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Sandra Diamond Fox

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sfox@dailyvoice.com

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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

News

Greenwich Hospital Launches New Era With Advanced Cancer-Fighting Tool GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich Hospital has acquired the TrueBeam radiation therapy system, which is designed for patients who are being treated for cancer.The TrueBeam linear accelerator from Varian was unveiled recently during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Smilow Cancer Hospital Greenwich Hospital campus at 77 Lafayette Place. The radiation therapy system offers advanced speed and accuracy, leading to shorter treatment times and less patient discomfort. It can treat cancer anywhere in the body, including lung, breast, prostate and the head and neck. This equipment treats moving target…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/21/2016

Business

New Fairfield Woman Creates New Networking Group To Connect Business Owners NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Business owner Eve Papa has created a networking group in her hometown of New Fairfield and wants to spread the word. The free group, called Buziness Connect, brings New Fairfield entrepreneurs together to exchange ideas and share information to help grow their businesses. You can sign up for the group online on "meetup.com" by searching "Buziness Connect." Buziness Connect meets on the third Thursday of every month and is open to owners of businesses in any town. "It's like a support group for businesses. We help each other out by exchangi…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/20/2016

Events

New Fairfield Embraces Traditions At Lions Club's Old Tyme Carnival NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- 12-year-old Brianna McNeil of New Fairfield had a big smile on her face Tuesday evening at the opening night of the New Fairfield Lions Club's Old Tyme Carnival. That's because she just went on her all-time favorite ride -- Zero Gravity. "It's fun and not scary," said Brianna, who came to the carnival with her sister, Emily, who is 9, as well as a few friends. "You spin around a bunch of times and you get stuck to the wall. It's so fast," she said. The New Fairfield Lions Club's Old Tyme Carnival is open from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. every evening thro…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/20/2016

Neighbors

Bethel Girl Scout Earns Gold Award For Helping Families Stay Warm In Winter BETHEL, Conn. -- Lori Robertson of Bethel has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting. Robertson's Gold Award project, “Spread the Wo(o)rd,” strived to keep underprivileged families in her community warm throughout the winter by repairing her church’s wood ministry. She hosted money-earning activities to generate all of her supplies, worked with a group of volunteers to clean up the wood ministry and spread awareness through pamphlets, created a website and distributed articles to her local newspapers. Robertson also did research on how to help members in her…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/20/2016

Neighbors

After Suicides, Danbury Social Worker Offers Ways To Help Prevent More DANBURY, Conn. -- In light of recent high--profile suicides in Fairfield County — including Westport Police Sgt. Bob Myer and Bethel Police Officer Kevin Kennedy — Danbury social worker Megan Duffy Knight wants to help prevent these terrible tragedies from continuing to happen. From her experience in the field, Knight shares the types of behaviors to look for in friends and family members that can indicate an intention to kill themselves. She also explains how to help them before it's too late. Here are some tips: Suicidal comments: "Take all comments that are made about suicide serio…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/19/2016

Neighbors

Fairfield Girl Scout Earns Gold Award For Creating A Special-Ed Dance Class FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Erika Belitzky of Fairfield has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting.For Belitzky's Gold Award Project, “eMOTION,” she addressed the gap in programming for special education students by starting her own dance/movement program to teach creative expression. She held the program for special education students in middle school and high school, and hoped that the classes would improve their overall mood and help them love exercise and dance. At the end of the program, Belitzky and her class put on a showcase for the students’ parents to see ho…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/19/2016

Neighbors

Stamford Accountants Tackle Cleanup At New Fairfield Girl Scout Camp NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- About 30 staff members from the PKF O'Connor Davies offices in Stamford and Wethersfield took a break from accounting last week and headed outside for a day of community service in New Fairfield. The crew helped to clean up the property at Girl Scout's Camp Candlewood in New Fairfield. The team tackled such tough tasks as sealing cracks, repairing asphalt and making improvements to the camp roadway. PKF staff members traveled to the lakefront vamp from Norwich, Stamford, Fairfield, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield and Bridgeport. Bryan Decker, a senior manager at PKF O'Co…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/19/2016

Obituaries

Services Set For Danbury High Grad, NYU Runner Patrick G. Healey, 21 DANBURY, Conn. — Services will be held Wednesday for Danbury High graduate Patrick G. Healey, 21, who died unexpectedly on July 14. Born July 10, 1995, in Danbury, he was the son of Gerard and Cynthia (Smith) Healey of Danbury. Healey was a rising senior and varsity cross-country and track and field runner at New York University. He was a committed student and deep thinker who officially studied mathematics and unofficially studied everything else, according to his obituary. He earned University Athletic Association All-Academic honors during the fall, winter and spring seasons this past ye…

by Daily Voice

07/18/2016

Lifestyle

Brookfield Woman, 69, Keeps Up The Pace, Walking Nearly 80 Miles Every Week BROOKFIELD, Conn. -- When 69-year-old Brookfield resident Karen Hanlon says she is going for a walk, her family and friends know she'll be gone for a few hours. Hanlon, a mother of three and grandmother of three, walks seven days a week, year-round. Her daily total comes to 11 miles — clocking nearly 80 miles a week. She uses a fit bit to track her mileage. She walks for 90 minutes every morning at a local park, then walks throughout her day by walking her dogs and going grocery shopping. She then returns to the park in the late afternoon or early evening for another hour of walking. One …

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/18/2016

Business

Historic Meeker's Hardware In Danbury Finds New Life As Soccer Store DANBURY, Conn. -- Vazquez SoccerChamp Sports may be a new business in downtown Danbury. But the building the business calls home -- at 90 White St. -- is far from new. The downtown landmark was Meeker's Hardware from 1883 to 2012 and is on the National Register of Historical Places. "Everybody knows this building," said Juan Vazquez, 29, who owns SoccerChamp Sports with his wife, Mayra, 26. SoccerChamp Sports sells everything soccer-related for children and adults, including clothing; accessories such as supports, sports wraps, goal-keeper gloves and shoes; and even soccer-theme…

by Sandra Diamond Fox

07/18/2016

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