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Confusion clouds tax law’s impact on small business

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he new federal tax law is drawing fairly good reviews from small business owners and advisers in Fairfield County, although there are both some caveats and some confusion.

“There is a lot of confusion right now,” said Ben Maini, a partner at Ridgefield accounting and consulting firm Reynolds & Rowella. “There’s still a lot of speculation about what will happen.”

Indeed, although the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 22, the Internal Revenue Service only provided an online calculator for taxpayers to ensure their paychecks are accurate on Jan. 11. The Trump administration has strongly urged businesses to use the tool to help them calculate how much taxes to withhold from paychecks by Feb. 15.

For small businesses, chief among the changes to the tax law is the 20 percent deduction for “pass-through” companies.

Those are businesses that don’t pay income taxes at the corporate level; instead, business » » TAX LAW

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New Canaan’s Roger Sherman Inn reinvents itself again

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairin.com

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n August 2014, New Canaan’s Roger Sherman Inn was listed for sale.

After remaining on the market for more than two years, a sale was announced, with the closing being contingent on approval by the town’s planning and zoning commission. That approval did not occur, despite three efforts to win it.

Today, there’s no talk of sale or closure at the inn. Instead, a new level of activity is taking place that is designed to rebrand

the property as a culinary and hospitality attraction. But, then again, the Oenoke Ridge Road landmark has a long history of reinvention.

The original property was built in the mid- to late-18th century as the modest home of the Rev. Justus Mitchell, the minister of the Congregational Church, and his wife, Martha Sherman, the niece of the Continental Congress delegate Roger Sherman. The home changed hands several times during the first part of the 19th century until New York financier William E. Bond acquired it in 1868 » » INN

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NBC Sports’ Stamford team relishes Olympic challenge

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illions of viewers will watch the action unfold this month on the slopes and rinks in PyeongChang, South Korea. They could not do so without the help of a team based some 6,850 miles away in Stamford.

The Olympics represent Stamford-based NBC Sports’ mostwatched and demanding production. From Feb. 8 through Feb. 25, a local contingent of hundreds will aim to seamlessly produce thousands of hours of coverage for a global audience. The pressure is intense, but members of the Connecticut roster say they have the experience and strategy to deliver.

“This is where it all comes together,” Tim Canary, NBC Sports’ vice president of engineering, said in a recent interview at the headquarters on the city’s East Side. “We have all these raw materials coming in, and we essentially process them to create the finished product.”

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An editing room inside the NBC Sports headquarters in Stamford, which will be packed with employees during their coverage of the Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, South Korea. Photo by Michael Cummo/ Hearst Connecticut Media.

EXTENSIVE PLANNING

The PyeongChang games comprise the third Olympics to be broadcast from Stamford since NBC Sports opened its approximately 300,000-square-foot complex at 1 Blachley Road in 2013. The site formerly served as the manufacturing base for the Clairol hair coloring company.

NBC Sports’ planning for Olympics starts years out and the technical preparations ramp up months ahead. By last summer, local staff had already begun assembling wiring and other essential equipment needed to connect with PyeongChang.

Digital coverage will again be crucial. For the first time, NBC Sports streamed the Feb. 9 opening ceremony on its app and on nbcolympics.com. At peak periods, NBC Sports will run between 10 and 15 livestreams simultaneously.

The headquarters includes a digital hub known as the Highlights Factory. In that room, a team of about 40 will monitor live-streams, log and edit clips and create video packages. The Highlights Factory will produce about 100 videos each day during the games, according to Eric Hamilton, NBC Sports’ director of digital Olympic video production.

“It’s driven by a team of interns who we train to watch Olympics and look out for the kind of things that might not be obviously interest-

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ing, but are interesting,” Hamilton said. “At the end of the day, we know all the top stories and have not only footage from which we can cut highlights, but we also have the ability to get all kinds of behind-thescenes content.”

Yards away, the Broadcast Operations Center functions as the nerve center of Olympic activity in Stamford. In a room covered with TV monitors, scores of feeds for TV and digital platforms will arrive from PyeongChang. A subway map-like chart shows the labyrinth of connections between the two locations.

Jarrett Frazier, manager of transmission operations and engineering, will oversee the center during the games. He worked on site at the past three Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Sochi, Russia, and London.

“It’s helpful to know a lot of people from those previous games who will be in PyeongChang,” Frazier said. “We’ll know who to reach out to firsthand.”

Several hundred staffers work at 1 Blachley Road throughout the year, but the total rises significantly during the Olympics. About 1,000 were based there during the last winter games in 2014.

At the same time, the Stamford center continues to churn out content for NBC Sports’ other major

productions, including the NFL — NBC broadcast the Feb. 4 Super Bowl — the NHL, NASCAR and English Premier League soccer.

“It is a bit of double-whammy because we have been preparing for the Super Bowl as well,” Canary said. “But so far everything has been going well.”

CHALLENGES

With the PyeongChang games, NBC Sports will aim to improve upon its ratings from four years ago.

The 2014 Sochi games averaged 21.4 million viewers in prime time, a 12 percent drop from the 24.4 million who watched on average during the 2010 games held in Vancouver, Canada. The viewership beat the 20.2 million average for the previous European winter games, which were held in 2006 in Torino, Italy.

In comparison, NBC averaged about 25 million prime time viewers for its broadcast network during the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Given the winter games’ smaller viewership, some media experts question the value of NBC’s investment. In 2014, NBCU paid $7.75 billion to lock up Olympics rights through 2032.

“You have a product that always runs in second place to the summer Olympics, and this has been an ongoing challenge,” said Daniel Durbin, director of the University of Southern California’s Institute of Sports, Media and Society. “You have sports that are not as commonly engaged in by the broad public as those in the summer games

and a lack of real celebrity stars. Put those two together and you don’t have anything really to draw an audience.”

Others see the winter Olympics as a worthwhile venture, even though they do not expect the PyeongChang edition to shatter ratings records.

“Will the ratings be ridiculously great? Probably not,” said Josh Shuart, chairman of Sacred Heart University’s marketing and sports management department. “But the impact for NBC is that they’ll be advertising other programming and shows. It’s a platform for them to promote everything else they offer.”

Amid the questions about the audience size, NBC production leaders say they remain focused on programming quality.

“We push it because we know we have to be able to deliver the thing,” Hamilton said. “You really have to push the envelope.” pschott@scni.com; 203-9642236; twitter: @paulschott This report was first published in Hearst Connecticut newspapers on Feb. 4.

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ladimir Gorshkov is confident that he can teach anyone to dance, even those who profess to be thoroughly deficient in rhythm.

“Give me one month,” he insisted, with a confident grin. “If you cannot dance to your satisfaction, I will give you your money back.”

Gorshkov, teaming with his wife Irina, has competed professionally in ballroom dancing competitions throughout the U.S. and Europe. The couple opened Ballroom Elegance Dance Studio in Westport in 2002.

Their latest endeavor is Ballroom DanceSport Center in Fairfield.

Victoriya Kolbenkova, a manager at the new venue and a professional ballroom dancing competitor, said the decision to come to Fairfield was sparked by the availability of the 1,300-squarefoot space in Sportsplex@ Fairfield, a development on Mill Road that is home to more than two-dozen athletics- and wellness-focused businesses.

“This is a great location with a lot of family-oriented activities,” she said. “We saw this place with its big windows, and we knew there is no ballroom dancing here in Fairfield for kids. So, we

thought it would be a great opportunity to bring dancing to people.”

Their startup budget to create Ballroom DanceSport Center was roughly $30,000, with the costs going into the installation of a new floor, mirrors covering large swaths of the walls and a sound system. One aesthetic aspect of the space that was left untouched was the color palette on the walls: hot-pink upper half resting atop a battleship gray lower half.

“It has grown on us,” Kolbenkova said.

“We thought it would be very comforting for kids and it would make a fun environment.”

With a soft opening in November and an official grand opening on Jan. 13, Ballroom DanceSport Center now has 30 students. Adult classes focus on ballroom and Latin dancing, and there is also a 10-lesson package for wedding party members who need a brush-up for their big-event dances. Children’s classes offer an introduction to various dances and dance-oriented birthday parties are also available.

Gorshkov said that while his Westport business primarily attracts adult students, this location has piqued the interest of a wider age range.

“We try to appeal to the younger audience starting at

3 years old,” he said, adding that he believed his oldest adult student was 70. “We don’t ask personal questions, that is my rough estimate.”

Kolbenkova stressed that dance lessons are beneficial for any age.

“For kids, it is good opportunity to learn awareness to people, to have good posture and learn how to properly behave,” she said.

“It is very important to give them this opportunity to learn to be polite and have fun as well. For adults, it’s fun. We have a lot of couples come in and turn their minds from everyday life and just have fun.”

One inspiration that has driven inquiries at the center is the television show “Dancing with the Stars,” with prospective students asking if they could undergo flatfoot-to-graceful transformations similar to the celebrities on that show.

“We say, yes, absolutely,” Kolbenkova said. “We teach amateur couples to perform in competition.”

For Gorshkov, the secret to his teaching is to ensure students believe in their abilities.

“We ask everyone to try, even the people who say they have two left feet,” he said. “We hear that so often and it is certainly not true.

Everyone has the ability to move to the music.”

REAL ESTATE

By Rick Haughey

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he National Multifamily Housing Council’s 2018 Consumer Housing Insights Survey found that more than one-third of adults agree “apartment communities haven’t changed over the past 50 years.” In a world where nearly every industry has faced massive disruptive forces in recent years, anticipating and planning how the multifamily industry can respond and co-opt changing trends and desires is key.

While the real estate industry has been notoriously slow to evolve, changing demographics and psychographics, shifting consumer preferences and a near limitless string of new technologies will soon force a paradigm shift in the multifamily sector. Just as WeWork changed the office market and Airbnb shook up the hotel industry, these seismic shifts will redefine how

The apartment of the future: what tomorrow’s residents want apartments are designed and built.

ADAPTATION IS KEY

The rise of telecommuting, a growing focus on global health and wellness, and changing perspectives on public versus private spaces all point toward a mounting need for flexible housing solutions that can evolve to meet residents’ needs.

When it comes to work habits, 63 percent of survey respondents noted that space to telework or work remotely is important, while 40 percent indicated they plan to telecommute more in the future. Some multifamily developers and property managers are already responding to this trend, taking underutilized common spaces such as party rooms and transforming them into modern, tech-savvy work spaces that will accommodate these needs.

As for life after “office hours,” respondents note space to refresh and renew is key. What’s more, 93 percent of respondents believe it is important to have a tranquil space to unwind and unplug and 57 percent wish they had an environment that would promote better sleep. Similarly, 76 percent of respondents noted they are working to achieve a healthy lifestyle.

While fitness centers have long ranked as one of the most desirable apartment amenities, a new vision for the consumer experience is paving the way for interactive fitness and wellness centers.

Health and wellness has also evolved into a more comprehensive concept that includes mind, body and spirit.

To meet these and other needs, consumers crave units that can adapt to meet their desires. When it comes to flexibility, 83 percent of respon-

The $52.6 million Metro Green Terrace apartment tower opened last fall in Stamford.

dents believe it is important to have a space that evolves with different stages of your life, while 78 percent believe it is important to have a space that can transform to meet different needs.

In addition to flexible living spaces, data shows consumers crave space for face-to-face interaction. For 83 percent of respondents, places to socialize face-toface with friends and family

was considered an important housing feature.

Interestingly, the disruptive forces facing the real estate industry, such as the sharing economy, are chipping away at the divide between public and private space, requiring tomorrow’s apartment communities to be integrated into the fabric of the larger community. The Consumer Housing Insights Survey found that millenni-

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als were 20 percent more likely than baby boomers to believe apartments should provide helpful services and amenities for the surrounding community.

As the multifamily industry prepares to meet the next wave of renter’s needs, understanding how changes in demographics, consumer habits, technology, transportation, employment and health will impact the way renters live is key to building the apartments of the future that stand the best chance of weathering and even flourishing during the coming disruption.

Rick Haughey is vice president for industry technology initiatives at the National Multifamily Housing Council, a nonprofit advocacy and research organization for the apartment industry with headquarters in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at rhaughey@nmhc.org 202974-2375.

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and made expansive renovations befitting a Gilded Age tycoon. In 1925, it was bought by J. Herbert and Louise Stevenson Tebbetts, who added more rooms and a wraparound porch.

But rather than maintaining a private residence, the Tebbetts opened the building with a twin purpose: as a 17-room lodging spot known as the Holmewood Inn and an educational facility called the Holmewood Junior School.

While the school closed after three years, the inn remained operational and became a local favorite. It was purchased by hotelier John D. Shea in 1946 and sold in 1960 to a New Jersey country club manager named Roger Sherman Ross, a direct descendant of the colonial patriot, for whom it was renamed.

Real estate investors Joseph and Nesreen Jaffre, who previously owned Le Château in South Salem, bought the Roger Sherman Inn in 2008 for $3.4 million

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income is allocated among the business’ owners and income taxes are assessed only at the individual level.

William Conron, a partner at the accounting and tax advisory firm Citrin Cooperman in Stamford, noted that the new tax law identifies a small business as one that has averaged $25 million in gross receipts over the past three years, up from $5 million in the old law. In addition, a business previously was allowed to expense up to $500,000 of the cost of qualified business property; the new law increases that amount to $1 million.

Kathleen DeCruze, a partner at Martin, DeCruze & Co., a Stamford accounting firm, noted that to qualify for the full 20 percent deduction for pass-throughs, an individual’s taxable income must be below $157,500 if single or $315,000 if married and filing jointly. If those requirements are met, “A business should see a substantial decrease in their taxes,” she said.

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with the goal of continuing the establishment’s reputation for fine dining. In a November 2008 review, New York Times restaurant critic Patricia Brooks exclaimed, “It’s been a long time since I have seen a menu so appealing that I’ve wanted to order every single dish.”

But the post-recession period saw the inn’s reve-

nue shrink, and by 2014 the Jaffres listed the property for $6 million. There was no interest from the hospitality industry. Rowayton real estate developer Andy Glazer offered to buy the property and transform it into a development with eight single-family homes. The Jaffres initially announced the closure of

Chef Francois Kwaku-Dongo takes a moment to relax outside the kitchen. Photo by Phil Hall

“If you have $100,000 of pass-through income, you’ll get a $20,000 tax deduction,” explained Maini. “But that’s going to be a big point this year. If you’re getting close to that (income) threshold, you need to try and get below it to get that 20 percent.”

A number of legal ways to do so are available, he noted, including paying bonuses to employees, making big asset purchases before the end of the year or implementing a more robust pension plan.

“In my opinion, the deduction is a freebie, a gift from Congress,” Maini said.

“You either qualify or you don’t.”

Accounting firms such as Maini’s fall under the “don’t” category. Certain personal-service providers like accountants, attorneys and physicians are subject to a phase-out of the deduction when their taxable income reaches the $157,500 level for an individual or $315,000 for married couples.

Prior to the law’s passage, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained the exceptions by saying that

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the income of people working in those professions can resemble wages too closely.

“If you’re an accountant firm and that’s clearly income, you’ll be taxed an income rate, you won’t be taxed a pass-through rate,” Mnuchin said. “If you’re a business that’s creating manufacturing jobs, you’re going to get the benefit of that rate because that’s going to be passed through to help create jobs and better wages.”

DeCruze agreed. “If you’re a retailer or a restaurant, an import-export or distribution company, selling computers or software, you’re not considered a service-based business,” she said, “so you’ll see that additional reduction in taxes.”

Conron noted, however, that given how many personal-service companies exist in Fairfield County, the overall economic impact on the state could be considerable.

He also voiced concern over the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductibility in the new law. “In a high-tax state with significant property and state taxes, like

the inn in January 2017 pending the planning and zoning commission’s approval of the sale. But the commission rejected Glazer’s initial proposal and two updated proposals. Unable to move forward, the Jaffres decided to keep the inn open and work to make it profitable.

Nesreen Jaffre acknowledged that while many locals were unhappy to learn that the inn would be closing, the inn required more than good wishes to stay afloat.

“Although it is a staple in New Canaan, the community needs to know that it requires their support,” she said. “It requires the public’s help in keeping it open.

This is not a building that is supported by government grants or public subsidies.

You can’t go there once a year and claim that you are supporting it.”

To encourage a new wave of patronage, Jaffre sought to emphasize the fine dining experience. Last fall, she brought in Francois Kwaku-Dongo, the Ivory Coast-born chef who gained

international prominence in 1991 as executive chef at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago in West Hollywood. KwakuDongo came to Connecticut in 2005 as executive chef at L’Escale Restaurant on Greenwich Harbor, and he viewed the Roger Sherman Inn as an opportunity he could not refuse.

“I always wanted to have a place that I would call home that not only has the restaurant, but also has the facilities to do weddings and off-premise catering,” he said. “Then I came and saw the property and I said, ‘Yes, this reminds me so much of the south of France, where you have a big lawn and a property where you can do really great food, but you’re also part of a community that is small and supports each other.’ It was a no-brainer for me to find a spot like that.”

Since arriving at the inn last fall, Kwaku-Dongo has been the subject of a publicity push playing up his status as a celebrity chef, which he found highly amusing.

“Celebrity is a big word,”

he said with a laugh, adding that he was more focused on establishing bonds with local farms and providers for his ingredients to his seasonally inspired menus. “Ours is a relationship business. You want to know who grows your vegetables so you can tell the story to your customers. Rather than have someone I’ve never met bring a tomato from Chile, I’d rather deal with the farmers here.”

Jaffre added that KwakuDongo was further incentivized by having part-ownership of the restaurant and future catering businesses.

She also identified plans to introduce vegetable and herb gardens that would be used by the chef and his kitchen team, along with the possibility of adding a beer garden to the premises. The inn’s rooms are also undergoing upgrades with new bathrooms being installed. Jaffre said that this establishment seems to be a continuous work in progress. “When you have a 250-year-old property, it is always needing renovation,” she sighed.

Connecticut, you may not get much of a benefit anyway,” he said.

Last month, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced that a federal lawsuit was being prepared challenging the new tax code as unfair to residents of high-tax states. On Feb. 3, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said his state was preparing a similar lawsuit.

Among small businesses, opinion is split on the new tax law.

National Federation of Independent Business President and CEO Juanita Duggan praised it saying it “dramatically improves the way small businesses are treated, delivering hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts.”

Area small-business owners weren’t as confident.

Marty Tyrrel, one of the owners of On Track Karting in Brookfield, said, “It should be a positive for our company and the owners.” As an S corporation, he said, “We expect it to be favorable for us.”

The new tax rates will

help On Track as it builds its third facility at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Tyrrel said.

Due to open in late spring, the multilevel track required spending “three to four times as much as we did at either of our other locations,” which also includes Wallingford, Tyrrel said. “It’s a several-billion-dollar investment.”

Nevertheless, Tyrrel said he personally favored a flat tax rate, “so you could prevent some of the gaming that goes on with how some companies account for things.”

Jeff Egol, director of finance at Stamford’s TNS Group, which provides managed IT services to business clients, said there were “positive and negative aspects” of the new law. “For us, there are some advantages at the tax level that will help us to take our profits and reinvest them in the company,” he said.

Egol said that revenue at TNS, a privately held company, grew by about 25 percent from 2016 to 2017 and that he expects a similar growth rate this year.

“But I’m cautioning people to be realistic” about all

the tax-break talk, he said.

“We still have to see how this all shakes out, especially when it comes to impact on paychecks.”

Dawn Reshen-Doty, president of Danbury’s Benay Enterprises, which provides back-office administrative management and bookkeeping services for companies, said her firm would probably see a tax break on the corporate side, but thought any decrease in her own taxes or those of her employees would be “nominal.”

“It’s not like we’re all suddenly going to get an extra $100 in our paycheck,” she said. “It’s really a nominal benefit for the less well-compensated employee.”

Reshen-Doty said all of Benay’s clients “brought their CPAs into the conversation much earlier this year” at the approach of the first tax season under the new federal law.

“Small businesses have to be proactive with their accountants to plan for the whole year,” Maini said. “You can’t wait until April to start planning it out.”

New reports detail MGM Resorts’ casino lobbying

A rendering of the proposed MGM Resorts development in Bridgeport.

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairin.com

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wo new published reports are highlighting the financial and political investments that MGM Resorts International has made to secure a stake in Connecticut’s casino industry.

The Connecticut Mirror is reporting that MGM Resorts spent $3.8 million in Connecticut-based lobbying during 2017, which was more than three times greater than any other entity focused on lobbying within the state. MGM Resorts sought legislation to open Connecticut to nontribal gaming. In September, the company proposed a $675 million casino resort in Bridgeport, with a job training center in New Haven.

Uri Clinton, MGM Resorts’ senior vice president and deputy general counsel, was unapologetic over the company’s lobbying thrust. “Are there high stakes?” Clinton asked.

“Absolutely. MGM is very transparent. When we spend $3 million lobbying, do we think it’s going to be a news story? Yeah. This is high stakes and it’s amazing to me people are surprised.

The tribes have done this in spades.”

Although MGM Resorts failed in its legislative goals last year, its efforts appear

to be paying off this year.

State Rep. Joe Verrengia, a Democrat from West Hartford, the co-chairman of the legislative committee that focuses on gaming legislation, announced his intention to invite independent experts to an informational hearing next month that will consider the future of Connecticut’s gaming industry.

One area in Connecticut where MGM Resorts’ lobbying appears to have worked involved the halting of progress on a third casino in East Windsor that would be jointly operated by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes. MGM Resorts is planning to open a casino across the state border in Springfield, Massachusetts, and its lobbyists in Washington, D.C., are being identified in working to ensure the East Windsor project would not proceed.

According to a report in Politico, MGM Resorts spent $1.5 million last year on five Washington lobbying firms and its own in-house lobbying operations to reportedly influence the Department of the Interior’s policymaking.

Politico stated that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and other department officials conducted “numerous meetings and phone calls with MGM lobbyists and the company’s Republican supporters in Congress,” although it was not certain if these

discussions involved the East Windsor casino project.

Two Nevada Republicans, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Mark Amodei, were also identified as influencing Zinke on MGM Resorts’ behalf.

Zinke declined to offer either approval or rejection on the July 2017 gaming compact amendments signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the tribes that enabled the new casino on nontribal land in East Windsor, thus stalling the work on the new casino. The tribes and the state have sued the Interior Department for not signing off on the compact amendments, and Connecticut’s U.S. senators have criticized Zinke’s actions.

“I think the Department of Interior has been derelict in failing to give approval,” said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “We asked for a meeting, but they were unresponsive. They never even responded.”

“It seems pretty clear to me what happened,” said U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, adding that Associate Deputy Interior Secretary James Cason was initially responsive to signing off on the compact amendments.

“MGM got to Secretary Zinke and convinced him to overrule the decision of a career public servant at the Department of Interior. The timeline is pretty clear.”

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BRIEFLY GARTNER SELLING TALENT ASSESSMENT BUSINESS FOR $400M

Gartner Inc. announced on Feb. 7 an agreement to sell its talent assessment business to Exponent Private Equity for $400 million on the same day it posted significant quarterly and yearend financial results.

The Stamford tech company’s CEO Gene Hall had said in October that Gartner was exploring deals to sell CEB Talent Assessment business, formerly SHL. Gartner acquired CEB in January 2017 in a cash and stock transaction worth about $2.6 billion.

The new deal is expected to close in the first half of this year.

“While CEB Talent Assessment is a recognized leader in an expanding marketplace with significant growth opportunities, we determined that it was not aligned with our core focus of providing research and advisory services to address the mission-critical priorities of every functional leader in the enterprise,” Hall said.

“This transaction with Exponent is a positive step for CEB Talent Assessment clients and associates,” he said, “as it represents an opportunity to bring a renewed focus on the business to better support innovation, product development, and long-term growth.”

Meanwhile, fourth-quarter 2017 total revenue was $1 billion, up 44 percent over fourth-quarter 2016, and net income for the period was $107.3 million, a 52 percent increase.

For the 12 months ended Dec. 31, total revenue was $3.3 billion, an increase of 35 percent. Net income was $3.3 million.

PATRIOT BANK ACQUIRES $490M SBA PORTFOLIO

Patriot National Bancorp, the parent holding company of Patriot Bank, has signed a definitive purchase

agreement with Hana Small Business Lending Inc. for its $490 million SBA portfolio.

The transaction includes the purchase of approximately $120 million of SBA 7(a) loans and servicing rights relating to a pool of $370 million in loans, and the assumption of two loan securitization vehicles, currently rated “AA+” (Hana SBL Loan Trust 2014) and “A-” (Hana SBL Loan Trust 2016)

by Standard and Poor’s.

Total cash consideration is approximately $83 million with the assumption of approximately $41 million of liabilities. The transaction is subject to the satisfactory completion of certain due diligence requirements, purchase price adjustments at closing and the receipt of required governmental and regulatory approvals.

“This accelerates our desire to be in the SBA business on a large scale,” Richard Muskus Jr., president of the Stamford bank, told the Business Journal.

“We started our SBA department in 2017, so it was very much in its infancy. Rather than grow organically, which is what we had been totally prepared to do, this will allow us to go from zero to 100 pretty quickly.”

The integration of Hana SBL into Patriot’s growing specialty finance category “delivers impactful market presence, product diversification and significant earnings accretion,” Patriot Chairman and CEO Michael Carrazza said.

Based in Los Angeles, Hana SBL was the third most active nonbank SBA lender in the nation last year, and one of the top 35 most active of all SBA lenders (among more than 3,000 SBA lenders nationwide) as measured by the SBA 7(a)-approved face value of SBA 7(a) loans it originated and SBA-approved guaranteed dollars attributable to those loans.

Upon the closing of the transaction, the group will become part of Patriot’s SBA team and will be rebranded under Patriot’s name. The existing team will continue to operate from its base in Los Angeles and through its origination offices across the U.S. Patriot’s SBA unit will

oversee and service eastern U.S. markets and be based at Patriot’s Stamford offices.

JOHNSON NAMED CFO AT FAMILY CENTERS

Stephanie Johnson

Family Centers, a Greenwich-based nonprofit providing health, education and social services programs in Fairfield County, has named Stephanie Johnson as its new CFO. She replaces the retiring Piera Iori, who joined Family Centers as a parttime accountant in 1978 and became controller in 1985 and vice president and CFO in 1995.

Prior to joining Family Centers, Johnson was vice president of finance at Akademos, a Norwalk-based full-service virtual college bookstore. Before that, she was director of operational and financial reporting and analysis at Novitex Enterprise Solutions in Stamford and CFO at Home Team Marketing in Rye Brook.

Johnson, a New Canaan resident, holds a bachelor of arts in English and music from Oberlin College and an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. She also earned an advanced certificate in accounting from Pace University’s Lubin School of Business.

VIRTUS TAKING MAJORITY STAKE IN SUSTAINABLE

Hartford wealth manager Virtus Investment Partners Inc. plans to take a majority stake in Stamford’s Sustainable Grow th Advisers, an investment manager specializing in high-conviction U.S. and global growth equity portfolios.

Under the terms of the agreement, Virtus would buy the equity interest held by Estancia Capital Management, a private

equity firm in Scottsdale, Arizona, as well as a portion of the equity held

by Sustainable Growth Advisers’ partners, including its three co-founders: George Fraise, Gordon Marchand and Rob Rohn.

According to Virtus, key investment professionals will retain the remaining equity in the company, enter into long-term employment agreements and reinvest a portion of their after-tax proceeds from the transaction into the company’s investment strategies.

As a Virtus-affiliated boutique, SGA will retain autonomy over its investment process and maintain its independent structure, culture, brand identity and control over day-to-day activities.

SGA managed $11.6 billion in assets in U.S., global and international growth equity strategies as of Dec. 31. It primarily manages assets in institutional separate accounts and subadvisory mandates for clients in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions.

“We knew we wanted a partner that shares our client-focused vision and would help us ensure continuity of our investment approach and company culture,” said Rohn, founding principal, analyst and portfolio manager at SGA. The transaction is expected to close in mid2018, subject to customary closing conditions and client approvals. Virtus expects to finance the transaction using balance sheet resources and available capacity on its credit facility, or may seek additional sources of debt financing, depending on market conditions.

Last week Virtus reported net income of $3.4 million for the three months ended Dec. 31 — down from $12.4 million from the yearago period, and revenue of $128 million, up from the $79.9 million it reported a year earlier.

For 2017, Virtus posted net income of $28.7 million, down from its 2016 net of $48.5 million, and revenues of $425.6 million, up from $322.6 million a year ago.

NEWMAN’S OWN FOUNDATION GRANTS REACH $500M

Newman’s Own Foundation, the Westport-based philanthropy founded by the Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman, announced that it reached the $500 million milestone for charitable donations.

Launched in 1982, the company allocates 100 percent of the profits from the Newman’s Own food and beverage product line to charitable nonprofits. To date, the foundation has provided grants to more than 7,600 charitable organizations, averaging about $30 million in grants per year.

“When Paul started Newman’s Own 35 years ago, some people wondered if the company could survive if it gave all its profits away, but after three and a half decades, we’re proud to continue his legacy and reach a half-billion dollars in donations,” said Bob Forrester, president and CEO of Newman’s Own Foundation and co-chairman of Newman’s Own. “Paul would be especially pleased to see how much the company has grown and how much positive impact it has had helping charities around the world.

And he would be gratified to see a new generation of employees embrace the same values he established long ago, using these core values as an anchor and inspiration to carry on his philanthropic work.”

However, the near-term future of Newman’s Own Foundation is cloudy. A provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that would have exempted the foundation from a 200 percent federal excise tax on the value of the for-profit Newman’s Own was dropped from the legislation. The foundation received an IRS exemption in 2013 that is due to expire in November and Forrester said that it would be extremely difficult to sell the food company to a third party because of its mission of donating all of its profits to charitable works.

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pay a 200 percent tax rate that in effect makes you go out of business,” he said.

WESTERBERG JOINS MARCUS & MILLICHAP

Stephen Westerberg

Stephen Westerberg has joined Marcus & Millichap’s Stamford office as first vice president investments and will focus on investment sales in Connecticut and Westchester County.

Westerberg previously headed the Connecticut and Westchester investment sales divisions for Newmark Knight Frank and Colliers International. His clients in the retail, office, industrial and multifamily investment sectors include some of the area’s leading institutions and real estate principals, according to Marcus & Millichap.

During his two-decade career, Westerberg has participated in over $1.5 billion in transactions, providing strategic input on purchases, monetization strategies, disposition, refinancing and 1031 exchange transactions, according to Marcus & Millichap.

Recent deals in downtown Greenwich in which he was involved include the $30.5 million sale of 2 Soundview Ave., the $50.5 million sale of 411 West Putnam Ave., the $23.5 million sale of a six-building retail portfolio on Greenwich Avenue and the $24 million sale of a three-building retail-over-office portfolio at 98-102 Greenwich Ave. J.D. Parker, senior vice president and division manager for Marcus & Millichap’s Northeast Division, in the announcement said Westerberg’s “advisory approach in investment sales makes him a strong asset to our clients.”

— Kevin Zimmerman ,Phil Hall, John Golden

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At 82, another day at the bank for Patriot’s co-founder

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

I

knew from day one when I met him that Rick was my man.”

So said Patriot Bank co-founder John Kantzas about his longtime friend and mentee, bank President Richard Muskus Jr., as the two sat in the community bank’s newly opened branch office at 999 Bedford St. in Stamford.

“I thought he was crazy,” deadpanned Muskus, when asked about his first impression of the 82-year-old Greek immigrant, who is known for his humor and storytelling, sometimes punctuated with salty language.

“I’m crazy, but I know it,” Kantzas shot back.

The senior executive, who will turn 83 in June, is officially listed as Patriot’s co-founder and business development adviser, but Muskus said he’s actually “the overall face of our branch system. When we decided to buy this property and build this bank,” across the street from Patriot’s 900 Bedford St. headquarters, “we started with where John’s office should be. He’s basically our public relations, customer relations and business development director.”

With his office just inside the entrance of the $3.5 million, 8,700-square-

foot branch, Kantzas is well-positioned to greet customers and co-workers, which he did throughout his conversation with the Business Journal. Kantzas, who said his thick accent prevented him from rising in the executive ranks of the former Stamford Savings Bank, noted that he’s able to say, “Hello, how are you?” in various languages, including French, Polish, and of course English and Greek.

Leaving his native Greece for Australia when he was 20, Kantzas embarked upon a career building and selling real estate in Australia before coming to the U.S. in 1970.

Graduating from Brown University in 1978 with a degree in banking, Kantzas said he found that big banks were looking primarily to grow bigger rather than remaining customer-focused. He persevered at Stamford Savings, but by the late 1980s was more or less burnt out and left banking entirely to develop construction projects.

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John Kantzas, seated, the 82-yearold co-founder of Patriot Bank in Stamford, with his longtime friend and mentee, Patriot Bank President Richard Muskus Jr. Photo by Kevin Zimmerman.

Then in 1991, friends Constantine Remoundos and Fred Giuliani suggested starting their own bank.

Kantzas agreed, provided that they “treat people like people and not like numbers, like they do at the big banks.”

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) was lukewarm to the idea, Kantzas said. “They told us there was no demand for loans in our territory.”

Yet within a few months, he said, the group had secured $42 million worth of commercial and residential loans, satisfying the OCC. Raising capital was the next hurdle. Kantzas said the group raised $7.4 million after being advised that it needed at least $6 million.

So it was on Aug. 31, 1994, that Patriot National Bank obtained its charter and opened for business as a community bank at 900 Bedford, with Remoundos, who died in 2015, serving as its first president.

Muskus, whose career up to 1996 had been spent in investment management at the likes of JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch, came to Patriot at the suggestion of his father, a longtime executive with the First National Bank of Greenwich. The elder Muskus, then sitting

on Patriot’s advisory board, suggested his son apply to become a credit analyst at Patriot.

“I knew he was the right person for the job,” Kantzas said. “Rick and I can just look at each other and know what’s going on. With other people you talk out loud and they still don’t understand — which pisses me off!”

“We throw around terms like ‘personal touch’ and ‘relationship banking’ a lot,” Muskus said. “But with John you can see what it means.

The level of pride he has is immeasurable.”

The mentor’s advice to his banking protégé? “I said to keep your eyes and ears open, always,” Kantzas recalled.

“That meant the most to me as I came up through the ranks,” said Muskus, who rose “from basically being the entire credit department” to executive vice president and chief lending officer in 2014. Last February he was named bank president.

“Absorbing everything, both professionally and personally, creates who you are,” he said. “It focuses you as a person.”

Tenacity was important to both men during Patriot’s lean years. The bank was on the cusp of insolvency in 2010, when Michael Carrazza, now CEO and board chairman at Patriot Bank, led PNBK Holdings — consisting largely of institutional investors — in injecting $50 million into it. Over the next few months, the

bank divested itself of $140 million in assets, selling off problem loans, closing nearly a quarter of its 19-branch network and reducing its workforce by about 30 employees.

Patriot Bank recently posted the strongest earnings in its history.

This month it announced its planned acquisition of Hana SBL’s $490 million Small Business Administration loan portfolio, which Muskus and Carrazza predicted would make it a major player in the SBA space. Last year it announced it would acquire Prime Bank in Orange. As of midyear 2017, it had equity of $82 million on assets of $773.5 million.

“It’s working,” Muskus said. “We’re growing at a pace that nobody thought we would and that’s a tribute to the talent we have within the senior management group.”

Kantzas is very much a part of that group, he said.

“I couldn’t be happier to see what he’s done here,” Kantzas said of his protégé.

“He proved to the rest of the world that I was right. Under his leadership, not only are we a successful bank, but we actually have a future.”

As for his own future, Kantzas makes no bones about it. “This is what I love, what I’m passionate about.

The 91-year-old secretary of my church died at her desk, and that’s what I plan to do.”

“Crazy,” said Muskus, shaking his head.

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THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Start the day with one of the big, bad, important to do’s.

Set realistic expectations.

Organize based on importance. Hire to your weaknesses. Learn to delegate effectively.

Begin with a really important, really ugly, really overwhelming task. Get it out of the way while you’re fresh and the rest of the day will seem easy.

Decide what’s urgent, what’s important and weed out squeaky wheels.

Compare time available versus time needed for urgent and important items.

Consider letting some tasks

sit, as many things can fall away without consequences or get resolved without needing additional action if you stay out of it.

Be realistic about what you can get through. How much can you delay? How many more tasks might roll onto your list as the week unfolds? Avoid the temptation to commit to 10 hours of tasks in an eight-hour day.

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Interruptions: put a “do not disturb” sign on your door.

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tise often masks itself as procrastination: identify the expertise needed, hire it and delegate the work.

Items should get priority if they’re likely to grow sales, boost profits, or avoid disasters. Focus on increased sales activity, targeting the right prospects, growing margins. Concentrate on additional and improved marketing activities that generate new leads and customer support programs to boost retention and profits. In operations work on improving throughput and quality, eliminating costs, reducing breakdowns and waste. Prioritize employee training, retention and hiring key assets for the future.

Make sure positive cash flow, growing cash reserves and staying in budget are all on the list.

Get ahead of the problem by thinking long term.

Build a long-term plan

with sales and expense forecasts. Give priority to solving big long-term issues that will eliminate shortterm problems.

Many business owners make the mistake of hiring people who are just like them. Instead, look for people who complement you — they’re good at things you’re not. Build a well-rounded team that can handle things you don’t want to, can’t get to and/or aren’t good at doing.

Keep lists of items delegated, including dates due.

Weekly, have people turn in their lists with done items checked off and past dues redated. Set up calls to touch base with each person who owes you something, or communicate via email, to find out who’s on track and who’s getting buried.

Hold people accountable for completing tasks on time. Give them the opportunity to express concern

upfront when tasks are handed to them, but don’t tolerate excuses when due dates roll around and tasks still are incomplete. Find out who you can count on, and who needs additional training, more assistance, or replacement. The more productive and accountable your team becomes, the less will land in your lap.

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THE LIST: Commercial Banks

fairfield FAIRFIELD COUNTY

COMMERCIAL BANKS

county

Ranked by net income.

Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website • Number of branches in county

Top executive Year established

Year-to-date net income ($)

Total assets ($)

Total deposits ($)

Bank equity capital ($)

Number of domestic locations

Bank of America N.A.

Brian T. Moynihan CEO 1904

16.37 billion

1.73 trillion

1.37 trillion

209.03 billion

4595

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

James Dimon, Chairman and CEO 1824

15.77 billion

2.15 trillion

1.54 trillion

212.28 billion

5286

John G. Stumpf Chairman, president and CEO 1870

14.71 billion

1.74 trillion

1.63 trillion

163.17 trillion

6054

Citibank N.A.

Barbara J. Desoer CEO, Citibank N.A. 1812

9.85 billion

1.41 trillion

968.05 trillion

148.83 trillion

717

TD Bank N.A.

Bharat B. Masrani Chairman of the board, president and CEO 1852

1.377 billion

285.49 billion

243.02 billion

37.32 billion

1259

KeyBank N.A.

Beth Mooney Chairman and CEO 1849

1.15 billion

134.82 billion

105.73 billion

15.27 billion

1245

M&T Trust Co.

René F. Jones Chairman and CEO 1856

1.15 billion

119.88 billion

94.88 billion

14.78 billion

849

Citizens Bank N.A.

Bruce Van Saun Chairman and CEO 2005

820.35 million

120.72 billion

88.39 billion

16.68 billion

828

The Northern Trust Co.

Frederick H. Waddell Chairman and CEO 1889

809.19 million

130.99 billion

106.37 billion

9.12 billion

71

First Republic Bank

James H. Herbert II Chairman and CEO 2010

563.38 million

84.32 billion

65.44 billion

7.42 billion

74

Patrick Burke Chairman of the board, president and CEO 2004

502.48 million

195.91 billion

142.12 billion

24.13 billion

230

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101 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, N.C. 28255 800-432-1000 • bankofamerica.com • 45 branches

2

1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10005 212-270-6000 • jpmorganchase.com • 43 branches

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

3

101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, S.D. 57104 704-590-4900 • wellsfargo.com • 32 branches

4

399 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10043 800-285-3000 • citibank.com • 14 branches

5 6

66 Wellington Street West, P.O. Box 1, TD Bank Tower, Toronto, Ontario 416-307-8500 • tdbank.com • 16 branches 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 216-689-5580 • key.com • Nine branches

1 M & T Plaza, Buffalo, N.Y. 14203 800-724-2440 • mtb.com • Nine branches

7

1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, R.I. 02903 401-456-7096 • citizensbank.com • Two branches

8

50 S. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. 60603 312-630-6000 • northerntrust.com • One branch

9

111 Pine St., San Francisco, Calif. 94111 415-392-1400 • firstrepublic.com • One branch

10

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

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Signature Bank

Joseph J. DePaolo President and CEO 2001

272.34 million

41.33 billion

33.68 billion

3.93 billion

32

Webster Bank N.A.

James C. Smith Chairman and CEO 1870

200.53 million

26.35 billion

21.004 billion

2.55 billion

170

BNY Mellon N.A.

Karen Peetz President 1869

195.38 million

22.702 billion

16.58 billion

3.61 billion

42

People's United Bank N.A.

John P. (Jack) Barnes President and CEO 1842

142.10 million

42.71 billion

32.06 billion

5.65 billion

406

United Bank

William H.W. Crawford IV CEO 1858

49.4 million

6.97 billion

5.19 billion

713.12 million

54

Bankwell Bank

Christopher Gruseke CEO 2002

14.23 million

1.80 billion

1.41 billion

176.75 million

10

17

Patriot Bank N.A.

Michael Carrazza Chairman and CEO 1994

4.65 million

826.80 million

610.17 million

83.40 million

10

18

The First Bank of Greenwich

Frank J. Gaudio President and CEO 2006

1.65 million

313.49 million

234.37 million

30.21 million

3

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Connecticut Community Bank N.A.

Richard T. Cummings, President William B. Laudano, CEO 1998

(-450) thousand

459.78 million

415.08 million

43.53 million

9

Robert K. Kettenmann President and chief operating officer 2006

(-1.71) million

659.27 million

534.95 million

70.52 million

3

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452 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10018 212-525-5600 • us.hsbc.com • three branches

565 Fifth Ave., New York 10017 • One branch 1-886-SIGLINE • signatureny.com

145 Bank St., Waterbury, Conn. 06702 800-325-2424 • websterbank.com • 18 branches

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1 Wall St., New York, N.Y. 10286 212-495-1784 • bnymellon.com • Three branches

14

850 Main St., Bridgeport 06604 800-894-0300 • peoples.com • 57 branches

15

45 Glastonbury Blvd., Glastonbury 06033 866-959-BANK • bankatunited.com • One branch

16

208 Elm St., New Canaan 06840 877-966-1944 • mybankwell.com • Eight branches

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900 Bedford St., Stamford, Conn. 06901 203-324-7500 • bankpatriot.com • Seven branches

44 E. Putnam Ave., Cos Cob 06807 629-8400 • greenwichfirst.com • Three branches

(Division of Westport National Bank) 1495 Post Road East, Westport 06880 203-319-6260 • ccbankonline.com • Eight branches

Darien Rowayton Bank (DRB)

1001 Post Road, Suite 100, Darien 06820 203- 656-3500 • drbank.com • Three branches

This list is a sampling of commercial banks with branches located in the region.

If you would like to include your bank in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drend@westfairinc.com.

Source: Information collected from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., fdic.gov. Data is accurate as of Jan. 24, 2018.

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Collaboration guides researchers at Bridgeport biomedical center

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairin.com

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hen Ruba Deeb arrived at the University of Bridgeport in 2015 from New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine, she realized there was something different about her new surroundings.

“At Cornell, they were converting the labs into a collaborative environment so they could maximize the use of resources,” she said.

“So, you would have on one floor the department of pharmacology with psychology and biochemistry, and everyone would be sharing ideas and equipment. And grants would be together in the name of Team Science.

While Deeb’s new role as the director of biomedical research development included having her own laboratory, she thought it would make sense if the university replicated the Cornell example. “So, I said, instead of giving me a small room, why don’t we take a bigger space and let’s bring in scientists who have the capacity to do research but don’t have the space or the resources? And I also suggested that we make it an interdisciplinary kind of an environment so all of us have what it takes to conduct research.”

The university surveyed Deeb’s colleagues, who supported the idea.

Last October, construction was completed on the Collaborative Biomedical Research Center (CBRC), a three-room, 4,000-squarefoot facility in the university’s Charles A. Dana Hall of Science that offers the

equipment and tools for research conducted by the departments of undergraduate health sciences, biology, chemistry, physics, biomedical engineering and technology management.

Approximately 70 percent of research at the Collaborative Biomedical Research Center is focused at the cellular and molecular level, with materials science studies accounting for the remaining 30 percent.

Faculty, undergraduates and graduate students have 24-hour access to the center, but Deeb noted that a buddy-system policy has been instituted to ensure lone researchers do not get injured when handling volatile chemicals. Each CRBC room has an industrial shower for researchers to use in the event of an accidental spill.

Describing ongoing research, “We have a biologist targeting the bacterial infections carried by parasites that are very common in the tropical areas of the world,” Deeb said. “In the bioengineering aspect, we are focusing on drug targeting — specifically how we can use nanoparticles or antibodies to attach a drug to it and deliver it to a tumor site. I am looking at tapping into repair processes that we are already equipped with, to activate before disease becomes apparent.”

Deeb said the CRBC may soon see two pilot studies to be conducted in collaboration with Yale University, although she declined to describe the research in detail until funding has been secured.

“They have physicians who don’t have the laboratories, but have the specimens,”

she said of the Yale studies. “The research would be done here by their medical students and my students.

We want to encourage other institutions to collaborate with us.”

Deeb said the university launched the Collaborative Biomedical Research Center on a “modest budget” of $17,000, which was used for research equipment and tools. Faculty researchers are collaborating in pursuit of grant money to further finance their work. Deeb said the availability of individual research grants “has dwindled quite a bit” in recent years.

“There is a heavy push to implement team grants,”

When I came here, I found the schools are separate.

Within the same building, people were not interacting.”

— Ruba Deeb

she said. “Everybody gets a little bit, enough to keep it going, to publish and to get the knowledge out there really fast. But if you think about it, if three of us team up for a grant, we get one grant that we divide among us. The three of us do not get three grants.”

Since its launch, the CRBC has encouraged greater communication among departments that previously operated in their own silos. Deeb said the school’s health sciences departments were so impressed with the center that they are constructing a similar set-up to link their various disciplines under one research and develop-

ment roof.

Before the collaboration initiative, “We were so focused with what we are doing that we never heard another discipline’s reaction or ideas that could take us in a new direction,” Deeb said. “It is very enriching.”

There is a downside.

The CRBC has been so popular that the facility has been overly crowded with users.

“We are thinking of putting a limit on the number of people in there,” Deeb said. “For every 200 square feet, we have one person.

We are about 4,000 square feet, and sometimes it is so crowded.”

Director Ruba Deeb in the Collaborative Biomedical Research Center at the University of Bridgeport.

Photo by Phil Hall.

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Stamford the hub for Fairfield County’s biotech sector

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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airfield County’s biotech community is thriving, thanks almost entirely to Stamford.

Connecticut’s bioscience industry consists primarily of two highly specialized subsectors: medical devices and equipment and drugs and pharmaceuticals, according to Paul Pescatello, senior counsel and executive director of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council.

He said updated figures on the state’s biotech sector are expected this spring from the New England Biotech Association, which he serves as president and CEO. Citing the regional association’s 2014 figures, Pescatello said Connecticut’s universities spent $727 million in bioscience research and development that year.

The life sciences made up 79 percent of all academic R&D in the state, compared with a 61 percent national average.

In Stamford, Sema4, a health information and genomic testing company, and Cara Therapeutics, which develops and commercializes new medications to treat pain, are leading the way.

Spun off last year from Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, which remains its sole investor, Sema4 “specializes in the right combination of life science, biotech and information technology, which is really on the cutting edge right now,” Pescatello said.

“They could be a huge breakout company.”

The company after its spinoff opened a 28,000-square-foot office at 333 Ludlow St. and employs about 75 people.

Sema4 officials have said it expects to nearly double its

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announced it had begun a phase three clinical trial on human patients of Korsuva, an injectable medicine for hemodialysis patients suffering from moderate-to-severe pruritis associated with chronic kidney disease. It has been particularly keen on expanding its presence in kidney disease therapies.

But Cara has had a rough go of it financially as it develops drug products for the market. It reported a net loss of $12.4 million in the third quarter of 2017, compared with a net loss of $11.5 million in the previous year’s third quarter. It reported a $9.3 million net loss in last year’s second quarter and a $22.2 million loss in the first quarter.

Pescatello said Purdue Pharma in Stamford is another key player in the biotech sector. Although the company and several of its competitors face numerous and mounting lawsuits

from municipalities nationwide for their marketing of opioids like OxyContin, “They’re doing a lot of really good research around other, nonopioid pain medications,” Pescatello said.

Headquartered at 201 Tresser Blvd., Purdue Pharma recently announced the funding of three grants for investigator research to develop “clinically relevant and useful tools” to assist in the assessment of chronic pain, including virtual reality technology.

Pescatello said the opioid-related lawsuits generally miss that “there are different sides to the issue.

The fact is that there is a real need for these medications. Health practitioners, hospitals and doctors see the need for them in treating pain.”

Along with New Haven, Stamford remains the state’s major location for biotech, “as it is for so many indus-

tries,” Pescatello said. Its proximity to New York City and Boston and the relative ease of transportation to the city will likely continue to contribute to that status, he said.

As the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s registered lobbyist, Pescatello is also keeping a close eye on the Connecticut legislature, whose regular session convened on Feb. 7.

“Attracting more residents and companies is of course important for all of us,” he said. “The number one thing for us, which could gain some traction this year, is attracting more venture capital to the state. In the biotech world, venture capitalists want to be near the companies they’re funding.

The more venture capital we can bring into Stamford or Connecticut, the more (biotech) companies, because then they can walk into their labs with funding.”

5 Ways Your Employees Will Invite Hackers Into Your Network

Whether they’re criminals or heroes, hackers in the movies are always portrayed as a glamorous group.

When it comes down to the wire, these are the individuals who crack into the ominous megacorporation or hostile foreign government database, hitting the right key just in the nick of time. They either save the day or bring down regimes, empty the digital vault of the Federal Reserve or disable all the power plants in the country.

It’s always a genius up against an impenetrable fortress of digital security, but no matter what, they always come out on top.

In real life, it’s rarely that difficult. Sure, if you look at the news, you might believe hackers are close to their Hollywood counterparts, stealing data from the NSA and nabbing millions of customer records from Equifax. But the majority of hacks aren’t against the big dogs; they’re against small to mid-sized businesses. And usually, this doesn’t involve actually hacking into anything. A lot of the time – approximately 60% according to the Harvard Business Review – an unwitting employee accidentally leaves the digital front door open.

The biggest threats to your company aren’t teams of roaming hackers; they’re your employees. Here’s why.

1. They’ll slip up because they don’t know any better.

With the proliferation of technology has come an exponential rise in digital threats of such variety and complexity that it’d be impossible for the average person to keep track of it all. Each of your employees’ lives are a labyrinth of passwords, interconnected online accounts

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workforce this year.

This month, Sema4 unveiled a saliva test for newborns that can search for 193 genetic diseases. The standard newborn screening test, which requires drawing a small blood sample from the baby’s heel, looks for a minimum of 34 disorders.

“Until now, families have been likely to be caught off guard by these early-onset diseases and prognosis is often poor by the time symptoms have manifested,” said Sema4 founder and CEO Eric Schadt. “Thanks to breakthroughs in science and medicine, we can now identify babies at risk for these broader sets of diseases and deliver interventions — sometimes as simple as vitamin supplements — in time to make a real difference.”

Founded in 2004 and headquartered at 107 Elm St. in Stamford, Cara Therapeutics in late January

and precious data. If their vigilance slacks at any point, it not only leaves them vulnerable, but it leaves your company vulnerable as well. For this reason, most cyber-attacks come down to a lack of cyber security education.

2 They’ll let you get hacked on purpose.

It’s a sad fact that a huge portion of digital attacks are the result of company insiders exposing data to malicious groups. Whether it’s info vital for your competitive advantage, passwords they can sell to hacker networks to make a quick buck or sensitive data they can make public simply to spite your organization, it’s difficult to protect against a double agent.

3 They’ll trust the wrong person.

For many hacks, little code is needed whatsoever.

Instead, hackers are notorious for posing as a trusted member of your own team. And if you believe that you’d be able to spot an impostor from a mile away, you may want to think again. Not only is it easier than ever to crack individual users’ e-mail passwords and login credentials, personal info is now littered throughout social media. A simple visit to Facebook can give a hacker all they need to know to “social hack” their way into the heart of your business.

4 They’ll miss red flags while surfing the web.

Clickbait is more than a nuisance plaguing your social media feeds. It can be a powerful tool for hackers trolling for easy prey. If an employee doesn’t understand what exactly makes a site or link look dubious, they may open themselves – and your company – to browser exploits or other types of attacks.

5 They’re terrible at passwords.

According to Entreprenuer.com, “3 out of 4 consumers use duplicate passwords, many of which have not been changed in five years or more.” Even more of those passwords are simply weak, inviting easy access for unsavory elements. Many people brush off the importance of strong passwords, but the risks posed by the password “123456” or “password” cannot be overstated.

When it comes to defending your precious assets against digital threats, it can seem impossible to protect yourself at every turn. But there is one way you can make a concrete change that will tighten

up your security more than you realize: educating your people. Through a comprehensive security training program, including specific examples of methods hackers use – particularly phishing – you can drastically minimize the risk of an employee accidentally opening up a malicious e-mail or posting sensitive info. When you make a concerted effort to make the entire organization vigilant against cyberattacks, you’re much less likely to be targeted.

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Facts & Figures ATTACHMENTS-FILED Graham, Jolaine and Justin Lewis, et al., Danbury. Filed by Angelo Maragos, Norwalk. $20,912 in favor of Senior Philanthropy of Danbury LLC, Danbury. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit 32-19, Danbury.

Filed Jan. 25.

BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL 112 Associates LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 110 Washington St., Unit F101, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $42,000. Filed Jan. 23.

282-284 Selleck Street LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Repair parts of the roof on an existing commercial space at 157 Stillwater Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,000.

Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

A P Construction, contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 100, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1.5 million. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

A P Construction, Stamford, contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 100, Stamford. Estimated cost: $211,800. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

B and G Enterprise LLC, contractor for Stampar Associates LLC. Install a hung box on a canopy of an existing commercial space at 30 Commerce Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,500. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

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Brennan, Glynn, contractor for Richard A. Sosis and Judith B. Sosis.

Relocate the laundry to the garage and add a bathroom to an existing single-family residence at 180 Turn of River Road, Unit 12B, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Brugnatelli Contracting LLC, contractor for Mauro Maturi and Altagracia. Add a second floor to an existing garage and a window to a new commercial space at 2 Sniffen St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Jan. 25.

Bulls Head Realty, Stamford, contractor for self. Construct a dog-grooming retail store in an existing commercial space at 43 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $63,920. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Detulio, Mark A., contractor for Bulls Head Realty. Add an exterior sign onto an existing commercial space at 43 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,200. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Fastsigns of Stamford, Stamford, contractor for Summer East Holdings LLC. Install three exterior signs on the front and side of an office building at 13 Spring St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,187. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

FIP Contractor, contractor for Boehringer Ingelheim. Retrofit the north-gate guard house on the property of an existing commercial space at 39 Briar Ridge Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $145,000.

Filed Jan. 24.

G&S Renovations LLC, contractor for 35 Hoyt Street LLC. Renovate the interior of an existing commercial space for a new day care center and construct a fence outside a play area, renovate the driveway and parking lot at 35 Hoyt St., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Gesualdi Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Merritt 7 Venture LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 301 Merritt 7, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100,000.

Filed Jan. 22.

Gesualdi Construction Inc., contractor for Collins Plaza West LLC. Expand a doctor’s office in an existing commercial space at 2001 W. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $225,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

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Hawley Construction Corp., contractor for Donald R. Young and Rita J. Cotr. Alter the interior of an existing commercial space at 39 Shelter Rock Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $225,000. Filed Jan. 23.

James Balazs Construction Inc., contractor for Bedford Street Investments LLC. Replace the windows in an existing commercial space at 163 Bedford St., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $225,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

JMLS Consulting Services LLC, contractor for 201 Broad Street Owner LLC. Alter the interior of an existing commercial space at 201 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $171,875. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Johnson Bo Sing LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Build a temporary vestibule at the front door of a restaurant at 1019 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,500. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Kenneth Warner & Sons Inc., contractor for DK Realty Group LLC. Place a model unit in an existing commercial space at 14 Second St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $90,000.

Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Koud Properties LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a handicap bathroom to an existing single-family residence at 194-196 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed Jan. 16.

Neighborhood Housing Service of Stamford, Stamford, contractor for self. Add one wall for building owners at 483 W. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Rychlik, Michael J., contractor for 300 Atlantic Street Owner LLC. Construct a franchise restaurant on the lower floor of an existing commercial space at 300 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for SPUS8 750 Washington Boulevard LP. Alter the corridors on the sixth floor of an existing commercial space at 750 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $117,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for SPUS8 680 Washington Boulevard LP. Reduce the interior of an existing commercial space to core at 680 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,800.

Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for One Stamford Plaza Owner LLC. Alter the interior of an existing commercial space at 263 Tresser Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Stamford Washington Office LLC, Stamford, contractor for self.

Reduce the interior of an existing commercial space to core at 677 Washington Blvd., Unit B1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000.

Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Stone Harbor Construction LLC, contractor for Charles White, et al. Add new front porch, back deck and roof to an existing commercial space at 23 Warren St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $335,800.

Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Pavarini North East Construction Company Inc., contractor for 260 Long Ridge Land LLC. Alter the first floor in an existing commercial space at 260 Long Ridge Road, Unit 1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $840,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

The CHS Group Inc., contractor for BLT 333 Ludlow LLC. Add a new demising wall on the sixth floor of an existing commercial space at 1 Star Point, Stamford. Estimated cost: $17,600. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Petretti & Associates LLC, contractor for WWE Real Estate Holdings LLC. Reduce the interior of an existing commercial space to its core at 88 Hamilton Ave., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $79,888. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

The CHS Group Inc., contractor for BLT 333 Ludlow LLC. Convert a storage closet to a new one in an existing commercial space at 1 Star Point, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Pimpinella Construction Company Inc., contractor for Pamela J. Riley. Construct a two-story addition to a commercial building at 107 Myrtle Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $115,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Whitney Velgas Architectural Products Inc., contractor for Stamford Phase Four JV LLC. Install building signs at the front entrance to an existing commercial space and rear façade at 1011 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $31,233. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Wilcox, Joseph R., contractor for LLC Norwalk. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 595 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $110,000. Filed Jan. 24.

Zubrinsky, Fred, Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 3-5 Wall St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000.

Filed Jan. 19.

RESIDENTIAL 30 Magee Avenue LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate the first floor of an existing single-family residence and add a second floor at 26 Diamondcrest Lane, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $466,665. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Andrew/Victoria, Norwalk, contractor for self. Remove a wall between the kitchen and dining room in an existing single-family residence at 7 Roland Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $26,000. Filed Jan. 25.

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Atlas Construction CT LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Jimenez Flores.

Construct a new superstructure with two and one-half stories, a two-car garage and a finished basement, three bedrooms and a wet bar on each floor at 4 Nylked Terrace, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1.2 million. Filed Jan. 18.

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Bill Heyde Carpentry/Contractor LLC, contractor for Bernard M. Tuttle, et al. Add a small dormer shed to the property of an existing single-family residence at 25 Idlewood Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $44,500. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Blais, Alexis and Michael Garvey, Norwalk, contractor for self.

Construct a second bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 16 Wallace Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Caperton Company LLC, contractor for George D. Utley III, et al.

Install new kitchen cabinets and appliances in an existing single-family residence at 11 Algonquin Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,000.

Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Clark Builders LLC, contractor for Ross James Moore, et al. Renovate the kitchen, master bathroom and powder room in an existing single-family residence at 23 Hillcrest Terrace, Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

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GOOD THINGS

WADE JOINS STAMFORD HEALTH

ORTIZ-SCHWARTZ AT SILVER HILL HOSPITAL Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan has announced that psychiatrist Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz is joining its team that is responsible for the Adolescent Transitional Living Program. The hospital’s Center for Adolescents offers treatment for teenagers afflicted with a variety of disorders.

Ortiz-Schwartz is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, as well as general psychiatry. She grew up in the Dominican Republic and studied at the Medical School of the Universidad Central del Este. She completed her residency in psychiatry along with a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at New York Medical College. While there, she became chief resident, chief fellow and then went on to become assistant professor of psychiatry as well as training director for the child and adolescent psychiatry program.

Ortiz-Schwartz served as medical director of the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut.

From left: Nzinga King, director of development at Inspirica, Mary Ammon of the commercial lending group at Bankwell and Laura Downing, Inspirica’s deputy director of development.

BANKWELL DONATES TO INSPIRICA

Bankwell has a program called Bankwell for Good that is designed to help boost community service organizations. As part of the program, each year a Bankwell employee is recognized for leadership, teamwork and dedication to community service. Employee Mary Ammon received the honor for her work during 2017 with Stamford-based nonprofit Inspirica. The bank donated $2,500 to Inspirica.

Inspirica is one of the largest providers of services to the homeless in Fairfield County.

The organization addresses both the physical aspect of homelessness by providing housing resources and its underlying root causes through help with employment, education and health care among other issues.

The bank provides support to more than 200 organizations throughout Connecticut.

For example, through Feb. 28, it is conducting its Give Well Food Drive at bank branches in Norwalk, New Canaan, Wilton, Fairfield and Stamford. Canned and packaged foods may be dropped off to help the Open Door Shelter Food Pantry restock its shelves.

FORMAN ON BOARD OF TBICO

Stamford native Ben Wade has joined Stamford Health as senior vice president of strategy and marketing and is responsible for executive leadership in the areas of strategy, marketing and communications, government affairs and community relations.

Wade had been assistant vice president of strategic planning for Montefiore Medical Center where he was responsible for leading regional planning with senior clinical and administrative executives. Previously he worked as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in New York City and at The Advisory Board Co. in Washington, D.C.

TYRE TO MANAGE AMEMTA EMMA’S STAMFORD OFFICE

Penelope Forman, president of Danbury-based Penn Gardner Inc., has been elected to the board of directors of TBICO, a nonprofit organization in Danbury whose mission is to help people help themselves through education, job training and financial literacy.

The announcement was made by Louann Bloomer, TBICO’s founder, CEO and president.

“We are pleased to welcome Penelope to our board of directors. Her experience both professional and nonprofit will be invaluable in helping guide TBICO in to the next 25 years,” she said.

“TBICO is one of the few organizations that gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to grow and prosper and I’m excited to have a role in its growth and success,” said Forman.

Forman formerly was an editor at Condé Nast and had been public relations director for The Plaza Hotel. Her firm’s list of clients now includes major banks, financial consultants, the Danbury and New Milford hospitals and a group of nonprofits.

BARNUM NAMED A ‘BEST AND BRIGHTEST’ The Barnum Financial Group in Shelton has been named one of the “Best and Brightest” companies to work for in the U.S. The Best and Brightest organization bases its selections of top firms on confidential surveys of employees. Out of 2,000 organizations across the nation nominated, 437 were selected.

Among the criteria considered are community initiatives, compensation and benefits, employee education and development and communication and shared vision between employer and employee.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognized nationally as an employer who recognizes the need to interact with employees as partners with shared values and goals,” said Paul Blanco, the company’s CEO and founder.

Barnum Financial Group provides investment and risk-management products and services to individuals, businesses, governments and nonprofits.

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From left: Aspetuck Land Trust President Don Hyman, Executive Director David Brant, Tracy Pennoyer, Joe Schnierlein and Maria Dempsey.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT ASPETUCK LAND TRUST Aspetuck Land Trust, the nonprofit that has preserved more than 1,800 acres of land primarily in Easton, Weston, Fairfield and Westport, has added four new members to its board of directors. They are Tracy Pennoyer of Weston, Joe Schnierlein of Norwalk, Maria Dempsey of Weston and Robert McHugh of Fairfield.

The board consists of 20 members, four of whom are residents of Easton, four who live in Fairfield, four who live in Weston, and four who reside in Westport. The remaining four directors do not have any residency requirement.

The land trust maintains 45 nature preserves that are open to the public. It provides a variety of programs, such as educational hikes for adults and families, a Junior Ranger program and a natural playground for children.

Architect Michael Tyre has been selected to manage the Stamford office of Amenta Emma Architects. The company also has offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New York City and Hartford.

The Stamford office focuses on corporate and commercial interiors. “I am very excited about the opportunity to lead this team and elevate Amenta Emma’s core mission of bringing world-class design and technical expertise to help solve the challenges our clients face,” Tyre said.

Tyre had his own firm and joined AEA as senior associate three years ago.

He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University, where he also has served as a design instructor.

HAPPENING UNITED WAY HONORS VOLUNTEERS

Newborns model their red hats for moms and staff at Greenwich Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.

RED HATS FOR WARMTH AND A CAUSE

Babies born at Greenwich Hospital are wearing red knitted hats in February to raise awareness about heart disease and congenital heart defects through the American Heart Association’s Little Hats, Big Hearts program. In Connecticut, volunteers knitted and donated nearly 3,200 red hats for the program.

Greenwich Hospital is among the hundreds of hospitals nationwide participating in the program celebrating American Heart Month. The goal is to raise awareness about heart disease, the leading cause of death among Americans, and congenital heart disease. Congenital heart defects are structural problems with the heart that are present at birth. In Connecticut, volunteers knitted and donated nearly 3,200 red hats for the program.

“It’s never too early to start raising awareness about heart health,” said registered nurse Jeanne VanSciver, perinatal senior coordinator at Greenwich Hospital, which welcomes more than 2,700 newborns a year.

United Way of Western Connecticut hosted its 21st annual Stamford Volunteer Day event at the Harry Bennett Branch of The Ferguson Library. More than 20 Stamford residents were honored for their commitment to the nonprofit community during 2017.

“It is so important to recognize the volunteers in our community who diligently and quietly work to meet the needs of the most vulnerable,” said Kimberly Morgan, CEO of the local United Way. “The important work of nonprofits is not possible without the help of dedicated volunteers.”

Stamford nonprofit agencies nominate their volunteers and a review team comprised of Stamford residents determines the honorees.

This year’s award winners included: Steve Bowling for his work with the implementation of The Franklin Forum at the Acad-

At the Stamford Volunteer Day event, back row from left: Cheryl Kendall; Clifton Benham; Blanche Parker; Jennifer Chadwick; Annie Bell; Hutton Cole; Natasha Williams. Front row from left: Kimberly Morgan; Ayna Moore; Eleanor Schelsinger; Barbara Kestenbaum; Reda Supe; Thomas Goggin; Martha Mollo; and Gabriella Rivera.

emy of Information Technology and Engineering; Martha Mollo for her work at St. Joseph Parenting Center; Barbara Kestenbaum for her work at Building One Community; Eleanor Schlesinger for her work at the Domestic Violence Counseling and Crisis Center; Bob Neiman and Andrew Traub of the Harvard Business School Community Partners for their work with Stamford Cradle to Career; Synchrony Financial for its work at Inspirica Inc.; Ayna Moore for her work with the Chester Addison Community Center; and Gabriella Rivera for her work with several Stamford nonprofit agencies.

A dozen others received honorable mentions.

CARING FOR SENIOR RELATIVES

GOVERNMENT 101 IN BRIDGEPORT No, “Government 101” is not a college class for beginners: it’s what the government relations committee of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council is holding on Feb. 16. The breakfast event designed to help the business community better understand the workings of state government. It begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn. A panel of experts will talk about their experiences in Hartford. Melissa Biggs, a principal with DePino, Nunez & Biggs LLC, will start the event with an overview of how things work in the state capital, followed by a panel of legislators and lobbyists describing their experiences.

The event is being sponsored by Peoples United Bank, UIL Holdings Corp., Bridgeport Fittings Inc. and Pullman & Comley LLC Attorneys.

More information at brbc.org or from Jeff Bishop at bishop@brbc.org or 203-335-3800.

Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.

From left, Maria Perez, 90, and her caregiver-daughter Carmen Minchoff of Branford listen to instructions from registered nurse Olfa Santana-Zephirin of ALS.

Home care company Assisted Living Services, which has offices in Fairfield, Meriden and Clinton, and its sister company Assisted Living Technologies have started a campaign to spread the word that people can qualify to act as caregivers for senior relatives and receive a tax-free weekly stipend from the state of about $500.

The patients need to be qualified for the Connecticut Adult Family Living/Foster Caregiver program. Caregivers need to receive required training, which Assisted Living Services offers as a credentialed provider of the program.

The company wants to make sure members of the Latino community are aware of the program. “We have staff members who are fluent in Spanish and can share many of the program details,” said Ron D’Aquila, company vice president.

“Not only does the program help train and educate foster caregivers on how to provide care, but it also helps keep people at home as most people prefer as they age, instead of having to go into a nursing home,” D’Aquila said.

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Facts & Figures CSC 65 Prospect LLC, contractor for self. Build a new laundry closet in an apartment complex at 65 Prospect St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $56,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

G&S Renovations LLC, contractor for Alan Sneath William, et al.

Remodel the master bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 10 Baker Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Design By Day LLC, contractor for Paul J. McKenna, et al. Convert a three-seasons room into a yearround room in an existing single-family residence at 268 Bouton Street West, Stamford. Estimated cost: $55,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

The Home Depot USA Inc., contractor for Steve Rodriguez, et al. Replace the patio door in an existing single-family residence at 65 Highland Road, Unit 65, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,755. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Design By Day LLC, contractor for Johanna Soulios. Replace the deck in an existing single-family residence at 276 Bouton Street West, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,380.

Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Hungaski, Judith A., Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 12 Esquire Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,000. Filed Jan. 19.

DiGiorgi Roofing & Siding Inc., Beacon Falls, contra Rodney A. Williams and Latisha Williams. Remove and install a new roof at 32 Clay St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,943. Filed Jan. 24.

Integral Projects LLC, Stamford, contractor for William Tenca, et al.

Install a new roof on a two-family residence at 72 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Earthlight Technologies LLC, contractor for Chan Bengho. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 253 Guinea Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $33,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Integral Projects LLC, Stamford, contractor for William Tenca, et al. Remove the wood shingle and install new vinyl siding at 72 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Farnsworth, Paul B., contractor for Court Senior Housing Cedar. Install a passenger elevator in an existing single-family residence at 92 Cedar St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Jarlath Carbin Building, Norwalk, contractor for Walter R. O’Connell, et al. Renovate the master bathrooms in an existing single-family residence at 107 Blackberry Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Flett, Tracy, Norwalk, contractor for self. Finish the basement, playroom, bathroom and laundry room in an existing single-family residence at 19 1/2 Cottage St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Forstone Management Associates LLC, Stamford, contractor for 600 Summer LP. Demolish the walls, bathroom and finishes in an existing single-family residence at 600 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Francillon, Jacques, contractor for Three Sisters LLC. Construct a new three-family residence at 32 Orchard St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $300,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

FTR LLC, contractor for Laura N. Jasinsky. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 109 E. Cross Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

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Kuczo, Christopher M., contractor for Stefanie Kuczo. Change the pitch of the roof over the garage and the living room to create an attic space at 2 Cypress Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $80,880. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Landon, Ari L., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Raise the roof to install a new cosmetic dormer at 48 Woodledge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $17,600. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Lionetti, Richard J., contractor for Joseph J. Guarneri, et al. Construct an addition to an existing single-family residence and replace the deck at 72 Gerik Road, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Marlon, Alvarado, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add to an existing rear deck on an existing single-family residence at 10 Burwell St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 18.

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Martin, Brown, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the existing basement in an existing single-family residence at 7 River Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Jan. 25.

McCarthy, Robert, Stamford, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 69 Weed Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

McCarthy, Robert, Stamford, contractor for self. Add new siding to an existing single-family residence at 69 Weed Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

McCarthy, Robert, Stamford, contractor for self. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 69 Weed Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Minas, Lialios, Norwalk, contractor for self. Finish the attic space in an existing single-family residence at 2 Duck Pond Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Moorhouse, Laura J. and Joshua D. Moorhouse, Norwalk, contractor for self. Install replacement windows in an existing single-family residence at 331 Flax Hill Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $26,000.

Filed Jan. 24.

Mossa, Tina, Stamford, contractor for self. Add a bathroom to the first floor of an existing single-family residence at 60 Lenox Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $46,330. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Mschichowski, Mariusz, Stamford, contractor for self. Replace the stucco and sheetrock in an existing single-family residence and install new kitchen cabinets at 551 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,980. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Nuzzolo, Frank, contractor for Maura M. DeVissher. Pour the foundation for a new master bathroom, bedroom and laundry room in an existing single-family residence at 312 Silvermine Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Oleksiv, Galyna, Stamford, contractor for self. Remodel the existing front stairs, walkway and install a new retaining wall on an existing single-family residence at 46 White Birch Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Olivera, Christine M., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Legalize a full bathroom and finished basement area in an existing single-family residence at 78 Wascussee Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,020. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Pasquale, Guzzo, contractor for Michael J. Sutton. Construct a new single-family residence with three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a two-car garage at 3 Longshore Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $360,000.

Filed Jan. 24.

R M S Construction LLC, contractor for 72 Franklin LLC. Construct a new apartment building at 68 Franklin St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5.2 million. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Rebecca, A. and Anthony R. Pavia, Norwalk, contractor for self.

Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 34 Buckingham Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Roblo Kitchen & Bath LLC, contractor for Dr. Donald Case.

Renovate the kitchen and master bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 320 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Robert R. Pascarella, et al. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 142 Wood Ridge Drive South, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,698. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Joseph Melfi. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 37 Dartley St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,442. Filed between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26.

COURT CASES The following court cases represent the allegations made by plaintiffs in the initial filings of civil lawsuits, and do not represent legally binding judgments made by the courts.

Bridgeport Superior Court 1615 Park Avenue LLC, et al., Fairfield. Filed by Luis Castro, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Paoletti & Gusmano, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he slipped on an icy surface. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to clear the ice from the parking lot which they owned. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6070603-S. Filed Jan. 25.

CJS Tree Service and Stone Tuff Construction LLC, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Joann Palumbo, White Plains, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on an icy surface. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to clear the ice from the parking lot they were employed to clear. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no. FBT-CV186070468-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Geico General Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Florence Loschiavo-Roberts, et al., Fairfield.

Plaintiffs’ attorney: Trantolo & Trantolo LLC, Waterbury. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiffs allege that their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company and related parties, the defendants. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6070458-S. Filed Jan. 22.

Lazy Dog Management LLC, Stratford. Filed by Donna Vezina, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosenberg Miller Hite & Morilla LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on stairs owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to remedy the hazardous condition on their stairs. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and such other relief as the court deems fair and equitable. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6070451-S. Filed Jan. 22.

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Samuel Saunders, Meriden. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zanella, Boath & Associates LLC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV186070576-S. Filed Jan. 24.

NAD. Electrical and Construction Services Inc., Stamford. Filed

by Jaime Restrepo, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he suffered injuries in a construction accident caused by the defendant. This accident was allegedly caused by the defendant by failing to properly place a ladder on the first-floor landing adjacent to an open stair well in order to provide access to the basement for subcontractors and their employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, punitive damages, costs of the suit incurred herein and such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6070471-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc., Hartford. Filed by Joan I. Farcus, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Edward F. Czepiga II, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she suffered injuries in an accident caused by the defendant when a ladder fell and struck her head, causing damages.

This accident was allegedly caused by the defendant for failing to properly place a ladder in its store. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, punitive damages, costs of the suit incurred herein and such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6070594-S. Filed Jan. 25.

Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Lucien Larose and Lookens Larose, Bridgeport. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Nathan C. Nasser, Ventura Law, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiffs allege that their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company and related parties, the defendants. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6070486-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, Hartford. Filed by Lilliam Zelaya, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosenberg Miller Hite & Morilla LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6070449-S. Filed Jan. 22.

Facts & Figures Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, et al., Hartford. Filed

by Blanca Avilez, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bruce J. Corrigan Jr., Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury.

The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company and related parties, the defendants.

The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6070596-S. Filed Jan. 25.

Sherwood Diner Inc., Westport.

Filed by Marcia Pfefferle, Westport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Zanella, Boath & Associates LLC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on a wet and slippery surface owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This slippery condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to mop the floor of their store. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6070452-S. Filed Jan. 22.

Supreme Hardwood Flooring Inc., et al., Monsey, New York. Filed

by Roberto Gonzalez, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Cooper Sevillano LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6070450-S. Filed Jan. 22.

The Colonial Home Improvement Company LLC, Ridgefield.

Filed by Jay Horine and Keturah Bracey, Bridgeport. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Zeldes, Needle & Cooper PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had overpaid them for work performed on their property. The plaintiffs have declared the entire outstanding overpaid balance of $15,525 due and have made a demand for the balance, yet have not received payment. The plaintiffs claim money damages, attorney’s fees, court costs, interest, punitive damages, treble damages and such other relief as to which the plaintiffs may be entitled to in law or equity. Case no. FBT-CV186070483-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Danbury Superior Court B&S Investment Properties LLC, Redding. Filed by The Connecticut Light and Power Company, Berlin. Plaintiff’s attorney: Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for electrical services provided.

The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $12,907 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. DBD-CV186025074-S. Filed Jan. 25.

Billy Bean’s Café Inc., Newtown.

Filed by Jerome Weathers, Danbury.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of William M. Burke, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that the chair he was sitting on gave way, causing him to fall to the ground. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to inspect their chair. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court, costs and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no. DBD-CV186024977-S. Filed Jan. 24.

Stamford Superior Court Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Mark Brevard, New Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Rainken Law Firm.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company, the defendant.

The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply.

Case no. FST-CV18-6034743-S. Filed Jan. 23.

C-Co Technology Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by David Lee and IT Technology Services Inc., Greenwich. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Adamucci LLC, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they misrepresented the financial health of their company and transferred proprietary information to generate new customers. The plaintiffs are allegedly without any assets, as they have been fraudulently transferred to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs claim fair, just and reasonable damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other relief, legal and equitable as may be appropriate by the court. Case no.

FST-CV18-6034751-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Devon Miller, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Rainken Law Firm. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FSTCV18-6034749-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Rock Bottom Furniture & Carpet Inc., et al., Shelton. Filed by Peters Hamlin LLC, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Kristan Peters Hamlin, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff has brought this tort suit against the defendants alleging that they falsely advertised to the plaintiff and stole the plaintiff’s money by engaging in misleading statements and subterfuge for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to write a check on false premises, then depositing the check after assuring the plaintiff that they would not.

The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other further relief as the court deems necessary and proper. Case no. FSTCV18-6034720-S. Filed Jan. 22.

Truck Builders of Connecticut, Terryville. Filed by Saul Lopez, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Brandner & Ponzini, Stamford.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had sold a defective paving machine to the plaintiff, causing damages.

The plaintiff has declared the return of the $6,000 used to buy the machine, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no.

FST-CV18-6034727-S. Filed Jan. 22.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT The Federal Court Case Terminal has been closed temporarily for reconstruction and will be opened within the next month.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Carey, Cornelius, et al., Danbury.

Appointed committee: Kyle Joseph LaBluff, Danbury. Property: 1 Ridge Road, Danbury. Amount: $270,465.

Docket no. DBD-CV17-6021953-S. Filed Jan. 11.

Vigdor, Victoria, Norwalk. Appointed committee: Donald B. Powers Jr., Norwalk. Property: 10 Lighthouse Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $415,000. Docket no. FST-CV1660285226-S. Filed Jan. 16.

COMMERCIAL 159-161 Milne Street LLC, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Joseph Selman, Brooklyn, New York. Property: 159-161 Milne St., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Jan. 16.

39 Kenosia Avenue LLC, Danbury. Seller: KJR LLC, Danbury.

Property: 39 Kenosia Ave., Danbury.

Amount: $244,435. Filed Jan. 17.

588 Pepper Street LLC, Monroe.

Seller: The Proudfood Company Inc., Monroe. Property: 2 Main St., Map 1405, Monroe. Amount: $875,000. Filed Jan. 16.

64 Mill Plain LLC, New Fairfield.

Seller: FTK LLC, Newtown. Property: 62 and 64 Mill Plain Road, Danbury. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Jan. 10.

A Boa Vida LLC, Danbury. Seller: Christopher M. Cardinale, Danbury.

Property: 68 Virginia Ave., Unit 6, Danbury. Amount: $153,972. Filed Jan. 11.

RESIDENTIAL Abbott, Puangpet and Matthew Abbott, Ridgefield. Seller: Anita H. DiCostanzo, Wake Forest, N.C. Property: 179 Southern Blvd., Danbury.

Amount: $295,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Ajdini, Altin, Danbury. Seller: Gavin A. Dignon, Danbury. Property: 55 Oil Mill Road, Unit 30, Danbury. Amount: $157,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Anderson, John, Princeton, New Jersey. Seller: James Forrest and Andrea Forrest, Danbury. Property: 119 Aunt Hack Road, Danbury. Amount: $459,990. Filed Jan. 8.

Balki, Deepa and Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran, Redding. Seller: Harsh Bansal and Nina Bansal, Morristown, New Jersey. Property: 7 Padanaram Road, Unit 244, Danbury. Amount: $102,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Baron, Robin, Norwalk. Seller: Paulette Ryan, Stamford. Property: 25 Westminster Road, Stamford.

Amount: $665,000. Filed Jan. 25.

Barrera, Maria A. and Luis G. Alvarez, Danbury. Seller: Vera L. Delohery, Danbury. Property: 79 James St., Danbury. Amount: $275,000.

Filed Jan. 23.

BP Properties LLC, Stamford.

Seller: Theresa Carpenter, Bridgeport. Property: 1325 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $30,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Beke, William J., Norwalk. Seller: Ellen Beke, Cumberland, Maine.

Property: 14 Folwell Road, Norwalk.

Amount: $137,000. Filed Jan. 25.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Seller: Daniel Pelletier, Danbury. Property: 26 Lawncrest Road, Danbury.

Amount: $304,772. Filed Jan. 23.

Bernard, Jemina Rose, New York, New York. Seller: James Damonte and Mary Damonte, Stamford.

Property: Lot 1-A, Map 12407, Stamford. Amount: $825,000. Filed Jan. 16.

JD Linden Equities LLC, Bethel.

Seller: Ryan’s Partnership, Danbury.

Property: Lot 116, Map of McDonald Farm, Danbury. Amount: $335,000.

Filed Jan. 11.

King Holdings LLC, East Northport, New York. Seller: Ionel Hriscu and Ofelia Hriscu, Bridgeport. Property: 1610 Fairfield Ave., Unit 206, Bridgeport. Amount: $55,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Kolich Victory LLC, Stamford.

Seller: JP Melia LLC, Stamford.

Property: 30 Victory St., Stamford.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Jan. 24.

Moonlight Meadow LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Carmela Vento and Corey Michael Vento, Stamford. Property: 29 Claremont St., Stamford.

Amount: $475,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Pandolfi Brothers LLC, Danbury.

Seller: Emilio A. Pandolfi and Denise E. Bessel, Danbury. Property: Parcel A-1, Map 13329, Danbury. Amount: $520,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Bherwani, Poonam Aneel, Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

Seller: Toll Connecticut III Limited Partnership, Danbury. Property: 22 Winding Ridge Way, Danbury.

Amount: $485,682. Filed Jan. 22.

Bracken, Margaret L., Ridgefield.

Seller: Michael K. Ryan, Norwalk.

Property: 105 Richards Ave., Unit 1201, Norwalk. Amount: $290,000.

Filed Jan. 22.

Cartegena, Ana and Jose Nieves, Ridgewood, New York. Seller: Pasquale Donatiello and Marianna Donatiello, Stamford. Property: 56 Megan Lane, Stamford. Amount: $717,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Chu, Lena Shi, Norwalk. Seller: Mark R. Carmody and Sarah E. Carmody, Norwalk. Property: 10 Maurice St., Map 4087, Norwalk.

Amount: $615,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Constantino, Nina and Charles J. Constantino Jr., Danbury. Seller: Alyssa Benedetto, Danbury.

Property: Unit 507 of Timber Oak, Danbury. Amount: $337,500. Filed Jan. 17.

Crowley, Patrick J. and Brandon Crowley, New Fairfield. Seller: Housing and Urban Development of Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C. Property: 4 E. Lake Road, New Fairfield. Amount: $215,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Date, Sonal N. and Ninad R. Date, Stamford. Seller: Silvana Orsaia, Stamford. Property: 426 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Amount: $545,000. Filed Jan. 22.

DeLuca, Zarabeth W. and Jeremy C. DeLuca, Long Island City, New York. Seller: Marc W. Cassidy and Toni L. Cassidy, Stamford. Property: 52 Arthur Place, Stamford.

Amount: $359,200. Filed Jan. 17.

DeRobertis, Nicholas E., Somers, New York. Seller: William P. Murphy and Daria S. Murphy, New Fairfield.

Property: 3 Pinewood Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $420,000. Filed Dec. 29.

DiCarlo, Denise R. and John R. DiCarlo, Danbury. Seller: Joanne D. DiCarlo, Danbury. Property: 61 Judith Drive, Danbury. Amount: $470,000. Filed Jan. 9.

DiCiacco, Lisa and Joseph DiCiacco, Danbury. Seller: Saveria E. DiCiacco, Danbury. Property: 5 Topfield Road, Danbury. Amount: $340,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Dobbs, Lauren and Tremaine Springer, Stamford. Seller: Ruth Ann Shay, Millsboro. Property: Lot 8, Map 11045, Norwalk. Amount: $540,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Carretta, Gaetana R., New Fairfield. Seller: Duncan J. McMillan and Joanne H. McMillan, New Fairfield.

Property: 7 Rock Ridge, New Fairfield. Amount: $635,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Eiferman, Deborah, Riverdale, New York. Seller: Deborah Eiferman, Riverdale, New York. Property: 58 Carol St., Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 22.

Carriero, Peter G., Stamford. Seller: Donald S. Rumery and Marlene M. Rumery, Monroe. Property: 35 W. Broad St., Unit 222, Stamford.

Amount: $407,500. Filed Jan. 18.

Elezaj, Julie, Glendale, New York.

Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Greenville, South Carolina. Property: Lot 5, Map 783, Stamford. Amount: $310,000. Filed Jan. 22.

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Facts & Figures Fairhurst, Lunara and James Fairhurst, Thornwood, New York.

Seller: Finney Lane Realty LLC, Stamford. Property: 59 Liberty St., Unit 20, Stamford. Amount: $355,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Farin, Matthew J., Newtown.

Seller: Tricia J. Farin, Newtown.

Property: 10 Scuppo Road, Unit A-2, Danbury. For no consideration paid.

Filed Jan. 23.

Guridy, Hileny, Danbury. Seller: Randall Rodrigues, Danbury. Property: 1 Beaver Brook Road, Unit 37, Danbury. Amount: $55,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Hart-Arana, Brenda J., Stamford. Seller: Eric Bouris and Laurie Bouris, Stamford. Property: 69 Tremont Ave., Stamford. Amount: $450,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Farro, Joann and John Farro, Stamford. Seller: Ronald H. Marron and Nydia Marron, Stamford. Property: 33 Iroquis Road, Stamford.

Amount: $550,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Hernandez, Luis L. and Christian M. DeJesus, Patterson, New York. Seller: Susan Chrisman, New Fairfield. Property: 6 Southview Road, New Fairfield. Amount: $327,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Ferreira-Da Silva Jr., Dalmo, Danbury. Seller: Ralph D. Ficker, Brendan L. Froehlich and Carol S. Ficker, Bethel. Property: 21 Oxford St., Bethel. Amount: $180,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Hofer, Cynthia G., Stamford. Seller: Stephen N. Berner and Catherine M. Berner, Stamford. Property: Strawberry Woods, Unit 2, Stamford. Amount: $562,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Ferri, Jenelle and Joshua C. Woodbridge, Stamford. Seller: James A. Caruso and Jodee S. Caruso, Stamford. Property: 184 Woodbury Ave., Stamford. Amount: $585,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Findlay, Emily and Chris Franco, Greenwich. Seller: Rocco Giannone and Jena Giannone, Stamford. Property: 112 Wood Ridge Drive, Stamford. Amount: $512,000.

Filed Jan. 18.

Follis, Beverly Sanford, Agawam, Mass. Seller: Vanessa Madaffari and Victoria Madaffari-Quinlan, Norwalk. Property: 24 Hunters Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $430,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Franco, Leonard, Harrison, New York. Seller: Neel R. Doshi and Susan M. Doshi, New Canaan. Property: 142 Downs Ave., Stamford. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Jan. 19.

Gallagher, Richard M., New Fairfield. Seller: Nicholas Geragi Jr. and Annette DePaepe Geragi, Danbury.

Property: 20 Tiffany Drive, Danbury. Amount: $525,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Gautam, Preeti Regmi and Anil Kumar Gautam, Stamford. Seller: Marianela Hurtadodemendoza, Stamford. Property: 87 Midland Ave., Stamford. Amount: $300,000.

Filed Jan. 17.

Giannitti, Peter, Wethersfield.

Seller: Zebn N. Baby, Elmhurst, New York. Property: 36 Orchard St., Stamford. Amount: $308,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Grullon, Elanny M., Jairo L. Henriquez and Alberto Henriquez, Stamford. Seller: Leonie Palmer and John Palmer, Stamford. Property: 11 Minor Place, Stamford. Amount: $539,000. Filed Jan. 18.

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Holycross-Otto, Joan and Karl C. Otto, Danbury. Seller: Karl C. Otto, Danbury. Property: 128 Padanaram Road, Danbury. For no consideration paid. Filed Jan. 11.

Islam, Mohammed J., Danbury.

Seller: Agnieszka Stepniak, Danbury. Property: 93 Park Ave., Unit 903, Danbury. Amount: $204,000.

Filed Jan. 18.

Jiang, Dong Hui, Stamford. Seller: Fang Chen, Stamford. Property: 46 Scofield Ave., Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 25.

Kalman, Elizabeth A., Danbury.

Seller: Judith A. Sauer, Ridgefield.

Property: 7 New Light Drive, Danbury. Amount: $335,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Kaye, Claudia and Dietrich H. Kaye, Baldwin Place, New York.

Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 23 Moorland Drive, Danbury. Amount: $403,066. Filed Jan. 10.

Landry, Nicole and Thomas Landry, Stamford. Seller: Christopher D. Penn and Brianne D. Penn, Stamford. Property: Lot 11, Map 1824, Stamford. Amount: $480,000.

Filed Jan. 18.

Lanigan, Patricia A. and Joann L. Knorr, Stamford. Seller: Joann L. Knorr, Stamford. Property: Old Well Road, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 19.

LaVacca, Pauline and Paul T. McCauley, Danbury. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 813 Center Meadow Lane, Danbury.

Amount: $296,659. Filed Jan. 8.

Lefort, Patricia, Stamford. Seller: Jeanne Pellegrino, Middletown.

Property: Lot 61, Map 5157, Stamford. Amount: $375,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Miller, Donald K., Palm Beach, Florida. Seller: Donald K. Miller, Palm Beach, Florida. Property: Lots 4 and 5, Map 5182, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 16.

Morris, Brennan, Stamford. Seller: 1800 Real Estate Associates and Carl G. Cooke, Norwalk. Property: Unit 10B in Everest Duplex, Norwalk. Amount: $312,000. Filed Jan. 24.

Moshos, John and Georgea Pasedis, Stamford. Seller: Third Street Development LLC, Stamford. Property: 29 Third Street Building 1, Unit 3, Stamford. Amount: $600,000.

Filed Jan. 18.

Loor, Guillermo, Danbury. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Danbury. Property: 39 Topstone Drive, Danbury. Amount: $161,000.

Filed Jan. 16.

Mousa, Basenty, Stamford. Seller: Claudia Schmaus and James R. Howe, Stamford. Property: 16 Wishing Well Lane, Stamford. Amount: $622,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Lu, Xin and Lei Zhao, Greenwich.

Seller: Ronald McLeod, Phyllis McLeod and Douglas McLeod, Greenwich. Property: 71 Byram Shore Road, Greenwich. Amount: $6 million. Filed Jan. 19.

Murace, Lisa, Stamford. Seller: Donna Sparan, Stamford. Property: 115 Prudence Drive, Stamford.

Amount: $550,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Mackey, Alanna and Justin Galletti, Stamford. Seller: Andrew J. Pecka and Stephanie E. Davis, Darien. Property: 52 Downs Ave., Stamford. Amount: $740,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Makowski, Stephanie and Luke J. Schoen, Wilton. Seller: Ronald Burban, Stamford. Property: Lots 41 and 42, Map 2875, Stamford.

Amount: $370,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Margnelli, Lynne and John Margnelli, Tampa, Florida. Seller: Connie S. Tegano, Madison. Property: Lot 1, Map 6839, Norwalk. Amount: $265,000. Filed Jan. 24.

Kozloski, James, New Fairfield.

Seller: Patricia Mullen, New Fairfield. Property: 18 Hilldale Road, New Fairfield. Amount: $99,999.

Filed Dec. 28.

Masur, Hoyt E., Wayne, New Jersey. Seller: Long Point Investments LLC, Danbury. Property: 262 Great Plain Road, Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 18.

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Michael, Joseph, Danbury. Seller: Ryan’s Partnership, Danbury.

Property: Lot 99, Map 23, Danbury.

Amount: $520,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Lochridge, Diane C., Bethlehem.

Seller: Leah A. Hartman, Norwalk.

Property: 170 Silvermine Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $599,500. Filed Jan. 22.

Koleva, Petko, Elena Kolevea and Ana Koleva, Norwalk. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Orange, California. Property: 44 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 2A, Stamford. Amount: $171,255. Filed Jan. 22.

Krofssik, Justin, Danbury. Seller: Adriana Roper, Danbury. Property: 18 Fairview Ave., Unit 18-2, Danbury.

Amount: $117,900. Filed Jan. 8.

Medina, Andrew, Derby. Seller: Marion P. Warne, Monroe. Property: 201E. Windgate Circle, Monroe.

Amount: $149,000. Filed Jan. 19.

McGinty, Michael, Fairfield. Seller: Stephen J. Carriero, Stamford. Property: 28 Third St., Unit 36, Stamford.

Amount: $372,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Nath, Bandana R. and Prasanta K. Nath, Norwalk. Seller: Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Linda O’Shaughnessy, Bret D. Holzwarth and Lyndi M. Holzwarth, Norwalk. Property: 6-8 Keith St., Norwalk. Amount: $451,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Olsen, Susan, Rockville, Maryland.

Seller: Laura E. Cooper, Danbury.

Property: 18 Caldwell Terrace, Unit 2803, Danbury. Amount: $300,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

Palmieri, JoAnn and Patrick T. Palmieri, Waretown, New Jersey.

Seller: Varinder Kumar, Bethel.

Property: 16 Lawrence Ave., Unit 1608, Bethel. Amount: $355,000.

Filed Jan. 19.

Parisi, Lawrence, Danbury. Seller: Bryan J. Koci, Danbury. Property: 141 Chambers Road, Danbury. Amount: $512,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Pena, Maribel, Bronx, New York.

Seller: Gaettana Ricchuti Carretta, New Fairfield. Property: 3 Indian Hill Road, New Fairfield. Amount: $339,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Peppis, Andrew, Greenwich.

Seller: 11 Hollow Wood Lane LLC, Greenwich. Property: 11 Hollow Wood Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $720,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Rossi, Francesco S. and John J. Arizzi, Danbury. Seller: Juan C. Diaz, Danbury. Property: 6 Henry St., Danbury. Amount: $328,580.

Filed Jan. 11.

Perez, Erika Lyn and Ryan Daniels, Brewster, New York. Seller: Deborah L. Capote, New Fairfield.

Property: 41 Eastview Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $289,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Sallery, Marlyn and Claude Roy, Stamford. Seller: Rachel E. Laskey, Stamford. Property: 413 Oaklawn Ave., Stamford. Amount: $422,000.

Filed Jan. 16.

Pergjoni, Nikolle and Pashke Pergjoni, Stamford. Seller: LKOH Inc., Bonita Springs, Florida. Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 10C, Stamford. Amount: $430,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Perkins, Lourdes P. and James R. Perkins, Brewster, New York. Seller: Leslie W. Miller, Danbury. Property: 10 Chelsea Drive, Danbury.

Amount: $516,500. Filed Jan. 23.

Petitti, Christopher, Bethel. Seller: RMS Bethel LLC, Stamford. Property: 305 Copper Square Drive, Unit 305, Bethel. Amount: $332,758. Filed Jan. 19.

Polistena, Stephanie B. and Douglas S. Polistena, Danbury.

Seller: Ryan’s Partnership, Elfont.

Property: Lot 117, Map 9, Danbury.

Amount: $335,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Poplawski, Ewa, Stamford. Seller: Meneja F. Shinabarger, Norwalk.

Property: 71 Rowayton Wood Drive, Unit 104, Norwalk. Amount: $220,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Porteus, Nicole and Michael Porteus, Katonah, New York. Seller: Patricia B. Larson, Ridgefield. Property: 1 Bayview Terrace, New Fairfield.

Amount: $355,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Rizzi, Annette, Stamford. Seller: Nick Mella, Stamford. Property: 85 Riverside Ave., Unit D, Stamford.

Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 19.

Rodriguez, Elaine and Theresa Bueno, Danbury. Seller: Patrick S. Savarese, Brewster, New York. Property: 14 South St., Unit 21, Danbury.

Amount: $220,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Rodriguez, Norma E., Danbury.

Seller: Bruce A. Fratino and Virginia Fratino, Danbury. Property: 9 Holley St., Danbury. Amount: $231,500.

Filed Jan. 16.

Rondon, Angelica and Angelo Vasquez, Bronx, New York. Seller: William J. Mulligan Jr. and Toni Ann Mulligan, Bethel. Property: 2 Buff Lane, Bethel. Amount: $260,000.

Filed Jan. 16.

Samaram, Maryam, Stamford.

Seller: Dorothy U. Canzano, Stamford. Property: 38 Pine Hill Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $402,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Samson, Karen Brot and Craig D. Samson, Stamford. Seller: Winifred S. Reynolds, Tavernier, Florida.

Property: 25 Fox Glen Drive, Stamford. Amount: $730,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Schirmer, Joseph David, Danbury. Seller: Bank of America NA, Plano, Texas. Property: Lots 9569, 9570 and 9571, Map 159, New Fairfield. Amount: $97,500. Filed Jan. 11.

Sepkin, Sinan, Weston. Seller: Christopher E. Corso Jr., Bethel.

Property: 73 Park Ave., Danbury.

Amount: $90,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Sepkin, Sinan, Weston. Seller: Lisa B. Lapidus, Hamden. Property: 73-79 Park Ave., Unit 312, Danbury.

Amount: $92,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Sexton, Robert W., New Fairfield. Seller: Sharmese L. Hodge, New Fairfield. Property: Parcel C, Map 1490, New Fairfield. Amount: $410,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Shepard, Duncan S., Danbury.

Seller: Juanita A. Mariano, Danbury.

Property: 68 Virginia Ave., Unit A-2, Danbury. Amount: $186,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Sherman, Courtney and Conor Sherman, Bethel. Seller: S&S Nutrition Inc., Hollis Hills, New York.

Property: 15 Ridgewood Drive, Monroe. Amount: $325,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Sicluna, Arielle and Karl Miras, Brewster, New York. Seller: Robert Romano, Stamford. Property: 970 Hope St., Unit 4A, Stamford.

Amount: $220,500. Filed Jan. 17.

Siguenza, Irene, Norwalk. Seller: Alex Kreger, Norwalk. Property: 26 Prospect St., Unit E4, Norwalk.

Amount: $149,900. Filed Jan. 22.

Skiadas, Stavroula Voula and Thomas Papadakos, Danbury.

Seller: Tonelli Sports LLC, Danbury.

Property: 50 Smoke Hill Drive, Danbury. Amount: $319,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Facts & Figures Soosai, Amanda A. and Lourdhu V. Soosai, Stamford. Seller: Martin P. Schanback, Stamford. Property: 1 Megan Lane, Stamford. Amount: $775,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Sosnovich, Jessica and Eytan Sosnovich, Stamford. Seller: Alice Carella, Norwalk. Property: Unit 2 of Colonial Hill Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $470,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Soto, Ismael and Rocio R. Soto, Stamford. Seller: Rhonda Greif, Stamford. Property: 234 Silver Hill Lane, Stamford. Amount: $440,000.

Filed Jan. 16.

Yechiely, Hadas and Menachem N. Yechiely, Greenwich. Seller: Menachem N. Yechiely and Hadas Yechiely, Greenwich. Property: 10 Martin Dale, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 17.

Youkin, Christine, Stamford.

Seller: Muzeyen Arslan, Greenwich.

Property: 23 Francis Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $470,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Cailleau, Jacques, Danbury. $2,108 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 76 Westville Ave., Danbury. Filed Jan. 24.

Zanzarella, Erica Louise and John T. Zanzarella, Stamford.

Seller: John T. Zanzarella, Stamford.

Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 3C, Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Jan. 16.

Casas, Kathryn and Jeffrey F. Casas, Danbury. $1,616 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 20 Woodside Ave., Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

Spell, Dasha T., Bridgeport. Seller: Lafoi LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 284 Bridgeport Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $122,900. Filed Jan. 18.

FORECLOSURES

Telesco, Caterina, Stamford. Seller: Teresa Vartuli, Stamford. Property: Lot 5, Map 5130, Stamford.

Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 24.

Armstrong, Elizabeth, et al.

Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 11 Butternut Lane, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed Jan. 3.

Tripodi, Rosario and Erica Tripodi, Stamford. Seller: Angela Tripodi, Stamford. Property: 481 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $430,000. Filed Jan. 26.

Capri, Lori B., et al. Creditor: Capital One NA, Irvine, Calif. Property: 9 Farview Ave., Unit 3, Danbury.

Delinquent common charges. Filed Jan. 22.

Veras, Irowandy Moran, Danbury. Seller: Nidal Azba, Danbury.

Property: 1 Beaver Brook Road, Unit 1-6, Danbury. Amount: $165,000.

Filed Jan. 22.

Llivichuzhca, Jorge, et al. Creditor: Union Savings Bank, Danbury.

Property: 21 Foster St., Danbury.

Mortgage default. Filed Jan. 22.

Wen, Huei-Chi, Stamford. Seller: Daija Durrse, Levittown, New York.

Property: 300 Broad St., Unit 803, Stamford. Amount: $210,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Wholey, Kim and Jeffrey Wholey, Norwalk. Seller: Jeanette C. Buchholz, Jeannine L. Howard and William G. Howard, Norwalk. Property: 18 Red Oak Lane, Norwalk.

Amount: $795,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Wierzbinski, Robert, Flushing, New York. Seller: Hilda A. Rees and Kimberly A. Rees, Stratford. Property: 46-48 Amos St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Yajima, Monica K., Stamford. Seller: Mauricio Pedroza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Property: Unit 30 of Candlelight Terrace of Stamford Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $277,500. Filed Jan. 23.

Yeates, James R. and Stavroula Z. Fountoukis, Stamford. Seller: Nerijus Steponavicius and Inga Lelkaite, New Canaan. Property: Lot C, Map 4069, Stamford. Amount: $550,000.

Filed Jan. 16.

Brecher, Holly and John Brecher, Danbury. $965 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 15 Baxter St., Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

McClaine, Prestine, et al. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 33 Wooster Heights, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed Jan. 10.

JUDGMENTS Andrews, Derek, Danbury. $1,945 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 68 Garfield Ave., Danbury.

Filed Jan. 24.

Aquino, Yanira E., Stamford. $3,205 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 10 West St., Unit 10, Stamford.

Filed Jan. 25.

Bertrand, Adwins, Stamford. $3,769 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 441 Rock Rimmon Road, Stamford.

Filed Jan. 16.

Blackett, Lemuel, Bethel. $2,130 in favor of Foleys Pump Service Inc., Danbury, by the Law Offices of Lawrence M. Riefberg LLC, Danbury. Property: 92 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel. Filed Jan. 16.

Corthell, Max, Danbury. $782 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 26 Belmont Circle, Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

Dasilva, Daniel, Danbury. $1,524 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire.

Property: 6 Benson Drive, Danbury.

Filed Jan. 10.

Gomez Jr., Ruben, New Fairfield. $14,040 in favor of S.G.S. Inc., Southbury, by Cartoceti & Snearly LLC, Southbury. Property: 4 Manning St., New Fairfield. Filed Jan. 3.

Hand, Jason, Danbury. $550 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: Pocono Point Road, Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

Handrahan, Suzanne B., Danbury. $1,196 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 23 Harrison St., Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

Jordanides, Theodphilos, et al., Norwalk. $3,795 in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk.

Property: Lot A, Map 5801, Norwalk.

Filed Jan. 17.

Pennell, Patricia, Danbury. $1,865 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: Building 6, Fairview Drive 11-4, Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

Pennell, Patricia, Danbury. $1,589 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: Building 6, Fairview Drive 11-4, Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

Rosalita, Rosalio, Danbury. $1,141 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 11 South Ave., Danbury.

Filed Jan. 22.

Ruiz, Anna R., New Fairfield. $1,330 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 13 Overbrook Drive, New Fairfield.

Filed Jan. 16.

Zanfordino, Migdalia, Danbury. $431 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 7 Boxwood Lane, Danbury. Filed Jan. 22.

LIENS FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED 600 Summer Street Stamford, 1 Atlantic St., Fourth floor, Stamford. $54,600, U.S. return of partnership income. Filed Jan. 18.

Barocas, Hayley L., 39 Hoyt St., Stamford. $49,583, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 23.

Bedrock Contractors Inc., 1007 Cove Road, Stamford. $18,637, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Jan. 23.

Hzric, John D., 65 High Ridge Road, Apt. 206, Stamford. $111,400, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Loboncz, Mark, 253 Seaside Ave., Apt. 2, Stamford. $115,567, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Maxon, Andrew H., 34 Highline Trail South, Stamford. $50,995, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Miller, Jay, 72 Knorr Road, Monroe. $7,237, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Jan. 16.

Najera, Oscar O., 18 Pulaski St., Stamford. $52,976, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Rawcliffe, Judith D., 176 Roxbury Road, Stamford. $12,668, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Rojas, Elaine M. and Mauro A. Rojas, 110 Strawberry Hill Ave., Apt. 1, Stamford. $608,671, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Springer, Michael N., 818 Hope St., Apt. 2B, Stamford. $107,528, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Wiznitzer, Jane T. and Stephen Wiznitzer, 134 Lynam Road, Stamford. $36,446, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 23.

Wiznitzer, Stephen, 134 Lynam Road, Stamford. $45,914, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 23.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED Botoff, Laura Ducret and Daniel Botoff, 5 Dogwood Lane, Greenwich. $22,592, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 17.

Derito, Ann Marie and Douglas J. Derito, 96 Gillotti Road, New Fairfield. $58,914, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 2.

Kavicky, Kathryn, 2488 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. $34,277, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 18.

Lundstedt, Peter S., 15 Lafayette Court, Apt. 3A, Greenwich. $132,162, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 17.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED Hammond, Ogden and Ranie H. Hammond, Greenwich. Filed

by Interstate + Lakeland Lumber Corp., Greenwich, by John P. Regan.

Property: Property of Ralph Rosen, Greenwich. Amount: $33,393. Filed Jan. 16.

Hammond, Ogden and Ranie H. Hammond, Greenwich. Filed by Mantz Construction LLC, Fairfield,

by Theodore Mantz. Property: Riversville Road, Greenwich. Amount: $219,477. Filed Jan. 19.

MECHANIC’S LIENSRELEASED Timashev, Ratmir, et al., Greenwich. Released by Carmina Roth Interiors LLC, Greenwich, by Law Offices of Mark Sherman LLC, Stamford. Property: 219 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $59,867.

Filed Jan. 19.

Stern, Erin C. and Andrew L. Stern, 42 Will Merry Lane, Greenwich. $421,057, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 17.

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LIS PENDENS Abreu, Fabio, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for MTGLQ Investors LP. Property: Unit 23-A-3 in Second Fairlawn Condominium, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $192,900, dated September 2012.

Filed Jan. 26.

Allimant, Geoffroy, Norwalk.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for PHH Mortgage Corp. Property: 5 Driftwood Lane, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $396,067, dated June 2012. Filed Jan. 22.

Bassett, Gale F., et al., Danbury.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Property: 6 S. King St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $269,500, dated May 2007. Filed Jan. 23.

Baumgartner, Stacie, et al., Danbury. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 60 Padanaram Road, Unit 11, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $192,211, dated August 2011. Filed Jan. 2.

Bivona, Dawn, Stamford. Filed

by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Greenbriar Condominium Association Inc. Property: Unit 17 of Greenbrier Condominium, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Jan. 22.

Calderon, Cesar, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford. Property: 46 Charles St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises and seek such other and further relief as may be required by law. Filed Jan. 17.

Calderon, Cesar, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford. Property: 61 Charles St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises and seek such other and further relief as may be required by law. Filed Jan. 17.

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Facts & Figures Calderon, Cesar, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford. Property: 72 Halloween Blvd., Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises and seek such other and further relief as may be required by law. Filed Jan. 17.

Calderon, Cesar, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford. Property: 28 Stephen St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises and seek such other and further relief as may be required by law. Filed Jan. 17.

Calderon, Cesar, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford. Property: 134 Columbus Place, Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises and seek such other and further relief as may be required by law. Filed Jan. 17.

Calderon, Cesar, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford. Property: 46 Charles St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises and seek such other and further relief as may be required by law. Filed Jan. 17.

Campanella, Lisa Marie, et al., Stamford. Filed by MHR Lewis (US) LLC, Stamford, for First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 53 Calas Lane, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $750,000, dated June 2007. Filed Jan. 17.

Chambers, Kerion, et al., Danbury. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 1 E. Hayestown Road, Unit 55, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $348,500, dated October 2006.

Filed Jan. 22.

Corbett, Patrick, et al., Norwalk.

Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 8 Oakwood Ave., Unit A-4, Norwalk.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $346,000, dated December 2007. Filed Jan. 22.

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Davis, Roberta Y., et al., Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 29 Virgil St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $336,000, dated January 2006. Filed Jan. 24.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al., Danbury. Filed by Rosenberg & Rosenberg PC, West Hartford, for The Ridgewood Condominium Association Inc. Property: 93 Kohanza St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises.

Filed Jan. 22.

Domingos, Carlos M., et al., Danbury. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 10 Monarch Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $318,000, dated January 2006. Filed Jan. 2.

Jaccard, Daniel, Danbury. Filed

by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Arrowood Condominium Association Inc. Property: 20 E. Pembroke Road, Unit 15, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Jan. 16.

McGuinness, Peter J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Cartright Condominium Association Inc. Property: 25 Cartright St., Unit 4F, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Jan. 18.

James, Thomas J., New Fairfield.

Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for USAA Federal Savings Bank. Property: 49 Candle Hill Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $289,136. Filed Jan. 2.

Morosky, Cynthia J., et al., Bethel.

Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Bank of America NA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 176 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $222,888, dated June 2009. Filed Jan. 12.

Jeney, Rebecca, et al., Danbury.

Filed by Alan P. Rosenberg, West Hartford, for Park Ridge Condominium Association Inc., Danbury.

Property: 8 Rose Lane, Unit 10-15, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Jan. 2.

Parrino, Thomas and Maria Pia, Danbury. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Jahve Roofing & Siding LLC. Property: Lot 3, Map 4703, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien and take immediate possession of the premises.

Filed Jan. 10.

Dupree, Mamie L., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 133 Prince St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of, dated May 2008. Filed Jan. 17.

Kays, J. Alan, et al., Stamford.

Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 141 Four Brooks Road, Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $375,000, dated May 2004. Filed Jan. 22.

Patterson, Tyrone E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 333-337 Ridgefield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of, dated October 2008.

Filed Jan. 17.

Frederick, Acker, et al., Monroe.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 395 Spring Hill Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $440,000, dated July 2000. Filed Jan. 19.

Kramer, Lynn D., et al., Danbury.

Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 46 Dana Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $202,500, dated April 2007. Filed Jan. 10.

Quim-Hun, Edwin, Norwalk.

Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland.

Property: 34 Southwind Drive, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $187,622, dated May 2014. Filed Jan. 22.

Llanos, Mark A., et al., Danbury.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 127-129 Padanaram Road, Danbury.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $359,000, dated December 2005. Filed Jan. 11.

Rivers, Albertha, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA Property: 866 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount, dated January 2004. Filed Jan. 17.

H. John Leber, et al., New Fairfield.

Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York.

Property: 39 Lakeshore North, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $648,000, dated October 2006. Filed Jan. 2.

Hernandez, Oscar O., et al., Danbury. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for PHH Mortgage Corp. Property: 63 Sheridan St., Unit 13, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $264,610, dated May 2006. Filed Jan. 2.

Huegen, Peter, et al., Danbury.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Property: 32 Grand St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $50,000, dated April 2008. Filed Jan. 25.

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Matzner, Scott, et al., Danbury.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Sterling National Bank. Property: 2205 Eaton Court, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $310,800, dated August 2007. Filed Jan. 9.

Maya, Lina M., et al., Norwalk.

Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland.

Property: 17 Hyatt Ave., Norwalk.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $310,814, dated August 2010. Filed Jan. 16.

Solinki, Raju, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Second Fairlawn Condominium Inc. Property: Unit 29-D-2 in Second Fairlawn Condominium, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Jan. 17.

St. Louis Fils, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 40-42 Tremont Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens levied for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Jan. 16.

Stratton, Jean, et al., Greenwich.

Filed by Lefkowitz & Hertzel LLP, Latham, New York, for Keybank NA Property: 1099 King St., Greenwich.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $715,000, dated March 2010. Filed Jan. 16.

Ukperaj, Lisette and Avni Ukperaj, et al., Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority, Stamford. Property: 173 Frederick St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises and seek such other and further relief as may be required by law. Filed Jan. 17.

Vautaret, Sandy, et al., Stamford.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 680 Hope St., Unit 5, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $100,000, dated November 2004. Filed Jan. 26.

Williams Jr., Oscar, et al., Stamford. Filed by Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford, for First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 13 W. Washington Ave., Unit 16, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $99,750, dated April 2005. Filed Jan. 17.

MORTGAGES 15 Deer Park Meadow Road LLC, Greenwich, by Thomas Priore.

Lender: The First Bank of Greenwich, Greenwich. Property: Deer Park Meadow Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $5 million. Filed Jan. 16.

39 Kenosia Avenue LLC, Danbury, by Asim Alimi. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown.

Property: 39 Kenosia Ave., Danbury.

Amount: $195,000. Filed Jan. 17.

55 Pembroke Road LLC, by Pawel Oliasz. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 55 Pembroke Road, Danbury. Amount: $208,000. Filed Jan. 22.

58 Myrtle Avenue LLC, Stamford,

by Juan M. Cepeda. Lender: CVCG Fund I LLC, Newport Beach, California. Property: 58 Myrtle Ave., Stamford. Amount: $2 million. Filed Jan. 26.

64 Mill Plain LLC, New Fairfield,

by Jorge Couto. Lender: Union Savings Bank, Danbury. Property: 62-64 Mill Plain Road, Danbury.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Jan. 10.

Friends of Liberation Programs Inc., Norwalk, by Alan J. Mathis.

Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 115-125 Main St., Stamford. Amount: $1.4 million.

Filed Jan. 22.

Italian Center of Stamford Inc., Stamford, by Michael Macri. Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 1620 Newfield Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $2 million. Filed Jan. 22.

K&T Associates LLC, Derby, by Taso Kariofyllis. Lender: Pawson Park LLC, Branford. Property: 74 Fan Hill Road, Monroe. Amount: $307,800. Filed Jan. 16.

Kolich Victory LLC, by Anthony Kolich. Lender: Sterling National Bank, Montebello, New York. Property: Lots 218, 219, Map 646, Stamford. Amount: $892,500. Filed Jan. 24.

LFTP Interests LLC, by Deborah Van Der Heyden. Lender: Bank of America NA, Houston, Texas.

Property: 49 Knollcrest Road, New Fairfield. Amount: $1 million. Filed Jan. 9.

Myrtle Avenue Apartments LLC, Stamford, by Mark A. Sank.

Lender: Darien Rowayton Bank, Darien. Property: 148-154 Myrtle Ave., Stamford. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Jan. 24.

Pandolfi Brothers LLC, Danbury,

by Francisco Pandolfi. Lender: Emilio A. Pandolfi and Denise E. Bessel, Port Charlotte, Florida. Property: Parcel A-1, Map 13329, Danbury.

Amount: $390,000. Filed Jan. 10.

The Mill Pond Company LLC, Greenwich, by Margaret J. Imbrogno. Lender: The First Bank of Greenwich, Greenwich. Property: 203-221 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Jan. 17.

NEW BUSINESSES Bululu, 130 W. Cedar St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Juventus Box LLC. Filed Jan. 17.

Cali Home Improvement, 22 Ferris Ave., Apt. 5, Norwalk 06854, c/o Jhilder R. Valencia. Filed Jan. 18.

Country Risk Solutions, 70 Lawrence Ave., Danbury 06810, c/o Daniel Wagner. Filed Jan. 8.

Danbury Fair Dodge LLC, 100 B. Federal Road, Danbury 06810, c/o William A. Sabatini Jr. Filed Jan. 16.

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Facts & Figures Emy Building and Remodeling, 11 Elmwood Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Edwin Villegas. Filed Jan. 26.

Fairfield Designs LLC, 29 Van Buren Ave., Apt. 1-9, Norwalk 06850, c/o Paulina A. Morales and Washington A. Morales. Filed Jan. 16.

Francisco Restaurant, 4 Starr St., Danbury 06810, c/o Francisco A. Rodriguez. Filed Jan. 8.

Green Start LLC, 29 Harriet St., Apt. 2, Norwalk 06851, c/o Claudia P. Henao and Maryori Quintero-Calle.

Filed Jan. 22.

Happy Home Cleaning Services, 57 Holley Street Extension, Danbury 06810, c/o Remote De Santos Bontolotto Counet. Filed Jan. 23.

Lakeside Carpentry & Contracting, 28 Fox Run, P.O. Box 135, New Fairfield 06812, c/o Matthew Ruppert. Filed Jan. 16.

Lawn Jack, 178 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Candido Valadares. Filed Jan. 18.

Mosquito Shield, 43 Barbara Drive, Norwalk 06851, c/o Buzz Kill LLC. Filed Jan. 26.

Mr. Frango Fuel Service, 86 N. Water St., Greenwich 06830, c/o Rick Bologna. Filed Jan. 16.

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Mr. Frosty’s, 6 First St., Norwalk 06855, c/o A&K Ice Cream of Norwalk LLC. Filed Jan. 22.

Norwalk Liquor World, 99 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Simmi S. Narula and Shirley Narula.

Filed Jan. 16.

Pro Roofing, 192 Halley Ave., Fairfield 06825, c/o Cindy Marks. Filed Jan. 23.

RCS Cleaning Services, 35 Sheridan St., Danbury 06810, c/o Saychai Simounkhoun. Filed Jan. 17.

Rug Pad Pro’s LLC, 84 Taylor Ave., Apt. 14, Norwalk 06854, c/o Ramon Zuniga and Gerardo Zuniga. Filed Jan. 17.

Seaside Sliders LLC, 6 First St., Norwalk 06855, c/o A&K Ice Cream of Norwalk LLC. Filed Jan. 22.

South Street Mini Market LLC, 49 South St., Danbury 06810, c/o Michael Peralta. Filed Jan. 22.

Susan Ann Allender PHD, 27 Hospital Ave., Suite 402, Danbury 06810, c/o Susan Allender PHD. Filed Jan. 22.

W Bonilla Irrigation LLC, 105 Lexington Ave., Apt. 1, Norwalk 06854, c/o William F. Padilla Guevara. Filed Jan. 23.

When Will Power Won’t Work, 10 W. Main St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Dale Kesten and Elizabeth P. Kesten.

Filed Jan. 26.

Wholesale Petro Supply, 1815 Gallagher Road, Danbury 06810, c/o Carmen S. Carfagno. Filed Jan. 16.

Women’s Integrative Health, 2 Greenwich Office Park, Suite 300, Greenwich 06831, c/o Brownwyn E.S. Fitz. Filed Jan. 16.

PATENTS FAIRFIELD PATENTS Azaspiro [4.5] decane derivatives and use thereof. Patent no.

9,884,865 issued to Mark A. Youngman, North Wales, Pennsylvania.; Laykea Tafesse, Robbinsville, New Jersey; and Jae Hyun Park, Chandler, Arizona. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

Distributed charge management system for electric vehicles. Patent no 9,873,345 issued to Enrique Abreu, Stamford. Assigned to Talino Ev Management Systems Inc., Stamford.

Electrodynamic transducer with back cover for heat dissipation. Patent no. 9,872,107 issued to Felix Kochendoerfer, Sherman Oaks, California; Alex Pliner, Van Nuys, California; and Alexander Voishvillo, Simi Valley, California.

Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Method, medium and system for location-based gift identification. Patent no. 9,886,716 issued to Rodd Salvatore, Stamford.

Assigned to GiftTitan.com LLC, Stamford.

Pharmaceutical formulation containing gelling agent. Patent no. 9,877,924 issued to Curtis Wright, Rockport, Maine.; Benjamin Oshlack, Boca Raton, Florida.; and Christopher Breder, Bethesda, Maryland. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

Providing a log of events to an isolated user. Patent no. 9,876,985 issued to Davide Di Censo, San Mateo, California; and Stefan Marti, Oakland, California. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Systems and methods for treating an opiod-induced adverse pharmacodynamic response.

Patent no. 9,884,059 issued to Michele Hummel, Marlton, New Jersey; Donald J. Kyle, Yardley, Pennsylvania; and Garth Whiteside, Yardley, Pennsylvania. Assigned to Purdue Pharma, Stamford.

Tamper-resistant, controlled-release dosage forms.

Patent no. 9,872,837 issued to Haiyong Hugh Huang, Princeton, New Jersey. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

Techniques for optimizing the fidelity of a remote recording.

Patent no. 9,877,134 issued to James M. Kirsch, Salt Lake City, Utah. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

TRPV1 antagonists, including dihydroxy substituent and uses thereof. Patent no. 9,878,991 issued to Laykea Tafesse. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

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