as about 20 other school administrators in the Danbury Public Schools central office on Beaver Brook Road. The law, which Murphy helped pass in 2015, repealed "No Child Left Behind." It is aimed at improving educational achievement, reformin…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/26/2016

Schools

Norwalk Community College President To Be Honored By Conntac NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk Community College President David L. Levinson will be honored by the Connecticut Talent Assistant Cooperative with a Friend of CONNTAC Award at the organization’s 49th Breakfast Meeting.The meeting will take place on Oct. 21 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Fantasia Banquet Facility in North Haven. Levinson is also Vice President for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. The theme of the breakfast meeting is Real Equity & Inclusion. The keynote speaker will be Glenn Cassis, former executive director of the Connecticut African-American Affairs Commission.…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/26/2016

Neighbors

16-Year-Old Redding Student Strikes Gold In Jewelry-Making Competition REDDING, Conn. -- When 16-year-old Emma Boland of Redding first took a jewelry-making class at the age of 10, she had no idea she would end up winning national competitions. To date, she has won three gold medals in the Connecticut Scholastic Art and Writing Competition as well as a Judge's Award and an American Visions Award. Recently, in the National High School Metal Smithing competition, "both of the pieces I submitted were accepted, and one came in first place," said Boland, who attends Joel Barlow High School in Redding. "This is a huge, huge accomplishment because it…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/25/2016

Neighbors

Hairstyles May Change, But Bethel Barber Endures After 50 Years BETHEL, Conn. -- One day in 1965, 19-year-old Nicky Valluzzo got into his white Chevy Impala and drove over to Zoel's Barber Shop at 145 Greenwood Ave. in Bethel to inquire about a job -- which he got. More than 50 years later, Valluzzo is still working in the same location and is now owner of the business, which he renamed Nicky's Haircutters. "I knew the owner's daughter, Doris, who I went to school with. She mentioned her father, Zoel Pellerin, was a barber, and I was looking for a job," recalled Valluzzo. "When I came in, he said he was planning to retire and if I started…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

08/25/2016

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