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Greenwich’s Townsquare Media thrives in radio as giants falter BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

hat do you do when you’re the third-largest company by revenues in your industry — and the top two have recently filed for bankruptcy protection? If you’re Townsquare Media in Greenwich, you pretty much keep doing what you’ve always done. “We’ve always focused on small and medium-size radio markets,” said Dhruv Prasad, co-CEO of Townsquare at its 240 Greenwich Ave. address. “We started out with radio broadcasting, and have rolled out our digital and live products over time.” Townsquare’s assets include 317 radio stations and more than 325 local websites in 67 U.S. markets; an estimated 550 live events with nearly 18 million attendees each year in the U.S. and Canada;

a digital marketing services company, Townsquare Interactive, that serves more than 12,000 small- to medium-sized businesses on a monthly subscription basis; and a digital advertising network focused on music and entertainment that reaches more than 50 million unique visitors each month. Last month the company announced that its net revenue for the year ended Dec. 31 was $507.4 million, down 1.7 percent from the previous year’s $516 million. That’s a far cry from market leader iHeartMedia’s and its 855 stations; it recently said it expected to report consolidated revenue of about $6.2 billion for 2017 — down from $6.26 billion in 2016 — and second-place Cumulus Media, with 445 stations and 2017 net revenue of $1.13 billion, down from the previous year’s $1.14 billion. » » TOWNSQUARE

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Newtown looking to grow business outreach, commercial development BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

N A rendering of the community center.

ew tow n First Selectman Dan Rosenthal is taking a

breath. “It’s been a pretty intense few months,” he said at his office in the Newtown Municipal Center at 3 Primrose St. “But we’re just getting started.” Indeed, with a plethora of commercial and residential developments either in process or under serious discussion, and with the imminent appointment of nine local businesspeople to a new business advisory council, there’s been no shortage of

action coming out of the first selectman’s office since he was inaugurated on Dec. 1. The Newtown Business Advisory Committee (NBAC), something that was a cornerstone of Rosenthal’s campaign, is quickly coming into focus. Limited to nine members — with no more than three each from a given business sector — representing businesses located in the town, the committee would essentially serve to keep the Board of Selectmen apprised of concerns and developments. Rosenthal would also like to have a number of nonvoting members join the NBAC’s quarterly meetings, depend-

ing on the agenda. Those could include Economic Development Commission Chairman Wes Thompson or a designee; Chamber of Commerce President Brian Amey or a designee; and/ or journalists covering Newtown and Fairfield County, he said. “I’ve been getting a lot of good feedback on the idea,” he said, noting that his preliminary research has revealed no other such town committee in the state. Meanwhile, development at the 185-acre Fairfield Hills campus — which includes the Municipal Center — is continuing apace. Construction is underway on a 45,860-square-foot com» » NEWTOWN

Fairfield restaurant offers guests a garden-to-table option BY PHIL HALL

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obert Atkinson is impatient with Mother Nature. The 12 vegetable beds beneath the patio of the Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant are awaiting the seeds for their sixth year of providing homegrown ingredients to the Fairfield restaurant’s kitchen, but the New England weather has not been cooperating. “It’s too early,” said Atkinson, general manager at Barcelona, which is at the Hotel Hi-Ho on the Black Rock Turnpike. “What we need is about a week straight of 60-degree ground temperature in a row, with the almost guaranteed no more freezes, and then we can plant. We are planting a little late this year, with the weather not being on our side. But it looks like we’ll plant in the next week and we’ll see stuff coming pretty quick.” This will be the sixth year of Barcelona’s vegetable garden, which offers patrons the opportunity to select ingredients for preparation by the restaurant’s kitchen staff. “I always like to tell people it’s better than farm-totable,” continued Atkinson. “It is garden-to-table, and there is no transportation because the farmers aren’t even driving it over.” The garden is set up in three rows of four 4-by-12 beds on a hill beneath the restaurant’s patio, and a $5 surcharge is levied for the fresh vegetable selections. While the now-empty beds do not look like a cradle of agricultural bounty before planting, Atkinson insists that the quantity of vegetables to be produced is “pretty fantastic.” “When you look at the space, it is unbelievable how much product ever comes on it,” he stated. “We start with root vegetables, chard, zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, carrots, shishito peppers, kale, tons of tomatoes into the summer. We also grow tons of herbs: basil, mint, rosemary. We make good use of anything we can get our hands on in that garden and bring in.” Atkinson recalled an end-ofsummer tradition at Barcelona has been a garden paella party where grills are set up on the patio and all of the ingredients for a vegetable paella are picked from the garden and served as part of a

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Part of the Barcelona Wine Bar’s garden during the summer of 2017. Photo courtesy of Barteca.

I always like to tell people it’s better than farmto-table. It is garden-to-table, and there is no transportation because the farmers aren’t even driving it over.

wine-tasting party. “When luck is on our side and we catch some Indian summers, we can be picking into November,” he said. “And there are not a lot of places where you can walk around in November and pick something.” Barcelona’s garden is not the only source of fresh produce. Last year, the eatery’s parent company, Barteca Restaurant Group, opened Farmteca, a four-acre farm in Westport designed for sourcing local produce for its food preparation. Atkinson stated that Farmteca was a nonchemical agricultural operation but was not a certified organic farm. “We are BTO — better than organic,” he said. “Some certified organic products are not good for the environment or person.” Back at Barcelona, Atkinson pointed out that there are certain vegetable lovers who are not welcome in the garden: a deerproof fence surrounds the vegetable beds and ospreys that nest in nearby trees have provided gratis

assistance in carrying away veggie-loving rodents. And while the restaurant’s location off Exit 44 along the Merritt Parkway is convenient for drivers, being across the street from an active highway has not brought unwanted fumes from the road. “Once those trees fill in, that disappears,” Atkinson said, pointing to the arboreal wall that is awaiting its leafy arrivals. “For the patio season, you are in the oasis and there are no fumes.”

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hen Khaled Elleithy received the news in January that he was elected as a fellow in the African Academy of Sciences, the Egyptian-born associate vice president for graduate studies and research at the University of Bridgeport appreciated the culmination of a long nomination process. “Election to be a fellow requires an ability to demonstrate that you have strong research expertise in certain fields, whether it involves technology or engineering or science,” he said. “The process comes from nomination by the current fellows. You have to submit all of your work to show how you have advanced in the field — in my case, wireless and mobile communications. Then the nomination is sent to a number of reviewers from the same field around the world, and the board makes a final decision.” Elleithy is no stranger to being acknowledged by his peers: he is a senior member of the IEEE computer society, the co-founder and co-chairman of the Annual International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, Systems Sciences, & Engineering, and was a former chairman of the International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology

& Automation. He also has published more than 350 research papers in national and international journals. Nonetheless, Elleithy has little time to rest on his laurels. As the director of the university’s Mobile and Wireless Communications Laboratory, which he founded in 2004, Elleithy and his students are at work on a series of projects that offer significant breakthrough advancements in health and communications. One of the most intriguing projects currently being developed is an epilepsy detection device that could send out signals of an impending seizure to both the individual and to others who could provide treatment during an attack. “We are looking at the signals just before it occurs,” he explained. “We hope this will create a warning or an alert for a person with epilepsy. If he is standing, he could sit down. If he is driving, he could just pull over.” Another device being tested at the laboratory would provide digital input for the visually impaired to help them navigate around obstacles in their path. The prototype for this device is now roughly the size of a hardcover book and hangs around the neck of the individual, but Elleithy predicted that the final version will be significantly more compact, which is in keeping with the high-tech focus of making solutions smaller. “When I graduated with

my Ph.D. in the 1990s, what we used to call a transistor was the size of my thumb,” he recalled. “The technology has moved from micro-level to nano-level.” Elleithy and his students are also developing the antenna and video compressing technology on a self-guiding device that can be launched as a projectile and used to transmit images from above. This project is partially funded by the Department of Defense, although it is not being created for military purposes. “I have about six or seven Ph.D. students working on their dissertations, plus two or three working on masters,” said Elleithy of the young researchers at work in the Mobile and Wireless Communications Laboratory. Also keeping Elleithy busy is research into quantum computing, which he views as a major game-changer in computer science. “In quantum computing, you can have multiple states happening at the same time,” he explained. “You cannot think of two things in your brain at the same time. Algorithms that used to be very difficult and take a very long time can be handled much, much faster.” However, he admitted that this branch of technology is very much a work in progress. “It is still in its infancy state,” he said. “Give it five to 10 years for it to be state of the art.”

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By Lisa Santo

he market likes nothing more than stability, and if constant instability is the new norm then the market should be as happy as a clam. Some days it is down at midday and up at closing, other days it is up at midday and down at closing and others it is too volatile to predict. So where are we at this juncture, where are we going and what is causing all the turmoil? Mid-March shed some light on what is happening. Looking back at February’s sharp swings, the market settled into an almost predictable series of upticks and downticks. Then, just before the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, word began to spread that the European Union (EU) was considering a 3 percent tax on profits made by American tech giants; by Monday morning market futures were dropping steadily and the market opened well off the base. The market opened roughly 400 points down and stayed there most of the day, closing down approximately 350 points as measured by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This was spurred, according to most analysts, by the EU’s consideration of applying a tax on U.S. tech companies. That made investors nervous. Compounding that was inflation and interest rates. Investors already were a bit edgy with news of interest rates being pushed higher by the Federal Reserve to stem inflation. The Federal Reserve increased interest rates a quarter percentage point at the close of its two-day meeting March 21. The Fed also issued a new policy statement and updated economists’ forecasts, while proposing an additional rate increase next year. Some economists expect the Federal Reserve to follow in June and September with two more rate hikes. Stock and bond markets reacted with anticipated nervousness but finally ended roughly where they had been before the Federal Reserve’s decision. Analysts say the Federal Reserve leaves investors in familiar territory: while the central bank continues to lift rates amid stronger growth and inflation, it doesn’t yet see a reason to dramatically accelerate the path of tightening. However, ongoing increases in interest rates are not a welcome sign to some analysts. I believe that we may see an increase in inflation, but analysts don’t believe it will not spike. As well, I don’t think there should be any extreme measures imposed on the economy just because it is growing, especially when the incoming data is in line with what has been forecast.

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Volatility seems to be market’s only stable element While the stock market is volatile, there has been some growth in the bond market, but that isn’t necessarily a harbinger of longterm activity. The yield curve, the difference between short- and long-term Treasury yields, has been flattening in the last few weeks as long-term yields fell in response to some less enthusiastic projections on growth and inflation. Investors watch the yield curve because it can signal that the economy is speeding

up when it steepens or slowing down when it flattens. Obviously, the impact of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions as well as an improved outlook for the spring housing market can help spur the market in one direction or another. Overall, the underlying economy is in good shape with low unemployment and steady growth. But as with any silver lining, it may not come to pass and quicker and more fre-

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The big difference, of course, is that both iHeart and Cumulus have filed for bankruptcy protection, in March and last November, respectively. Cumulus, which is attempting to eliminate more than $1 billion in debt, is expecting a court ruling on its reorganization plan on May 1. iHeart is working on an agreement to restructure $10 billion of its $20 billion-plus debt load. “We think (the bankruptcy filings) could present opportunities for us,” Prasad said. “It’s certainly uncommon in any industry for the No.1 and No.2 companies to both be going through such significant financial issues at the same time. “Of course,” he continued, “we don’t have any visibility into whether they’re

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munity center, funded by General Electric’s $10 million gift following the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and another $5 million from taxpayers. Its 35,210 square feet of facilities will include a six-lane, 25-yard lap pool, a recreational pool, a 5,000-square-foot banquet room, a full-size kitchen, and a number of exercise rooms, classrooms and multipurpose rooms. The center — designed by Quisenberry Arcari Architects, based in Farmington, and being constructed by Sandy Hook firm Caldwell & Walsh — will also incorporate a $3 million, 9,450-square-foot senior center, which will replace the long-declining facility at 14 Riverside Road. Combining the two centers under one roof will help reduce costs associated with HVAC systems, maintenance and the like, Rosenthal said. The first selectman said that he expected to name a community center director as early as next month — that search began in October, under Rosenthal’s predecessor Pat Llodra — followed by the appointment of a Community Center Commission to provide oversight. Construction is

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planning to sell any markets or stations — but we’re hopeful that they might.” Townsquare’s acquisition strategy has most recently netted it WOURFM in Utica from Galaxy Communications for $3.95 million in February, and three radio stations in Trenton, New Jersey, from Connoisseur Media for approximately $17 million in March. “We seek strong brands in a given marketplace,” said Bill Wilson — who with Prasad was named co-CEO last October when founder and CEO Steven Price was named to the new role of executive chairman of the board — about Townsquare’s methodology. “A station that has a strong heritage position in its marketplace, and on-air talent that not only delivers music and news to the listen-

scheduled to be completed next year. Rosenthal said that the 9,000-square-foot Stratford Hall building on the Fairfield Hills campus has been drawing commercial interest, reflective of his determination to add commercial presence to what is now a mélange of government facilities and sports fields — not to mention several visible reminders of the property’s legacy as a psychiatric hospital that closed in 1995, now in various stages of being demolished. He’d also be open to exploring the building of a retail/commercial complex at the campus, he said, dismissing the idea that such an undertaking could negatively impact the 65,500-squarefoot Village at Lexington Gardens complex, which opened two years ago less than a 10-minute drive from Fairfield Hills at 32 Church Hill Road. There’s a plan to add a $4 million to $5 million ice arena to the Newtown Youth Academy Sports & Fitness Center on the campus, which if passed by the town’s planning and zoning boards could be operational by January 2019. Possibly also joining the campus will be a new police headquarters — something that Rosenthal said has

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er, but also has a perspective on what’s happening in town or can give a local take on a national news story, is ideal.” All on-air personalities post on each station’s blog, Wilson said, estimating that the net result is more than 30,000 pieces of original content being posted each month. But to say that everything’s copacetic at Townsquare would be inaccurate. As noted above, net revenue was down last year — primarily due to its live events revenue falling by 8.6 percent to $158.8 million. As a result, Prasad said the company would decrease its number of live events from approximately 500 to around 350 this year, “and focus on events that are more on the profitable side.” He further stated that North American Midway

Entertainment (NAME) — the largest provider of rides, games and food concessions on the continent, which it acquired for $75.5 million in 2015 and is included in the live events division — had a “very difficult” year in 2017. Noting that many of the workers involved with NAME require H-2B temporary visas to work in the U.S., he said the “political football” that immigration issues have become under the current administration has played havoc with staffing in that sector. As a result, Townsquare is “open to discussions” about a possible sale of NAME, he said. At the same time, local marketing solutions posted net revenue growth of 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 — its 16th consecutive quarter of positive, organic growth — and 1.9 percent growth for the full year.

The company’s board also approved its first-ever quarterly cash dividend, of $0.075 per share, payable on May 15 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 2. Meanwhile, the executive team is redoubling its efforts to make in-person visits to each of its stations; Wilson said that he, Prasad and Erik Hellum, chief operating officer for local media “have been on the road about 80 percent of the time since October, to show that we’re giving the attention and time to each of our markets that we feel we should.” There’s a popular perception that radio as a format could be in trouble, and not just due to iHeart’s and Cumulus’ bankruptcies. Broadcast station mergers and acquisitions volume in the U.S. totaled $311.9 million

in the first quarter, one of the lowest in the past four years, according to media research group Kagan. “The narrative out there now that radio is dead because of the bankruptcies,” Prasad said. “But nothing is further from the truth. Radio is still the #1 reach medium in America, and according to Nielsen 93 percent of Americans (aged 18 or over) listen to radio each week.” Would the company entertain the idea of tackling one of the country’s top 250 markets, should the opportunity present itself? “We never say never,” Prasad smiled. “Our focus has been small and medium markets, which has made us the most stable of what are the top three right now. But the danger of us getting ‘too big’ is not something we’re worried about.”

tion police station in neighboring Bethel is costing. Budgeted at $13.5 million, that station is already some $900,000 over budget, and is still far from being completed. Residential development also is continuing, though not without some hiccups. Hunters Ridge, a mixed-use complex proposed for a 35-acre site at 79 Church Hill Road, was originally pitched in 2015 by Trumbull-based developer 79 Church Hill Road LLC as a 350-unit complex which, when rejected by the town, was revised to 224 rental apartments in six multi-story buildings totaling about 55,000 square feet. The main problem, Rosenthal noted, was that the Hunters Ridge proposal would have required additional sewer lines to be installed to accommodate about 44,000 gallons of daily usage. Rosenthal noted

that, when sewers in the town were first mandated by the state about 20 years ago, “they were meant for environmental mitigation purposes, not for development.” He further noted that the Hunters Ridge development would exist outside Newtown’s central sanitary sewer district. Newtown’s sewage treatment plant is rated to treat up to 932,000 gallons of wastewater a day, with 332,000 gallons reserved for municipal use, 100,000 gallons for Fairfield Hills, and 500,000 gallons for state use. Public Works Director Fred Hurley has stated that the town now uses “more than 200,000 gallons” of its allotment. The town’s Water & Sewer Authority rejected the revised Hunters Ridge proposal on April 12, but said it will consider an alternate proposal — involving 141 apartments and no commercial space, while requiring about 20,868 gallons of daily sewage treatment on 3.5 acres that lie within the sewer district within the 35 acres — on May 10. That proposal may also be doomed, however, as town zoning regulations do not allow such a high density of construction — one 77-unit building and one 64-unit structure — in that

small a space. Meanwhile, Planning and Zoning gave unanimous approval to The Riverwalk, a 74-unit multifamily complex on an 11.8-acre site at 10-22 Washington Avenue in Sandy Hook, on April 5. That project also went through a number of revisions since first being proposed in 2008. In addition, a 180-unit apartment complex near I-84’s Exit 9 in Newtown’s Hawleyville section is under construction. Rosenthal said he’s heard few negatives about living and doing business in Newtown since taking office, except for evergreen complaints about taxes — Newtown’s mill rate in 2017 was 33.6, compared with nearby Brookfield’s 26.4 and Danbury’s 28.68 — but lamented how the state’s continuing economic problems are hurting its municipalities. Gov. Dannel Malloy’s decision to cut state aid to towns and cities “certainly didn’t help,” Rosenthal said. “And I assume we’re not going to get (an increase of money) from the state this year. “We’re doing what we can as business and community leaders,” he added. “But it’s the leadership in Hartford that has to do the heavy lifting.”

At the construction site of the community center.

been under discussion “for probably 20 years.” For now, the police department’s 45 sworn officers along with dispatchers and some civilian staff are packed into less than 8,000 square feet at 3 Main St.; ideally, that many people should be working in a space triple that size, he said. Three prospective sites have been identified: one in Fairfield Hills, which would be built from scratch; another in a 21,184-squarefoot vacant building sitting on seven acres at 191 S. Main; and a third that would involve renovating and expanding the current police headquarters. “We should know by the end of May which site it’ll be,” he said. Rosenthal estimated the cost of building an entirely new headquarters would probably be around $14.5 million — similar to what the under-construc-

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BRIEFLY JACK CONDLIN RETIRING AS CHAMBER LEADER

John P. “Jack” Condlin is retiring as president and CEO of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce effective June 30. He will be replaced by Heather Cavanagh, who for the past 18 months has served as the chamber’s director of events and marketing. “I will be leaving this position with very mixed emotions,” Condlin said. “At a certain point in your life, you know when the time is right for a new chapter. It is time to pass the baton to new leadership.” Condlin thanked those who served on the chamber’s executive committee and the chamber’s board of directors over the years “for their years of service and providing guidance to me for the past 20 years.” “We are grateful to

Jack for his many contributions throughout his 20-year tenure,” said Fanny Ferreira, chairman of the board. “The chamber has evolved into the preeminent business-advocacy organization thanks to his leadership and his handson approach to work for the benefit of the Stamford chamber’s members.” A mong Condlin’s achievements, she said, was the creation of committees to address the challenges that the businesses in Stamford had to address, including transportation, workforce development, education, and the committees Women’s Leadership, Young Professionals and J.M. Wright Tech.

PINE HILL APARTMENTS SOLD FOR $25.5M

Pine Hill Apartments at 112120 Strawberry Hill Ave. in Stamford has been sold for $25.5 million. The 140-unit complex was acquired by 125th Strawberry Hill LLC of Tuckahoe, New York

from Stamford’s Pine Hill Apartments LLC. The deal is Stamford’s largest real estate transaction since December, when The Wescott, a 261-unit apartment building at 1450 Washington Blvd., sold for $67 million.

VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE BUYS PROPERTY FOR NEW HQ

Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County has purchased the former Hitchcock Furniture store at 22 Danbury Road in Wilton for $1.4 million. Pending approval by the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission, the nursing agency plans to renovate the former home of Hitchcock Furniture into administrative offices. Visiting Nurse & Hospice has for the past decade leased space at the iPark complex at 761 Main Ave. in Norwalk. Before that it was at the Comstock Community Center in

Wilton at 180 School Road. It plans to make the 8,000 square feet at 22 Danbury Road its permanent address.

MAYBORN GROUP MOVES TO STAMFORD

Mayborn Group, a global manufacturer of baby products, has relocated its U.S. headquarters from Norwood, Massachusetts to Stamford, in what Gov. Dannel Malloy called “the latest example of an international company seeing tremendous opportunity in our state.” The company is leasing approximately 5,000 square feet of space at 1010 Washington Blvd. The Department of Economic and Community Development is supporting the project with a $300,000 loan and $100,000 matching grant through its Small Business Express program. The company employs 16 and is expected to add another seven positions by 2019. Stamford also is “rapidly becoming a hub for digital media,” Parsons said, “and this connectivity will further accelerate our shift to a digital-led business that represents huge upside to the entire Mayborn group.” The company, whose global headquarters is in Cramlington, England, employs 16 at its U.S. headquarters and plans to add an additional seven workers by 2019. Mayborn Group is the owner of the baby essentials brand Tommee Tippee, which offers a range of baby feeding, soothing and hygiene products. Mayborn says that Tommee Tippee is the leading infant-feeding brand in the U.K. and Australia, and is the fastest-growing bottle brand in the U.S.

TRIBES NEED FEDS OK ON NEW CASINO

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is warning the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes not to move forward with plans to build and open a new casino in East Windsor without federal regulatory approval. In a legal opinion sent to Connecticut House

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Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, Jepsen acknowledged the U.S. Department of the Interior’s inaction on proposed gaming pact amendments that would enable the tribes to open a casino on nontribal land, as well as the subsequent lawsuit brought by the tribes and the state against the Department of the Interior. However, Jepsen added that the tribes should not proceed with the casino until a final decision is reached on the gaming pact amendments. “Although we have confidence in the position we have taken that the amendments should be treated as deemed approved, it remains possible that the court could rule adversely,” he wrote. “To take action on the assumption that the state and the tribes will succeed in the ongoing litigation would be highly imprudent.” Jepsen also stated that MMCT Ventures, the tribes’ partnership entity for the casino, did not have the authority to operate a casino in East Windsor without federal approval.

CANADIAN FIRM ACQUIRES XLERANT

XLerant Inc., a provider of cloud-based budgeting, forecasting and reporting software products in Stamford, announced that substantially all of its assets have been acquired by Jonas Software USA LLC for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition transitions XLerant from a venture-backed startup to a wholly owned distinct company. XLerant employees and leadership will continue to operate at its Stamford headquarters at 500 Summer St. “This acquisition provides us with an amazing opportunity to expand and execute on our vision — to help organizations easily and effectively engage their employees in budgeting for a more accurate bottom line,” said XLerant CEO Joanne Brunn. “We look forward to this next chapter and the opportunity to help our customers achieve their goals.” Jonas is an affiliate of Gary Jonas Computing Ltd.,

a Canadian-headquartered company that operates more than 75 independently managed software brands.

BERTUCCI’S FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

The two Fairfield County locations of Bertucci’s restaurant chain will remain open while the restaurant chain files for restructuring under the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. With its bankruptcy announcement, Bertucci’s closed 15 locations — including Connecticut restaurants in Orange, Manchester and Southington — and retained 59 eateries spread across 10 states and the District of Columbia. The company has five remaining Connecticut locations, including a Darien restaurant at 54 Boston Post Road and a Shelton restaurant at 768 Bridgeport Ave. Bertucci’s previously operated another Fairfield County location at 833 Post Road East in Westport, but that shut down in January 2016. In announcing its bankruptcy filing, Bertucci’s stated that Right Lane Dough Acquisitions LLC — serving as a stalking horse bidder — had agreed to “purchase substantially all of Bertucci’s assets and assume certain liabilities, subject to higher or otherwise better offers.”

GOODWILL PLANS STORE FOR WILTON

Goodwill Industries of Western and Northern Connecticut is planning to open a retail operation at 17 Danbury Road in Wilton. The 3,524-square-foot building was formerly the site of a Blimpie sandwich shop. Headquartered in Bridgeport, Goodwill had been searching for an adequate Wilton location for the past several months. The organization said that over 60 percent of its operating revenue comes from the sale of donated goods in its retail stores. Other Goodwill stores in the county include locations in Danbury, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford and Westport. — Phil Hall and Kevin Zimmerman

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THE LIST: Largest Employers

fairfield county LARGEST EMPLOYERS

Fairfield County

Ranked by number of employees. Company Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

Top Executive Title Year company established

Nestlé Waters North America

Fernando Mercé President and CEO 2002 Catherine Engelbert CEO 1893 Bradley Jacobs CEO 2011 Ross Maxwell McEwan President and CEO 1727 Paul Fonteyne President and CEO 1885 James Smith President and CEO 1799 Jeff Jacobson CEO 1980 Deirdre Mahlan President, Diageo North America 1997 Stephen F. Angel CEO 1907 Glenn D. Fogul President and CEO 1997

900 Long Ridge Road, Building No. 2, Stamford 06902 888-747-7437 • nestle-watersna.com

695 E. Main St., Stamford 06901 708-4000 • deloitte.com

Deloitte

XPO Logistics

5 American Lane, Greenwich 06831 855-976-6951 • xpo.com

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Americas

600 Washington Blvd., Stamford 06901 897-2700 • rbs.com

900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield 06877 798-9988 • boehringer-ingelheim.com

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Thomson Reuters

1 Station Place, Stamford 06902 539-8000 • thomsonreuters.com

Xerox

201 Merritt 7, Norwalk 06851 800-821-2797 • xerox.com

801 Main Ave., Norwalk 06851 229-2100 • diageo.com

Diageo North America Praxair

10 Riverview Drive, Danbury 06810 800-772-9247 • praxair.com

The Priceline Group

800 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk 06854 299-8489 • pricelinegroup.com

3001 Summer St., Stamford 06905 356-5000 • pitneybowes.com/us

2131 Hillside Road, Unit 3088, Storrs 06269 860-486-4900 • uconn.edu

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Pitney Bowes Inc.

University of Connecticut * Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.

(A Lockheed Martin company) 6900 Main St., Stratford 06614 386-4000 • sikorsky.com

Ethan Allen Inc.

25 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury 06811 846-9545 • ethanallen.com

People's United Bank

St. Vincent’s Medical Center

2800 Main St., Bridgeport 06606 576-6000 • stvincents.org

40 Apple Ridge Road, Danbury 06810 205-3400 • cartus.com

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850 Main St., Bridgeport 06604 338-0300 • peoples.com

Cartus Corp.

Bridgeport Hospital

(Member of Yale New Haven Health) 267 Grant St., Bridgeport 06610 384-3000 • bridgeporthospital.com

Danbury Hospital

(Member of Western Connecticut Health Network) 24 Hospital Ave., Danbury 06810 739-7000 • danburyhospital.org

Stew Leonard's

100 Westport Ave., Norwalk 06581 847-7214 • stewleonards.com

Greenwich Hospital

(Member of Yale New Haven Health) 5 Perryridge Road, Greenwich 06830 863-3000 • greenwichhospital.org

Norwalk Hospital

(Member of Western Connecticut Health Network) 34 Maple St., Norwalk 06850 852-2000 • norwalkhospital.org

Number of employees

Type of company

339,000

Public

Bottled water manufacturer

263,900

Private

Accounting firm

95,000

Public

International logistics company

71,200

Public

Financial services

45,692

Private

Pharmaceuticals

45,000

Public

Information technology and services

35,300

Public

Information technology and services

30,433

Public

Alcoholic beverage manufacturer

26,461

Public

Industrial gas company

18,500

Public

Provider of online travel and related services

14,000

Public

Global technology

9,916

Educational

Research university offering undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees

8,000

Public

Aircraft manufacturer

5,200

Public

Manufacturer and retailer of home furnishings and accessories

5,188

Public

State-chartered savings bank

3,500

Nonprofit

Teaching, acute care and tertiary hospital

2,800

Private

Global relocations solutions

2,600

Nonprofit

Acute care hospital

2,483

Nonprofit

Regional medical center and university teaching hospital

2,226

Private

Chain of five supermarkets and several liquor stores

Norman G. Roth President 1903

1,848

Nonprofit

Hospital and health care services

John M. Murphy President and CEO, Western Connecticut Health Network 1893

1,345

Nonprofit

Acute care community teaching hospital

Marc B. Lautenbach President and CEO 1920 Susan Herbst President 1880 Mick Maurer President 1923 M. Farooq Kathwari President and CEO 1932 Michael J. Casparino President, northern Connecticut 1842 Dawn Rudolph President and CEO 1903 Scott Becker Interim leader 1970 William Jennings President and CEO 1878 John M. Murphy President and CEO, Western Connecticut Health Network 1885 Stew Leonard Jr. President and CEO 1969

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Trends in the Fairfield County office market BY JOHN E. SHEEHAN jes@delmhorst-sheehan.com

s the first quarter of 2018 concluded, no clear direction emerged in the Fairfield County office market. The market remains sluggish despite a robust national economy. State fiscal woes and unsolved transportation issues have exasperated market weakness. During the past year, the sales market for office structures remained reasonably active with opportunistic buyers leading the way. Three sales deserve particular note because of their significance and what they mean for the entire marketplace. GE’s decision to relocate to Boston and sell its long-term headquarters in Fairfield marked the end of GE’s enormous presence in the county. Sacred Heart University purchased the campus containing 172,000

square feet on 60 acres for $35 million. The sale also signaled the near completion of the movement away from the remote campus — style headquarters environment that was so popular in the 1970s and 80s as New York City slumped. On a more positive note, the sale highlights the strength of Connecticut’s university infrastructure with Sacred Heart continuing its rapid growth. The second significant transaction was the sale of the former UBS office

complex located at 677 Washington Boulevard in downtown Stamford. The vacant complex containing 700,000 rentable square feet was purchased by its lender underscoring how weak the market has become. The effective cost, inclusive of the acquisition of debt and underlying land, translated into an approximate price of $95 million or $135 per square foot. Although viewed by some to be a “white elephant,” one should not be surprised that

During the past year, the sales market for office structures remained reasonably active with opportunistic buyers leading the way.

sophisticated corporate real estate experts will recognize the inherent value of the institutional-quality construction and preeminent location of this complex adjacent to the downtown Stamford railroad station and I-95. The third notable sale was of 225 High Ridge Road in Stamford, constructed in 1990 at a cost of $53 million. Designed by world-renowned architect David Childs, the 228,000-squarefoot office campus is just north of the Stamford CBD and offers tenants a wide array of amenities, including almost half of its parking in a below-ground garage. The distinctive property sold for $22,550,000 at an eye-catching price of barely $100 per rentable square foot despite being approximately 80 percent leased to a tenant roster boasting various national firms. Incredibly, this price was 70 percent less than the $76,250,000 price paid in 2005. Rarely, does one see

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Rooted in agriculture FARM CREDIT EAST QUIETLY SERVES FINANCIAL NEEDS OF REGIONAL FARMS, FISHING, NURSERIES BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

lane Allen does not get ruffled if people are unfamiliar with Farm Credit East, the financial services cooperative that covers New England, New York and New Jersey within the Farm Credit System. “We specialize in the agriculture industry,” said Allen, who oversees Westchester and Fairfield counties as part of his duties as vice president and branch office manager in the Middletown, New York, branch of Farm Credit East. “Unless you are in that industry or have ties to that industry, it’s probably

not surprising if you’ve not heard of us.” For an entity that many people consider to be under the radar, Farm Credit East is quite sizable. Last year, it originated $6.6 billion in loans, up from $6.3 billion in 2016. Nearly half of its lending activity in 2017 was concentrated in New York, with Connecticut accounting for a 6 percent share. Dairy-focused businesses made up 23.1 percent of its customer base last year. Although Farm Credit East does not break down its lending by county, Allen — whose office also covers southern New York up to Kingston plus three New Jersey counties — observed that the Fairfield and Westchester markets were

notable for a diversity of nondairy agricultural businesses. “Over in Fairfield County, we work with commercial fishermen — including lobstermen, clammers, oyster harvesters — as well as horse farms, nurseries, greenhouses, some wineries

and Christmas tree farms,” he said. “In Westchester, we work with nurseries, greenhouses and horse farms in northern Westchester, and agricultural retail benchmarks that include farmers markets.” Allen said that residents who either owned or earned income from agricultural assets were eligible for loans from Farm Credit East, including home loans aimed exclusively at rural localities. For many agricultural businesses, Allen said, Farm Credit East is the proverbial only game in town when it comes to

What’s interesting to me is that over the last 10 years, there has been a resurgence of youth coming into agriculture from nontraditional ways.

financing. “I don’t think that here in the East we have too many banks that specialize in that,” he said. “Their main business is residential lending or commercial lending. We are very knowledgeable about the industry we deal in because all we do is deal with this.” Allen pointed to changes in the local agricultural industry as offering signs that Farm Credit East would be enjoying continued growth. “What’s interesting to me is that over the last 10 years, there has been a resurgence of youth coming into agriculture from nontraditional ways,” he said. “Most people in the industry either grow up or had experiences on farms. Now, we are seeing people come in with no family farm experience. A lot of this is driven by consumers wanting to know where their food comes from.” However, not everyone is enthusiastic about Farm Credit East or the other cooperatives within

2017 HIGHLIGHTS • Farm Credit East posted $160.1 million in net earnings. • The financial services cooperative has a patronage program that allows it to distribute its available net earnings to its stockholders. For 2017, it disbursed $56 million. • It expanded its support for the next generation involved in farming, forest products and commercial fishing through a variety of efforts, including special incentives for small, young, beginning and veteran farmers. • It was a record year for its FarmStart program, in which it made 44 new investments in the businesses of entrepreneurs getting started in agriculture.

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the Farm Credit System. Edwin Elfmann, senior vice president for agricultural and rural banking policy at the American Bankers Association, pointed out that the Farm Credit System was created as a federal entity in 1916, serving the needs of a very different era. “Woodrow Wilson came up with this, that’s how old it is,” he said. Today, Elfmann said, the Farm Credit System is unique because it functions as both a direct lender and a government-sponsored enterprise, competing against commercial banks without sharing the same level of regulatory oversight and tax requirements imposed on banks. “The Farm Credit System has $330 billion in assets,” Elfmann said. “It would be the seventh largest bank in the U.S. if it was a standalone bank. It is not a mom-and-pop operation, by any stretch.” Elfmann also highlighted a few cases when the Farm Credit System has veered away from its agriculture-focused mission with some high-profile lending, including a $725 million loan in 2013 by CoBank, an Enfield-based Farm Credit System entity, to Verizon Wireless that helped secure its acquisition of the European cellular company Vodafone. One year later, CoBank enabled a $350 million credit agreement with Frontier Communications Corp. to complete its $2 billion takeover of AT&T’s wireline business. Nonetheless, Allen insisted that Farm Credit East is focused solely on agricultural lending and would not consider doing business from someone with no ties to this sector. “As long as you have income from agricultural assets or own agricultural assets, you are eligible,” he said. “But if you’re not a farmer or do not own agricultural assets or income from such assets and just come to the Farm Credit East for a home loan, no.”

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United Bank expanding into Fairfield County BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

he Connecticut Department of Banking has approved United Bank’s application to open a branch office at 415-417 Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich. United’s first entry into the county took place in 2015, when it opened a commercial loan production office at 55 Green Farms Road in Westport. But the Greenwich location will be its first full-service branch here.

“Fairfield County has incredible demographics,” explained CEO William H.W. Crawford IV. “Although there are obviously a lot of banks there, we feel there’s plenty of room for us as well. That it’s situated so close to New York and Manhattan — yet offers a little more opportunity than New York -- made it a natural extension for us.” The Greenwich site, expected to open in the fourth quarter, will be United’s 54th branch location within its Connecticut and Massachusetts footprint. United said the num-

ber of employees at the new branch had yet to be determined. The branch will include multiple teller stations, ATM access, a conference room and private office space for branch managers and other bankers to consult with customers. In addition to retail banking activity, the branch will provide a conduit to commercial and mortgage banking as well as financial advisory services. “Our customers had been telling us for some time that they wanted us

to be in Fairfield County,” Crawford said. “And when it comes to the commercial banking business, even though they can do everything electronically, commercial customers still want that physical presence.” That Westport has performed so well helped pave the way to Greenwich, he added. “We attract very experienced bankers who deliver professional, personal service, which is what our customers (in Westport) found,” Crawford said. “That relationship-driven approach

The site of United Bank’s new branch in Greenwich.

has been one of our foundations, and we’re extending that into Fairfield County.” Crawford added that other county branches could eventually be added as well. United and its holding company United Financial Bancorp Inc. have done well under Crawford’s guidance. Joining what was then Rockville Financial Inc. in January 2011 as senior executive vice president, Crawford helped take the company public via a second-step equity conversion offering that raised an additional $171 million in capital in March of that year. He became Rockville’s president and CEO a month later and was named United Bank’s CEO upon its merger with Rockville in 2014. From 2011 through the fourth quarter of 2017, the bank expanded from $1.7 billion to $7.1 billion in assets. About $2.9 billion was organic growth and $2.4 billion was M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions), which contributed to the company’s 31 percent annualized compound growth rate in earnings per share since 2011. Total revenue increased from $72.9 million in 2011 to $215.6 million for the 12 months ending

Sept. 30, 2017. Such performance helped United’s being named 39th on Fortune magazine’s “100 Fastest Growing Companies” last year — the only Connecticutbased, publicly traded company to do so. On April 17, the bank reported net income for the quarter ended March 31 of $15.8 million, compared with net income of $13.7 million for the first quarter of 2017. United also reported 10 percent growth in total deposits and a 9 percent increase in noninterest-bearing deposits, total tangible book value plus dividend returns, and loans year-over-year. Geographically, Crawford said United would be looking to the south and west of Connecticut. Although adding branches in Massachusetts is not on the front burner, he said, “We will continue to look for opportunities to enhance our footprint there.” He called M&A “a good way to grow your business” as well, but said that no such deals were imminent. Underpinning the growth strategy moving forward, Crawford said, is continuing to focus “on doing a great job for our customers. Attracting good bankers is really how we grow.”

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Stamford Federal Credit Union expanding business offerings BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

hen Stamford Federal Credit Union brought in Stephen Tedesco last month as its new vice president of commercial lending and business development, the $58 million-asset institution was responding to a need by its membership base to expand its offerings to include business-focused products. “We’re finding a lot of our members own businesses, so we’re looking to capture that rather than send them off to another institution,” Tedesco said. Tedesco, who has a quarter-century of banking experience, was previously an assistant vice president and branch manager at The First Bank of Greenwich in Stamford. When he was asked about joining the credit union’s executive team, he was surprised. “It was kind of like: ‘You guys are doing what?’” he recalled, with laugh. Tedesco’s reaction was not extraordinary if one considers that credit unions have not been major players in the commercial banking arena. For starters, credit unions tend to be on the smallish side — the average credit union asset base is $247 million — and until January 2017 credit unions worked under a ceiling that capped their business lending activity to 12.25 percent of their assets, with an exception made for loans of $50,000 or less. Business lending among credit unions is such a minor part of that industry’s loan origination that its federal regulator, the National Credit Union Association, does not keep statistics on that particular area but lumps it into the “Other” category when measuring loan volume per product category. As for the Stamford Federal Credit Union, it began in 1952 as the Stamford Municipal Employees Credit Union and did not expand its membership focus to cover the wider residential and occupational population of southern Fairfield County region until 2013. With the new focus on commercial lending, Tedesco identifies small businesses as an ideal target audience. “I think our sweet spot is going to be the $800,000 — and — below market where sometimes the big banks don’t turn on their alarm clock to wake them and get out of bed for such a small deal,” he said. The initial product lineup will include commercial real estate loans, business lines of credit, and business-related depository accounts. “We’re not going to be doing everything, but we are going focus on a couple of things as we get started,” Tedesco said. Of course, Stamford Federal Credit Union is coming into a market that is not lacking for financial institutions. For

Tedesco, the secret weapon for standing out will be high-quality service. “The time frames we are going to be giving back to people in responding to inquiries will be a lot quicker than what the big banks are doing now,” he said. “We’ll try to get as aggressive as we can on rates. We know that anyone who lives in Fairfield County is rate sensitive.” Another key challenge will be raising awareness, which is no mean feat when one considers the credit union’s sole branch is not a street-level branch but an office on the sixth floor of the Stamford Government Center. Tedesco has already begun doing

Stephen Tedesco. Photo by Phil Hall

presentations with Stamford’s public safety employees about the new commercial lending products, and he is looking to grow word-of-mouth awareness before the credit union embarks on a marketing push later this year. “It’s going to be almost an organic growth,” he said. “It’s not like we’re going to plan on opening up more branches anytime soon.” Nonetheless, word is slowly getting out and Tedesco is happy with the initial feedback. “I’m starting to hear from people who are saying, ‘I didn’t know you offered that,’” he said. “People are excited by it.”

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Facts & Figures ATTACHMENTS-FILED Commerce Park Associates LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Zeisler & Zeisler PC, Bridgeport. $1.1 million in favor of Robbins Eye Center PC, Bridgeport. Property: Main Street, Bridgeport. Filed March 27.

BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL AP Construction, contractor for ESRT Metro Center LLC. Reduce an existing commercial space to its core at 429 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $174,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23. Acme Sign Co., contractor for One Stamford Plaza Owner LLC. Install a wall sign on an existing commercial space at 263 Tresser Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed between March 12 and March 23. Armstrong Shelton Prop LLC, Shelton, contractor for Barrington Media. Install a wall sign on an existing commercial space at 4 Armstrong Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed March 22. Aviv Construction Corp., contractor for West Avenue Realty Associates LLC. Demolish the front entrance on an existing commercial space and install a new double-door entrance at 600 West Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1.2 million. Filed between March 12 and March 23. 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: $40,800. Filed March 22. Bridge Street Partners LLC, Shelton, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 50 Bridge St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 22. Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Bridge Street Partners LLC, Shelton, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 50 Bridge St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed March 22. Douglas, Christopher J., contractor for TNREF III High Ridge LLC. Install a new cooling tower on an existing commercial space at 225 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $2.2 million. Filed between March 12 and March 23. Forstone 100 LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Replace the exterior entry door on an existing commercial space at 100 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed March 29. Ilama General Contracting LLC, contractor for R-K Brick Walk 1 LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 1221 Post Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 29. Kone Inc., contractor for Berkeley Holdings LLC. Install a passenger elevator in an existing commercial space for new lofts at 500 West Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $432,000. Filed April 2. Mauks Koepke Realty LLC, contractor for self. Add a wall to an existing commercial space at 57 North St., Suite 309, Danbury. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed March 20. One Enterprise Drive, Shelton, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 1 Enterprise Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $7,800. Filed March 22. Prego, Bom, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Combine two stores into one on the property of an existing commercial space at 821 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 28. SBA Communications, contractor for SBA Infrastructure. Add antennas onto the roof of an existing commercial space at 1434 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 20. Song, Jinah, contractor for 38-40 Padanaram Road LLC. Add a sink to an existing commercial space at 38 Padanaram Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed March 20. Trust Realty Corp., contractor for 85 Pond Mill LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 85 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed March 28. Waterbury Wrecking Co. LLC, contractor for 185 Thorpe Street Corp. Demolish four commercial buildings at 185 Thorpe St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed March 26.

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RESIDENTIAL Andre, Brown and Latoya ScottBrown, Norwalk, contractor for self. Remodel the apartment in an existing single-family residence at 48 Crooked Trail Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed April 5. Anthony M. Baldino Custom Homes, contractor for Cedar Homes LLC. Construct a new two and one-half story single-family residence with a front porch and partially finished basement at 250 Pell Meadow Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $450,000. Filed March 28. Antoni, Wisniewski, Norwalk, contractor for self. Construct a front portico, front deck and basement in an existing single-family residence at 20 Orlando Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed April 6. Badeaux, Siobhan, Shelton, contractor for self. Renovate the laundry room in an existing single-family residence at 7 Robin Lane, Shelton. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed March 22. Bernal, Eusebio, Danbury, contractor for self. Add a deck to an existing single-family residence at 8 Ward Drive, Danbury. Estimated cost: $3,500. Filed March 20. BH Care Group Home, Shelton, contractor for self. Remodel four bathrooms and four kitchens in a group home at 579 Howe Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed March 22. Bristol, Pamela and John Bristol, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 19 Monroe St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $1,042. Filed March 20. Claudia, Popescu, Shelton, contractor for self. Build a covered front porch attached to an existing single-family residence at 265 Isinglass Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $1,500. Filed March 22. Cruz, Carmen, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Build-out a deck attached to an existing single-family residence at 250 Griffin Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,600. Filed March 28. E & H Construction LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Bridgeport Housing Authority. Repair fire damage to an existing single-family residence at 150 Highland Ave., Unit 111, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,850. Filed March 28. FJS Building & Remodeling LLC, contractor for Michael H. Barwinski and Jenn Barwinski. Replace the bearing wall between the kitchen and dining room in an existing single-family residence at 50 Drumm Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed March 27.

Greatview LLC, contractor for Paul E. Lenhart. Pour the foundation for a new two and one-half story single-family residence with a two-car garage, unfinished attic and no decks at 19 Coventry Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed April 2.

Ochoa, Pacheco and Felix I. Castro, Danbury, contractor for self. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence for two bedrooms, a playroom and a full bathroom at 19 Auburn Drive, Danbury. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed March 19.

Home Depot USA Inc., contractor for Benjamin J. Arroyo. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 24 Allen Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed April 4.

Osiecki, Daryl W. and Christine L. Osiecki, Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 237 Lenore Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $14,500. Filed March 22.

J C S Design Build LLC, contractor for Vikram Butani. Reinsulate the sheetrock basement and first-floor bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 1317 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed March 28.

Pro-Side, contractor for K&T Associates. Renovate the kitchen on the deck of an existing single-family residence at 74 Fan Hill Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 20.

Jensen’s Inc., contractor for self. Add a new mobile house at West Kenosia Ave., Danbury. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed March 22. L A Barnaby & Sons Inc., contractor for Hurme. Remove and replace the trim on an existing single-family residence at 94 W. Maiden Lane, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 29. Lab Corp., Shelton, contractor for self. Add a data cable addition to the first, second and third floors in an existing commercial space at 1 Forest Parkway, Shelton. Estimated cost: $79,000. Filed March 22. Marini Construction LLC, contractor for Urbangreen Construction. Add a second floor with an attic above the front porch and remodel the first floor in an existing single-family residence at 232 Harvester Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $225,000. Filed March 29. Mota, Helio, Danbury, contractor for Joseph Motta. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 183-185 Fourth St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed March 29. Mudry, Paula L. and Alan J. Mudry, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 4 Foley Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $9,641. Filed March 20. Murray, Elizabeth and James Murray, Shelton, contractor for self. Add a bathroom in the basement of an existing single-family residence at 326 Navajo Loop, Shelton. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed March 22. Norpointe LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 7D, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed April 3.

RMS Construction LLC, contractor for RMS Colonial Road LLC. Construct a new single-family residence at 159 Colonial Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $508,725. Filed between March 12 and March 23. RMS Construction LLC, contractor for RMS Colonial Road LLC. Construct a new single-family residence at 159 Colonial Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $441,315. Filed between March 12 and March 23. Rafoss, Joann, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen and two bathrooms in an existing single-family residence at 333 West Lane, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed March 20. Robitaille, Thomas E., Shelton, contractor for self. Refinish the floors and cabinets in an existing single-family residence at 25 Sanford Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 22. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, contractor for self. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 175 Jefferson St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $12,750. Filed March 28. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, contractor for self. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 175 Jefferson St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $14,750. Filed March 28.

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Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, contractor for self. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 175 Jefferson St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $15,750. Filed March 28. Skowronski, Robin L., Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 10 Sharon Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $4,947. Filed March 20. Solar City Corp., Rocky Hill, contractor for Gould. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 293 Hattertown Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 22.

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APRIL 23, 2018

GOOD THINGS

GREENWICH UNITED WAY COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GRANTS

Greenwich United Way CEO David Rabin, addressing partner agencies at Greenwich Hospital.

A total of 17 partner agencies of the Greenwich United Way received grants for vital programs that meet critical health, education and self-sufficiency needs for Greenwich residents. The organization invested a total of $750,000 into health, education and self-sufficiency programs among 17 agencies, including Abilis, Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Inc., Community Centers Inc. of Greenwich, Family Centers, Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Jewish Family Services of Greenwich, Kids In Crisis, Liberation Programs, Neighbor to Neighbor, Pacific House, Pathways Inc., River House Adult Day Center, Sexual Assault Crisis Center, Transportation Association of Greenwich, YMCA of Greenwich and YWCA of Greenwich. Each agency applied for one program to receive a grant through the Greenwich United Way’s Community Investment Process, and volunteers serving on the Community Investment Process committee review grant applications from human services agencies that serve Greenwich residents.

THREE WIN CT PRESERVATION AWARD

David and Eunice Bigelow.

BIGELOW FOUNDATION GIVES $150K TO WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE Westport Country Playhouse has received a $150,000 gift from the Eunice and David Bigelow Foundation for a new lighting communication system., The lighting system installed during the playhouse’s 2005 renovation is now almost obsolete due to the speed of advancements in computer technology, according to a press release. “Eunice and David Bigelow’s extraordinarily generous gift is a direct expression of their love for and understanding of our playhouse, its needs and its artistry,” said Mark Lamos, playhouse artistic director. “They have consistently demonstrated joyous interest in how our staff and the artists who work here make theater. This much-needed gift will make possible the installation of state-of-the-art lighting equipment and will give lighting designers and electricians the ability to expand their horizons. The Bigelows understood that. And I thank them from the bottom of my heart.” In addition to funding this transformative project, the Bigelows have been committed to the playhouse for many years, supporting some of the theater’s most complex productions, including Ayad Akhtar’s “The Invisible Hand,” winner of the 2017 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Play. In August, the Eunice and David Bigelow Foundation will sponsor Theresa Rebeck’s comedy “The Understudy.” “We love giving support to the playhouse because the work is so good,” said Eunice Bigelow. Added David Bigelow, “One of our greatest enjoyments is attending the playhouse ‘Tech Talks,’ where we learn how productions get technically on their feet. We feel close to the process and the work thanks to (associate producer) David Dreyfoos and (associate artistic director) David Kennedy, who so generously often allow us a peek into this magnificent world.”

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The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation presented its annual Connecticut Preservation Awards on April 5 to the team of the Fairfield Museum, town of Fairfield and David Scott Parker Architects. The trust “recognizes outstanding preservation projects and people who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Connecticut’s historic buildings and places.” The three recipients were recognized with an Award of Merit for the renovations to two buildings on the Museum Commons on the Historic Town Green: Sun Tavern (c. 1780) and Victorian Cottage (1888). The buildings opened to the public in the summer of 2017 and now feature interactive exhibitions and displays that include topics ranging from colonial justice to tavern life to community life. According to the trust, “Thorough planning, partnership with public and private organizations and professional guidance reinforces a broader effort to revitalize Fairfield’s historic town green, one of Connecticut’s oldest public spaces.” “It was an honor to represent the Fairfield Museum with board member Joyce Hergenhan to receive this award,” said Shana Wiswell, the museum’s director of development. “We were thrilled to be recognized with the amazing team from David Scott Parker Architects and the town of Fairfield who worked with us to bring the Museum Commons to life. We can’t wait to reopen these award-winning properties to the public this summer.”

IT’S ALL IN THE KITCHEN

“Jessi Reaves: Kitchen Arrangement” exhibit at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield beginning May 20 will run through Jan. 13. The exhibition will feature sculptural works such as seating, cabinetry, appliances and lighting — an object-based experience that is an expression of the home’s primal epicenter: a social space essential to living and an area full of relational potentiality. Arguably the most experiential site in the house, the kitchen has also evolved into a particularly feminine space. Reaves’s sculptures impersonate and inhabit functional design objects as she imaginatively remasters existing furniture or composes her own to underscore an inherent performativity. Reaves liberates her materials from their highly polished veneers. She dissects, appends, or veils her anthropomorphized forms in order to reveal inimitable additive and reductive processes, such as curious decorative flourishes made with a distinctive blend of wood glue and sawdust or wearable fabrics (nylons and silks) that render her eccentric craftsmanship perceptible. Reaves’ work has been included in group exhibitions nationally and internationally; in 2017 her work was included in the Whitney Biennial. She lives and works in New York City.

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HAPPENING PAIR OF CIVIC-MINDED COUPLES HONORED AT DANBURY DAY CELEBRATION Danbury legislators gathered at the Capitol on April 12 to honor two couples for their contributions to the Danbury community. Citations from the Connecticut General Assembly were presented to the four during the annual Danbury Day celebration. Bob and Lynn Taborsak and Bob and Dianne Yamin were thanked for their considerable civic and charitable work by state Sen. Michael McLachlan and state Reps. David Arconti, Will Duff, Michael Ferguson, Bob Godfrey, Stephen Harding and Richard Smith. Godfrey said Bob and Lynn Taborsak have both served as members of the Danbury City Council. Lynn Taborsak was a state representative when Godfrey was first elected to represent the city in Hartford, and previously served as the president of the Connecticut National Organization of Women. Bob Taborsak is a former educator and wellknown high school track coach who also served on the Danbury Board of Education. “Public service runs in families and that family value is an import-

ant one. I’m so glad we are honoring these people today,” Godfrey said. “Lynn’s work with the homeless especially deserves appreciation, and every student coming up through Danbury High School knew Coach Taborsak.” McLachlan said Bob and Dianne Yamin are active members of the Danbury Lion’s Club and St. Anthony Maronite Church, among other civic and charitable organizations. Dianne Yamin has served as a judge of Probate Court since 1990 and is a past president-judge of Connecticut Probate Assembly. Bob Yamin is Corporation Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of the city of Danbury and a member of the Danbury Lebanon American Club. “Danbury is fortunate to have the Yamins as members of our community. There are so many things they do individually and as a couple in their philanthropic and charitable activities,” McLachlan said. “It is the efforts of people like the Yamins and the Taborsaks that makes Danbury such a wonderful place.”

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LYME DISEASE

MITCHELL JOINS WEBSTER AS DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL MARKETING

Ken Hoffman

Ken Mitchell

Litchfield Crossings at 69 Danbury Road in New Milford will host a free seminar on the prevention and care of Lyme Disease on April 29 at 12:30 p.m. on Panera’s patio. Author, radio host and Lyme expert Dr. Ken Hoffman, will answer questions and concerns about this silent disease that is sweeping the country. Find out what to do if you find a tick on yourself or a family member or suspect you have Lyme. Members of “Get the Dirt” of the local Sierra Club will also be present. Gardening enthusiasts will be able to visit honey producers, vendors with handcrafted products, Goat Boy and its soaps, new baby goats and more. For the latest news, visit LitchfieldCrossings.com.

Webster Bank has announced that Ken Mitchell has joined the company as senior vice president and director of digital marketing. Mitchell, who has 27 years of sales and marketing experience, will oversee digital marketing strategy and campaign execution for the bank. Prior to Webster, Mitchell worked for Century 21 Department Stores where he served as director of digital marketing and analytics. A resident of Milford, Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography and art history from Rochester Institute of Technology.

UNITED WAY TO HONOR SYNCHRONY United Way of Western Connecticut will honor Synchrony Human Resources Leader Marc Chini for his leadership commitment to corporate citizenship, volunteerism and philanthropy at its annual Heart of Gold Award Dinner. The event will be held May 17th at The Loading Dock, 375 Fairfield Ave, Stamford, from 6 to 9 p.m. Cliff Benham, a Stamford resident and board member on several Stamford nonprofit boards, will emcee the event. United Way will also award the 2018 Roberta K. Eichler Heart of Gold Scholarship to two high school seniors at the event. As the executive vice president and human resources leader of Stamford-based Synchrony, Chini leads the company’s efforts to promote its extensive corporate citizenship activities. Synchrony hosts a company-wide volunteer initiative every April called, Pay It Forward: A Month of Caring, which mobilizes thousands of its employees to volunteer at projects across Fairfield County, the U.S., Puerto Rico, India and the Philippines. In 2017, nearly 5,000 Synchrony employees volunteered more than 35,000 hours. The Heart of Gold Award was established in 1995 to honor business leaders who distinguish themselves through philanthropy and build volunteerism into their strategic business plans. At the event, United Way will award two $5,000 Roberta K. Eichler Heart of Gold Scholarships to two high school seniors who have demonstrated a commitment to volunteerism throughout their high school career. Tickets for the Heart of Gold Award Dinner are currently on sale online at uwwesternct.org/heartofgoldtickets.

CHOYCE PETERSON NAMES LERNER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Amy G. Lerner has joined commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm Choyce Peterson Inc. as executive vice president. Lerner, who has more than 30 years in commercial real estate, will be responsible for providing strategic office space services for corporate tenants in Fairfield and Westchester counties. She began her career as an agent for Helmsley-Spear in Manhattan’s Financial District. She then joined CBRE and for several years was a corporate service team member and tenant representative. She co-founded AMBAR Realty Group LLC, one of the first women-owned commercial real estate firms with a WBE certification and focused on the tenant representation approach to serving clients. Lerner’s major projects have included acquisitions and dispositions for financial/brokerage firms, insurance companies and technology firms. She lives in Somers, New York, with her husband and children.

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Facts & Figures Sturges Brothers Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for self. Install new kitchen cabinets and shingles on an existing single-family residence at 48 Manor Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed March 20. Sunpower Corporation Systems, contractor for Edward McAleese and Alina McAleese. Install solar panels on the roof of an existing single-family residence at 1 Burlington Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $31,590. Filed April 2. Taylor Remodeling LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Aaron D. Schumacher and Amanda Schumacher. Construct a mudroom on the front porch under the roof at 25 Old Saugatuck Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $16,000. Filed April 3. Testcon Inc., contractor for Chin Okwuka. Install a new entry door in an existing single-family residence at 16 E. Franklin St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $2,600. Filed March 20. The Improvement LLC, contractor for Fairfield Woods Plaza LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 2317 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $38,000. Filed March 29. United Cleaning & Restoration, contractor for Laura Pham. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 425 High St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $1,800. Filed March 28. US Housing LLC, contractor for Sherpa. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 15 Greenfield Hill Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 29. Velasquez, Neil, Fairfield, contractor for Deborah L. Beall. Strip and reside an existing single-family residence at 15 St Marc Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $21,800. Filed March 26. Vivint Solar, contractor for Maria Carreiro. Add solar panels onto the roof of an existing single-family residence at 5 Golden Heights Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $26,488. Filed March 21. Vona, Nicola and Gino Vona, Norwalk, contractor for self. Alter the storage building in an existing single-family residence at 41 High St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed April 4. West Construction Corp., contractor for Dean M. Maki, et al. Construct a new single-family residence at 158 Davenport Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1.9 million. Filed between March 12 and March 23. White Home Products Inc., contractor for Gwen Dunlap Burroughs. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 353 Brookside Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed March 26.

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White Home Products Inc., contractor for Shannon Bowley. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 99 New England Ave., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed March 26.

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

Bridgeport Superior Court 930 Mill Hill Terrace LLC, Avon. Filed by Barbara Schultze, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she tripped and fell on broken pavement 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 to fix the pavement on their premises. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBTCV18-6073011-S. Filed April 2. Allstate Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Erik A. Najera-Carcamo and Ludin A. Gonzales-Oliva, Bridgeport. Plaintiffs’ attorney: James M. Kearns, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiffs allege that their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company and related parties, the defendants. The 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. FBTCV18-6073130-S. Filed April 4. Amec Carting LLC, et al., New Canaan. Filed by Christopher Picagli and Antonio Frosolone, Norwalk. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Leann Riether, North Haven. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that they were 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 plaintiffs claim 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-CV186073083-S. Filed April 3.

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Andi Services LLC, et al., Agawam, Massachusetts. Filed by Patricia Abruna and Anthony Gonzalez, Easton. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Candace V. Fay, Danbury. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this construction suit against the defendants alleging that they failed to install a French drain on the premises as per the construction contract. The defendants allegedly removed the flooring from the plaintiff’s residence without their authorization. As a result, water allegedly flooded the plaintiffs’ house. The defendants allegedly also never finished the basement for money provided. The plaintiffs claim monetary damages, interest, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs and any other relief that the court may deem appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV18-6073285-S. Filed April 6. Compass Builders LLC, et al., Trumbull. Filed by William Raveis Real Estate Inc., Shelton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Office of Tracy Lane Russo LLC, Orange. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they agreed to build a new home and allegedly failed to pay marketing fees due to the plaintiff. The plaintiff has made a demand for the balance of $43,322, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, actual damages, interest, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. Case no. FBTCV18-6073253-S. Filed April 6. Government Employees Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Nicole Negron, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: De Lucia & Levine LLC, 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. FBTCV18-6073078-S. Filed April 3. National Freight Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by Patrick Dunn, Brooklyn, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ury & Moskow LLC, Fairfield. 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 failed to keep a proper lookout for oncoming cars. 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-CV186073051-S. Filed April 3.

NGM Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Michelle Mauro and Anna Burdeau, Easton. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Rodie & Connolly PC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiffs allege that their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company and related parties, the defendants. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV18-6073050-S. Filed April 3. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Denocay Artwell and Debbie Russell, Stratford. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Rosenberg, Miller Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant 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 defendant. 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-CV18-6073077-S. Filed April 3. RSS Construction Management Company Inc., Greenwich. Filed by City Carting & Recycling Inc., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas L. Kanasky Jr., Bridgeport. 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 $8,787 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-CV18-6073214-S. Filed April 5. Southport Investments LLC, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Manya Piels, Westport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Patrick J. Filan, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a pile of trash owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This slippery condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to maintain the premises in a safe and proper manner. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV186073014-S. Filed April 2.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Frank Norris, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: De Lucia & Levine LLC, Bridgeport. 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. FBTCV18-6073079-S. Filed April 3. Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Sandra Cyr, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. 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 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. FBTCV18-6073145-S. Filed April 4. US Xpress Inc., et al., Chattanooga, Tennessee. Filed by Tavon Cooper, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Office of Michael Skiber, 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-CV186073242-S. Filed April 5.

Danbury Superior Court Piedra Landscaping LLC, et al., Danbury. Filed by Rachel Desiral, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Coyne, Von Kuhn, Brady & Fries LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. DBD-CV186026171-S. Filed April 3.

Shooters Pistol Range LLC, New Milford. Filed by Lewis Tucci, Bethel. Plaintiff’s attorney: Hirsch Law LLC, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he was hit by an overhanging box on property 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, compensatory damages and such other relief as this court may deem equitable and just. Case no. DBD-CV18-6026216-S. Filed April 6.

Stamford Superior Court Harbor Point Planned Community Association Inc., et al., Wilton. Filed by Cindy Rinfret, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Reinken Law Firm, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on an icy surface owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to put salt on their premises. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FST-CV186035751-S. Filed April 4. John Wilson Construction, Stamford. Filed by Tri Tech Mechanical LLC, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark Sank & Associates LLC. 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 materials provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $11,180 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6035758-S. Filed April 5. L&L Evergreen Inc., Fairfield. Filed by Brown’s Tree Farm, Muncy, Pennsylvania. Plaintiff’s attorney: Goldman Gruder Woods LLC, Trumbull. 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 trees provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $47,670 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, prejudgment interest, court costs and such other and further relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FST-CV18-6035739-S. Filed April 3.

Facts & Figures Six Continents Hotels Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by Robert Cordisco, Narragansett, Rhode Island. Plaintiff’s attorney: Wocl Leydon LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a slippery floor surface in a kitchen owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This slippery condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they permitted the floor of the kitchen to remain wet and slippery. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6035718-S. Filed April 3.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT Barberino Car Country LLC, et al., Watertown. Filed by Donna Avvento and Keith Borrelli, Plantsville. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Consumer Law Group, Rocky Hill. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this truth-inlending suit against the defendants alleging that they targeted racial minorities with a higher price tag. The defendants allegedly ignored individuals of races perceived to be more sophisticated and discerning, causing damages. The plaintiffs claim statutory damages, actual damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and appropriate. Case no. 3:18-cv00554-VLB. Filed April 3. Indian Mountain School Inc., Lakeville. Filed by Ramsay Gourd. Plaintiff’s attorney: Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal suit against the defendant alleging that he was sexually assaulted at a school run by the defendant. The defendant was allegedly aware of predatory actions by an employee, yet failed to take steps to reduce the risk, causing damages. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, punitive damages and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and appropriate. Case no. 3:18-cv-00582-JBA. Filed April 6. Incredible Foods Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. Filed by Edible International LLC, et al., Wallingford. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Law Offices of Williams, Williams, Walsh & O’Connor LLC, North Haven. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this trademark infringement suit against the defendant alleging that the plaintiffs, who use “Incredible Edibles,” as a trademark were caused damage by the defendant’s use of “Incredible Foods” as a trademark, which is likely to cause damages and confusion. The plaintiffs claim an injunction enjoining the defendant, destruction of the infringing materials, triple profits, damages, attorney’s fees, costs, punitive damages and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and appropriate. Case no. 3:18-cv00569-VLB. Filed April 4.

Egeneration Marketing Inc., et al., Boston, Massacusetts. Filed by Lemberg Law LLC, Wilton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Lemberg Law LLC, Wilton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this trademark infringement suit against the defendants alleging that the plaintiff, which uses “Stopcollector.com” as a trademark is caused damage by the defendants use of “Stopcollections.org” as a trademark, which is likely to cause damages and confusion. The plaintiff claims $100,000 in monetary damages, injunctive relief, damages, treble damages, costs, punitive damages and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and appropriate. Case no. 3:18-cv00570-CSH. Filed April 4.

Babbs LLC, Aspen, Colorado. Seller: Thomas E. Kruger and Maureen Bailie, Greenwich. Property: 77 Havemeyer Lane, Unit 67, Stamford. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed April 2.

Barlow, Charlene Lantz, Stamford. Seller: Juraj Encinger, Stamford. Property: 307 Four Brooks Road, Stamford. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 27.

Coleman, Morton, New York, New York. Seller: Theodore N. Tsagaris, Stamford. Property: 202 Soundview Ave., Unit 30, Stamford. Amount: $340,000. Filed March 26.

Fan, Kyle Leam Loon and Xiu Li Dong, Stamford. Seller: AT Realty 2 LLC, Stamford. Property: Unit E of Finney Point, Stamford. Amount: $425,000. Filed March 26.

BD Cove LLC and GD Cove LLC, Stamford. Seller: James F. Love and Pamela Love, Stamford. Property: 882 Cove Road, Stamford. Amount: $475,000. Filed April 6.

Barriga, Cleoffe V. and William Barriga, Hartsdale, New York. Seller: Michael J. Fass and Rebecca Fass, Stamford. Property: Lot 23, Block E, Stamford. Amount: $440,000. Filed March 29.

Colindres, Mario E., Stamford. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Norwalk. Property: 56 Nursery St., Norwalk. Amount: $356,000. Filed March 27.

Felder, Charles Thomas, St. Petersburg, Florida. Seller: Traditional Building & Design LLC, Darien. Property: 73 Sawmill Lane, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed April 3.

Bella Homes LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Lash Builders LLC, Fairfield. Property: Lot 11, Map 3080, Fairfield. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 21.

Bedusa, Jack, Westport. Seller: Jamie O’Donnell, Norwalk. Property: 144 East Ave., Unit 401B, Norwalk. Amount: $490,000. Filed March 27.

DBI Development LLC, Norwalk. Seller: John R. Corcoran and Beth A. Corcoran, Norwalk. Property: 17 Assisi Way, Norwalk. Amount: $140,000. Filed March 28.

Benincasa, Scott D., Danbury. Seller: Evelyn Owen, Danbury. Property: 121 Aunt Hack Road, Danbury. Amount: $85,000. Filed March 19.

Luna Land LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Hobart C. Kreitler, Hobe Sound, Florida. Property: 325 Morehouse Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $635,000. Filed March 29.

Block, Eve and Daniel Block, Stamford. Seller: Jesper Christensen, Stamford. Property: 9 Frost Pond Road, Stamford. Amount: $775,000. Filed March 22.

Nieves, Christy, et al., Danbury. Appointed committee: Kim E. Nolan, Danbury. Property: 40 Lawrence Ave., Unit 2101, Danbury. Amount: $280,800. Docket no. DBD-CV-17-6022315-S. Filed March 21.

Parkview 311 LLC, Stamford. Seller: Joseph L. Mysza and Margareta J. Mysza, Stamford. Property: Park View Cooperative, Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 4.

Bridgemohansingh, Naresh, Greenwich. Seller: Melanie Ann McDonough, Charles Duane Brown and Douglas Craig Brown, Greenwich. Property: Lot 29, Map 4613, Greenwich. Amount: $355,000. Filed March 27.

Reilly, Sean P., et al., Stamford. Appointed committee: Donald B. Sherer, Stamford. Property: 50 Rutz St., Stamford. Amount: $316,000. Docket no. FST-CV-16-6029062-S. Filed March 28.

RMBS Reo Holdings LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah. Seller: New York Community Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. Property: Unit A-203 of Eastview Condominium, Norwalk. For no consideration paid. Filed March 27.

Todisco, Dominic, et al., Shelton. Appointed committee: Shawn K. Splan, Shelton. Property: 27 Timberlane Drive, Shelton. Amount: $151,000. Docket no. AAN-CV-176022967-S. Filed March 23.

Tycass Properties LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Richard H. Hyde and Jacqueline A. Hyde, Fairfield. Property: 75 Ardmore St., Fairfield. Amount: $570,000. Filed March 23.

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202 Field Point Road LLC, Greenwich. Seller: MEI Enterprises LLC, Greenwich. Property: Field Point Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 2.

Adhyapak, Darpan M. and Heena M. Adhyapak, Stamford. Seller: Nikunj Gandhi, Stamford. Property: Unit 427 in Mill River House Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $495,000. Filed April 3.

316 Courtland Realty LLC, Bronx, New York. Seller: 316 Courtland Avenue LLC, White Plains, New York. Property: Parcel A, Map 9197, Stamford. Amount: $348,000. Filed April 2.

Alpert, Joanna R. and Haylin L. Alpert, Stamford. Seller: Brad A. Lupinacci and Celiandra Lupinacci, Stamford. Property: 148 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford. Amount: $697,000. Filed March 27.

36 Atlantic Street LLC, Stamford. Seller: The Jole Realty Corp., Stamford. Property: Atlantic Street, Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 2.

Alves, Beth, Palm Coast, Florida. Seller: Gary A. Pagozzi and Carol A. Pagnozzi, Shelton. Property: Lot 40, Map 2279, Shelton. Amount: $380,000. Filed March 21.

AK-DK 2016 Investment Trust, Greenwich. Seller: Cat Rock Holdings LLC, Greenwich. Property: Plot 5, Map 3914, Greenwich. Amount: $20 million. Filed April 2.

Anazco, Victor A., Shelton. Seller: James Bailey and Christie Bailey, Shelton. Property: 145 Canal St., Unit 6, Shelton. Amount: $150,000. Filed March 19.

Alpha One LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Richard M. Paul and Joy A. Paul, Austin, Texas. Property: 133 Bungalow Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $278,000. Filed March 19.

Baltazar, Fabiana, Stamford. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carrollton, Texas. Property: 54 Myrtle Ave., Unit 5, Stamford. Amount: $330,000. Filed March 22.

Browdy, Michelle H., Greenwich. Seller: Daniel R. McLeod, Stamford. Property: Unit PH of Greenwich Towers Condominium, Building 2, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed April 2. Burston, Staci A. and Mark A. Burston, Stamford. Seller: Ronald Guay and Deepti Patnaik, Stamford. Property: Lot 12, Map 9220, Stamford. Amount: $712,500. Filed March 26. Cabrera, Julio, Stamford. Seller: Brenda A. Young and Doug E. Stansberry, Stamford. Property: Unit 18 in Riverwalk Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $495,000. Filed March 26. Campbell, Andrew, Norwalk. Seller: Alison Bongo, Norwalk. Property: 37 Frances Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $385,000. Filed April 2. Capuano, Rose Marie, Shelton. Seller: Hawk’s Ridge of Shelton LLC, Shelton. Property: Unit 180 of Hawk’s Ridge, Shelton. Amount: $476,235. Filed March 20. Clarke, Julia D., Fairfield. Seller: Virginia Graicerstein, Fairfield. Property: 414 Castle Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $425,000. Filed March 19. Cohen, Nancy and David Cohen, Fairfield. Seller: 1907 Fairfield Beach Road LLC, Fairfield. Property: 1907 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed March 23.

Costa, Joice and Matheus Costa, Port Chester, New York. Seller: Maryann Fernandes and Eugene Fernandes, Newtown. Property: 16 Hanover Road, Newtown. Amount: $475,000. Filed March 20.

Feldman, Leslie and Michael Frank, Old Bethpage, New York. Seller: Toll CT III LP, Danbury. Property: 12 Enclave Drive, Danbury. Amount: $782,984. Filed March 20.

Danylyuk, Anna and Mykhaylo I. Danylyuk, Norwalk. Seller: RMBS Reo Holdings LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: Unit A-203 of Eastview Condominium, Norwalk. Amount: $686,800. Filed March 27.

Fitzgerald, Kristen M. and Daniel B. Fitzgerald, Fairfield. Seller: Matthew Handler and Carrier Handler, Fairfield. Property: 27 Drumm Road, Fairfield. Amount: $775,000. Filed March 27.

Darensbourge, Sylvia and Louis A. Darensbourge Sr., Stratford. Seller: Raymond G. Vitali Jr. and Valerie R. Vitali, Shelton. Property: Lot 13, Map 1434, Shelton. Amount: $344,400. Filed March 26.

Fitzpatrick, Abelina, Norwalk. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 12 Broadview Terrace, Norwalk. Amount: $321,300. Filed March 27.

DeAngelis, Cynthia M. and Ronald M. DeAngelis, Stamford. Seller: Gilles Clement Construction, Westport. Property: 1392 Riverbank Road, Stamford. Amount: $696,000. Filed March 29.

Flynn, Christine M. and David A. Flynn, Stamford. Seller: Kevin Crawley and Jennifer Crawley, Stamford. Property: Lot 21, Map 3365, Stamford. Amount: $484,000. Filed March 27.

Detmer, Deborah A. and Jeffrey J. Detmer, Fairfield. Seller: Jeffrey J. Detmer, Greenwich. Property: 19 Hoover Road, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed March 29.

Fogelstrom, Christie L., Newtown. Seller: Yongsuk Seo, Newtown. Property: 5 Cooper Creek Circle, Unit 5, Newtown. Amount: $237,000. Filed March 23.

DiGesu, Claudia and Vanderson DiGesu, Stamford. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Stamford. Property: Plot B, Map 11198, Stamford. Amount: $600,000. Filed March 28.

Fortini, Darren James, Shelton. Seller: Solix Inc., Fairfield. Property: 56 Walnut Ave., Shelton. Amount: $345,000. Filed March 20.

Dip, Deborah and Guillermo Dip, Middle Village, New York. Seller: Stephen A. Salmon and Elizabeth Kerrigan Salmon, Stamford. Property: 64 Mianus Road, Stamford. Amount: $659,500. Filed March 22. Domber, Jeanette L., Boulder, Colorado. Seller: Yaoyu Zhao, Ridgefield. Property: 14 South St., Unit 16, Danbury. Amount: $229,000. Filed March 22. Eckert, Elizabeth, Thomas Eckert and Michael Repaci, Fairfield. Seller: Susan Galbraith Zimmerman, Greenwich. Property: Lot 18, Map 511, Greenwich. Amount: $520,000. Filed April 3. Emmrich, Manuela, Stamford. Seller: 9 Hobbie Street LLC, Stamford. Property: Lot 2, Map 14861, Stamford. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 3. Epstein, Cynthia, Norwalk. Seller: Peter C. Brissenden and Wendy Bannerman-Clark, Norwalk. Property: 5 Yew St., Norwalk. Amount: $667,500. Filed March 28.

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Foulke, Kirsten King and Matthew Francis Capalbo, Stamford. Seller: Phani Raghuram Tumuluri and Neelima Tumuluri, Stamford. Property: Unit 17 in Cambridge Court Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $397,000. Filed March 29. Gaines, Susan, Westport. Seller: Brett A. Driesen, Stamford. Property: 2475 Summer St., Unit 3L, Stamford. Amount: $177,500. Filed March 28. Gallo, Donald T., Stamford. Seller: Cindy Rice, Three Rivers, Michigan. Property: Lots 87, 88, 89 and 90, Map 942, Stamford. Amount: $99,000. Filed March 28. Gazineu, Daniel Hermelino, Long Island City, New York. Seller: Mons LLC, Stamford. Property: 132 Hope St., Unit 1, Stamford. Amount: $490,000. Filed March 19. Geriak, Gail, Norwalk. Seller: Melissa Wallace, Norwalk. Property: 4 Glenwood Ave., Unit 4A, Norwalk. Amount: $97,000. Filed March 29.

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Facts & Figures Gilbert, Virginia L., Greenwich. Seller: Virginia L. Gilbert, Greenwich. Property: Lot 515, Map 2906, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed March 29. Giordano, Jacquelyn M. and Robert A. Giordano, Stamford. Seller: Michael Ross Melmed and Lisa Reingold Melmed, Harrison, New York. Property: 33 Albin Road, Stamford. Amount: $536,550. Filed March 28. Giunta, Stacy, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Steven Bodakowski, Fairfield. Property: 65 Edgewood Place, Fairfield. Amount: $415,000. Filed March 29. Gonzalez, Edgar A., Stamford. Seller: Luis A. Massa and Gabrielle Massa, Stamford. Property: Unit 5 in Twenty Seven Street Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $95,000. Filed March 22. Grossman, Corey, Centerbrook. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 47 Pine Point Road, Norwalk. Amount: $738,880. Filed March 28. Hayden, Kellie L. and Matthew W. Porter, Norwalk. Seller: Robert J. Kalachik, Stamford. Property: 580 Fairfield Ave., Unit 1, Stamford. Amount: $560,000. Filed March 29. Henriquez, Jacuqline and Juan Henriquez, Stamford. Seller: Marie Laria, Stamford. Property: 39 Mill Spring Lane, Stamford. Amount: $480,000. Filed March 22. Henry, Alison Charlotte and Warren Rosenstein, Mount Tremper, New York. Seller: Damian P. Piastowski, Stamford. Property: 122 Stamford St., Unit 2B, Stamford. Amount: $200,000. Filed March 27. Hightower, Dori B., Stamford. Seller: Jeffrey LaLonde and Ross Bielefeld, Stamford. Property: Unit 60 in Strawberry Woods Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $602,500. Filed March 29. Horton, Randall and Ryan Horton, Stamford. Seller: George B. Fjelldal and Mary M. Fjelldal, Stamford. Property: 18 Oakdale Road, Stamford. Amount: $560,000. Filed March 28. Hovanec, Nancy J. and Francis A. Darby, Stratford. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 502 Jackman Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $337,000. Filed March 26. Jahoda, Julie A. and Judith J. Ingram, Stamford. Seller: Catherine A. Harvey, Stamford. Property: 9 Sound Ave., Stamford. Amount: $708,000. Filed March 29.

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Khaira, Sukhjit and Sukhdeep K. Khaira, Fairfield. Seller: Alan Lau and Julia Pang, Stamford. Property: 1 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 9G, Stamford. Amount: $300,999. Filed March 27. Kinahan, Tressa and Brian Kinahan, Stamford. Seller: Laure F. Edelberg, Stamford. Property: 122 White Oak Lane, Stamford. Amount: $815,000. Filed April 2. Kutzy, Paul, Katonah, New York. Seller: Carl Halpern and Simona Halpern, Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. Property: 105 Harbor Drive, Unit 105, Stamford. Amount: $384,500. Filed March 29. Lee, Hittie C. and Donald Lee, Stratford. Seller: Francis J. Duffin and Barbara A. Duffin, Fairfield. Property: 125 Stella Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $805,000. Filed March 28.

McLennan, Katherine and Kenneth Kolb, Greenwich. Seller: Thomas Patrick O’Connor and Elizabeth McLennan O’Connor, Greenwich. Property: Lot 149, Map 2422, Greenwich. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed April 4. McLoughlin, Jennifer E. and Alireza Abedin, New York, New York. Seller: Hildy U. Guerrero, Norwalk. Property: 37 Kensett Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $715,000. Filed April 6. Mendez, Natalia Andrea, Norwalk. Seller: Debra L. Felter, Norwalk. Property: 8 Ricky Lane, Unit 8, Norwalk. Amount: $238,000. Filed March 27. Menon, Aditi and Anand M. Menon, Stamford. Seller: David A. Carlson and Linda M. Carlson, Stamford. Property: Lot 1, Map 8256, Stamford. Amount: $555,000. Filed March 22.

Loftus, Ricky Lee and Daniel George, Miami, Florida. Seller: Matthew Suraci, New York, New York. Property: 300 Broad St., Unit 103, Stamford. Amount: $226,750. Filed March 26.

Midy, Marlene, Stamford. Seller: Norma Juarez, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 22 Leslie St., Unit 2, Stamford. Amount: $197,500. Filed April 3.

Lonski, Matthew, Greenwich. Seller: Anand M. Menon and Aditi Menon, Stamford. Property: 21 Maple Tree Ave., Unit F, Stamford. Amount: $370,000. Filed March 23.

Milito, Meredith Elaine, Merrick, New York. Seller: Nicole M. Penniman, Norwalk. Property: 26 Barbara Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $405,000. Filed March 29.

Magnan, Veronique and Mohamed Diallo, Greenwich. Seller: 8 Dearfield LLC, Greenwich. Property: 8 Dearfield Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed March 26.

Mitchelson, Andrea and Douglas Mitchelson, Greenwich. Seller: Sawmill Land Corp LLC, Greenwich. Property: 70 Sawmill Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed April 5.

Maier, Susan and Thomas Maier, Shelton. Seller: Paul D. Vierra and Pamela Vierra, Shelton. Property: 22 Wake Robin Lane, Shelton. Amount: $695,000. Filed March 19.

Mojica, Berna, Stamford. Seller: Nereo D. Diaz, Trumbull. Property: 42 Halloween Blvd., Stamford. Amount: $285,000. Filed March 29.

Mandacini, Eileen D. and John D. Mandanici Jr., Shelton. Seller: Charles R. Kassheimer, Shelton. Property: 79 Platt Road, Shelton. Amount: $409,000. Filed March 20. Mandava, Suresh and Susan A. Mandava, Greenwich. Seller: Susan A. Mandava, Greenwich. Property: Lot 39, Map 3675, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 29. Mandl, Angelika and Michael Mandl, New Canaan. Seller: Sarah Amatuzio and Andrea Amatuzio, Norwalk. Property: 22 Steepletop Road, Norwalk. Amount: $900,000. Filed March 29. Mangone, Philip A., Monroe. Seller: Joan A. Dizenzo, Seymour. Property: 22 Woodlawn Road, Monroe. Amount: $240,000. Filed March 26. Matthei, Jordan R., Norwalk. Seller: Lynda J. Matthei, Pennington, New Jersey. Property: Unit 72 of Roton Yacht Club, Norwalk. For no consideration paid. Filed March 27.

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Moore, Lindsey J. and Justin A. Moore, Fairfield. Seller: Timothy P. Philbin, Fairfield. Property: 135 Margemere Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed March 20. Morocho, Luis, Greenwich. Seller: Ronald J. Henry and Nancy H. Henry, Fairfield. Property: Lot 13, Map 88, Fairfield. Amount: $352,000. Filed March 22. Moussati, Hovannes G. and Regina J. Moussati, Stamford. Seller: Dumitru V. Pamint, Stamford. Property: Unit 11 in Golden Gate Village Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $387,500. Filed March 27. Muench, Alison and Frederick Muench, Darien. Seller: Michael Spalding and Elyse Spalding, Darien. Property: Unit 219 of Roton Point Association, Norwalk. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed March 27. Nadadur, Karuna and Shreyas Valmiki, Norwalk. Seller: Stephen St. Onge, Norwalk. Property: 17 Clinton Ave., Unit C, Norwalk. Amount: $203,000. Filed April 3.

Nietzel, Catherine S., Greenwich. Seller: Catherine S. Nietzel, Greenwich. Property: 85 Dingletown Road, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 2.

Pritchard, Danielle and David Pritchard, Stamford. Seller: Samaha LLC, Prospect. Property: Lot 1, Map 8307, Newtown. Amount: $576,000. Filed March 20.

Nikocevic, Ferida and Sanela Nikocevic, Stamford. Seller: Claudette Dixon-Shaw, Stamford. Property: Lot 32, Map 889, Stamford. Amount: $435,000. Filed March 26.

Ready, Annette and Alan Ready Jr., Newtown. Seller: Christopher D. Hodge and Jill Terlaga, Newtown. Property: 8 Kelly Court, Newtown. Amount: $432,201. Filed March 21.

Northrop, Richard, Greenwich. Seller: Gregory W. Neumann and Kyoung-Sook Neumann, Greenwich. Property: 20 Grahampton Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $4.3 million. Filed March 26.

Rocafuerte, Irma Patricia and Christian Rocafuerte, Norwalk. Seller: Rafael Villanueva and Javier Villanueva, Norwalk. Property: 18 Lexington Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $340,000. Filed March 29.

O’Connor, Elizabeth M. and Thomas P. O’Connor, Greenwich. Seller: Kenneth D. Kolb and Katherine M. McLennan, Greenwich. Property: Lots 27 and 60, Map 526, Greenwich. Amount: $5.7 million. Filed April 4.

Schaffer, Talbot Gibson and Chris Schaffer, Norwalk. Seller: Juan Munster, Durham, North Carolina. Property: 6 Deepwood Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $362,500. Filed March 29.

Okun, Irene and Michael Okun, Stamford. Seller: Xiaobo Liu and Ting Liu, New Canaan. Property: Unit 6 of Edgewood Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $536,000. Filed March 22. Panda, Brendan M., Stamford. Seller: 58 Rogers LLC, Stamford. Property: 58 Rogers Road, Stamford. Amount: $2 million. Filed April 2. Pecherski, Dorota K., Stamford. Seller: Christopher Warner and Ana Paola Warner, Stamford. Property: 104 North St., Unit 202, Stamford. Amount: $345,000. Filed April 2. Pezzola, Annmarie, Purchase, New York. Seller: Fabiano Basile, Stamford. Property: 85 Riverside Ave., Unit G4, Stamford. Amount: $290,000. Filed March 29. Picarelli-Khattar, Meridith A. and Marcello Khattar, Greenwich. Seller: Mario A. Bauduin Jr. and Karen E. Tepper, Greenwich. Property: 34 Greenwich Hills Drive, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 2.

Shafi, Nilufa Y., Mohammed Salim and Mohammed Sohel, Stamford. Seller: Mohammed J. Uddin, Lily Akther and Hosne Akther, Stamford. Property: 32 Hanover St., Stamford. Amount: $605,000. Filed March 29. Shahi, Samichha and Samrat Shah, Stamford. Seller: Charlotte L. Stokes and William S. Court IV, Stamford. Property: Lot 14, Map 9239, Stamford. Amount: $891,800. Filed March 23. Shaw, Kristen, Norwalk. Seller: Jason D. Sorley, Norwalk. Property: Unit 1407 of The Carriage House, Norwalk. Amount: $295,000. Filed March 29. Shevlin, Patricia and Travis Shevlin, Islip Terrace, New York. Seller: 9 Hobbie Street LLC, Stamford. Property: Unit B, Map 14941, Stamford. Amount: $524,000. Filed March 26. Skidd, William P. and Andrew D. Skidd, Bridgeport. Seller: Jeannette J. Meister, Stratford. Property: 92 East Ave., Norwalk. For no consideration paid. Filed March 27.

Poccia, Christina and Anthony DeLisa, Greenwich. Seller: David J. Parkes and Alycia E. Parkes, Greenwich. Property: Lot 7, Map 2719, Greenwich. Amount: $800,000. Filed April 2.

Steele, Juliana and Nicholas Gray, Stamford. Seller: Ryan Horton and Randall Horton, Stamford. Property: 202 Soundview Ave., Unit 56, Stamford. Amount: $450,000. Filed March 27.

Pontius, Lynde and John H. Pontius Jr., Norwalk. Seller: John R. Sini and Michelle Sini, Norwalk. Property: Unit 99 of Roton Point, Norwalk. Amount: $95,000. Filed March 27.

Street, Lois A. and James O. Street, Ridgefield. Seller: Michael F. McKnight and Susan McKnight, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Lane, Unit 4, Ridgefield. Amount: $865,000. Filed March 23.

Pope, Adrian, Pleasant Hill, California. Seller: Thomas Hodosi, Shelton. Property: Lot 8, Map 1224, Shelton. Amount: $425,000. Filed March 20. Pothier, Maureen, Shelton. Seller: Krista L. Millea, Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Property: Lot 536, Map 57, Shelton. Amount: $360,000. Filed March 20.

Streeter Jr., Jeffrey and Daphne Michel, Stamford. Seller: Geraldine Eccleston Murdock, Dave A. Eccleston, Aaron Eccleston, Norwalk. Property: 35 Oak Hill Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $350,000. Filed April 2.

Tashash, Victoria and Karim Tashash, Norwalk. Seller: Dorothy Carroll and Victor Carroll, Stamford. Property: 1093 Shippan Ave., Stamford. Amount: $760,000. Filed March 29. Thompson, Judith, Greenwich. Seller: Kevin P. Mahaney, Greenwich. Property: Indian Harbor, Greenwich. Amount: $17.8 million. Filed April 5. Tilley, Gabrielle and Timothy J. Tilley, Norwalk. Seller: Justin A. Kircher, Norwalk. Property: 59 George Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $440,000. Filed April 4. Tobiasen, Kathleen and Tina Franceschini, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Lawrence C. Rossetti and Virginia Rossetti, Greenwich. Property: Lot 4, Map 1418, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 6. Trofa, Patrick Pasquale, Wilton. Seller: Kasim A. Jessa and Bashir A. Jessa, Stamford. Property: 101 Grove St., Unit 14, Stamford. Amount: $429,500. Filed March 29. Valenti, Sarah Anne, Stamford. Seller: Charles Failla and Carmen M. Failla, Stamford. Property: 44 Strawberry Hill Ave., Apt. 10P, Stamford. Amount: $193,500. Filed March 22. Varada, Visanath, Divya Varada and Vineel Kumar Varada, Stamford. Seller: Pavan K. Dinavahi and Deepthi S. Pratapa, Stamford. Property: 2023 Summer St., Unit 4, Stamford. Amount: $450,000. Filed March 28. Ventura, Ann, Stamford. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 400 Main St., Unit 9P, Stamford. Amount: $180,000. Filed March 26. Wall, Lori and Rocco Wall, Stamford. Seller: DDH Associates LLC, Monroe. Property: 223 Homeland St., Fairfield. Amount: $545,000. Filed March 23. Warner, Ana Paola and Christopher B. Warner, Stamford. Seller: Jeffrey Z. Kalapos and Kelsey A. Kalapos, Stamford. Property: 61 Clay Hill Road, Stamford. Amount: $615,000. Filed March 23. Wong, Terence Wai T. and Kylie Kwok-Fun Wong, Stamford. Seller: George L. Axiotakis and Gilda Axiotakis, Stamford. Property: 1 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 7E, Stamford. Amount: $409,000. Filed April 6. Woodruff, Maria N., Bedford Hills, New York. Seller: Israel C. Good, Stamford. Property: 300 Seaside Ave., Unit 1A, Stamford. Amount: $270,000. Filed March 28. Xhekaj, Quendresa and Besart Xhekaj, Bronx, New York. Seller: Eagle Hill Foundation Inc., Greenwich. Property: Lot 282, Map 1039A, Greenwich. Amount: $820,000. Filed March 26.

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Facts & Figures Zhang, Yanfeng and Hua Hou, Stamford. Seller: Vishal Chhabra and Shraddha Tyagi, Stamford. Property: 238 Glenbrook Road, Unit 32C, Stamford. Amount: $247,000. Filed March 27.

FORECLOSURES

Young, Jamie, et al. Creditor: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 31 High St., Unit 4-2A, Norwalk. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 28. Zimmerman, Ronald L., et al. Creditor: Pingora Loan Servicing LLC, Ewing, New Jersry. Property: 20 Rugby Road, Shelton. Mortgage default. Filed March 23.

Caruso, Leslie B., et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Coppell, Texas. Property: 60 Lincoln Ave., Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed March 26. Cedeno, Venancia, et al. Creditor: M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York. Property: 2016-2020 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 23. Freda, Thomas J., et al. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 47 Stetson Place, Unit 47, Danbury. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 22. Gasster, Robert S., et al. Creditor: MTGLQ Investors LP, Greenville, S.C. Property: 25 Grand St., Unit 116, Norwalk. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 27. Gombos, Melanie, et al. Creditor: Rushmore Loan Management Services LLC, Irvine, California. Property: 22 Princess Wenonah Drive, Shelton. Mortgage default. Filed March 22. Gomes Jr., Armindo, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Greenville, South Carolina. Property: 50 Greenhouse Road, Unit 25C, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 16. Martinez, Reinaldo, et al. Creditor: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 378 Alpine Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 23. Mirochnik, Dennis, et al. Creditor: MB Financial Bank NA, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Property: 54 Harvester Road, Monroe. Mortgage default. Filed March 23. Munson, Calvin F., et al. Creditor: Citibank NA, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Property: 81 Myren St., Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed March 19. Shack, Adam C., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 433 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed March 13. Spinelli, Roger L., et al. Creditor: Wachovia Mortgage, Fort Mill, South Carolina. Property: 90 Soundview Ave., Shelton. Mortgage default. Filed March 22. Wynter, Stephanie, et al. Creditor: HSBC Bank USA NA Property: 1276 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 20.

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JUDGMENTS Adams, Mark, Fairfield. $22,610 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 280 Godfrey Road, Fairfield. Filed March 23. Brown, Maisy, Bridgeport. $6,171 in favor of Metropolitan District ECU Inc., Hartford, by Grady & Riley LLP, Waterbury. Property: 1269 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Masheck, Walter, Fairfield. $1,558 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 23 Eastfield Drive, Fairfield. Filed March 23. McCarthy, Joseph P., Newtown. $2,461 in favor of Unifund Corp., by Calistro & Airone LLC, Westbrook. Property: 4 Forest Drive, Newtown. Filed March 23. Melton, Theresa A., Bridgeport. $9,380 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 145 Earl Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 22. Narea, Hernan T., Greenwich. $44,754 in favor of American Express Bank FSB, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Kristen A. Mazur. Property: 4 Banksville Road, Greenwich. Filed March 12.

Bustos, Tania, Bridgeport. $8,713 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 1911 North Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Papadopoulos, Steve, Norwalk. $1,711 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 19 Third St., Norwalk. Filed March 29.

Elumba, Sean M., Stamford. $1,992 in favor of Unifund Corp., Westbrook, by Calistro & Airone LLC, Westbrook. Property: 154 Gaymoor Drive, Stamford. Filed March 23.

Phung, Thuy T., Shelton. $11,137 in favor of American Express Bank FSB, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Kristen A. Mazur. Property: 49 Sunset Drive, Shelton. Filed March 23.

Garcia, Jorge F., Shelton. $3,846 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Livonia, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 308 Nichols Ave., Shelton. Filed March 21.

Ribeiro, Deborah, Greenwich. $1,729 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Livonia, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 44 Edgewood Ave., Greenwich. Filed March 21.

Gunzy, Bruce M., Bridgeport. $3,632 in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 17 Teresa Place, Bridgeport. Filed March 22.

Thomopoulos, Theo, Shelton. $2,476 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 19 Congress Ave., Shelton. Filed March 19.

Hamet, Marc, et al., Greenwich. $4,223 in favor of Airtech of Stamford Inc., Stamford, by the Law Offices of Karen M. Riggio, Stamford. Property: 20 Dialstone Lane, Greenwich. Filed March 26.

Wood, Rebecca C., Monroe. $1,389 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 895 Main St., Monroe. Filed March 19.

Hernandez, Christina, Bridgeport. $1,896 in favor of Portfolio Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 1045 Kossuth St., Bridgeport. Filed March 22.

Zunigapacheco, Carmita, Bridgeport. $2,380 in favor of Synchrony Bank, by Solomon and Solomon PC, Albany, New York. Property: 184 Bronx Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Lupe, Gail P., Shelton. $3,466 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 88 Sorghum Road, Shelton. Filed March 21.

LEASES

Manely, Thomas H., Shelton. $11,773 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 7 Fourth Ave., Shelton. Filed March 26.

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Ascher, Carollyne, by self. Landlord: Putnam Park Apartments Inc., Stamford. Property: Apt. 117 of Putnam Park Apartments, Greenwich. Term: 32 years, commenced April 2, 2018. Filed April 3.

LIENS

Mebane, Sean K., 32 Acre Drive, Danbury. $116,738, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED

Moore, Dianne, 121 Snow Crystal Lane, Stamford. $47,527, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27.

Arias, Rocio and Carlos F. Arias, 24 Murray St., Norwalk. $110,614, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27.

Pereira, Alexander F., 14 Nursery St., Norwalk. $6,044, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27.

Athens Inc., 3350 Post Road, Fairfield. $43,206, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 26. Balzano, Robert A., 2 Homestead Lane, Unit 312, Greenwich. $28,123, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19. Blueberry Hill Landscaping LLC, 5 Boysenberry Lane, Shelton. $6,058, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 26. Bowman, Marian R. and Andrew B. Bowman, 807 Cascade Drive, Fairfield. $182,621, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Cramer, Paul M., 1100 Kings Highway East, Fairfield. $29,058, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 26. Fasfa Transportation LLC, 90-92 Bouton St., Norwalk. $13,473, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 27. Frater, Daniela and Thomas P. B. Frater, 187 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. $400,758, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19. Gutierrez, Luis A., 62 Grand St., Danbury. $120,315, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21. J&J Landscape Contractors Inc., 31 Spezzano Drive, Greenwich. $245,246, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 19. J&J Landscape Contractors Inc., 31 Spezzano Drive, Greenwich. $7,764, payroll taxes. Filed March 19. Lamhaouar, Kirsten and Najib Lamhaouar, 61 Winthrop Drive, Greenwich. $73,580, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19. Leguiza, Gustavo, 1127 High Ridge Road, Suite 248, Apt. 504, Stamford. $11,018, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. McNamara, Megan A. and John J. McNamara, 589 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. $74,007, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20. MCT Consult USA LLC, 46 Old Track Road, Greenwich. $9,225, payroll taxes, failure to file correct information returns tax penalty and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 19.

Wilson, Matthew, 11 School St., Second floor, Norwalk. $1,254, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED

Polissina, Godfrey, P.O. Box 7730, Greenwich. $224,354, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Bachman, Jill and Rik Bachman, 111 Woodbine Lane, Fairfield. $130,448, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

Priolet, Claude P., 35 Wilson Ave., Darien. $684,797, a tax debt on income earned and failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed March 26.

Cilio, Andrea A. and Bruno Cilio, 50 Butler St., Greenwich. $62,963, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Priolet, Claude P., 35 Wilson Ave., Fairfield. $54,842, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed March 26.

Commuter Cleaners of Stamford LLC, 141 Cove Road, Stamford. $7,116, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 20.

Romano, Ralph, P.O. Box 4136, Stamford. $33,871, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Roosendahl, Roger, 1 Old Forge Road, Greenwich. $36,008, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19. Schiattarella, Carlo, 957 RockRimmon Road, Stamford. $15,986, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Schutt, Jennifer and Matthew J. Ristau, 15 Concord St., Greenwich. $29,435, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21. Sejas, Ariel, 65 Avery St., Stamford. $25,325, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Stanisci, Linda and Peter Stanisci, 1000 Howe Ave., Shelton. $11,708, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19. Steede, Elizabeth L. and Thaddeus M. Steede, 28 Mitchell St., Stamford. $53,157, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Stuart, Melissa A. and Thomas P. Stuart, 98 Old Long Ridge Road, Stamford. $6,812, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21. Vernazza, Lorrie A. and Gerardo C. Vernazza, 97 Thornridge Drive, Stamford. $54,747, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Wilco Life Insurance Co., 20 Glover Ave., Fourth floor, Norwalk. $56,695, failure to file correct information returns tax penalty. Filed March 27. Wilson, Elizabeth and Matthew Wilson, 11 School St., Second floor, Norwalk. $12,257, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27.

Hayes, Monica R. and Andrew W. Hayes, 4 S. Stanwich Road, Greenwich. $49,605, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21. Hayes, Monica R. and Andrew W. Hayes, 4 S. Stanwich Road, Greenwich. $253,075, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21. Lucianos, Adam, 669 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. $75,829, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20. Manbru, Radhames, 20 Foxs Lane, Apt. 20, Greenwich. $11,473, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19. Miller, Sharon A., 120 Northwood Road, Fairfield. $10,517, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, Andrew, 98 Coolidge Ave., Stamford. $9,956, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4. Pena, Warren A., 5 Woodley Lane, Norwalk. $5,293, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Pena, Warren A., 8 Felix Lane, Norwalk. $17,690, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Pena, Warren A., 8 Felix Lane, Norwalk. $13,224, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Townley, Anthony V., 91 Field Point Drive, Fairfield. $75,406, civil proceeding tax. Filed March 20. Vazquez, Marc A., 40 Warren St., Apt. 3, Stamford. $12,299, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 29.

Facts & Figures MECHANICâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LIENS-RELEASED 330 Railroad Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Released by New England Masonry & Roofing Co., Naugatuck, by Lorraine Emanuel. Property: 330 Railroad Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $179,673. Filed March 21. Clearwater Acquisitions LLC, Greenwich. Released by Post Road Iron Works Inc., Greenwich, by Peter C. Carriero. Property: 315 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $21,490. Filed March 20. County Realty Co., Greenwich. Released by Makortiz & Sons, by Paul Ortiz. Property: 181 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $119,341. Filed March 23. Gorski, Bozena, Greenwich. Released by Bargain Tile Outlet & Granite Fabrication LLC, Stamford, by Thomas J. Weihing. Property: 28 Old Camp Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $4,000. Filed March 15. JCS Construction Group Inc., et al., Middletown. Released by A&B Mechanical LLC, Monroe, by Arnold Jones Jr. Property: 330 Railroad Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $362,411. Filed March 21. Lefebvre, Chalon W., et al., Greenwich. Released by A.T.A. Electric, by Michale Troy. Property: 7 Hillcrest Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $18,195. Filed March 14. Markortiz & Sons Inc., Lakewood, New Jersey. Released by L&W Supply Corp., North Haven, by Gregory Pielech. Property: 200 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $25,089. Filed March 23. Miller Partners 321 LLC, Greenwich. Released by Post Road Iron Works Inc., Greenwich, by Peter C. Carriero. Property: 321 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $21,490. Filed March 20.

LIS PENDENS Bae, Julie, et al., Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York. Property: 16 Woodley Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $870,000, dated October 2009. Filed March 23. Black, Michael, Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Bank of America NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 8 Orland St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $100,000, dated March 2005. Filed March 15.

Bourque, Steven, et al., Shelton. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 3 Fort Hill Ave., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $210,000, dated February 2007. Filed March 22.

Dieobi, Justin, et al., Newtown. Filed by Francis A. Teodosio, Shelton, for Webster Bank NA. Property: 4 Edgewood Drive, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $319,500, dated April 2009. Filed March 20.

Cao, Julieta, Norwalk. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Property: 5 Rome St., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $277,624, dated October 2012. Filed March 26.

Dolan, Rita E., et al., Fairfield. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1775 Congress St., Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of, dated August 1983. Filed March 23.

Carlin, Brian P., et al., Shelton. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 311 Huntington St., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $260,000, dated January 2007. Filed March 21. Carrington, Kevin B., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Property: 146 Dixon St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $236,800, dated September 2005. Filed March 28. Caruso, Nicholas F., et al., Fairfield. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 32 Nutmeg Lane, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $363,750, dated February 2005. Filed March 19. Cheryl, Paul, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for HSBC Bank USA NA, Buffalo, New York. Property: 218 Norman Court, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $211,500, dated January 2007. Filed March 28. Cohen, Carmen, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 99101 Grant St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29. Collins, Amy L., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Homestead Funding Corp. Property: Lot 10, Fayerweather Terrace, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $250,813, dated December 2013. Filed March 28. Crosby, Keith, et al., Monroe. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 29 Harvester Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $412,539, dated June 2010. Filed March 21.

Doskow, Susan L., et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 65 Glenbrook Road, Apt. 7B, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $275,428, dated July 2012. Filed March 22. Fajardo, Juan P., et al., Danbury. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 73 Purcell Drive, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $223,917, dated November 2011. Filed March 21. Fenton, Christopher I., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for The Lofts on Lafayette Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 325 Lafayette St., Unit 8211, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 22. Fernandez, Oscar, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1480 Capitol Ave., Unit 806, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $275,500, dated February 2005. Filed March 20. Fils, St. Louis, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 40-42 Tremont Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $369,663, dated September 2009. Filed March 28. Gallo, Jeffrey J., Monroe. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Caliber Home Loans Inc. Property: 483 Fanhill Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $222,520, dated November 2009. Filed March 19.

Giraldo, Gilberto A., et al., Greenwich. Filed by Fidelity National Law Group, Norwalk, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: Lot 3, Map 257, Greenwich. Action: to quiet the title to property in favor of plaintiff and apply to discharge the mortgage granted. Filed March 19.

Montalvo, Jose A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Property: 183185 Seeley St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $235,000, dated August 2006. Filed March 21.

Gonzalez, Ivette, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 520 Evers St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $196,000, dated September 2005. Filed March 21.

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 a blight lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 4.

Hayden, Meghan A., et al., Monroe. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for PNC Bank NA Property: 19 Birchwood Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $252,200, dated April 2013. Filed March 19. Jones, Sheila, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 121 Hillcrest Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $166,029, dated July 2012. Filed March 28. Kapadia, Dipesh S., Danbury. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Village Square at Park Avenue Condominium Association Inc. Property: 97-99 Park Ave., Unit 21, Building 2, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 20. Karpenko, Jeffrey, et al., Shelton. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 60-62 Beecher Ave., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $272,000, dated February 2007. Filed March 26. Kish, Nicole A., et al., Shelton. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 12 Netop Trail, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $232,000, dated March 2006. Filed March 23. Lynch, Patricia A., et al., Shelton. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 197 Grove St., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $152,500, dated January 2013. Filed March 23.

Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 84-86 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $113,750, dated December 2003. Filed March 28. Percell, John R., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 158 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29. Ragin, Daryl A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 102 Cloverhill Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29. Sabados, Rudolph J., et al., Fairfield. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York. Property: 77 Winoca Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $665,000, dated July 2008. Filed March 26. Salmon, Mark A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 414416 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29. Seger, Michael C., et al., Stamford. Filed by John P. Regan, Stamford, for city of Stamford. Property: 1574 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 26.

Spears, Davida, Bridgeport. Filed by Griffin, Griffin & Mayo, Waterbury, for Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: 174 Woodrow Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $136,200, dated April 2007. Filed March 26. Springer, Michael, et al., Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for city of Stamford. Property: 818 Hope St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 27. Squires, Scott G., Shelton. Filed by Zeldes, Needle & Cooper PC, Bridgeport, for Heather Ridge Condominium Association Inc. Property: Unit 102 of Heather Ridge Condominium, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 26. Ventura, Frank, et al., Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 560 Webbs Hill Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 27. Webbs Hill Road LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 570 Webbs Hill Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 27. Whitehead, Lisa A., et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 10 Scuppo Road, Unit A-13, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 21. Wikman, Jennifer Murphy, et al., Greenwich. Filed by the Law Office of Robert A. Ziegler, Plainville, for East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC. Property: 108 Hendrie Ave., Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a mechanicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lien against the defendants in favor of the plaintiff. Filed March 27. Wrobel, Ewa, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Fairview Condominium Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 30 Fairview Ave., Unit 3, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 27.

Shanahan, Michael, et al., Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 77 Rockledge Private Drive, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 27.

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Facts & Figures Zukauskas, John Richard, Bridgeport. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Greentree Condominium Association Inc. Property: 715 Frenchtown Road, Unit 21, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 26.

MORTGAGES 191 Summer Street LLC, Roslyn, New York, by Louis Silverman. Lender: Signature Bank, Melville, New York. Property: 191 Summer St., Stamford. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed March 29. 202 Field Point Road LLC, by John Kavaounas. Lender: First Republic Bank. Property: 202 Field Point Road, Greenwich. Amount: $650,000. Filed April 2. 5 Meadow Wood LLC, Greenwich, by Elsie Webster. Lender: Sharestates Investments LLC, Great Neck, New York. Property: 5 Meadow Wood Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $3.4 million. Filed April 2. 5 Star Holdings LLC, by Ed Dostal. Lender: Lendinghome Funding Corp., San Francisco, California. Property: 146-148 Cowles St., Bridgeport. Amount: $88,000. Filed March 26. 583 Howe Avenue LLC, Wilton, by Marc A. Stella. Lender: Live Oak Banking Co., Wilmington, North Carolina. Property: 583 Howe Ave., Shelton. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed March 26. B.R.H. Property LLC, Newtown, by Bryan Roth. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 27 Hawleyville Road, Newtown. Amount: $268,000. Filed March 22. Bella Homes LLC, Fairfield, by Alfonso Cammarota Jr. Lender: RRIT LLC, Fairfield. Property: 126 Harbor Road, Fairfield. Amount: $800,000. Filed March 21. Block 912 JV LLC, New York, New York, by Mark E. Reed. Lender: Boston Community Loan Fund Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. Property: 1184-1186 Main St., and 179-205 Middle St., Bridgeport. Amount: $5.4 million. Filed March 26. Block 912 JV LLC, New York, New York, by Mark E. Reed. Lender: Capital for Change Inc., Hartford. Property: 1184-1186 Main St., and 179-205 Middle St., Bridgeport. Amount: $975,000. Filed March 26. Block 912 JV LLC, New York, New York, by Mark E. Reed. Lender: Department of Housing for the state of Connecticut. Property: 1184-1186 Main St., and 179-205 Middle St., Bridgeport. Amount: $5 million. Filed March 26.

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Block 912 JV LLC, New York, New York, by Mark E. Reed. Lender: Low Income Investment Fund, San Francisco, California. Property: 1184-1186 Main St., and 179-205 Middle St., Bridgeport. Amount: $12.2 million. Filed March 26. Block 912 JV LLC, New York, New York, by Mark E. Reed. Lender: city of Bridgeport. Property: 1184-1186 Main St., and 179-205 Middle St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed March 26. Center Street Property LLC, by Matthew L. Calandro. Lender: Christine Guerrera, Monroe. Property: 114 Center St., Shelton. Amount: $248,514. Filed March 20. DBI Development LLC, Norwalk, by Luigi George D’Acunto. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 17 Assisi Way, Norwalk. Amount: $188,000. Filed March 28. DBI Development LLC, Norwalk, by Luigi George D’Acunto. Lender: Thomas Czako, Norwalk. Property: 17 Assisi Way, Norwalk. Amount: $140,000. Filed March 28. E & B Investments LLC, Stamford, by Emil Sabotic. Lender: Silver Heights Development LLC, Westport. Property: 45 Soundview Drive, Stamford. Amount: $400,000. Filed March 28. Fairfield Avenue Storage LLC, Stamford, by Martin Karol. Lender: Brookline Bank, Boston, Massachusetts. Property: Lot 35, Map 14767, Stamford. Amount: $9.1 million. Filed March 29. Four Seasons Construction LLC, Centerbrook, by Corey L. Grossman. Lender: Jewett City Savings Bank. Property: 47 Pine Point Road, Norwalk. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 28. Green Meadows III LLC, Norwalk, by Abiodun I. Tobin. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 443 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $182,000. Filed March 26. HPP-Four LLC, Stamford, by Carl R. Kuehner. Lender: Judland Finance Inc., Victoria, British Columbia. Property: 100 Harbor Point Road, Stamford. Amount: $135 million. Filed March 29. Jay Construction LLC, Fairfield, by Gedilson B. Goncalves. Lender: Secure Capital Group LLC, Stratford. Property: 160 Pine Point Drive, Bridgeport. Amount: $140,000. Filed March 27. JDF of Newfield LLC, by Marianna Sandolo. Lender: Joel Paul Berger, Bayside, New York. Property: 14 Cold Spring Road, Stamford. Amount: $130,000. Filed March 21.

Property Choices LLC, Huntington, by Paula M. Bachman. Lender: Provost Capital LLC, Weston. Property: 27 Timberlane Drive, Shelton. Amount: $190,650. Filed March 23. Roger Smith Stamford LLC, Stamford, by James Knowles. Lender: Investors Bank, Short Hills, New Jersey. Property: 1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Amount: $6.5 million. Filed March 22. Stamford Project LLC, Stamford, by John A. Arrendondo. Lender: Webster Bank NA, Hartford. Property: Parcel A, Map 12332, Stamford. Amount: $5.5 million. Filed March 29. Thomas Sturges Construction LLC, Ridgefield, by Rex E. Gustafson. Lender: Southlake IRA Investments LLC, Union Hall, Virginia. Property: Parcel A, Map 8125, Ridgefield. Amount: $306,000. Filed March 22. Turkey Ridge Development LLC, Woodbridge, by John N. Guedes. Lender: Ion Bank, Naugatuck. Property: Lots 1-11, Map 8373, Newtown. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed March 20. Wed US LLC, Stamford, by Walter Cappelli. Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: Lots 89, 90, 91 and 92, Map 1336, Stamford. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 29.

NEW BUSINESSES Advanced Real Estate LLC, 9 West St., Newtown 06470, c/o Kevin Donovan. Filed March 23. Anchor Spirits Ireland, 254-B Mill St., Suite A-3, Greenwich 06830, c/o Robert B. Back. Filed March 16. Bevmax Wines & Liquors, 345 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport 06610, c/o Sungchul Hong. Filed March 26. Brick House Masonry & Restoration (BMR) LLC, 255 Charles St., Unit A-4, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Eugene Dawson. Filed March 27. Custom Carpentry & Cabinets, 18 Fieldstone Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Krzysztof Ogonowski. Filed March 26. Dawn Frattaroli Residential Brokerage, 25 Angelus Drive, Greenwich 06831, c/o Dawn Frattaroli. Filed March 13. Deborah Miller Aprn, 111 East Ave., Suite 313, Norwalk 06851, c/o Deborah Elizabeth Miller. Filed April 4. Dominican Girls Beauty LLC, 791 E. Main St., Stamford 06905, c/o Anny Matos Mormeolejos. Filed March 20.

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Euphoria Enterprises, 94 Lexington Ave., Apt. 1, Norwalk 06854, c/o Catherine E. Hornyak. Filed April 3.

Nick Goral Design & Illustration, 2 Kingswood Road, Danbury 06811, c/o Nicholas Goral. Filed March 22.

Fieldstone Construction, 18 Fieldstone Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Krzysztof Ogonowski. Filed March 26.

OK2Travel, 325 Strawberry Hill Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Kim M. Paulk. Filed March 26.

PATENTS

On Board Café, 44 Calf Pasture Beach Road, Norwalk 06855, c/o Clyde Ripka and Kirstin Ripka. Filed April 5.

Automating repairs to audio systems. Patent no. 9,949,046 issued to Graham Hammell, Sandy, Utah. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Flor Hair and Style, 456 Glenbrook Road, Stamford 06906, c/o Flor Hair and Style LLC. Filed March 26. Fluffy Pants Studio, 105 Richards Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Illia Tsariuk. Filed April 5. Forest Street Investments, 10 Serenity Lane, Greenwich 06807, c/o David Steinberg. Filed March 29. Grace Movements, 246 Vincellette St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Grace Cadeau. Filed March 26. Greenwich Bicycles, 17 Glenville St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Robert Koshare. Filed March 13. High Maintenance Cleaning Service, 112 Pine Hill Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Jasmine Tiara Brown. Filed March 27. JM Nail Studio, 3484 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Viviane Batista. Filed March 26. Jose Construction Handyman and Mechanic Service, 43 Suncrest Road, Norwalk 06854, c/o Jose Luis De La Cruz. Filed March 26. JS Construction, 29 Stonecrop Road North, Norwalk 06851, c/o Jerzy Sleczka. Filed April 5. Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 132 Main St., Ridgefield 06877, c/o M. Shen-Zhuang Chien. Filed March 22. La Bodega Del Motongo LLC, 4 Crescent Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Edwin Rios. Filed March 27. Little Stars Daycare, 74 McMullen Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Amina Jafri. Filed March 23. Mamacitas Latin Fusion, 1001 E. Main St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Erick Salinas. Filed March 27. Michael Sa SMK, 109 Wayne St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Michael Salinas. Filed March 28. MJ Investigative & Protective Services, 28 Brookfield St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Cristina Ursan. Filed March 27. Naturally Vou, 100 Edna Ave., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Bonita Robinson-Fuller. Filed March 27.

Park City Wines & Liquors, 345 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport 06610, c/o Sungchul Hong. Filed March 26. Patty’s Cleaning Service LLC, 16 Action Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Patricia Silva Garcia. Filed March 28. Poetic Reverie, 500 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich 06807, c/o Richard Howe. Filed March 20. Project Tire, 98 Woodward Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Steven Salazar and Eduardo Salazar. Filed March 28. Punch Fitness Center, 321325 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Power GB LLC. Filed March 14. Remodeling by John LLC, 880 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport 06605, c/o John A. Foristall. Filed March 28. Restaurant El Quetzal, 201 1/2 Liberty Square, Norwalk 06855, c/o Jose Muralles. Filed April 2. Restaurante El Quetzal, 201 1/2 Liberty Square, Norwalk 06855, c/o Jose Muralles. Filed April 2. Safe Moving, 157 Shelter Rock Road, Unit 25, Danbury 06810, c/o Allan Oliveira. Filed March 22. Square Science & Company Consultants, 204 Wheeler Ave., Apt. 5, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Wilfredo Soto. Filed March 28. Stamford Mobile Tire Service, 82 Turn of River Road, Stamford 06905, c/o Alberto Peguero. Filed March 22. The Haircut Place, 259 Sound Beach Ave., Greenwich 06831, c/o John Hilton. Filed March 29. The Off Center Barber Shop, 259 Sound Beach Ave., Greenwich 06831, c/o John Hilton. Filed March 29. United 5 & 10 Hardware Store LLC, 964 E. Main St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Rosa E. Montenegro. Filed March 27.

Velo-CT, 8 Willard Road, Norwalk 06851, c/o Russell Stidolph. Filed March 28.

Battery field disconnect method. Patent no. 9,941,550 issued to Kyle W. Rogers, Stamford. Assigned to Otis Elevator Co., Farmington. Cable armor stop. Patent no. D815,604 issued to Lawrence J. Smith, Stamford. Assigned to Bridgeport Fittings Inc., Stratford. Feedback by modifying stiffness. Patent no. 9,937,839 issued to Jaime Elliot Nahman, Oakland, California; Stefan Marti, Oakland, California; Davide Di Censo, Oakland, California; and Mirjana Spasojevic, Palo Alto, California. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford. Imaging system for obscured environments. Patent no. 9,939,525 issued to Lester H. Kosowsky, Stamford. Assigned to L.H. Kosowsky & Associates Inc., Stamford. L-brackets for mounting with extended mobility range. Patent no. 9,942,637 issued to Jerry Moro, Moorpark, California. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford. Leisure seating workstation. Patent no. 9,936,800 issued to Shawn Nelson, Darien; and Justin Kruse, New York, New York. Assigned to The Lovesac Co., Stamford. Method for analytically determining SLS bed temperatures. Patent no. 9,937,667 issued to Scott DeFelice, Holyoke, Massachusetts; and Anthony DeCarmine, Lebanon. Assigned to Hexcel Corp., Stamford. Pedestrian information system. Patent no. 9,947,215 issued to Davide Di Censo, San Mateo, California; and Stefan Marti, Oakland, California. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford. Systems and methods for tabletized tube cleaning. Patent no. 9,938,490 issued to Dave Walsh, Stamford; Timothy J. Kane, Stamford; Ray Field, Stamford; and Joseph J. Franzino, Stamford. Assigned to Crossfield International LLC, Stamford.

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