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Connecticut Infrastructure Bank proposed amid Lamont’s toll plan

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op-up shops have become fairly common over the past few years. But the developer behind one of Stamford’s new luxury high-rises is using the concept in a novel way: not just to further underscore the “community” theme it’s striven to construct among its residents, but to get its occupancy rate to pop as well. “Trying to attract new

residents is a part of it,” affirmed Abby Goldenfarb, one of the vice presidents of development at Trinity Financial, which opened the 19-floor, $80 million Vela on the Park building at 1011 Washington Blvd. last year. “We’re about 85 percent occupied and it hasn’t even been a year. But we think these kinds of events can help.” The types of events Goldenfarb was referencing include a Feb. 19 pop-up trunk show fea-

turing high-end knitwear company Sh*t That I Knit. Like Trinity, STIK is based in Boston, but founder Christina Fagan said she jumped at the chance to expose her wares to a new community. “I’ve done pop-ups in the past,” Fagan, who started the online company in 2015, said. Noting that her inventory can be found in various stores in the Boston and Portland, Maine, areas, she said that she’s now “trying to expand and get better known in Fairfield County. Places like Stamford, Greenwich and Darien are definitely top spots for us.” The Vela event ran from just 7 to 9 p.m. — pop-up » POP

kzimmerman@westfairinc.com AS DEBATE CONTINUES TO SWIRL OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF TOLLS RETURNING TO CONNECTICUT, State Sen. Alex Bergstein is busy gathering support for a bill that would create a Connecticut Infrastructure Bank to fund public/private improvements to the state’s transportation infrastructure. The bank proposed by SB 70, which the Greenwichbased senator introduced in January, would “finance a loan program with funds appropriated from the Special Transportation Fund (STF) or other sources of revenue designated for infrastructure improvements, including potential

future streams of revenue from electronic tolls, and leveraged with private debt capital through the issuance of bonds or other financing arrangements for eligible infrastructure projects, including, but not limited to, the building, renovation and repair of highways, bridges, railroads, waterways, ports and airports.” The mere mention of tolls has set off alarm bells among some legislators — especially in light of Gov. Ned Lamont’s Feb. 16 announcement that, instead of tolling only tractor-trailers as he originally outlined during his gubernatorial campaign, “the truck-only option provides too lit» TOLL PLAN

Ridgeﬁeld Theater Barn sets its sights on an expansion project BY PHIL HALL

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o one will mistake the Ridgefield Theater Barn for an opulent theatrical venue. Its name recalls the building’s original purpose as a dairy barn on a farm owned by a local monastery. “We have limited stage space and backstage space and we don’t have any wing space, so we have to think about the staging,” explained Pamme Jones, the theater’s executive director. But achieving more with less has been a trademark of this Ridgefield nonprofit since its opening in 1965. The theater’s February presentation, Joe Simonelli’s comedy “Old Ringers,” involved a single set — a well-worn downstairs level of a down-at-the-heel home — yet the perceived limits of this unchanging setting were expanded with a kitchen sink with running water and cabinets full of dishes and glassware that are used during the show. And Jones noted that the theater’s next presentation, its annual “An Evening of One Act Plays” that opens March 8, will be “presented in a black box style — everyone will use the same black theater blocks to stage it, simply because it is too complicated to build nine sets for the nine plays we are staging.” Even the audience seating has been reconfigured to give a greater impression of space: a spread of cabaret-style seating that enables the audience to watch the performance while having tables to put whatever drink or food they bring with them. “We seat 72,” Jones said, adding the inspiration to move away from traditional theater seating came from visits to cabaret venues in Manhattan. “We had some restaurant people come in and … switch it up.” Although Ridgefield Theater Barn operates as a community theater — actors perform for the love of their craft and not the pursuit of cash — Jones pointed out that its ability to produce provocative dramas and ebullient comedies has earned it a strong reputation beyond the town. This is evident in its one-act play presentations, which require a separate artistic committee to review the submissions for consideration. “Last year we had more than 70 plays submitted and we read all of the plays,” Jones recalled. “We

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really love to use unpublished local playwrights — and local for us can mean Pennsylvania. They don’t all come from Fairfield County. Last year we had a wonderful play come our way from L.A. and we loved the play, so we did it.” The one-act play offerings are not conceived around a specific theme, but Jones explained that “some sort of arc arises organically from all of the plays that have been presented. This year all of the plays have a loose arc about women making strong choices.” The theater runs on an annual operating budget of roughly $280,000. Thanks to a mix of shows ranging from contemporary classics like August Wilson’s “Fences” and Sam Shepherd’s “True West” plus an occasional special event like Simonelli’s “Old Ringers” (which had its Connecticut premiere at the theater) and a thriving children’s theater workshop program, the Ridgefield Theater Barn has not been burdened with money woes.

“We are very lucky to be a theater that is able to self-produce and stay in the black,” Jones said. “That alone is an enormous accomplishment. We have not relied heavily on fund raising in the past.” The theater is heading into a new direction that erases a key burden of its tight spaces. “We are venturing into official, honest-to-God fund raising because we are going to be starting a capital drive for our expansion,” said Jones. “In order to build a show out, we have to go dark and empty out because we have no place where to build. Out in the back, we are going to be adding 1,100 square feet — it’s going to be a wood shop, props and wings space. While this show is going on, we can be building for the next show, shut down for 48 hours and get the next show up and running. Otherwise, we shut down for three or four weekends and we can’t do anything.” The theater is also expanding in its downstairs space, with Jones envisioning “a series of classrooms

and black box theater with traditional theater seating. It will be a great place for us to do play readings, stand-up comedy, workshops. The walls will be retractable, and we will be able to rent out space to professional organizations looking for space to meet. And we can put in a catering kitchen to do nice events.” Jones puts the goal for this capital drive at around $500,000. Town permits for the construction have been obtained and final meetings with the project’s engineers are scheduled, while the exact details and deadlines for the fund-raising are still in the works. While the expansion project rolls out, the Ridgefield Theater Barn is already looking ahead to its final work of the 2018-2019 season, a staging of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” that opens May 21, and the 2019-2020 season is being formulated with two musicals (“The Marvelous Wonderettes” and “Schmorgasbord!”) plus the vintage Neil Simon favorite “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.”

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Richard Baker’s Hudson’s Bay Co. considering shutting 20 Saks Off 5th stores BY BOB ROZYCKI bobr@westfairinc.com

udson’s Bay Co. (HBC), which is owned by NRDC Equity Partners of Purchase and overseen by CEO Richard Baker of Greenwich, said it is performing a “fleet review” of all of its 133 Saks Off 5th stores, with an expectation of closing 20. There are stores in White Plains on Tarrytown Road, in Harriman at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets and the Stamford Town Center. HBC also said it was closing all 37 of its Home Outfitters stores in Canada, citing cost reduction and simplifying the business to improve profitability. “Further streamlining our retail portfolio enables even greater focus on our businesses with the strongest growth opportunities,” said Helena Foulkes, who

was named CEO of HBC after being executive vice president of CVS Health. “The divestiture of Gilt, rightsizing of Lord & Taylor, the recent merger of our European retail operations in Germany and (the Saks) announcement exemplify the bold strategic actions we are taking to set HBC up for long-term success.” The company said in a statement that its review of Saks Off 5th stores would allow it to determine the best locations for the retailer. In January, Baker, executive chairman of HBC, announced he was buying nearly 18 million shares of the company from a subsidiary of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. The purchase was made by Rupert of the Rhine LLC, an entity controlled by Baker. The addition of those shares meant Baker and his partners owned 70 percent of the company.

“I am very pleased to increase my significant ownership in HBC and further demonstrate my commitment to the company,” Baker said in a statement. Baker said he paid $9.45 Canadian per share ($7.03 U.S.), or 115 percent of the “market price” for the HBC shares. NRDC bought HBC in 2008. HBC bought Saks Inc. in 2013 for $2.9 billion. In October 2017, National Realty & Development Corp., which was founded by Baker’s father, Robert, broke ground on a $100 million condo project in New Rochelle on the site of the former Beckwith Pointe Beach Club. The condominium development, which will include nine four-story buildings comprising 72 units as well as a clubhouse, is called WatermarkPointe. It is at the southern tip of Davenport Neck.

The Saks Off 5th store in White Plains. Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Alexander Soule

Fairﬁeld County real estate listings climb as SALT protests grow

s Connecticut’s two senators threw support to a bill that would cancel a cap on IRS deductions for local taxes, a surge in Fairfield County home listings in the back half of 2018 continued into the first month of the new year. In January, about 1,100 Fairfield County homes were listed for sale, a 10 percent bump from a year ago, according to aggregate town-by-town totals reported by William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty. The new additions intensified a trend since last August in which the region has seen steady increases in its monthly “inventory” of houses on the market compared to 12 months earlier. With that trend now six months in duration, the spring real estate market is shaping up as the most competitive in years for sellers, with buyers having more properties to choose from. In theory, sellers will have to be more vigilant than ever in setting an initial price in order to lure interest during the critical spring season when families make choices in advance of the following school year. For those exploring a sale a question remains: will buyers be as interested in upper-tier homes as taxpayers absorb the sticker shock of the new, $10,000 cap on IRS deductions for state and local taxes and its implications for their federal tax obligations? And is that $10,000 cap a major motivator for sellers heading into the 2019 spring selling season, for any looking to downsize locally or move out of Connecticut, with aggregate implications for the state economy? According to estimates by the Government Finance Officers Association, 41 percent of Connecticut taxpayers claim deductions under SALT — averaging $19,650 a deduction.

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U.S. senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy expressed support for a proposed bill Stop Attacking Local Taxpayers — borrowing the SALT acronym — to remove the $10,000 cap. ‘UNFAIR’ Blumenthal described the cap’s impact as “devastatingly unfair” on Connecticut homeowners. Others supporting the legislation include U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Rep. John Larson. As computed by a SmartAsset online property tax calculator based on average Fairfield County municipal tax rates, homes listed above $612,000 bump into the $10,000 local tax obligation that maxes out IRS SALT deductions. According to Zillow, 37 percent of Fairfield County’s listings were above that $612,000 threshold. After the SALT cap took effect as a result of the Tax

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With that trend now six months in duration, the spring real estate market is shaping up as the most competitive in years for sellers, with buyers having more properties to choose from.

Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017, Connecticut attempted to create a workaround for property owners, with former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signing into law a new tax on limited liability companies and partnerships — which until now passed through profits tax-free to members and partners. In transferring the application of those income taxes from the individual to the entity, Connecticut created a tax credit for partners equal to about 93 percent of their own income, in effect providing an offset to lost SALT deductions above the $10,000 federal cap. Through January for the first seven months of the state’s current fiscal year, limited liability companies and partnerships had filed taxes of $442 million under the new law. In budget projections released by the office of Gov. Ned Lamont, the state is projecting $600 million in revenue from those “passthrough” entities.

“I think we all recognize that it doesn’t take a whole lot in the state of Connecticut to get to $10,000 in state and local taxes,” said Scott Jackson, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services, speaking in late January in Hartford before a committee of the state General Assembly. “That’s not a rich person’s space. Those are working people.” Jackson acknowledged it is a workaround that applies only to a narrow slice of people who have partnership or ownership interests in a business. He said his department is aware there is confusion about how to apply the new rules, including among certified public accountants, and that it will provide plenty of wiggle room for any retroactive changes to previous tax filings. “I’m not going to lie, because it’s very complicated on both sides of the ledger,” Jackson said. “There’s

going to be a stack of papers in my in-box and I’m going to sign off on them. If they tell me the story that makes sense and if the crux of that story is, ‘We paid, the law went into effect and now we’re in this retroactive kind of a bind’ — that’s a story that makes sense to me.” The momentum for new listings ranges across southwestern Connecticut, from a 175 percent spike in Redding from the town’s January 2018 totals, to a 34 percent decline in Darien. But the total inventory of listings remains well above prior-year levels, according to William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty. Fairfield led the region in January with 120 new listings, a 26 percent increase, with Stamford and Danbury both seeing new listings pop more than 30 percent. Bridgeport was up 16 percent while Greenwich had a dozen fewer listings from January 2018 for a 15 percent decline. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN On the Greenwich Streets blog of Mark Pruner, an agent in the Greenwich office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties, he indicated January sales figures would likely be impacted by the recent partial federal government shutdown. The town’s inventory is up in the $1.5 million-to-$3 million range that is targeted by some affluent families looking for “starter” houses in the Gold Coast town. “That ... continues the trend that we saw in the latter part of last year,” Pruner stated on his blog. “This may be the next phase of the new federal cap on SALT deductions ... having taken awhile to extend into the higher price ranges.” Alexander Soule is a staff reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media. He can be reached at Alex.Soule@ scni.com or 203-842-2545.

Sacred Heart University to debut major in fashion marketing and merchandising

Citrin Cooperman Corner What you need to know when selling your business to a private equity firm BY STEVE RONAN

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Selling a business to private equity marks a dramatic change in lifestyle, a change in how you think about and approach your work, and the start of a new journey, with a new approach to the business. Most business owners will only execute a transaction like this one time, so learning about how the sale will impact you and how you should prepare for the transaction itself is crucial. If you’re just starting off and need to prepare yourself and your business for the sale process, here are two areas to spend time on:

New York City department store mannequins. Photo courtesy Sharilyn Neidhardt/Creative Commons.

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he celebrated fashion photographer Bill Cunningham once observed, “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” Fashion is also a significant sector of the economy — and that’s where Sacred Heart University comes in, with a new 120-credit Bachelor of Science degree in fashion marketing and merchandising that will debut in the fall 2019 semester. “It is a gigantic industry in front of you every day of your life,” said David N. Bloom, adjunct instructor at the university’s Jack Welch College of Business and the program’s director. “Sales are up every single year in fashion.” The new major marks the culmination of a 10-year evolution in how Sacred Heart has considered the academic value of the fashion world. In the spring of 2009, the school introduced a threecourse, nine-credit concentration in fashion marketing and merchandising. Six years later, that transitioned into a 15-credit minor. This quickly became the largest minor at the Welch College of Business, with more than 100

students enrolled and many pairing this course with a major in marketing. The new major program consists of nine courses and at least two electives. Bloom added that students “must have at least one internship before graduating,” noting that Sacred Heart students who pursued fashion industry internships in Manhattan over the last three years have already landed jobs at companies, including American Eagle, Asics, FitFlops, Jack Rogers, Reebok and Vineyard Vines, covering positions ranging from digital marketing, graphic design and product development. “Our graduates are making us successful,” he said. “We’ve been able to take advantage of our location near New York City. And, you know, this is a word-ofmouth business.” But Bloom stressed that this course will not be about red carpet glamour, but will consider the serious and often controversial aspects of the fashion environment. “We will be looking at sweatshop labor, counterfeiting and other legal issues,” he said, noting that there will also be an academic focus on recycling materials and the impact of material culture in history. The impact of online

retailing on the brick-andmortar fashion retail world is also part of the studies, with Bloom pointing out that the students are already cognizant of that challenge. “The students are very, very digitally savvy,” he stated. Bloom considered today’s fashion merchandising environment as splitting into three different directions. “The luxury level is doing very well and the mass level is doing very well,” he said. “The guys in the middle … are really getting socked.” Bloom admitted there is a level of gender disparity in the school’s fashion-related studies. “The majority of students are young women who grew up knowing fashion,” he said. The program will partner with the American Business School in Paris in 2020 for course work, thus enabling the Fairfield campus students an opportunity to experience the fashion industry at its European core. But don’t expect to find a catwalk and runway models within this new program. “We are not staging a fashion show,” Bloom said. “The sororities here at the school have fashion shows during the year, but they stage those as a fund-raiser.”

UNDERSTAND YOURSELF There are fundamentally two questions to ask yourself: How much in proceeds do you need from the sale in order to meet your financial needs? Put a wealth plan together. The purpose is not to optimize the performance of your portfolio; it is to develop a model to find out how much money you need after selling the business to accomplish the things you want to accomplish. This allows you to have a realistic conversation about the value of the business (and potentially needing to increase it before selling), structure of the transaction, and how you approach negotiating the sale price. How comfortable and/or capable are you with regard to staying involved with the business after its sale? Some private equity buyers will want you to stay involved and some will want to bring in professional management. Business owners have different preferences for the type of buyer they prefer – does this matter to you? If you want to stay involved in a leadership position and your buyer wants you to do so, you need to make sure you are comfortable changing the way you run the business. Private equity wants to manage the business at scale. This means data-driven decision-making, measuring business processes, actively managing the performance of your team more efficiently, and ultimately changing how the business works and feels in order to help it grow. If that sounds fun to you, then rolling some equity and staying on in a management capacity until the next transaction may be a feasible approach for you; if it doesn’t, then you should be realistic about how long your transition period should be. UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS Now that you have a handle on your personal needs, there are three things to understand about the business: First, have an independent set of financial reports prepared. This may be a reviewed set of financial statements or a sell-side “quality of earnings” report. Buyers will want to see your financials and know they are valid. Get any gremlins or small business accounting quirks out of your numbers now and understand where you have weaknesses in your ability to produce accurate financial statements. It is likely private equity buyers

want to see these statements differently than how you currently produce them, and these reports will help you see your numbers in the same context as a buyer. During this process, address weak accounting processes and controls. Potential issues like whether or not you can close your books and produce financials quickly every month, whether or not you have a high-quality cash reconciliation every month, whether your inventory is perpetual and accurate in real-time, etc., can have a substantial impact on buyers’ confidence in your books and can be fixed now without significant business disruption. Second, get an independent assessment of your business infrastructure – its organizational model, business processes, and the systems you are using. Buyer due diligence can become challenging and sometimes falls apart when unexpected items come up – and that means unexpected items for either the buyer or the seller. To avoid this, understand now: • How will an outside buyer look at your management team? Will they see them as capable of running the business or likely to perform at a high level with the addition of team members? • Will a buyer have confidence that your business can be run, measured, and improved if you personally are not involved? Will the processes the business uses to run remain predictable, and will metrics like cost of quality, sell-through rate, on-time delivery, and gross margin all be sustainable and improvable with the current structure? • Will your systems require significant investment after an acquisition and, if so, how risky will the required projects be? Finally, have an advisor help you understand what the business is worth now. M&A trends change constantly and you will need a marketfacing view of what your company is worth to private equity buyers. This will also uncover investment trends in the private equity space, which may help you craft your business’ value proposition to meet many of your buyers’ investment theses. NEXT STEPS Assemble a circle of trusted advisors to help prepare the business for the sale, create value leading up to the sale, and run a smooth and high-value sale process. There will always be bumps along the way, but if you have the right information to focus on and the right advisors at your side, you will be able to keep those bumps in context and make smart decisions that maximize your value. We can help. If you are thinking of selling your business and either don’t know where to start or are struggling with one of the areas in this article, reach out for a conversation. About the Author Steve Ronan is a principal and the leader of Citrin Cooperman’s Strategy & Business Transformation Practice. He is an experienced professional in the theory and execution of improving business value. Steve has partnered with a range of companies, from the Fortune 100 to the middle-market, to develop and implement strategies that improve profitability, create scalable businesses, and strengthen customer relationships. His projects have created over $100M in value through top-line growth and bottom-line cost savings. Steve brings a practical, holistic perspective to the topic of business improvement. His experience includes strategic planning, process improvement, and organizational transformation. He can be reached at 203.847.4068 or at sronan@ citrincooperman.com Citrin Cooperman is a full-service accounting and consulting firm with 14 domestic and international locations. Visit us at citrincooperman.com

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stores typically operate for at least a few days — but Fagan said she was satisfied with the results. While declining to say how many of her store’s knitted hats (typical price, $125) were sold, she said the numbers were sufficient to justify the 20 “meditative kits” that STIK donated to Stamford Hospital. The branded “Give-A-Sh*t Kits” include wool, needles, a pattern and additional materials a patient may need in order to complete a knitted project. Research has shown that quiet activities like knitting can help reduce cortisol levels and blood pressure, and lower stress and anxiety, Fagan noted. Goldenfarb said Trinity has sponsored a number of similar events at Vela, featuring such vendors as fitness- and health-oriented companies Be Well Fit and Fit Solutions, Haute Sauna, luxury menswear retailer J. Hilburn, dog day-care provider Camp Bow Wow and Stamford restaurants Flinders Lane and Bar Rosso. The Stamford Downtown

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tle revenue, too slowly and too piecemeal to make a meaningful difference.” As a result, he said, he would entertain congestion pricing as well as other measures for discounting tolls for state residents — but some toll would likely be involved for drivers of all vehicles. But Bergstein — who has also proposed SB 102, which would require the commissioner of transportation to establish electronic tolls on major highways, with a portion of the proceeds to go to the state infrastructure bank — insisted to the Business Journal that SB 70 and SB 102 are very different creatures. “Electronic tolls is a separate bill,” she declared. “You do not have to have electronic tolls to have an infrastructure bank.” The language in SB 70 has raised the objections of many Republican lawmakers, who have long opposed tolls of any kind. Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano has said he does not expect any of the 13 Senate Republicans to vote for a toll proposal of any kind. He prefers instead that Lamont follow his party’s “Prioritize Progress” plan, which would borrow $65 billion

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Vela on the Park Community Manager Stacie Riddle (right, holding bottle) greets residents at a June 21 event sponsored by the Stamford Downtown Special Services District. Photo by Jim Fuhrmann.

Special Services District, a business improvement district established to manage, enhance and promote the city’s downtown experience, hosted an event at Vela on June 21 to show off its amenities and views of downtown Stamford, the New York City skyline and Long Island Sound.

Refreshments were provided by a number of local eateries. “It’s a new building in a developing neighborhood, so we want to try and bring together shared experiences for the residents,” she said. “These types of events can help them get to know their neighbors and foster a sense of pride in the building. And we also had probably 20 to 25 people who don’t live here stop by, so we try to encourage them to take a tour.” Studio apartments in the 209-unit building start at $2,415 a month, with one bedrooms ranging from $2,626 to $3,624 and two bedrooms going for $3,215 to $4,112. The building, which consists of 176,785 square feet of residential and 3,669 square feet of retail space — plus 6,166 square feet of amenity space — took roughly 15 months to complete. The “park” that Vela overlooks is actually two: the 12-acre Mill River Park at 1010 Washington Blvd. and Columbus Park on Main Street, which among other things hosts the popular “Alive@5” summertime concert series.

over 30 years for transportation infrastructure projects without instituting tolls or a tax increase. Bergstein has engaged in a war of words with her fellow Greenwich legislator, Republican Rep. Fred Camillo, via op-eds over tolls. “Tolls are taxes and we have enough of those in Connecticut,” Camillo wrote, adding that last year the General Assembly “made large contributions to the STF without resorting to tolls. We did this by making smart decisions with the revenue that we have. We lived within our means and we can do it again.” Bergstein told the Business Journal SB 70 would allow for plenty of non-toll investments. Funds could come from such sources as docking and landing fees, parking fees and hotel occupancy fees, she said. “This is something that should not be conflated with tolls,” she said. Bergstein presided over a Feb. 14 public hearing for the bill that “went really well,” she said, noting that various other countries in Europe and Asia, as well as Canada, have established infrastructure banks in the past. Among the finance, infrastructure and environmental experts who testified in favor of the bill

capital.” David Sutherland of The Nature Conservancy said the bank could be utilized to help fight the effects of global climate change and rising sea levels. Others testifying in support of the bill included: Melissa Kaplan-Macey, vice president, state programs and Connecticut director, Regional Plan Association; Jeff Diehl, CEO, Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank; and Bryan

Garcia, CEO of Connecticut Green Bank, which Bergstein said could share some services and space with the Infrastructure Bank, “so that we would not have to build something entirely from scratch. If people are concerned about the startup costs, I think they will be negligible.” Despite the tolls/no tolls argument, Bergstein said she was confident that SB 70 will pass this year.

Some of the Sh*t That I Knit merchandise available at the Feb. 19 pop-up event.

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during the hearing was Suneel Kamlani, the former CEO of markets at the Royal Bank of Scotland and the former chief operating officer of UBS Investment Bank, who said the proposed bank “would unlock access to over $80 trillion of capital controlled by institutional investors,” and that such a bank “would have a multiplier effect on state funding, leveraging every dollar 5 to 10 times with private debt

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Lamont’s education plan includes more funds from municipalities, district consolidations BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

ow the business of education is conducted in Connecticut could soon be significantly different, if initiatives backed by Gov. Ned Lamont come to pass. One of those initiatives is centered around shifting 25 percent of the cost of teacher pensions to Connecticut municipalities — which currently pay nothing to defray those spiraling costs. Under the governor’s budget proposal, municipalities would contribute $49.2 million toward teacher pension costs in Fiscal Year 2021 and $71.5 million in FY 2022, but the contribution requirement would not be distributed equally. The issue of the teachers’ pension fund has haunted the state for a number of years — and it is not going away. The state’s annual payment to the fund is about $1.3 billion this fiscal year, and has been projected to grow to as much as $6.2 billion by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Under Lamont’s formula, the state’s most fiscally and economically distressed municipalities would only have to take on 5 percent. The Department of Economic and Community Development identifies 25 municipalities as “distressed,” with Bridgeport the only one in Fairfield County.

30 PERCENT MORE Lamont said during his Feb. 20 budget address to the General Assembly, “Many of our school districts have chosen to pay their teachers much more than the state median. It’s a great investment for their community. But it’s an investment that impacts the state’s overall pension cost. “Our budget will ask every municipality to make a contribution toward normal teacher costs, but towns like Greenwich, which pay teachers 30 percent more than the average salary, will pay more

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Gov. Ned Lamont delivered his budget address on Feb. 20 before the General Assembly.

toward their pensions,” he continued. According to the governor’s office, the median teacher salary in the state is about $78,000. In addition to Greenwich, Fairfield County municipalities paying more than that include Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, New Canaan, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport and Wilton. “This reform ensures that municipalities have some skin in the game and the pension burden is shared more fairly,” Lamont declared. The “fairness” is being questioned by some. While Westport would see an increase in its Education Cost Sharing (ECS) aid of $18,861 in FY20 and $37,362 in FY21, it would be required to pay a respective $607,762 and $1.2 million toward teacher pensions during the same time. Ridgefield, which stands to see cuts in its ECS of $1,528 in FY20 and $2,663 in FY21, would have to pay a respective $458,602 and $947,057 toward the pension fund. Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi said he viewed the arrangement as unfair. “You’re adding another surcharge on top of

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what we’re paying already and we’re already paying more than our share,” he said. Marconi allowed that, “We knew something like this was coming and this will have less impact than what (former Gov. Dannel) Malloy was proposing,” a $400 million bill for municipalities. Marconi, who is also president of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST) and vice chairman of the Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG), added that, “We believe the governor was listening when we said that we would have to walk in (such payments) over a number of years. And we would very much like to see an opportunity for municipal leaders to have a seat at the table” when it comes to such policy decisions. Other municipal leaders also expressed anxiety over the pension proposal. Jayme Stevenson, Darien first selectman and WestCOG chairman, said she was concerned about the proposal’s possible impact on property taxes, while Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal wondered if such an approach could snowball in the future. “The problem is that

Newtown will be contributing into a system it has no control over and what may be a 25 percent share of ‘normal cost’ today could very easily become a much larger share tomorrow,” he said. “What guarantees will the town receive as to the management of the pension assets, and will the state continue to fund its share? This kind of a structural shift has implications that will extend far beyond the best intentions of present leadership. I am afraid this represents a slippery slope for Newtown taxpayers.” Monroe First Selectman Ken Kellogg — who unlike Lamont and the aforementioned municipal leaders is a Republican — also expressed alarm. “While the potential impact is not nearly as dramatic as was proposed two years ago by former Gov. Malloy, the estimated cost to Monroe is just over $1 million in next year’s budget and over $2.1 million in fiscal year 2020-2021,” he said. “While the state budget is far from complete, we must plan accordingly.” CONSOLIDATION ON THE WAY? Lamont’s other major initiative affecting education

involves consolidating some smaller school districts in an effort to save costs — an idea that Lamont brought up last year when campaigning. “We have 169 municipalities that cannot afford to continue to subsidize inefficiencies,” he told the Business Journal last September. “Sharing services is something I’d explore. Why do we need 169 tax collectors, or over 100 superintendents and deputy superintendents? We have more administrators outside of the classroom than we do teachers inside.” A public hearing on three bills related to mandatory school regionalization will be held March 1 in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. SB 738, introduced by State Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, would consolidate school districts in towns with populations of fewer than 40,000. SB 457, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (Norwalk and Darien), would require any school district with a student population of fewer than 2,000 students to join a new or an existing regional school district. The third, SB 874, has been proposed by Lamont. It seeks the appointment

of a Commission of Shared School Services, which would develop a plan for the redistricting or consolidation of school services and school districts by December 2020. Among the opponents of consolidation, or regionalization, are House Minority Leader Themis Klarides and Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, who have said they prefer the state work through any such plan with the municipalities themselves, rather than simply decree how consolidations would take place. Connecticut System of Colleges and Universities President Mark Ojakian — who has been trying to get his own consolidation in place to save costs at the higher-education level — said that while he was pleased with Lamont’s “thoughtful budget,” he remained hopeful that more state money could be found for the CSCU. “If the state college and university system ends up with level funding plus support for fringe benefit increases, significant financial problems will remain — totaling a $57 million shortfall between the community colleges and state universities — and would necessitate tuition increases, drawdowns of dwindling reserves or likely both,” he said. According to Ojakian, estimates show that with a 0 percent state appropriation increase and no changes to tuition and fees, the community colleges will face a $25.3 million shortfall. If tuition is raised by 2.5 percent, as it has been for the past two years, the shortfall would be $21.3 million. Projected reserves for the community colleges are $39.1 million. For the state universities, the projected shortfall is $31.7 million with a 0 percent state appropriation increase and no changes to tuition and fees. If tuition is raised by 4 percent, as it has been for the past two years, the shortfall would be $21.1 million. Projected reserves for the state universities are $144.3 million.

Connecticut’s budget proposal draws mixed reactions BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

hile many business leaders and legislators in Fairfield County and around the state seem to agree with Gov. Ned Lamont about how sacrifices will need to be made in order to straighten out Connecticut’s fiscal challenges, there appears to be strong disagreement as to just who needs to make those sacrifices. The new governor’s Feb. 20 budget address, outlining a two-year, $43 billion plan that addresses a projected two-year, $3.7 billion deficit, received swift reactions. The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants issued a statement condemning Lamont’s proposal to “modernize” the sales tax — partly by instituting the 6.35 percent charge on a number of additional goods and services -- before the address had even begun. Those items would include tax return preparation and accounting services. The CTCPA said the idea would put residents in the position of “having to pay a tax on paying their taxes.” “Individuals who engage a CPA for their tax return preparation do so in order to comply with a tax code that is difficult to understand,” said CTCPA Executive Director Bonnie Stewart. Proposing to tax people for their voluntary compliance with such a tax code “adds proverbial insult to injury,” she added, saying her group would urge the General Assembly to reject the proviso. Also unhappy are the state’s hospitals, which under the Connecticut Hospital Association umbrella filed a still-pending lawsuit in 2016 over the state’s controversial hospital tax. Lamont’s proposal effectively overrides the current hospital agreement, which calls for $384 million in hospital taxes and supplemental payments to hospitals of $166 million in Fiscal Year

2020. Instead, the proposed budget would increase the tax to the FY18 and FY19 tax level of $900 million, but reduce supplemental payments by $43 million to $453 million. It also links hospital payments to readmission rates, for a reduction of $6.1 million in FY20 and $7.3 million in FY21. CHA CEO Jennifer Jackson blasted that part of the proposal, saying, “We continue to be willing partners to find a sustainable solution, but this is not it.” Jackson said that hospitals and health systems are key to Connecticut’s economic recovery and employ more than 100,000 people in Connecticut. The state collects taxes from hospitals and nursing homes and then redistributes a portion of those funds to those industries. The CHA suit maintains that the hospital tax violates the U.S. and Connecticut constitutions, as well as a number of federal and state statutes, and that the state’s reimbursement and tax scheme violates the federal Medicaid Act. In a January interview with the Business Journal, John Murphy — president and CEO of the Western Connecticut Health Network and chairman of the CHA board of trustees — said WCHN’s hospitals (Danbury, Norwalk and New Milford) collectively lost $80 million last year in Medicaid benefits that were not reimbursed, and that WCHN pays about $180 million a year in state taxes. He also said he hoped that a court date for the lawsuit would be set for this calendar year. Various elected officials have also objected to a number of provisos in Lamont’s budget, including shifting 25 percent of the cost of teacher pensions to Connecticut municipalities, which currently pay nothing to defray those spiraling costs. “I welcome a few initiatives, like dialing back on bonding, and it shows that Gov. Lamont is listening,” said State Rep. Fred Camillo, a Republican who

From top left: Bonnie Stewart, Ned Lamont, John Murphy, Dan Rosenthal, Len Fasano and Joe McGee.

represents Greenwich. “Unfortunately, the state’s biggest problem is the one that we seem to push aside the most, and that is our fixed costs. Pushing teacher retirement costs onto towns will result in property tax increases, and refinancing state employee pensions will only increase our borrowing costs over a longer period. “I know this is a tough issue to address because we want to be fair to our public employees who perform valuable services for the state,” Camillo continued, “but we must also be fair to the taxpayers who have to shoulder the burden and often do not receive such benefits in the private and nonprofit sectors. It appears the Democrat-controlled House did not recognize this urgency when they approved two union contracts.” There was also discontent about the level of municipal aid being made

available under Lamont’s proposal. The governor proposed reducing the total levels of municipal aid granted over the next two years, but when adding in the impact of the teachers’ pensions, the net effect can be eye-opening. Trumbull stands to lose $696,365 in 2020, a whopping 16.1 percent decrease, while Brookfield would lose 14.9 percent and Monroe 11.1 percent. Stamford will see a 4.5 percent increase in municipal aid. Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal expressed concern. “At first pass there appears to be more of a reliance on revenue generation via taxation than on outright spending reductions,” he remarked. Another major point of contention is highway tolls. The governor’s office expects tolls — for cars and trucks, but with discounts available to state residents — to produce about $800 million in net revenue

beginning in 2024. Camillo and others said they still believed the majority of toll revenue will come directly from Connecticut residents and will impact Fairfield County especially hard. Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, a longtime opponent of tolls, called Lamont’s proposal “a disappointing” step backward. “Telling people not to worry because residents will only have to pay ‘discounted’ tolls is a disingenuous attempt to curtail criticism,” he continued. “Residents do not pay any tolls in Connecticut. So you can tout a ‘discount’ all you want, but the truth is families are going to be paying more than they already do today if tolls are installed.” Joe McGee, vice president, public policy and programs at The Business Council of Fairfield County, has long maintained that the time for tolls is now. “Our organization led

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the fight to get rid of tolls 20 years ago, but now we’re for them,” he said. “The state of our transportation system can’t be kicked down the road any further. If you don’t like tolls, OK, where is the money going to come from (to repair and maintain the state’s highways)?” Failing to fix the highways and speed up rail service “are enormous disincentives for economic growth,” especially in the county, McGee said. “Nobody wants to pay tolls, but what else are you going to do?” McGee said expanding the sales tax to include services like accounting “is long overdue. Our economy has become much more of a service economy, and although you’re going to hear complaints from all these different groups, we’re all going to have to work together to deal with the problems we’re facing.” Lamont and the General Assembly face a June 5 deadline to pass a budget.

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ASK ANDI Diagnosing and correcting a sales downturn Sales aren’t here. This was the third billing month we didn’t hit our goal. Looking ahead, we could have a fourth month where we might not hit our goal. Is it just me, or is anyone else feeling a softening? And who cares what everyone else is feeling. I still need to do more sales to stay afloat. Suggestions? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: There are times when the economy turns sour, just when it looked like it was supposed to turn up. Use data to figure out what’s going on. Pick two or three top priorities to focus on. Consider the results and risks of doing an acquisition. Look at everything in an organized fashion. Figure out exactly how much additional sales you need to bring in. How short of goal are you?

Now start to take the problem apart. Is the problem that you had huge growth a year ago and now you’re trying to digest it? In that case you might want to sit still, maintaining at last year’s number if you can, buying the company time to catch up with the growth in sales. Have sales been flat or trending down for a couple of years? That’s a warning sign. Push hard on the sales and marketing accelerator and turn things around as

quickly as possible. Between 10 percent and 15 percent growth year over year is probably a manageable growth rate. Anything over 30 percent and you’ll want to be cautious. High growth rates have long-lasting problems and are difficult to replicate year over year, all while staying profitable. Where is the problem coming from — sales or delivery? Are clients getting what they want, or are they frustrated or dissatisfied and going elsewhere? Are there enough repeat orders? When’s the last time you got a flurry of new clients to refresh the pool? How are your salespeople doing? Is everyone down or are just some of them off? Which areas of the country are down? Did some prod-

ucts suddenly stop selling while others are slowly gaining traction? Keep your sales team motivated to work harder. Give them short wins — things they can accomplish in a week or a few weeks. Don’t bemoan that things are terrible. It only makes believers of everyone. Instead, focus on the bright spots and encourage your salespeople to do the same. Look for things that can generate profits quickly. Getting a couple of good sales will boost everyone’s confidence. Look to boost gross profit, to make up for shortfalls in sales. This will stand you in good stead when sales activity picks up as well. Whatever you do, don’t cut the marketing budget. When sales are down, you should be spending more on marketing

to fuel the pipeline. Set up meetings with your top customers and see what additional needs they have that your company can fill. Look for decision-makers in other parts of the company who might also need what you offer. Ask current and past clients for referrals outside of their company. Sometimes the fastest way to fix a problem is to buy a solution. Consider an acquisition. You may want to buy a complementary business, rather than an exact duplicate, in order to open up more opportunities. Hire a broker to help you cover ground faster. Run the numbers on how much you’ll make with the additional revenue. You may be surprised at how quickly the right acquisition can pay for itself.

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William Raveis Real Estate launches training program for managers BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

unique certified mentor and coach training program has been rolled out by Shelton’s William Raveis Real Estate (WRRE), Mortgage & Insurance, as part of its ongoing philosophy that what is good for its agents and managers is good for the company. “We are proud to be the first real estate company in the country to provide this exemplary, in-house program to help ensure sales and build businesses,” said WRRE Chairman and CEO William Raveis. “Coaching is one of the most valuable things you can offer, and now

we have 100 coaches and mentors to guide our agents in delivering exceptional service to their clients. No other real estate company in the nation has the resources and dedication to help agents grow their businesses like us. We talk the talk and walk the walk.” More than 100 managers, including 30 mortgage loan officers, 20 insurance representatives and 15 department heads, from across WRRE’s nine-state footprint are benefiting from the five-month online and classroom program, all paid for by the company, Raveis noted. Those managers will then use the lessons learned to help guide the company’s 4,100 agents and staff in achieving their goals and

building their businesses, in keeping with WRRE’s “our agents are our primary customers” philosophy, he added. WRRE turned to Floridabased business management consultant Mike Staver, who has more than 20 years of experience coaching leaders in various industries, to run the training program and create the certification and designation. “I do a lot of leadership development work in real estate,” said Staver, noting that real estate agents typically go outside their firms for training. “I’ve known Bill Raveis for a while now and in the late spring/early summer of last year, we started discussing what we could do together to cut through all

the noise in the industry and help their agents to not only succeed, but to sustain that success over their careers.” Staver said WRRE was very clear about what it was looking for: building effective relationships between its managers and agents, which can help build relationships between agents and their customers. The William Raveis Certified Mentor and Coach Program is designed to help managers identify what their agents need most and how to help them achieve it. Through a five-module design, managers learn a variety of skills, including rules of communications, leadership behavior and coaching styles, and how to build meaningful coaching sessions and collab-

orative accountability. In addition to practicing simulated coaching sessions, participants must achieve 100 percent on a verbal and written test to receive their certification. Staver said he pairs each participant with an “accountability partner” to help reinforce the training. He will also cold call each participant, posing as an agent, to help measure their progress. “I was absolutely thrilled” to hear about the program, said Vicki D’Agostino, brokerage manager in WRRE’s Greenwich office. “Coaching is imperative to help our agents grow their business and help their clients more effectively.” D’Agostino noted that the managers meet for a three-

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hour in-person session with Staver each month, complemented by online content, including videos and webinars. “You end up being kind of like a sponge,” she said. “There’s so much information to soak up.” The skills she’s learning include how to diagnose potential issues before they develop, how to ask the right questions and how to take on responsibility and accountability in a positive way. Oneon-one meetings with agents to discuss and demonstrate what she’s learned take place every five to 10 days, she said. “I’ve even been able to use some of it with my kids,” D’Agostino laughed. “What we’re learning can be worked into almost any aspect of your life.”

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It’s time to audit your company’s infrastructure BY AL ALPER

ow safe is your company’s information against the growing threat of cyberattacks? Every day more than 80,000 new variants of malware that hackers use to ply their trade are being released. Statistics show that hackers attack someone, somewhere, every 39 seconds. Thousands of hackers are leveling tens of thousands of new hacks against enterprises every day. It’s unfortunately getting easier for them as the level of sophistication of hacking tools improves. As reported by Small Business Trends, 43 percent of cyberattacks target small business-

es and 48 percent of data breaches are caused by malicious intent. The rest are caused by human error or system failure. And only 14 percent of businesses classify their ability to mitigate cyberattacks and tests to their system’s vulnerability as highly effective. Warren Buffett has said that cyber threats are bigger than threats from nuclear weapons. The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technolo�y, http://nist.gov) provides the framework for risk assessments and defines what is covered and included. An effective audit evaluates three overall areas of an organization: administrative, physical and technological. You should expect your risk assessment to generate both a findings report and

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and then provide you with a recommendation for how to remediate them. At the heart of every infrastructure or enterprise audit is a “vulnerability test.” This is a technologically driven exercise employed against the organization to look for known “holes” in the system’s infrastructure. It’s an attempt by the cybersecurity expert to “hack” into your company’s infrastructure to see if it can be penetrated. It’s the first step in determining risks and potential risks. Virtually every infrastructure is at risk in some way. Our experience is that we have never found a system or organization that is 100 percent impenetrable. Remember the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm from 2017? It targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. While Microsoft had released patches previously to close the exploit, much of WannaCry’s spread was from organizations that had not applied these, or were using older Windows systems that were past their end of life. WannaCry exploited a “known hole.” A vulnerability test might have prevented many companies from being infected with this particular, costly and time-draining threat to their businesses. Your cybersecurity expert should also recommend employee training. More than half of the breaches to infrastructure are the result of human error or system failure. Every company can take initial steps, such as training employees to “trust but verify” on any email that looks even remotely suspicious, and implementing a policy that does not allow company data (email and other) to be stored on employees’ personal devices. This training doesn’t have to be long and painful but should be thoughtful and consistent. If you are serious about the health of your business it’s critical to ensure that your firm’s infrastructure is protected against cyber criminals and growing threats. Every business should commit to a risk assessment or audit to ensure and maintain the safety of their infrastructure — and the viability of their longterm success. Al Alper is CEO of CyberGuard 360 (http:// cyberguard360.com) and Absolute Logic (http://absolutelogic.com), both of which are located in Wilton, Connecticut.

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GOOD THINGS ST. VINCENT’S EARNS RE-ACCREDITATION BY THE COMMISSION ON CANCER Another three-year accreditation to the cancer program at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport has been granted by the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality-care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. Because it is a CoC-accredited cancer center, St. Vincent’s Elizabeth M. Pfriem SWIM Center for Cancer Care takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating cancer as a complex group of diseases that requires consultation among surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists and other cancer specialists. This multidisciplinary partnership results in improved patient care. “We are proud of this achievement and what it means to the population we serve,” said Christopher Iannuzzi, MD, chairman, department of oncology. “The standards set forth by the Commission on Cancer ensure an environment of patient-centric, multidisciplinary cancer care of the highest degree. It creates a robust framework for continuous quality improvement and emphasizes safe and effective cancer care.” Like all CoC-accredited facilities, St. Vincent’s Medical Center maintains a cancer registry and contributes data to the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a joint program of the CoC and American Cancer Society. This nationwide oncology-outcomes database is the largest clinical disease registry in the world. Data on all types of cancer are tracked and analyzed through the NCDB and used to explore trends in cancer care. CoC-accredited cancer centers, in turn, have access to information derived from this type of data analysis, which is used to create national, regional and state benchmark reports, which help CoC facilities with their quality-improvement efforts.

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NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT NORWALK HOSPITAL

From left: Patricia S. Bam, Thomas I.H. Dubin and Sarah Lesesne Tripodi.

While celebrating its 126th anniversary, Norwalk Hospital Association (NHA) has made new appointments to its board. Patricia S. Bam of Wilton is the newly elected vice chair of the NHA Board of Directors. A chief financial officer at Foster & Foster LLC, Bam is a graduate of Pace University and has held positions at various public accounting firms throughout her career in finance. Currently, she is vice chair of the Riverbook Regional YMCA; treasurer of the Cystic Fibrosis Project Inc.; and a member of the Norwalk Hospital Development Committee, Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) Investment Committee, WCHN Finance Committee and Kennedy’s Rosary Project. Thomas I.H. Dubin of Wilton has been appointed to the board of direc-

tors of NHA. An attorney and pharmaceuticals executive, he is the former senior vice president and chief legal officer of Alexion Pharmaceuticals where he served on the executive committee. Dubin is the treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees of American Jewish World Service. A graduate of New York University School of Law and Amherst College, cum laude, he is currently a candidate for a Master’s in Public Health degree at Yale University School of Public Health. Sarah Lesesne Tripodi of Westport is also joining the NHA board of directors. She is a member of the Georgetown University Board of Regents and of the Board of Advisors for the School of Nursing and Health Studies. A former member of the Board of Advisors for the Emory University School of Public Health, Tripodi also served on

various hospital advisory boards. Previously she was with Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand and has significant experience in health care management consulting and as a registered nurse. Tripodi received her Master of Business Administration degree from the Emory University Goizueta Business School and her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the Georgetown University School of NHS. “In addition to our current community volunteer leadership, these new and highly qualified leaders will support our organization with insight that is necessary to advance our mission of providing innovative and high-quality, patient-centered health care services for residents of Fairfield County. We are so fortunate to have them on our volunteer board,” shared Peter Cordeau, president of Norwalk Hospital.

GROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT AWARDED GRANT FROM ROTARY Local community-based organization Groundwork Bridgeport, was awarded a $6,150 grant for 2019 from the Bridgeport Rotary Club Foundation to support its paid, year-round Urban Fellows Youth Development Program, which educates nearly 100 high-school students from Bridgeport each year about urban revitalization through a lens of horticulture, landscape design and creative placemaking. This is the second year in a row that the Rotary Club Foundation has supported the organization. The Urban Fellows program runs four times a year in six-week sessions covering topics that range from soil health and plant identification to color theory and landscape architecture. To complement what the students learn in the classroom setting, the organization hosts service days on which the students apply what they’ve learned to projects that range from designing garden beds for local organizations, planting trees and constructing raised beds and maintaining community gardens. To further students’ real-world learning, this past summer the organization raised funds to support the creation of a student-run design studio to offer garden and landscape design services to residents both within and outside of Bridgeport who are in need of a little help or a little push to get their garden projects going. Groundwork hopes to eventually turn the studio into a social enterprise that supports the organization’s operations and growth so that it can be self-sustaining, support more students and take on larger-scale urban revitalization projects. This spring, to help local residents get a start on their garden projects, the organization is offering free spring-cleaning garden prep to encourage more people to garden not only as a way to grow healthy food and beautify their spaces but as a way to address the need for plants to support pollinators and the declining insect population.

PERKINS TEAM DIVES IN FOR ANNUAL PENGUIN PLUNGE A brave team from Jonathan Perkins Injury Lawyers in Woodbridge took the icy plunge to benefit the Special Olympics nonprofit organization on Saturday, March 2, at the Pavilion of Crystal Lake in Middletown. Administrative Assistant Krissy Mikucki worked directly with Special Olympics for the Middletown Penguin Plunge, as well as with a member of the Polish Falcons club. The team consisted of Steph Hardwick, Tammy Manyon and Shannon Perry from the Waterbury office, Shawn Von Briesen from Hartford, Jessica Martinez from Bridgeport and Mikucki, and Candace Stanley, Tori Kowarik, Danielle Lucisano and Connor Lynch from the Woodbridge office.

Last year the team from Jonathan Perkins Injury Lawyers jumped in to help raise money for the Special Olympics by taking part in the annual Penguin Plunge fund-raising event. This year’s Penguin Plunge took place March 2.

NEW TRUSTEE ON LOCKWOODMATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM BOARD Trudy Dujardin has joined the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum (LMMM) Board of Trustees in Norwalk . According to Patsy Brescia, LMMM chairman of the Board of Trustees, “We are thrilled that Trudy Dujardin has joined the museum’s board of trustees. Ms. Dujardin’s knowledge of the arts, design expertise and community outreach will be of great service to the mansion and the board as we continue to build support for this national historic landmark.” Dujardin, a Norwalk resident, creates distinctive interiors for some of the world’s most discerning clientele. From the traditional to the contemporary, from casual beach houses to chic city pieds-aterre, her firm’s clean, refined aesthetic marries the finest custom furniture, original art and antiques, sustainable materials and natural finishes with timeless style. A LEED-accredited professional, with a specialty in interior design and construction, Dujardin serves as an adjunct professor at Fairfield University; is the author of “Comfort Zone: Creating the Eco-Elegant Interior” (Pointed Leaf Press, New York); and is a member of the American Society of Interior Design’s College of Fellows, the highest distinction an interior designer can receive. The Design Futures Council named her a Senior Fellow, a rare designation she shares with Al Gore and Robert Stern. She has also served on the International Board of the Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council. She creates interiors worldwide from her offices in Westport and Nantucket.

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SAXE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ADVANCE TO STATE COMPETITION

From left: Lucas Liu; Eric Huang; Daryl Lavin; Christian Xia; Amy Meng; Luke Huang; Andrew Yuan; Alex Yuan; and Kevin Zuo.

A group of Saxe Middle School, New Canaan, math students scored high marks in the Southwest Connecticut Chapter MathCounts Competition 2019, which took place at Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business on Feb. 9. “We are extremely proud of all the Saxe students who took part in the Southwest Connecticut Chapter competition,” said NCPS Math Coordi-

nator Zoe Robinson. “They are all hard workers and their accomplishments in reaching this competition level validates their efforts.” Saxe Middle School Math Teacher Lisa Wolﬀ added, “Every week, these students come into my class after school and participate in the school’s Math Club. The enthusiasm they bring to the club, matched with their desire

to learn and excel is inspirational to everyone involved. Regardless of the final results of the competition, each and every one of these students is a champion.” MathCounts, founded in 1983, is a national program that provides students in grades 6-8 the opportunity to compete in live, in-person contests against and alongside their peers.

IMPACT FORMS NEW TECHNOLOGY DIVISION Westport-based Impact Personnel has formed a new technology recruiting division, focused on East Coast companies. Mike Grasso, with 15 years of experience in information technology staffing and consulting, is leading the new division. He joins Impact Personnel from Chase Technology Consultants in Boston, where he was a vice president. “Mike is the IT recruiting leader we were looking for,” said Maryann Donovan, Impact founder and president. “We wanted a successful recruiter with broad and deep IT experience. Mike has strong, working relationships with IT leaders in multiple markets and his expertise carries across varied technology platforms.” A resident of Fairfield, Grasso has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts. Established in 1989, Impact Personnel places sales and marketing, human resources, office administration and financial professionals in permanent and contract positions.

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LOCKERY JOINS CHILTON & CHADWICK The boutique real estate team in Greenwich, Chilton & Chadwick, has added a new member to its team, Dean Lockery, who joined the firm after a successful college baseball career at Central Connecticut State University. Currently part of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, Lockery was drafted in the 32nd round of the Major League Baseball draft this past year after receiving first team at the Northeast Conference and second team All-New England in back-to-back years. “Dean will be working extensively in our new sports, entertainment and fashion division. His team-oriented mind-set will be valuable to our company and to his clients. Our team consists of business executives, marketing experts, investment analysts and other professionals and we are excited to have Dean and his knowledge of professional sports on board,” said Chadwick Ciocci, founder and CEO of Chilton & Chadwick. “I am extremely excited to join the team at Chilton & Chadwick. My experience in professional baseball and my local knowledge of Connecticut will be beneficial to my clientele in the sports, entertainment and fashion division and beyond,” said Lockery. Chilton & Chadwick is an exclusive real estate team within Kinard Realty Group. In addition to real estate, it also offers services in art advising and acquisition, jewelry acquisition, private jet and yacht chartering and household staffing.

STAMFORD HEALTH EARNS JOINT COMMISSION RE-ACCREDITATION Stamford Health has been re-accredited by The Joint Commission for demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. A nonprofit organization, The Joint Commission, for more than 60 years, accredits and certifies nearly 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the U.S. It has re-accredited Stamford Health for another three years after a rigorous, unannounced, on-site survey of the hospital system’s operations in October 2018. “We are extremely proud to once again receive this prestigious accreditation from The Joint Commission,” said Kathleen Silard, president and CEO, Stamford Health. “This further supports the commitment of our staff and the organization to ensuring high-quality safe and effective care and the best possible patient outcomes.” During the review, a team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated compliance with hospital standards related to several areas, including emergency management, environment of care, infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management. Surveyors also conducted on-site observations and interviews. Stamford Health is a nonprofit independent health care system with more than 3,500 employees committed to compassionately caring for the community and offering a wide range of high-quality health and wellness services.

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GOOD THINGS GREENWICH RESIDENT TO RECEIVE HONORARY MBE

On behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Antony Phillipson, British Consul General to New York and Her Majesty’s trade commissioner for North America, recently announced that Wendy Mendenhall, a resident of Greenwich and former global executive in charge and managing director of BritishAmerican Business, has been recognized by the UK honors system. She has been made an honorary member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition for her services to transatlantic business relations. “I congratulate Wendy on her well-deserved honor,” said Consul General Phillipson. “Over nearly two decades with BritishAmerican Business, she provided tireless support to UK-U.S. commerce and the growth of the organization, raising millions and providing more than 150 high-profile programs annually. Wendy’s MBE is a fitting acknowledgement of her contributions to British-American business relations.” During Mendenhall’s tenure of almost 18 years, she held various leadership roles at BritishAmerican Business, managing all aspects of operations, business development, strategic partnerships, membership, marketing and communications and fund-raising in addition to advising B2B and B2C Fortune 500 corporations and startups on strategic marketing, business intelligence and regulatory advisory services. BritishAmerican Business assists some 500 companies a year looking to conduct transatlantic business between the U.S. and UK. Mendenhall currently serves as president of Grandview Advisors Inc. and is a consultant for numerous foundations, nonprofit entities and small businesses. The UK honors system recognizes exceptional achievement and service to the nation and includes non-British nationals who receive “honorary” awards for their important contribution to British interests. All British honors are awarded on merit and honorary awards are conferred by HM The Queen on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary.

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ROHRER APPOINTED TO RIDGEFIELD AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE Housatonic Habitat for Humanity Board President Kent Rohrer was recently appointed to the Ridgefield Affordable Housing Committee. Habitat and Ridgefield are linked in that the local Habitat branch was organized in Ridgefield in 1991 by Ridgefield residents Joanne and John Patrick, and the late Louis Price of Ridgefield Supply Co. In 2011, the committee launched a search for a property to build a Habitat home but the search has been dormant for several years. In speaking of his recent appointment, Rohrer said his sense of Ridgefield’s affordable housing needs was influenced by finding a place in town for his mother, seeing his grown mid-career children unable to move back to their hometown and trying to help working families find housing through Housatonic Habitat for Humanity. “My mother taught me about the senior side, my children taught me about the youth side and Habitat taught me about the family side,” he said. “I’d like the committee to be more than just a bunch of data gatherers,” Rohrer said. “Let’s come up with a strategy that makes sense for Ridgefield.” Rohrer, who joined Housatonic Habitat five years ago, has volunteered on the construction committee where he has worked on the last eight workforce homes in both Danbury and New Milford. Housatonic Habitat recently received a donation of eight lots in New Preston and Rohrer will lead that project. For more, visit housatonichabitat.org.

GLOBAL PET EXPO 2019 TO HONOR FAMED VET The American Pet Products Association (APPA), based in Stamford, and the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA), based in Maryland, have announced Dr. Evan Antin, famed veterinarian, as the 2019 recipient of Global Pet Expo’s annual Excellence in Journalism and Outstanding Contributions to the Pet Industry Award. Antin is Instagram’s most-followed veterinarian with more than 1 million followers. He went viral after being featured in People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” issue in 2014, and again in 2017. Taking his newfound fame as an opportunity to further his mission of helping animals, Antin has appeared on national TV and travels to countries across the world saving the lives of animals. Antin will accept the award on Thursday, March 21, in Orlando, Florida. This event is held in conjunction with Global Pet Expo, the largest annual pet products trade show in the world, taking place March 20 to 22 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. “Dr. Evan Antin’s dedication to pets and use of his platform to help animals in need is what makes him an excellent individual for this award,” said APPA Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Andy Darmohraj. “He engages with the public through traditional and social media platforms and educates them about the care of animals, actively promoting responsible pet ownership.”

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HOULIHAN LAWRENCE HONORS TOP PRODUCER IN GREENWICH

Ellen Mosher

Houlihan Lawrence has recognized Ellen Mosher as its No. 1 agent in Greenwich and its top producer companywide for 2018 by total sales volume. Mosher closed more than $125 million in total dollar volume over the calendar year with 47 transaction sides. Her consistent sales performance positions her firmly among the highest in her field, earning her a ranking in the top 150 of Real Trends “The

Thousand” (as advertised in The Wall Street Journal) for the past seven years — an honor reserved for less than the top one-half percent of the more than 1.25 million real estate professionals in the country. “We couldn’t be prouder of Ellen for another landmark year,” said Chris Meyers, president of Houlihan Lawrence. “Her commitment to client service shows through her continued success as an industry leader.”

SPORTSCASTER ICON MERRIL HOGE TO HEADLINE GALA St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound will host its annual Sports Gala and Auction benefiting Connecticut police, fire and correction officers, EMS personnel, public safety dispatchers and their families battling cancer. Former NFL star Merril Hoge will be the guest speaker at the event March 20 at Anthony’s Ocean View in New Haven. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut is the title sponsor of this event. SWIM Across the Sound is a charitable nonprofit organization run by the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation of Bridgeport. Hoge, a retired football player, played eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers during which time he set the team record for most receptions by a running back. After he retired, he transformed himself into a football analyst for ESPN for 21 years. He then became a bestselling author and motivational speaker. His first book, “Find A Way: Three Words That Changed My Life,” was released in 2010 and helped him achieve his dream of becoming an NFL powerhouse — and would later help him fight to live as he struggled to overcome cancer, open-heart surgery and family tragedy. All donations will be used to fund programs to support first responders throughout Connecticut. Courageous first responders put themselves in harm’s way to protect and keep Connecticut residents safe. The funds raised will provide financial support for these heroes so they may worry less about utility bills, mortgage payments, car insurance and other expenses, enabling them to concentrate on their recovery should they have to battle cancer. Ticket donations are $100 each; table hosts (10 seats) are available for $1,000. For more, contact St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation at 203-382-2301 or visit https:// SwimAcrossTheSound.org/sports2019.

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Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS Commercial City of Bridgeport, contractor for city of Bridgeport. Construct partition walls at 485 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Feb. 14.

Primrose Companies, Bridgeport, contractor for Yankee Discount Muffler Inc. Build two-story building at 1292 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed Feb. 14. Scott, Jordan M., Norwalk, contractor for Paula and John Addeo. Install in-ground swimming pool and retaining wall at 22 Point Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $137,500. Filed Jan. 29.

Controlled Air Inc., Branford, contractor for the University of Bridgeport. Construct structural framing for rooftop chiller unit at 84 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $17,790. Filed Feb. 15.

Tees Properties LLC., Norwalk, contractor for Tees Properties LLC. Perform a renovation for a new tenant at 181 East Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Jan. 28.

DA Collins Construction, Wilton, contractor for General Electric Co. Construct a concession stand at 1285 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Jan. 28.

Tomasino, Miguel, Bridgeport, contractor for Miguel Tomasino. Renovate kitchen and basement at 3170 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Feb. 7.

Fyber Properties 365, LLC., Norwalk, contractor for Fyber Properties 365 LLC. Perform a renovation for a new tenant at 365 Westport Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Jan. 28. Henry & Gerrty Builders, Fairfield, contractor for St. Vincent’s Medical Center. Relocate Suite 101 Hope Dispensary at 2660 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Feb. 14. Mono Crete Step Company of Connecticut LLC., Norwalk, contractor for Kevin P. Emro. Replace stairs at 17 Locust St., Unit A1, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,022. Filed Jan. 28. Pavarini Northeast Construction Company LLC., Norwalk, contractor for Queens Plaza West LLC. Convert administration room and compliance guest rooms at 32 Weed Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed Jan. 30.

Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

Residential 33 Harbor View Avenue LLC., Norwalk, contractor for 33 Harbor View Avenue LLC. Renovate kitchen, cabinets and appliances. Replace doors and deckfloor boards at 33 Harbor View Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Jan. 29. All Jobs LLC., Shelton, contractor for Cani Real Estate LLC. Renovate kitchen and bathroom, add full bathroom in attic space at 97 Rosewood Place, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed Feb. 14. ARB Properties LLC., Fairfield, contractor for ARB Properties LLC. Replace roof and remodel bathroom at 236 Goldenrod Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,800. Filed Feb. 14. Benchmark Builders LLC., Norwalk, contractor for Christopher Heather Barrow. Remove air conditioner, enlarge master bedroom, expand bathroom and finish basement at 26 Princes Pine Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed Jan. 28. BIL T LLC., Orange, contractor for Sonny Gardner. Re-roof 1685 Chopsey Hill Road, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed Feb. 14. BMD LLC., Norwalk, contractor for Moisiades Haralampos. Repair rear-wall framing, section of roof and place new siding on rear at 1933 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Feb. 5. Broadbin, Jennifer, Fairfield, contractor for Jennifer Broadbin. Convert single bathroom into two bathrooms at 119 Sterling Place, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,400. Filed Feb. 14.

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Build BNT, Bridgeport, contractor for Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust. Replace porch railings, siding, windows, re-roof and construct new bath at 27-29 Bell St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Feb. 8.

LF Partners Construction LLC., Bridgeport, contractor for Partner Home Improvement LLC. Build new single-family dwelling at 169 Sheridan St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $120,000. Filed Jan. 31.

Ramirez Contractors, Bridgeport, contractor for Francisco Ramirez. Build two-story additions at 148 Suburban Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $74,000. Filed Feb. 14.

Zhunio, Fausto, Bridgeport, contractor for Fausto Zhunio. Convert single-family dwelling to a two-family dwelling at 172 Washington Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Feb. 13.

Christopher Home Improvement, Norwich, contractor for Begum Kawsera. Re-roof 759 State St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Feb. 7.

Manest, Bridgeport, contractor for Lord and Peter Company. Repair Walls at 602 Union Ave. Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed Jan. 28.

Ribeiro, Gilson, Bridgeport, contractor for Gilson Ribeiro. Add full bathroom on third floor at 106 Harlem Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed Feb. 14.

COURT CASES

Christopher Home Improvement, Norwich, contractor for Imtiaz Saboor. Re-roof 765 State St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Feb. 7.

Max Construction Contractor LLC., Norwalk, contractor for Helene Gatto. Renovate kitchen at 4 Van Zant St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $16, 200. Filed Jan. 30.

Sassone, Robert and Kim M., Norwalk, contractor for Robert Sassone and Kim M. Add one stairwell at rear for family room at 3 Argentine Way, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Jan. 30,

Connecticut Home Remodelers, Naugatuck, contractor for Claire Adolphe. Re-roof 1021-1023 Norman St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $17,164. Filed Feb. 14. DA Collins, contractor for General Electric Co. Construct maintenance shed at 1285 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Feb. 13. DIS Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church. Construct two additions at 99 York St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $28,000. Filed Feb. 11. DRJ Builders Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Edward B. Reed and Gail V. Barber. Renovate kitchen, cabinets, island and appliances at 9 Fulling Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $32,000. Filed Jan. 30. Dawne Fields, Stamford, contractor for Helen Irvine. Replace roof, siding, windows and repair foundation at 25-27 Columbia St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Moura’s M. LLC., Trumbull, contractor for Hans Roth. Legalize basement, build-out bed rooms and full bath at 86 Travis Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed Feb. 15. Nagori, Abdul, Fairfield, contractor for Abdul Nagori. Replace windows and remodel kitchen at 111 Clearview Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Feb. 13. Pimentel, Juliana, Bridgeport, contractor for Juliana Pimentel. Alter kitchen and full bathroom at 484 Dexter Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Feb. 11. Posigen, Bridgeport, contractor for Monique Mathurin. Reinforce roof for solar panel installation at 159-161 Sampson St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $600. Filed Feb. 8. Posigen, Bridgeport, contractor for Magda Aygul. Partial replacement of shingles at 569 Park St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Freitas, Cleverson, Trumbull, contractor for Cleverson Freitas. Renovate kitchen and bathroom at 86 Woodmont Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Feb. 5.

Power Home Remodeling, Bridgeport, contractor for Jean Jacquet. Replace window at 300 Westfield Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $7,609. Filed Feb. 11.

Habitat for Humanity CFC, Bridgeport, contractor for Habitat for Humanity CFC. Build single-family dwelling at 220 Adams St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $115,000. Filed Feb. 15.

Power Home Remodeling, Bridgeport, contractor for Ana Tellinchi. Replace windows and trim at 81 Pennsylvania Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $16,407. Filed Feb. 11.

Iwaszkiewicz, Krzysztof. Fairfield, contractor for Krzysztof Iwaszkiewicz. Replace window, siding, doors, kitchen and bathroom, at 320 Ezra St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Jan. 30.

Power Home Remodeling, Bridgeport, contractor for Estelí Sanchez. Replace windows and roof at 79 Orange St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $9,910. Filed Feb. 11.

Joseph, Jerome, Bridgeport, contractor for Jerome Joseph. Build single-family dwelling at 12 Harbor Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $170,000. Filed Feb. 11.

Power Home Remodeling, Bridgeport, contractor for Christopher Bygrave. Replace siding at 272 Houston Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $19,987. Filed Feb. 11.

Soriano’s Home Improvement, Bridgeport, contractor for Taisha Betley. Repair fire damage for full interior at 239 Willow St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed Feb. 4. Spadaccino, Salvatore, Bridgeport, contractor for Salvatore Spadaccino. Convert mercantile to residential apartment at 285 Kent Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Feb. 7. SS Enterprise, Trumbull, contractor for SS Eterprise. Replace windows and renovate two bathrooms at 56-58 Louisiana Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Jan. 28. Storm Brothers, Newtown, contractor for Eneida Lamont. Re-roof 276 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $13,142. Filed Feb. 12. Torres, Claudio, Bridgeport, contractor for Claudio Torres. Re-roof and window replacement at 155 Dixon St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Feb. 11. United Cleaning and Restoration, Middlefield, contractor for Marcus Robledo. Repair fire damage at 850 Westfield Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Feb. 12. Vale Builders, LLC., Shelton, contractor for 257 Brooklawn LLC. Build single-family dwelling at 257 Brooklawn Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $203,000. Filed Feb. 13. Venditti, Pierre, Trumbull, contractor for Sacred Heart University. Perform kitchen alterations at 392 Eckart St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Feb. 11. Wright, Erika, Fairfield, contractor for Erika Wright. Remove and reinstall kitchen, cabinets, vinyl flooring and replace rear door and kitchen window at 292 Cottage St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Jan. 29.

Bridgeport Superior Court Cahr, Jonathan, et al, Stamford. Filed by Spring Hill Terrace Association Inc., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ackerly & Ward, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff provides assessment of common charges for the condominium. The defendants have failed to make payments. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of its lien, possession of the premises, monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV-196082455-S. Filed Jan. 15. Derosa, Mary A., et al, Fairfield. Filed by New Conception Contractors LLC, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Goldman Gruder & Woods LLC, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendants and agreed to furnish supplies, materials and services for the construction of certain buildings on the premises of the defendants. In order to secure the amount due under the contract, the plaintiff caused a certificate of mechanic’s lien to be recorded against the premises, buildings and improvements. Despite the demand, the defendants have failed to pay the remaining sums to the plaintiff who now seeks foreclosure of the lien, possession of the premises, monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6082406-S. Filed Jan. 14. Kolesnikov, Igor, Bridgeport. Filed by Bridgeport Park Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosenberg Miller Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff provides assessment of common charges for the condominium. The defendants have failed to make the payments. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of its lien, possession of the premises, monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6082148-S. Filed Jan. 4.

Facts & Figures Longo, John F. 111, et al, Stratford. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Fort Mill, South Carolina. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington. Action: The plaintiff was assigned the mortgage of the defendants. The defendants defaulted on the terms of the agreement and failed to pay the plaintiff the amount due. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of the mortgage, possession of the mortgage premises, monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-196081834-S. Filed Dec. 19. Meredith, Princess, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon, Anaheim, California. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington. Action: The plaintiff was assigned the mortgage of the defendants who defaulted on the terms of the agreement and failed to pay the plaintiff the amount due. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of the mortgage, possession of the mortgage premises, monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-196081833-S. Filed Dec. 19.

Danbury Superior Court Fajardo, Orlando, et al, Danbury. Filed by Christopher Urena, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-19-6029615-S. Filed Dec. 24. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al, Boston, Massachusetts. Filed by Ernest Marki, Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Plaintiff’s attorney: Weber & Rubano LLC, Wallingford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV19-6029736-S. Filed Jan. 7.

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Licht, MD, Peter, et al, Newtown. Filed by Barbara Manville, Sandy Hook. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eldes Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff was the wife and was appointed as the administratrix of the estate of James B. Manville. The plaintiff-decedent suffered shortness of breath and sought treatment with the defendants who documented the symptoms, however, failed to inquire about plaintiff-decedent having shortness of breath and other symptoms and failed to call for an ambulance. Defendants discharged plaintiff-decedent home. The next morning, plaintiff-decedent suffered a myocardial infarction that caused his death. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. DBDCV-19-6029473-S. Filed Dec. 7. Progressive Casualty Insurance, Hartford. Filed by Maria A. Rodriguez Morel, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-19-6029718-S. Filed Jan. 4. Ramirez-Perez, Luis, et al, New Milford. Filed by Tevin Halstead, New Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Weber & Rubano LLC, Wallingford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-19-6029734-S. Filed Jan. 7.

Stamford Superior Court 25 Tokeneke LLC d.b.a. Chez Ernie’s Café, et al, Darien. Filed by Matthew Porretta, Darien. Plaintiff’s attorney: Adelman Hirsch & Connors LLP, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff was struck in the head by a patron in the defendants’ premises. The defendants were negligent in allowing this patron on the premises when they knew this person had a propensity for fighting. They failed to stop the fight as soon as possible after it started. As a consequence, plaintiff suffered injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-196039257-S. Filed Dec. 18.

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Cingari, Christine, et al, Stamford. Filed by EZ Care Staffing LLC, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Kratter Mark M. Law Offices LLC, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff and defendants entered into a contract whereby the plaintiff was to provide home care services to the defendants. The defendants breached the contract by refusing to pay the plaintiff the unpaid balance for the home care services. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FST-CV-196039302-S. Filed Dec. 17. City of Stamford, et al, Stamford. Filed by James R Maxfield IV, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Lathouris Peter V. Law Office LLC, Stamford. Action: The defendants are owners of a residence that completed a comprehensive inspection and showed normal signs of settlement, weathering and no signs of moisture damage. The plaintiff, however, noticed vibrations when trees were being removed from the property adjacent to the defendants. As a result of these vibrations, the plaintiff’s residence had interior and exterior damage. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-196039333-S. Filed Dec. 19. Holly Hill Owner LLC, Chevy Chase, MD. Filed by Daniele Hampton, Ridgefield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a fall due to defective, unsafe and slippery conditions. The defendant managed and controlled the premises where the plaintiff fell. As a result of the negligence of the defendant, the plaintiff suffered severe injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FSTCV-19-6039285-S. Filed Dec. 14. Indian Head Partners LLC, et al, Riverside. Filed by Alejandro Flores Mendez, Riverside. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ivey Barnum & O’Mara, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff and defendants entered into a contract for the sale of the premises. During the months following the purchase, the plaintiff noticed several defects in workmanship and materials at the premises. In addition, the basement flooding was caused by the defendants’ failure to install proper drainage. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-19-6039747-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Federal District Court Citibank N.A., et al, East Haven. Filed by Frances B. Iaquessa, East Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joanne S. Faulkner, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff opened a credit card and has used it for normal personal, family and household purchases. Subsequently, plaintiff’s credit card was stolen and unauthorized charges were made. Defendant was alerted to the unusual purchases through its Fraud Early Warning System. In addition, plaintiff received notice that her Home Depot credit limit was reduced due to the defendant’s default. The plaintiff suffered credit-reputation damage, reduction of credit score, expenses and time lost connected with the effort to correct the credit record. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages is less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. 3:19-CV-00002VAB. Filed Jan. 2. Hamden Shoreline Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates PC, Hamden. Filed by Rita Lavorgna, Hamden. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Office of Heena Kapadia LLC, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff filed a charge of discrimination against the defendant, who is her former employer, in which she was discriminated for her age and disability. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages is less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. 3:19-CV-00007-VLB. Filed Jan. 3. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield, Massachusetts. Filed by Michael O. Eagan, Hartford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Diana Conti & Tunila LLP, Manchester. Action: The plaintiff completed an application for disability income insurance through the defendant. The defendant breached the contract by denying coverage to the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. 3:19-CV-00008-KAD. Filed Jan. 3.

Savalle, Vincent, Colchester. Filed by Lee Winakor, North Stonington. Plaintiff’s attorney: Paul M. Geraghty, New London. Action: the defendant agreed to perform site services for the plaintiff and proposed the scope of the work and the price. However, the defendant failed to provide a contract so plantiff took it upon himself to draft a contract, which specified the work the defendant would perform and the cost thereof. Defendant improperly installed septic galleys, which became filled with mud and had to replaced. Also the improper installation caused the holding tank to crush, which necessitated replacement. Defendant failed to complete the work. As a result of the defendant’s breach the plaintiff was forced to hire replacement contractors at great additional costs. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. 3:18-CV-02073-JCH. Filed Dec. 18.

DEEDS Commercial 1473 Wood Avenue LLC, Bridgeport, Seller: Robert L. Ruggiero, Bridgeport. Property: 1473 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $130,000. Filed Jan. 7. 494-500 Washington Avenue LLC., New Haven. Seller: Serengeti Investments LLC, Fayetteville, Georgia. Property: 875-879 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $205,000. Filed Jan. 11. 715 Noble Avenue LLC, Trumbull. Seller: Bitterman Capital LLC., Fairfield. Property: 715-717 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $110,000. Filed Jan. 2. 819 East Main Street LLC., Port Chester, New York. Seller: Marilyn A. Burriesci, Norwalk. Property: 819,821,823,825, 827 E. Main St., and 27,29,31 Lafayette St., Stamford. Amount: $2,140,000. Filed Jan. 23. Free Methodist Church Igreja, Trustee, Bridgeport, Seller: New Vision International Ministries, Bridgeport. Property: Gregory St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1,700,000. Filed Jan. 7. Hyacinth Dolores and Leakena Mao Chum, Bridgeport, Seller: K & I Properties LLC, Seymour. Property: 75 Roger Williams Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 4.

Jay Construction LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 857 Post Road, No. 206, Fairfield. Amount: $140,000. Filed Jan. 7. Leduc, Christopher, Bridgeport, Seller: PVK Ventures LLC, Hicksville, New York. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 16C, Bridgeport. Amount: $107,000. Filed Jan. 3. Mary Maguire Family Trust, Stamford. Seller: June Breeze LLC, Stamford. Property: Lot 4 June Road, Stamford. Amount: $10. Filed Jan. 16. New Harbor Development LLC, Stamford. Seller: U.S. Bank National Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 283 Shippan Ave., Stamford. Amount: $462,000. Filed Jan. 23. PAN 717596 LLC., Bridgeport, Seller: Best Luck Realty LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 328 Willow St., Bridgeport. Amount: $0. Filed Jan. 2. Polanco, Dorian R. and Jillian Polanco, Bronx, New York. Seller: 254 SHL LLC, Stamford. Property: Unit 1B, Hayes House Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $305,000. Filed Jan. 23. Ricketts, Dennis, Bridgeport, Seller: ML Estate LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 47 Fairview Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $189,900. Filed Jan. 2. Tri State Property LLC, Trumbull. Seller: RR Wood Ave LLC, Elmsford, New York. Property: 1469-1471 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $317,000. Filed Jan. 7. Turkey Point Properties LLC, Laurence, New York. Seller: Enrico D’Angelo, Bridgeport. Property: 104 Yacht St., Bridgeport. Amount: $159,000. Filed Jan. 3. Wang, Jingyan, Old Greenwich. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carollton, Texas. Property: 71 Strawberry Hill Ave., No.615, Stamford. Amount: $122,500. Filed Jan. 15. Wynimko, Krzysztof, Fairfield. Seller: Federal Credit Union, Yonkers, New York. Property: 833 Summer St., Unit 2A, Stamford. Amount: $0. Filed Jan. 18. Yeboah, Benjamin, Cheshire. Seller: M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York. Property: 166 Sunrise Terrace, Bridgeport. Amount: $190,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Facts & Figures Residential Anson, Mark G. and Jennifer Blank Anson, Stamford. Seller: Joseph Tremblay and Jennifer Blank Tremblay, Stamford. Property: 120 Mulberry St., Stamford. Amount: $715,000. Filed Jan. 25. Arroyo, Angel, Bridgeport. Seller: Tufaro Family Real Estate LLC, Derby. Property: 66-68 Rose St., Bridgeport. Amount: $250,000. Filed Jan. 8. Avila, Mateo J. and Ashli J. Vasquez, Stratford. Seller: Andrew Kontomerkos and Tony Ferreira, Bridgeport. Property: 59 Acorn Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $146,000. Filed Jan. 8. Beckford, Robert, Bridgeport. Seller: Azalea Martin, Bridgeport. Property: 207 Denver Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $102,000. Filed Jan. 8. Cajilema Quishpi, Carlos G., Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Humberto Rodrigues, Bridgeport. Property: 325 Center St., Bridgeport. Amount: $234,900. Filed Jan. 8. Carroll, Mark, Darien. Seller: Blue Healer LLC., Norfolk. Property: 1936-1938 North Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $225,000. Filed Jan. 8. Carroll, Mark, Darien. Seller: Blue Healer LLC, Norfolk. Property: 55-57 Garfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $225,000. Filed Jan. 8. Castro, Daniel J., New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Andy Shadich, Stamford. Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 10G, Stamford. Amount: $295,000. Filed Jan. 16. Cedillos, Raul E., Bridgeport. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 1625 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $95,000. Filed Jan. 10. Chery, Geto and Enide Kola, Stamford. Seller: Franklin Hope, et al, Stamford. Property: 41 Culloden Road, Stamford. Amount: $360,000. Filed Jan. 16. Chow, William and Merry Lee, Stamford. Seller: Damian Plastowski, Stamford. Property: 570 Den Road, Stamford. Amount: $915,000. Filed Jan. 24. Clark, Christopher, Fairfield. Seller: Robert Ruggiero, Elmsford, New York. Property: 78 Hanford Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $39,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Clarke, Nyika and Everton Lewis, Norwalk. Seller: Liliana Amadeo, Miami, Florida. Property: 157-159 Kent Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $309,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Ladyka, Igor and Andriy Stoyko, Stamford. Seller: Marilyn B. Ghant, Stamford. Property: 80 Lawn Ave., Unit 11, Stamford. Amount: $190,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Pacello, Lauren, Stamford. Seller: Dominick J. Franco and Rosemarie A. Franco, Stamford. Property: 54 Autumn Lane, Stamford. Amount: $475,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Stewart, Pamela, Bridgeport. Seller: Johvanny Lopez-Rosado, Bridgeport. Property: 412 Logan St., Bridgeport. Amount: $50,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Dadbahal, Rajesh G. and Rhea Ramki, Greenwich. Seller: Nicholas A. Ambrosecchio, Stamford. Property: 11 Saxon Court, Stamford. Amount: $615, 000. Filed Jan. 23.

Leal Grumach, Patricia and Sarah J. McGray, Stamford. Seller: Lance McGray and Sarah J McGray, Stamford. Property: 76 Tall Oaks Court, Stamford. Amount: $780,000. Filed Jan. 14.

Persaud, Kevin Yogesh and Marine Persaud, Bridgeport. Seller: 233 Deacon Street LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 233-235 Deacon St., Bridgeport. Amount: $220,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Sweeney, Mark and Kristen Sweeney, Stamford. Seller: Brian D. Brooks and Ellen H. Brooks, Stamford. Property: 1970 Shippan Ave., Stamford. Amount: $987,500. Filed Jan. 18.

Daniel, Michelle, Stamford. Seller: Theodore W. Lambert Jr. and Janet Lambert, Stamford. Property: 415 Wire Mill Road, Stamford. Amount: $743,000. Filed Jan. 16.

Luna, Jupiter, Stamford. Seller: Barbara A. Parese, Stamford. Property: 143 Apline St., Stamford. Amount: $445,000. Filed Jan. 18.

Purdie, Keith, Bridgeport. Seller: Donna Rucinol and Carmen Rucinol, Bridgeport. Property: 844 Queen St., Bridgeport. Amount: $95,000. Filed Jan. 9.

Thomas, Kevin and Patricia Thomas, Stamford. Seller: Paul P. Bashan and Atta Bashan, Stamford. Property: 52 Blue Ridge Drive, Stamford. Amount: $580,000. Filed Jan. 17.

Domingo Ranola, Diana Marie, Stamford. Seller: Irina Yugay, Stamford. Property: 143 Hoyt St., Unit 7K, Stamford. Amount: $265,000. Filed Jan. 15.

Marin Montoya, Olga, Greenwich. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: Unit 122 Fox Ledge Condominium, Bridgeport. Amount: $70,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Quizhpi, Luis A., College Point, New York. Seller: Beechwood Estates LLC., Brooklyn, New York. Property: 170 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $340,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Fajardo, Mario, Trumbull. Seller: Valerie Rucker, Bridgeport. Property: Lot 36 Rainbow Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $90,000. Filed Jan. 8. Gaponova, Yunona, Harrison, New York. Seller: Matthew D. Hutson, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Property: 77 Glenbrook Road, Apartment 408, Stamford. Amount: $284,000. Filed Jan. 18. Goeller, Michael, Bridgeport. Seller: Sandra L. Peralta, Bridgeport. Property: 78 Bennett St., Bridgeport. Amount: $300,150. Filed Jan. 2. Goldberg, Ronald H. and Lori Goldberg, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Howard Howell and Jens Storm, Stamford. Property: 77 Havemeyer Lane, Unit 106 S., Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 16. Gordillo, Nelson, Bridgeport. Seller: Michael Delgais and Eliane Delgais, Monroe. Property: 306 Alexander Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $165,000. Filed Jan. 7. Hutchison, Yvonne and Natalie Robison, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Alicia Curtiss and Garfield Curtiss, Bridgeport. Property: 1315-1317 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $240,000. Filed Jan. 9. Jianli, Li Tammy, Stamford. Seller: Karen Delaney, Fort Worth, Texas. Property: 34 Crescent St., Unit 2B, Stamford. Amount: $175,000. Filed Jan. 18. Kikirov, Stan, Forest Hill, New York. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 255 Rockton Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $148,678. Filed Jan. 11.

Martin, Karen M. and Daniel J. Smith, Greenwich. Seller: Brandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Campbell and Christine Campbell, Stamford. Property: 2 Joffre Court, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 14. Martinez, Aristides Jovel and Nelson Romero, Stamford. Seller: Dominick F. Calabrese, Stamford. Property: 69 Fenway St., Stamford. Amount: $423,150. Filed Jan. 18. Martinez, Elma and Jose Martinez Saint-Hilaire, Stratford. Seller: Piotr Boruch and Piotr Wojenski, Bridgeport. Property: Apartment 14, Building 97 in Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Amount: $32,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Rabadi, Murad, Stamford. Seller: Emtethal Rabadi, Stamford. Property: 23 Hanover St., Stamford. Amount: $10. Filed Jan. 23. Rodriguez, Olga M. and Maria S. Rodriguez, Norwalk. Seller: Mario Jaisaree, Norwalk, Property: Unit 18A, Dellwood Gardens, Bridgeport. Amount: $129,900. Filed Jan. 7. Rodriguez, Yulissa A., Bridgeport. Seller: Ibrahim Hussein, Bridgeport. Property: 1275 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $110,000. Filed Jan. 10. Rosero, Ramon, Bridgeport. Seller: Helen B, Russick, Bridgeport. Property: 305 Lynne Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $180,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Mathew, Roshan and Mabby Mathew, Stamford. Seller: Elena L. Barnum, Stamford. Property: 112 Bentwood Drive, Stamford. Amount: $640,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Samelko, Pawel, Stamford. Seller: Fannie Mae, Dallas, Texas. Property: 46 Taylor St., Stamford. Amount: $103,000. Filed Jan. 18.

McNeil Annette, et al, Bridgeport. Seller: Jean-Louis Hoffman, New Haven. Property: 77 William St., Bridgeport. Amount: $155,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Sanchez, Olga L., Mamaroneck, New York. Seller: Joel Mendez and Ligita Mendez, Bridgeport. Property: 2036 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $159,500. Filed Jan. 3.

Mozdner, Robert L., Stamford. Seller: John A. Mozdner and Carol Ann Peterson, Stamford. Property: 56 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Amount: $240,000. Filed Jan. 24. Ortiz, Edwin O. and Mayra E. Hernandez, Stamford. Seller: Roberto Hernandez, Stamford. Property: 404 Hope St., Stamford. Amount: $450,000. Filed Jan. 15. Ospina, Luisa F. and Javier A. Rodriguez Stamford. Seller: Zoila R. Hernandez Stamford. Property: Unit 11 River Vista Townhouses, Stamford. Amount: $135,400. Filed Jan. 22.

Silverman, James J. and Randy V. Silverman, Stamford. Seller: Dorothy F. Frantin, Stamford. Property: 1 Strawberry Hill Court, 6A, Stamford. Amount: $245,000. Filed Jan. 17. Small, Ainsley, Bridgeport. Seller: Lindaly D. Morales, Bridgeport. Property: 153 Hughes Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $239,000. Filed Jan. 3. Spade, Christopher, Stamford. Seller: Juanita Diaz, Stamford. Property: 136 Woodside Green, Unit F2, Stamford. Amount: $220,000. Filed Jan. 23.

Trujillo, Doris and Rodolfo Sandoval, Stamford. Seller: Thomas W. Jenkins and Lizbeth C. Jenkins, Stamford. Property: 41 Hirsch Road, Stamford. Amount: $380,000. Filed Jan. 16. Wang, Jungian, Old Greenwich. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carollton, Texas. Property: 71 Strawberry Hill Ave., No.615, Stamford. Amount: $122,500. Filed Jan. 15. Womanlike, Janus and Anna Womanlike, Stamford. Seller: Deborah Levy, Stamford. Property: 6 River Oaks Drive, Stamford. Amount: $0. Filed Jan. 16. Wong Pik, Lin Linda, Commack, New York. Seller: Margaret E. Freitag, Stamford. Property: Unit 5, Glen View Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $225,000. Filed Jan. 15.

FORECLOSURES Lohnn, Jorgen, et al, Creditor: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 370 Flintlock Road, Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Dec. 21. Mortimer Bailey and Jonathan James, et al, Creditor: Glenn Oztemel. Property: 3 Harbor Road, Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Jan. 22.

Klein, Stacie, et al, Norwalk. $3,788, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Ramer PC, Norwalk. Property: 80 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Filed Jan. 11. Lors, Ketty, et al, Norwalk. $3,741, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Ramer PC, Norwalk. Property: 11 Grove St., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 2. Miller, Gary, et al, Norwalk. $8,073, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Ramer PC, Norwalk. Property: 90 Bouton St., Unit 2C, Norwalk. Filed Jan. 11. Tiktapanidis, Ioannis, Norwalk. $258,505, in favor of NKW MAX Acquisitions 1, LLC v TR Enterprises Inc., et al, Miami, Florida, by Neubert, Pepe & Monteith PC, New Haven. Property: 2 Byrd Road, Norwalk. Filed Jan. 28. Tilley, Jimmie, et al, Norwalk. $1,005, in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 116 Lexington Ave., Apt. 1, Norwalk. Filed Feb. 4.

LIENS Federal Tax Liens Filed Britell, Angrew A., 39 Stony Brook Road, Norwalk. $35,078, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 15. Canevari, Tyson and Maria Canevari, 34 Esquire Road, Norwalk. $3,768, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 28. Cantey, Kathleen, 69 Meadow St., Norwalk. $1,552, civil proceeding tax. Filed Feb. 12. Chludzinski, Paul K.,12 Stonecrop Road, Norwalk. $29,832, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 8.

JUDGMENTS COGS Well, Beverly, Norwalk. $2,206, in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norwalk, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 18 Spring Hill Ave., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 22. Gkogkos, Nikolaos, et al, Norwalk. $8,145, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Ramer PC, Norwalk. Property: 18 Plymouth Ave., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 11.

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Grace, Peter J. and Sheila H. Grace, 18 Pine Hill Ave., Norwalk. $149,805, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 8. Hassan, Elsayed, 2 Van Zant St., No. A1, Norwalk. $151,847, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 15. Lashley, Charles F. and Traci Lashley, 27 Glendenning St., Norwalk. $8,406, civil proceeding tax. Filed Feb. 8.

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Facts & Figures Lyons, Kenneth J. and Nichole D. Lyons, 201 N. Taylor Ave., Norwalk. $1,714, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 15. Page, James K. and Michelle Y. Page, 30 Pulaski St., Norwalk. $10,826, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 15. Perella, Joseph and Melissa Iannacone, 5 Girard St., Norwalk. $19,860, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 28. Raquet, Walter, 78 Zacchaeus Mead Lane, Greenwich. $32,589, civil proceeding tax. Filed Feb. 8. Sethi, Mukesh, 69 Taconic Road, Greenwich. $6,763, civil proceeding tax. Filed Feb. 15. Skovron Jr., John A., 67 Bedford Road, Greenwich. $4,490, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 14. Tinto, Giselle, 2 Naples Ave., No. B, Norwalk. $2,773, civil proceeding tax. Filed Feb. 15.

LIS PENDENS 37 Doubling Road LLC, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Loan Trust LLC. Property: 37 Doubling Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from the plaintiff. Filed Jan. 9. Bambino, Francesca, et al, Old Greenwich. Filed by Mark J. Schnitzler, Fairfield, for Ije Akunyili and Aristide Achy-Brou. Property: 20 Innis Lane, Old Greenwich. Action: return security deposit held from plaintiffs for defendants. Filed Jan. 18. Dineen, Catherine J., et al, Riverside. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Property: 45 Summit Road, Riverside. Action: foreclosure, inter alia, of defendant’s mortgage from Washington Mutual Bank FA. Filed Jan. 7. Faragasso, Perry V., et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB. Property: 1 Station Drive, Greenwich. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Washington Mutual Bank FA. Filed Jan. 16.

Fiorito, Rose C., Cos Cob. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Bank of America N.A. Property: 40 Butler St., Cos Cob. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Countrywide Bank, FSB. Filed Jan. 11. Foote, James A., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for U.S. Bank National Association. Property: 22 Tomac Ave., Greenwich. Action: foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Washington Mutual Bank. Filed Jan. 28. Ha, Won Y., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for U.S. Bank National Association. Property: 103 Bowman Drive, Greenwich. Action: foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage. Filed Jan. 17. Hammond, Ogden and Ranie Hammond, Greenwich. Filed by Goldman, Gruder & Woods LLC, Trumbull, for Gunzy Electric Inc. Property: 37 Rivesville Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclosure of defendant’s mechanic’s lien from Gunzy Electric Inc. Filed Feb. 19

Harlow, Patricia A., et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC., Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Property: 33 Benenson Drive, Greenwich. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from JPMorgan Chase Bank. Filed Jan. 28.

The Widow of Jeanette G. Maruhn, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Property: 45-49 Pearl Harbor Place, Bridgeport. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from JPMorgan Chase Bank. Filed Jan. 2.

Horvat, Sonia, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC., Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Property: 84 Huntingridge Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Washington Mutual Bank FA. Filed Jan. 23.

The Widowers of Eleanor Ann Donohue, et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Cascade Funding RM3 Acquisitions Grantor Trust. Property: 57 Shore Road Rear, Greenwich. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corp. Filed Jan. 28.

Lutz, Margaret, et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Hartford, for M&T Bank. Property: 98 Valley Road, Unit 3, Greenwich. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Hudson City Savings Bank. Filed Feb. 13.

Tommasino, Salvatore, Greenwich. Filed by Needle-Cuda, Westport, for Elizabeth Tommasino. Property: 20 Desiree Drive, Greenwich. Action: claim to dissolve marriage. Filed Feb. 11.

Nevard, Barrett N., et al, Greenwich. Filed by the Law Office of Mario DeMarco PC, Port Chester, New York, for Glen Angiolillo and Gian Angiolillo. Property: 19 Henry St., Greenwich. Action: compel the transfer of the deed and breach of contract of sale. Filed Jan. 30.

Toscano, Lisa, et al, Cos Cob. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 23 Gregory Road, Cos Cob. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Ameriquest Mortgage Co. Filed Jan. 18.

Robinson, Marc, et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Charles Schwab Bank. Property: 71 Buckfield Lane, Greenwich. Action: inter alia foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Charles Schwab Bank. Filed Feb. 11.

VH Parcel II, LLC, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Halloran & Sage LLP, New Haven, for Northeast Community Bank. Property: 675 Steamboat Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage from Northeast Community Bank. Filed Jan. 4.

Shaw, Jr., William D., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Property: 340 Old Church Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclose pf defendant’s mortgage from Washington Mutual Bank. Filed Feb. 4.

Wright, Richard E., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Benanti & Associates, Stamford, for People’s United Bank NA. Property: 15 Pilot Rock Lane, Greenwich. Action: foreclosure of defendant’s mortgage. Filed Jan. 10.

LEASES Amulet Capital Partners LP by Simon Wiesenberger. Landlord: BPP Lafayette Putnam LLC, New York, New York. Property: 1 Lafayette Place, Suite 301, Greenwich. Term: 10 years, commenced Nov. 29, 2018. Filed Dec. 10. Lincoln of Greenwich LLC, by Dominic Franchella. Landlord:366 West Putnam Managers LLC, Greenwich. Property: 366 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Term: 10 years, commenced Jan. 15, 2019. Filed Jan. 22.

MORTGAGES 11 Turner LLC, Greenwich, by Jeffrey D. Keiser. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, 150 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Property: 11 Turner Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 1. 38 Bruce Park Drive LLC., Westport, by Thomas Handler. Lender: Silver Heights Capital II LLC, 20 Ketchum St., Westport. Property: 38 Bruce Park Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Feb. 4. 48 Richland Road LLC, Greenwich, by Elsie Webster. Lender: Share states Investments DACL LLC, 11 Middle Neck Road, Suite 400A, Great Neck, New York. Property: 48 Richland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,105,000. Filed Jan. 31. Civitano, Thomas R. and Dawn Novenstern, Greenwich, by Michael P. Murray. Lender: Citibank NA. 1000 Technolo�y Drive, O’Fallon, Montana. Property: 412 Lyon Farm Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $692,800. Filed Feb. 1.

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Facts & Figures Common, William G. and Michelle H. Common. Greenwich, by Patrick Rusell-Wlash. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 4 Holly Way, Cos Cob. Amount: $2,000.000. Filed Feb. 4.

Liongson, Percival and Sheila Liogson, Greenwich, by Stefie Scheels. Lender: Ernest V. De Borja and Dione Lyn Liongson de Borja, Sandy Hook. Property: 1535 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 305, Building 2, Greenwich. Amount: $100,000. Filed Feb. 1.

Etienne, Gabriel and Han Wen, Greenwich, by Kevin D. Florin. Lender: Loan Depot.com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 79 Pecksland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,920,000. Filed Feb. 4.

Lynch, Robert, Greenwich, by Steven J. Batem. Lender: Mutual Savings Bank, 117 Prospect St., Stamford. Property: 15 Lab Pond Road, Greenwich. Amount: $720,000. Filed Feb. 4.

Gabbai, Donald N. and Deborah Gabbai, Greenwich, by Prabha Adhikari. Lender: David Furie, 37 Lighthouse Hill Road, Windsor. Property: 12 Florence Road, Greenwich. Amount: $360,000. Filed Feb. 1. LaGuardia, Ramon and Maria Soler, Greenwich, by Charles P. Abate. Lender: Bank of America NA. 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 85 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3,600,000. Filed Feb. 1. Lambert, Vincent and Jane Lambert, Greenwich, by Antonio Faretta. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA. 101 North Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 19 Wickham Hill Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed Feb. 4.

Morris, Eugene and Doris Morris, Greenwich, by Glen T. Cunningham. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 19 Carriage Road, Cos Cob. Amount; $605,000. Filed Feb. 4. Piro, Brittany and Matthew Piro, Cos Cob, by Matthew J. Crawford. Lender: Bank of America NA. 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 20 Thomas St., Cos Cob. Amount: $400,000. Filed Jan. 30. The First Bank of Greenwich, Cos Cob, by George P. Yankovic. Lender: Yankovic Church Street LLC. 71 Old Mill Road, Greenwich. Property: 16 Church St.., Greenwich. Amount: $400,000. Filed Jan. 31.

NEW BUSINESSES

Shanghai Gourmet, 111 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Risheng Wang. Filed Feb. 4.

Cooler Transport Services, 196 New Haven Ave., Norwalk 06418, c/o Brian J. Haynes. Filed Feb. 8.

Tweetys Hair Care, 38 Lenox Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Trinity C. Hurd. Filed Feb. 1.

CT Property Brothers LLC, 1 Pine St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Andres F. Salazar. Filed Feb. 5.

Vered’s Wire Work, 38 Creeping Hemlock Drive, Norwalk 06851, c/o Jeffrey R. Santo. Filed Feb. 1.

Dark moon Forge, 38 Creeping Hemlock Drive, Norwalk 06851, c/o Jeffrey R. Santo. Filed Feb. 1. Ember Ryder, 21 Third St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Mark Stephenson. Filed Feb. 8. Home watch Caregivers, 30 Oakwood Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o John M. Pasini. Filed Feb. 6. Honda care Protection Plan, 1 Selleck St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Afer, Inc. Filed Feb. 5. KO Parties, 4 Starlight Drive, Norwalk 06851, c/o Katherine O’Melia. Filed Feb. 1. Roy Home Improvement, 26 Fourth St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Roy Chacon Jimenez. Filed Feb. 1.

PATENTS Antimicrobial sulfonated polyester resin. Patent no. 10,216,111 issued to Valerie M. Farrugia, Oakville, Canada; Alana R. Desouza, London, Canada; Sandra J. Gardner, Oakville, Canada; Wendy Chi, North York, Canada. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Apparatus for supporting cable. Patent no. 10,215,946 issued to Kyle Bradford Gilbreath, Atlanta, Georgia; Joseph Forrester, Auburn, Georgia; Joshua Charles Wilson, Moody, Alabama. Assigned to Hubbell Inc., Shelton. Auto-calibrating noise canceling headphone. Patent no. 10,219,067 issued to Ulrich Horbach, Canyon Country, California. Assigned to Harmon International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Carbon nanoparticle and ﬂuorpolymer fuser coating. Patent no. 10,216,124 issued to Qi Zhang, Milton, Canada; Nan-Zing Hu, Oakville, Canada; Suxia Yang, Mississauga, Canada; Sandra J. Gardner, Oakville, Canada; Edward G. Zwartz, Mississauga, Canda; Yu Qi, Oakville, Canada. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Document handler for a multifunction printing machine. Patent no. D841,731 issued to Donald A. Brown, Honeoye Falls; Tsutomu Shiihara, Kanagawa, Japan; Hidetoshi Kimura, Kanagawa, Japan. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Hair roller. Patent no. D841,884 issued to Man Kit Siu, Hong Kong, China. Assigned to Conair Corp., Stamford. Heated base for hair rollers. Patent no. D841,885 issued to Man Kit Siu, Hong Kong, China. Assigned to Conair Corp., Stamford. High-bay luminaire. Patent no. D841,870 issued to Thomas Christopher Holscher, Simpsonville, South Carolina; Joseph Daniel Engle, Taylors, South Carolina. Assigned to Hubbell Inc., Shelton.

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Intermediate layer comprising CNT polymer nanocomposite materials in fusers. Patent no. 10,216,129 issued to Yu Qi, Oakville, Canada; Nan-Xing Hu, Oakville, Canada; David J. Gervasi, Pittsford, New York; David C. Irving, Avon, New York; Patrick J. Finn, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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