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Forum on obstacles facing Fairfield County retail real estate

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he idiosyncrasies and challenges that define Fairfield County’s retail property market were in the spotlight at the recent Second Annual Real Estate Outlook, held at the Shorehaven Golf Club under the sponsorship of the Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, the Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce and Halloran & Sage LLP. In opening the forum, Eric D. Bernheim, partner at Halloran & Sage, noted that Fairfield County’s municipalities were placing a greater emphasis on commercial development due to the evaporation of financial aid from the state government. “More and more, towns and cities are being asked to carry the burden,” he said. “With little certainty that state funds will be available, municipalities are looking more and more for new development and property taxes as sources to fund their services.”

A great deal of the forum’s running time was devoted to the SoNo Collection megamall under construction in Norwalk. Doug T. Adams, senior director of development for General Growth Partners (GGP), the property’s developer, assured the audi» » FAIRFIELD

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A rendering of the $21.8 million Bobby Valentine Athletic Center, a state-of-the-art fitness facility at Sacred Heart University. It is scheduled to open in August 2019.

Brewing a coffee alternative in Fairfield

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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airfielders tired of what Tony Inzero calls the “burnt-tasting” coffee at large chains can avail themselves of a homemade alternative: Inzero’s own Candlewood Market coffee shop.

“We have our own smallbatch roaster, and can keep close track of our roasting,” Inzero said at the shop, which opened in December at the Sportsplex@ Fairfield on 85 Mill Plain Road.

“Coffee is very complex, like wine — but unlike wine, coffee gets worse with age. And it can keep cooking once you’ve taken the tray out of the roaster.”

Purveyors roasting in large batches, he said, run risks with flavor, as it can be difficult to cool the end product at a consistent rate. In addition, old coffee sitting around is subject to “picking up the properties of all the other stuff in the room,” he said. » » COFFEE

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Tony Inzero. Photo by Kevin Zimmerman

Caravan’s world view

BY MARY SHUSTACK mshustack@westfairinc.com

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ou never know what you’ll come across at Caravan Curated Home in New

Canaan.

A few steps into the front door on a recent morning brought a giant bronze sculpture in the shape of a Chanel shopping bag, a creation by Jonathan Seliger, into view. Steps away, a corner vignette was anchored by another oversize piece, an elaborately carved wooden door just in from Jaipur. Also within this front room, a custom coffee table by Thomas Throop, a local furniture maker, added depth, as did a couple of pineapple sculptures, a vivid green couch and a turquoise tray filled with a grouping of martini glasses.

All are finds gathered by Vanessa Bikindou, Caravan’s Parisian-born owner whose vision guides the shop tucked into one of the town’s winding side streets.

Caravan, which reflects the laid-back elegance of Bikindou herself, is a trove ready to delight those with a love of eclectic elements and an artful approach to mix-andmatch décor.

On the surface, the spacious shop at 12 Burtis Ave. is a home furnishings and lifestyle retail store that also provides home décor services. The space, which marked its first anniversary in October, is set up as a collection of fully furnished living areas, the front room yielding to a larger space encompassing bed and bath “rooms,” a kitchen and a wildly eclectic living room complete with an airplane-shaped working bar.

No matter where you look, Caravan is filled with an array of unique objects that gracefully join designs from artisans and vendors whom Bikindou showcases for their emphasis on quality, originality and design.

“Caravan is kind of a concept,” said Bikindou, who draws inspiration from sources around the world.

Throughout, her goal is simple.

“You create an environment of elegance,” she said, but also keep in mind comfort and livability.

How you do it, she said with a smile, is “also kind of a puzzle.”

And that’s the fun — putting it all together. It’s something that Bikindou clearly delights in helping her clients do.

With extensive experience in interior design, she founded the Caravan company some 10 years ago in Manhattan, where she con-

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tinues to live with her movie-producer husband.

They arrived in New York when Bikindou, now 38, was in her 20s.

“That’s it,” she said of her reaction to the city. “I love the place.

That’s where I want to be.”

She left behind Paris, where she grew up, went on to study law and became an attorney, a profession that sharpened her organizational skills and appreciation of structure.

The transition to interiors, she said, was a natural one.

“My passion’s always been décor, objects,” she said, adding with a laugh, “at one point, I think the passion took over.”

Now, with a by-appointment showroom in New York, as well as one in New Canaan that complements the Caravan store (caravancuratedhome.com), Bikindou serves clients in the city, the Hamptons, Connecticut and Westchester.

BROADENING REACH

It was a combination of friends and clients that led her to New Canaan, where she thought her unique approach would find an audience.

“We specialize in one-of-a-kind furniture,” she said, building a look that is “a combination of contemporary and antique, sort of a balance.”

The outlook, she said, is “more international. I also try to reflect a client’s passion in a house and a home, make it feel like it’s their home.”

At Caravan, it’s all about “rotating décors. We change constantly.”

It allows her to meet the needs of her varied clients.

“Every project is totally different,” she said. “Each person that comes to me is from a different angle.”

It may range from someone simply stopping by for new pillows to a full house project, as she often works with architects and builders.

From her team to her collaborators, Bikindou stressed it’s important her clients know she has a strong network in place, one she has carefully built.

“It’s like a relationship. You kind of create a kind of ‘zone of comfort,’ trust and knowledge of each other.”

Whether it’s the young families moving up from the city or longtime residents, many of whom have multiple homes, Bikindou’s New Canaan clients do share some traits.

“They’re always kind of traveled, international,” she said. And, she happily noted they often share

important place, after your body, it’s your home.”

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Vanessa Bikindou at Caravan Curated Home in New Canaan. Photograph by Mary Shustack.

another key feature — openness.

She welcomes the “open eye,” someone willing to “mix the styles together.”

“I think that’s the fun of it, to feel here you are limitless.”

But, she quickly added, “of course, it should be cohesive.”

And that’s where she comes in.

“I think it helps when you can have sort of a visual, ‘This can go with this.’ The visual here is very important. People can see it is possible to adapt something.”

She loves clients who are “open to mixing, like some 18th-century chair with a Moroccan blanket.”

It’s not random, though. It has to have meaning.

“People want to feel their house is personal to them, so they’re more inclined to find a treasure and build a room around it.”

Bikindou is always on the lookout for such treasures, traveling not only to Paris but also throughout the French countryside as well as Italy — a sprinkling of Swedish design is always welcomed, too — sending container after container back home.

So, does a trip to someplace new find Bikindou on the hunt, tracking down antique shops?

“Everywhere. I think it’s a disease. My disease,” she said with a knowing smile.

But that’s what happens when you’re always looking for “something superb.”

To seek out “the beauty,” she said, is so important “in a world like ours now.”

After all, she said, “The idea is to make people happy at the end. The house is very personal.

It’s your sanctuary. It is the most

Bikindou said clients appreciate the value of a creating an interior with a strong foundation.

“At the end of the day you notice you keep a piece for much longer. It’s good to see furniture as an investment.”

She likens it to a woman having a pair of really good shoes. It sets the tone of quality and style: “After that, you can play.”

And Bikindou is all about the playful spirit. Her research is dedicated if not formal. It is, rather, a fusing of, “so many things like art, films, literature. I think it should be a sort of celebrating of different cultures.”

And that was clear no matter where you turned in Caravan.

The kitchen area was a showcase of the retro-hued Big Chill collection, while the bath vignette highlighted Badeloft products.

Hanging throughout was photography from Antoine Verglas, Peter Beard and Bonnie Wang.

“I always work with artists who are friends,” Bikindou said, the relationship allowing her to collaborate on offering limited editions of select works.

“We also do art placement for clients,” she added.

Again, it comes back to building an environment.

“It’s always a question of layers and giving multi dimensions to a house so that it evolves, like a personality.”

Bikindou continues to expand, recently entering the world of home staging with a New Canaan project, and also collaborated with Hamptons vintner and lifestyle maven Joey Wölffer to create a popup store in Palm Beach, Florida.

“It’s all decorated ‘very Caravan,’” Bikindou said of the late2017 project that opened her eyes to another creative avenue.

Back in New Canaan, a glance around the space prompted a comment on the gaggle of glass bubbles overhead, one of two similarly fanciful lighting creations in restful shades of blue found in the store.

The pieces, Bikindou explained, are made-in-the-USA work created by a Vermont glassblower and can be customized for both size and color.

“It’s endless with possibility,” she said with a smile.

Kind of like Caravan itself.

A version of this story originally appeared in WAG magazine, sister publication of the Fairfield County Business Journal.

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airfield County’s office market saw 611,000 square feet in leasing activity during the first quarter of this year, according to a new report issued by CBRE Research.

The first quarter activity exceeded the 589,000 square feet of office space leased in the same period one year earlier. Renewal activity reached 103,000 square feet during the first quarter, thus bringing total leasing velocity to 714,000 square feet.

“If the first quarter is any indicator, we are back on a nice path,” observed Tom Pajolek, executive vice president at CBRE’s Stamford office. “The first quarter is not usually a big quarter. And it is not often that we have a 173,000-square-foot deal.”

The deal Pajolek cited was FactSet Research Systems’ 173,164-square-foot lease at 45 Glover Ave. in Norwalk. That transaction involved the company’s relocation of its headquarters from the Merritt 7 office complex, also in Norwalk; FactSet is expected to move to its new space in the last quarter of 2019.

The first quarter’s other two major deals involved Edgewell Personal Care’s renewal of its 55,186 square feet of space at 6 Research Drive in Shelton and Charter Communications’ 53,482-square-foot lease at 201 Tresser Blvd. in Stamford. Pajolek pointed out that these numbers were mostly responsible for the vibrancy of the first quarter’s leasing levels.

“About 45 percent of activity involved three deals,” he said. “After those deals, it falls off pretty quick.”

Indeed, the next largest leases were fairly modest in comparison: Computer Associates International’s 23,944-square-foot lease and Webster Bank’s 22,948-square-foot lease, both at 695 East Main St. in Stamford.

CBRE also determined that the overall absorption

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Top: 6 Research Drive in Shelton. Photo via R.D. Scinto. 45 Glover Ave. in Norwalk. Photo via Building Land & Technology.

for Fairfield County’s office market ended at 44,383 square feet, with availability at 24 percent. Individual submarkets saw some movement: the Stamford CBD (Central Business District) fell 35 percent to 34.1 percent quarter-over-quarter while the Stamford NCBD (NonCentral Business District) rose from 26.1 percent to 29.8 percent; together, the Stamford submarkets posted roughly 144,000 square feet of negative absorption.

In comparison, the Greenwich CBD recorded 37,000 square feet of positive absorption during the quarter, with an availability rate dropping from 21.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 10.4 percent in the first quarter of this year.

Availability in the Greenwich CBD has reached its lowest point since year-end 2008, according to CBRE, which noted this could encourage potential tenants to look for space in neighboring Stamford, where availability and comparatively affordable rents offer an attractive setting for office leasing.

And speaking of rents, CBRE found the county’s overall average asking rent in the fourth quarter was $31.88 per square foot, vir-

tually unchanged from both the previous quarter and from one year earlier.

Pajolek stated that landlords have been “very aggressive” in pursuing rents that will attract and maintain tenants, and this approach is among the key reasons for the absence of new office complex development.

“The numbers being agreed upon would not warrant new construction,” he said. “The cranes you see now are for multifamily developments in Stamford and the GGP mall in Norwalk.”

Moving forward, Pajolek acknowledged that there was still room for improvement within the local economy, especially a 4.9 percent unemployment rate that is higher than the national 4.1 percent. However, he believed a growing variety in the companies seeking out Fairfield County for their office operations will prove beneficial.

“Fairfield County was really focused on the financial services sector for quite a long time,” he said, adding that 2017 deals involving the Stamford headquarters for Charter Communications and Henkel were “a good example of diversification.”

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Harold Fischel, chairman of Fischel Properties and creator of the Sportsplex, said he had sought Inzero out after hearing good things about his Brookfield operation.

“We had a tenant move out, and I thought it would be a good idea to bring a real coffee shop in” to the 125,000-square-foot complex, Fischel said.

“And,” he chuckled, “the coffee here is a lot better” than one can get at places where the java is mass-produced.

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ence that the project was on schedule for an October 2019 opening and that the recent $9.2 billion acquisition of GGP’s remaining common stock by Brookfield Property Partners LP will not disrupt operations.

“There has been no change,” Adams stated.

“Brookfield has been our largest shareholder for quite some time. They are actively involved with the direction of the company.”

Adams shared the news that GGP would provide $550,000 to fund a new circulator bus system that will provide free connections for Norwalk residents with the SoNo Collection and other local attractions, including the Maritime Aquarium and the Stepping Stones Museum for Children. “We’re going to drive a lot of visitations, and to keep those folks coming back, they need variety,” said Adams.

The circulator buses would also keep a lot of vehicular parking out of the South Norwalk district, Adams added. He remarked that the SoNo Collection will feature 3,000 parking spaces, and he pointed out that the circulator bus and other shifts in vehicular usage contributed to the property’s parking planning. “If we did this five or 10 years, the anchors and the retailers would have required 3,700 to 4,000 spaces,” he added.

The forum’s participants highlighted the impact of fee-based ridesharing ser-

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in Newtown and operated a similar coffee shop in Sterling, Colorado, called Bean There, returned to the area about 10 years ago, opening Candlewood Roasting Co. near Candlewood Lake in Ridgefield, where he lives.

When Fischel pitched him the idea of expanding into Fairfield, he said, “It sounded like a good idea.”

Its coffee — sold by the cup or by bean- or groundbag — has such whimsical names as Smooth Sailing (medium roast), Deep Waters (dark roast) and Pardon My French (a vanilla-flavored brew). The

vices like Uber on local property development. “Uber did not exist in Fairfield County two years ago,” observed R. David Genovese, CEO of Darien-based Baywater Properties, who stated several urban markets including Buffalo, Hartford, Seattle and San Jose rewrote their parking requirements on commercial properties due to the growing move away from self-driving in favor of Uber-style chauffeuring.

Genovese also predicted that Fairfield County’s roads will soon see a large number of automobiles with no one at the steering wheel. “Trust me, driverless cars are coming, and we won’t need that much parking,” he said.

Jessica Curtis, senior vice president at CBRE Inc. in Stamford, told the forum audience that she tries to avoid driving if she is going out for the evening. “I don’t have plans for driving anymore if I can help it,” she said. “In my age group, 35 to 45, all of our friends Uber.”

However, Curtis warned that retail and restaurant developers should not be too eager to completely erase parking spaces from their blueprints.

“Reducing parking is almost worse than saying there is no parking,” she said, citing an example of a hipster-aspirational restaurant in the trendy Midtown section of Atlanta that overemphasized pedestrian and Uber traffic in its planning and failed to calculate an adequate quantity of parking spaces. “It was a complete

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1,800-square-foot store also features a Nitro Bar, which serves a variety of coldbrew beverages, including various teas and kombucha -- the fermented, sweetened black or green tea drinks that “aren’t really my taste,” Inzero said, “but they sell really well.”

Indeed, business has been steadily growing at the Fairfield location, Inzero said, though its lack of visibility from the road — Candlewood Market is housed behind several of the Sportsplex’s other buildings — is a source of frustration.

Nevertheless, a continu-

ing “work in progress” vibe is helping to build word of mouth, Inzeo said. Those offerings include live music, book readings for children and a host of other activities, as well as outsourced food offerings from various higher-end vendors, including baked goods from Brooklyn’s Colson Patisserie and organic candies from New Milford’s Torie & Howard.

“That kind of stuff adds value, since for the most part you can’t find it anywhere else,” Inzero said. “We want to be a part of the community, like we are in Brookfield, so we’ve put in a chalk-

board wall to give little kids something to do while their moms are relaxing here, and I want to put up a bulletin board where people can post announcements.”

Candlewood further distinguishes itself from its Seattle-based competitor, Starbucks, by listing its serving sizes as compact, sedan, and limo.

“I’m Italian, and even I can’t get the hang of (Starbucks’) ‘Venti,’ ‘Grande’ and so on,” he laughed.

“One night my kids and I were sitting around trying to think of something besides ‘small, medium and large’ — which makes me

From left: R. David Genovese of Baywater Properties; Doug T. Adams of General Growth Properties; Kim M. Morque of Spinnaker Real Estate Partners; Jessica Curtis of CBRE Inc.; and Eric D. Bernheim of Halloran & Sage. Photo by Phil Hall

and utter s**t show because people showed up with their cars and they expected that they could park.”

The Right and Wrong Location Among other issues raised during the forum were the difficulties that some companies faced when trying to establish a retail presence in the county.

“Finding a fitness space in Fairfield County is, like, impossible,” Curtis said. “If I go to Denver, Colorado, there are 24 Orange Theory Fitness locations in Denver alone, but they found one or two deals in Fairfield County. Finding real estate and ample parking to satisfy the zoning requirements is impossible.”

Curtis also highlighted how restaurants in the suburbs outside major markets around the country have been able to thrive due to municipalities that encouraged business development.

“There are really cool and creative things happening in periphery markets that you won’t find here,” she said. “Tenants can’t even get signage in a lot of these

(Fairfield County) towns without jumping through a lot of hoops.”

Kim M. Morque, principal and president of Spinnaker Real Estate Partners in Norwalk, complained that many small businesses face daunting problems in dealing with zoning regulations.

He recalled a South Norwalk restaurant that was interested in setting up outdoor dining but was not enthusiastic about going through a burdensome permitting review process with the city.

“These are small businesses that occupy 2,000 square feet or less,” Morque said. “I don’t know what their gross sales are, but it might be under $1 million a year. They don’t have the wherewithal to go through a process that is extended over 90 days.”

For Genovese, whose company is spearheading the redevelopment of a 6-acre parcel in Darien along the Boston Post Road, working with the local zoning officials was a two-year process that often felt like the real estate equivalent of traveling through the Wayback

Machine.

“The zoning regulations we were working around were from the 1950s,” he recounted. “They were set up to control development. They weren’t even contemplating downtown living in the 1950s.

It was an arduous process, but an interesting one.”

It All Happens Here The forum panelists also discussed the role that commercial property developers can play in enhancing a sense of community spirit.

Genovese shared the story of how the instability following the 2008 recession helped bring about a new dynamic in Darien through the introduction of free concerts.

“We started programming in a public space we’re involved with in 2009,” he said. “It was really in desperation because no one was going on vacation. We never heard the term ‘staycation’ before 2008 and 2009, and we were worried that people were going to stop spending and support local retailers. So, we came up with this idea for a concert in downtown Darien at the

think of McDonald’s — and I came up with the car sizes.”

Inzero noted that two of his children, Marie and Tony Jr., work in the Fairfield store as managers, and that most of the four others have expressed interest in putting in hours.

But that will wait until Candlewood Market is fully established, Inzero said.

“We have a good base of customers, and we’ll eventually be at the break-even point,” he declared. “I learned in Colorado that turning something like this into something that’s profitable takes some time. We’ll get there.”

Gross Street Plaza. It started out slow, with the same 10 people showing up for the bands.”

Fast forward to today and Genovese stated the concert series, along with an outdoor art show and a farmer’s market, has brought a new vibrancy to that section of the town.

“There are people who plan their summers around these concerts,” Genovese said, adding that these events seem to tap into an emotion that has nearly vanished in the Age of Zuckerberg. “We’ve all gotten so consumed by social media and technology, but there is a deep-down longing for the way life used to be, and there is a craving for these communal experiences.”

Over at the SoNo Collection, Adams said that extended common space was part of the project. “We are required to do 60,000 square feet, but we’re doing 85,000 square feet for the common areas,” he said, adding that open common space will be found on each of the mall’s three levels.

And in a nod to the South Norwalk community, Adams guaranteed that the SoNo Collection would enhance the wider area and not trample on the local restaurant scene at the core of the neighborhood’s social environment. “We agreed to 6 percent limit on our food and beverage,” he said. “We typically do double that. And the reason is there are great restaurants that exist here and we want them to thrive.”

Bethel’s Boost Bowls boosted by movie theater outlet

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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lthough food choices at movie theaters have been undergoing a renaissance lately — Bow Tie Cinemas, the family-owned chain based in Ridgefield, having recently upgraded its theaters in Norwalk and Trumbull to feature artisanal pizza, eggplant parmesan fries and the like — healthy food has still been something of a rarity.

But Bethel-based Boost Bowls is aiming to change that. The purveyor of bowls filled with acai, pitaya, quinoa, bee pollen and of course plenty of fresh fruit has swung a deal with the recently opened independent movie theater Riverview Cinemas in

nearby Southbury to sell its wares to moviegoers, as an alternative to the standard popcorn/soda/candy combos.

Even more unusual is the fact that the new Boost Bowls is actually in the theater’s lobby.

“We’d been looking for a second location for a while,” said Tatiana Mehmeti, who with her husband Valdrin opened the 800-square-foot Bethel location about three years ago. Although the pair also ran indoor cycling studio Boost Cycle in Newtown, “We thought Newtown was a little too close to Bethel when it came to a second Boost Bowl.”

Presented with a 4,000-square-foot space in the Riverview complex at 690 Main St. South, the Mehmetis instead start-

ed talking with cinema owner Robert LaFlamme about setting up inside the theater itself. Boost Bowls now occupies roughly 400 square feet in the lobby, with a kitchen and concession-stand-style counter; she said business had been especially brisk over its opening weekend, April 6-8.

The road to Southbury began in the mid-2000s.

Although the Mehmetis both attended Danbury High School, they only began dating after graduation, Tatiana said. After spending a couple of years in the Los Angeles area, “We got homesick and came back to Connecticut,” she said.

Having embraced the southern California lifestyle, “where there’s a juice bar on every corner,” they were dismayed to find a

In addition to juices, smoothies, protein shakes and the like, Boost Bowls also sells salads and vegetarian sandwiches and wraps — as well as of course the titular bowls.

comparative lack of same here. Thus was Boostjuice — now being rebranded Boost Bowls, partly to avoid confusion with Australian juice and smoothie brand Boost Juice — born.

In addition to juices, smoothies, protein shakes and the like, Boost Bowls also sells salads and vegetarian sandwiches and wraps — as well as of course the titular bowls. The “build your own” option has proven to be particularly popular: after a base of acai, pitaya, avocado or yogurt is chosen, patrons can add fruit, super foods (including hemp seeds, goji berries and cacao nibs) and/or a drizzle (including honey, almond butter and agave) to create their personal preference.

“I love seeing high school and college stu-

dents coming in and putting together their own bowl, or at least getting one of our juices,” Mehmeti said. “It shows that they’re becoming more interested in getting healthy, instead of just getting an ice cream sundae after school.”

The couple recently sold the Newtown cycling studio in favor of focusing on Boost Bowls — and Mehmeti said they’re planning to add more.

“We get suggestions practically every day,” she laughed. “I’d like to go into southern Fairfield County a little more, maybe the Stamford or Darien area.”

And the Mehmetis are expanding on a personal level too: Mehmeti said they “have a little boy, and another one on the way. It’s going to be a pretty exciting year!”

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THE LIST: Hotels and Conference Centers

Fairfield County and Region

Hotels and Conference Centers

fairfield county

Ranked by number of guest rooms.

Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

1 2 3 4 5

243 Tresser Blvd., Stamford 06901 357-9555 • stamfordmarriott.com

Hilton Stamford Hotel & Executive Meeting Center

1 First Stamford Place, Stamford 06902 967-2222 • hiltonstamfordhotel.com

Sheraton Stamford

700 E. Main St., Stamford 06901 358-8400 • sheratonstamford.com

Trumbull Marriott Hotel

180 Hawley Lane, Trumbull 06611 378-1400 • marriotttrumbull.com

Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale 155 Temple St., New Haven 06510 772-6664 • omninewhaven.com

Crowne Plaza Danbury Hotel

6

18 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury 06810 794-0600 • cpdanbury.com

7

21 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury 06811 744-1776 • ethanallenhotel.com

8

1525 Boston Post Road, Westbrook 06498 800-222-5901 • watersedgeresortandspa.com

9 10 11

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Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa

12

Ethan Allen Hotel

Water's Edge Resort and Spa

Guest rooms/ Guest suites

Meeting rooms/ Square footage of meeting areas

Evan Zoldessy, assistant GM Diane DeNise ddenise@stamfordmarriott.com 2009/1977

502 6

20 26,059

2

NA 2008/1984

484 12

30 59,000

1

Thomas Carlos Mark Gagnier sales@sheratonstamford.com 2011/1982

379 3

16 20,000

2

Computer workstations in lobby

Richard Pacino richard.pacino@marriott.com 2012/1985

319 6

13 (plus seasonal tent) 22,734

2

Copy and fax services, messenger service, notary public, overnight delivery and pickup, post and parcel services, 15 breakout rooms

Allan Codore 2012/1998

306 7

19 22,000

1

NA 2012/1979

243 2

20 26,000

2

Janice Perna-Nicholas 2014/1974

193 6

15 15,000

1

24-hour business center and copy, printer and fax services available; space to accommodate up to 500 guests

168, including 68 villas

12 15,000

3

24-hour business center; event space to accommodate up to 300 guests

149 12

11 6,300

1

Full-service business center, copy and fax services and a messenger service, overnight delivery and pickup, post and parcel services

135 (all suites)

2 750

0

Business center includes audiovisual equipment rental, complimentary printing services, express mail, fax services, meeting rooms and photo-copying services

117 3

4 6,000

1

Meeting packages available, 3,200 square feet of banquet space in ballroom, audiovisual services, business center and on-site catering

114 11

5 2,880

1

Complimentary wireless internet, 24-hour business center, printer and copier services available

NA 2015/1985

Courtyard by Marriott

Alan Miller amiller@sheltoncourtyard.com 2012/1987

Homewood Suites

by Hilton Stratford

Linda Holmes-Hannon Clare Pusateri clare.pusateri@hilton.com 2015/2002

780 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton 06484 929-1500 • sheltoncourtyard.com

6905 Main St., Stratford 06614 377-3322 • homewoodsuites3.hilton.com

The Westport Inn

1595 Post Road East, Westport 06880 557-8124 • westportinn.com

Holiday Inn Danbury-Bethel @ I84

Nora Gomez 2011

Monica Morgan 2014/1973

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Restaurants

Business amenities and guest services

24-business center with a copy, fax and messenger service, network and internet printing, overnight delivery and pick-up service and complimentary wired and wireless internet access in all guest rooms Audiovisual equipment rental, business center, express mail, fax services, meeting rooms, office rentals, photo-copying services, onsite printer and video conferencing available

Concierge service, dry cleaning, business center, salon and spa, and grand ballroom featuring 9,200 square feet of space 24-hour business center, meeting planners, meeting packages, full-service catering; space to accommodate up to 600 guests

estled in the gateway to New England in Western Connecticut, stands Full-serve business center, copy and fax Todd Lindvall 110 2 services, messenger service, overnight delivery Danbury’s Landmark Boutique Hotel.

2 13 2011/2005 5 877 and pickup and post and parcel services, rentals Since 1974, the Ethan Allenaudiovisual Hotelequipment has honored guests with the Complimentary local shuttle service, business Hotel Zero Degrees Stamford Kevin Gross 97 1 center, concierge and seating unique blendNAof warm 300 hospitality,0 elegance and services the legendary style of Ethan 14 2010 accommodations for up to 600 guests HOTEL Allen Home Interiors.

The combination of 193 spacious guestrooms furnished Ballroom divisible Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk 96 into three separate Traditional elegance, Jordan Scalise 1 Rooftop terrace, fitness center and concierge 15 NA meeting rooms with Ethan Allen furniture, supreme comfort bedding, Crabtree & Evelyn bath exceptional service & 2013 1,875 award winning cuisine Meeting spaces accommodate up to amenities, flat and Keurig coffee makers in each room help create Hyatt House NA 94 screen TV’s 3 100 guests, audiovisual equipment, 1 16 2010 33 1,515 all-inclusive meeting packages a soothing ambiance and a relaxing escape.

Business center and dining and banquet Maron Hotel and Suites NA 86 5 1 projectorbackdrop and screen, fax and Our beautifully appointed ballroom isfacilities, the slide perfect for weddings or 17 Ongoing/1998 64 5,000 copy services and high-speed internet access Waterfrontour location, event space any social gathering.

For business meetings Executive Boardroom fits the Delamar Greenwich Harbor Linda Kozelska 82 2 accommodates up to 200 guests, technology 1 18 2002 7 2,300 capabilities and services available, including video bill with teleconferencing upgraded complimentary Wi-Fi. conferencing and high-speed, wireless internet Ben Webster A culinary dining experience awaits you in our newly renovated award-winThe J House Greenwich 80 4 Laura Gillis 1 Complimentary parking and wireless internet 19 6 2,500 lgillis@jhousegreenwich.com ning 21 Lake Restaurant or for a more casual fare and weekend entertainment 2012 Daniel Coggins enjoy 21 Lake Bar. Our popular Sunday Brunch has been a long time favorite in Delamar Southport Hotel 44 2 Meeting packages available, 24-hour concierge 1 NA 20 6 5,000 service and same-day dry-cleaning 2010 the local community.

Conference and meeting center, event Doug Polistena production and audiovisual available, hotel, while The hotel offers modern amenities and services of a support full service Amber Room Colonnade 0 4 0 doug@theamberroom.net business lunch and corporate meetings, 2 13,000 2013/1969 ballroom available, delivering intimate luxury & comfort of10,000-square-foot a home-like atmosphere – a genuine event space accommodates up to 600 guests Creative meeting and event space, indoor and Stepping Stones Museum departure from the ordinary.

4 outdoor, with audiovisual/multimedia support Rhonda Kiest for Children NA 1 13,000 included in meeting packages, business 2010/2000 For more information please call 800-742-1776 or visit our web site www.ethaaccommodations for up to 125 guests MEETINGS | CELEBRATIONS | RESTAURANT 21 LakeUnranked Avenue Extension, CT rooms. nallenhotel.com. You can also read our five star reviews on www.weddingwire.

Note: facilities do Danbury, not have guest 203 • 744 • 1776 www.ethanallenhotel.com com & www.theknot.com.

80 Newton Road, Danbury 06810 792-4000 • ihg.com/holidayinn/

ethan allen Courtyard Stamford Downtown 275 Summer St., Stamford 06901 358-8822 • marriott.com/stfcy

909 Washington Blvd., Stamford 06901 363-7900 • hotelzerodegrees.com

353 Main Ave., Norwalk 06851 750-9800 • hotelzerodegrees.com

830 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton 06484 225-0700 • hyatthouseshelton.com

42 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury 06811 791-2200 • maronhotel.com

500 Steamboat Road, Greenwich 06830 661-9800 • delamargreenwich.com

1114 E. Putnam Ave., Riverside 06878 698-6980 • jhousegreenwich.com

Not ranked

275 Old Post Road, Southport 06890 259-2800 • delamarsouthport.com

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1 Stacey Road, Junction Route 37, Danbury 06811 748-3800 • theamberroom.net

Mathews Park, 303 West Ave., Norwalk 06850 899-0606, ext. 228 • steppingstonesmuseum.org

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Trumbull lawyer wins precedent-setting HIPAA case

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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groundbreaking legal case involving a former New Canaan resident will change how medical offices go about making sure they are fully compliant with HIPAA statutes — and could lead to numerous other legal actions in the state, according to attorney Bruce Elstein.

Elstein, who resides in Trumbull and is with the firm Goldman Gruder & Woods LLC, which has offices in Trumbull, Norwalk, Greenwich and Tarrytown, New York, in January won a state Supreme Court ruling establishing that patients in Connecticut have the right to sue doctors and other health care providers for the disclosure of their confidential medical records without the patient’s consent.

That it took 12 years — and isn’t over yet — came as a surprise to Elstein.

“I thought it was just a breach of confidentiality case,” he said. “But as we went along, the HIPAA element came into it.”

What would become Byrne v. Avery Center for Obstetrics & Gynecology began in 2004, when Emily Byrne was a patient of the Westport-based OB/GYN that, in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, told her it would not disclose her medical files without her authorization. Byrne expressly told the center not to release her records to her former partner, Andro Mendoza, that year, and relocated to Vermont in 2005.

In May 2005, Mendoza filed paternity actions against Byrne in Connecticut and Vermont and sent the Avery Center a subpoena requesting all of Byrne’s medical records. According to case records, the center did not challenge the subpoena or attempt to minimize disclosure, but mailed the records

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to the New Haven Regional Children’s Probate Court, where they became publicly available.

It was alleged that, after reviewing the file, Mendoza began to harass Byrne and tried to extort money from her. In September 2005, she filed a motion to seal her medical records, which was granted.

Through Elstein, Byrne sued Avery for negligence, arguing that HIPAA created a standard of care for patient medical records and maintaining that the standard had been violated by the unauthorized release of her records. Byrne lost in the Superior Court, which ruled that private suits such as hers were prevented by federal law.

On appeal, the state Supreme Court agreed that HIPAA established rules for protecting medical records but did not rule on whether Byrne had a right to sue Avery for damages. Byrne was dealt another defeat

when the case returned to the trial court, which ruled that there was still no provision in the law that allowed circumvention of the HIPAA prohibition of private suits.

In effect, patients did not have any remedy to seek damages against a doctor’s office or medical practice for wrongful disclosure of private and confidential health information.

On remand, the trial court granted summary judgment to Byrne on the two negligence counts, finding that Connecticut courts had not “recognized or adopted a common-law privilege for communications between a patient and physicians.” And in January of this year, the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed itself, ruling that a physician-patient relationship creates a “duty of confidentiality” and that a health care provider’s “unauthorized disclosure of confidential (medical) information … gives rise to a cause of action

sounding in tort against the health care provider, unless the disclosure is otherwise allowed by law.”

In a decision written by Justice Dennis G. Eveleigh, the court said privacy is at the center of the physician-patient relationship and, without it, patients would be unwilling to be upfront about their conditions. The decision — based on reviews of relevant laws from jurisdictions in South Carolina, Massachusetts and Missouri, among others, as well as of HIPAA’s legislative history — said liability for breaches of confidentiality is consistent with sound medical practice under both state and federal law.

The Supreme Court decision will allow patients to sue any health care provider — not only a medical practice — in Connecticut that they believe has violated their privacy rights, according to Elstein.

“This is not so much about the harm caused to

our client,” he said, “but about the need on the part of the provider to understand what HIPAA is about and work to improve their compliance, as well as living up to their responsibility when it comes to confidentiality.”

Many health care office staffers are given a quick run-through of the contents of HIPAA, Elstein added, but fail to be “religious about implementing it. Beyond the legal questions, there are moral and ethical standards that we all believe should be followed.”

The attorney said the Byrne case “isn’t an isolated one,” and that since the January ruling, “I probably get three or four calls a week from other potential clients, a few of which I’ve taken on.”

A decision on monetary damages to be awarded to Byrne is scheduled for next month in Bridgeport state court. Elstein declined to say what amount he and his client would be seeking.

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Water's Edge Resort and Spa

168, including 68 villas

12 15,000

3

24-hour business center; event space to accommodate up to 300 guests

149 12

11 6,300

1

Full-service business center, copy and fax services and a messenger service, overnight delivery and pickup, post and parcel services

135 (all suites)

2 750

0

Business center includes audiovisual equipment rental, complimentary printing services, express mail, fax services, meeting rooms and photo-copying services

Nora Gomez 2011

117 3

4 6,000

1

Meeting packages available, 3,200 square feet of banquet space in ballroom, audiovisual services, business center and on-site catering

Monica Morgan 2014/1973

114 11

5 2,880

1

Complimentary wireless internet, 24-hour business center, printer and copier services available

Todd Lindvall 2011/2005

110 5

2 877

2

Full-serve business center, copy and fax services, messenger service, overnight delivery and pickup and post and parcel services, audiovisual equipment rentals

Kevin Gross 2010

97 NA

1 300

0

Complimentary local shuttle service, business center, concierge services and seating accommodations for up to 600 guests

Jordan Scalise 2013

96 NA

Ballroom divisible into three separate meeting rooms 1,875

1

Rooftop terrace, fitness center and concierge

NA 2010

94 33

3 1,515

1

Meeting spaces accommodate up to 100 guests, audiovisual equipment, all-inclusive meeting packages

NA Ongoing/1998

86 64

5 5,000

1

Business center and dining and banquet facilities, slide projector and screen, fax and copy services and high-speed internet access

Linda Kozelska 2002

82 7

2 2,300

1

Ben Webster Laura Gillis lgillis@jhousegreenwich.com 2012

Waterfront location, event space accommodates up to 200 guests, technology services available, including video conferencing and high-speed, wireless internet

80 6

4 2,500

1

Complimentary parking and wireless internet

Delamar Southport Hotel

Daniel Coggins NA 2010

44 6

2 5,000

1

Meeting packages available, 24-hour concierge service and same-day dry-cleaning

Amber Room Colonnade

Doug Polistena doug@theamberroom.net 2013/1969

0 2

4 13,000

0

Conference and meeting center, event production and audiovisual support available, business lunch and corporate meetings, 10,000-square-foot ballroom available, event space accommodates up to 600 guests

NA

4 13,000

1

Creative meeting and event space, indoor and outdoor, with audiovisual/multimedia support included in meeting packages, business accommodations for up to 125 guests

1525 Boston Post Road, Westbrook 06498 800-222-5901 • watersedgeresortandspa.com

NA 2015/1985

Courtyard by Marriott

Alan Miller amiller@sheltoncourtyard.com 2012/1987

Homewood Suites

by Hilton Stratford

Linda Holmes-Hannon Clare Pusateri clare.pusateri@hilton.com 2015/2002

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6905 Main St., Stratford 06614 377-3322 • homewoodsuites3.hilton.com

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The Westport Inn

1595 Post Road East, Westport 06880 557-8124 • westportinn.com

Holiday Inn Danbury-Bethel @ I84

80 Newton Road, Danbury 06810 792-4000 • ihg.com/holidayinn/

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Courtyard Stamford Downtown

14

Hotel Zero Degrees Stamford

909 Washington Blvd., Stamford 06901 363-7900 • hotelzerodegrees.com

15

353 Main Ave., Norwalk 06851 750-9800 • hotelzerodegrees.com

16

830 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton 06484 225-0700 • hyatthouseshelton.com

17

42 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury 06811 791-2200 • maronhotel.com

275 Summer St., Stamford 06901 358-8822 • marriott.com/stfcy

Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk Hyatt House

Maron Hotel and Suites

Delamar Greenwich Harbor

18

500 Steamboat Road, Greenwich 06830 661-9800 • delamargreenwich.com

19

1114 E. Putnam Ave., Riverside 06878 698-6980 • jhousegreenwich.com

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275 Old Post Road, Southport 06890 259-2800 • delamarsouthport.com

1 Stacey Road, Junction Route 37, Danbury 06811 748-3800 • theamberroom.net

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Mathews Park, 303 West Ave., Norwalk 06850 899-0606, ext. 228 • steppingstonesmuseum.org

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BRIEFLY NORWALK MEDICAL PRACTICE SETTLES CHARGES

World Health Clinicians Inc. (WHC), a Norwalk-based medical practice specializing in the treatment of HIV/ AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, has entered a settlement to resolve violations of the False Claims acts of both the federal and state government.

Under terms of the settlement, WHC and the company’s CEO Scott Gretz will pay a total of $361,013.77, while former WHC physician Dr. Gary Blick will pay $289,816.23. The grand total of the settlement is $650,830.

WHC, Gretz and Blick were accused of intentionally misidentifying massage therapy as physical therapy and other office services in claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid between 2007

and 2015. Massage therapists are not recognized by Medicare as providers, while Connecticut law prohibits massage therapists from providing physical therapy services.

WHC and Gretz will pay $361,013.77 and Blick will pay $289,816.23.

FIRST RESERVE ACQUIRES ENGINEERING FIRM CHA CONSULTING

First Reserve, a Stamfordbased private equity investment firm focused on the energy industry, has acquired CHA Consulting Inc., an Albany, New Yorkbased engineering consulting firm focused on the North American market.

First Reserve acquired the company from Long Point Capital, a New York City private investment firm.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“The investment in CHA is a continuation of our theme of investing in middle-market growth companies that we believe will benefit from long-term macro trends, including the

upgrade and replacement of aging infrastructure across the United States and Canada,” said Jeff Quake, managing director at First Reserve. “We are pleased to partner with CHA management to grow the business and deliver its full suite of service offerings to all of its diversified end markets.”

CHA was founded in 1952 and recorded $290 million in revenue during 2017.

The company offers engineering, architectural, survey, construction and other related services for public, private and institutional clients.

SCINTO BUYS SHELTON PROPERTY; PLANS RETAIL CENTER

R.D. Scinto Co. has bought a 2.83-acre parcel of land at 899 Bridgeport Ave. in Shelton for $1.5 million. The firm, which acquired the property from 900 Shelton Plaza Associates, plans to construct a one-floor, 27,000-square-foot retail center on the site.

Scinto picked up the site after a deal for a previously

approved hotel fell through.

The company noted that it is also in the process of constructing a multibuilding retail and medical center nearby on Bridgeport Avenue.

Bruce Wettenstein, a partner at Vidal/Wettenstein in Westport, was the listing broker and represented the Scinto Organization. Legal counsel for the seller was the law firm of Cohen & Thomas PC of Derby.

RAY DALIO WORRIES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION

The founder of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, is worried about the effects of Trump administration policies.

Writing in his LinkedIn blog, the Westport hedge fund executive and deep-pocketed Democratic Party donor, warned that the Trump administration is creating a climate that could propel the nation into global economic and military conflicts. He questioned recent policy shifts, particularly the announcement of tariffs on

A rendering of the Bridgeport Avenue project.

Chinese imports.

“I’m worried and forced to look harder at the question of where Donald Trump is leading us,” Dalio wrote, pointing to statements from the White House regarding trade and foreign relations.

“What is his real agenda?

Are these statements just negotiating maneuvers that will eventually lead us to having peace with better terms for the U.S., or are they steps on a path toward trade and other types of wars (and what might those other types of wars look like)?”

Dalio cited past comments by Trump advisors Robert Lighthizer, Peter Navarro and John Bolton, the new national security advisor, as favoring confron-

tational approaches with nations they perceive as being enemies. Dalio highlighted Bolton’s statements on using military action against Iran and North Korea as a reason for his apprehension.

“Recent geopolitical developments have led me to raise my probabilities of trade and other types of wars, such as capital wars, cyber wars (and possibly even shooting wars),” Dalio wrote. “To be clear, I’m not saying they’re probable and I’m not sure that my assessment is right. I’m just saying that it seems to me that the odds have increased relative to where they were.”

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Get your business plan down on paper

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By Andi Gray

I’m finding it difficult to move things from in my head to getting it down on paper. I hear lots of my business friends say they, too, have plans for their businesses, but it’s all in their heads, not written down. Any suggestions on why that is and what to do about it?

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: If you don’t have a written business plan, you’re not alone. Stats show you get higher results. Follow some simple “How To’s” to get started.

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Most surveys of privately held businesses indicate that 60 to 90 percent of business owners lack a formal, detailed, written business plan. When asking business owners why they don’t have a written plan, we get lots of answers, including: • Who knows what the future may hold?

• We might not be right.

• A plan would make us less nimble.

• Might not like what we see.

• I’m too busy.

• I don’t know how to write a useful plan.

• Plans are for startups — we’re up and running and know what we’re doing.

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If those significant obstacles stand in the way for so many, why bother swimming against the tide by focusing on creating a plan? Simple answer. Companies with plans achieve more.

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Laying out what’s expected and logical ways of getting there gives your brain a chance to work on the details. Having written plans also makes it easier for people to follow your lead, spot problems and contribute productive solutions. And who wouldn’t want to be able to spot trouble before having to live out the negative consequences in real life?

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When it comes time to sell the business, demonstrating success with written goals makes the business more saleable. Buyers want predictability. Showing how year after year the company plans and then successful-

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ly executes, adjusting plans when needed to stay on track, makes the business significantly more attractive to quality buyers.

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Ask other people in the company to help you with the planning process. Assign someone the task of taking and writing up notes to circulate. Work in drafts. Encourage debate. Select goals and write out milestones and action steps to walk the company through from where you are today to where you want to be.

Ask everyone to agree to back the written plan, even if it wasn’t their original idea. Give out assignments and due dates. Check regularly on progress, shifting around resources to help areas that seem stuck or behind.

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EDUCATION

Special Report

SHU unveiling $21.8M Bobby Valentine Athletic Center

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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obby Valentine, the former Major League Baseball player and manager, is becoming more visible in the county because of business ventures and his association with Sacred Heart University (SHU). The $21.8 million Bobby Valentine

Athletic Center, a state-ofthe-art fitness facility at SHU, is scheduled to open in August 2019. Valentine is the university’s executive director of athletics.

Having joined SHU on what he calls “a whim” — the Fairfield school’s president John Petillo approached him about taking over for retiring executive director C. Donald Cook in 2013 —

the man popularly known as Bobby V. said it was “a match made in heaven, and it’s been a wonderful opportunity for me.”

Similarly, he said that when the school was looking to address the fact that it was outgrowing its William H. Pitt Center, “I was lucky enough to get my friends and some of the SHU alumni that I know, as

well as other people who are close to the university, to see that this would be a worthwhile venture.”

Designed by the Glastonbury architectural firm The S/L/A/M Collaborative, the 57,400-square foot, three-story center will be “one of the country’s best rec centers,” Valentine said. The new center will include an indoor track; a 5,000-square-foot bowling center with LED widescreen monitors; an 18-bike spin center; a 45-foot climbing wall; and a two-story, 7,000-squarefoot fitness center for cardiovascular workouts, free and cable weights, circuit training and CrossFit opportunities. A juice bar on the third floor will feature protein smoothies.

Being built behind the north end zone of Campus Field, the Valentine Athletic Center will allow SHU to

This building is another reflection of our continuing commitment to provide students with ways to get involved.

Renderings of the Bobby Valentine Athletic Center.

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reconfigure the current exercise and weight-training areas in the Pitt Center to better serve varsity sports and SHU’s 855 student-athletes. Currently, the 21-year-old Pitt Center doubles as training space for student-athletes and recreational facilities for the entire student population.

Valentine noted that SHU’s 32 NCAA Division I teams will have sole use of the Pitt Center once the new facility is completed, and added that, by making the Valentine Center’s offerings available to the entire student body, the project is in line with Sacred Heart’s overall mission to promote the best college experience for each of its students.

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EDUCATION

Basketball icon scores points for higher education

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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n the course of his 81 years, Dick Barnett has lived three very different careers: as a 15-season star player in the National Basketball Association, which included stellar performances on the New York Knicks in their 1970 and 1973 championship teams; as a highly respected sports management professor at St. John’s University in Queens until his 2007 retirement from teaching; and in his ongoing work as a motivational speaker aiming to encourage young people to focus on personal development through Former NBA and NY Knicks star Dick Barnett with students at the education and responsible behavior. forum sponsored by Signature Bank and the Stamford Peace Youth Barnett recently brought his message Foundation. Photo courtesy Susan Turkell Lewis.

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cation to a special event at Stamford’s State Cinema that was sponsored by Signature Bank and the Stamford Peace Youth Foundation. Barnett was addressing members of the Signature Scholars Program, which provides college preparatory tutoring and support services for 40 Connecticutbased low-to-moderate income high school student athletes. In his presentation, Barnett acknowledged that today’s youth faces multiple challenges in achieving their goals.

“It ain’t going to be easy,” he said with a laugh, noting there were multiple obstacles and temptations littering the road ahead.

“We know what they are: aberrant behavior, drugs, sex. But you have to make the choice and try to find the right path. No one is immune to that challenge.”

Barnett offered a five-point guide that helped him find a path from college sports to professional basketball and then back to college for graduate and doctorate degrees.

“First, there was conscience: I needed to find out who I was,” he explained. “Second was commitment — whatever your dream is, you have to be committed. You can’t just come to it once a week or whenever you get to it. Third is conviction, which means you need to know which path you’re taking is the right path for you, even if the naysayers say you can’t do it. Fourth is courage to say no to the nefarious situations that try to take you off your path. And fifth is control of your mind and body that will allow you to make the right decisions.”

While Barnett stressed the value that parents and teachers can offer in providing guidance and support, he nonetheless stressed to his young audience that they were ultimately responsible for their lives and to the seriousness they bring to their education.

Barnett paraphrased Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by holding up higher education as a means for young people to “sign their own emancipation proclamation.”

Barnett also advised that young people in pursuit of higher education must be willing to raise and answer difficult questions. “As you grow and mature, you need to ask yourself: What’s next and how will this change my life?” he said. “Education is about opportunity and possibility. Young people need to be prepared to take advantage of that.”

Furthermore, Barnett pointed out, this pursuit was not only about the individual, but also about that individual’s role in shaping the wider society.

“America was built on a dream,” he continued, adding that he was “very confident” that the next generation will not blight the vision that the Founding Fathers had for the country. “They are bequeathed with this history and they will go on and continue with what makes America great and keep alive the promise of America. It’s a great trail to be on.”

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(A division of Robison Oil Inc.) 500 Executive Blvd., Elmsford, N.Y. 10523 PHONE: 914-348-1226 WEBSITE: brighthome.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Michael Brown, president DESCRIPTION: energy-reduction services, including home energy audit, air-sealing, insulation, heating and cooling, windows and doors, appliances and lighting for clients in Westchester, Rockland, Putman, Dutchess and Bronx counties and parts of New York City YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009

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ATLANTIC WESTCHESTER INC. 264 Adams St., Bedford Hills, N.Y. 10507 PHONE: 914-666-2268 WEBSITE: atlanticwestchester.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Bud Hammer, president DESCRIPTION: commercial HVAC and energy-efficiency business providing maintenance programs, remediation services, turn-key energy efficiency upgrades and intelligent control systems solutions

BRIGHT ENERGY SERVICES (A division of All HVAC Service Company Inc.) 620 Mamaroneck Ave., No. 244, White Plains, N.Y. 10605 PHONE: 347-470-7090 WEBSITE: brightenergyservices.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Peter Arbeeny, president and CEO, and Bonnie Hagen, chief operating officer DESCRIPTION: environmental-consulting firm focused on energy efficiency and sustainability, government and utility incentives YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2011

CANNONDALE GENERATORS INC. 390 Danbury Road, Wilton, Conn. 06897 PHONE: 203-762-2608 WEBSITE: cannondalegenerators.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Paul Bonomo, owner DESCRIPTION: generator provider, installation and maintenance YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1990

CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC 1506 Henry Ave., Mamaroneck, N.Y. 10543 PHONE: 914-584-6720 WEBSITE: ccesworld.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Marc Karell, principal DESCRIPTION: environmental and energy-consulting firm specializing in servicing the environmental and energy needs of corporations, municipalities and industrial facilities; specialized services include cost-effective energy assessments, environmental and air-compliance services, carbon-footprint analysis, greenhouse gas-reduction strategies and corporate sustainability programs YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009

Cooper Station, P.O. Box 138, New York, N.Y. 10276 PHONE: 800-752-6633 WEBSITE: coned.com TOP EXECUTIVE: John McAvoy, chairman and CEO DESCRIPTION: electronic service provider for most of New York City and most of Westchester County and natural gas service provider for Manhattan, the Bronx, parts of Queens and Westchester County YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1823

CONSOLIDATED EDISON SOLUTIONS INC. (A subsidiary of Consolidated Edison Inc.) 100 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 410, Valhalla, N.Y. 10595 PHONE: 914-286-7000 WEBSITE: conedsolutions.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Mark Noyes, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: energy-services company providing power supply, renewable energy, sustainability services and cost-effective energy solutions for commercial, industrial, residential and government customers YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1997

(A subsidiary of Centrica PLC) 28 Industrial Drive, Middletown, Conn. 10941 PHONE: 800-903-6130 WEBSITE: directenergysolar.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Mark Hodges, CEO of Centrica Consumer, and Mark Hanafin, CEO of Centrica Business DESCRIPTION: full-service residential solar provider YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2008

DR. ENERGY SAVER HUDSON VALLEY 2901 Route 17K, Bulville, N.Y. 10915 PHONE: 844-409-3962 WEBSITE: drenergysaverhv.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Dale Giraudin, owner and certified energy specialist DESCRIPTION: energy-efficient home insulation, including air sealing, HVAC and water heaters YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2011

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POWER SOLUTIONS DR. ENERGY SAVER WESTCHESTER 11 Kimball Place, Mount Vernon, N.Y. 10550 PHONE: 888-914-4171 WEBSITE: westchesterdrenergysaver.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Michael and Matthew Carlo, owners DESCRIPTION: home comfort and energy-efficiency services, including air sealing, HVAC and water heaters, for Westchester and Putnam counties YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2011

EMCOR ENERGY SERVICES 301 Merritt Seven, Fifth floor, Norwalk, Conn. 06851 PHONE: 203-849-7800 WEBSITE: emcorgroup.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Anthony J. Guzzo, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, LEED certification design/build, life safety and facilities services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1994

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS INC. 3 Buchanan Ave., Peekskill, N.Y. 10566 PHONE: 914-736-8000 WEBSITE: entergy-nuclear.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Chris Bakken, executive vice president, nuclear operations and chief nuclear officer DESCRIPTION: producer of nuclear clean air electricity YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1949

ENTERSOLAR 805 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022 PHONE: 888-225-0270 WEBSITE: entersolar.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Paul Ahern, founder and president DESCRIPTION: solar energy company for businesses looking to convert to solar power solutions YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2005

ENVIROCARE LLC (A division of JP McHale Pest Management Inc.) 241 Bleakly Ave., Buchanan, N.Y. 10511 PHONE: 914-788-4454 WEBSITE: eaqr.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): James McHale and Frank Petrullo, owners DESCRIPTION: energy efficiency and savings YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2008

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 92 North Ave., New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801 PHONE: 914-632-1815 WEBSITE: envconcx.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Arnold Bruzzano, founder and president DESCRIPTION: building, commissioning and energyreduction services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1978

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HEALTHY HOME ENERGY & CONSULTING INC.

5 Turnberry Lane, Sandy Hook, Conn. 06482 PHONE: 203-270-0337 WEBSITE: eescorp.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Richard A. Nowak, president DESCRIPTION: clean coal technology company providing innovative chemistry for energy efficiency YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1992

362 Adams St., Bedford Hills, N.Y. 10507 200 Tomahawk St., Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598 PHONE: 914-363-0892 WEBSITE: gethealthyhome.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Kevin Brenner, founder and president DESCRIPTION: comprehensive home-energy audit, energy-efficient improvements YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2006

EVERSOURCE ENERGY P.O. Box 270, Hartford, Conn. 06141 PHONE: 877-944-5325 WEBSITE: eversource.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Thomas J. May, chairman of the board, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: electric energy and natural gas company serving all of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; recently acquired Aquarion Water Co., a water utility company

KINSLEY ENERGY GROUP 14 Connecticut South Drive East Granby, Conn. 06026 PHONE: 860-844-6100 310 Guinea Road, Brewster, N.Y. 10509 PHONE: 914-218-9940 WEBSITE: kinsley-group.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): David Kinsley, president DESCRIPTION: energy-solutions provider for customers throughout the Northeast, distributer of Kohlet power systems, provider of prime movers for cogeneration, biomass and landfill applications YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1964

GATEWAY ENERGY SERVICES CORP. 400 Rella Blvd., Suite 300, Montebello, N.Y. 10901 PHONE: 800-805-8586 WEBSITE: gesc.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Steven J. Maslak, president ]AND CEO DESCRIPTION: retail energy provider providing gas and electric-products services for residential and commercial customers YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1997

MCENERGY INC. 200 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 150 Valhalla, N.Y. 10595 PHONE: 914-767-3100 WEBSITE: mcenergyinc.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Margaret M. Carey, president DESCRIPTION: energy information and procurement company providing green services, including greenenergy emissions offsets, emissions-footprint reporting and pollution-reduction reporting YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1997

GAULT ENERGY 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, Conn. 06880 PHONE: 203-227-5181 WEBSITE: gaultenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Samuel Gault, president DESCRIPTION: supplier of home-heating oil, propane gas, electricity, heating and air conditioning, installation services, generators, energy audits and indoor airquality products for homes and businesses in Fairfield County YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1863

NORTHEAST GENERATOR CO. 625 John St., Bridgeport, Conn. 06604 PHONE: 203-336-3031 WEBSITE: northeastgenerator.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Louis Holzner, president DESCRIPTION: backup power systems, generator sales and installation service and repairs to residential and commercial clients throughout Connecticut and areas of Westchester County, New York YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1964

GE ENERGY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 800 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Conn. 06902 PHONE: 203-357-6400 WEBSITE: geenergyfinancialservices.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): David Nason, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: conventional power, renewable energy, oil and gas reserves and oil and gas infrastructure YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1980

(Affiliate of Jenesis Group) 5 Orchard Terrace, Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514 PHONE: 914-238-9500 WEBSITE: greenergyny.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Norm Jen, owner, Jenesis Group DESCRIPTION: consulting and testing services to promote energy-conservation and green-building practices YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2013

PRIME ENERGY CORP. 1 Landmark Square, Suite 1100, Stamford, Conn.

06901 PHONE: 203-358-5700 WEBSITE: primeenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Charles E. Drimal Jr., president and CEO DESCRIPTION: independent oil and gas company engaged in acquiring, developing and producing oil and natural gas YEAR ESTABLISHED: NA

PUREPOINT ENERGY LLC 28 Knight St., Norwalk, Conn. 06851 PHONE: 203-989-2905 WEBSITE: purepointenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): David Neaderland and Tom Wemyss, owners and founders DESCRIPTION: solar-energy provider YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2007

R3 ENERGY 1 Central Ave., Suite 311, Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591 PHONE: 914-909-3940 WEBSITE: r3energy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Rudy W. Scholl, president DESCRIPTION: energy-efficient improvement services YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1997

RGS ENERGY 420 Woodland Ave., Units A & B, Bloomfield, Conn. 06002 22 Third St., New City, N.Y. 10956 PHONE: 888-567-6527 WEBSITE: rgsenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Dennis Lacey, CEO DESCRIPTION: solar power and solutions provider Year established: 1978

SANTA ENERGY CORP.

P.O. Box 997, Riverside, Conn. 06878 PHONE: 203-629-3835 WEBSITE: northfieldfuel.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): John O’Leary, president DESCRIPTION: supplier of home heating oil, propane gas, electricity, heating and air conditioning installation and services, generators and diesel fuel YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1985

NRG ENERGY

SOLARKAL

700 Naugatuck Ave., Milford, Conn. 06461 PHONE: 203-874-2512 WEBSITE: nrg.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Mauricio Gutirrez, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: energy services, including solar and thermal solutions YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1989

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14 Bayview Road, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. 10567 PHONE: 914-737-2340 WEBSITE: paracogas.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Joseph Armentano, CEO DESCRIPTION: privately held markets of propane gas YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1968

154 Admiral St., Bridgeport, Conn. 06605 PHONE: 800-937-2682 WEBSITE: santaenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Thomas S. Santa, president and CEO DESCRIPTION: energy supplier to all of New England with relationships in petroleum, natural gas and electricity for residential, commercial and wholesale consumers YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1940

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135 E. 57th St., Sixth floor, New York, N.Y. 10022 PHONE: 855-516-5777 WEBSITE: solarkal.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Yaniv Kalish, founder and CEO DESCRIPTION: solar brokerage company offering solar energy solutions, including feasibility assessment, advisory services, and procurement management YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2015

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D&D: LEADING REGIONAL ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE COMPANY

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ased in Elmsford, D&D Elevator Maintenance Inc. is a leading elevator maintenance company serving the greater-New York region with a legacy of long-term relationships, built on the highest levels of customer service. D&D is an independent, licensed and fully insured elevator company. Established in 1981, the company has been providing best maintenance practices throughout the New York metropolitan area for over 36 years. Many of our current contracts are with customers we have been servicing continuously since our beginnings in the early 1980s.

Westchester properties served by D&D include Mercy College, Cambria Suites Hotel and 1 Glenwood Avenue in Yonkers, which is the tallest structure in the area.

D&D’S PRINCIPALS ARE ALWAYS EASILY REACHABLE AND IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIVE TO ALL EMERGENCY AND ROUTINE NEEDS. WE STRIVE TO KNOW ALL OUR CUSTOMERS BY NAME AND PLACE PRIMARY VALUE ON PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND RELIABILITY. D&D’s principals are always easily reachable and immediately responsive to all emergency and routine needs.

We strive to know all our customers by name and place primary value on personal relationships, accountability and reliability. Robert Schaeffer, currently D&D’s CEO and president, has been with the company since its inception. Beginning as an apprentice and working under two seasoned veterans — Tom Davies and Theodore Dettmering, the original owners of D&D — he

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equipment has already given the customer more than 20 years of reliable operation and remains in service today.

In 2001, we introduced our “Engineered Elevator Service Plan.” This concept was based on new code requirements adopted by the state and city of New York, complying with Section 8.6 of the A17.1 Code for elevators and escalators.

In 2002, Schaeffer partnered with the National Association of Elevator Contractors to develop an industrywide certification program for the education and training of field technicians. This program is now being used for both training and licensing by more than

learned how to install, maintain, repair and modernize elevators. In 1984, Nunzio Meccariello, currently D&D’s vice president of violations and testing, began leading the effort to build an efficient and dynamic modernization and construction department. The company was joined in 2005 by Michael Bonardi, currently D&D’s vice president, who brought to bear his vast experience with large service, modernization and construction projects.

Over the years, D&D has achieved several industry milestones, including the first AC gearless machine installation in North America. This state-of-the-art

80 elevator companies nationwide.

In 2003, D&D obtained approval of its “Certified Elevator Technician” (CET) program from both the federal and state Department of Labor. And in 2011, the CET program was awarded accreditation by both ANSI and ISO for meeting its standards for certification programs.

D&D is currently the only merit-shop contractor in the state of New York to offer apprenticeship training to its employees.

For further information, visit ddelevator.com or contact D&D Elevator Maintenance, 38 Hayes St., Elmsford, NY 10523, 914-347-4344.

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POWER SOLUTIONS SUNBLUE ENERGY 147 Valley St., Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. 10591 PHONE: 914-222-3510 WEBSITE: sunblueenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Christopher Hale, founder and president DESCRIPTION: designs and installs solar-energy systems (photovoltaic/PV or solar hot water) for both residential and business YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009

SUNSHINE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC. 510 N. State Road, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 10510 PHONE: 914-762-7622 WEBSITE: sunrisesolarllc.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Doug Hertz and Eric Messer, principals DESCRIPTION: residential and commercial photovoltaic solar systems YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009

VIRIDIAN ENERGY

WHEELABRATOR BRIDGEPORT LP

535 Connecticut Ave., Fifth floor, Norwalk, Conn.

06854 PHONE: 866-663-2508 WEBSITE: viridian.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Michael J. Fallquist, founder and CEO DESCRIPTION: green-energy provider, including green electricity, responsible natural gas and affordable solar power YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009

6 Howard Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. 06605 PHONE: 800-963-4776 WEBSITE: wtienergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Robert C. Boucher Jr., president and CEO; Philip Schwer, plant manager DESCRIPTION: waste-to-energy facility YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1988

WESSON ENERGY INC.

1 Charles Point Ave., Peekskill, N.Y. 10566 PHONE: 914-739-9304 WEBSITE: wtienergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE: Brett Baker, plant manager DESCRIPTION: converter of municipal solid waste and other renewable waste fuels into clean energy YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1908

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SUPERIOR PLUS ENERGY SERVICES

344 Main St., Suite 101, Mount Kisco, N.Y. 10549 PHONE: 914-666-2040 WEBSITE: NA TOP EXECUTIVE(S): William Wallerstein, managing director DESCRIPTION: residential and commercial photovoltaic solar system YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1989

150 Day St., Seymour, Conn. 06483 PHONE: 203-888-2535 WEBSITE: superiorplusenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Any Peyton, president, and Eric Derlega, branch manager DESCRIPTION: fuel-service delivery of heating, oil, propane, and kerosene YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1922

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WESTMORE FUEL CO. INC.

130 Railroad Hill St., Waterbury, Conn. 06708 PHONE: 914-753-5353 WEBSITE: N/A TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Thomas Tatoian, owner DESCRIPTION: fuel provider YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1988

P.O. Box 1564, New Haven, Conn. 06506 PHONE: 203-499-5973 WEBSITE: uinet.ocm TOP EXECUTIVE(S): James P. Torgerson, chairman and CEO DESCRIPTION: electric-distribution company for residential, commercial and industrial customers YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1899

86 N. Water St., Greenwich, Conn.

PHONE: 888-696-4031 WEBSITE: westmorefuel.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Dom Bologna and Dick Bologna, owners DESCRIPTION: full-service oil and heating company, providing deliveries, service plans, installations, repairs and pricing plans YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1938

165 Railroad Hill St., Waterbury, Conn. 06708 PHONE: 203-756-7041 WEBSITE: wessonenergy.com TOP EXECUTIVE(S): Craig Snyder, president DESCRIPTION: home energy audits, heating and cooling products, equipment installation and repair YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1996

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WILCOX ENERGY 1179 Boston Post Road, Westbrook, Conn. 06498 PHONE: 860-390-6218 WEBSITE: wilcox-energy.com TOP EXECUTIVE: David Foster, president DESCRIPTION: full-service delivery of heating oil, biofuel and propane; installation and service of HVAC systems YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1955

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ystem interruptions can cause a host of issues, not only are they inconvenient, but also potentially expensive.

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Located in Bedford Hills, NY, Atlantic Westchester has been providing service to its valued customers since 1961. Atlantic Westchester offers a variety of commercial/industrial HVAC solutions for businesses, institutions and government facilities across the NY Metro Area. Atlantic Westchester has the experience, qualifications and industry certifications to properly maintain the long-term efficiency and integrity of HVAC systems. Not only do we service HVAC systems, but we provide maintenance programs, remediation services, intelligent control systems, and help owners to find energy-efficient solutions.

“Periodic preventative maintenance and mid-season HVAC equipment inspections can help predict failures before they occur,” said Bud Hammer, President of Atlantic Westchester. “It’s always less expensive to be proactive vs. reactive.”

Our highly-trained technicians will visually inspect equipment, lubricate moving parts, change belts/filters, clean dirt/debris and evaluate operation to help prevent future breakdowns. Benefits of an HVAC preventative maintenance agreement include: • Increased efficiency and performance • Prolonged life of equipment • Improved air quality and healthier environment • Priority service • Discount on parts • Lower labor rates on installations and repairs • Scheduled maintenance For more information about Atlantic Westchester and its services, please visit: www.atlanticwestchester.com or call (914) 666-2268.

EDUCATION

Keith Rhodes starts marketing agency for colleges and universities

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our years ago, Keith Rhodes left his position as senior vice president and group director at the Young & Rubicam Group — New York, where he spent five years at the helm of a multiagency team that offered integrated marketing services for Land Rover North America.

He took on the job of vice president and chief digital communications officer at Quinnipiac University, his alma mater.

“Today, many interactions with a university take place online, accessed by several dif-

ferent devices,” Rhodes said in a Quinnipiac press statement announcing his hiring. “It’s a complex landscape and consumers expect an experience that ref lects the quality and value of the institution.”

At the end of last December, Rhodes left Quinnipiac to create University Labs, a Stamfordbased agency focused on providing marketing services and digital experience products for private fouryear colleges and universities. The inspiration for this start-up, according to Rhodes, was based on his first-hand observations on the state of higher education marketing.

“When I joined Quinnipiac, I learned quite a bit about the disruption happening in higher education,” he recalled. “The agencies that serviced the higher education vertical aren’t very good — they were very low innovation and only offered homogenized product offerings.

The big shops on Madison Avenue don’t know how to work with universities, and universities don’t know how to work with Madison Avenue. As a chief marketing officer, I was looking around and couldn’t find any good agencies. I chose to use agencies in the New York and Boston » » RHODES

Keith Rhodes, founder of Stamford-based University Labs. Photo by Phil Hall

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areas to get a higher level of inspiration from other industries in order to advance Quinnipiac.”

In launching University Labs, Rhodes argued that colleges and universities cannot afford to take an i f-you-bu i ld-it-t hey-w i l lcome approach to attracting students. For starters, he observed, the prospective target audience is getting smaller.

“There is a significant population decline that is happening over the next 10 years, and there are 3 percent fewer students graduating from high school,” he said. “Huge population shifts are occurring throughout the country, especially in the Northeast where you have a higher concentration of private schools. Part of the challenge today is that the demand is not there for all universities.”

Rhodes added that many schools are trying to woo students with what he calls “discount rates” on tuition, but this runs the risk of creating financial instability if too much discounting takes place.

“They call them grants and scholarships so it sounds sexier, but its cash on the hood in automotive parlance,” he said, adding that this situation is not a secret among those searching for the right college. “Parents are negotiating hard and they know they can get it.”

In Rhodes’ estimation,

Part of the challenge today is that the demand is not there for all universities.

colleges and universities need to take a cue from consumer brand marketing. “You have to differentiate,” he said. “For too long, universities have not really thought about themselves as brands. They need to think about their identity. They spend enormous amounts of money building beautiful schools, beautiful campuses and beautiful buildings, but their marketing and communications are a mess, and their websites are a mess.”

In positioning University Labs, Rhodes is seeking to create partnerships with schools by developing and implementing strategic marketing strategies unique to their needs. He aims to create individualized audits of the schools’ ongoing marketing and will tailor specific plans with clearly defined goals on how to use this new approach to generate greater interest from appli-

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cants. Rhodes is aiming for an initial four- to six-month engagement model to allow universities to develop strategies.

Rhodes insisted that college and universities chief marketing officers are looking for this type of help. “They have tremendous pressure on them in order to perform,” he explained.

One area where Rhodes is placing a strong emphasis is website design, which serves as the first impression that many students have regarding college choices. He has already introduced a cloud-based, enterprise-grade web content management platform called Sitelab DXP that will enable universities to construct and scale a website without the need for expensive and built-fromscratch code development.

“Greater than 90 percent of people will use that website throughout the process multiple times,” he said. “But if that website doesn’t feel like a fit, they will drop out of the consideration process.”

Since officially starting University Labs in January, Rhodes has targeted schools in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, and he opened an office in Washington, D.C., to better serve the latter market. He has self-funded the endeavor and said he has kept his operating expenses “fairly low.” He said that he is developing a partner network that can support his product and service offerings.

For the long haul, Rhodes is eager to maintain an ongoing relationship with the schools and is not looking for one-off assignments. “I am not a job shop,” he said. “I am looking to partner with the universities and be, in a lot of ways, an outsourced chief marketing officer. I believe in higher education and I believe that I can help universities to expand and grow and to think about their audiences while developing great experiences.”

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ing for both academic excellence and exceptional residential, dining and fitness facilities when they tour college campuses, according to William Reidy, SHU’s vice president for university advancement.

The new center will not be “just a place to work out,” he added. “It can also be a social hub for students. This building is another reflection of our continuing commitment to provide students with ways to get involved.”

Reidy also credited Valentine with playing an instrumental role in getting the financial ball rolling on the project.

“So much of the fundraising was Bobby bringing us to meet with people in his orbit,” he said.

That orbit is continuing to expand.

Bobby Valentine’s Sports Academy, which has been in Stamford for 12 years, relocated last year from 72 Camp Ave. to 4 Largo Drive. The new 40,000-square-foot indoor sports facility is about triple the size of its Camp Avenue location, and features 40-foot ceilings, a 15,000-squarefoot turf field, two multisurface areas and six batting cages. In addition to baseball, lacrosse, soccer and football, the venue can host community events for more than 800 guests.

“It’s exceeded all our projections,” Valentine said. “All the cold weather we’ve had this year had been a real godsend, with so many young athletes looking to get ready for their school seasons and needing a place where they can keep their motors running.”

As for the new Bobby V’s Restaurant & Sports Bar, which opened last summer at 268 Atlantic St. in Stamford, not far from the site at 225 Main St. that it called home for 37 years, “We’ve been lucky there too,” Valentine said.

In addition to off-track betting — as with its Windsor Locks locale, Bobby V’s in Stamford has partnered with Sportech Venues to offer OTB under the latter’s exclusive license in the state — Valentine said strong showings by the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox last season, and an especially exciting NCAA Tournament this year, “helped us to exceed all expectations.”

But it’s not all brick-and-mortar business for Valentine. His production company Makuhari Media -- named after a community in Chiba City, Japan, where he served two tours as manager of its pro baseball team, the Chiba Lotte Marines — is readying its first feature film, following such sports documentaries as “Muhammad Ali: A Life,” “Doped: The Dirty Side of Sports” and “Schooled: The Price of College Sports.”

“The Greatest Beer Run Ever” will be expanded from a 12-minute documentary Makuhari made in 2015 into a feature-length picture. It’s based on the

true story of John “Chickie” Donahue, who during the Vietnam War sneaked into that country’s war zone to deliver Pabst Blue Ribbons to his three closest friends, then serving as soldiers.

“It’s a heck of a story,” Valentine laughed, adding that Makuhari is in the midst of searching for a screenwriter.

As for whether he’d entertain a return to the major leagues as a manager — following mostly successful runs leading the Marines and the New York Mets, his career seemingly imploded after piloting the Red Sox to their worst finish in 47 years in 2011 — Valentine dismissed the idea.

“It’s a young man’s game,” the nearly 68-year-old said. “All the travel and the shifting of authority that’s made you basically a middle-manager — that doesn’t quite fit in the world of Bobby V.”

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BY JAY CRAVEN

Cinema Sarah Lawrence combines liberal arts with hands-on filmmaking

spiring filmmakers can look forward to a new, one-of-a-kind program now being offered by Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York. Cinema Sarah Lawrence, a 15-week, semester away program, is a rare opportunity for young filmmakers from various colleges to collaborate with 25 film professionals in the making of a feature film, which will be released nationally. The program is led by myself, an award-winning independent filmmaker and faculty member, and Fred Strype, chair of Sarah Lawrence’s robust Filmmaking & Moving Image Arts program. It is set to launch in the spring 2019 semester. (I am currently traveling the country,

starting in the Northeast at Skidmore, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, and other schools to recruit 35 students for the program.)

“An education that stresses the core values of the liberal arts, with an emphasis on the multifaceted nature of important issues and problems that require innovative and flexible thinking, is more relevant than ever,” said Dean of the College Kanwal Singh. “Cinema Sarah Lawrence is an experiential learning program that is deeply rooted in the liberal arts, immersing students in a process that starts with a work of literature and moves through the entire arc of development that results in the creation of a film.”

Cinema Sarah Lawrence begins with a weeklong visit to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

From there, students and faculty/mentors travel to the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts for several weeks of classes, workshops and pre-production.

Following that, students will work with an expanded group of mentors/professionals to launch final pre-production and production of the planned film, “Martin Eden.”

The program has an impressive track record.

Founded in 2011 at Marlboro College, it ran for seven years, providing valuable experience to 96 students from 23 colleges and universities around the world.

Previous films produced

include “Disappearances,” starring Academy Award nominees Kris Kristofferson and Genevieve Bujold; “Northern Borders,” starring Bujold and two-time Academy Award nominee Bruce Dern; “Peter and John,” starring Golden Globe-winner Jacqueline Bisset, Christian Coulson (“Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets”), and Diane Guerrero (“Orange is the New Black”), and “Wetware,” starring Jerry O’Connell (“Stand by Me”), Cameron Scoggins (“Nashville”) and Morgan Wolk (“Miles Ahead”).

For 2019, Cinema Sarah Lawrence will produce a film based on Jack London’s autobiographical novel, “Martin Eden.” In this story, a rough-hewn, poor and

unschooled sailor, Martin Eden, unexpectedly meets Ruth Morse, a magnetic young woman of means and education. Their unconventional attraction upends both lives and propels timely themes of impossible love, the confines of class, celebrity and individualism, aspiration to the American Dream, and the quest for a comfortable place in an inconstant world.

Students from all accredited colleges and universities are welcome to apply to Cinema Sarah Lawrence. Many kinds of students — not just film students — benefit from the program, as the skills developed have multiple applications and are chiefly intended to foster critical thinking, joint decision-making,

problem-solving, evidence-based inquiry, creative interpretation, contextual analysis, fair-mindedness, flexibility, risk-taking in the process of creative discovery, and much more.

Students also acquire practical skills in the many specific jobs that are required to make a narrative feature film or television program. These skills can help them to advance significantly if they choose to pursue professional opportunities in the field.

To learn more about Cinema Sarah Lawrence, visit sarahlawrence.edu/ cinema.

Jay Craven is an award-winning independent filmmaker and faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College.

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Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL 520 West Avenue Property LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self.

Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 520 West Ave., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 14.

695 East Main Stamford LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 200 Elm St., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $862,840. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

AP Construction, contractor for Bay Pond Holdings LLC. Upgrade the office space in an existing commercial space at 1290 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

BLT Management LLC, Stamford, contractor for 695 East Main Stamford LLC. Renovate the elevator lobbies in an existing commercial space at 200 Elm St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

BLT Management LLC, contractor for 695 East Main Stamford LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 200 Elm St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1.5 million. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Borghesi Building, Trumbull, contractor for Maybrook. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 500 Pepper St., Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 16.

Bridge Street Partners LLC, Shelton, contractor for Maffe Financial Group. Perform an interior fitout in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 50 Bridge St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $45,000.

Filed March 15.

JDR Fixtures Inc., contractor for Norwalk Four LLC. Perform interior renovations in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 264 Shoemaker Road, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $163,000. Filed March 16.

Whiting, Albert, contractor for Nomani Enterprises LLC. Add a sign to the exterior of an existing commercial space at 243 West Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,500.

Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Carcole Construction LLC, contractor for Carly Realty LLC. Perform interior alterations in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 170 Selleck St., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Larson Investments, contractor for self. Repair water damage to an existing commercial space at 32 White St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed March 20.

Zhang, Chanyu, Monroe, contractor for Stoligan Properties. Perform a tenant fit-up in an existing commercial space at 494 Main St., Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 7.

Carcole Construction LLC, contractor for Carly Realty LLC. Construct a new metal building at 170 Selleck St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $600,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Cerritelli, Dom, Shelton, contractor for Salon Kai. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 415 Howe Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 14.

ESRT Merrittview LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Reconfigure the office space for an office in an existing commercial space at 383 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $69,000. Filed March 15.

ESRT Merrittview LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Demolish the office in an existing commercial space at 383 Main Ave., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $230,000. Filed March 15.

Fratturo, Brian, contractor for Peter W. Stanton, et al. Remove and replace the shingles on an existing single-family residence at 65 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $32,100. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Gesualdi Construction Inc., contractor for Collins Plaza West LLC. Relocate the sprinkler heads in an existing commercial space at 2001 W. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

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Hobbs Inc., New Canaan, contractor for MSH LLC. Renovate the tenant space in an existing commercial space at 30 Buxton Farm Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Ischoda Yacht Club Inc., contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 138 Water St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000.

Filed March 16.

Magna Construction Limited LLC, Stamford, contractor for self.

Renovate the office in an existing commercial space at 2187 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $236,500. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

One Enterprise Drive, Shelton, contractor for Right Capital. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 1 Enterprise Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $54,000. Filed March 15.

Pimpinella Construction Company Inc., contractor for Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Inc. Repair the sheetrock on an existing commercial space at 25 Forest St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $122,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

RESIDENTIAL A.V. Navam Chinniah, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the kitchen and sheetrock in an existing single-family residence at 665 River Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed March 9.

Ahmed, Nabi, Stamford, contractor for self. Repair the fire damage to an existing single-family residence at 21 Linden Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $89,250. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

American House, contractor for Jeffrey Moreno. Add new siding to an existing single-family residence at 54 Terill Road, Stratford. Estimated cost: $18,500. Filed March 15.

R L Spencer Inc., contractor for West Side Development Partners.

Construct a new Home Depot store at 1925 W. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $4.5 million. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Anthony, Patricia and Robert Anthony, Shelton, contractor for self. Install a garage on the property of an existing single-family residence at 3 Birchbank Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $23,040. Filed March 14.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for Soundview Farms LLC. Alter the gym in an existing commercial space at 72 Cummings Point Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $655,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Arton Builders LLC, contractor for David W. Drozd and Constance M. Drozd. Renovate the kitchen and deck at an existing single-family residence at 39 Douglas Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed March 16.

Sikorsky Aircraft, contractor for Richard Corp. Remodel the interior of an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 6900 Main St., Stratford. Estimated cost: $325. Filed March 15.

TJ & Sons Inc., Danbury, contractor for 2586 Summer Stamford LLC. Alter the interior of an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 2586 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $280,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Uva, Maria and Patrick Uva, Shelton, contractor for self. Install a fourton carrier on an existing commercial space at 30 Hearthstone Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed March 15.

Baybrook Remodelers Inc., contractor for Margaret K. Anderson.

Replace the deck on an existing single-family residence at 824 Orange Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed March 16.

Beard Sawmill LLC, Shelton, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 100 Beard Sawmill Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $195,000. Filed March 15.

Carriero, Peter C., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate the house of an existing single-family residence and add a master bedroom, bathroom and laundry room at 291 Hubbard Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $328,165. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Claris Construction Inc., contractor for Intertech Associates LLC. Demolish the interior of an existing single-family residence at 228 White St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed March 20.

Collins, Amanda, Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 61 Ojibwa Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $31,350. Filed March 8.

Cruz, Mario A., contractor for Puritan House LLC. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 13 Carroll St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

DeSalvo, Tom, Stamford, contractor for self. Add a second bathroom to an existing single-family residence at 18 Peak St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $11,385. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Design Builders & Remodeling Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Robert D’Antonio. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence for a mudroom, playroom, bedroom and full bathroom at 15 Ives Court, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed March 12.

D’Pietro Builders LLC, contractor for Butkus. Relocate the kitchen, dining room and windows in an existing single-family residence at 41 Hurd Ave., Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 14.

F&G Construction Inc., contractor for Meeker Court LLC. Pour the foundation for a two-story single-family residence with an unfinished basement at 35 Meeker Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000.

Filed March 16.

Fairfield County Home Improvement, Fairfield, contractor for The Simons Co. Construct an inground pool on the property of an existing single-family residence at 603 Judd Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 19.

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Fern, Bruce, contractor for Paul Graham. Add a new deck and slider to an existing single-family residence at 46 Blamey Circle, Stratford. Estimated cost: $13,650. Filed March 16.

Geffert, Kelley, Shelton, contractor for self. Install solar panels on the roof of an existing single-family residence at 31 Orchard St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $38,280. Filed March 8.

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CINCO DE DERBY GALA COMING SOON

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GREENWICH BUSINESS EXPO IS APRIL 26

Greenwich Chamber of Commerce is presenting its annual Business Showcase on April 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Road in Old Greenwich.

More than 70 exhibitors and many food and beverage vendors will present their offerings. All are welcome to stroll among exhibitor tables, sample and take advantage of special sales. The chamber encourages all who are interested in supporting commerce to attend.

Sponsors include Greenwich Hospital, Aquarion Water, Choice Pet, Sam Bridge Nurseries, Val’s Wine and Jen Danzi Productions.

Tickets are $20 for chamber members and $30 for nonmembers. Valet parking will be available. Visit Greenwichchamber.com to buy tickets or email greenwichchamber@greenwichchamber.com or call 203-869-3500.

The Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut (CGC) in Stamford, a nonprofit agency dedicated to improving the mental and behavioral health of children and teens in lower Fairfield County, will host its annual gala on May 5 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.

This year’s event, Cinco De Derby, is the agency’s largest event of the year and is expected to draw more than 300 guests to the waterfront at Wee Burn Beach Club in Rowayton.

The event will honor James A. Colica and GE Capital with the Distinguished Public Service Award for their outstanding personal and corporate commitment to children’s mental health.

The Kentucky Derby-themed gala falls on Cinco de Mayo and the event festivities will reflect the spirit of these two celebrations. The evening includes a live television viewing of the Kentucky Derby, a 50/50 raffle, a cocktail reception, dinner and the chance to participate in silent and live auctions. All proceeds from the event will support CGC’s work helping children who are struggling with issues like depression, anxiety, abuse or suicidal thoughts access the high-quality mental health services they need.

“This is an important evening for us” said CGC’s President and CEO Eliot Brenner. “It is our largest fundraiser of the year and a celebration of outstanding successes. More importantly, it is an opportunity for us to rededicate ourselves to the mission and educate attendees about the critical need for children’s mental and behavioral health services in our community.”

For tickets, visit childguidancect.org/gala; for sponsorship opportunities or to purchase a table, contact Jeannine Egdorf, at 203-517-3320 or jeannine.egdorf@childguidancect.org.

Scott Bates, the chairman of the Connecticut Port Authority was one of several regional experts to take part in a forum on transportation sponsored by Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy on April 3 in New London.

The forum explored the implications of the Trump administration’s transportation spending proposals and their potential impact on Connecticut.

Bates made clear that the Connecticut Port Authority sees the state’s three major deep-water ports as a critical part of Connecticut’s economic development infrastructure and urged local leaders and state policy makers to think in those terms. He noted that ports are eligible to apply for funding under the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program and said the Connecticut Port Authority is in position to “advocate on behalf of all Connecticut ports, rather than forcing the ports of New London, New Haven and Bridgeport to compete against each other for the same federal resources.”

“In a state of this size it is important for us to align our interests in a way that benefits our entire state rather than a system that encourages intrastate competition,” Bates said.

“There are numerous ways we can connect our existing deep-water ports to work collaboratively and in support of inland transportation hubs. One potential emerging market is in offshore wind. Connecticut is geographically located in the exact center of an offshore wind market that stretches from the mid-Atlantic to the Gulf of Maine. This is a perfect example of an economic development opportunity custom made for the TIGER grant program and we appreciate Senator Murphy’s willingness to advocate on our behalf with regard to future federal funding,” Bates said.

FOUR UCONN ALUMNI INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME

FIRST COUNTY BANK AWARDS $1,000 Headquartered in Stamford, First County Bank awarded Gloria Suarez with $1,000. She was the winner of the grand opening drawing at the new Fairfield branch of First County Bank.

From left: Benedict Peter, branch manager and Iliana Nikolova, assistant branch manager of the First County Bank Fairfield branch, award $1,000 to grand opening drawing winner Gloria Suarez, along with Willard Miley, senior vice president and director of retail banking.

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The University of Connecticut School of Business inducted four alumni into its Hall of Fame during a ceremony March 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The inductees, recognized for professional achievement, community service and UConn pride, join more than 100 others who have received the special recognition.

In a ceremony attended by 300, the inductees shared stories of favorite professors, 50-cent UConn basketball tickets and memories of enormous Dairy Bar hot fudge sundaes.

From left are: David Acampora, a 1979 graduate who is a CPA and a senior partner with Deloitte Tax and resides in Fairfield; John A. Elliott, dean of the School of Business; Timothy Curt, Class of 1984 and the managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC, a global private equity investment firm and a resident of New Canaan; Gayle A. Russell, ’88 MBA, ’95 Ph.D. of East Hartford, a wealth management adviser for TIAACREF and a prominent supporter of college scholarships for women; and Christopher Lafond, Class of 1987, and CFO at Hartford-based Insurity and a Wilton resident. Photo credit: Thomas Hurlbut Photography.

HAPPENING

41 GREENWICH HOSPITAL DOCTORS MAKE ‘BEST’ LIST

A total of 41 Greenwich Hospital-affiliated physicians and more than 400 from across Yale New Haven Health — which includes Bridgeport, Yale New Haven and Lawrence + Memorial hospitals in Connecticut, Westerly Hospital in Rhode Island and Northeast Medical Group — have been selected by their state colleagues for Connecticut magazine’s 2017-2018 Best Doctors in America list in the April 2018 issue.

“Our exceptional medical staff of physicians and surgeons enables Greenwich Hospital to deliver the highest level of care,” said Norman G. Roth, president and CEO of Greenwich Hospital. “We greatly appreciate all that they do on behalf of our patients and the many communities we serve in Connecticut and New York.”

Selection for the list recently changed when Hearst Media acquired Connecticut magazine. The list is now compiled by Best Doctors, which undertakes a peer-to-peer survey every two years. Only currently listed Best Doctors can submit nominations for doctors who, in their judgment, are the best in their field.

The Greenwich Hospital winners are: Khalid M. Abbed, neurological surgery; Paul J. Apostolides, neurosurgery; Theodore A. Blaine, orthopedic surgery; Annette Bond, obstetrics/gynecology; Richard J. Brauer, otolaryngology; Joseph Brennan, cardiovascular disease; Henry S. Cabin, cardiovascular disease; Mark H. Camel; neurological surgery; Michael Caty, pediatric surgery; Michael R. Clain, orthopedic surgery; Michael W. Cleman, cardiovascular disease; Robert Cowles, pediatric surgery; James G. Cunningham, orthopedic surgery; Richard L. Danehower, rheumatology; Frank Ennis, orthopeadic surgery; Amory Fiore, neurosurgery; Brian Hines, obstetrics/gynecology; William H. Hines, nephrology; Christopher J.A. Howes, cardiovascular disease; Neda Khaghan, gastroenterology; Christina Kim, pediatric urology; Steven A. Laifer, obstetrics/gynecology; Francis Y. Lee, orthopedic surgery; Gavin X. McLeod, infectious disease; Seth R. Miller, orthopedic surgery; Daniel Petrylak, medical oncology/hematology; Michael S. Remetz, cardiovascular disease; James R. Sabetta, infectious disease; Karen A. Santucci, pediatric emergency medicine; Michael Schilsky, gastroenterology; John F. Setaro, cardiovascular disease; Paul Sethi, orthopedic surgery; Joseph Sproviero, allergy/immunology; Melvin H. Thornton, obstetrics/gynecology; Craig D. Tifford, orthopedic surgery; David Tom, ophthalmology; Marco Verga, radiology; Barbara A. Ward, surgical oncology; David B. Weinstein, obstetrics/gynecology; Lynn D. Wilson, radiation oncology; and Felice R. Zwas, gastroenterology.

From left: Members of Greenwich Hospital’s limb preservation team include Dr. Sasanka Jayasuriya, interventional cardiologist; Dr. Sandra Wainwright, medical director of the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Healing; and Kristen McGinness, a podiatrist.

HOSPITAL BEGINS LIMB PRESERVATION PROGRAM

From left, Olivia Langston and Kirsten Riemer.

SOLE SISTERS DONATES 1,000 PAIRS OF SHOES The Greenwich United Way Sole Sisters teamed up with Neighbor to Neighbor in late February into early March to host a townwide shoe drive for low-income families in the Greenwich community.

More than 1,000 pairs of new and “gently used” shoes were collected. The drive took place across several locations in Greenwich, including private and public schools, Mane Event Salon, Temple Shalom, First Presbyterian Church, the Greenwich United Way office, the YWCA of Greenwich and Neighbor to Neighbor. Spearheading the shoe drive was 2018 Sole Sisters Luncheon committee members Kirsten Riemer and Olivia Langston.

“We are so fortunate to live in such a giving community. The support and generosity of the Sole Sisters initiative is nothing short of overwhelming and we are thrilled that so many in need will benefit from our work,” Riemer said. The 13th Annual Sole Sisters Luncheon will take place later this month at Greenwich Country Club.

FAIRFIELD CHAMBER’S 19TH ANNUAL FUNDRAISER The 2018 Spring Fling Party, the 19th annual fundraiser and silent auction event benefitting the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce on April 19 will take place at the historic Burr Mansion, 739 Old Post Road, Fairfield, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Appetizers and light bites will be served throughout the evening by local area restaurants: CRAVE Restaurant, Italian Kitchen, LobsterCraft, Quattro Pazzi, The Castle on Post, Shearwater Coffee Bar and Wholefoods. Open bar serving wine and beer plus soft drinks will be offered with each ticket, plus a special Rosé Bar, featuring some of the most popular, new Rosé wines, sponsored by Mo’s Wine and Spirits.

This event is made possible by sponsors, including ACBI Insurance, Bankwell in Fairfield, First County Bank, Charles Schwab, Fairfield County Bank, Kleban Properties, TVEyes, Sacred Heart University, Massage Envy, Sturges Ridge of Fairfield, Mo’s Wine & Soirits and Kate Eisemann Pictures. For more information and ticket reservations ($50 members; $60 nonmembers), register on the chamber website FairfieldCTChamber.com or call the 203-255-1011.

Greenwich Hospital has launched a limb preservation program that diagnoses and treats patients with difficult-to-heal wounds and other medical conditions and may be at risk of losing a limb to amputation.

The interdisciplinary approach allows Greenwich Hospital specialties from multiple disciplines — wound care, podiatry, cardiovascular, infectious disease, orthopedics, physical medicine, rehabilitation and behavioral and nutritional support services — to easily provide coordinated patient care at one location.

“The combined expertise of these specialists enables high-risk patients to be diagnosed early so they receive timely treatment to help preserve threatened limbs and prevent major amputations,” said Dr. Sandra Wainwright, medical director of the hospital’s Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Healing. The outpatient center offers specialized wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy with two, single-person hyperbaric chambers.

“Preventive measures and advanced wound care techniques are critical, especially when you consider that the five-year mortality rate for people who have undergone an amputation is 68 percent,” said Kristen McGinness, a Greenwich Hospital podiatrist.

Nonhealing foot and leg wounds — which can be caused by diabetes, poor circulation or physical trauma — prevent millions of people from doing the things they love. Amputations resulting from nonhealing foot ulcers is one of the most devastating outcomes of diabetes, yet up to 85 percent of these amputations are preventable, health experts report.

People with peripheral arterial disease, critical ischemic limb disease and other cardiovascular conditions are also at increased risk of losing a limb.

“Patients with poorly healing ulcers may benefit from simple office or hospital procedures to improve the circulation to the legs, which may ultimately promote wound healing and avoid amputation,” said Dr. Sasanka Jayasuriya, an interventional cardiologist at Greenwich Hospital. “Patients with vascular disease also commonly have advanced heart disease. We use the multidisciplinary evaluation as an opportunity to screen patients for coronary artery disease that by itself could be life threatening.”

Therapies used at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Healing include debridement (removing damaged skin), compression wraps, regenerative medicine, negative pressure therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which uses prescribed doses of high pressure oxygen to treat wounds.

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

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Facts & Figures Godsell, Kristen, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate a condominium in an existing single-family residence at 15 Perry Ave., Unit D9, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,500.

Filed March 16.

McCabe, Patrick and Kerry McCabe, Shelton, contractor for self.

Replace the doors in an existing single-family residence at 32 Strawberry Lane, Shelton. Estimated cost: $9,727. Filed March 20.

Golden House LLC, contractor for 12-140 Lake Place LLC. Replace the deck on an existing single-family residence at 12 Boulevard, Danbury.

Estimated cost: $7,497. Filed March 19.

Montero, Patricia, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Improve the patio in an existing single-family residence at 5 Blueberry Lane, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed March 14.

Goldman, James, Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 8 Orowoc Trail, Shelton. Estimated cost: $17,660. Filed March 16.

Murphy & Sons Inc., contractor for Anthony Saraniti, et al. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 41 Flying Cloud Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $42,300.

Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Grygorczyk, Tomasz, contractor for Caroline Addeo. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 1 Shore Road, Unit 13, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,270.

Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Hirschberg, Steven H., Stamford, contractor for self. Repair the roof of an existing single-family residence at 26 Lanark Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Home Depot, contractor for Evelyn MacAchron. Remove and replace the shingles on an existing single-family residence at 58 Severance Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,299. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Keller, Richard G., Shelton, contractor for self. Install a bathroom by the pool area in the main house at 22 Lily Lane, Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 15.

Ken, contractor for Stoligan Properties. Replace the bay windows with a store-front window on an existing single-family residence at 494 Main St., Monroe. Cost undisclosed.

Filed March 19.

Khan, Suza, Shelton, contractor for self. Install a new outlet for a lottery machine at 350 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 14.

Majensky, Monroe, contractor for self. Add a detached garage to an existing single-family residence at 319 Barn Hill Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 15.

Marr, Arpad J., Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 125 Nichols Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $39,000. Filed March 15.

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Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Wilmer Santana. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 125 Willow Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $11,831. Filed March 16.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Elizabeth Lacombe.

Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 111 Pastors Walk, Monroe. Cost undisclosed.

Filed March 19.

PSEG, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Construct a two-plex construction trailer at 1 Atlantic St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $11,126. Filed March 14.

Pustari, Richard G., Norwalk, contractor for self. Remove a kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 29 Elmwood Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 15.

Robles, Erika M., Stamford, contractor for self. Increase the square footage on an existing single-family residence at 354 Oaklawn Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $633,065.

Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Vinylume Inc., contractor for Joseph Andrew Remer, et al. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 58 Deep Spring Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,900.

Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Romano Brothers Builders LLC, Shelton, contractor for self. Build a two-story colonial with a two-car attached garage with a rear open deck at 51 Church St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $236,900. Filed March 8.

Waters, Calvin D., Danbury, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 33 Beaver Brook Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed March 19.

Safeside Home Services Inc., Westhersfield, contractor for Diane Erickson. Install a new stove on an existing single-family residence at 10 Richards Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,689. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Salinas, Javier L., Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a footprint for a bedroom in an existing single-family residence at 1 Eclipse Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed March 14.

Sanchez, Madeline, Stratford, contractor for self. Remodel the interior of an existing single-family residence at 304 First Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 16.

Solar City Corp., Rocky Hill, contractor for Recine. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 147 Cross Hill Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed.

Filed March 22.

Solar City Corp., Rocky Hill, contractor for Chinnasamy. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 14 Historic Drive, Monroe. Cost undisclosed.

Filed March 8.

RMS Construction LLC, contractor for RMS Colonial Road LLC. Construct a new single-family residence at 159 Colonial Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $451,120. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Stowe, contractor for Corbel. Replace two windows on an existing single-family residence at 1075 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 16.

Rajeev, Sathianathan, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Remodel the basement in an existing single-family residence at 26 Jeffro Drive, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $29,000.

Filed March 12.

Sunrun Inc., contractor for Kelly R. Mosher, et al. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 73 Hirsch Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,962. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Richardson, John E., Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate the bathroom and kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 227 Vine Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

Tiefenthaler Construction, Norwalk, contractor for self. Construct a new single-family house with a three-car garage, barn, fireplace and a powder room at 287 Richards Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $89,000. Filed March 14.

RJM Bros LLC, contractor for 4Z LLC. Finish part of the basement and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 37 Old Well Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $49,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23.

TNT Construction, contractor for Chuck Mattes. Add a bathroom to an existing single-family residence at 30 Moffitt St., Stratford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed March 13.

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WEB Construction Team, Norwalk, contractor for Beechmont Condominium Association. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 3250 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 14.

Westview Electric LLC, contractor for Karen A. Roberts and Kenneth D. Roberts. Remodel the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 2346 Boston Post Road, Suite 1, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed March 16.

Wiltsie, Bob, contractor for Milton Arman. Remodel the bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 2 Harborview Place, Stratford.

Estimated cost: $6,500. Filed March 16.

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

Bridgeport Superior Court Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co., et al., Hartford.

Filed by Carolay Calderon, et al., Bridgeport. Plaintiffs’ attorney: De Lucia & Levine LLC, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiffs allege that their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6072810-S. Filed March 27.

Allstate Indemnity Co., Hartford.

Filed by Leticia Castro, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, 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 money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV186072916-S. Filed March 29.

Elrac LLC, et al., East Hartford.

Filed by Willie Brown Jr., Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Blomberg Law Firm LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV186072797-S. Filed March 26.

Energy Spray Systems LLC, Stamford. Filed by Mohammad Salam, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Vishno Law Firm, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendant and driven by an employee of the defendant during the course of work.

The defendant was allegedly negligent in that the motor vehicle was operated at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV186072744-S. Filed March 26.

Fitness International LLC, et al., Hartford. Filed by Emen Celmek, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Esquire, Ganim, Ganim & Ganim PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was injured when a chair she sat on broke on property owned by the defendants. This dangerous condition was allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to repair the hazardous condition of the chair. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000 and such other relief as this court may deem equitable and just.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6072720-S. Filed March 26.

Graduation Solutions LLC, Greenwich. Filed by Fedex Corporate Services Inc., Memphis, Tennessee. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sugarmann & Sugarmann, New Haven.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for shipping services provided to them. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $20,390 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FBT-CV186072904-S. Filed March 29.

Isochron Media LLC, Monroe.

Filed by Publication Printers Corp., Denver, Colorado. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jacobs & Rozich LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account.

The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $6,347 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, attorney’s fees, court costs, pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as the court deems just and proper.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6072872-S. Filed March 28.

JMC Services LLC, et al., Norwalk.

Filed by Glenn Grossarth and Patricia Grossarth, Fairfield. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to perform proper repair and renovations to the plaintiff’s dwelling for money received. The defendants allegedly failed to hold a valid home improvement contractor’s license. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, punitive damages, pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees, costs and such other equitable relief that the court deems proper. Case no. FBT-CV186072901-S. Filed March 28.

Mercer Builders Inc., Wilton.

Filed by Marybeth DeFilippis, New York, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Angelone Law Offices LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to perform proper repair and renovations to the plaintiff’s dwelling for money received. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, punitive damages, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees, costs and such other equitable relief that the court deems proper. Case no. FBT-CV186072908-S. Filed March 29.

Facts & Figures Metlife Auto & Home Insurance Agency Inc., East Hartford. Filed

by Keijam O. Tucker, New Haven.

Plaintiff’s attorney: D’Agosto & Howe LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6072830-S. Filed March 27.

Mitra Inc., et al., Stamford. Filed

by Sysco Connecticut LLC, Rocky Hill. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sugarmann & Sugarmann, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account.

The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $7,262 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs, post-judgment interest and such other relief as may be deemed appropriate by the court. Case no. FBT-CV186072755-S. Filed March 26.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Melody Mann-Fox, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of David H. Dworski PC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of the insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6072815-S. Filed March 27.

Progressive Direct Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Marion Hamilton, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Plaintiff’s attorney: Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, North Haven.

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

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

Case no. FBT-CV18-6072857-S. Filed March 27.

Sempra Energy, Sacramento, California. Filed by Kurt Carlson and Elaine Carlson, North Stonington.

Plaintiffs’ attorney: Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this product liability suit against the defendant alleging that Kurt Carlson was forced to be exposed to asbestos fibers and materials manufactured by the defendant during the course of his work. The defendant failed to advise the plaintiff of the dangerous characteristics of asbestos and failed to provide a safe working environment for the plaintiff. Elaine Carlson is suing for loss of consortium. The plaintiffs seek monetary damages in excess of $15,000, punitive and exemplary charges and such other relief as this court may deem proper. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6072800-S. Filed March 26.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al., Hartford.

Filed by Cathy Frend, Fairfield.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of David H. Dworski PC, Fairfield.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants 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 defendants.

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

Case no. FBT-CV18-6072833-S. Filed March 27.

The Stop and Shop Supermarket Company LLC, Hartford. Filed

by Desreen Palmer, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on a pool of liquid spilling from a broken container in a store owned by the defendant and sustained injuries.

This dangerous condition was 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 relief as this court may deem equitable and just. Case no. FBTCV18-6072855-S. Filed March 27.

Stamford Superior Court 960 Hope LLC, Stamford. Filed by Donna M. Cutugno, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael P. Foley Jr., Cheshire. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she tripped on the front steps of property owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and it employees in that they failed to put a handrail on the stairs. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FSTCV18-6035624-S. Filed March 27.

Acme Markets Inc., East Hartford.

Filed by Barbara Shanen, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Piazza, Simmons & Grant LLC, Stamford.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on a clear liquid on property owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed remove the slippery liquid from the floor. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FST-CV186035658-S. Filed March 29.

Ford Motor Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Mariusz Nawrocki, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sergei Lemberg, Lemberg Law LLC, Wilton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they sold him a lemon 2016 Ford.

The plaintiff was allegedly forced to get five repairs, despite the vehicle being free from defects. The plaintiff claims consequential damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as this court deems just and proper.

Case no. FST-CV18-6035592-S. Filed March 26.

Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York, et al., Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Filed by Johnley Sainval, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Charles S. Harris, Norwalk.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company and related parties, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FSTCV18-6035607-S. Filed March 27.

Kat Burki Inc., et al., Westport.

Filed by T.D. Bank NA, Jacksonville, Florida. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jacobs & Rozich LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account.

The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $6,347 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees, court costs and such other relief as the court deems fair, just and reasonable. Case no. FST-CV186035627-S. Filed March 27.

Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Gary L. Cheatam Jr., Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael P. Foley Jr., Cheshire.

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

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

Case no. FST-CV18-6035669-S. Filed March 29.

Sodexo Operations LLC, Cheshire. Filed by Sandra Richards, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Office of George H. Romania, Hamden. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on a clear liquid on property owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed remove the slippery liquid from the floor. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court.

Case no. FST-CV18-6035645-S. Filed March 28.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT Art-Metal Industries LLC, et al., New Milford. Filed by Flood Break LLC, Houston, Texas. Plaintiff’s attorney: Pullman & Comley, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this patent infringement suit against the defendants alleging that the plaintiff held a patent for flood protection for underground vents. The defendants allegedly infringed on this patent by inducing the New York City Transit Authority to use the patent from the defendants. The plaintiff claims an injunction enjoining the defendants, an accounting of profits, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, treble damages, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and equitable. Case no. 3:18-cv-00503-SRU. Filed March 26.

P&B Capital Group, et al. Filed

by Sheila Elliott, Waterford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Joanne Faulkner, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this fair debt collection suit against the defendants alleging that they charged unlawful interest and fees on the plaintiff’s debt, which they bought from a third party. The defendants were allegedly not licensed to practice in the state of Connecticut.

The plaintiff claims actual damages, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and equitable. Case no.

3:18-cv-00501-WWE. Filed March 26.

PMC Industries Inc., Plainville.

Filed by RMH Tech LLC, et al., Colorado Springs, Colorado. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Sheridan Ross PC, Denver, Colorado. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this patent infringement suit against the defendant alleging that the plaintiffs owned a patent for a mounting assembly for a standing metal roof. The defendant allegedly imports infringing products, causing damages.

The plaintiffs claim an injunction enjoining the defendant, monetary damages, treble damages, attorney’s fees, costs, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and equitable. Case no. 3:18-cv-00543-AWT. Filed March 30.

Simm Associates Inc., Newark, Delaware. Filed by Albert M. Beltrano, New Canaan. Plaintiff’s attorney: Albert M. Beltrano, New Canaan.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this fair debt collection suit against the defendant alleging that they used an automatic dialing system to contact the plaintiff’s cellphone in order to collect a debt. The plaintiff claims statutory damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs and actual damages. Case no. 3:18-cv00533-JAM. Filed March 29.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Brody, Karen H., et al., Fairfield.

Appointed committee: Charles D. O’Hara Jr., Fairfield. Property: 15 Barrister Lane, Unit 15, Fairfield.

Amount: $600,236. Docket no. FBTCV15-6050603-S. Filed March 16.

Karr, Therese G., et al., Monroe.

Appointed committee: Peter Kalser, Monroe. Property: 278 Pastors Walk, Monroe. Amount: $221,000.

Docket no. FBT-CV-16-6058417. Filed Feb. 26.

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RCN Capital Funding LLC, Fairfield. Appointed committee: Richard J. Shapiro, Fairfield. Property: 120 Crestwood Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $410,000. Docket no. FBTCV16-6057956-S. Filed March 14.

Splan, Shawn K., et al., Shelton.

Appointed committee: William J. Neary, Shelton. Property: 131 Willoughby Road, Shelton. Amount: $185,500. Docket no. AAN-CV-166020633-S. Filed March 15.

COMMERCIAL 1267 Smith Ridge LLC, Stamford.

Seller: Ralph M. Esposito, Stamford. Property: Lot 129, Map 7568, Stamford. Amount: $390,000. Filed March 21.

Augusto Dasilva Enterprises LLC, Danbury. Seller: Patricia Gibbs, Danbury. Property: 17 Lakecrest Drive, Danbury. Amount: $422,500. Filed March 19.

Community Residences Inc., Newington. Seller: Roman Hnyp and Oksana Hnyp, Shelton. Property: 9 Brentley Drive, Shelton.

Amount: $405,000. Filed March 14.

GNK LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Linda F. Cornelius, Bridgeport. Property: 9 Cardinal St., Fairfield. Amount: $190,000. Filed March 14.

National Residential Nominee Services Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Seller: Richard Boothe and Kimberly Boothe, Monroe. Property: 196 Meadows End Road, Monroe.

Amount: $630,000. Filed Feb. 13.

Roger Smith Stamford LLC, New York, New York. Seller: Virginia A. De Lima, Elizabeth De Lima Alter and Suzanne De Lima Knowles, Stamford. Property: 1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 22.

Roger Smith Stamford LLC, New York, New York. Seller: The Company of Woodwind Inc., New York, New York. Property: 1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 22.

RWTR 1 Eliot LLC, Fairfield. Seller: FNL Enterprises LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 1 Elliot Place, Fairfield.

Amount: $5 million. Filed March 12.

Saddle Hill LLC, Katonah, New York. Seller: Seth Glassman, Stamford. Property: Lot 23, Map 7824, Stamford. Amount: $50,000. Filed March 19.

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Facts & Figures Saddle Hill LLC, Katonah, New York. Seller: Seth Glassman and Michael Dewey Freddino III, Stamford. Property: Lot 22, Map 6445, Stamford. Amount: $1.1 million.

Filed March 19.

Cavaliere, Dawn M. and James A. Cavaliere, Shelton. Seller: Kerry E. Fulchino and Jeffrey P. Fulchino, Monroe. Property: 11 Laurel Drive, Monroe. Amount: $399,000. Filed Feb. 26.

Humire, Jessica and Jaime A. Acosta Jr., Norwalk. Seller: Andrew C. Frano and Gail K. Frano, Monroe. Property: 18 Blueberry Lane, Monroe. Amount: $387,500. Filed March 14.

Nakamura, Kazuko and Joseph Lodespoto, Monroe. Seller: Robert Vanderslice and Carol Vanderslice, Monroe. Property: 44 Fox Run, Monroe. Amount: $533,000. Filed March 8.

Reis, Ligia Dos and Wesley Dos Reis, Danbury. Seller: Arthur Guertin, New Milford. Property: 39 Pembroke Road, Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 19.

Summit RR One LLC, Fairfield.

Seller: Hearst Media Services Connecticut LLC, New York, New York.

Property: 220 Carter Henry Drive, Unit 16, Fairfield. Amount: $10. Filed March 12.

Chaves, Joao Rua, Easton. Seller: Acacio Pinto and Ida Pinto, New Canaan. Property: 275 Moose Hill Road, Monroe. Amount: $126,000.

Filed Feb. 15.

Kalapos, Kelsey A. and Jeffrey Z. Kalapos, Stamford. Seller: Nancy Geils, Stamford. Property: 418 Hunting Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $775,000. Filed March 22.

Nix, Katherine and Graham Nix, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: George Kelly Martin and Elizabeth A. Martin, Southport. Property: 160 Harbor Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed March 12.

Remmell, Diana, Easton. Seller: Salerno Realty LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 88 Quincy St., Fairfield.

Amount: $1.9 million. Filed March 16.

Defeo, Jessica L. and Joseph M. Defeo, Boston, Massachusetts. Seller: 200 Knollwood LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 200 Knollwood Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 14.

Lackman, Jeanne A. and Abraham M. Lackman, New York, New York. Seller: Jeanne A. Lackman and Abraham M. Lackman, New York, New York. Property: 117 Blanket Meadow Road, Monroe. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 12.

RESIDENTIAL Balsan-Kinney, Amy Lynn, Stratford. Seller: Sandra Watt, Oxford.

Property: 10 Boot Shop Lane, Monroe. Amount: $310,000. Filed Feb. 28.

Bernier, Kami and Matther Bernier, Monroe. Seller: Thomas K. Neville and Sheila S. Neville, Monroe. Property: Lot 3, Map 2358, Monroe. Amount: $415,000. Filed Feb. 12.

Blake, Tisha, Danbury. Seller: Joanne D. Hiatt, Danbury. Property: 31 Lakeview Ave., Danbury. Amount: $276,500. Filed March 20.

Boccarossa, Sarah S. and Stephen F. Boccarossa, Fairfield.

Seller: Alfred P. Pesavento and Catherine Pesavento, Fairfield. Property: 1828 Post Road, Fairfield. Amount: $675,000. Filed March 19.

Brady, Jennifer and Terence Brady, Fairfield. Seller: Mitchell S. Eisenberg and Amy B. Eisenberg, Fairfield. Property: 154 Glen Arden Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 13.

Brown, Nordia and Neville Brown, Stamford. Seller: Maria Koloniaris, Stamford. Property: 336 Glenbrook Road, Stamford.

Amount: $390,000. Filed March 19.

Buqani, Qendrasa and Gani Buqani, Darien. Seller: Ann Sommantico, Port Monmouth, New Jersey. Property: 79 Hillcrest Road, Monroe. Amount: $310,000. Filed March 12.

Camper, Emily L. and Robert Waugh Camper Jr., Fairfield.

Seller: Alexander D. Guthrie and Jennifer A. Guthrie, Stuart, Florida.

Property: 3022 Burr St., Fairfield.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 13.

Carrion-Rosario, Jose R., Danbury. Seller: Albert E. Straniti and Irene J. Straniti, Danbury. Property: 1 Farview Ave., Unit A-17, Danbury.

Amount: $181,000. Filed March 19.

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DiMiceli, Carol and Bernadine DiMiceli, East Hartsdale, New York. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 34 Moorland Drive, Danbury. Amount: $429,908.

Filed March 19.

Eveun, Igho Melvin, Danbury.

Seller: 53 Holly Street Extension LLC, Danbury. Property: 53 Holly Street Extension, Danbury.

Amount: $215,000. Filed March 20.

Farrell, Deborah and John Melnikov, Woodbridge. Seller: Nicholas A. Shope, Monroe. Property: 295 Barn Hill Road, Monroe. Amount: $392,500. Filed Feb. 20.

Forstrom, Nicole and Brett Forstrom, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Seller: Richard W. Trahan and Janice Trahan, Newtown. Property: 12 Leopard Drive, Newtown. Amount: $330,000. Filed March 16.

Friedman, Catherine and Robert Friedman, Norwalk. Seller: Edward F. Ahnemann III and Lucia T. Ahnemann, Stamford. Property: Parcel A-1, Map 6246, Stamford.

Amount: $781,000. Filed March 19.

Geils, Nancy, Stratford. Seller: John E. Presley and Wilhemina M. Presley, Lynchburg, South Carolina.

Property: 418 Hunting Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $510,000. Filed March 22.

Gordon, Paul James, Newtown.

Seller: Sandhya Sridhar and Ravi Mandya Kumar, Newtown. Property: 18 Ridge Road, Newtown.

Amount: $365,000. Filed March 19.

Gravinese, Sarah and Vincent Gravinese, Fairfield. Seller: Stephen G. Balgach and Carol A. Balgach, Fairfield. Property: Lot 19, Map 3068, Fairfield. Amount: $562,500.

Filed March 12.

Hitchcock, Diedra D. and Richard A. Hitchcock, Monroe. Seller: Jennifer Lancia, Monroe. Property: 208 Josies Ring Road, Monroe.

Amount: $370,000. Filed March 6.

FCBJ

Lamontagne, Megan Elizabeth and Justin Tyler Lamontagne, Newtown. Seller: Naser Behluli and Jidajete Behluli, Monroe. Property: 5 Sycamore Drive, Monroe. Amount: $1,184. Filed March 6.

Larusso, Lindsay Channing and Matthew P. Lewis, Fairfield. Seller: Robert A. Gay and Meaghan Gay, Fairfield. Property: Lot 33, Map 1327, Fairfield. Amount: $389,000. Filed March 15.

Leahy, James D., Weston. Seller: Eileen Lorenz, Newtown. Property: 17 Morris Road, Newtown. Amount: $215,000. Filed March 19.

Mackey, Amanda G. and Dominic R. Darcangelo, Westport.

Seller: Karen Drena Waugh, Fairfield. Property: 66 Burroughs Road, Fairfield. Amount: $345,000. Filed March 15.

Mazinova, Julie, Stamford. Seller: Margery A. Howland, Avon. Property: 84 Wheeler Park Ave., Fairfield.

Amount: $368,000. Filed March 12.

Mendoza, Marcelo Flores, Queens, New York. Seller: Jennifer M. Kugelmas and Kevin M. Kugelmas, Fairfield. Property: Lots 36 and 37, Map 91, Fairfield. Amount: $378,229. Filed March 13.

Mihalache, Mirela and Daniel Mihalache, Monroe. Seller: National Residential Nominee Services Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Property: 198 Meadows End Road, Monroe. Amount: $630,000. Filed Feb. 13.

Morgado-Vega, Necolle and Ivan R. Vega, Southport. Seller: Diegon Group LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 118 Brooklawn Terrace, Fairfield.

Amount: $559,000. Filed March 13.

Nowak, Kyle M., Newtown.

Seller: Charles E. Corner, Wilmington, North Carolina. Property: 4 Longview Terrace, Newtown.

Amount: $225,900. Filed March 19.

Oatis, Brandi J. and Keith A. Oatis, Monroe. Seller: Michael S. Muttitt and Julia Muttitt, Orange. Property: 43 Old Castle Drive, Monroe.

Amount: $364,900. Filed March 12.

O’Grady, Justin, New York, New York. Seller: C. Thomas Whitehouse and Nancie S. Whitehouse, Stamford. Property: 223 Pinewood Road, Stamford. Amount: $717,500. Filed March 22.

Oshrin, Rachel Erica and Craig S. Oshrin, Norwalk. Seller: Michael Law and Lisa Law, Fairfield. Property: 143 Woodrow Ave., Fairfield.

Amount: $725,000. Filed March 12.

Patil, Kiran L., Edison, New Jersey. Seller: Kenneth Gosier, Stamford. Property: 91 Strawberry Hill Ave., Apt. 623, Stamford. Amount: $209,500. Filed March 22.

Pennacchia, Kyle, Stamford. Seller: Sivaramakrishnan Balakrishnan, Stamford. Property: Unit 22 in Mill River House Condominiums, Stamford. Amount: $495,000. Filed March 20.

Pirulli, Nico A., Monroe. Seller: Onysia Iwanko, Shelton. Property: 41 Longmeadow Road, Shelton.

Amount: $282,000. Filed March 15.

Pittman, Lorenzo, Bridgeport.

Seller: Theresa A. Donnelly, Monroe.

Property: 47 Hurd Ave., Monroe.

Amount: $247,000. Filed March 16.

Pushee, Luke, Long Beach, California. Seller: Harmanus Swan III and Kimberly Swan, Fairfield.

Property: 221 Colony St., Fairfield.

Amount: $464,000. Filed March 15.

Raniewicz, Kamil and Wendy Camino, Monroe. Seller: Amy Harold and Amy Himed Harold, Monroe. Property: 110 Bart Road, Monroe. Amount: $280,000. Filed March 12.

Ronan, Darcy M. and Stephen E. Ronan, Stamford. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fairfield. Property: 4334 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield.

Amount: $527,800. Filed March 12.

Shevega, Mariya and Andriy Gopchuk, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Edwin Gomez and Ana M. Hincapie, Stamford. Property: 59 Liberty St., Unit 33, Stamford. Amount: $395,000. Filed March 22.

Teixeira, Eliano, Bridgeport. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 45 Crane St., Fairfield.

Amount: $230,000. Filed March 19.

Thompson, Amber and Adam Thompson, Long Island City, New York. Seller: Fairfield County Homes LLC, Fairfield. Property: 75 Ridgeview Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $699,000. Filed March 22.

Thompson, Melissa U., Bronx, New York. Seller: Joseph Neal Dominakus and Barbara A. Dominakus, Newtown. Property: 3 Red Ridge Road, Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 20.

Tonell, James, Orange. Seller: Kevin J. O’Mara and Joan H. O’Mara, Seattle, Washington. Property: 2 Joan Drive, Monroe. Amount: $239,000.

Filed Feb. 26.

Torres, Nanette and Edward Garcia, Bridgeport. Seller: Joao B. Gomes and Maria A. Gomes, Shelton. Property: 60 E. Village Road, Shelton. Amount: $345,000. Filed March 12.

Tuccio, Kathleen and Matthew Rienzo, Norwalk. Seller: Edna J. Nadeau, Fairfield. Property: 135 Flushing Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $370,000. Filed March 20.

Twarog, Lisa Marie and Kevin Robert Zabek, Milford. Seller: Robert J. Zabek and Mary Jane Zabek, Shelton. Property: 32 Stone House Road, Shelton. For no consideration paid. Filed March 12.

Ventura, Marlene and Paul Ventura, Stamford. Seller: John A. Amarilios, New Canaan. Property: 25 Second St., Unit B-3. Stamford.

Amount: $320,500. Filed March 21.

Waite, Brian Frederick, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: David Partelow, Joan Partelow, Robert Colella and Marilyn Colella, Pleasantville, New York. Property: 51 Cornell Road, Danbury. Amount: $357,500.

Filed March 20.

Welch, Bonnie, Bedminster, New Jersey. Seller: Brigida Lomonaco, Fairfield. Property: 104 Candlewood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $310,000. Filed March 21.

Wilson, Susannagrace and Wilson Matthew, Monroe. Seller: Joseph Ryan Martin and Deanna Martin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Property: 24 Crown View Drive, Monroe. Amount: $360,000. Filed March 12.

Woodford, Tasha A., Bridgeport.

Seller: William C. Heft, Monroe.

Property: 7 Ridgewood Drive, Monroe. Amount: $259,900. Filed March 6.

Yerra, Kushal and Parthasarathi Yerra, Stamford. Seller: Pamela A. Pinto, Fairfield. Property: 1225 Fairfield Wood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $570,000. Filed March 15.

Zaboretzky, Peter, Fairfield.

Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Coral Gables, Florida.

Property: 111 Forest Ave., Fairfield.

Amount: $464,100. Filed March 12.

FORECLOSURES Ahmed, Towhid, et al. Creditor: Ditech Financial LLC, Tampa, Florida. Property: 118 Asylum St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 14.

Bank of America NA Creditor: GRA Legal Title Trust II 2013-1.

Property: 117 Winibig Trail, Shelton.

Mortgage default. Filed March 12.

Cosentino, John, et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 89 Country Place, Shelton. Mortgage default.

Filed March 19.

Curtis, Debbie P., et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mill, South Carolina. Property: 20 Hayes St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed March 12.

Ehrlich, Richard S., et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mill, South Carolina. Property: 61 Hilltop Drive, Fairfield. Mortgage default.

Filed March 19.

Facts & Figures Leslie, Juliette C. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mill, South Carolina. Property: 40B Patricia Road, Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed March 12.

Ponce, Oswaldo, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California.

Property: 11 Stonecroft Way, Monroe. Mortgage default. Filed March 6.

Ryan, Donald W., et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 57 Adams Drive, Shelton. Mortgage default.

Filed March 12.

Sepot, Jeffrey J., et al. Creditor: Astoria Bank, Astoria, New York.

Property: 205 Autumn Ridge Road, Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed March 19.

Somley, Robert L., et al. Creditor: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 3 Lois Circle, Monroe. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 28.

Velez Jr., Luis O., et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 41 Berkeley Place, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 12.

Verma, Nalini, et al. Creditor: Wilmington Trust NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 34 Eaton St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 21.

Void, Carolyn J., et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Greenville, South Carolina. Property: 209 Houston Ave., Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed March 14.

JUDGMENTS Adames, Marilyn, Danbury. $1,137 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 23 Springside Ave., Danbury. Filed March 19.

Cammarano, Richard, et al., Monroe. $81,990 in favor of The Stone Workshop LLC, Bridgeport,

by John K. Cohane, Fairfield. Property: 100 Secret Hollow Road, Monroe. Filed Feb. 20.

Costa, Nelson, Danbury. $903 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 22 Main St., Unit 25, Danbury. Filed March 19.

Dobson, Jackie A., et al., Bridgeport. $6,960 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 156 Robert St., Bridgeport.

Filed March 20.

Frascatore, Michael, Shelton. $15,301 in favor of American Express Bank FSB, Salt Lake City, Utah,

by Kristen A. Mazur. Property: 215 Ripton Road, Shelton. Filed March 14.

Pearsall Place LLC, et al., Monroe. $18,500 in favor of Route 80 Enterprises LLC, Orange, by James P. Nugent, Milford. Property: 37 Deerfield Lane, Monroe. Filed March 14.

Frattarola, Samantha, Shelton. $2,932 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 30 Wakelee Ave., Shelton. Filed March 19.

Pennell, Patricia A., Danbury. $1,349 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 11 Fairview Drive, Unit 4, Danbury. Filed March 19.

Gedeon, Saul, Norwalk. $7,767 in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 23 Heather Lane, Norwalk. Filed March 16.

Peralta, Edgar, Danbury. $3,785 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 9 Broad St., Danbury. Filed March 19.

Haddad, John M., Danbury. $3,663 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire.

Property: 168 Middle River Road, Danbury. Filed March 19.

Ramos, Jessica, Bridgeport. $1,063 in favor of Hop Energy LLC, Bridgeport, by William G. Reveley & Associates LLC, Vernon. Property: 226 N. Anthony St., Bridgeport. Filed March 12.

Huegen, Peter, Danbury. $21,257 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 32 Grand St., First floor, Danbury. Filed March 19.

Serrano, Benedicto, Bridgeport. $5,383 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 70 Bennett St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Lamontagne, Sueanna, Danbury. $1,909 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury,

by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: Rose Lane, Danbury. Filed March 14.

Snapper, Evan H., Fairfield. $22,841 in favor of American Express Bank FSB, Salt Lake City, Utah,

by Kristen A. Mazur. Property: 57 Saxonwood Road, Fairfield. Filed March 12.

Leblanc, Wayne, Stratford. $35,000 in favor of Sholom Katz, New Haven, by Stacie Zimmerman, New Haven. Property: 11 Old South Ave., Stratford. Filed March 16.

Valcourt, Wyseleen, Norwalk. $3,529 in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: Lot C, Map of Lots Prepared for Patsy Saltarelli, Norwalk. Filed March 14.

Leon, Jose, Stratford. $1,126 in favor of Portfolio Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Alexander G. Snyder, Waterbury. Property: 765 Success Ave., Stratford.

Filed March 14.

Little, Reggie, Bridgeport. $12,245 in favor of Professional Finance Co., Greenly, Colorado, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 53 Cottage St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Loja, Maria, Danbury. $2,139 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 9 Morton St., Danbury. Filed March 19.

Moore, Adrienne, Bridgeport. $2,595 in favor of Portfolio Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 208 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 13.

Constantini, Lisa M., 11 Laurel Drive, Monroe. $539,351, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 5.

Estores, Lyn L. and Jon F. Estores, 168 Taunton Hill Road, Newtown. $70,508, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Fairfield Beach Spa LLC, 1330 Post Road, Fairfield. $29,748, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 14.

Kelemen, Grace N. and Robert A. Kelemen, 6 Acorn Holw, Shelton. $64,222, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

McPherson, Norman, 85 West Ave., Stamford. $15,380, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Ogalin III, Frank, 283 High Ridge Road, Fairfield. $58,689, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Richemont North America Inc., 3 Enterprise Drive, Third floor, Shelton. $3,241, quarterly payroll taxes.

Filed March 14.

Valenzano, Linda and Richard Valenzano, 158 Pond Road, Stamford. $28,611, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Wilson, Angela A. and Edward S. Davis Jr., 35 Sleepy Hollow Lane, Stamford. $61,049, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-RELEASED Almeida, Ailton, P.O. Box 2511, Danbury. $13,936, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

LEASES

Chiluisa, Katiria A., 4117 Park Ave., Fairfield. $31,161, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Olabi, Ammar, by self. Landlord: Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Building 86, Apt. 21 in Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Term: 37 years, commenced March 9, 2018.

Filed March 16.

Commuter Cleaners of Stamford LLC, 141 Cove Road, Stamford. $29,597, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 20.

Starbucks Corp., by Robert D. Scinto. Landlord: 100 Commerce Drive LLC, Shelton. Property: 100 Commerce Drive, Shelton. Term: 5 years, commencing Sept. 21, 2010.

Filed March 16.

LIENS FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Coastline Insulation LLC, 74 Enterprise Drive, Suite 3, Monroe. $30,164, quarterly payroll taxes.

Filed March 5.

Country Air Heating & Cooling, 26 Paugussett Road, Newtown. $2,253, quarterly payroll taxes and payroll taxes. Filed March 19.

Dupar, Catherine and Robert C. Skelly, 16 Canterbury Road, Bridgeport. $35,629, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

EJ Moving Company LLC, 19 Fairfield Ave., Danbury. $99,841, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 19.

Esposito, Catherine and Thomas Esposito, 91 Second Ave., Stratford. $15,766, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

Finnerty, Jennifer D. and Kevin S. Finnerty, 600 Washington Blvd., Stamford. $18,786, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

Skelly, C. Dupar and Robert Skelly, 16 Canterbury Road, Bridgeport. $24,022, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Fish and Chips of Mainport Inc., 1010 North Ave., Bridgeport. $18,845, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 14.

Skelly, Joanne and Robert C. Skelly, 12 Canterbury Road, Bridgeport. $57,896, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Fish and Chips of Mainport Inc., 1010 North Ave., Bridgeport. $4,609, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 14.

Skelly, Joanne and Robert C. Skelly, 12 Canterbury Road, Bridgeport. $41,380, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Garbarino, Carol and William Garbarino, 109 Castle Hill Road, Newtown. $55,745, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Smith, William, 28 Three Lakes Drive, Stamford. $46,857, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

Garbarino, Carol and William Garbarino, 109 Castle Hill Road, Newtown. $28,599, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Hamel, James M., 59 Woonsocket Ave., Shelton. $3,869, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Hermanovski, Norvel, 57 Silver Hill Road, Ridgefield. $22,667, failure to file correct information returns tax penalty. Filed March 19.

Jaquez, Carmen and Guillermo Jaquez, 200 Voight Ave., Bridgeport. $1,715, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Le, Khanh Du, 54 Hekimer St., Unit 56, Bridgeport. $2,032, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Mattis, Yolanda M. and Daryl D. Mattis, 65 Studio Road, Stamford. $14,975, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

Murphy, Christina M., 1014 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe. $8,074, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Pizzolorusso, Glen C., 331 Colonese Road, Fairfield. $153,994, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

Restaurant Enterprises LLC, 256 Oak St., Bridgeport. $9,747, failure to file correct information returns tax penalty and quarterly payroll taxes.

Filed March 14.

Russo, Nicholas P., 21 Joes Hill Road, Danbury. $138,771, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Russo, Nicholas P., P.O. Box 2511, Danbury. $66,380, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

S P C A of Connecticut Inc., 359 Spring Hill Road, Monroe. $17,643, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 5.

FCBJ

Sobotka, Ann and Joseph Sobotka, 200 Judith Terrace, Stratford. $32,566, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Tanguy, Malcolm J., 9 Farm View Road, Monroe. $1,593, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Townley, Anthony V., 91 Field Point Drive, Fairfield. $9,051, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed March 20.

Vazquez, Juan Carlos, 54 Rose Park Ave., Apt. 2, Stamford. $140,737, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

Verilli, Christopher R., 138 King St., Bridgeport. $15,845, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 14.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-RELEASED 585 Main Street, Monroe. Released by Soil & Environmental Services Inc., Monroe, by Donald Fortunato. Property: 585 Main St., Monroe. Amount: $3,490. Filed March 12.

LIS PENDENS 1611 Barnum Ave LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 1603-1617 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 12.

Alban, Henry M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 354 Earl Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $406,800, dated January 2008. Filed March 15.

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Facts & Figures Argianas, Marlane M., et al., Shelton. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 44 Rivendell Drive, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $130,000, dated March 2006. Filed March 16.

Cadore, Betty W., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 74-76 Anson St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Chambers, Rebecca E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 277 Willow St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Chaudhry, Rubina, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 1213 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Conte, Bertha M., et al., Monroe.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Quicken Loans Inc. Property: 136 Wheeler Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $200,000, dated July 2013. Filed March 5.

Dolan, Mary Ellen, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for New Penn Financial LLC. Property: 23 Glenvale Terrace, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $228,900, dated June 2012. Filed March 16.

Genesis Housing Group LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 560 Norman St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Dupignac III, Frank J., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 145 Mayfair Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $400,000, dated May 2015. Filed March 15.

Genesis Housing Group LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 144-146 Ogden St., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Dwellmass 1 LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 140146 Center St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises.

Filed March 12.

Gilard Realty Corp., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 347 Railroad Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises.

Filed March 12.

Eugenio, Marraffa, et al., Stamford. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 8-10 James St., Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $561,681, dated April 2006. Filed March 15.

Greene, Milla G., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 30 Cartright St., Unit 3-E and 80 Cartright St., Unit 3D, Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Evans, Ralph, et al., Danbury.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for CIT Bank NA. Property: 3 Kendall Terrace West, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $544,185, dated December 2007.

Filed March 21.

Gurciullo, Richard T., et al., Ridgefield. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: Unit C of Wisteria Gardens Town House, Ridgefield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $400,000, dated July 2011. Filed March 19.

Costa, Adriana Braga, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 124 Chamberlain Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Virginia. Filed by Bender, Anderson and Barba PC, North Haven, for Black Rock Gardens Cooperative Inc., North Haven. Property: 32 Rowsley St., Apt. 1, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 13.

Derosier, Denis, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York.

Property: 128 Chestnut St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $25,000, dated January 2007. Filed March 13.

Florczak, Bruce A., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 135 Mona Terrace, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $219,000, dated November 2005. Filed March 15.

Hernandez, Aura, et al., Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 87 Courtland Hill St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $477,920, dated August 2006. Filed March 19.

Disanto, Lorenzo, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 230 Eaton St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises.

Filed March 14.

Fontan, Angel L., Stratford. Filed

by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Freedom Mortgage Corp. Property: 600 Barnum Terrace Extension, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $191,468, dated April 2016. Filed March 16.

Hylinski, Robert A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 64-66 Montgomery St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $284,000, dated March 2004. Filed March 15.

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Halapin, Sonia, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 115 Island Brook Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 12.

Innis, Herman, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 751 Sylvan Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Morales Jr., Santiago, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 209 Hooker Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Karageorge, John, et al., Fairfield.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Property: 103 Brookside Drive, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $498,000, dated March 2003. Filed March 19.

Musa, Mohammed, et al., Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford.

Property: 62 Virgil St., Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 19.

Lau Realty LLC, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 1040-1050 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 12.

Naranjo, Freddy Roman, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: Clinton Avenue, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Laundry, Pembroke, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 394-396 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 12.

Ortale, Ernest, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 56-64 Spring St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Lincoln Avenue Associates LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 391 Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 12.

Pinn, Paulette S., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 100 Chalmers Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $301,500, dated June 2006. Filed March 12.

Malcolm, Lorraine, Bridgeport.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 182 Canfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $149,000, dated December 2006. Filed March 29.

Pollock, Clinton, Bridgeport. Filed

by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 291 Harral Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $100,000, dated August 2012. Filed March 21.

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co., et al., Bridgeport. Filed

by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 490 N. Summerfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Rigoli, Maria, et al., Monroe. Filed

by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 346 Moose Hill Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $287,500, dated January 2007. Filed March 1.

Rowley, Daryn G., et al., Danbury.

Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 29 Town Hill Ave., Unit 1, Danbury.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $175,920, dated July 2007. Filed March 19.

Rudoloph, William A., et al., Monroe. Filed by Martha Croog LLC, West Hartford, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington.

Property: 671 Elm St., Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $386,000, dated March 2007. Filed Feb. 27.

Ruiz, Julio, et al., Stamford. Filed

by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Seaside Manor Condominium, Stamford. Property: Unit 1B of Seaside Manor, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises.

Filed March 20.

Sellers, Jimmy L., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: Wilkins Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Taylor, Steven H., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 530 Lakeside Drive, Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $216,000, dated December 2005. Filed March 21.

Teixeira, Jose R., Danbury. Filed

by Richard A. Smith, New Fairfield, for Union Savings Bank, New Fairfield. Property: Coalpit Hill Road, Unit 5, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $225,000, dated September 2006.

Filed March 19.

The Connecticut Light and Power Co., Danbury. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 46 Pembroke Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $280,000, dated November 2005. Filed March 19.

Tri State Property LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 167 Tremont Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

Facts & Figures WCG12 LLC, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 135-141 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 14.

MORTGAGES 1 Westside Lane Shelton LLC, Stratford, by Stephen Shapiro.

Lender: DAC Retail, Dallas, Texas.

Property: 1 Westside Lane, Shelton.

Amount: $328,000. Filed March 12.

100 Commerce Drive LLC, by Robert D. Scinto. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Purchase, New York. Property: 100 Commerce Drive, Shelton. Amount: $9.3 million. Filed March 21.

18 Cold Spring LLC, Stamford, by Antonio Sandolo. Lender: Joel Paul Berger, Bayside, New York. Property: 18 Cold Spring Road, Stamford.

Amount: $130,000. Filed March 21.

183 Fourth Street LLC, by Joseph G. Motta. Lender: Lima One Capital LLC, Greenville, South Carolina.

Property: 183-185 Fourth St., Bridgeport. Amount: $102,600. Filed March 16.

Jay Construction LLC, Fairfield,

by Gedilson B. Goncalves. Lender: Secure Capital Group LLC, Stratford. Property: 54 May St., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed March 20.

RWTR 1 Eliot LLC, New York, New York, by Daniel Mann. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Purchase, New York. Property: 1 Eliot Place, Fairfield. Amount: $3.3 million.

Filed March 12.

Saddle Hill LLC, by Kathleen Treat. Lender: BNY Mellon NA, Boston, Massachusetts. Property: Lot 22, Map 6445, Stamford. Amount: $877,000. Filed March 19.

Talmadge LLC, Norwalk, by Karina Avila. Lender: Provost Capital LLC, Weston. Property: 35 Oakleaf St., Bridgeport. Amount: $130,410.

Filed March 29.

Thomas Sturges Construction LLC, Ridgefield, by Thomas J. Sturges. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 1045 Stillwater Road, Lot 4, Stamford. Amount: $550,000. Filed March 20.

NEW BUSINESSES Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar, 387 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton 06484, c/o Jeffrey Higgins. Filed March 19.

C.PO Branded, 25 Stoehrs Place, Second floor, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Vivienne S. Saddler. Filed March 28.

CT State Marshal, 328 E. Village Road, Shelton 06484, c/o Eric M. Nikola. Filed March 14.

Fav Cleaning’s, 855 E. Main St., Apt. 2, Stamford 06902, c/o Francisco Valdez. Filed March 22.

G&N Construction, 39 Hubbard Ave., Stamford 06905, c/o German Castro. Filed March 22.

Glory of God Healing Ministries, 133 Tresser Blvd., Unit 5F, Stamford 06902, c/o Elder Jean Nelson. Filed March 20.

Idirect Home Loans, 123 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Iserve Residential Lending LLC. Filed March 21.

K.B. Tile and Stone, 16 Mariners Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Keith A. Bruno Sr. Filed March 21.

K.B. Tile and Stone, 16 Mariners Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Joann Bruno. Filed March 21.

Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 132 Main St., Ridgefield 06877, c/o Hildegard Grob. Filed March 16.

King’s Landscape & Masonry, 46 Lincoln Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Julio R. Reyes. Filed March 19.

Muh.Ree Hair Collection, 159 Dale St., Stamford 06902, c/o Zaneta Cole. Filed March 22.

New England Masonry, 24 Green Briar Lane, Newtown 06470, c/o Adrian Ajdinoski. Filed March 19.

Overdrive Elite Performance System, 54 Research Drive, Stamford 06902, c/o Renick Jeune. Filed March 20.

Palazzo Landscaping, 20 Griffin Hill, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Nicholas Palazzo. Filed March 20.

PHP Property Management, 12 Greenfield Road, Stamford 06906, c/o Philip Howard. Filed March 22.

The Hair Studio By Vanessa Anderson, 15 Backus Ave., Danbury 06810, c/o Vanessa Anderson. Filed March 20.

Winsome, 301 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Deborah L. McLeod. Filed March 20.

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