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March 31, 2014 | VOL. 50, No. 13

Bill Fallon

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WITHERELL SENIOR CARE FACILITY EMBRACES CAPITAL PROJECTS

A Norwalk lawyer addresses the changing Internet … 9

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Nathaniel Witherell Executive Director Allen Brown in the facility’s coming rehabilitation center, which doubles its rehab capacity.

TECHNOLOGY CLEARS PATH FOR NONPROFITS

BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

AS NONPROFITS GROW THEIR OPERATIONS and services, many are using business models as a blueprint for developing financially and structurally sound organizations. Two Stamfordbased companies at a recent Westport event shared important factors nonprofits should consider as they build long-term business and financial strategies.

Nonprofits today are placed under a higher level of scrutiny and accountability for their services, said event speaker Cynthia L. Russell, principal of CrossSector Partners, a Stamford-based consulting firm that provides services to nonprofits. She added that there is an expectation for nonprofits to be “more businesslike and professional.”

Whether a nonprofit is young or old, each is accountable for sustaining its operations and delivering quality services while main» Nonprofits, page 6

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10 New leaders of the pack

From left, Angela Andersen, executive director, International Institute of Connecticut; Kate Morrison, co-founder and board member, Safe Haven for Youth Ethiopia; and Cynthia Russell, prinicipal, CrossSector Partners.

Expo extraordinaire

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egional chambers of commerce representing Norwalk, Stamford, Danbury, Westport-Weston and the umbrella Bridgeport Regional Business Council gathered at Norwalk Community College recently for the “Regional Business Networking Expo 2014.”

Ninety exhibitors showcased their goods and services and hundreds of attendees ate and connected across the 2-5 p.m. event, cosponsored by the Fairfield County Business Journal.

Photographs by Bill Fallon

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1. Karen B. DeStafanis, associate, Sheltonbased groundwater and environmental engineers Leggette, Brashears & Graham Inc. 2. Pat Beirne, Keith Burzynski and Kelley Lipsett of West Haven-based Connecticut Pest Elimination Inc. 3. Jeff Van Tienen, director of chamber relations, CIT Chamber Insurance Trust in Orange.

4. Marianne Wilson of Marianne Wilson’s Complete Catering in Wilton, in business 37 years at the “Regional Business Networking Expo 2014.” Her daughter, Heather Wilson, principal of Wiltonbased Freshwater Artisan’s — a mural, design, polishing/finishing, trompe l’oiel company — is behind her helping for the day.

5. The Bridgeport Bluefish mascot with Darien Chamber of Commerce President Carol Wilder-Tamme.

6. From left front, Rowena White, local sales manager, Star 99.9 and 95.9 The Fox radio stations; Linda Matthews, administrator, Westport-Westin Chamber of Commerce; Mary Dean, executive director Stratford Chamber of Commerce; and Karen M. DelVecchio, executive vice president, Bridgeport Regional Business Council. Brian Griffin, vice president, Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, is behind them.

7. From left, Junkluggers L.L.C.’s Derrick Martinez, field supervisor; and Ronnie Esquivel, regional manager.

8. The Business Journal booth was one of 90 drawing crowds.

9. Alex Virvo, Kidsdrawfree.com, one of several web startups he has begun from the Stamford Innovation Center.

10. Elza Augustin, director of community relations, Fairfield-based Ludlowe and Cambridge health and rehabilitation centers.

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‘Artistic vibe’ ferments a bar artists or have any experience to attend the art sessions.

“One of the things we consistently hear is ‘I can’t believe I was able to paint this because there is no artistic bone in my body,’” Finch said. “Over half of our customers have never painted or haven’t painted since grade school.”

To feed people’s muse, the paintbar serves tapas-style dishes, such as mozzarella sticks and hummus platters and full entrées. It also sells 12 to 14 different

beers and wines.

In the beginning, the paintbar in South Norwalk will be open Thursday to Sunday. After a few months, as it gets more customers, it will open every day of the week.

“We provide therapeutic sessions where people can get completely lost in creating a painting,” Finch said. “It’s a great alternative to men going out to a sports bar, and it gives women something to do on a girls’ night out.”

Artists display their efforts in the Muse Paintbar in West Hartford.

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rawing inspiration from its culturally vibrant and artistic downtown, small business owner Stan Finch seeks to open his fifth painting studio and wine bar on the site of a 2,500-square-foot abandoned bank building at 55 N. Main St. in South Norwalk.

South Norwalk is a coveted place for enlivening the arts and cultural scene, said Finch, who plans to contribute to the aesthetics and tax revenue of the city through his business.

“We’ve been working on this project since November,” Finch said. “We love the area with its artistic vibe, nearby galleries, arts festivals and buildings with exposed bricks.”

The city’s zoning department approved the project, and Muse Paintbar awaits a building permit within the next few days to a couple of weeks before starting construction on a several hundred thousand dollar project anticipated to open in late May or early June.

Finch plans to work with Muse Paintbar cofounder and lead artist Vanessa Leigh to create sessions where painters can take a blank canvas and turn it into a Van Gogh-esque work of art. All painting supplies are covered by a $35 to $45 fee per painter, which includes a 16-by-20 canvas, unlimited acrylic paints, brushes, easels, aprons

and instruction from one of three-to-six trained local artists to be hired by the time the sessions start.

The idea for Muse Paintbar was conceived by Finch while he attended Harvard Business School. He was involved in entrepreneurial endeavors related to consumer entertainment and e-commerce, and had been working at a retail consulting firm for three years. As he grew passionate about client-facing entrepreneurial projects, he left the corporate scene and started a business he believed would provide a strong customer experience.

“As much fun as it is to increase the profitability of Fortune 500 companies by a little bit more, that’s not what motivates me,” Finch said. He met Leigh, who has experience showcasing galleries and acting, while searching for a business partner.

Muse Paintbar, which was founded in 2012, has a location in Manchester, N.H., and West Hartford. Two more will open this spring in Providence, R.I., and Portland, Maine.

It hosts groups ranging from bachelorette and birthday parties to work and fundraising events. Its main studio holds 50 people and its private studio accommodates 25. An event calendar is available at musepaintbar.com to schedule sessions.

Despite the paintbar’s intent to blend in with South Norwalk’s artistic scene, customers don’t have to be professional

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Safety comes first at Metro-North

BY JOSEPH GIULIETTI

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he past year has been a challenging one for Metro-North Railroad — for its 270,000 daily customers, for its 6,000 employees, for the taxpayers in New York and Connecticut who support its operations and for the millions of people whose livelihoods depend on a safe, efficient and well-run railroad to get to work, school and home.

As the new president of Metro-North, I have a clear message for all of them: Safety must come first at Metro-North, and it will come first.

Not train speed. Not on-time performance. Not adding new service. Safety.

For years, Metro-North was called the best commuter railroad in the country. Ridership grew every year — not just into Manhattan on weekday mornings, but from Manhattan and the Bronx to employment hubs in the suburbs and between suburban destinations all day long, seven days a week. Our customers could rely on us, and on some mornings,

every single train arrived on time.

But these successes masked deepseated problems. As a new Federal Railroad Administration report makes clear, Metro-North’s focus on on-time performance came ahead of everything else — even safety.

I spent 15 years at Metro-North at the start of my career and returned to run the railroad a little more than a month ago. I found what the FRA found — the culture at Metro-North shifted over the years. Our challenge is to restore a culture of safety.

There is good news: Metro-North is staffed by thousands of dedicated employees who are pained by the troubles of the last year, who work hard in difficult conditions and who want to restore the railroad to greatness.

Every problem I’ve seen at MetroNorth can be fixed — and will be. The Governors of Connecticut and New York and elected officials from both states have high expectations, but all have offered their unwavering support.

We are rigorously analyzing every

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inch of our track and acquiring sophisticated new equipment to inspect it. We are improving how we work on the right of way, how we protect against accidents, how we train our employees and how we protect them on the job.

We are changing our management structure, hiring more staff, reaching out to our partners in labor and implementing a system so employees can report safety issues without fear of reprisal.

We have embarked on a 100-day plan to put Metro-North on the right path and we will update the FRA as we address problems. You can read more at mta.info about our commitment to improve the railroad. We welcome the scrutiny that will help us once again be known as the best commuter railroad in the nation.

But we don’t want only to tell you what we’re doing — we want to listen, too.

On Wednesday, March 26, my senior staff will join me in Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush to hear from our customers, listen to their concerns and answer their questions. In the weeks to come, we’ll do the same five more times at Metro-North stations in New York and Connecticut. It’s part of our commitment to communicate with riders better.

We have plenty of work ahead of us, but I am confident Metro-North will earn back its reputation as a safe and reliable railroad for everyone it serves. Let us know how we’re doing toward achieving that goal.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

SIMONE BUYS GREENWICH CAR DEALERSHIPS

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ronx-based Simone Development Cos. has acquired multiple auto dealership properties on West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich.

The property addresses are 217 West Putnam Ave., which houses Cadillac’s Greenwich location; 252 W. Putnam Ave., showroom for Mercedes-Benz of Greenwich; 261 W. Putnam Ave., dealership space for Mercedes-Benz; and 262 W. Putnam Ave., the Mercedes service building.

Terms were not disclosed.

Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development Cos., made the announcement. Media reports said Watson Enterprises sold the property at 217 W. Putnam Ave., where Greenwich CadillacOldsmobile sits, for $5.2 million.

“This stretch of West Putnam Avenue has become a magnet for luxury auto dealers and these properties are right at the 50-yard line,” Simone said. “We believe they are valuable as car dealership space and will continue to be so. Simone invests in all types of commercial and residential real estate, and

these properties will further diversify our portfolio.”

Simone’s other holdings in Greenwich include 1 Sound Shore Drive, a multitenant office building, and 644 West Putnam Ave., a newly redeveloped 40,000-square-foot mixed-use property anchored by a CVS drugstore.

Simone is a privately held company. It owns and manages more than 5 million square feet of property in the Bronx, Westchester County, Queens, Long Island and Connecticut.

The company’s portfolio includes more than 100 properties and ranges from multibuilding office parks to retail and industrial space. Its largest development is the 42-acre Hutchinson Metro Center office complex off the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx. The first two phases of that complex, which comprise nearly 750,000 square feet of class A office and medical space, are fully leased. Two additional phases totaling 650,000 square feet are currently under development.

CHELSEA PIERS TO EXPAND FACILITY, PROGRAMS

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helsea Piers Connecticut plans to begin construction on a $12 million project this fall that would open a new 65,000-square-foot health and fitness center and clubhouse adjacent to its 400,000-square-foot sports complex.

Chelsea Piers Athletic Club at 1 Blachley Road in Stamford will be a members-only facility with 25,000 square feet of strength and cardio equipment, a mind and body center, and a space for triathlon and competitive cycling training. The center will offer more than 75 weekly fitness classes and programs. A custom Queenax Bridge studio will be offered for suspension, boxing and functional training.

The expansion is anticipated to create 80 more jobs, according to a Chelsea Piers press release.

Members will have access to the Olympic-size pool, hardwood basketball courts, one-fifth mile indoor track, indoor turf fields and tennis and squash courts. Membership also includes babysitting services, two luxury lounges and cafes, steam rooms, saunas and massage therapy rooms.

“We could not be more excited about the construction of CP-AC Fitness and the expansion of our already robust membership program,” Mollie Marcoux, executive director of Chelsea Piers Connecticut, said in a written statement. “CP-AC Fitness is inspired by our highly rated sports club in New York and the cutting-edge fitness programming will be unmatched in Fairfield County.

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Nonpro�its — » From page 1

taining good relationships with its donors and clients, Russell said. But a big challenge is finding the proper finances to stay in business.

Angela Andersen, executive director of International Institute of Connecticut in Stamford, shared her experiences of managing a 95-year-old nonprofit that provides services to immigrants and refugees. During financially difficult times, she said her organization had the resources and finances, but they weren’t using them as effectively as possible.

“At the end of the day, it was about financial management and diversifying funding,” said Andersen, another speaker at the event. “After taking a look at our earned revenue — we have certain programs that generate income — we indentified ways to make that more profitable.

We knew that by doing that, we’d be promoting our mission more effectively.”

Andersen said she had to set high standards and aggressive goals to help her nonprofit close the loops that caused deficits in funding. Her solution was to launch a business plan and hire accountants to operate a financial management software system.

“We invested a lot of resources in

retaining a new accounting firm,” Andersen said. “We outsourced our financial management, revamped our financial reports and developed cash flow projections and quarterly forecasting using the accounting software QuickBooks.”

Since installing the new technology and working with accountants last year, Andersen said she knew more about her finances than she ever thought she could understand.

“We now have a strong sense of where the money is coming from, where it’s going, where we’re losing money and where our vulnerabilities are,” Andersen said. “This then allows us to make the case to everyone on the board of directors and helps them understand our challenges and do so in a way that gives us greater transparency.”

Joan Carty, president and CEO of Stamford-based Housing Development Fund Inc. with offices in Danbury and Bridgeport, said her nonprofit has served about 300 households every year. As an organization that helps people who earn a low-to-moderate income become firsttime homebuyers, its services require petitioning other lenders for loans.

Since 2007, Carty’s nonprofit has been using a variety of technologies to electronically share documents with other lenders who help provide financial assistance for its clients. One big concern was

keeping confidential information protected from email hackers. To combat that problem and instill trust in her clients and lenders, Carty examined a business plan that helped her save money and use new technology to keep those emails protected.

“We discovered ZixMail, which allows you to zip and unzip files,” Carty said.

“This was a tremendous help in protecting clients’ confidentiality and reduced the cost of not FedExing, which is subject to time delays. It allowed us to take a quantum leap.”

Using this software platform in her company’s business model resulted in a 30 percent increase in loans that the nonprofit was able to close, adding millions of dollars in funds, Carty said. But not only does incorporating technology in nonprofits’ business models help them better budget and serve their clients, but it’s also an avenue for fundraising.

This month, several local corporations, including Fairfield County Community Foundation and Bank of America, sponsored a countywide online giving event.

Community members were encouraged to donate to their favorite nonprofits during a 24-hour period, attaching a financial incentive to nonprofits who received the most donations. The event raised $745,000, benefitting more than 250 nonprofits.

“The online Giving Day really attracts a younger crowd,” Carty said. “Although the average 22-to-30-year-old is not giving $5,000 donations, if we can cultivate them in a way where they go from giving $25 a year to $100, by the time they’re in their 30s and 40s, they’ll be loyal donors, and they’ll want to engage differently.”

As nonprofits engage their donors and incorporate technology in their business models to help generate finances, the challenge is still how to find a steady funding stream.

“The government is always coming out with different grant programs, but that doesn’t mean a nonprofit can apply for it,” Russell said. “Sometimes, you don’t even know if there’s going to be a new funding source available. A foundation you always got a grant from can change their priorities. You have to be very adaptable in this sector.”

Through CrossSector Partners, Russell is working on creating an efficient approach to match nonprofits with donors, but she said the solution will take time to develop.

“I’m still trying to figure out how to get it pulled together, and I do think finding a consistent stream of funding is one of the big remaining challenges for a nonprofit to address,” she said. “You have to have a sustainable model or you can’t stay in business.”

NEWS IN BRIEF

O’CONNOR DAVIES RELOCATES IN STAMFORD

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tamford-based The Ashforth Co. announced that O’Connor Davies L.L.P., a regional CPA and consulting firm, has chosen 3001 Stamford Square for its new Stamford office location. The building was developed and is now owned and managed by Ashforth.

Moving approximately 40 employees from its current 62 Southfield Ave. Stamford location, O’Connor Davies will occupy 11,000 square feet of space on the fifth floor of the building at 3001 Summer St. O’Connor Davies includes more than 500 professionals led by 84 partners in seven offices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

“We are thrilled that O’Connor Davies, another outstanding company and highly regarded firm in the Stamford community, will be joining

our high-caliber tenant roster at our 3001 building,” Darrell Harvey, coCEO of The Ashforth Company, said.

O’Connor Davies joins Pitney Bowes, which signed a lease in the beginning of March for approximately 74,000 square feet on the top two f loors of the building. KPMG and Genworth, Navigators also are tenants.

Ashforth completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of 3001 Stamford Square at the end of 2012.

The property consists of 290,000 square feet of office space on seven floors with four levels of underground parking. Amenities now include a modern lobby, full-service café, fitness center and a shuttle to and from the Stamford train station.

“We were impressed by the quality

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of the building at 3001 Summer St. and the amenities it has to offer. The location is ideal for our continued growth in southwestern Connecticut,” said Bruce Blasnik, partner-in-charge of the O’Connor Davies Stamford office. “ The Ashforth Company has a great reputation in the community and we are looking forward to joining their portfolio of A-list tenants.”

Monique Delerme of Corporate Design L.L.C . is Ashforth’s architect working on the O’Connor Davies space. A.P. Construction Co., Ashforth’s construction division, will complete the renovation. The expected move-in date is July.

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BRODER & ORLAND RELOCATES Broder & Orland L.L.C., a family and matrimonial law firm, recently relocated its offices to 55 Greens Farms Road in Westport to accommodate its expanded practice.

The firm, which serves a wide range of clients in Fairfield County and throughout the state, bills itself as the largest family and matrimonial firm in Connecticut. Its nine attorneys concentrate on all divorcerelated matters, including child custody and relocation cases, alimony and child support, property distribution, business valuation, pre- and postnuptial agreements and post-judgment enforcement issues. It also provides mediation services.

The firm’s old address was 1 Morningside Drive North in Westport.

Its attorneys have been recognized with a number of awards, including the Super Lawyers designation

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SURVEY CITES GOOD CLIMATE AND NEED FOR SMARTS

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survey conducted by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and the Business Council of Fairfield County, titled “The 2014 Fairfield County Business Climate Survey,” revealed 64 percent of respondents see a favorable climate for their particular industry while 68 percent believe their industry is growing.

Survey responses were mostly optimistic, but participants indicated challenges remain. Access to talent was cited as the No. 1 challenge in the county, while 25 percent pointed to cost of living as a major consideration.

“One of the most valuable aspects of the survey was the ability to hone in on the companies within Fairfield County and assess their perception of the local market environment — regardless of whether they have offices or headquarters elsewhere,” said Erin Patterson, JLL’s research manager for Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. “To gain insight into the aspects of the local market that allow businesses to be successful, as well as the challenges that hinder local businesses, is a tool that can be harnessed by a variety of stakeholders in Fairfield County.”

“The purpose of this survey was to gain some insight into the business community’s outlook for their various industries and for the region as a whole,” said Robert Ageloff, international director and head of JLL’s Connecticut/ Westchester office. “Business sentiment is largely positive, indicating the potential for additional economic advancement and increased activity in the real estate sector.”

The report found: Approximately 74 percent of respondents saw the overall business climate in Fairfield County as neutral, with minimal growth anticipated but little danger of the local economy retracting.

Regarding their respective industries, however, about 64 percent of participants thought the climate for their specific industry was favorable and around 68 percent believed their industry was growing. In addition, more than 75 percent of respondents said their companies are in growth mode.

In terms of company plans over the next year, 70 percent of respondents said their firms are planning growth;

26 percent will maintain the status quo; and 4 percent expect to contract.

Approximately one-third of survey respondents expect their company’s space needs will increase over the next year. Around 55 percent of participants projected an increase in headcount, while 45 percent saw no change.

Most survey participants were pleased with the value of their current space. More than half, about 57 percent, thought their office space was efficiently used, while 24 percent believed their space was under capacity; 19 percent thought it was over capacity.

At least half of the respondents thought they were paying market rates for their space, while 23 percent believed it was over market and 27 percent saw it as under market. About 59 percent of participants thought office rents were unchanged from one year ago while 41 percent saw it as higher.

According to survey respondents, health care and education services firms claimed approximately 34 percent of activity, with financial services taking 25 percent and media, marketing and advertising firms accounting for another 11 percent.

Around 42 percent of participants saw lease expirations as driving activity, with 26 percent pointing to access to transportation and 20 percent to consolidation or downsizing efforts. Just 4 percent of respondents saw expansion driving activity.

Most of the survey participants were more optimistic about the outlook for Fairfield County’s central business district (CBD) markets than its suburban markets.

Approximately 58 percent of respondents saw CBD asking rents increasing over the next 12 months, with 38 percent predicting no growth and 4 percent foreseeing lower rents. Around 11 percent saw suburban rents increasing, with 74 percent predicting no growth and 15 percent expecting lower rents.

In terms of vacancy rates, 44 percent of participants predicted no change in Fairfield County’s CBD markets, while 48 percent saw a decline and around 7 percent expected an increase in vacancies. About 19 percent of respondents saw suburban vacancy rates as increasing, with 65 percent predicting no change and 15 percent expecting lower vacancy rates.

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onnecticut government officials rolled up their sleeves at a legislative leaders breakfast in Stamford and plunged deep into discussion about this year’s agenda and budget. Among the hot-button topics were transportation, taxes and the economy.

The event, hosted by The Business Council of Fairfield County on March 19, invited House Republican Leader Larry Cafero of Norwalk, Senate Republican Leader John McKinney of Fairfield, Speaker of the House J. Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) and Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn, to take center stage and address the issues head on.

The state’s transportation fund has been shortchanged over the years with money being pulled out to support the state’s general budget, said Joe McGee, vice president of public policy at The Business Council of Fairfield County. The Lock Box bill, a policy that aims to prevent funds from being removed from the

state’s transportation budget, is expected to be put up for vote during this legislative session. This would prevent misallocation of funds that would otherwise contribute to key transportation projects, including the New Haven Line.

“We only recovered half of the 119,200 jobs we lost during the recession, so that is of great concern to policy makers” — Joe McGee

“There is discussion about making investments in infrastructure and transportation, particularly the New Haven Line,” McGee said. “There’s growing recognition that the New Haven Line is the economic engine for Connecticut.”

Years ago, income taxes banded discontent Connecticut residents together.

Now, the big uproar is over property tax hikes, McGee said.

“People pay more on property taxes than income taxes, depending on where they live,” he said. “The Legislatures Committee on Finance and Bonding is forming a committee to conduct a year study of the property tax system in Connecticut to look at ways to lessen the burden of it.”

Connecticut has had the slowest job growth in the country for the last 20 years, and there’s an ongoing debate about how to grow the state’s economy, McGee said.

“We only recovered half of the 119,200 jobs we lost during the recession, so that is of great concern to policy makers,” he said. “While the governor is using incentives to get companies to come to Connecticut, Republicans are saying ‘We’d rather invest in infrastructure and education than give money to businesses.’”

The gubernatorial election this year will determine the direction and future of the state’s economy for years to come, McGee added.

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Neutrality of web turned on its head

BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

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he Internet as we know it is changing.

Late last month, Comcast Corp., the nation’s largest Internet service provider, announced that Netflix Inc. would begin to pay for faster and more reliable Internet access for Comcast users accessing Netflix’s video streaming content.

Content from Netflix accounts for nearly 30 percent of all Internet traffic during peak hours, which slows overall content delivery for everyone. Now, however, Comcast will give preferential treatment to Netflix traffic by allowing it a more direct, faster connection.

“The thing I really love about the Internet: it has been and continues to be the great Wild West” — Joel Felber

The deal is the first in which a content provider has agreed to pay for Internet access since a federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules in January, said Joel Felber, a Norwalk attorney at regional law firm Leason Ellis L.L.P., with its offices in White Plains, N.Y. Under previous net neutrality rules, the FCC had prohibited Internet service providers from charging “discriminatory” rates by the type of user, website or content. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled on Jan. 14 that the FCC had overstepped its authority to enforce the rules in a case between the agency and Comcast.

On Feb. 19, the FCC announced plans to create a new set of net neutrality rules to comply with the court’s ruling. But for now, the speed of certain websites can be determined by a content provider’s willingness to pay, Felber said.

“What Comcast is saying is ‘You pay us money and we’ll open the pipe for you,’”

Felber said. “Comcast hasn’t said if they’ll slow down the speed for anyone else, but the expectation is that Netflix will enjoy uninterrupted and good Internet access.”

Before joining Leason Ellis, Felber was a computer programmer for 10 years, leading up to his specialization in computer technology and intellectual property law. Currently Leason Ellis is a primary source for high-tech startups in Westchester County.

“We haven’t yet seen the inability for a consumer to access content because the broadband provider has shut down the pipe, but that isn’t to say it couldn’t happen,” Felber said. “It would be naive to think the provider has unlimited access to resources and will make money hand over fist by controlling (content speeds) and that it’s purely out of greed.”

Felber said the way the public consumes content is changing, as evidenced by the growing number of online viewers for the Olympics and Super Bowl. There’s a larger emphasis on video streaming, which puts a tremendous demand on the infrastructure and requires maintenance, he said.

In an ideal world, Comcast would use the additional revenue from the Netflix deal to invest in the infrastructure or find innovative solutions to increase Internet speeds, Felber said. Then everyone would win. But there’s no guarantee that will happen.

“The question is, what does this mean for startups, you, me and the world,” Felber said.

In the most basic sense, companies and startups that are unable to pay for quality access could see the speed of their websites slowed, he said. Investors may be more hesitant to lend to startups that require a higher price tag and it could be harder for startups to get off the ground.

“Then startups will have to wait and sit tight until the laws change,” Felber said.

If the public disagrees with the way providers are regulated, the FCC or legislators will likely respond, Felber said.

Government officials might even find they need to classify the Internet as a public utility like electricity and regulate it from there, he said.

“The thing I really love about the Internet: it has been and continues to be the great Wild West,” Felber said. “It’s the 21st century’s Wild West. The environment is untamed and Congress is struggling to keep up.”

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Women entrepreneurs blaze trails and get noticed

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ore than 100 people attended the Ladies Making History awards event at Safavieh Home Furnishings in Stamford recently, showing their support for women entrepreneurs who have taken risks in their businesses.

Keynote speaker and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Linda McMahon awarded five women $4,000 total for taking innovative approaches to grow their businesses.

The winners included Katherine Dickerson, CEO and founder of Gupta Films, a company that focuses on issues women face in the Latin community; Teri Gaberman, CEO and founder of Berni & Mercer Friends for Life, a nonprofit that comforts children with life-threatening illnesses; Andrea Greene, CEO and founder of Connecticut Cookie Company; and

Linda Spevacek and Maureen Wolff, founders of Just Ordinary Moms, who collect stories from moms across the country and create books about them.

The event included sponsors such as Lisa Corrado Nutrition, Safavieh, First County Bank and Westfair Communications Inc., the parent company of the Fairfield County Business Journal, and welcomed guest panelists Allyson Spellman, founder of Unleash Your Voice, and Kathy McShane, managing director of Ladies Who Launch.

Spellman said one important lesson she learned by launching her own company was the importance of taking every opportunity to find a network of supportive women.

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Going from wild ride to in control The business has been on a wild ride recently and I’m not at all confident that I can predict what’s going to happen. I find myself adjusting to what’s happened already instead of driving toward the future I want to have.

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Build a plan, then adjust and learn. Define where you want to go; that helps everyone follow your lead. Build up BOLR funds (more on this below) to give you room to maneuver when things don’t go according to plan.

Track key performance indicators (KPI) so that you know what needs work.

Your job is to lead: get out of the day-today of the business so you can do just that.

Rarely do things go according to plan. That doesn’t mean you stop plan-

enue comes in above or below plan?

Same for cost of goods sold and gross profit. What overhead expenses might the business expand or cut if things do or don’t go according to plan? What would net income be used for? Where would funds come from to fill in any shortfall? What would that do to critical ratios on the balance sheet?

A clearer understanding of what might happen under a variety of conditions helps you to explain to those around you what needs to happen and why. When people understand the details of your vision, they are more likely to support and engage with your plan. They may ask challenging questions, which will help clarify the plan and identify holes and opportunities you may not have thought of.

So, how do BOLR funds come into play? BOLR stands for bank of last resort. That’s what every entrepreneur is. When the bank will no longer provide loans, when the business takes a loss, when things go wrong, the owner

productivity measures such as revenue / FTE (full time equivalent employee) and inventory turns.

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Build a plan and use it to play out “what if” scenarios — if things go according to plan or not. Get a clearer understanding of how well prepared the business is to handle a variety of situations.

Use the “what ifs” to think about how the business is likely to behave under a variety of conditions.

Define what you want and what you think it will take to get there. Lay out the year-by-year parts of the plan, looking five years into the future. Estimate annual revenue, cost of goods sold and gross profit, overhead expenses, net income, balance sheet impact including changes in assets, liabilities and equity, and cash flow.

Test the plan. What happens if rev-

takes the hit in the form of decreased income, or even worse, having to put money back into the business.

Have at least three to six months of overhead in cash on hand. That’s the minimum. Keep it readily accessible, even if it means using low-interest accounts like money markets and CDs. When things go wrong, BOLR funds need to be there to back up the plan.

Having laid out a year-by-year forecast, identify KPIs that will help you know if things are on track, or not. A few might include year-over-year growth rate, cogs and gross profit percentages, average overhead dollars and annual overhead increase percentages and year-over-year increase in net income percentage. There are also critical balance sheet ratios of current assets to current liabilities, debt to equity, and

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THE LIST

Home Builders Ranked by largest home; listed alphabetcally in the event of a tie Company Name Address Phone Number • Website (203 area code unless noted otherwise)

Largest home built to date (Square feet)

Number of home-building contracts awarded in 2013 Top local executive, Title • Year company was established Services

Davenport Contracting Inc. 78 Harvard Ave., Stamford 06902 324-6308 • dvnport.com

22,500

7 Richard Koch / Brian MacDonald, Owners • 1983 Custom home building, additions and renovations

Clarke Builders PO Box 187, Riverside 06878 637-4135 • clarkebuilders.com

16,000

WND Jes. J Dall, Owner • 1964 Home building, renovation and remodeling

Coastal Construction Group L.L.C. 1771 Post Road East, Westport 06880 292-3210 • ctcoastal.com

15,000

8 Ryan Moran / Joe Feinlieb, Owners • 2003 Luxury, new home construction

Wright Building Company 325 Post Road West, Westport 06880 227-4134 • wrightbuild.com

15,000

4 Kelly M Wright, Partner • 1985 Home building and renovations

Douglas Cutler Architects P.C. 221 Danbury Road, Wilton 06897 761-9561 • modulararchitecture.com

10,500

6 Douglas Cutler, Principal • 1987 Premier home design architecture

Design Limited Homes 62 Underhill Road, Sandy Hook 06482 426-5539 • design-ltd.com

6,000

3 Jane Sharpe, Vice President • 2000 Cedar and pine log cabins and post and beam homes

Pine Creek Associates Inc. 80 Old Dam Road, Fairfield 06824 256-9300 • pinecreekassociates.com

4,500

0 Tom Wrabel, President • 1986 Remodeling and new home construction

Peter Schneider Builder Contractor, Inc. 106 Rockwell Road, Bethel 06801 743-5548 • peterschneiderbuilder.com

4,400

1 Peter Schneider, President • 1984 Homes, additions and major remodels

Sherman Building Design 14 Lily Pond Trail, New Milford 06776 770-6869 • shermanbuildingdesign.com

3,300

5 Michael Carpanzano, Owner • 2009 Major renovations and new construction

J K Home Improvements LLC 3 Beau St., Norwalk 06850 984-8869 • jkhomeimprovements.net

2,000

0 John Kozinski, Owner • 1994 General contractor and home improvement

Construction Management Group L.L.C. 58 Pine St., New Canaan 06840 966-3388 • cmgbuilder.com

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WND Salvatore Zarrella, WND • WND Building and restoration

Construction Solutions Group 30 Huckleberry Hollow, Stamford 06903 595-9882 • theconstructionsolutionsgroup.com

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WND Sylvan D. Pomerantz, President • 2003 Home building and general contracting

Hemmingway Construction Corporation 115 Mason St., Greenwich 06830 625-0566• hemmingwayconstruction.com

WND

WND Salvatore Sciarretta, Founder • 1972 Building structure and systems, woodworking and masonry

Hobbs Incorporated 27 Grove St., New Canaan 06840 966-0726• hobbsinc.com

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WND Ian Hobbs and Scott Hobbs, Owners • WND Building and restoration, attention to detail

Wernert 76 Valley Road, Cos Cob 06807 869-1110 • wernert.com

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WND Bruce Wernert, Founder • 1981 General contracting, construction, design/build and owner representation

This is a sampling of home builders based on survey respondents. To be included on this list please contact westfaircommunications@gmail.com WND Would not disclose Source: Company information obtained from company websites and respondents.

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SPECIAL REPORT

ELDER CARE

Witherell remakes itself with care

BY BILL FALLON

From left, Debby Lash, Karen Sadik-Khan, Scott Neff and Allen Brown at the Nathaniel Witherell facility in Greenwich.

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ome nonprofits set their sights on entire taxonomic kingdoms: human or animal. In Greenwich, the Nathaniel Witherell Short-Term and Skilled Nursing Center has one with a laser focus.

Begun a year ago, the Friends of Nathaniel Witherell Inc. has now reached the halfway mark in its $7 million, solepurpose mission to raise money for capital projects at the 70 Parsonage Road facility. Reaching that benchmark has emboldened the nonprofit to stake out April 30 as its next target date, this time to raise another $1.5 million.

The college-like, 22-acre Nathaniel Witherell campus bears the twin official stamps of “licensed skilled nursing facility” and “chronic convalescent nursing home.”

During ongoing work on the total $27 million renovation the facility has remained open. There has been a reduction of several rehabilitation beds leaving 170 beds in service, including 160 beds for long-term and Alzheimer’s care, with 40 of those beds exclusively for Alzheimer’s patients.

When work is completed this summer, 42 rehabilitation beds will join the 170 active beds for a total 202, which is the site’s licensed capacity. Forty of the new rehabilitation beds are in private rooms and a single pair will share a common bathroom.

On a tour, Executive Director Allen Brown, said the town, which owns the facility, passed a $21 million bond to front the work in January, adding to a previous bond effort.

The work includes turning Brown’s once-capacious office into a light-filled meeting room while he has been shunted to a more pedestrian office down the hall.

The café, too, has remained open, situated in a hallway until its 1,600-squarefoot, French-windowed space is complete.

Other projects include doubling the rehabilitation quarters, improving rooms and adding elevators. A new emergency gen-

A construction team recently rewires nurse and Internet communications.

erator was shipped from Wisconsin and is so big it sat for two days during transit while highway issues were resolved; it can handle 100 percent of Witherell needs in the event of blackout. The more standard furnaces — also new — are themselves impressive: formerly the size of entire rooms, now they are the size of home refrigerators.

“Nathaniel Witherell is a magnet in this part of Fairfield County,” said Debby Lash, co-chairperson of the Friends of Nathaniel Witherell capital drive. On a tour of all the building activity — including a tented workstation where a Turner Construction Co. crew from Milford rewired nurse and Internet communications — she confided, “It’s like backstage at the Metropolitan Opera — there’s a lot going on.”

The Friends nonprofit in March received a $1 million gift from the Westport-based Dalio Foundation. “We are extremely excited about this most generous gift and are deeply grateful to the Dalio Foundation, which has demonstrated in the finest sense what it means to be involved and engaged in our community,” said David Ormsby, Project Renew co-chairperson, at the time of the gift.

Ormsby was not present when Allen, Lash, Friends of Nathaniel Witherell Inc. Director of Development Scott Neff and Karen Sadik-Khan spoke recently about the facility and its capital improvements. Sadik-Khan has seen her husband and her mother use the facility and serves on both the Friends and Witherell boards. She is also co-chairperson of the capital campaign, making her, in Allen’s words, “A triple threat.”

“You have to realize that for members of the community, this facility is right in the middle of town,” Sadik-Khan said.

“It’s on everyone’s radar screen. And the staff is great. You have a lot of turnover at nursing facilities, but not here; we have a low turnover rate. I become more and more inspired every time I come here.”

She preceded Lash on the board and in her words, “We reeled her in.”

Clients come from multiple regional hospitals and across state lines with Greenwich Hospital providing the vast majority — perhaps 85 percent. Greenwich residents receive preferential treatment, essentially jumping to the head of any

line that might contain nonresidents seeking treatments.

When it was built 107 years ago as The Municipal Hospital of Greenwich, the now-landmarked Witherell main building was concerned with infectious diseases like tuberculosis. Its 24 acres on Parsonage Road were remote by design, the better to keep pathogens away from the population; 22 of those acres today form the Witherell campus.

Allen said the construction work is about 66 percent complete; finished results will materialize by July. He said all was running smoothly, several times referencing the “tremendous logistics” of caring for scores of seniors while essentially remaking the facility.

“It really is a wonderful place,” Allen said. “Many people have been touched by what we do here. It is a tremendous resource for the community.”

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CEO EVOLUTION

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BY NORMAN G. GRILL

Social Security and your retirement planning

hile it’d be risky to rely on Social Security alone to fund your retirement, you shouldn’t completely ignore it either. Two important considerations when it comes to this decades-old program are “when” and “how much.” Let’s look at both.

Timing matters Many people choose to start receiving their monthly Social Security benefits as soon as they’re eligible, at age 62. Even though this is an appropriate strategy in some situations, postponing distributions by even a few years might increase the total income you’ll receive throughout your retirement.

Essentially, you have three options regarding when to take Social Security benefits. First, you may receive smaller monthly payments by taking benefits as soon as you’re 62. Second, you could receive “full” payments by starting benefits at your “normal” retirement age.

And third, you can choose to receive larger payments by delaying your benefits beyond your normal retirement age to age 70.

Just because you can receive larger monthly payments by waiting doesn’t

necessarily mean that putting off receiving benefits is the best move. In some instances, there may be sound reasons to receive payments sooner rather than later.

For example, if you’re in poor health or have a family history of medical problems, it may be prudent to start collecting Social Security as soon as you’re eligible. On the other hand, if you’re in good health and you’ve accumulated enough monetary resources to sustain you during the early years of your retirement, delaying your distributions and collecting larger monthly payments down the road may make more sense.

Marriage issues The decision about when to take Social Security benefits is relatively straightforward if you’re single — take benefits soon and get smaller payments, or delay and get larger payments. But for married taxpayers, the decision can get considerably more complicated because in some situations, one spouse’s decision can affect the maximum amount of Social Security benefits the other can receive.

There are many factors to consider with a spousal benefit. For instance, mar-

ried taxpayers should discuss who will start taking Social Security payments first or whether both spouses will begin taking them concurrently. How will this affect their planned retirement dates? If you’re married, it’s critical to research all the alternatives available to you and your spouse so you can take full advantage of available opportunities.

Information available In making a decision on when to start taking benefits, it’s also helpful to look at your estimated benefits. By visiting ssa. gov/myaccount and creating an online account, you can receive information detailing your expected annual benefits from the Social Security Administration.

This information is calculated based on your career earnings to that point, so if your income continues to go up, so will your estimated benefits, up to a certain point. For more information, the SSA’s website offers a useful calculator at ssa. gov/estimator that allows you to estimate your future Social Security benefits. On this page, you can enter different levels of future income and retirement ages to compare how much you’ll receive under a variety of scenarios.

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If you’re close to retirement and you’d like to receive a larger benefit, consider postponing retirement and working a few extra years. Doing so can help maximize your Social Security benefits, as well as help you build up more funds in an IRA or employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k). The more financial resources you have, the more flexible you can be about when to take your Social Security benefits.

No ‘gimme’ Social Security may seem like a “gimme” that will be there, no matter what, to give your retirement portfolio a modest boost. Yet, by thinking about it this way, you might wind up receiving less overall.

This has been a general discussion and is not meant as advice to anyone.

Always consult with a qualified adviser about retirement planning.

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DoRaL aRRoWWooD 975 Anderson Hill Road Rye Brook, NY 10573 Phone: (914) 939-5500 WeBsiTe: doralarrowwood.com YeaR oPeneD: 1992 CoURse TYPe: Public GeneRaL ManaGeR: Joseph Pica GoLF PRo: Ralph Garofano sUPeRinTenDenT: Domenick Italiano hoLes: 9 PaR: 35 RaTinG: 35.8 YaRDs: 2,924 sLoPe: 136 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Robert von Hagge

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1 Wasylenko Lane, Yonkers, NY 10701 Phone: (914) 231-3490 WeBsiTe: westchestergov.com YeaR oPeneD: 1903 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Mike Belmont GoLF PRo: Jeffrey Bohr sUPeRinTenDenT: Kevin Duffy hoLes: 18 PaR: 70 RaTinG: 67.4 YaRDs: 5,778 sLoPe: 118 CoURse DesiGneR(s): NA

e. GaYnoR BRennan GoLF CoURse

GRiFFiTh e. haRRis GoLF CoURse

GoLF PRo: Vance Levin sUPeRinTenDenT: Michael Sullivan hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 71.1 YaRDs: 6,492 sLoPe: 124 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Maurice McCarthy

1300 King St., Greenwich, CT 06831 Phone: (203) 531-7200 WeBsiTe: greenwichct.org YeaR oPeneD: 1963 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Dave D’Andrea GoLF PRo: Joseph Felder sUPeRinTenDenT: Jay Collins hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 men, 73 women RaTinG: 70.5 YaRDs: 6,512 sLoPe: 120 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Robert Trent Jones

eLMWooD CoUnTRY CLUB

850 Dobbs Ferry Road, White Plains, NY 10607 Phone: (914) 592-6600 WeBsiTe: elmwoodcc.org YeaR oPeneD: 1925 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Jerry Schurhammer GoLF PRo: Michael E. Stubblefield sUPeRinTenDenT: Christopher Alonzi hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 71.5 YaRDs: 6,487 sLoPe: 129 CoURse DesiGneR(s): A.W. Tillinghast

haMPshiRe CoUnTRY CLUB

1025 Cove Road Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Phone: (914) 698-4610 WeBsiTe: hampshirecountryclub.org YeaR oPeneD: 1944 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Steve Till GoLF PRo: Pete Donnelly sUPeRinTenDenT: Tony Campanella hoLes: 18 PaR: 71/72 RaTinG: 70.1 YaRDs: 6,248 sLoPe: 128 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Devereux Emmet

GaRRison GoLF CLUB 2015 Route 9 Garrison, NY 10524 Phone: (845) 424-3604 WeBsiTe: www.thegarrison.com YeaR oPeneD: 1960 CoURse TYPe: Public GeneRaL ManaGeR: Chip Allemann GoLF PRo: Joe Spivak sUPeRinTenDenTs: Jeff Newell and Chris Dyroff hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: N/A YaRDs: N/A sLoPe: N/A CoURse DesiGneR(s): Dick Wilson

h. sMiTh RiChaRDson GoLF CoURse 2425 Morehouse Highway Fairfield, CT 06824 Phone: (203) 255-7300 WeBsiTe: hsrgolf.com YeaR oPeneD: 1972 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: N/A GoLF PRo: Jim Alexander sUPeRinTenDenT: Peter Grace hoLes: 18 PaR: 72

451 Stillwater Road Stamford, CT 06902 Phone: (203) 356-0046 WeBsiTe: brennangolf.com YeaR oPeneD; 1949 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Michael Sullivan

RaTinG: 72.1 YaRDs: 6,676 sLoPe: 126 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Hal Purdy and Malcolm Purdy

hUDson hiLLs GoLF CoURse

400 Croton Dam Road Ossining, NY 10562 Phone: (914) 864-3000 WeBsiTe: hudsonhillsgolf.com YeaR oPeneD: 2004 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Joe Rafferty GoLF PRo: Craig Coombes sUPeRinTenDenT: Grover Alexander hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: Black 73.7, green 71.0, blue 68.0, gold 66.7 YaRDs: Black 6,935, green 6,323, blue 5,755, gold 5,102 sLoPe: Black 139, green 129, blue 126, gold 113 (men); green 131, blue 127, gold 117 (women) CoURse DesiGneR(s): Mark A. Mungeam

knoLLWooD CoUnTRY CLUB

200 Knollwood Road Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: (914) 592-7411 WeBsiTe: kccclub.org YeaR oPeneD: 1894 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Mauro Piccininni GoLF PRo: Bob Miller sUPeRinTenDenT: Matthew Neus hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: Red 73.7, white 69.8, blue 71.2 YaRDs: Blue 6523, white 6204, red 5657 sLoPe: Red 133.7, white 130, blue 132 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Lawrence Van Etten-1894; A.W. Tillinghast, Seth Raynor, Charles Banks 1927

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Knollwood Country Club 200 Knollwood Road Extension | Elmsford, New York 10523 (914) 592-7411 www.kccclub.org

CELEBRATING 120 YEARS…

JOIN THE TRADITION NOW. Established in 1894, Knollwood Country Club has successfully stood the test of time with a full service facility that features a 6,500 yard championship golf course, located in Westchester County less than thirty minutes from Manhattan.

The Knollwood facility includes the following Member amenities: Golf • Historic 19th hole that provides a unique finish to your round • Unrestricted grass and mat driving range • Two-tiered short game area • Full service caddy program • Golf instruction led by PGA Professional Bob Miller, Jr. and staff

Knollwood has hosted numerous prestigious tournaments including US Open qualifiers and LPGA events. In 2014, Knollwood will host both the MGA IKE & Westchester Amateur Qualifiers and 10th Annual ESPN “Tee It Up” Golf Classic benefiting the Jimmy V Foundation.

Clubhouse • Recently renovated main dining room • Wood panelled Grill Room with two fireplaces • Outdoor dining on our covered patio or stone porch • Newly constructed Men’s locker room lounge

In addition to it’s history and championship golf course, Knollwood is known for its family friendly environment fine dining and entertainment functions. The club has recently undergone significant renovations to both the clubhouse and golf course geared towards further enhancing our Member experience.

Our upgrade program will continue to deliver in 2014 with the planned addition of new Har-Tru tennis courts.

Pool and Play Area • Fully enclosed pool area with king sized pool, kiddie pool and playground • Locker facilities • Full Service snack bar • Video and table games • Tiki Bar and shaded lounge areas

Become part of our history.

For 2014 Membership information please contact our General Manager Mauro Piccininni at (914) 592-7411 or at maurop@knollwoodcc.com. You can also visit our website at www.kccclub.org

Sports • Fully equipped 24/7 fitness facility with separate lockers and showers • New Har-Tru tennis courts planned for 2014

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The Links aT Union VaLe 153 N. Parliman Road LaGrangeville 12540 Phone: (845) 223-1000 WeBsiTe: thelinksatunionvale.com YeaR oPeneD: 2000 CoURse TYPe: Semi-private oWneR: IGA Member Corp., General Manager Teri Stellato GoLF PRo: Pat Sullivan sUPeRinTenDenT: Chris Strehl hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 73.8 nUMBeR oF YaRDs: 6,956 sLoPe: 138 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Stephen Kay

MaPLe MooR GoLF CoURse

1128 North St., White Plains, NY 10605 Phone: (914) 995-9200 WeBsiTe: westchestergov.com YeaR oPeneD: 1927 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Joe Rafferty GoLF PRo: Craig Coombes sUPeRinTenDenT: N/A hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 71 YaRDs: 6,374 sLoPe: 129 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Tom Winton

MeTRoPoLis CoUnTRY CLUB

289 Dobbs Ferry Road White Plains, NY 10607 Phone: (914) 949-4840 WeBsiTe: metropoliscc.org YeaR oPeneD: 1904 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Jeff Martocci GoLF PRo: Craig Thomas sUPeRinTenDenT: Tony Grasso hoLes: 18

The PaTTeRson CLUB

PaR: 70 RaTinG: 72.2 YaRDs: 6,628 sLoPe: 134 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Herbert Strong and A. W. Tillinghast

1118 Cross Highway, Fairfield, CT 06430 Phone: (203) 259-5244 WeBsiTe: thepattersonclub.com YeaR oPeneD: 1947 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Kevin Lalumiere GoLF PRo: Chris Kenney sUPeRinTenDenT: Jason Meersman hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 72.8 YaRDs: 6,795 sLoPe: 134 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr.

MohansiC GoLF CoURse

1500 Baldwin Road Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Phone: (914) 862-5283 WeBsiTe: westchestergov.com YeaR oPeneD: 1926 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Steve Paonessa GoLF PRo: Max Galloway sUPeRinTenDenT: Scott Russell hoLes: 18 PaR: 70 RaTinG: 70.1 YaRDs: 6,558 sLoPe: 124 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Tom Winton

PLeasanTViLLe CoUnTRY CLUB

110 Nannahagan Road Pleasantville 10570 Phone: (914) 769-2809 WeBsiTe: pleasantvillecountryclub.com YeaR oPeneD: 1925 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: N/A GoLF PRo: Richard Rizzo sUPeRinTenDenT: Ed Kaufmann hoLes: 9 PaR: 64 RaTinG: 63.4 men, 66.5 women YaRDs: 4,289 sLoPe: 123 men, 112 women CoURse DesiGneR(s): A.W. Tillinghast

oak hiLLs PaRk GoLF CoURse

165 Fillow St., Norwalk, CT 06850 Phone: (203) 838-0303 WeBisTe: oakhillsgc.com YeaR oPeneD: 1969 CoURse TYPe: Municipal eXeCUTiVe DiReCToR: Shelly Guyer GoLF PRo: Edward Ruiz sUPeRinTenDenT: Jim Schell hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 70.5 YaRDs: 6,407 sLoPe: 126 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Alfred H. Tull

PoUnD RiDGe GoLF CLUB

18 High Ridge Road, P.O. Box 69, Pound Ridge, NY 10576 Phone: (914) 764-5771 WeBsiTe: poundridgegolf.com YeaR oPeneD: 2008 CoURse TYPe: Pubic GeneRaL ManaGeRs: Todd Leavenworth and Ken Wang GoLF PRos: Mike DiBuono, Andy Smith, Terry Slater and Jim Dillon sUPeRinTenDenT: Will Heintz

hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: Black 76.1, oak 73.8, granite 70.4, sand 67.6, pine 64.5 (men); granite 76.6, sand 73.5, pine 70.0 (women) Yards: 7,171 sLoPe: Black 146, oak 142, granite 140, sand 128, pine 112 (men); granite 147, sand 137, pine 130 (women) CoURse DesiGneR(s): Pete Dye

RiChTeR PaRk GoLF CoURse

100 Aunt Hack Road Danbury, CT 06811 Phone: (203) 792-2550 WeBsiTe: richterpark.com YeaR oPeneD: 1971 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Marilyn Sanyshyn GoLF PRo: Brian Gehan sUPeRinTenDenT: Rob Dorsch hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 73 YaRDs: 6,740 sLoPe: 130 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Edward Ryder

RiDGeFieLD GoLF CoURse

545 Ridgebury Road Ridgefield, CT 06877 Phone: (203) 748-7008 WeBsiTe: ridgefieldgc.com YeaR oPeneD: 1974 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Frank A. Sergiovanni GoLF PRo: Frank A. Sergiovanni sUPeRinTenDenT: Anton Stager hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 70.9 YaRDs: 6,444 sLoPe: 123 CoURse DesiGneR(s): George Fazio and Tom Fazio

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The Links at Union Vale

The Links at Union Vale is, as one reviewer described it, “18 holes of Ireland in Dutchess County.” It is the fulfillment of the dream held by the golfers, more than 500 members of the Irish Golf Association and 16 Gaelic golfing societies in the New York City area, who built it. The Links, constructed on a nearly treeless site with sweeping views of the Hudson Hills and Catskill Mountains, is a beautiful golf course to play.

Well-known New York course architects Stephen Kay and Doug Smith, designed and built the course. They let the shape of the land — with its swells and troughs — influence the shape of the holes. It has the links land character — fast turf, the opportunity to play bump and run, lethal rough and the shaggy browed bunkering reminiscent of the Old Country. The result is a challenging course, with four sets of tees, that stretches from 5,198 yards to nearly 7,000 yards from the tips.

Kay and Smith designed the course to reward ball striking and course management. Play well, play smart and you will score well. Each hole has its own risk and reward with the wayward or overly aggressive player being bloodied by rough that just doesn’t quit. Kay designed the

front nine to emphasize tactics and course management allowing players to find their game and rhythm. From the tips, the first nine holes are not overly long. The 221-yard par-3 third hole does hint though at what a player will find waiting on the inward nine.

The first four holes on the back offer real scoring opportunities to the ball striker. Teeing up on the 14th though, players realize that they needed to bring one more thing to the Links, muscle. The last five holes offer the same risks and rewards as the first 14 holes, but they also offer length. From the tips, the two par-5s exceed 600 yards and two of the three par-4s are over 450 yards in length. The accuracy and length required at The Links was not a problem for Pádraig Harrington. In 2012, the touring pro tied the course record, shooting a 64.

The Links opened for play in 2000 as a semi-private layout. The quality of the course was immediately noted by Suburban Golf magazine naming The Links the Best New Public Course of the Year.

As the course matured, its exceptional qualities — condition, design and amenities — became more widely known. Best of Northeast Golf magazine named Links

Best of Daily Fee Properties three years in a row, 2008 through 2010. Zagat’s selected The Links for its America’s Top Golf Course in its 2012 Best in Country Guide.

Serious golfers have noticed The Links at Union Vale as well. Golf magazine rated The Links 17th in its ranking of the top 100 daily fee courses in New York state.

The USGA selected the club to host the U.S. Amateur sectional qualifier three different times. In 2014, The Links will host a Metropolitan Golf Association Play Day in June, as well as the first round of the Women’s Dutchess County Amateur.

After a round at The Links, you realize that you have had a different type of golf experience; from the Gaelic welcome to the links land layout to the properly poured

Guinness in the pub. You also realize that, whether it’s the golf or the Guinness, you’ll be saying “once again, if you please.”

The Links at Union Vale is open to the public and hosts private golf tournaments and outings, weddings and banquets. For more information, please contact Teri Stellato, general manager at (845) 2231002 or visit www.TheLinksAtUnionVale. com. The Links is conveniently located in lower Dutchess County and is 40 minutes or less from points in Westchester, Putnam and Fairfield (Conn.) counties.

The Links at Union Vale 153 N. Parliman Road LaGrangeville, NY 12540 TheLinksAtUnionVale.com

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RoCkRiMMon CoUnTRY CLUB 2949 Long Ridge Road Stamford, CT 06903 Phone: (203) 322-3408 WeBsiTe: rockrimmoncc.org YeaR oPeneD: 1947 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Jason Larsen GoLF PRo: Jerry Yochum sUPeRinTenDenT: Tony Girardi hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 73.8 YaRDs: 6,832 sLoPe: 128 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Orrin Smith and Robert Trent Jones Sr.

RoLLinG hiLLs 333 Hurlbutt St., Wilton, CT 06897 Phone: (203) 762-4600 WeBsiTe: rhcconline.com YeaR oPeneD: 1961 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Steve Revelant GoLF PRo: Ray Ford sUPeRinTenDenT: Glenn Perry hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 72.7 YaRDs: 6,692 sLoPe: 134 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Alfred Tull; updated 2002 by Roger Rulewich

saLeM GoLF CLUB 18 Bloomer Road North Salem, NY 10560 Phone: (914) 669-5485 WeBsiTe: salemgolfclub.org YeaR oPeneD: 1965 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Todd Zorn heaD PRo: Charlie Poole sUPeRinTenDenT: Chuck Denny hoLes: 18

PaR: 72 RaTinG: 73.5 YaRDs: 6,760 sLoPe: 138 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Edward Ryder

GeneRaL ManaGeR: Peter Tunley GoLF PRo: Michael Summa sUPeRinTenDenT: Scott Niven hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 76 YaRDs: 7,133 sLoPe: 144 CoURse DesiGneR(s): William F. Gordon

shoRehaVen GoLF CLUB

14 Canfield Ave. East Norwalk, CT 06855 Phone: (203) 866-5528 WeBsiTe: shorehavengc.org YeaR oPeneD: 1923 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Arthur Crouch GoLF PRo: Mike Laganza sUPeRinTenDenT: Shannon Slevin hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 72.4 YaRDs: 6,599 sLoPe: 134 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Robert White

saXon WooDs GoLF CoURse

315 Mamaroneck Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 Phone: (914) 231-3461 WeBsiTe: westchestergov.com YeaR oPeneD: 1931 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Billy Casper GoLF PRo: Ralph Garofano sUPeRinTenDenT: Poy Young hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 70.2 YaRDs: 6,293 sLoPe: 122 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Tom Winton

siLVeR sPRinG CoUnTRY CLUB

439 Silver Spring Road Ridgefield, CT 06877 Phone: (203) 438-2671 WeBsiTe: silverspringcc.org YeaR oPeneD: 1930 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Robert Sommer GoLF PRo: David Jones sUPeRinTenDenT: Peter Rappoccio hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 72.1 YaRDs: 6,518 sLoPe: 132 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Robert White

sLeePY hoLLoW CoUnTRY CLUB

777 Albany Post Road, P.O. Box 9245 Scarborough, NY 10510 Phone: (914) 941-8070 WeBsiTe: sleepyhollowcc.org YeaR oPeneD: 1911 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: William Nitschke GoLF PRo: David Young sUPeRinTenDenT: Tom Leahy hoLes: 18 PaR: 70 RaTinG: 71.7 YaRDs: 6,547 sLoPe: 133 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Charles B. MacDonald and A. W. Tillinghast

The sTanWiCh CLUB 888 North St., Greenwich, CT 06831 Phone: (203) 869-0555 WeBsiTe: stanwich.com YeaR oPeneD: 1963 CoURse TYPe: Private

sPRain Lake GoLF CoURse 290 Grassy Sprain Road Yonkers, NY 10710 Phone: (914) 231-3481 WeBsiTe: westchestergov.com YeaR oPeneD: 1940 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Buddy Sarlo GoLF PRo: Thomas W. Avezzano sUPeRinTenDenT: Frank Rocco hoLes: 18 PaR: 70 RaTinG: 69.3 YaRDs: 6,110 sLoPe: 122 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Tom Winton

sTeRLinG FaRMs GoLF CoURse

1349 Newfield Ave. Stamford, CT 06905 Phone: (203) 461-9090 WeBsiTe: sterlingfarmsgc.com YeaR oPeneD: 1972 CoURse TYPe: Public GeneRaL ManaGeR: Paul Grillo GoLF PRo: Angela Aulenti sUPeRinTenDenT: Tracey Holliday hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: Blue 71.7, white 69.6, gold 67.5, red 73.3 YaRDs: Blue 6,509, white 6,054, gold 5,587, red 5,539 sLoPe: Blue 129, white 126, gold 123, red 124 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Geoffrey S. Cornish 1969; renovated 2005

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2014 Young Executive Introductory Membership Program

Designed specifically for golfers under the age of 35, our young executive program provides an entry into golf club life Affordable monthly dues may be applied to guest fees, cart fees and food and beverage charges NO greens fees, initiation fee, food minimum, tee times or sales tax Salem Golf Club is a private membership, golf only club, with a spectacular 18-Hole championship course Limited memberships available To inquire about joining the Salem Golf Club Call 914-669-5485 or email hilaryp@salemgolfclub.org

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sUnseT hiLL GoLF CLUB 13 Sunset Hill Road Brookfield, CT 06804 Phone: (203) 740-7800 YeaR oPeneD: 1950 CoURse TYPe: Public GeneRaL ManaGeR: N/A GoLF PRo: N/A sUPeRinTenDenT: N/A hoLes: 9 PaR: 69 RaTinG: 62.6 YaRDs: 4,720 sLoPe: 100 CoURse DesiGneR(s): NA

TaMaRaCk CoUnTRY CLUB

55 Locust Road, Greenwich, CT 06831 Phone: (203) 531-7300 WeBsiTe: tamarackcountryclub.com YeaR oPeneD: 1929 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Brian Gillespie GoLF PRo: Bobby Farrell sUPeRinTenDenT: Jeff Scott hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 72.9 YaRDs: 6,834 sLoPe: 126 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Charles H. Banks

TashUa knoLLs anD TashUa GLen GoLF CLUB 40 Tashua Knolls Lane Trumbull, CT 06611 Phone: (203) 452-5186 WeBsiTe: tashuaknolls.com YeaR oPeneD: 1976/2004 CoURse TYPe: Municipal GeneRaL ManaGeR: Bobby Brown GoLF PRo: Jon Janik sUPeRinTenDenT: Hidalgo Nagashima

WesTChesTeR CoUnTRY CLUB

hoLes: 27 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 71.9 YaRDs: 6,540 sLoPe: 125 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Al Zikorus and Mike Zikorus

99 Biltmore Ave., Rye, NY 10580 Phone: (914) 967-6000 WeBsiTe: wccclub.org YeaR oPeneD: 1922 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Robert James GoLF PRo: Harvey Lannak sUPeRinTenDenT: Joe Alonzi hoLes: 18 PaR: West 72, south 70 RaTinG: West 73.2, south 69.1 YaRDs: West 6,752, south 6,027 sLoPe: West 136, south 121 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Walter Travis

TRUMP naTionaL GoLF CLUB

100 Shadow Tree Lane Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 Phone: (914) 944-0900 WeBsiTe: trumpnationalwestchester.com YeaR oPeneD: 2002 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Dan Scavino GoLF PRo: N/A sUPeRinTenDenT: Scott Blough hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 71 YaRDs: 7,291 sLoPe: 129 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Jim Fazio

WesTChesTeR hiLLs GoLF CLUB

401 Ridgeway, White Plains, NY 10605 Phone: (914) 948-5020 WeBsiTe: westchesterhills.org YeaR oPeneD: 1919 CoURse TYPe: Private inTeRiM CLUB ManaGeR: Jerome Louie GoLF PRo: Jason Gobleck sUPeRinTenDenT: Peter Waterous hoLes: 18 PaR: 70 RaTinG: 70.2 YaRDs: 6,026 sLoPe: 127 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Walter Travis

WaCCaBUC CoUnTRY CLUB

90 Mead St., Waccabuc, NY 10597 Phone: (914) 763-3144 WeBsiTe: waccabuccc.com YeaR oPeneD: 1912 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: John Assumma GoLF PRo: John R. McPhee sUPeRinTenDenT: Doug George hoLes: 18 PaR: 70 RaTinG 71.1 YaRDs: 6,398 sLoPe: 128 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Alfred H. Tull

WhiTneY FaRMs GoLF CoURse

175 Shelton Road, Monroe, CT 06468 Phone: (203) 268-0707 WeBsiTe: whitneyfarmsgc.com YeaR oPeneD: 1982 CoURse TYPe: Public GeneRaL ManaGeR: Paul McGuire GoLF PRo: Paul Christ sUPeRinTenDenT: Paul McGuire hoLes: 18 PaR: 72

RaTinG: 72.4 YaRDs: 6,628 sLoPe: 130 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Hal Purdy and Malcolm Purdy

WooDWaY CoUnTRY CLUB

540 Hoyt St., Darien, CT 06820 Phone: (203) 322-1661 WeBsiTe: woodway.org YeaR oPeneD: 1916 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Sam Kadi GoLF PRo: Michael Crawford sUPeRinTenDenT: Jamie Kapes hoLes: 18 PaR: 71 RaTinG: 72.8 YaRDs: 6,716 sLoPe: 139 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Willie Park Jr.

WYkaGYL CoUnTRY CLUB

1195 North Ave. New Rochelle, NY 10804 Phone: (914) 636-8700 WeBsiTe: wykagylcc.org YeaR oPeneD: 1898 CoURse TYPe: Private GeneRaL ManaGeR: Robert Kasara GoLF PRo: Ben Hoffhine sUPeRinTenDenT: Michael Scott hoLes: 18 PaR: 72 RaTinG: 72.6 YaRDs: 6,702 sLoPe: 137 CoURse DesiGneR(s): Donald J. Ross, A. W. Tillinghast and Coore-Crenshaw

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State ups senior aid

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ov. Dannel Malloy announced recently that his administration is awarding $9 million in first-time funding to help Connecticut’s nursing homes diversify services and meet the changing needs of the elderly.

The grants are part of the state’s strategic plan to rebalance long-term services and supports and give seniors a choice to live in a community-centered environment.

“Many people are looking for greater choice about where and how they receive care,” Malloy said in a written statement. “Our initiative promotes freedom of choice in the long-term care system by expanding the options available to our aging adults and other adults with disabilities.”

The strategy involves helping skilled nursing facilities adapt to the growing demand for community-based services and supports. In the first round of funding to help nursing homes diversify service delivery models, seven were chosen through a competitive process: • Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fair�ield County, Inc. (Fairfield)

- Maximum award: $81,260. The proposal calls for developing affordable, community-based living protocols in an adult family home so seniors can stay or return to the community from a nursing home.

• Southington Care Center (Central Connecticut Senior Health Services) — Maximum award: $2,051,148. The proposal aims to increase the capacity to deliver and promote community services through a streamlined process, including a 24-hour hotline and a toolkit for community services; expand geriatric care management and create an education and engagement program; and raise awareness about long-term community services and supports.

• Mary Wade Home, Inc. (New Haven) — Maximum award: up to $2,001,730, (up to $200,000 in pre-development funds and $1 million in capital funds). The proposal establishes a homemaker companion agency to increase the supply of direct-care workers in New Haven, expand educational opportunities and help people connect to community supports.

• Litch�ield Woods Healthcare Center (Torrington) — Maximum award: $2,269,103. The proposal aims to expand infrastructure to support hospice services in the northwest corner and to open a home-health agency satellite.

• Miller Memorial Community, Inc. (Meriden) — Maximum award: $1,338,110.

The proposal aims to introduce a new service delivery model that will improve continuity of care, reduce length of stay in the nursing home and reduce hospitalizations post discharge.

• Hebrew Home and Hospital, Inc. (West Hartford) — Maximum award: $1,072,220. The proposal includes diversifying a wing of the nursing home to a transitional living wing, which provides additional services that transitions people back to the community.

• Hughes Health and Rehabilitation, Inc. (West Hartford) - Maximum award: $197,420. The proposal includes funding for a community assessment to explore the need to establish adult family homes and a transitional living wing.

The Department of Social Services and the Departments of Housing and

Public Health made the first request for proposals. Funds of up to $25 million are available for the next request for proposals, which will be issued this summer. Of the $9 million, the state’s general funds will cover $7 million, which is 100 percent reimbursed by the federal government, and the remaining $2 million comes from state bond funds.

“With this funding, we are encouraging the industry to develop a continuum of services that will help Connecticut residents remain a part of the community whenever possible,” said Anne Foley, Office of Policy and Management undersecretary, in a written statement.

This grant allows the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support state nursing homes as the number of seniors continue to increase. This state and federal partnership is critical since HUD underwrites mortgages for 59 of nearly 230 nursing facilities in Connecticut, said Roderick L. Bremby, Department of Social Services commissioner, in a written statement.

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BY DAVID LEWIS

It’s all about retaining your talent

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othing sets a business back more than when a key employee at any level walks into your office and submits their letter of resignation.

In most cases, it is too late to fix whatever caused that employee to suddenly announce they are about to become a former employee, and to say the least, that can be an extremely frustrating moment for any business owner. On the premise that proactive is better than reactive, allow me to offer some simple steps to consider, all designed to reduce the chances of the unwanted resignation moment.

The approach I advocate is simple.

It focuses on a combination of doing many little things versus any one big one, essentially creating one more item the employee needs to leave behind should they choose to leave. To be more specific, many businesses are about the company, the title and the salary, and little more. Businesses that retain their employees more than others are about the fun, the team of

people, the culture, the dress code, the extra benefits, the flexibility and so on.

Today, the companies that successfully stem turnover are offering flexibility in multiple ways. They allow

Businesses that retain their employees more than others are about the fun, the team of people, the culture, the dress code, the extra benefits, the flexibility and so on. employees to come in later than 9 a.m., as well as work from home some or all of the time. They’re OK with jeans instead of dress slacks. The pantry/ kitchen has company-provided fresh fruit, snacks and drinks instead of a

vending machine.

Another common trait of firms with low turnover is that they find ways to positively and constructively connect their employees via company-organized and, in some cases, sponsored events. The company picnic or holiday party has now been supplemented and/or replaced with monthly happy hours, trips to the theater, movie night, and bowling and other sports leagues.

While it is nice to see some firms paying the tab in full for all the above, the mere exercise of organizing these events but seeking financial participation by employees is still acceptable and can be just as rewarding.

My final pitch is for employee benefits. My focus, though, is not on medical and dental coverage. Instead, this is about the myriad of options out there in the category called “voluntary benefits” — those that are offered as an option for the employee to select at their cost, not the company’s. The categories include supplemental medical coverage, extra

life insurance, short- and long-term disability policies, pet insurance, pre-paid legal services, and optical and long-term care, just to name a few. One key bit of advice: When talking with your broker about these options, focus on offering them at a time other than when you renew for your medical coverage. Why? Most companies get so overwhelmed at primary insurance renewal time that they drop plans for these other benefit offerings due to time constraints.

If you pay poorly and treat your people without respect, then the above measures are likely to have little impact.

Most of us, though, will see measurable results over time by investing some time and effort when implementing even just some of these ideas.

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FCBUZZ ‘ANIMALIA’ – NEW SHOW AT FLINN GALLERY IN GREENWICH LIBRARY

This new exhibit at the Flinn Gallery, shows how eight artists interpret our complicated relationship with the animal kingdom and questions from differing artistic viewpoints how we interact with animals. The animal world is seen through a lens of whimsy, myth, sympathy and science in paint, sculpture and installation.

Jaclyn Conley’s work depicts familial conflicts among both domesticated and predatory animals. April DeMarco captures the strength and grace of horses and the symbolism they bring to viewers.

Anne Lemanski creates life-size sculptures of leather, vintage paper, fabrics, vinyl and Roulux, a metallic plastic, sewn to create the cover of her fantastic animals, and examines the symbiotic relationship between humans and animals. Kathryn Lynch paints what she passes on a daily

basis and for two years she has based her paintings on her neighborhood dog park.

Jane O’Hara takes two lines of inquiry in her paintings, delving into the role of animals as commodities in our culture.

Alexandra Sax’s installation is reflective of a tradition in the 17th to early 20th centuries of the American and European travelling display of collections of exotic animals. Jain Tarnower’s work derives from her interest in heritage-breed livestock, among them the Charolais cattle and Black Icelandic and Wiltshire sheep.

Each of Brad Woodfin’s animal subjects delicately emerge from a deep black background, existing between darkness and light, mystery and revelation, power and vulnerability. For more information, please visit the Flinn Gallery website at flinngallery.com or call (203) 622-7947.

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HUNGRY? INNOVATIVE THEATER ADDRESSES FOOD AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY

Silvermine Arts Center proudly presents “Who’s Hungry,” an extraordinary experimental table-top puppet theater play that aims to raise awareness of the lives of those of us who, on a daily basis, must choose between life’s basic necessities – food or rent, food or medicine, food or bus fare. The upcoming 90-minute puppet theater production was written by Dan Froot, designed and directed by Dan Hurlin, with music by Ami Denio. It tells the oral histories of five very different homeless and/or food-insecure Santa Monicans, through five 15- to 20-minute segments, woven together as a chef weaves a succession of flavors into a cohesive multicourse meal. Presented on a specially built 24-foot dinner table, the audience views the action, which incorporates puppetry, dance, music and text, as if they are banquet guests. Performances will be Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday,

April 5 at 3 p.m.

The project, including the accompanying workshops; an exhibition of works on paper about homelessness; and companion programming through Art Partners, Silvermine’s outreach program, were made possible by funding from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Through our Art Partners programs, students at Norwalk’s Briggs High School created related artwork that will be on display during the performances.

The performances will be held in Sara Victoria Hall. Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Reduced price tickets will be available for community partners. Tickets can be purchased online at silvermineart.org or by calling (203) 966-9700 ext. 22.

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BUSINESS JOURNAL ATTACHMENTSFILED Kaputa, Natasha and Dennis Kaputa, Stratford. Filed by Cindy L. Robinson, Bridgeport. $50,000 in favor of Lori Green. Property: 262 Rogers Drive, Stratford. Filed March 13.

Wiacek, Anne, Greenwich. Filed by Brian D. Rosenfeld. $70,000 in favor of TR Sono Partners L.L.C. Property: Lot 32, Map 2301, Greenwich. Filed March 12.

BUILDING PERMITS

commErciaL A P Construction, contractor for Stamford Square Associates. Perform interior renovations to fifth floor elevator lobby and common corridor at 3001 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $75,000.

A P Construction, contractor for CCMCR Harbor Square L.L.C. Remove existing exterior stairs and construct a new staircase in an existing commercial space at 700 Canal St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $235,000.

All Season’s Contruction L.L.C., Naugatuck, contractor for Town Grove L.L.C. Renovate 13 housing units at 180200 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $300,000.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Two Yale & Towne L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 115 Towne St., Unit Y2, Stamford. Estimated cost: $500.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for One Yale & Towne L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 110 Towne St., Unit Y1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for HP Gateway Land I L.L.C. Construct a detailed directional sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 424 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

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. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: (914)694-3600 Fax: (914)694-3680

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Five Yale & Towne L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 200 Henry St., Unit Y6, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

High Ridge Citgo II Inc., Stamford, contractor for self. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 28 Turn of River Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $900.

B II Builders L.L.C. contractor for Frank Marini. Construct a new two-story singlefamily residence with a garage at 298 S. Benson Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $432,750. Filed March 12.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Landmark Square 1-6 L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 0 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

Huribal, Webil, Monroe, contractor for Twist of Taste. Perform fit-out to an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 406 Main St., Monroe. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 4.

Birch, Shani V., Stamford, contractor for self. Divide one large bedroom into two bedrooms by adding a wall and door at 49 Crane Road North, Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,000.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Two Harbor Point Square L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 100 Washington Blvd., Unit S2, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

RAM Builders, Fairfield, contractor for Evers Hill L.L.C. Perform construction to an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 315 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed March 14.

Blaker, John E., Stamford, contractor for self. Perform second-floor addition in an existing single-family residence at 34 Ledge Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $90,000.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Two Harbor Point Square L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 100 Washington Blvd., Unit S2, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

Rich-Taubman Associates, contractor for self. Perform construction to an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 100 Greyrock Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $170,000.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Two Harbor Point Square L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 100 Washington Blvd., Unit S2, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

BLT Management L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Two Harbor Point Square L.L.C. Construct a sign at an existing commercial space for tenant at 100 Washington Blvd., Unit S2, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000.

Caladri Development Corp., contractor for Housing Authority of the city of Stamford. Remove and discard existing siding, roofing, windows and doors. Add new siding, roofing, windows and doors at 0 Ursula Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $327,300.

Christensen, Dand, contractor for Gamla L.L.C. Install door dividing space in basement in an existing commercial space at 3000 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,000.

Connecticut Zoological Society, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Construct temporary tents for a fundraiser at 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed March 11.

Dwyer, John G., contractor for Black Rock Associates. Perform construction on an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 525 Tunxis Hill Cutoff, Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed March 11.

Fairfield University, Fairfield, contractor for self. Extend eight-inch water main service to new stadium at alumni field from town house at 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $55,000. Filed March 12.

First Stamford Place SPE L.L.C., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Perform interior alterations to the sixth floor of an existing commercial building at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 100, Stamford. Estimated cost: $85,000.

G & L Gollenberg Construction Inc., contractor for Our Savior’s Evangelical.

Construct a single-story addition for a new organ at 160 Hill Farm Road, Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $29,850. Filed March 14.

Sal’s Pizza, Monroe, contractor for self.

Perform construction to an existing commercial space at 630 Main St., Monroe. Estimated cost: $200. Filed Feb. 24.

Sperry Tent, contractor for Woodway Country Club Inc. Construct a temporary tent at an existing commercial space at 95 Hobson St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,684.

United Solar Associates L.L.C., contractor for the town of Fairfield. Install 80 roof-mounted solar panels on an existing single-family residence at 50 Nichols St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed March 14.

Valle, Oscar, contractor for Summer 3000 Holdings. Perform construction to an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 3000 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,040.

Zaro Carpentry L.L.C., contractor for Sergei Zarovniy, et al. Perform construction to an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 502 W. Main St., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $10,000.

rEsiDEntiaL A, Jill and Todd Brody, Fairfield, contractor for self. Remodel two and a half bathrooms and bump out foyer to be flush with cantilever at 291 Steiner St., Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $32,000. Filed March 10.

American South Inc., contractor for Angela G. Turek. Perform interior renovations to kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 44 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 4L, Stamford. Estimated cost: $11,350.

Associated Design & Development L.L.C., contractor for Edmund K. Makowski, et al. Perform interior renovations to an existing double-family residence at 856 Hope St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,000.

Astrum Solar Inc., Middletown, N.Y., contractor for West Hill Circle Associates.

Add roof-mounted solar panels to an existing single-family residence at 37 W. Hill Circle, Stamford. Estimated cost: $23,275.

Butts Brothers Excavation L.L.C., contractor for Love Where You Live Homes.

Demolish an existing single-family residence at 310 Penfield Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 14.

Carpentry Unlimited Inc., Stamford, contractor for Michael C. Russo. Remove all siding, existing windows, sheetrock, insulation and install new plumbing, windows, siding and roofing at 116 Woodbrook Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $250,000.

Connecticut Dismantling L.L.C., contractor for 255 Lalley L.L.C. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 255 Lalley Blvd., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $4,000.

Filed March 10.

Cosentino, Kenneth R., Stamford, contractor for self. Add new kitchen cabinets, dishwasher, tile floor, microwave and repaint at 55 Whitmore Lane, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed March 14.

Delroy Campbell L.L.C., contractor for The Bank of New York Mellon. Remove sheetrock after the performance of electrical work in kitchen at 50 Seaton Road, Unit 2D, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,500.

DiGiorgi Roofing & Siding Inc., contractor for Michael J. Siano and Tracy E. Siano. Strip and reroof an existing singlefamily residence at 390 Gilbert Highway, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $15,956. Filed March 14.

Fin, Dominique B., Fairfield, contractor for self. Finish basement with bedroom and full bathroom at 108 Brighton View Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $20,000.

Filed March 12.

Fontona, Rich, Fairfield, contractor for self. Fill in an in-ground pool at an existing single-family residence at 95 Clinton St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed March 12.

Giannamore, Michael A., contractor for Jeffrey C. Miller and Mary Jane. Construct an in-ground pool and spa at an existing single-family residence at 59 Leslie Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $78,000. Filed March 11.

Gremp, Carter, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Replace fire doors in an existing single-family residence at 35 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed March 10.

Grunberger, Elaine Betty, Stamford, contractor for self. Perform interior renovations to change three bedrooms into five bedrooms in an existing single-family residence at 95 Quarry Road, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $240,000.

Gurnaro Construction Co., contractor for Patricia A. Baron and Daniel N. Baron.

Pour foundation for a two-story singlefamily residence at 180 Homestead Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $182,700. Filed March 10.

Hobbs Inc., Fairfield, contractor for 385 Harbor Road L.L.C. Remodel room above garage to include a full bathroom at 385 Harbor Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: undisclosed. Filed March 11.

Ianelli, Joseph, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Construct partition and replace window in an existing single-family residence at 2105 Madison Ave., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 10.

J S Designs L.L.C., contractor for Marla G. Monahan. Move slider door over on same wall, install new cabinets, countertops and flooring. Install new sheetrock, insulation and replace ductwork at 94 Country Club Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $41,000.

Lyden, Peter G., Stamford, contractor for John Richard Meehan, et al. Add a family room with full basement to the existing house and add a master bedroom as a new level with walk-in at 24 Pepper Ridge Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $150,000.

Matteis III, Anthony, Stamford, contractor for self. Remove wall, install kitchen cabinets, recessed lighting, hardwood floor and paint unit at 910 Hope St., Unit 9A, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,000.

Matyszkowicz, Krzysztof, contractor for Anna Karidas. Convert existing garage to new family room, expand existing family room and add garage with bonus space above at 15 Lighthouse Way, Stamford. Estimated cost: $155,000.

Meligi, Michael, Monroe, contractor for self. Perform residential alterations to an existing single-family residence at 26 Dogwood Circle, Monroe. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Feb. 12.

Oriente Construction Company, New Haven, contractor for Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust. Perform interior renovations and repairs in an existing single-family residence at 1755 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $22,350.

Filed March 11.

Polyanskyy, Kostya, New Milford, contractor for self. Rebuild garage structure and add dormer to an existing single-family residence at 408 Park Ave., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed March 12.

Ramsay, Pavlette, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Replace six fire doors in an existing single-family residence at 748-750 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed March 11.

RFK Development L.L.C., contractor for Lori Miller and Jeffrey R. Miller, Add kitchen and finish basement in an existing single-family residence at 37 Wheeler Park Place, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $25,000.

Filed March 10.

Romano Brothers Builders L.L.C., Shelton, contractor for self. Construct a new single-family residence with a deck at 35 Platt St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed March 14.

Rosell, Jan G., Stamford, contractor for self. Repair roof of an existing single-family residence at 101 Maltbie Ave., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $12,500.

Seamless Remodeling L.L.C., contractor for Sean Foster and Beverly Foster.

Add a full bathroom and remodel kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 100 Lenox Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $45,000.

THD at Home Services Inc., Shrewsbury, Mass., contractor for Joshua Kimerling, et al. Install one replacement bay window in an existing single-family residence at 90 Dan Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,300.

THD at Home Services Inc., Shrewsbury, Mass., contractor for 186 Southport Woods L.L.C. Install four replacement windows in an existing single-family residence at 186 Southport Woods, Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $3,586. Filed March 12.

Velazquez, Ubaldo, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Construct an above-ground pool at an existing single-family residence at 76 Chamberlain Place, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,796. Filed March 13.

Wechter, Mitchel, Monroe, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing singlefamily residence at 569 Main St., Monroe.

Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Feb. 26.

Westchester Modular Homes, Westchester, contractor for Gertrude C. Healy.

Construct a new single-family residence with two stories, attic, attached garage and deck at 589 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $350,000. Filed March 14.

White Home Products, Stratford, contractor for Dan Quinlan. Remove and replace a front porch on an existing single-family residence at 172-174 Orland St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed March 11.

COURT CASES

briDGEPort District court Leo Construction, et al., Stratford. Filed

by David B. Greenfield, Stratford. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Nathanson, Cipriano & Gambardella P.C., Hamden. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendant alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff on a promissory note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $42,871 due and has made a demand for the balance.

The plaintiff claims money damages of $15,000 or more, costs, attorney’s fees and such other relief as equity may require.

Filed March 12. Case No. 14cv6041531.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events FIFTH STREET MANAGEMENT NAMED ‘LENDER OF THE YEAR’ New York City-based Fifth Street Management L.L.C., which operates a Greenwich office, was named the 2013 “M&A Mid-Market Lender of the Year” by the publication Mergers & Acquisitions. This is the second honor that Fifth Street has received for its accomplishments in 2013, having also been designated the “Lender Firm of the Year” by The M&A Advisor in December 2013.

A variety of factors were considered to determine the winners, including performance, growth, innovation and thought leadership. In selecting Fifth Street, milestones including the formation of a company in the aircraft-leasing sector, First Star Aviation L.L.C., and the firmwide deepening of its talent pool were highlighted.

KONGAR TO BE HONORED AT INNOVATION CEREMONY The University of Bridgeport announced Elif Kongar, a professor at the School of Engineering and director of the technology management program, has been recognized as a leading innovator in the field of engineering by the Connecticut Technology Council, and was among 59 women to be lauded at the CTC’s 10th annual Women of Innovation awards dinner March 27.

The program recognizes women across Connecticut who are innovators, role models and leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

BLANK NAMED PARTNER AT WRKK Wofsey Rosen Kweskin & Kuriansky L.L.P. of Stamford and New Canaan announced that Adam J. Blank has been named a partner of the firm. Blank practices in the areas of personal injury law, commercial litigation and real estate based litigation, including land use and tax appeal litigation. He has been selected as one of the 2013 “New Leaders in the Law” by the Connecticut Law Tribune.

LEONE GOES AFTER SCHOOL BULLYING State Sen. Carlo Leone, D-Stamford, testified before the General Assembly’s Education Committee in favor of strengthening a requirement that school districts develop and implement plans to reduce bullying in Connecticut schools. An existing law enacted in 2011 requires each school district to develop a “safe school climate plan” to address bullying and coordinate related efforts on the part of its staff, students and parents. Leone is a co-sponsor of House Bill 5564, which among other provisions would require school districts to submit their safe school climate plan to the state Department of Education for final approval. If the plan is rejected, the school board would be required to resubmit a revised plan.

ELITE HEALTH TO OPEN IN WESTPORT Elite Health Services, “a provider of functional manual physical therapy, personal fitness, golf and triathlon performance training, massage and wellness-related services,” at 162 Kings Highway North in Westport, will open its second location this spring after construction has been completed. Its existing facility is in Old Greenwich.

ARTS GRANT FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS On Monday state Sen. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced six local arts organizations will receive grants from the state to support their contributions to the culture and economy of lower Fairfield County. The grants will be awarded through the Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund, which is maintained by the state Department of Economic & Community Development and its Connecticut Office of the Arts. The local grants include: Darien Arts Council – $1,615; Creative Connections – $1,558; Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County – $1,737; Norwalk Symphony Society Inc. – $1,149; and Shakespeare on the Sound – $9,146.00.

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ANGEL COMMERCIAL NABS SALES, BROKER AWARDS Southport-based Angel Commercial L.L.C. announced it has received the “2013 CoStar Power Broker Award for Top Sales Firm” and its President Jon Angel also won a broker award.

Angel qualified as one of the top commercial brokers in the industrial market based on the total leasing transactions he closed during the year. In order to be selected, Angel was evaluated against other commercial real estate brokers active in the region by New York City-based CoStar Group.

WESTPORT MAIN STREET PROPERTY SELLS David Fugitt, a partner at Vidal/Wettenstein commercial real estate announced the recent sale of downtown retail property at 61 Main St. in Westport. The seller, a family local to Westport, sold the one story, 3,400-square-foot building for $7.3 million to 61 Main Street L.L.C. Fugitt was the sole broker involved in the transaction. The sole tenant is clothier Chico’s.

DATES APRIL 2

PALACE GETS NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

PAOLETTA COLUMBUS DAY GRAND MARSHAL

Mia Schipani, a Stamford native, has been appointed the business development director for The Palace Theatre, a regional performing arts center, “in an effort to enrich and develop more meaningful relationships with local businesses and the not-for-profit community.”

Schipani has worked in the Stamford community across the last 10 years, dedicating most of her free time to an array of nonprofits. Most recently, Schipani worked at two new hotels, the Hotel Zero Degrees in Stamford and Norwalk, where she developed strategic relationships with the community, arts and cultural organizations.

Leonard S. Paoletta, former mayor of Bridgeport (19811984) and Easton resident, will serve as the 106th grand marshal of the 2014 Columbus Day Parade and Celebration, the oldest such event in the state. The Council of Italian-American Societies of Greater Bridgeport will sponsor the event for the 35th consecutive year.

In addition, Richard Iannucci of Stratford will serve as parade chairman. Iannucci is the commander of Port 5 Naval Veterans in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport.

APRIL 7

A free small business workshop titled “Building a Winning Plan for Growth” will be presented at the Fairfield Library, 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield. Check-in starts at 6:30 p.m. with the event running from 7 - 9 p.m., April 2.

Questions/Comments: score. fairfieldcounty@gmail.com or call (203) 831-0065.

Kenneth Langone, president and CEO of Invemed Associates L.L.C. and co-founder of The Home Depot Inc., will deliver the The 2014 Charles F. Dolan Lecture at 7:30 p.m., April 7, titled “Investing for the Long Term.” at Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public. Call (203) 254-4010 to reserve your tickets.

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on the record Stillwater Realty Inc., Stamford. Filed

by Susana Benoit, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Alexander Aponte, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breachof-contract suit against the defendant alleging that the defendant had leased her a property to run a grocery store. Plaintiff was unable to obtain a building permit for the premise because the defendant owed money to the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. As a result, the defendant was unjustly enriched. Plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs and such other relief as the court deems fair and equitable. Filed March 5.

Case No. 14cv6041415.

Target Corp., Trumbull. Filed by Barbara Nathanson Koeth, Cherry Hill, N.J. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Cohen and Wolf P.C., Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal-injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on spilled liquid in a store owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous slippery condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Filed March 10. Case No. 14cv6041475.

Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Lori Morton, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler P.C., Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor-vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims judgment and money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs.

Filed March 12. Case No. 14cv6041530.

WW 101-107 Post L.L.C., et al., Westport.

Filed by Joseph Laudano, Branford. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Biller, Sachs, Ralo & Zito, Hamden. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal-injury suit against the defendant alleging that he tripped on a defective curb owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This defective curb was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees.

The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, costs and such other and further relief as the court deems fair, just and equitable. Filed March 7.

Case No. 14cv6041445.

Danbury District Court Biomedical Technology Solutions Holdings Inc., Boulder, Colo. Filed by Bluestone Medical Inc., Ridgefield. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Jeffrey M. Sklarz, Green & Sklarz, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendants alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a secured promissory note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance due and has made a demand for the balance.

The plaintiff claims money damages of $15,000 or more, costs, attorney’s fees, immediate judicial sale and possession of all assets of defendants, foreclosure of defendant’s lien, turnover of all data, papers and documents concerning the assets of the defendant and such other relief as equity may require. Filed Feb. 28.

Case No. 14cv6014707.

Bridgewater Funding L.L.C., et al., Danbury. Filed by Robert Steo, New York City. Plaintiff’s attorney: Hasset & George P.C. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant alleging that he had invested $250,000 into a company whose assets were controlled by the defendant. Plaintiff’s initial investment had shrunk to $50,000. Plaintiff made calls to the defendant requesting information on how his funds were invested, yet had never received that information. Plaintiff requests an order from the court to ascertain the manner in which his funds were invested. Filed March 3.

Case No. 14cv6014721.

Casey Fuel Co., Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Andover, Mass. Plaintiff’s attorney: Blackburn & O’Hara L.L.C., Windsor Locks. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant alleging that it was careless in installing and cleaning the oil burner and smoke pipe. As a result, plaintiff was obligated to pay out insurance money when the home was damaged due to the defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, money damages, costs and such other relief as the court may deem appropriate.

Filed March 4. Case No. 14cv6014725.

Graphline Inc., Danbury. Filed by P.H. Glatfelter Co., York, Pa. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas L. Kanasky Jr., Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-ofcontract suit against the defendant alleging that it had not paid for goods provided to the defendant. The plaintiff has made a demand for the balance of $38,981, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims damages, costs, attorney’s fees, interest and such other and further relief as deemed appropriate by the court. Filed March 6. Case No. 14cv6014740.

J. Putnam Construction Company L.L.C., Danbury. Filed by The Ridgefield Supply Co., Ridgefield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Alfred J. Zullo, East Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendant alleging that they it not paid for goods provided to the defendant. The plaintiff has made a demand for the balance of $10,707, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims damages, costs, attorney’s fees, interest and such other and further relief as deemed appropriate by the court. Filed Feb. 28. Case No. 14cv6014708.

M.E. and J.C. L.L.C., Brookfield. Filed by David Ross, Brookfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Collins and Associates L.L.C., Danbury.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal-injury suit against the defendant alleging that he slipped on an icy surface owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, and such other and further relief as this court may deem equitable and just.

Filed March 4. Case No. 14cv6014726.

Millennium Limousine Services L.L.C., Newtown. Filed by HIBU Inc., King of Prussia, Pa. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas L. Kanasky Jr., Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had not paid for advertising services provided by the plaintiff. The plaintiff has made a demand for the balance of $14,313, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims damages, costs, attorney’s fees, interest and an order of weekly payments. Filed March 10. Case No. 14cv6014750.

Stamford District Court Creative Castle L.L.C., Westport. Filed

by American Express Bank, FSB., Salt Lake City, Utah. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Benjamin P. Mann, Zwicker & Associates, Enfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendants alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff on a credit account. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $8,208 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims payment of $8,208 and court costs. Filed March 10.

Case No. 14cv6021505.

Dealer Partners Inc., et al., Branford.

Filed by White Plains Lincoln Mercury Inc., et al., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael K. Stanton Jr., Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breachof-contract suit against the defendant alleging that the defendant had failed to perform in its duties after its ownership was transferred. Additionally, plaintiff alleges that the defendant misstated facts to the plaintiff. Plaintiff claims compensatory damages greater than $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and such other and further relief as this court may deem just and proper. Filed March 3.

Case No. 14cv6021419.

Nautilus Development Inc., Waterford.

Filed by Ring’s End Inc., Darien. Plaintiff’s attorney: John p. Regan, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-ofcontract suit against the defendant alleging that it had not paid for goods provided to the defendant. The plaintiff has made a demand for the balance of $7,504, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims damages, costs, attorney’s fees, interest and such other and further relief as the court deems fair and equitable. Filed March 3. Case No. 14cv6021450.

Norwalk Hospital, et al., Norwalk. Filed

by Lynda Meek, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Gary Oberst, Norwalk.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this medical malpractice suit against the defendant alleging that her husband died due to a fire in the operating room. This accident was allegedly allowed to occur due to the negligence of the defendant’s employees.

Plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, costs and any other such relief that the court deems appropriate.

Filed March 7. Case No. 14cv6021485.

SUPERIOR COURT Abrams, Michael. Filed by PHL Variable Insurance Co, d/b/a “Phoenix”. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eric L. Sussman of Day Pitney L.L.C., Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a breach-of-contract life insurance suit against the defendant, which resulted when insurance policies were rescinded and plaintiff returned portion of premiums paid to policy respective owners. Plaintiff had paid $214,450 pursuit to broker agreement. While some of defendant’s debt has been offset, defendant remains liable for the remaining $124,000.

Filed March 3. Case no. 14cv00265.

Advanced Back Technologies Inc. et al. Filed by William Freed d.b.a. Freed Chiropractic Center. Plaintiff’s attorney: Aytan Y. Bellin, White Plains, NY. Action: The plaintiff has brought a class-action suit against the defendant for transmitting unsolicited faxes to persons who had not provided express permission to do so.

Filed March 4. Case no. 14cv00273.

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Aviatron Inc. Filed by R & D Dynamics Corp. Plaintiff’s attorney: Vincent M. DeAngelo of Butler Norris and Gold, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a breach-of-contract suit against the defendant. Defendant allegedly ordered and received parts from plaintiff and has an outstanding balance of $435,000. Filed March 3. Case no. 14cv00271.

Boston Scientific Corp. Filed by Pamela Tomlinson. Plaintiff’s attorney: James V. Sabatini of Sabatini and Associates, Newington. Action: The plaintiff has brought a personal-injury suit against the defendant, demanding $2 million. Defendant designed, manufactured, packaged, labeled, marketed, sold and distributed pelvic mesh products with scientific evidence that shows the material used in the product is biologically incompatible with human tissue. Filed March 3.

Case no. 14cv00263.

Bridgeport et al. Filed by John Daniel Merena et al. Plaintiffs’s attorney: Thomas W. Bucci of Willinger, Willinger and Bucci, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiffs have brought a civil rights, job-discrimination suit against the defendants, related in part to the ages of the plaintiff, which range from 63 to 69, regarding qualifications to participate in the Connecticut Municipal Employee Retirement System (MERS).

Allegedly defendants barred plaintiffs, Bridgeport police officers, from participating. Filed March 6. Case no. 14cv00287.

Builders Concrete East L.L.C. Filed by Wilfredo Quinones. Plaintiff’s attorney: James V. Sabatini of Sabatini and Associates, Newington. Action: The plaintiff has brought a civil-rights suit against the defendant for wrongful termination, demanding $500,000. Shortly after plaintiff informed defendant of the need to take a two-week medical leave, plaintiff was terminated. Filed March 3.

Case no. 14cv00264.

City Antiques Inc. Filed by Planned Future Promotions Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Vincent M. DeAngelo of Butler, Norris & Gold, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a breach-of-contract suit against the defendant for fraudulently inducing plaintiff to a contract, demanding $550,000 to cover incurred costs of services and damages. Filed March 5.

Case no. 14cv00279.

Equinox Home Care L.L.C. Filed by Thomas E. Perez, secretary of Labor, U.S. Dept of Labor. Plaintiff’s attorney: Susan G. Salzberg of the U.S. Deptartment of Labor, Boston, Mass. Action: The plaintiff has brought a labor/fair standards suit against the defendant to recover unpaid wages and liquidated damages, for employing then failing to compensate six employees such as certified nurses, and for failing to maintain adequate records to show hours worked each workday and total hours worked each work week from Sept. 18, 2011 to present. Filed March 5.

Case no. 14cv00282.

Fifty/Fifty Group Inc. et al. Filed by EZ Products of S. Florida. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark Daniel Sherman of The Law Offices of Mark Sherman L.L.C., Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a patent-infringement suit against the defendant. Defendants have allegedly been marketing plaintiff’s textured cleaning-cloth products under the Shop Rite label through the Internet without permission, authority or license from the plaintiff. Filed March 3.

Case no. 14cv00262.

Good Shepard Auto Sales L.L.C. et al. Filed by Burney et al. Plaintiffs’s attorney: Daniel S. Blinn of Consumer Law Group, Rocky Hill. Action: The plaintiff has brought a consumer credit suit against the defendant related to the purchase and sale of a motor vehicle in part by not displaying its buyer’s guide sticker as well as alleged unlawful electronic fund transfers. Originally purchased for $12,843 with a down payment of $2,500, the vehicle’s car engine light continued to engage.

Plaintiffs have testified they are entitled to common law punitive damages, which are expected to exceed $50,000. Filed March 6. Case no. 14cv00291.

Greenspan et al. Filed by Eastern Savings Bank FSB. Plaintiff’s attorney: Robert Joseph Piscitelli of The Law Offices of Robert M. Meyers L.L.C., Avon. Action: The plaintiff has brought a real estate foreclosure suit against the defendant related to the property at 11 Daniel Court, Westport. Records indicate original principal amount of $990,000 dated June 4, 1997, an additional mortgage for $350,000 on Oct. 4, 2004, with a current assessed value of $2,290,900. Filed March 6.

Case no. 14cv00286.

Keurig Inc. Filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Ins. Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Andrew J. Soltes Jr. of the Law Offices of David W. Rubin, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a property damage product liability suit against the defendant, coffeemaker manufacturer. The fire in homeowners’ kitchen on 3 Wangonk Trail, East Hampton June 11, 2011 resulted in damage and destruction exceeding $200,000 and was allegedly caused by a product manufactured and distributed by defendant.

Filed March 3. Case no. 14cv00270.

Lucky Frog L.L.C. et al, d.b.a. Lucky Frog Bar & Grill. Filed by Broadcast Music et al. Plaintiffs’s attorney: Michael J. Rye of Cantor Colburn, Hartford. Action: The plaintiffs have brought a copyright-infringement suit against the defendant for the unauthorized use of musical compositions during public performances that are owned and/or licensed by plaintiffs. Filed March 4. Case no. 14cv00272.

Mabus et al, representatives from the US Navy, US Army, and US Air Force Armed Services. Filed by Mark et al.

Plaintiffs’s attorney: Michael J. Wishnie of Jerome N. Frank Legal Services, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought an administrative-procedural suit to the defendants to review or appeal the agency decision or correct records. Plaintiffs served in combat during the Vietnam War and were discharged under “other than honorable conditions” for misconduct attributable to undiagnosed PTSD. Filed March 3. Case no. 14cv00260.

Mercantile Adjustment Bureau L.L.C. et al. Filed by Andrew Ilvento Jr. Plaintiff’s attorney: Daniel Goldsmith Ruggiero, Raynheim, Ma. Action: The plaintiff has brought a consumer credit, fair debt collection suit against the defendant, a collection agency for utilizing unfair and unconstitutional means of collecting alleged debt. Filed March 7. Case no. 14cv00296.

Naso et al. Defendant’s attorneys: Michael G. Caldwell and Richard W. Bowerman of LeClair, Ryan, New Haven. Filed

by A. H. Harris & Sons Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Glenn Cunningham of Shipman and Goodwin, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a breach-of-contract suit against the defendants, relating to the confidentiality and non-interference contract, which was accepted as a condition precedent to promotion. Filed March 10.

Case no. 14cv00304.

New Haven Truck and Auto Body Inc. Filed by Michael Crocker. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joshua R. Goodbaum of Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Richardson, Fitzgerald and Perrotti, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought a labor fair-standards suit against the defendant related to the denial of overtime compensation. Filed March 7.

Case no. 14cv00292.

Omnicare Inc. et al. Filed by Joseph DeLucia. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jacques Parenteay of Madsen, Prestley and Parenteau L.L.C., Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a labor/ job discrimination suit related to the age of the plaintiff, born Aug. 4,1942, against the defendant. Filed March 4.

Case no. 14cv00274.

James R. Palmer, Florida. Filed by Patriot Group L.L.C. Plaintiff’s attorney: Alison P. Baker of Shipman & Goodwin, Stamford.

Action: The plaintiff has brought a breachof-contract suit against the defendant. As holder and owner of promissory note, Third Amendment and guaranty, defendant is liable to plaintiff for $11.2 million.

Filed March 5. Case no. 14cv00278.

Precise Power Service Corporation et al. Filed by Bethany Bromwell. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joel Thomas Faxon of Stratton Faxon, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought a motor-vehicle personal-injury suit against the defendants, citing the defendant, Precise, is vicariously liable for the actions of the defendant, Smith. Smith is an employee of Precise. Filed March 11.

Case no. 14cv00305.

Psi Upsilon Fraternity Inc. et al. Filed

by Cabri Chamberlain. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Douglas E. Fierberg and James R. McCullen of Bode and Grenier L.L.P., Washington D.C.; and Timothy L. O’Keefe and Kristen E. Kenney of Kenny, O’Keefe and Usseglio, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a personal-injury suit against the defendants, demanding $10 million relating to the events, including sexual assault, that took place May 3, 2013 at the XI Chapter house at Wesleyan College. Filed March 11. Case no. 14cv00308.

Saratoga Aesthetics L.L.C. et al. Filed

by Kaye et al. Plaintiffs’s attorney: Aytan Y. Bellin, White Plains, NY. Action: The plaintiffs have brought a suit against the defendants for transmitting more than 5,000 unsolicited faxes to persons who had not provided express permission to do so, demanding $15 million. Filed March 6.

Case no. 14cv00288.

Richard H. Son. Filed by PHL Variable Insurance Co, d.b.a. Phoenix. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eric L. Sussman of Day Pitney L.L.C., Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a breach-of-contract life insurance suit against the defendant, which resulted when insurance policies were rescinded and plaintiff returned portion of premiums paid to policy respective owners. Plaintiff had paid $2,399,342 pursuit to broker agreement. While some of defendant’s debt has been offset, defendant remains liable for the remaining $1,339,000.

Filed March 3. Case no. 14cv00266. city of Torrington. Filed by Michael Szado. Plaintiff’s attorney: John R. Williams, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought a civil rights suit against the defendant based on wrongful termination.

Allegedly, the plaintiff, a police offer, was terminated due to incorrectly reporting a small number of motor vehicle contacts that did not result in the issuance of a citation. Filed March 10. Case no. 14cv00299.

on the record Universal Insurance Services of Florida Inc. Filed by PHL Variable Insurance Co, d/b/a “Phoenix”. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eric L. Sussman of Day Pitney L.L.C., Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought a breach-of-contract life insurance suit against the defendant, which resulted when insurance policies were rescinded and plaintiff returned portion of premiums paid to policy respective owners.

Plaintiff had paid $202,581 pursuit or broker agreement. While some of defendant’s debt has been offset, defendant remains liable for the remaining $91,000. Filed March 3. Case no. 14cv00267.

USA. Filed by Turner et al. Plaintiff’s attorney: Christopher D. Bernard of Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder P.C., Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought a personal injury, malpractice suit against the defendants, which includes the Fair Haven Community Health Clinic and its employees, demanding $10 million for the negligence relating to the pregnancy, labor, delivery and post-delivery care of their son, Sean Turner. Filed March 10.

Case no. 14cv00301.

Woodstock Academy et al. Filed by Romaine Hinds. Plaintiff’s attorney: Adam Teller of Leone, Throwe, Teller and Nagle, East Hartford. Action: The plaintiff, an international student, has brought a motor vehicle, personal injury suit against the defendants, demanding $1 million as a result of a car accident Nov. 17, 2012, driven by a member of the host family. Filed March 10. Case no. 14cv00300.

DEEDS

COMMITTEE Jones, Mark R., et al., Stratford. Appointed Committee: Edward F. Czepiga II, Stratford. Property: 67 Cedar Knoll Drive, Stratford. Amount: $231,000. Docket no.

13cv6032874S. Filed March 10.

Menendez, Edwin C., Ashburn, Va. Appointed Committee: Harry Hirsch, Redding. Property: 17 St., George Place, Unit A-17, Newtown. Amount: $245,500. Docket no. 12cv6026545S. Filed March 14.

COMMERCIAL 28 Darbrook L.L.C., Westport. Seller: Dana Ayn Mandel, Westport. Property: 28 Darbrook Road, Westport. Amount: $4.3 million. Filed March 12.

756 South Fifth Avenue L.L.C., Chigaco, Ill. Seller: First Garden Development Limited Partnership, Stamford. Property: Lot 2, Map 7498, Stamford. Amount: $645,000. Filed March 11.

756 South Fifth Avenue L.L.C., Chigaco, Ill. Seller: First Garden Development Limited Partnership, Stamford. Property: Lot 2, Map 7498, Stamford. Amount: $0.

Filed March 12.

Allen Realty Boston Avenue CT L.L.C., Greenwich. Seller: LPG Bessemer Al L.L.C., Dallas, Texas. Property: Boston Ave., Map Book 24, Bridgeport. Amount: $6.1 million.

Filed March 13.

American International Relocation Solutions L.L.C., Penn. Seller: Glen Cunkle and Lynn Muth, Stamford. Property: Lot 11, Section 4, Map 9220, Stamford.

Amount: $749,000. Filed March 10.

American International Relocation Solutions L.L.C., Penn. Seller: Jeffrey C. Patterson and Melissa C. Patterson, Stamford. Property: Lot 11, Section 4, Map 9220, Stamford. Amount: $749,000. Filed March 10.

E & D Holdings L.L.C., West Haven.

Seller: The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. Property: 76 Orborne St., Stratford. Amount: $151,000. Filed March 11.

EPL Enterprises, Monroe. Seller: OneWest Bank F.S.B., Austin, Texas. Property: 48 Clinton Ave., Westport. Amount: $475,000. Filed March 4.

GHP 79 Newco., et al., White Plains, N.Y. Seller: 100 Dowd L.L.C. and GHP 79 East L.L.C., White Plains, N.Y. Property: undisclosed Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed March 7.

QUIT CLAIM 205 Dolphin Cove Quay L.L.C., Greenwich. Grantor: Thomas B. Fox, Greenwich.

Property: Lot 55, Map 9109, Stamford.

Amount: $1. Filed March 13.

225 Knowlton Street L.L.C., Bridgeport.

Grantor: Guido Picarazzi, Trumbull. Property: 225-239 Knowlton St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $200,000. Filed March 10.

42 Fire Hill L.L.C., Greenwich. Grantor: Dorothy Darlington and Marek Bester, Stamford. Property: Map 347, Fire Hill Road, Redding. Amount: $1.

Filed March 14.

Adamshack, Karen, Redding. Grantor: Phillip R. Karnoff, Redding. Property: 45 Sunset Hill Road, Redding. Amount: $1.

Filed March 10.

Homes By Louise L.L.C., Southport.

Seller: Stuart Lane and Jacqueline Lane, Westport. Property: 28 Roseville Road, Westport. Amount: $556,000. Filed March 13.

Aegis Enterprises L.L.C., Stamford.

Grantor: Miguel A. Juarez, Stamford. Property: Lot 4, Lot 5 and Lot 6, Map 1139, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed March 11.

MS Holdings L.L.C., Stamford. Seller: First Niagara Bank N.A., Lockport, N.Y. Property: 550 Summer St., Stamford.

Amount: $1.7 million. Filed March 10.

Ambach, Rae Lynn and Rand D. Rockmore, Westport. Grantor: Rand D. Rockmore and Rae Lynn Ambach, Westport. Property: 18 Tupelo Road, Westport.

Amount: $1. Filed March 5.

Phoenix Partners L.L.C., Huntington.

Seller: John Fox, Naples, Fla. Property: Lot 37-38, Map 172, Trumbull. Amount: $242,000. Filed March 14.

Quince Street L.L.C. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A., trustee. Property: 1308 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $90,500. Filed March 10.

R.E.X. Investments L.L.C., New Canaan.

Seller: Lynn R. Stone, Hartford. Property: 40 Silent Grove North, Westport. Amount: $504,000. Filed March 12.

Red Carpet Realty L.L.C., Stamford.

Seller: A and M of Stamford L.L.C., Stamford. Property: Lot 25, Map 425, Stamford.

Amount: $500,000. Filed March 10.

Dahel, Nazem, Shelton. Grantor: Momenet Hettou, Shelton. Property: 443445 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed March 10.

Delaware Business Incorporators Inc., Wilmington, Dela. Grantor: John Tartaglia and Linda Tartaglia, Ridgefield.

Property: Lot 8, Jackson Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $1. Filed March 12.

Demont, Joan M., Monroe. Grantor: Joan M. Demont, Monroe. Property: 30 Colonial Drive, Monroe. Amount: $1. Filed March 14.

Direnzo, Donald A., Muttontown, N.Y. Grantor: Steven Cesare, Stamford. Property: 197 Bridge St., Unit 22, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 12.

Atlantic Coleman L.L.C., Fairfield.

Grantor: Rongrong Zhou, Fairfield. Property: 368 Benham Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed March 13.

Evans, Katherine and Mason Evans, Stamford. Grantor: The Estate of Mary C. Morin, Stamford. Property: 269 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Amount: $170,000.

Filed March 11.

Atlantic Coleman L.L.C., Fairfield.

Grantor: Rongrong Zhou, Fairfield. Property: 387-391 Atlantic St., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed March 13.

Atlantic Coleman L.L.C., Fairfield.

Grantor: Rongrong Zhou, Fairfield. Property: 219-229 Coleman St., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed March 13.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Okla. Seller: Connecticut Housing Financial Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 440 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed March 11.

Blatchford, Claire H. and John I. Howell Jr., Greenwich. Grantor: John L. Howell Jr. and Claire H. Blatchford, Greenwich.

Property: 47 Mayfair Lane, Greenwich.

Amount: $1. Filed March 14.

The Westport Building Co. L.L.C., Westport. Seller: James E. Masiello Jr. and Karla L. Masiello, Westport. Property: 165 Cross Highway, Westport. Amount: $825,000. Filed March 13.

Bloch, Edward, Westport. Grantor: Carol Bloch, Westport. Property: 7 James Lane, Westport. Amount: $1. Filed March 12.

Yeung’s Realty L.L.C., Stratford. Seller: The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Hartford. Property: 110 McGrath Court, Stratford. Amount: $50,000.

Filed March 10.

Como, Beverly C., Greenwich. Grantor: Beverly C. Como, Greenwich. Property: 671 River Road, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed March 12.

DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc., Bridgeport.

Grantor: Amtrust REO I L.L.C., Bridgeport.

Property: 98 Leighton Road, Bridgeport.

Amount: $1. Filed March 10.

Atlantic Coleman L.L.C., Fairfield.

Grantor: Rongrong Zhou, Fairfield. Property: 1 Pleasant St., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed March 13.

Yashiki L.L.C., Westport. Seller: Richard L. Helburn, Westport. Property: 120 Kings Highway North, Westport. Amount: $565,000. Filed March 14.

Cody, Erin M., Hull Mass. Grantor: Ann Marie Cody, Stamford. Property: Lot 65, Map 1338, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 11.

Armbruster, Ellen A. and Neil E. Armbruster, Fairfield. Grantor: Neil E. Armbruster Greenwich. Property: 12 Roosevelt Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1.

Filed March 13.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Okla. Seller: Connecticut Housing Financial Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 47-51 Palisade Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed March 10.

Wu, Yusheng, Stamford. Seller: Select Portfolio Servicing Inc., Wilton. Property: 75 Van Buskirk Ave., Unit 9, Stamford.

Amount: $170,500. Filed March 12.

Caroline K and G L.L.C., Stamford.

Grantor: Stephen Grabowski, Stamford.

Property: 27 Carolina Road, Stamford.

Amount: $1. Filed March 14.

Brinkman, Paula E., trustee, Newtown. Grantor: Paula B. Hughes, Newtown.

Property: Parcel 26, Map 3528, Newtown.

For no consideration paid. Filed March 7.

Bubel, Amy L. and Henry P. Bubel, Stamford. Grantor: Henry P. Bubel and Amy L. Bubel, Stamford. Property: Lot 1 A, Map 12961, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 13.

Bunnell L.L.C., Bridgeport. Grantor: Mark Watkins, Bridgeport. Property: 255257 Bunnell St., Bridgeport. Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 12.

Burkinshaw, Alice M., trustee, Trumbull. Grantor: Alice M. Burkinshaw, Trumbull. Property: Lot 3, Map 1807, Trumbull.

Amount: $1. Filed March 14.

Federal Home Loan Corp., McLean, Va. Grantor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Cheektowago, N.Y. Property: 1443-1445 North Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 11.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Sand Diego, Calif. Property: 35 Seaside Ave., Unit 19, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 14.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 10 Deepwood Circle, Unit 313F, Monroe.

For no consideration paid. Filed March 13.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 78 Hartland St., Stratford. Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 7.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: First Horizon Home Loans, a Division of First Tennessee N.A., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 54 Sheppard St., Stratford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 7.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 40 Noble St., Stratford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 13.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: Bank of America N.A., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 76 Reeds Lane, Stratford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 14.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 4 Lorraine Drive, Newtown. Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 10.

Simon, Madeline Gerstein, Greenwich.

Grantor: Madeline Brown Gerstein, Greenwich. Property: Tract B, Map 7800, North St., Greenwich. Amount: undisclosed.

Filed March 13.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: Bank of America N.A., Plano, Texas. Property: 1167 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 11.

Smile Properties L.L.C., Fairfield.

Grantor: Jefferson L. Sharpe, Stratford.

Property: 90 Brewster St., Stratford.

Amount: $1. Filed March 5.

Moller, Kent A. and Brian C. Moller, Stratford. Grantor: Cynthia P. Moller, Stratford. Property: 40 Cutspring Road, Stratford. Amount: $1. Filed March 12.

Trippe, Roberta, Greenwich. Grantor: Edward S. Trippe and Roberta Trippe, Greenwich. Property: 88 Buckfield Lane, Greenwich. For no consideration paid.

Filed March 13.

Mullins, Cynthia R., Redding. Grantor: Beulah Mullins, Bridgeport. Property: 535 Vincellette St., Unit 4, Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed March 11.

Varnum, Jeanne, Newtown. Grantor: Richard C. Varnum, Newtown. Property: Lot 25, Map 5704, Ashford Lane, Newtown. Amount: $1. Filed March 10.

Murphy, Catherine V. and James R. Murphy, Newtown. Grantor: James W. Murphy, Newtown. Property: 137 Castle Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $1. Filed March 14.

Watson Boulevard L.L.C., Westport.

Grantor: Cindy Stanton, Westport. Property: 187 Compo Road South, Westport.

Amount: $1. Filed March 7.

Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Grantor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 280 Beacon Hill Road, Trumbull. For no consideration paid. Filed March 14.

Ocasio, John, Bridgeport. Grantor: Ana Umpierre, Bridgeport. Property: 245 Remington St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed March 11.

Orso, Deborah L. and Gregory C. Orso, Stamford. Grantor: Gregory C. Orso, Stamford. Property: 16 Glendale Road, Stamford. Amount: undisclosed.

Filed March 14.

Oxer, Barbara Brennan, Greenwich.

Grantor: Bernadett B. Davis, Greenwich.

Property: Orchard Street, Greenwich.

Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 13.

Peardon, Susannah, Greenwich. Grantor: T. Olivier Peardon, Greenwich. Property: Map 2739, Old Town Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $1. Filed March 12.

Petty, Vacerly S., Monroe. Grantor: Mauro L. DaSilva, Monroe. Property: 304 Stanley Road, Monroe. Amount: $1. Filed March 10.

Radigan, Margaret M., Westport.

Grantor: Margaret M. Radigan and Joseph R. Radigan, trustees, Westport. Property: 4 Washington Ave., Westport. Amount: $1.

Filed March 7.

Riccio, Frances, trustee, Trumbull.

Grantor: Mario Riccio and Frances Riccio, Trumbull. Property: 8 Briarwood Terrace, Trumbull. For no consideration paid. Filed March 10.

Riccio, Mario, trustee, Trumbull. Grantor: Mario Riccio, Trumbull. Property: 225 Benton St., Parcel B, Stratford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 10.

Scott, Justin G., Trumbull. Grantor: Jennifer Cinliffe, Stratford. Property: 54 Singer Court, Stratford. Amount: $1. Filed March 3.

Sharpe, Jefferson L., Fairfield. Grantor: Elizabeth A. Sharpe, Fairfield. Property: 88 Brewster St., Stratford. Amount: $1. Filed March 5.

White, Lois J. and Stuart L. White Jr., trustee, Stratford. Grantor: Stuart L. White Jr. and Lois J. White, Stratford. Property: 123B Bison Lane, Stratford. Amount: $1.

Filed March 13.

Zajec, Olga and Janez Zajec, Greenwich.

Grantor: Janez Zajec, Greenwich. Property: 75 Orchard St., Greenwich. Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 12.

Zuazo, Sandra El, Dale Beilin and Bruce Batchelder, Easton. Grantor: Charles Batchelder, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Property: Map 517, Newtown. Amount: $1.

Filed March 6.

RESIDENTIAL Aangstroem, Anna Kajsa and Lars Ivar Aangstroem, Westport. Seller: Pasquale Torraco, Westport. Property: 4 Country Road, Westport. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed March 6.

Baginski, Anthony, Greenwich. Seller: Michael Levin, New Canaan. Property: 79 Valley View Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 13.

Bailey, Beverly J. and Richard J. Bailey, Barnstable, Mass. Seller: Peter B. Kinsley, Westport. Property: 76 Riverside Ave., Westport. Amount: $940,000. Filed March 13.

Czarnowski, Ewelina and Radoslaw Czarnowski, Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 14 Stony Brook Drive, Monroe. Amount: $220,000. Filed March 11.

Gambal, Leah and Santiago R. Alfageme, New York City. Seller: Virginia Kelly, Westport. Property: 43 Evergreen Ave., Westport. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed March 11.

Glassman, Hillary E. and James B. Kimmel, Greenwich. Seller: James Kiernan Jr. Family L.L.C., Greenwich. Property: Unit 111-A of One Milbank, Greenwich.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed March 14.

Gustave, Carlene and Elson Previlon, Stamford. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A., trustee, Property: 22 Anderson St., Stamford.

Amount: $475,000. Filed March 10.

Silver, Sherri and Marc D. Silver, Stamford. Grantor: Marc D. Silver, Stamford.

Property: Lot 5, Map 11776, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed March 12.

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on the record Hamioui, Nathalia and Jihad Hamioui, Stamford. Seller: Joseph Paul Mack and Ruth Mack, Trumbull. Property: 332 Edison Road, Trumbull. Amount: $235,000.

Filed March 13.

Larit, Jessica E. and Keith A. Larit, Westport. Seller: The Royal Bank of Scotland, Stamford. Property: 1 Crawford Road, Westport. Amount: $1.5 million.

Filed March 6.

Utton, Tracey Lee and Nicholas A. Utton, Greenwich. Seller: Nicholas A. Utton and Tracy L. Utton, Greenwich. Property: Map 618, Grossets Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $1. Filed March 10.

Handler, Margaret Tracy and Michael Craig Handler, Westport. Seller: Richfield Real Estate Investment L.L.C., Westport. Property: 61 Old Road, Westport.

Amount: $2 million. Filed March 13.

Lungu, Ludmilla, Stamford. Seller: Beverly B. Crabtree, Greenwich. Property: 52 Lafayette Place, Unit 4B, Greenwich.

Amount: $237,000. Filed March 7.

Utzler, Ryan, Bridgeport. Seller: DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc. Property: 98 Leighton Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $205,100.

Filed March 10.

Mandel, Dana Ayn, Westport. Seller: 6 Twin Circle L.L.C., Westport. Property: 6 Twin Circle Drive, Westport. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed March 13.

Vitti, Jennifer J. and Lou M. Vitti, Newtown. Seller: Michael E. Cannata and Lisa M. Cannata, Newtown. Property: Lot 20, Map 6916, Newtown. Amount: $450,000.

Filed March 4.

Mansilla, Mario Alejandro, Gabriela Mansilla-Lerner and Benjamin T. Lerner, Stamford. Seller: Phyllis Altmura, Stamford. Property: 1156 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed March 10.

Walsh, David J., Darien. Seller: Kevin D’Andrea, Stamford. Property: 241 Hamilton Ave., Unit 78, Stamford. Amount: $265,000. Filed March 12.

Hastings, Hillary J. and Christy L. Renn, Norwalk. Seller: Yvonne Mansell, Stamford. Property: 49 Glenbrook Road, Unit 206, Stamford. Amount: $335,000.

Filed March 11.

Hayghe, Deanna M. and Steven A. Hayghe, Danbury. Seller: John F. Leko and Judith A. Leko, Newtown. Property: 92 Glenn Road, Newtown. Amount: $260,000. Filed March 11.

Haynes, Susan L., Stamford. Seller: Ernest J. Adzentoivich and Nancy L. Adzentoivich, Stamford. Property: 19 Hubbard Ave., Stamford. Amount: $375,000. Filed March 14.

Heller, Amy M. and Brian E. Heller, Newtown. Seller: Robert D. Beiter Jr. and Rebecca J. Beiter, Newtown. Property: 46 Old Green Road, Newtown. Amount: $625,000. Filed March 12.

Heslin, Elizabeth S. and Robert M. Heslin, Norwalk. Seller: Rita B. Malloy and Donald Malloy, Trumbull. Property: 15 Laurie Road, Trumbull. Amount: $353,000. Filed March 11.

Huang, Jianfei and Yi Fang Wang, Stamford. Seller: Celia St. Juste, Stamford.

Property: 667 Long Ridge Road, Stamford.

Amount: $410,000. Filed March 11.

Mauro, Wendy, Newtown. Seller: Casey R. Robinson, Baltimore, Md. Property: 11 Fieldstone Drive, Newtown. Amount: $179,000. Filed March 7.

Membreno, Maria and Rodolpfo A. Henriguez, Bridgeport. Seller: Home Team Properties L.L.C., Bridgeport. Property: 2266 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $170,000. Filed March 12.

Mendia, Silvio R. Arevalo, Bridgeport.

Seller: Mary E. Fenick, trustee, Bridgeport. Property: 404 Palmetto Road, Lot 124, Bridgeport. Amount: $139,000. Filed March 10.

Miller, Sandra R., New Milford, N.J. Seller: Renata Hanszke and Zbigniew Hanszke, Redding. Property: 801 N. Park Ave., Redding. Amount: $370,000. Filed March 3.

Isbaih, Marwan K., Westport. Seller: James B. Preston, Vero Beach, Fla. Property: 4 Hales Road, Westport. Amount: $675,000. Filed March 11.

Mirzai, Mahvash and Hossein Kazemi, New Canaan. Seller: Dimitry I. Bliznakov and Nikolina I Bliznakov and Ivelin D. Bliznakov, Greenwich. Property: 33 Maple Ave., Greenwich. Amount: undisclosed.

Filed March 14.

J4 Enterprises L.L.C., Seattle, Wash.

Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 80 Salem Road, Stratford. Amount: $159,000. Filed March 14.

Mygatt, Joseph Burr and Peter Burr Mygatt, Ridgefield. Seller: Nathaniel B. Whitcombe, Danbury. Property: 85 Wallnut Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $360,000. Filed March 11.

Johnson, Raymond and Patricia Johnson, Greenwich. Seller: Dorothy A. Fay, Marblehead, Mass. Property: 15 Lafayette Court, Unit 4A, Greenwich. Amount: $750,000. Filed March 7.

Nassra, George, Stratford. Seller: Eliana Kouchary and Eliana K. Nassra, Stratford.

Property: 465 Brinsmayd Ave., Stratford.

Amount: $390,000. Filed March 7.

Kearney, Jenna and Brian Kearney, Stratford. Seller: George K. Dono, Stratford.

Property: 93 Chanbrook Road, Stratford.

Amount: $240,000. Filed March 4.

Kelly, Virginia, Westport. Seller: William J. Caffery and Colleen Caffery, Westport.

Property: 16 Turkey Hill Road South, Westport. Amount: undisclosed. Filed March 7.

Nisenson, Megan and Peter Nisenson, Westport. Seller: Santi Alton and Ritva Marjatta Alton, Nashua, N.H. Property: 36 Clinton Ave., Westport. Amount: $568,500. Filed March 5.

Orawsky, Heather and Ronald Konitshek, Newtown. Seller: Eugene K. Martino and Sandra Martino, Newtown. Property: 15 Sturges Road, Newtown. Amount: $387,600. Filed March 12.

Kindt, Ashley and Andrew Kindt, Westport. Seller: Americo R. Renzulli and Ralph A. Renzulli, Westport. Property: 56 Kings Highway South, Westport. Amount: $625,000. Filed March 12.

Tonoukouin, Diana, Meridan. Seller: Carl McBean, Bridgeport. Property: 16001604 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $233,000. Filed March 13.

KRZ Remodeling L.L.C., Stratford.

Seller: Darlene K. Robertson, Stratford.

Property: 1460 Elm St., Unit 188, Stratford.

Amount: $121,560. Filed March 10.

Unhoch, Nancy, Westport. Seller: Kelley D. Hefferan, Westport. Property: 25 Strathmore Lane, Westport. Amount: $366,750.

Filed March 7.

Lafuente-Elhag, Cynthia and Aiman M. Elhag, Newtown. Seller: Aiman M. Elhag, Newtown. Property: 52 Philo Curtis Road, Newtown. Amount: $1. Filed March 3.

Unhoch, Nancy, Westport. Seller: Kelley D. Hefferan, Westport. Property: 25 Strathmore Lane, Westport. Amount: $7,000.

Filed March 7.

Wright, Maria R. and Ronald Wright, Norwalk. Seller: David L. Godfrey and Laurie Godfrey, Stratford. Property: 616B Cherokee Lane, Unit 16, Stratford.

Amount: $150,000. Filed March 10.

FORECLOSURES

Hawreluk, Jody, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank N.A., Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 14 Lucy St., Greenwich. Mortgage default.

Filed March 3.

Sithivong, Kim, et al. Creditor: Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 483-485 Columbus Ave., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 12.

Hingst, Jeffrey Michael, et al. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 95 Cross Highway, Westport. Mortgage default. Filed March 7.

The Huntington Apartments L.L.C., et al. Creditor: American Tax Funding L.L.C., Jupiter, Fla. Property: 120 Huntington Turnpike, Unit 506, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 12.

Howland, Gerland G., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 2 Ivy St., Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed March 13.

Hummel, Jason, et al. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas.

Property: 76 Reeds Lane, Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 14.

Latif, Abdul, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 6 Richard Place, Trumbull. Mortgage default. Filed March 10.

Marin, Robert, et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 1910 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed March 11.

Almeida, Teresa, et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 145 Arlington St., Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed March 13.

McClain, Sonya A. and Kendon L. McClain, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank N.A., Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 167 Sherwood Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 12.

Billingham, Colleen, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 246 Garibaldi Ave., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 13.

Medina, Frank,et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co, trustee for Soundview Bank, San Diego, Calif. Property: 30 Curt Terrace, Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed March 13.

Bugarchich, Alexandar P., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 355 Northfield Drive, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 11.

Morawska, Dominika, et al. Creditor: Bank of America N.A., Plano, Texas. Property: 1167 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 11.

Callejas, Jose S., et al. Creditor: Bank of America N.A., Plano, Texas. Property: 282 Madison Terrace, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 11.

Coles, Minnie L., et al. Creditor: Bank of America N.A., Plano, Texas. Property: 75 Wheeler Ave., Unit 411, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 11.

Cordero Sr., Jose A., et al. Creditor: Chase Home Finance L.L.C., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 3642 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 3.

Crespo, Jaime, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 145 Stonybrook Road, Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 7.

Cruz Jr., Benjamin. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 158 Hillcrest Road, Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed March 10.

Ford, Patrick, et al. Creditor: HSBC Bank USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 206 West Ave., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 4.

Nam, Jeong Woo, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., West Palm Beach, Fla. Property: 95 Patchen St., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 3.

Ozkul, Maria Y., et al. Creditor: Bank of America N.A., Plano, Texas. Property: 720 Brooks St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed March 11.

Peters, Tiffanie, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank N.A., Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 65-71 Monroe St., Stratford. Mortgage default.

Filed March 4.

Pohorylo, Edward J., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 78 Hartland St., Stratford.

Mortgage default. Filed March 7.

Prakuson, Manilay Molly, et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 40 Noble St., Stratford.

Mortgage default. Filed March 3.

Ramirez, Guadalupe, et al. Creditor: Wachovia Bank N.A., Miamisburg, Ohio.

Property: 1914 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed March 13.

George, Keith L., et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 4 Lorraine Drive, Newtown. Mortgage default. Filed March 10.

Russey, Ashley M., et al. Creditor: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, New Britain. Property: 178 Carnegie Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 11.

George, Levi Jr., et al. Creditor: Webster Bank N.A., Waterbury. Property: 1480 Capitol Ave., Unit H811, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 13.

Sanon, Kely, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 46-48 N. Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed March 11.

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Worley, Willie, et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 1443-1445 North Ave., Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed March 11.

Yanet, Giraldo, et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Beaverton, Ore. Property: 99 Fairview Avenue Extension, Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed March 11.

Ziman, Mary K., et al. Creditor: Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 792 Cleveland Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 11.

JUDGMENTS

Grizzle, Vivette, Bridgeport. $9,483 in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport,

by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 530 N. Ridgefield Ave., First floor, Bridgeport. Filed March 12.

Guiles, David H., Bridgeport. $25,245 in favor of Southern CT Gas Co., Bridgeport,

by Lynch, Traub, Keefe and Errante, New Haven. Property: 54 Fifth St., Bridgeport.

Filed March 12.

Hess, Gina, et al., Trumbull. $41,660 in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport,

by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 12 Wilson Ave., Trumbull. Filed March 10.

Hudson, Leitta and Darnell Hudson, Stratford. $1,204 in favor of Edward Kozinn D.M.D., Bridgeport, by Abraham M. Hoffmann, Trumbull. Property: 1167 South Ave., Stratford. Filed March 13.

L.M.G. Wine & Spirits L.L.C., Newtown. $38,756 in favor of American Finance Solutions Inc., Anaheim, Calif, by Hertzmark Crean & Lahey LLP, Waterbury. Property: 18 Bridge End Farm Lane, Newtown. Filed March 12.

Abstoss, Klaus, Greenwich. $4,042 in favor of Petro Inc., Melville, N.Y., by Law office of Gerald S. Knopf L.L.C., Stamford.

Property: 47 N. Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Filed March 13.

Miller, Stephanie and Theodore Iglesias, Westport. $2,577 in favor of Stratton Landscaping Inc., Stratford, by Nicholas G. Framularo, Stratford. Property: Rockland Place, Westport. Filed March 12.

Arons, Michael, Stamford. $915 in favor of New Enngand Oil Company Inc., Greenwich, by Diane Urso, Esq., Stamford.

Property: 33 Dancy Drive, Stamford. Filed March 13.

Monnelus, Stephanie, Bridgeport. $8,064 in favor of Yale New Haven Hospital Inc., New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 2755 Old Town Road, Bridgeport. Filed March 12.

Brown, Daphne D., Bridgeport. $3,655 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff P.C., East Hartford. Property: 79 Grandview Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 11.

Oliva, Luis F., Newtown. $7,014 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by the Law Office of Michael Simko Jr. L.L.C., Shelton.

Property: 38 Old Hawleyville Road, Newtown. Filed March 7.

Bruno, Jacinto, Bridgeport. $4,258 in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff P.C., East Hartford. Property: 91 Trojan Drive, Bridgeport. Filed March 11.

Quinton, Quing, Greenwich. $622 in favor of Hop Energy L.L.C., Bridgeport, by William G. Reveley, Vernon. Property: 12 Berg St., Greenwich. Filed March 12.

Carozza, Marc, Newtown. $2,056 in favor of Superior Plus Energy Services, Winsted, by William G. Reveley, Vernon.

Property: 43 Yogananda St., Newtown.

Filed March 4.

Dachenhausen, Jerry, Newtown. $505 in favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Canaan.

Property: 8 Hitfield Road, Newtown. Filed March 3.

Deleo, James C., Stamford. $425,000 in favor of Maureen Tartell-Deleo, Stamford,

by Aleksandr V. Fromezel, Stamford. Property: Turn of River, Lot A and B, Map 7493, Stamford. Filed March 13.

Fabien, Cheker, Bridgeport. $1,660 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff P.C., East Hartford. Property: 603 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 11.

Frazier, Marlowe, Stratford. $1,168 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff P.C., East Hartford. Property: 42 Leonard St., Stratford. Filed March 6.

Gold, Kerrie, Stratford. $1,208 in favor of Bristol Hospital EMS L.L.C., Boston, Mass.,

by Hertzmark Crean & Lahey LLP, Waterbury. Property: 2252 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford. Filed March 14.

Rivera, Hector L., Stratford. $7,532 in favor of TD Bank N.A., Portland, Maine, by the Law Offices Of Howard Lee Schiff P.C., East Hartford. Property: 210 Light St., Stratford. Filed March 4.

Schnaufer, Frederick, Stratford. $21,341 in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield.

Property: 40 Yale St., Stratford. Filed March 11.

Schuurmans, Hans J., Redding. $8,841 in favor of Citibank N.A., Sioux Falls, S.D., by the Law Offices Of Howard Lee Schiff P.C., East Hartford. Property: 5 Old Field Lane, Redding. Filed March 3.

Sclafani, Lynn M., Westport. $10,387 in favor of AIG Property Casualty Co., Bridgeport, by Janine M. Becker, Bridgeport.

Property: 53 W. Parish Road, Westport.

Filed March 14.

Smith, Dawn, Stratford. $837 in favor of Valley Emergency Medical Services, Derby, by Hertzmark Crean & Lahey L.L.P., Waterbury. Property: 380 McKinley Ave., Stratford. Filed March 4.

Sporn, Judith B. and Robert C. Sporn, Stamford. $9,813 in favor of Ervin Braun, D.M.D., Stamford, by James F. Simon, Stamford. Property: 41 Island Highway, Westport. Filed March 10.

on the record Tobiasiewicz, Ryszard, Stamford. $4,106 in favor of Waterside Financial Inc., Cheshire, by Scarlett A. Tracey. Property: 15 Wild Horse Road, Stamford. Filed March 13.

LIENS

Robbins, J. Suzanne Geiss, 257 Shore Road, Greenwich. $647,332, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 3.

Schilling, Julie E. Von, 832 Bedford St., Stamford. $7,603, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 11.

Three Harbor Point Square, Stamford. Filed by Allied Building Products Corp., Seaford, N.Y., by Richard Maughan.

Property: Unit 53 of Harbor Point Planned Community, Stamford. Amount: $93,495.

Filed March 10.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSFILED

Senkowicz, Steven J., 729 Woodend Road, Stratford. $94,165, CIVP Tax. Filed March 3.

MECHANIC’S LIENSRELEASED

Compounded Solutions In Pharmacy, 179 Main St., Monroe. $2,788, payroll taxes.

Filed March 12.

Tangredi, Andrea and Peter E. Tangredi, 462 Rock Rimmon Road, Stamford. $49,732, a tax debt on personal income.

Filed March 13.

191 Second Avenue L.L.C., Stratford.

Released by Robert Mastroni Excavating L.L.C., Monroe, by Robert Mastroni.

Property: 191 Second Ave., Stratford. Filed March 7.

Cozy Nail & Spa Inc., 103 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. $28,860, corporate income taxes Filed March 5.

Trojanowski, Miroslaw, 14 Rockledge Road, Redding. $25,738, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 3.

Curtin, Susan and John R. Curtin, 286 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. $77,763, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 11.

Diagnostic and Medical Specialists of Greenwich L.L.C., 115 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. $91,853, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 5.

Frasca, Brian, 83 E. Middle Patent Road, Greenwich. $36,758, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 3.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED Adams Mill River House Condomonium, 20 Summer St., Stamford, $30,145, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes.

Filed March 11.

Arzubi, Eric A., 4 Gonczy Road, Westport. $49,663, CIVP Tax. Filed March 3.

FXW Inc., 180 Sound Beach Ave., Greenwich. $5,615, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 3.

Heslop, Novlet and Billy Vaughn, 230 Knollwood Drive, Stratford. $17,387, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 10.

Gallego, Enrique, PO Box 787, Westport. $15,909, a tax debt on personal income.

Filed March 3.

Mata, Ela and Eric Arzubi, 4 Gonczy Road, Westport. $12,074, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 3.

Globokar, Edward, 70 New England St., Stamford. $10,935, failure to file correct information returns tax. Filed March 11.

Connor Landscaping L.L.C., PO Box 473, Newtown. $11,118, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 3.

Globokar, Gloria and Edward Globokar, 70 New England St., Stamford. $10,920, a tax debt on personal income.

Filed March 11.

Henderson, Adria L., 12 Arlyn Ridge Road, Newtown. $11,894, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 10.

Kirby, Dawn, 6 Tomac Court, Greenwich. $34,172, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 11.

MECHANIC’S LIENSFILED

Koones, Robert, 522 North St., Greenwich. $79,229, 6672 Tax. Filed March 11.

707 IF L.L.C., Greenwich. Filed by Daniel Falls. $11,602 in favor of F & D Falls Excavating Co. Inc. Property: 35 Andrews Farm Road, Greenwich. Filed March 3.

Lacci, Loretta A. and John J. Hay Jr., 6 Interlaken Road, Greenwich. $141,173, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 5.

MacDougall, Jennifer, 15B Moshier St., Greenwich. $33,672, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 5.

Morrissey, Christopher J., 470 Ferry Blvd., Apt 3G, Stratford. $16,752, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 3.

Muratore, Julie, 1 Brook Crossway, Greenwich. $18,463, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 5.

Nuzzolo, Frank, 323 B. Box, Elder Lane, Stratford. $8,109, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 3.

Renovales, Edgar, 548 Erskine St., Stamford. $178,047, a tax debt on personal income. Filed March 11.

Research Auto Parts L.L.C., 75 Research Drive, Stamford. $6,160, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 11.

Dann, Kevin L., Greenwich. Filed by Mary K. Anderson. $16,936 in favor of Greenwich Electric L.L.C., Greenwich.

Property: 10 Rapids Lane, Greenwich.

Filed March 11.

HPC-Five L.L.C., Stamford. Filed by Allied Building Products Corp., Seaford, N.Y.,

by Richard Maughan. Property: Master Unit C5 of Harbor Point Planned Community, Stamford. Amount: $431,215. Filed March 10.

McLean, Lavrel and Roy Green, Bridgeport. Filed by Handy-Sam, Naugatuck, representing himself. Property: 68 Pond St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1,500. Filed March 11.

Move Inc., Bridgeport. Filed by KBE Building Corp., Farmington, by Tim O’Brien. Property: 220 and 148 Waterview Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $22,373. Filed March 12.

Expert Construction Group Inc., Stamford. Released by Paul J. Patch. $27,479 in favor of O & G Industries Inc., Torrington. Property: Parcel C, Map 5048, Greenwich. Filed March 6.

Expert Construction Group Inc., Stamford. Released by Ring’s End Inc. $20,341 in favor of Rings End Inc., Darien.

Property: 20 W. End Ave., Greenwich.

Filed March 12.

JKLR L.L.C. Released by Paul J. Patch. $47,660 in favor of O & G Industries Inc., Torrington. Property: 106-112 Indian Head Road, Greenwich. Filed March 5.

Maple Oak Reserve L.L.C., Stratford.

Released by John J. Brennan Construction Co. Inc., Shelton, by David Brennan, Shelton. Property: Parcel 8, Map 8347, Stratford. Filed March 10.

WH House L.L.C., Greenwich. Released

by Robert Shappy. $42,000 in favor of CCDS L.L.C., Wyoming, R.I. Property: 109 Byram Shore Road, Greenwich. Filed March 12.

LIS PENDENS Al, Antrice E. Reid, Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 52 Quince St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $118,405, dated July 2010. Filed March 10.

Bailey, Barbara, et al., Stamford. Filed

by Marinosci Law Group P.C., Warwick, R.I., for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: Pine Hill Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $567,000, dated July 2011. Filed March 12.

Batista, Tanya M., et al., Stratford. Filed

by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Hudson City Savings Bank, Yonkers, N.Y. Property: 236 Hollister St., Stratford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount.

Dated October 2006. Filed March 14.

Beauvoir, Raphaelle, et al., Stratford.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 32B Happy Hollow Circle, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated March 2008. Filed March 7.

Berkey, Duane, et al., Westport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Homebridge Financial Services, Iselin, N.J. Property: 6 Parsell Lane, Westport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated January 2012. Filed March 4.

Carlo, Chris, et al., Stamford. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 35 East Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $265,000, dated June 2003. Filed March 14.

Cirpriani, Angela M., et al., Stratford.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Evolve Bank & Trust. Property: 66 Queens Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated July 2006. Filed March 14.

Collins, Karen L. and Kevin P. Collins, et al., Stratford. Filed by Zeldes, Needle & Cooper P.C., Bridgeport, for Far Mill River Condominium Association Inc., Stratford.

Property: 112 Fiddler Green Road, Unit 112A, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Filed March 13.

Collins, Karen L., et al., Stratford. Filed

by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 112 Fiddler Green Road, Unit A, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated May 2008. Filed March 14.

Cottrell Jr., Richard J., et al., Redding.

Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Provident Funding Associates L.P., Santa Rosa, Calif. Property: 3 Packer Brook Road, Redding. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated August 2003. Filed March 10.

Crosdale, Elouise, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Coral Gables, Fla. Property: 125-129 Eagle St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $76,000, dated March 1988. Filed March 10.

Danjczek, Alison E. and Thomas M. Kodz., et al., Monroe. Filed by Cohen and Wolf P.C., Orange, for Northbrook Taxing District, Monroe. Property: 1 Turtlebrook Trail, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien on the property for past due district taxes and assessments in the amount of $2,504. Filed March 12.

DeAndrea, Douglas, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 36 Highview Ave., Unit 5, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $369,000, dated November 2007. Filed March 10.

Denitto, Tamela, et al., Newtown. Filed

by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Coral Gables, Fla. Property: 32 Botsford Hill Road, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated December 2005.

Filed March 5.

Dunkley-Lee, Valerie, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 738 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $160,000, dated November 2006. Filed March 10.

Dupervil, Joseph, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 295 Hanover St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $150,982, dated December 2007. Filed March 12.

Escobar, Bernardo, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 528 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $364,000, dated January 2007. Filed March 11.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Filed by Rosenberg & Rosenberg P.C., West Hartford, for Hyde Park Condominium Association Inc., Stamford. Property: 27 Northill St., Unit 3-F, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent charges and assessments. Filed March 13.

Rivera, Cathy, et al., Stratford. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Green Tree Servicing L.L.C., Rapid City, S.D. Property: 341 Burritt Ave., Stratford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount.

Dated October 2007. Filed March 5.

Rodriguez, Efigenia, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Prospect Mortgage L.L.C., Garfield, N.J. Property: 95 Liberty St., Unit B, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $175,000, dated March 2011.

Filed March 11.

Freeman, Merritt, et al., Stamford. Filed

by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Citifinancial Servicing Inc., Stratford.

Property: 17 Chestnut St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $74,511, dated November 23. Filed March 13.

Salamacha, Jane M., et al., Monroe.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Green Tree Servicing L.L.C., Rapid City, S.D. Property: 32 Millo Drive, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $207,000, dated March 2005.

Filed March 12.

Gardner, Lavinia M. Thomas, et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 367 Garibaldi Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated December 2002.

Filed March 5.

Salerno, Jon, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 35 Meeting House Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1.8 million, dated August 2007.

Filed March 4.

Holm, Barbara A., et al., Stratford.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 166 Bridgeview Place, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated October 2010. Filed March 7.

Sullivan, Bernice, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for OneWest Bank F.S.B., Pasadena, Calif. Property: 410-412 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $364,500, dated February 2008. Filed March 13.

Murphy, Margaret, et al., Greenwich.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Hudson City Savings Bank, Yonkers, N.Y. Property: Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $313,288, dated February 2010. Filed March 11.

Tedesco, Michael J., et al., Stratford.

Filed by Leopold & Associates, Stamford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 75 Feeley St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated April 2004. Filed March 4.

Murtha, Susan A. and James K. Scheckter, Redding. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for HSBC Bank USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 16 Dayton Road, Redding. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Filed March 13.

Tilly, Anitta and David Tilly, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Matthew B. Woods, Norwalk, for Hudson City Savings Bank, Yonkers, N.Y. Property: 23 Byram Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $600,000, dated October 2008. Filed March 6.

Obaiah, Mohammed, et al., Greenwich.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 453 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 41, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $380,000, dated January 2012.

Filed March 7.

Torres, Oswaldo, Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for M&T Bank, N.Y. Property: 239-245 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $228,399, dated April 2006. Filed March 10.

O’Brien IV, John M., et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 285 Old Battery Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $595,000, dated January 2007.

Filed March 11.

Vazquez, Maria V., et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Law Office of Sean T. Hogan L.L.C., Westport, for Fayerweather Towers Condominium, Bridgeport. Property: 155 Brewster St., Unit 3H, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien on the property for common charges and assessments. Filed March 11.

Passero-Simmons, Sheryl, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Sean T. Hogan L.L.C., Westport, for Fayerweather Towers Condominium, Bridgeport.

Property: 155 Brewster St., Unit 5K, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien on the property for common charges and assessments. Filed March 11.

Vazquez, Maria V., et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Law Office of Sean T. Hogan, Esq. L.L.C., Westport, for Fayerweather Towers Condominium, Bridgeport. Property: 155 Brewster St., Unit 2L, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien on the property for common charges and assessments. Filed March 11.

Pucci, Mark A., Stratford. Filed by Rutko Law Office L.L.C., East Providene, R.I., for Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: Unit C-27 of Stratford Condominium, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated January 2005. Filed March 13.

Ventura, Frank, Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for City of Stamford, Stamford. Property: 564 Webbs Hill Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a certificate of lien and an inchoate lien and possess premises. Filed March 12.

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on the record Vetare, David Norman, et al., Newtown. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 11 Jo Mar Drive, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated April 2013. Filed March 14.

Villa, Angel, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 49-51 Grove St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $303,241, dated December 2007. Filed March 10.

Vintimilla, Rafael A., et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for U.S. Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 86 Chamberlain Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $284,000, dated January 2006. Filed March 12.

Williams, Sirraam M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen P.C., Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 236 Huntington Park, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $115,000, dated July 2003. Filed March 11.

Zegarski, Nina, Stratford. Filed by Leopold & Associates, Stamford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York City. Property: 280 Parker St., Stratford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount.

Dated December 2005. Filed March 12.

MORTGAGES

Commercial 102-104 Prospect Street L.L.C., Greenwich, by Raymond Beninato. Lender: Rose Sagaria, Greenwich. Property: 102104 Prospect St., Greenwich. Amount: $250,000. Filed March 10.

191 Second Avenue L.L.C., Stratford,

by Nicholas E. Owen. Lender: Manuel Moutinho, trustee, Bridgeport. Property: 191 Second Ave., Stratford. Amount: $150,000. Filed March 7.

19-23 West Putnam Avenue L.L.C., Greenwich, by Marci A. Fagan. Lender: Service Realty L.L.C., Essex. Property: Site A, Map 6392, Greenwich. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 6.

2 Heusted Drive L.L.C., Weddington, N.C., by Colleen Richmond. Lender: Westchester Modular Homes Inc., Wingdale, N.Y. Property: 21 Heusted Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $691,000. Filed March 11.

225 Knowlton Street L.L.C., Bridgeport,

by Michael A. Picarazzi. Lender: Guido Picarazzi Sr., Trumbull. Property: 225239 Knowlton St., Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed March 10.

28 Darbrook L.L.C., Westport, by Jennifer Friedland. Lender: M&T Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 28 Darbrook Road, Westport. Amount: $3.4 million. Filed March 12.

300 North L.L.C., Bridgeport, by Leonard DiNardo. Lender: First Niagara Bank N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 292-310 North Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $2.7 million.

Filed March 12.

351 Round Hill Road Associates L.L.C., Greenwich, by Mary Jani L.L.C. Lender: Bank of America N.A., Houston, Texas.

Property: 351 Round Hill Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $3.5 million. Filed March 3.

695 East Main Street, Stamford, by Paul J. Kuehner. Lender: Citibank N.A., New York City. Property: Revised Parcel 1, Map 14185, Stamford. Amount: $105 million.

Filed March 14.

855 Main Street Associates L.L.C., New Canaan, by Peter K. Underhill. Lender: Brushy Canoe Associates L.L.C., New Canaan. Property: 1400 Honeyspot Road Extension, Stratford. Amount: $200,000.

Filed March 11.

Center Estates L.L.C., Brooklyn, N.Y.,

by Gabriel Mann. Lender: The First Bank of Greenwich, Greenwich. Property: 356 Center St., Bridgeport. Amount: $240,000.

Filed March 12.

EPL Enterprises, Monroe, by Erik Lindstrom. Lender: The Richard A. Kohlberger Family Trust, Greenwich. Property: 48 Clinton Ave., Westport. Amount: $355,000. Filed March 4.

Inspirica Inc., Stamford, by William Avery. Lender: Stamford Community Development Program, Stamford. Property: 141 Franklin St., Stamford. Amount: $43,000.

Filed March 14.

J4 Enterprises L.L.C., Seattle, Wash., by David W. Verespy. Lender: Rehab Financial Group, Rosemont, Pa. Property: 80 Salem Road, Stratford. Amount: $188,500.

Filed March 14.

KRZ Remodeling L.L.C., Shelton, by Kurt Zimmerman. Lender: Eaton Management L.L.C., Yonkers, N.Y. Property: 1460 Elm St., Unit 118, Stratford. Amount: $148,000. Filed March 10.

Portanova Family Limited Partnership, Trumbull, by Agneta G. M. Portanova. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 3321 Main St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $225,000. Filed March 10.

Red Rock Carpet Realty L.L.C., Pleasantville, N.Y., by Bruce Heaslip. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 34 Baxter Ave., Stamford. Amount: $350,000. Filed March 10.

Regency Heights of Stamford L.L.C. and Courtland Gardens Senior Leasing L.L.C., Southfield, Miss., by Shumdia Khan. Lender: Liberty Bank and Trust Co., New Orleans, La. Property: 53 Courtland Ave., Stamford. Amount: $3.4 million. Filed March 13.

Richfield Maplewood L.L.C., Westport,

by Wendang Song. Lender: H&P Builders L.L.C., Fairfield. Property: 20 Maplewood Ave., Westport. Amount: $550,000. Filed March 14.

Romano Brothers Builders L.L.C., Shelton, by Tyko Developers L.L.C. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 447 Polk St., Bridgeport. Amount: $277,600. Filed March 10.

Saint Basil L.L.C., West Haven, by Mark J. Glassman. Lender: Quinnipiac Bank & Trust Co., Hamden. Property: 63-67 Raymond St., Stratford. Amount: $135,000.

Filed March 4.

Stone Tires L.L.C., Greenwich, by Daria Prestone. Lender: The First Bank of Greenwich, Greenwich. Property: 11 Crawford Terrace, Greenwich. Amount: $150,000.

Filed March 10.

Success Inc., Stratford, by Julie Kish.

Lender: Dahill Donofrio, Stratford. Property: 3010 Huntington Road, Stratford.

Amount: $2,000. Filed March 4.

Success Inc., Stratford, by Julie Kish.

Lender: Joseph Regensburger, Fairfield.

Property: 3010 Huntington Road, Stratford. Amount: $5,000. Filed March 4.

Success Inc., Stratford, by Julie Kish.

Lender: Robin Cummings, Trumbull.

Property: 3010 Huntington Road, Stratford. Amount: $3,000. Filed March 4.

The Lake Forest Association Inc., Bridgeport, by Frederick Castaldo. Lender: People’s United Bank, N.A., Bridgeport.

Property: 424 French Road, Bridgeport.

Amount: $75,000. Filed March 10.

W2W Entertainment Inc., Brookfield,

by Kelly Dantas. Lender: RCN Capital Funding L.L.C., South Windsor. Property: 150 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $368,000. Filed March 7.

West Putnam Realty L.L.C., Bronx, N.Y., by Joseph Simone. Lender: Rialto Mortgage Finance L.L.C., New York City.

Property: 217, 252, 261 and 262 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $13.2 million.

Filed March 5.

Wishing Well Builders, Stamford,

by Catherine L. Cardillo. Lender: First Country Bank, Stamford. Property: Unit 17 of Windermere on the Lake, Stamford.

Amount: $600,000. Filed March 14.

NEW BUSINESSES 382 Danbury Road Associates, P.O. Box 43, Wilton 06897, c/o Stephen M. Ruttkamp. Filed March 3.

Blue Waterproofing, 29 Pettom Road, Norwalk 06850, c/o Fernando Morocho.

Filed March 7.

Brookside Veterinary Hospital, 4540 Main St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Daniel Hochman. Filed March 12.

Concierge Enterprises L.L.C., 55 Lewis St., Suite 2, Greenwich, c/o Jean Pierre Vitte. Filed March 7.

Copper Beech Limousine, 105 Ohio Ave., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Michael Osorio. Filed March 13.

Cybergale.com, 40 Richards Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Ashok Bakshi. Filed March 3.

DeCave Guitars, 151 Morehouse St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o James R. DeCave.

Filed March 10.

DHS Home Improvement, 225 Dayton Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Jose D. Hidalgo-Brenes. Filed March 13.

DM Facility Services, 23 Noble St., Stratford 06614, c/o Daniel G. Mazon. Filed March 11.

Doctors Express Stamford, 3000 Summer St., Stamford 06905, c/o Stamford UC PC. Filed March 11.

Holly P Design, 29 Morgan Ave., Greenwich 06831, c/o Hollie Powell. Filed March 7.

Judice Enterprises, 40 Decatur St., Greenwich 06870, c/o Michael Judice.

Filed March 7.

47-49 Priscilla L.L.C., 47-49 Priscilla Lane, Stratford 06615, c/o Olegs Volincuks.

Filed March 12.

K.T. Murphy Social Committee, 19 Horton St., Stamford 06902, c/o Connie Konya, Carolyn Bush and Kim Potochney.

Filed March 11.

54 Aberdeen Associates, 54 Abderdeen St., First floor, Stamford 06902, c/o Mohammed Salam and Mehanaj Tabassum.

Filed March 11.

Keiser College, 121 W. Hill Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Ernest Cuzzocreo. Filed March 10.

A.V. Painting & Interior Remodeling, 19 Bible St., Greenwich 06807, c/o Livio A. Vaida. Filed March 10.

AB Textbooks, 40 Richards Ave., Third floor, Norwalk 06854, c/o Ashok Bakshi.

Filed March 4.

All Rite Construction, 47 Turkey Roost Road, Monroe 06468, c/o Derek Minardi.

Filed March 17.

Ambrogio Lock and More, 2 Fletcher Ave., Greenwich 06831, c/o John F. Ambrogio. Filed March 5.

APS Hardwood Floors, 27 Harvard St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Anilton P. Dasilva.

Filed March 10.

Arch Studio Okz, 75 Orchard Drive, Greenwich 06830, c/o Olga K. Zajec. Filed March 12.

Aryx Media, 10 Lillian Drive, Trumbull 06611, c/o Eric Joseph Smith. Filed March 14.

Bella Pools, 51 Webb Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Pablo Labrosciano. Filed March 12.

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Kellner Roofing Restoration Coatings, 185 Cutspring Road, Stratford 06614, c/o Saul Robles. Filed March 13.

Kids Rock For a Cause, 50 Washington St., Seventh floor, Norwalk 06854, c/o Matthew Weinstein. Filed March 4.

KRM Associates, 14 Windmill Lane, Trumbull 06611, c/o Timothy M. Donahue.

Filed March 14.

Law Offices of Stephanie A. K. Norton., 16 Lincoln Ave., Greenwich 06870, c/o Stephanie A.K. Morton. Filed March 7.

Maid With Extra Hands L.L.C., 325 Lafayette St., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Iris N. Mareano and Rebecca Filiciano. Filed March 14.

McFadden’s Bar B Q, 261 Main St., Stamford 06901, c/o Turtle Cove L.L.C. Filed March 10.

Medici Acquisitions Ltd., 100 Prospect St., Apt. 5403, Stamford 06901, c/o Susan Mahar. Filed March 10.

Miguel Angel Vazquez, 49 Hinckley Drive, Greenwich, c/o Miguel Angel Vazques. Filed March 7.

New Life Movers, 62 Arthur Place, Stamford 06906, c/o Guiliano Merlos, et al.

Filed March 10.

Nick Benson Photography, 70 Barn Hill Road, Monroe 06468, c/o Nick Benson.

Filed March 12.

Octagon Worldwide, 800 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Robert Dobson.

Filed March 3.

Peralta’s Elite Limousine, 9 Walnut St., Greenwich 06807, c/o Mario Peralto. Filed March 7.

Prosper Productions, 25 Third St., Stamford 06905, c/o In Tune Entertianment L.L.C. Filed March 10.

Rags to Ritches Apparel, 25 Wilson St., Unit 3, Stamford 06902, c/o Andrea N. Valvo. Filed March 11.

Restoration Hardware, 310 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Juanne Stone.

Filed March 10.

Restoring Life Through Christ Ministries, 456 Jane St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Pastor David B. Smith. Filed March 12.

Rodriguez Family Landscaping, 12 Golden St., Second floor, Stamford 06902, c/o Martin Rodriguez Valencia. Filed March 10.

Rose Street Boutique, 153 Remington St., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Quanaisha Benton. Filed March 11.

Scent Select, 140 Umpawaug Road, Redding 06896, c/o Jeanne Bruestle and David Bruestle. Filed March 12.

Sebbe Pro Shop, 888 North St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Sebastian O. Bredberg.

Filed March 13.

Sol Travel L.L.C., 762 Artic St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Arafelian Cardona. Filed March 13.

LG Transportation L.L.C., 1137 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich 06878, c/o Lillian Giraldo. Filed March 4.

NEW LIQUOR LICENSES

LJ Designs, 69 Rockwood Lane, Greenwich 06830, c/o Karen Lawson. Filed March 11.

Bar Taco, 20 Wilton Road, Westport, c/o Bartaco Westport L.L.C. Filed March 11.

Louisa’s Maids, 49 Hindsley Drive, Apt. 1, Greenwich, c/o Brandon B. Ventura. Filed March 7.

Louisas Matos, 49 Hinckley Drive, Greenwich, c/o Miguel Angel Vazques.

Filed March 7.

Director’s Cut, 225 Lordship Blvd., Stratford, c/o Pasquale Pagliarulo. Permit No. LIR.0017546. Filed March 4.

Earthplace in Bloom, 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, c/o Earthplace The Nature Discovery Center. Filed March 7.

PATENTS The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C.

2.sup.nd generation dot-off-dot stochastic halftone. Patent no. 8,681,383 issued to Shen-ge Wang, Fairport, N.Y.; Edgar A. Bernal, Webster, N.Y.; and Robert P. Loce, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Belt tracking using steering angle feed-forward control. Patent no.

8,682,233 issued to Joannes N. M. deJong, Hopewell Junction, N.Y.; and Lloyd A. Williams, Mahopac, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Guilloche mark generation. Patent no. 8,681,387 issued to Martin S. Maltz, Rochester, N.Y.; Zhigang Fan, Webster, N.Y.; Reiner Eschbach, Webster, N.Y.; and Judith Stinehour, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Maximize printer component life using incoming media and image data. Patent no. 8,681,346 issued to Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, N.Y.; Julie M. Hanfland, Pittsford, N.Y.; Melissa A. Monahan, Rochester, N.Y.; John E. Derimiggio, Fairport, N.Y.; and Steven M. Russel, Bloomfield, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Method and system for coordinating collisions between augmented reality and real reality. Patent no. 8,681,179 issued to Robert John Rolleston, Rochester, N.Y.; Jeffrey David Kingsley, Macedon, N.Y.; and Jia Wang, Worcester, Mass.

Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Method that enables a solid-ink printer to learn a solid-ink stick type. Patent no. 8,678,575 issued to Karen V. Zocchi, Beaverton, Ore.; Brent R. Jones, Sherwood, Ore.; Timothy L. Crawford, St. Paul, Ore.; Douglas B. Henkle, Gresham, Ore.; and Patricia L. Werner, Portland, Ore. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Optical data transmission system for direct digital marking systems.

Patent no. 8,681,194 issued to George Cunha Cardoso, Webster, N.Y.; Mandakini Kanungo, Penfield, N.Y.; and Jeffrey Folkins, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Pictogram and ISO symbol decoder service. Patent no. 8,682,082 issued to Eugene S. Evanitsky, Pittsford, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

System and method for street-parking vehicle identification through license-plate capturing. Patent no.

8,682,036 issued to Yao Rong Wang, Webster, N.Y.; Zhigang Fan, Webster, N.Y.; Graham S. Pennington, Webster, N.Y.; and Hengzhou Ding, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

System and method to compensate for defective inkjets in an inkjet-imaging apparatus. Patent no. 8,678,533 issued to David Allen Mantell, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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onnecticut residents annually pay an average $9,099 in state and local taxes, or 31% more than the national average according to a new report.

7. Vermont, $8,838

The financial site WalletHub ranks the state 48th in the country for its state and local tax burden. Only Nebraska, California, and New York (where taxpayers pay an average $9,718) ranked below Connecticut.

State and local tax burdens directly impact economic mobility—the ability to move up and down the income ladder— according to Harvard and Berkeley university researchers collaborating on The Equality of Opportunity Project.

And, when adjusted for cost of living, Connecticut fell to 49th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Taxes play an important role in determining a state’s overall business climate and rate of economic growth.

Wyoming, where residents pay an average $2,365 annually (two-thirds less than the national average), has the lowest state and local tax burden in the country. The 10 best states:

Five of the states with the lowest state and local taxes feature among the top 10 states in CNBC’s America’s Top States for Doing Business 2013.

1. Wyoming, $2,365 2. Alaska, $2,791 3. Nevada, $3,370 4. Florida, $3,648 5. South Dakota, $3,766 6. Washington, $3,823 7. Texas, $5,193 8. Delaware, $5,195 9. North Dakota, $5,588 10. Colorado, $5,674 In ranking state tax burdens, WalletHub measured taxes on income, real estate, vehicles, sales, fuel, food, and alcohol.

Wyoming, Alaska, Nevada, Florida, South Dakota, Washington, and Texas have no state income tax.

Delaware is among the five states with the lowest real estate, car, sales, and alcohol taxes; Alaska has the lowest vehicle taxes and has one of the five lowest fuel and sales taxes.

The states with the worst per capita tax burdens: 1. New York, $9,178 2. California, $9,509 3. Nebraska, $9,450 4. Connecticut, $9,099 5. Illinois, $9,006 6. Wisconsin, $8,975

8. New Jersey, $8,830 9. Iowa, $8,788 10. Maine, $8,622

North Dakota also posted the highest percentage GDP growth of any state in 2012 according to the most recent report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Texas was second and Washington fourth.

And CNBC ranked three of the states with the highest taxes—California, Connecticut, and New Jersey—in the bottom 10 in its annual study of state business climates.

Three years ago, Connecticut lawmakers passed the largest tax increases in state history. Our tax system now is the subject of much discussion at the State Capitol.

The legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee likely will soon endorse a comprehensive, two-year analysis of the state’s tax system.

“Every session there are more and more proposals to adjust or repeal or add different taxes,” committee co-chair Patricia Widlitz (D-Guilford) told the Connecticut Mirror.

“It doesn’t make any sense to address all of these individually without looking at how the entire tax package fits together.

“We certainly want to keep in mind the desire of people to live here and stay in Connecticut, and what kind of a tax system we will need to make that possible.”

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ew penalties, a new mandate, a new tax, and new burdens; a workers’ comp remedy and unemployment compensation tax relief. Those are among the many bad-news, good-news, business-related proposals the legislature’s Labor Committee approved recently.

The committee took final action on the following bills: State-Run Retirement Plan—SB 249 requires employers (of five or more employees) that are not already providing their employees with access to a 401(k), IRA or pension plan, to facilitate access to a state-run retirement plan. Businesses had questioned the committee on the proposal’s administrative burdens, potential for increased costs, and how it puts the state in direct competition with Connecticut businesses.

Immigration: Employers Assumed Guilty—Employers in Connecticut will be “guilty until proven innocent” in certain personnel matters dealing with immigrant employees, through SB 371.

The proposal imposes fines, losses of licenses, and other penalties for employers for allegedly retaliating against immigrant employees for complaints made by employees about an employer’s supposed violation of labor and workplace laws.

New Wage Tax—Larger businesses and many franchisors in Connecticut face a new punitive tax if they do not pay every employee at least 130% of the state’s minimum wage. HB 5069 applies to employers with 500 or more employees or franchisors whose franchisees collectively have 500 employees. The proposal sets a $1 per hour tax per any employee who is paid less than the required wage.

Essentially, the bill imposes a new minimum wage—30% higher than the state’s actual minimum wage—for larger businesses. In addition to making it prohibitively expensive for employers to hire young and low-skilled workers for entry-level positions, HB 5069 targets owners of small franchises who will be

required to increase prices and reduce hours for employees in order to pay the additional cost to the franchisors.

Unemployment Comp Tax Relief— On a positive note, the Labor Committee approved HB 5314, which would apply an estimated $60 million of the projected state budget surplus toward the debt owed to the federal government for funds borrowed to shore up Connecticut’s Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.

This debt is being paid off by the business community in the form of federal unemployment taxes that increase on a yearly basis, plus an additional yearly special assessment.

While the bill would be a big helping hand to the business community, its fate is uncertain. It did not receive the support of either of the Labor Committee chairpersons, or the Labor Commissioner–who is responsible for the departments that oversee the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.

Workers’ Comp Proposals—By a unanimous (10-0) vote, the Labor Committee approved SB 61, which authorizes the state Workers’ Compensation Commission to establish a pre-determined fee schedule for the cost of workers’ comp medical services or procedures done at hospitals or surgical centers.

Essentially, the bill remedies a ruling last year by the state Workers’ Compensation Commission that opened the door to out-of-control medical costs to employers in workers’ comp cases. It also aligns Connecticut with how similar fees are settled in most other states.

The bill now includes a 200% markup of Medicare cost for the commission to use when proposing a fee schedule. By comparison, the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) provides federal employees injured in the performance of duty with workers’ compensation benefits at a 150 % markup of Medicare.  Read more at gov.cbia.com

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