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FAIRFIELD’S ECONOMIC PLAN COMES IN SHADOW OF GE’S DEPARTURE BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

Under the terms of its 2010 agreement with the state, Sportech can operate 18 OTB venues in Connecticut, consisting of parimutuel wagering on horse racing, greyhound racing and jai alai. Sportech has 15 operations, with construction of one within Bobby V’s Restaurant and Sports Bar in Stamford expected to be completed in time for the June 8-10 Belmont Stakes. A number of Danbury residents have been vocal in their objections to the Two Steps venture, same with moral and ethical concerns about any form of gambling, fears about drawing undesirable patrons to “Danbury’s backyard” — the family friendly CityCenter Green — and the perceived speed with which city government has acted to amend its zoning regulations to allow OTB. An April 11 Zoning Commission public

ome 18 months in the making, “Creating a Strategic Vision for Fairfield,” a newly issued report from the Fairfield Economic Development Commission, couldn’t have come at a better time, according to FEDC Director Mark Barnhart. “We became aware of General Electric’s decision (to leave Fairfield) in the midst of putting the report together,” he said. “That just added further impetus to getting it done.” The report — prepared with the assistance of the Connecticut Economic Resource Center, a nonprofit corporation in Rocky Hill — focuses on several key areas, including improving the regulatory process; supporting mixed-use development opportunities around transit; strengthening cooperation with the town’s two universities, Fairfield and Sacred Heart; and developing a consistent marketing and communications plan. It’s the town’s first such effort in at least a decade. “I’m not sure when the last one was done,” Barnhart said, “and I’ve been here for 10 years.” The report involved high-level stakeholder interviews, focus group sessions, public workshops, and a business and resident survey. “We were pleased by the conversations we had with various stakeholders,” Barnhart said. “Generally, most people had positive things to say about the business climate locally. It’s always good to get some confirmation that you’re going in the right direction.” “I think it’s vitally important that we periodically re-examine the work that we are doing in view of the competition and industrywide best practices,” First Selectman Mike Tetreau said. “Fairfield continues to be a great place in which to live, work and have a business, but we are constantly searching for areas in which we

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Willing L. Biddle, president and CEO of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., in his Greenwich office.

Opponents see Danbury OTB plan as city's odds-on favorite BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

plan to bring an off-track betting operation to downtown Danbury has become a political football and will continue to be kicked around following a second public hearing on April 25. At issue is London-based gambling and entertainment company Sportech’s plan to add an approximately 1,200-square-foot

OTB operation to the second floor of Two Steps Downtown Grille, a longtime fixture at 5 Ives St. Sportech — which has exclusive licensing rights to OTB in Connecticut — is spending $750,000 to renovate the eatery and has said that it will provide 1.6 percent of its gross revenue to CityCenter Danbury, the special taxing district formed by merchants in the late 1980s with the goal of drawing more people and business to the area. City officials have estimated that sum could be as much as $100,000 per year.

Stratford writer seeks crowdfunding help for bookstore venture BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

hen Nikkya Hargrove was growing up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, she worked every day after school as a cashier in her family’s convenience store. Hargrove eventually settled on twin careers, one as a writer for the Washington Post and one as a youth development professional. Today, she is hoping to make a full circle and return to retail with her own independent bookstore called Serendipity Books in Stratford. “Stratford needs a bookstore,” she said, noting the intellectual and emotional connection that people get when finding a special book on a shelf. “It is that feeling inside when you walk through the aisle of a bookstore and put your finger on any title, pick it out, run your fingers through it — maybe you’ll like it or maybe you don’t, but at least you have the opportunity to do that. Which is something that you miss on Amazon.” The e-commerce giant with its selection of 3.4 million books is not the only behemoth that dominates the book retailing industry. As of the end of 2016, Barnes & Noble operated 640 retail bookstores in 50 states, with Fairfield County locations in Westport, Stamford and Danbury plus additional stores in nearby Milford, North Haven and Waterbury. However, Hargrove did not see that chain as a competitor. “While Barnes & Noble is great and I go there often, it is not around the corner,” she said. Hargrove’s plan for Serendipity Books reflects a wider trend in book retailing. According to the American Booksellers Association, the number of independent bookstores across the U.S. reached 2,311 as of 2016, — a 30 percent spike since 2009 and a significant rebirth after 1,000 stores went out of business between 2000 and 2007. Except for online stores, independent bookstores are the only channel in this sector to see their presence expand in recent years. Hargrove credited the new emergence of independent bookstores with neighborhoods renewing their sense of self-identity, adding that Stratford was ready for this type of endeavor. “We have the big malls and the big bookstores, but we don’t have the small bookstores that provide community programming,” she said. “I’ve run into people wanting to bring back the community feel. I want to create a bookstore to bring the com-

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munity together.” Hargrove has also taken the spirit of community involvement one step further in launching an Indiegogo campaign to help raise funds for Serendipity Books’ startup costs. She pointed to a recent Indiegogo campaign by The Lit. Bar in the Bronx, which raised more than $149,000 in March to help finance a startup bookstore and wine bar. However, Hargrove’s campaign has not been as successful as The Lit. Bar’s effort. “So far, we are close to $5,000 — our goal is $100,000,” she said of the campaign that ends on May 1. “We have a way to go — I am hoping for an extension on the campaign.” Serendipity Books at the end of April hosted a pop-up store in the Two Roads Brewery at 1700 Stratford Ave., with a donated inventory by local authors and used books from supporters. Although Hargrove used the event to spread the word about her project, she was also eager to learn what residents are interested in reading. “It will be a small inventory. I’m not looking to have a million titles at this point,” she said, adding that she is eager to highlight books by local writers as well as underthe-radar fiction and poetry. “My goal is to make you think a little deeper. We’ll have a little bit of everything. And if the community says that they want Jackie Collins, we’ll

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get her books in, too.” Hargrove already has a commitment from Open Door Tea, a Stratford eatery, to sell coffee and pastries at Serendipity Books, which she hopes to have up and running by next year. She is eyeing an available location along Stratford’s Paradise Green and she hopes to include an e-commerce aspect to Serendipity Books. “There are a lot of folks who are not local who supported the Indiegogo campaign and would love to have an online addition for the store,” she said. However, she admitted that her schedule is getting a little crowded. In addition to working on Serendipity Books, Hargrove is a program associate at the Wilton-based philanthropy Tauck Family Foundation while contributing freelance parenting articles to the Washington Post. She is also in conversation with publishers regarding her first book, which is based on her graduate school thesis on the effects of incarceration on children of inmates. And she is a mother to a 10-yearold and 1-year-old twins — and hopeful that someday her children will follow her example of working in the family business. “I expect my kids to be in the store and helping — when they aren’t reading,” she said with a laugh.

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SURVEY: 1.5 PERCENT OF U.S. EXPORTS ARE FROM CT

Connecticut companies exported $14.4 billion in goods and services during 2016, according to the sixth biennial International Trade Survey of Connecticut Businesses published by the Connecticut Business & Industry Association. The Nutmeg State was responsible for 1.5 percent of all U.S. exports last year, while 77 percent of companies surveyed for the CBIA said they were engaged in international trade. And where are Connecticut’s exports going? The CBIA reported that the largest overseas markets were North America (73 percent), Western Europe (63 percent), and three major Pacific Rim economies — China, Japan, and Taiwan (51 percent). “This survey shows that there are numerous Connecticut companies with a significant part of their business dedicated to exporting,” CBIA economist Pete Gioia said. “The challenge for the state is to encourage more businesses to get involved in exporting, as well as grow participation for occasional exporters.”

But overcoming that challenge is not an easy task — 79 percent of respondents blamed the state’s taxes as being a disincentive to doing business in Connecticut. But on the other hand, 70 percent of respondents said they took advantage of the state’s research and development tax credit, while 48 percent claimed the domestic production deduction, 14 percent utilized IC-DISC (discount in income taxes on a company’s foreign sales) and 38 percent found benefits in other state tax incentives.

JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT SLIGHTLY UP IN MARCH

Connecticut gained 1,300 net jobs in March, a 0.1 percent increase, but the unemployment rate also increased by 0.1 percent to 4.8 percent, the third time this year it has gone up, according to the state Department of Labor. Year over year, nonagricultural employment in the state grew by 1,600 jobs, or onetenth of 1 percent, according to payroll data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. State labor officials also revised upward February's jobs numbers, saying the state actually added 100 jobs rather than lost 1,600. The state's nonfarm employment stood at 1,685,400 in March, while the number of Connecticut residents who were unemployed increased by 2,368, seasonally adjusted. The number of employed people

grew by 8,061 in March, the DOL said. The DOL noted that even with March’s 4.8 percent unemployment, the figure was still six-tenths of a point better than it was in March 2016. Pete Gioia of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association noted that in percentage terms, job growth remains the slowest of the New England states. Connecticut has now recovered 77 percent of the total jobs it lost during the recession. “Our job growth has improved, but it’s still behind that of other states,” Gioia said. “We are moving in the right direction, and now it's time to pick up the pace to catch up with regional and national growth.”

BRITAIN’S SPORTS DIRECT IN U.S. WITH RETAIL BUY

British retailing group Sports Direct is spending a total of $101 million on paying off the debtors of bankrupt Eastern Outfitters LLC, which owns Bob’s Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports. The deal will give the discount sports retailer, based in Shirebrook, England, its first U.S. presence. Sports Direct will pick up about 50 U.S. stores, following closures that were announced earlier this month. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first half of May and will provide Sports Direct with what it called “a footprint in U.S. bricks-and-mortar retail and a platform from which to grow U.S. online sales.”

As previously reported, store closings in the area include the Bob’s locations at 114 Federal Road in Danbury and at the Fairfield Centre Shopping Center at 889 Post Road in Fairfield, and the Eastern Mountain Sports store in the Turnpike Shopping Center at 1939 Blackrock Turnpike in Fairfield.

HOSPICE AND NURSES COLLABORATE

Fairfield County Hospice House Inc. and Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County are collaborating to deliver hospice care services to residents of the Fairfield County Hospice House when it opens in Stamford later this year. The six-bedroom, 10,000-square-foot facility at 1 Den Road in Stamford will house people receiving home hospice services who can no longer remain in their own homes. Fairfield County Hospice House, an independent nonprofit, will accept patients from all qualified hospice agencies so that patients will be able to keep their home hospice teams when they move into the house. Under the agreement, Norwalk-based Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County will provide consulting and advisory services to Hospice House with respect to hospice operations, clinical staffing and training relevant to the provision of hospice and end-of-life care. — Phil Hall, Kevin Zimmerman

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Urstadt Biddle shops for growth in grocery-anchored retail BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

t has been rather busy during the last six months at Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., the Greenwich-based shopping center real estate investment trust. Since October, the company has coordinated a series of purchases across Connecticut and New Jersey plus a major asset sale in Westchester, all while continuing its track record of uninterrupted quarterly dividend payments — now at 187, stretching 46 consecutive years. The company’s performance has not gone unnoticed. Brad Thomas, the REIT columnist for the Seeking Alpha investment site, gave lavish praise to Urstadt Biddle in an April 4 article titled, “The Cream Always Rises to the Top.” “Dividend growth is the best catalyst for seeking out long-term stock performers, and (Urstadt Biddle) has successfully managed risk through multiple economic cycles,” Thomas observed. For Willing L. Biddle, the company’s president and CEO, the secret to success is the continued pursuit of a key element within the retail sector. “We are focused on groceryanchored retail and not on the enclosed mall, fashion, soft-goods retail business,” he said. “Our sector is relatively healthy.”

He noted that while some areas of brickand-mortar retail are in a difficult struggle for customers with e-commerce, the stores at the heart of Urstadt Biddle’s property portfolio have not felt the bite of digital competitors. “The internet is affecting many areas of retail, but the grocery store is relatively insulated,” Biddle said. “I think Amazon is going to continue to nibble away at it, as are other retailers such as Walgreen’s and CVS. It seems many different retailers are selling food. But we believe the grocery business is not going to go the way of bookstores or other types of retailers that have been affected by the internet.” When seeking out properties for acquisition, Biddle places priority on well-located retail outlets that have “survived the internetization of the retail world.” Grocery stores and drug stores are key components, along with high-volume retailers, such as DSW and Pet Valu, “that cause a lot of traffic in and out of a shopping center — and the smaller stores that feed off this,” he said. Main Street retailers and department stores are not among the company’s favored mall tenants. “The department store business model, which is very focused on branding of apparel, has come under siege by the internet and discount retailers,” Biddle said. “The economic model of the department store has

Fairfield Centre, a 62,000-square-foot shopping center in Fairfield anchored by Marshalls and CVS, is one of nearly two dozen Connecticut retail properties owned by Urstadt Biddle. Photo by Phil Hall.

been hurt because they can’t charge as high a premium for the brands and, as a result, they are not as profitable.” In the last six months, Urstadt Biddle has acquired the 970 High Ridge Road Shopping Center, a 27,000-square-foot mall in Stamford, for $13.3 million; the 38,750-square-foot Pershing Square Shopping Center in Derby, $9 million; the 36,500-square-foot Van Houten Farms Shopping Center in Passaic, New Jersey, for $7.1 million; and a four-property portfolio that included the 87,300-square-foot High Ridge Shopping Center in Stamford.

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Biddle said the latter transaction was structured as a DownREIT partnership in which the seller, Stamford-based Samuel Lotstein Realty Co. LLC, received a combination of cash and operating partnership units in a new entity formed to purchase three of the properties in the portfolio. The fourth property, a 12,000-square-foot former grocery store in Fairfield that was leased to Walgreen’s in 2006 but remained vacant after zoning changes prohibited chain stores in that section of town, was bought by Urstadt Biddle for approximately $3 million.

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Fairfield taps U. of Chicago dean as president

ark R. Nemec has been named the ninth president in the history of Fairfield University, effective July 1. He will replace interim President Lynn Babington, who took over when the Rev. Jeffrey von Arx resigned last summer to take another position within the Jesuit society. As previously reported, Babington is leaving the university to become president of Chaminade University in Honolulu. Currently the dean of the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies at the University of Chicago, Nemec will also join Fairfield’s politics department as a professor within the College of Arts and Sciences. Nemec was chosen following an extensive national search led by a committee consisting of university trustees, faculty, administrators, students, and members of the Fairfield Jesuit community. “I’m particularly excited to be joining a Jesuit university, having been steeped in and formed by the principles of Jesuit education as a young man,” Nemec said. “I look forward to working with everyone in the Fairfield community to ensure that we continue to evolve to meet the needs of students and society today in order to create a model for 21st century higher education while remaining true to our core values so we may exceptionally educate men and women for others.” A graduate of Loyola High School, Jesuit College Preparatory in Los Angeles, Nemec earned a Ph.D. in political science and an M.A. in education from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in English at Yale, where

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In January, Urstadt Biddle divested itself of the Westchester Pavilion, a 185,000-square-foot indoor mall in downtown White Plains, in a $55.6 million sale to Maple and Broadway Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Lennar Corp. Lennar is demolishing the property and replacing it with a $275 million, 20-story mixed-use development of retail, restaurants and high-rise apartments. Urstadt Biddle in 2002 paid $39.9 million for the former Alexander’s department store property, which in recent years was left largely vacant by a tenant drain that included the loss of anchor tenants Borders Books and Music and Toys “R” Us/Babies “R” Us. “We looked at the site and thought about who we could lease it to and how we could renovate it,” Biddle said. “And then we came to the realization it was probably worth

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Mark R. Nemec

he was an All-Ivy League rugby player. Early in his career he taught American politics as a visiting assistant professor at Davidson College and as an instructor at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the University of Chicago in 2014, he served as president and chief executive officer of Eduventures, a Bostonbased information services firm that provides research and consulting to the higher education community. He previously had been a member of the executive team of Forrester Research, a provider of similar services to the technology industry. Andrew McMahon, university trustee and chair of the university’s Presidential Search Committee, said that Nemec’s “passion for higher education, commitment to Jesuit values and experiences in academia and business, bring a distinctive set of skills and experiences to this critical role as we begin this new chapter in our history.” — Kevin Zimmerman

more dead than alive. So we made the conscious decision not to renew leases there. At the same time, we went through rezoning because it was zoned for a three-story retail building. We worked with the city to change the zoning to permit 20-story towers and unlock the value of the site.” Looking ahead to the remainder of this year, Biddle said he hopes to continue to grow the company’s asset base by 5 to 10 percent, if the company can acquire properties that meet his criteria. “If there were good properties that fit our acquisition criteria and we could grow the company by 50 percent next year, we could do that,” he said. “But in our market, there are a relatively limited number of properties that we want to own long term that trade. So, it is our job to be talking to all of those owners and potentially do more partnership structures like we did with the High Ridge Center portfolio properties.”

We live in a world increasingly driven by data. How your organization chooses to manage its data strategy and approach will make a critical difference in your ability to compete - not only today, but far into the future. In today’s BY ADAM O’FEENEY business environment, ’big data’ is changing the way people work together, creating a culture in which business and IT leaders must team up to realize the value of the data available to them. At the same time, introducing more proactive analytics translates to companies having access to more of your information than ever before. Is this safe? Is this legal? CEOs are being pressured to make data security their number one business risk for many reasons, including the hopes of gaining long-term customer loyalty. HERE’S YOUR LATTE. As a consumer, the idea of your information being shared and saved by a company can be a little unsettling for a number of reasons, but it is a necessary evil in order to allow these companies to optimize the data they take in to better serve you. Whether you like it or not, anytime you use your debit card to buy a coffee, download a song online, or pump your gas, somebody out in cyberspace is using your information in real-time. On the other hand, the various ways companies are using this information to tailor their marketing and selling approach to you specifically can be very helpful to you as the consumer. A few years from now, you might be able to walk into a coffee shop at the same time each day and have your coffee waiting for you, because that place has not only learned what time you come in every day, but also how you like your latte with four sugars, skim milk, and a splash of vanilla. As a business owner, big data is being used to save millions of dollars by utilizing information like this for inventory management, and even to learn how weather correlates with traffic patterns and delivery times. THAT’S THE LAST TIME… With all that information floating around out there, and security breaches becoming more frequent and severe, consumers are concerned. More than $1.2 million is spent online every 30 seconds, and with that comes a vital need for security. Companies want the continued business from today’s consumers and to have the ability to share and store information. However, the first time a person gets their information stolen or hacked is often the last time they use that online vendor. Software Development Manager Shawn Hess of Voip Supply explains that choosing a secure ecommerce platform is far more important than storing all of your information. Using an administration portal that is inaccessible (or as close to that as possible) to attackers is more important to consumers than the storage of their address and credit card number. IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU. When it comes to balancing storage and security, it’s becoming more and more evident that the idea of “smart storage” is key. An organization cannot simply retain everything, as it will be inefficient and, as it turns out, illegal. The Payment Card Industry

(PCI) now forbids companies from storing such credit card information; although they are far from receiving full compliance on that issue. Organizations need to understand their strategy when retaining certain pieces of consumer information. How will the information be utilized and what is the objective in using such information? Are they trying to expedite the checkout process for your next purchase (storing your address and phone number), or are they actually trying to learn more about you, as the consumer? Storing information can certainly help organizations learn your spending habits, favorite stores, and save you time at checkout, but it has to be maintained responsibly as to not jeopardize your security. HEAD IN THE CLOUDS. To help cope with the continued reliance on technology and the security of your data, businesses are now combining different technologies to work harmoniously with one another. Companies are using private clouds in order to manage the data warehouse environments, and are pairing said clouds with data-troving software to extract only the information that is useful to them, in a safe way. Companies are trying to get up and running quickly to begin storing the information in a way that will help them plan for future trends. SIFT. SORT. REPEAT. Clearly, implementing a big data analysis system is not only for storing and using information. It really comes down to the best way for an automated system to take in information securely, process it in real-time, and help an organization use that information as quickly and effectively as possible. Whether you are implementing the big data structure to house and maintain current customer information, obtain new customers based on trends and information, or just simply want to stay ahead of the technology wave, experts believe big data implementation comes down to the “4V Classification Model.” The information is coming in lightning-fast, and the organization that has a system in place to deal with the volume, variety, velocity, and veracity of the data is the one that can sift and sort in order to succeed. JOIN THE EVOLUTION Citrin Cooperman is proud to be partnering with the University of Connecticut School Of Business and the Fairfield County Business Journal to host the fourth annual CEO Evolution on June 14, 2017, at the University of Connecticut in Stamford. Mark Fagan, managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s Connecticut office will serve as moderator for a panel that includes John Preli, director of regulatory management and data governance at The Weather Company – IBM Analytics, and Oni Chukwu, chief executive officer and president of etouches. Join us as we pay tribute to today’s dynamic tech executives and recognize their influence on the business world. For more information, please contact Laura Di Diego at ldidiego@ citrincooperman.com. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Adam O’Feeney is a manager based in Citrin Cooperman’s Connecticut office. He can be reached at 203.847.4068 or at aofeeney@ citrincooperman.com. Citrin Cooperman is a full-service accounting and consulting firm with 10 locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Visit us at www.citrincooperman.com.

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hearing drew heat for apparently being sprung upon residents with little advance warning; that it coincided with Passover and the city’s school system’s annual spring break was also cause for objections. Inaccurate information about the meeting appeared on the city’s website, further raising suspicions that it was “a fait accompli,” according to Andrea Gartner. The former CityCenter executive director, now in the midst of opening Pour Me Coffee & Wine Café at 247 Main St., has effectively been leading the charge against the OTB site. “Such fast-tracking is a red flag to me,” she told the Business Journal. “This is a deal made without the interest of other property owners in mind. There has been no poll, no survey, no focus groups, no letter of notice to any property owner that I know of. This is not government at its best.” Also coming under fire is Two Steps owner Tom Devine, not so much for his restaurant’s involvement, but for the fact that he is the CityCenter chairman, giving rise to complaints that the project is a sweetheart deal and represents a conflict of interest. “This was first brought to light two-and-ahalf years ago, when it was being considered at another building down the block (owned by fellow CityCenter board member Manny Carreras),” Devine said. No objections were heard at that time, he said, either about bringing gambling to downtown or about a presumed conflict of interest. When a financial arrangement could not be reached, Devine said, Carreras suggested that Devine consider getting involved. As to why he

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can improve.” Since 1990, Fairfield has seen population growth of almost 14 percent — as of July 1 it stood at 60,870 — while the state’s growth has been below 6 percent. Although the state projects a slight population decline in the town from 2015 to 2025, “Indicators on housing construction in Fairfield suggest that projection may be overly pessimistic,” the report stated. The town ranks 11th in the state for median household income and 15th for per capita income, “and on both measures it is well above the state averages,” it added. On the regulatory front, Barnhart said that the town plans to work on developing a more streamlined and coordinated system that will help to refocus its permitting process for better ease of use. Such efforts would aim to increase density in certain locations; rezone certain parcels for mixed use or commercial use; revise a rule rather

has been singled out for conflict of interest complaints, Devine said, “I have no idea.” Devine noted that although Sportech is seeking an allowance of up to 20 percent of existing square footage to be dedicated to OTB, the space at Two Steps would represent about 17 percent of its total 11,000 square feet. The first floor would remain a family friendly restaurant and bar, with both Sportech and Two Steps personnel on hand at the stairway and new elevator to prevent underage patrons from entering the OTB area. With the April 11 hearing devolving into passionate debate on both sides, the Zoning Commission agreed to continue it at its April 25 meeting. Zoning Commission Chairman Robert Melillo warned both sides that the second meeting should not center upon either Two Steps or Devine himself but instead on the question of whether OTB should be allowed in Danbury. He noted that by changing the zoning statutes, OTB could be allowed within any business in town, not just the proposed site. Still, Sportech attorney William Sweeney, of TCORS in New London, opened the discussion by presenting numerous letters attesting to Devine’s glowing reputation as a business owner and Two Steps’ significant stature in downtown. While innumerable restaurants have come and gone, Two Steps has been at Ives Street since 1991. “In the amount of time we’ve been downtown, on this two-block radius there have been about 55 restaurants, bars and nightclubs that have come and gone,” Devine said. “Currently on the one block that we are on, out of the nine buildings, three are for sale and there are six empty storefronts.” Among those testifying in favor of OTB at

Two Steps were CityCenter Executive Director P.J. Prunty and one of Devine’s employees. With discontent among opponents becoming more vocal during their testimony, Melillo stated that he would clear the City Council meeting room and invite people in “one at a time” if disruptions continued. Opponents included Gartner, longtime community activist Ken Gucker and Pastor Ken Brooks of Calvary Independent Baptist Church in nearby West Redding. The latter warned that if gambling were to be allowed in Danbury, it could result in the same fate as that of Atlantic City. “Gambling is a tax on stupidity,” he said. Also voicing opposition were City Councilmen Duane Perkins and Paul Rotello. The latter wondered if the OTB in Brewster, New York, would feel obligated to increase its presence in the face of such competition, resulting in Sportech’s further expanding its Danbury presence. He also raised the specter of restaurants near schools feeling free to add OTBs to their menus, which he deemed “inappropriate.” In rebuttal, Sweeney denied that Sportech would feel any real competition from Brewster and underscored that Danbury already allows Keno, scratch-off lottery games and other state-sanctioned forms of gambling. In an earlier conversation with the Business Journal, Gartner said that Sportech has proposed adding slot machines to its operation in Windsor Locks. “So is this a foothold to other gambling in Danbury?” she asked. “They say no, that legislation for that would be required by the state, but quite frankly that’s no guarantee.” “What we have been saying for the

last couple of years is that a quicker and cleaner solution for the need to provide a third casino between Hartford and the new MGM Casino in Springfield that is due to open fall 2018, would be to extend our already large place at Windsor Locks,” Sportech Venues President Ted Taylor told the Business Journal. “Because it is already a big site, with adjacent properties that would be willing to work with us to extend parking, etc., it would work for us.” Adding slot machines to the much smaller space at Two Steps was not part of Sportech’s plan, he said. The April 25 meeting ended with the Zoning Commission formally closing the public hearing process, but declining Sweeney’s request for an immediate vote. If the commission does approve, the matter would go before the City Council. Rotello, a Democrat, said that with an overwhelming majority of Republicans on the City Council and with the support of Republican Mayor Mark Boughton, a “yes” vote by the Zoning Commission would essentially be a rubber stamp for City Council approval. “It’s fairly unusual for the Republicans on the council to vote against what the mayor wants,” he told the Business Journal. Still, he said, “Two weeks ago I would have predicted a vote of 20 to 1 in favor” of OTB, “with me voting against it. I’m not so sure now. I think some minds might have been changed at the earlier meeting, given all the concerns that were raised.” Should Sportech’s petition be approved in short order, Devine estimated that following renovations to his building, approval of a new liquor license and other processes, OTB could open by November.

than continuing to grant exceptions through the Zoning Board of Appeals process; and create a process for fast-track permitting. Transit-oriented development emerged as a key to Fairfield’s future growth. Interviewees noted the benefits the town derives from its three train stations offering service on the Metro-North Railroad, but also recommended expanded train service to New York City and Stamford and connecting the Fairfield Metro-North station to Bridgeport via a pedestrian bridge. Encouraging more pedestrian and bikefriendly options was also cited as important to future growth. Sacred Heart’s $31.5 million acquisition of the former GE campus is being viewed as a net positive, Barnhart said, even though the property will no longer be subject to the same property tax payments, given SHU’s nonprofit status. GE had been Fairfield’s largest property taxpayer for a number of years, paying $1.5 million for real estate property and another $291,000

in personal property taxes. “We are heartened by the deal,” Barnhart said, “given their promise of future investment in computer sciences and the like.” A potential business incubator would further create jobs that could at least partly offset the loss of GE, he said. Other potential development targets include the Black Rock Turnpike thoroughfare, with an aim toward improving its visual appearance and increasing the amount of shared parking, and the former Exide Battery Plant, where years of remediation activity continues. The town is also addressing its sea-level concerns, Barnhart said. Fairfield, hit particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy, is one of only eight communities in the state to qualify for FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System. The floodplain management activities — spearheaded by James R. Wendt, the then-planning and zoning assistant director who recently replaced the retiring Joseph Devonshuk as director

— qualified it for a 10 percent discount on the premium cost of flood insurance. The 2,717 flood insurance policyholders in Fairfield are able to save an estimated total of $433,000 annually as a result of the town’s participation in the CRS program. Barnhart said that Fairfield is redoubling its efforts to publicize what it is doing via a more concerted marketing and communications plan. In addition to the tourist-aimed ExperienceFairfield website launched last year, the town has introduced a biweekly newsletter as a marketing resource for the town’s businesses. Work on many of these initiatives will begin within a few months, he said. Barnhart added that he doesn’t expect another 10 years to pass before the local government takes another snapshot to determine where it is and where it could or should be heading. “It’s a strategic exercise,” he said. “I’d say that every five years or so we will be doing this.”

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Xerox’s first-quarter results decline

erox Corp. reported a decline in total revenues and net income in its first earnings report since spinning off its business process services division as Conduent Inc. The spinoff was completed in January. For the first quarter, the Norwalk company reported a 6.2 percent revenue decline to $2.45 billion, compared with $2.62 billion during the same period a year earlier. Net income was $16 million or 2 cents per share, compared with $34 million or 6 cents a share in its first quarter in 2016. Xerox also delivered first-quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations of 2 cents. Adjusted EPS was 15 cents, which excluded 13 cents per share of after-tax costs related to the amortization of intangibles, restructuring and related costs, certain retirement related costs, loss on extinguishment of debt and a tax benefit. During the quarter, the company’s earnings were impacted by a charge related to its equity investment in Fuji Xerox, resulting in a 3-cent reduction in both GAAP and adjusted EPS. Fuji Xerox is 25 percent owned by Xerox and 75 percent owned by Fujifilm Holdings Corp. On April 20, Fujifilm announced it is conducting a review of the accounting at Fuji Xerox’s New Zealand subsidiary related to the recovery of receivables associated with certain leasing transactions that occurred in, or prior to, Fuji Xerox’s fiscal year ending March 31. The Fujifilm review is ongoing and a charge of approximately $30 million in the first quarter of 2017 represents Xerox’s share of the current Fujifilm estimated adjust-

ments from the review. First quarter 2017 net restructuring and asset impairment charges of $110 million included $110 million of severance costs related to headcount reductions of approximately 1,000 employees worldwide and $2 million of lease cancellation. The company also said that first quarter 2017 actions impacted several functional areas, with approximately 30 percent of the actions focused on gross margin improvements, approximately 60 percent on selling, administrative and general expenses reductions and approximately 10 percent on research, development and engineering expenses. Those costs were partially offset by $2 million of net reversals for changes in estimated reserves from prior period initiatives. During first quarter 2016, restructuring and related costs were $100 million, consisting of $98 million in restructuring and asset impairment charges and $2 million of additional costs primarily related to professional support services. According to Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson, “Revenue and cash flow were in line with our expectations and, despite currency headwinds, operating margin expanded driven by productivity savings from our Strategic Transformation initiatives. While we still have a lot to do, we laid the foundation to deliver on our full-year commitments.” Xerox expects to generate operating cash flow from continuing operations of $700 million to $900 million and free cash flow from continuing operations of $525 million to $725 million in 2017. — Kevin Zimmerman

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ceed John J. Martocci as chairman of the board of directors, with Martocci remaining on the board. Weinstein joined Newtown Savings in November 2011, and assumed the role of senior vice president of retail banking in May 2013. Giobbi joined the bank in March 2014 as senior vice president of commercial lending, rising to chief lending officer in July 2015. Headquartered in Newtown, the community bank has more than $1 billion in assets and maintains 14 branches in Newtown, Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Monroe, Oxford, Shelton, Southbury, Trumbull and Woodbury, as well as the New Haven Regional Lending Center in Hamden. — Kevin Zimmerman

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Three ways to spread brand awareness with YouTube

ounded in February 2005, YouTube is one of the oldest social networks on the web. It doesn’t have the same level of 'hip' as Instagram and SnapChat, but it still packs a powerful punch. YouTube gets somewhat ignored because it’s not like the other social networks. On most social networks, you follow people and then some of them will follow you back. That’s the approach in a very basic sense. While you can subscribe to other channels in exchange for a subscription to yours, that strategy does not work nearly as well on YouTube. So what works? Here are three tips.

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1. BULK UP YOUR DESCRIPTIONS.

The longer your video descriptions are, the better your videos will perform within YouTube’s search engine. Within any lengthy description, the first one to two sentences are the most important. They must include the keywords that people would type into YouTube’s search engine to find your video. For instance, if you create a video on YouTube marketing, you want people to find your video by searching for “YouTube marketing.” Within the first one to two sentences of your description, you must include the term “YouTube marketing” so more people find you. You can mimic this method for your keyword of choice and at the bottom of every description you have the opportunity to promote your brand’s website, services, products and other social networks. I encourage brands to include their website, a free offer or discount and other social networks to strengthen the relationship between them and their audiences. If you do a product review, then by all means link to the paid product within the description.

2. CREATE LONGER VIDEOS.

The more minutes that people watch your videos, the higher you will rank on YouTube. The logic behind this algorithm is straightforward. YouTube wants people to stay on the platform as long as possible. If they see that you get people to stay on YouTube for a long period of time, they will reward you. Do something today that adds an extra minute to your next video. Of course, people will leave if there’s too much fluff but if you can keep your visitors engaged, YouTube will rank them higher. If you always create short videos, put them together in a playlist. With a playlist, you can combine multiple videos into a revolving series. Playlists filled with

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short value-packed videos encourage viewers to watch “just one more video.” If you do your videos right, your viewers will say, “Just one more video” for hours. Your brand will become memorable for its valuable videos.

3. PROMOTE YOUR BRAND AT THE END OF YOUR VIDEOS.

At the end of every video is a window of opportunity to market what you do. If you could send all of your viewers to one web page, what would it be? Would you lead them to your landing pages, your services page, your blog or something else? I prefer the landing page approach to strengthen the relationship between the people in my audience and me. However, when I run a discount on a training course or conduct a product review, I will lead people to that particular product instead. Within the video, mention that there is a link in the description to the web page you are promoting and then make sure you include that link within your video’s description. Social networks over a decade old don’t sound as cool as the new ones. While YouTube isn’t a new and emerging social network, it can help your brand emerge to new levels of prominence. This exposure won’t happen overnight but if you do at least one thing for your YouTube channel every day, you may someday find yourself thriving on a social network with over 1 billion monthly active users. Marc Guberti is a student at Fordham University and a social media and business blogger and author. He’s on Twitter @MarcGuberti and can be reached by phone at 914-722-6005 or email at Marc@ MarcGuberti.com.

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THE LIST HOSPITALS

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

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

St. Vincent's Medical Center

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

Western CT Health Network/ Danbury and New Milford hospitals *

24 Hospital Ave., Danbury 06810 • 739-7000 21 Elm St., New Milford 06776 • 800-585-7198 danburyhospital.org • newmilfordhospital.org

Bridgeport Hospital

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

Western CT Health Network/ Norwalk Hospital

34 Maple St., Norwalk 06856 852-2000 • norwalkhospital.org

Stamford Hospital

(Affiliated with New-York Presbyterian Health System) 1 Hospital Plaza, Stamford 06904 276-1000 • stamfordhealth.org

Greenwich Hospital

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

Silver Hill Hospital

208 Valley Road, New Canaan 06840 800-542-4455 • silverhillhospital.org

St. Vincent's Behavioral Health Services 47 Long Lots Road, Westport 06880 227-1251 • stvincents.org

Number of beds

Total number of employees

Total number of 2016 admissions

Vincent C. Caponi, CEO James Gavin MD, Peter Cimino MD and Alon Ronen MD, medical staff officers 1903

473

3,500

John M. Murphy, president and CEO, Western Connecticut Health Network; Michael Daglio, chief strategy officer and president, Norwalk Hospital; and Thomas J. Koobatian, MD, executive director and chief of staff, New Milford Hospital 1885, Danbury Hospital 1921, New Milford Hospital

456, includes 26 bassinets in Danbury Hospital

2,457, Danbury Hospital; 210, New Milford Hospital

CEO/president Medical director Year hospital established

William M. Jennings, president and CEO; Pamela Scagliarini, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Michael Ivy, MD, senior vice president, medical affairs, and chief medical officer John Cappiello, media relations coordinator john.cappiello@bpthosp.org 1878

Michael J. Daglio, president and chief strategy officer; and Matthew A. Miller MD, chief medical officer 1893

The Connecticut Burn Center; the Smilow Heart Institute, including the Elizabeth M. Pfriem Hybrid Operating Room for advanced cardiac and vascular procedures; Allison Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; high-risk maternity, including antenatal testing unit; Norma P. Pfriem Breast Center; a center for wound healing and hyperbaric medicine, as well as a joint reconstruction center

2,600

366 (including 38 bassinets)

1,534

12,796

305

2,400

Norman G. Roth, president and CEO; Christine Beechner, RN, vice president, patient and guest Relations; Spike Lipschutz, MD, senior vice president, medical staff/chief medical officer; and Dana Marnane, vice president, public relations Dana Marnane dana.marnane@ynhh.org 1903

206

1,848

13,077

Margaret Hardy RN, vice president and executive director 1898

This list is a sampling of hospitals that serve the region. If you would like to include your facility in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com. Note:

Centers of excellence in cardiovascular services, cancer, weight-loss surgery, orthopedic and spine care, digestive disorders and radiology

425

129

In 2014, Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospital transitioned to a single license, combining medical staffs, licensed beds and clinical systems.

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300

4,145

Community, teaching and referral hospital with a Level II trauma center and a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport. The medical center offers a range of inpatient and outpatient services, with centers of excellence in cardiology, surgery, cancer care, orthopaedics, family birthing and behavioral health

20,476

Brian Grissler, president and CEO; Sharon Kiely MD, senior vice president, medical affairs and chief medical officer; and Josh Herbert, MD, president of the medical staff 1896

Sigurd Ackerman MD, president and medical director; and Elizabeth Moore, chief operating officer 1931

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Specialized services include a level III-B neonatal intensive care unit, a tele-intensive care unit, individual hyperbaric chambers for wound care, pediatric specialists, pediatric emergency department specialists, Magnet-certified nurses and the Smllow Cancer Hospital

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Visibility on social media We know that being visible on social media is important. We need to have better consistency with our postings. Unfortunately, we find that allocating time to handle social media is close to impossible given the rush of everything else we have to get done. Also, coming up with fresh themes and text and graphics is difficult. Any ideas for what we can do? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Make social media someone’s job and make sure that person buys in to the importance of it. Identify the platforms your audience is on. Make a content calendar. Put technology in place to help manage social media. Create a mix of what you sell and who you are. Show what the company stands for. If you don’t use a wide variety of social media personally, you probably shouldn’t oversee your company’s social media. Identify people in your office who understand your company’s voice and brand and

who buy in to the importance of marketing and social media. Use that pool of people to select someone to manage your social media. Make sure they understand how to use a broad number of outlets and are willing to do further research on which outlets are best for getting the company’s message out. It’s important to make sure that this person can communicate well — spelling and word flow both count when speaking on behalf of the company. This should be someone who can do research, identify content that is relatable to your brand and messaging and pick up relevant content from a broad spectrum of sources. Customers are interested in an education, but also want to know about the company they’re buying from and the people behind the scenes versus just the what the company sells. Look at some of the most followed companies across social media; they give insight into what they do, and create a brand identity based around the people who work there. Customers want to know that good things are happening behind the scenes. Company built content for marketing can sometimes be hard to come up with. Some of your key players in sales and customer service can be your biggest assets

when it comes to providing content. They’re on the front lines of your customer base and often are the people most in touch with the marketplace. Social media can seem overwhelming with so many platform options. Take time to identify who your audience is and then do research on which platforms that demographic is most active. The majority of Facebook users in the U.S. were older than 35 as of January 2017, while Instagram’s users are mostly 18 to 29 years old. You can also find out the demographics for average income, education levels, location (urban, suburban, rural) and gender. Your content plan and voice must be cohesive and consistent, but not identical across social media. Timing and frequency are also important and change depending on the platform. Experts recommend posting one to two times per day on Facebook, while Twitter is closer to 15 times per day (this includes retweeting others). Spend time (at least one day a week) planning a calendar with posts, specials, promotions, holidays, etc. Look forward two weeks to stay organized but not go stale. If you plan to share content from other sources, make sure it’s current; a 4-week-old article likely

is outdated. Automate your social media as much as possible. There are several services out there like HootSuite or SproutSocial that can help with this. While automation is important for ease of use, stay flexible. Look at incoming messages from your audience daily across the board. When it comes to high traffic platforms like Twitter, the best way to get engagement is retweeting and sharing articles from your Twitter Feed. Social media needs to be interactive, not boring. Consumers are looking for companies that want to engage with them. LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK? Try “Social Media: Strategies to Mastering Your Brand — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat” by David Kelly. Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., StrategyLeaders.com, a business consulting firm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple profits in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strategy Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics: 877-238-3535. AskAndi@ StrategyLeaders.com. Check out our library of business advice articles: AskAndi.com.

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glut of office space added to the Fairfield County market in 2016 raised the county’s office availability rate in this year’s first quarter to its highest point in a decade, according to brokerage firms here. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) in its first-quarter office market report said although tenant demand remained “healthy,” large blocks of space added to the market raised the availability rate to 26.8 percent of total office inventory in the county, a 5.4 percent increase from the first quarter of 2016 and up 1.7 percent from the previous quarter. Despite new lease deals and tenant renewals, Newmark said 680,510 square feet of space was added to the market from January through March. CBRE Inc. in Stamford reported Fairfield’s first-quarter availability rate at 23.4 percent and 473,034 square feet of space added to the market in the first quarter. NGKF reported total leasing was nearly 1 million square feet, more than double the leasing activity in the first quarter of last year. New lease deals accounted for 530,000 square feet, a nearly 42 percent increase from a year ago and 25.6 percent above the first-quarter historical average. CBRE said new office leases were signed totaling 589,000 square feet of space in the first quarter, a sharp decline from the nearly 1 million square feet of newly leased space in last year’s fourth quarter. Tom Pajolek, executive vice president at CBRE’s Stamford office, noted that the first quarter’s level was higher than the fiveyear quarterly average of 488,895 square feet. “It didn’t feel that way, but that’s the nice news,” he said. Fairfield County’s net negative space absorption in the first quarter was largely due to Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide listing another 300,000 square feet on the market at its 333 Ludlow St. headquarters in Stamford in an ongoing corporate downsizing since Starwood’s $13.3 billion acquisition last year by Marriott International. Sean Cullen, director of research at the Stamford office of Colliers International Group Inc. predicted the former Starwood space would not be vacant for too long. “That space is highly sought after because

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide headquarters at 333 Ludlow St. in Stamford, where an additional 300,000 square feet of office space was listed on the market in the first quarter in the wake of Starwood’s acquisition last September by Marriott International.

Marriott is being extremely aggressive in marketing that space,” he said. “Five companies signed or are in the process of negotiating there.” CBRE reported a first-quarter average asking rent in the county of $34.73 per square foot, which was largely unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2016. NGKF reported an average asking rent of $38.09 in the first quarter, down from $37.71 in the previous quarter. In the largest first-quarter new lease deal, Epsilon, the Chicago-based marketing data firm, leased 64,850 square feet of space at 10 Westport Road in Wilton, where it will consolidate its two existing offices in Westport and Wilton. In the second — largest new lease of the quarter, Partner Reinsurance Co. of the U.S. will occupy a full-floor, 56,690-squarefoot office at 200 First Stamford Place in Stamford. The company, which does business as PartnerRe, is relocating from One Greenwich Plaza in Greenwich. In the largest renewal deals of the first quarter, Prudential Annuities Life Insurance leased 197,610 square feet at 1 Corporate Drive in Shelton. Yale New Haven Health and North East Medical Group, a nonprofit multispecialty medical foundation, agreed to a 10-year lease expansion and extension totaling 100,968

square feet of space in Merritt 8 Corporate Park at 99 Hawley Lane in Stratford.

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Commercial real estate professionals in Fairfield County said they expect to see more owners repurposing office space property for other uses. At CBRE, Pajolek cited a recent example of the repurposing trend in Stamford, where LCB Senior Living LLC, a development company based in Norwood, Massachusetts, in April paid $12 million for a building at Parklands Office Park with plans to convert it to a 100-unit assistedliving residence. “We can expect to see more changes in the use of this type of property because demand is off and there is an oversupply of office space,” he said. “Some companies will use this for housing, assisted living or health care.” CBRE in its first-quarter report noted that owners that upgraded and expanded their office-building amenities and collaborative spaces “have enjoyed more success than their competitors, especially from TAMI (technology, advertising, media and information) tenants and other millennial-heavy firms.” They pointed to PartnerRe’s move to 200 First Stamford Place as “a perfect example of this trend.” Newmark Grubb Knight Frank in its

quarterly report said that in the last three years approximately 20 office properties totaling 3 million square feet of space “have undergone or are currently undergoing major renovations that involve not only the typical facelift but also incorporate the onsite services and entertainment that attract millennials and Gen Zs.” “Tenants are looking to come to the market and employers are looking for quality space to help attract and retain top talent,” said James Ritman, executive vice president and managing director at NGKF’s Greenwich office. “They are willing to pay for this space and the millennials are the hot button they try to attract. Any new project that is being built ground up or is being repurposed in Fairfield County — and in Westchester, for that matter — is being aimed at becoming a 24/7 property.” In Danbury, the 1.4 million-square-foot Matrix Corporate Center is in foreclosure proceedings and could send vacancy rates even higher in the county. Boehringer Ingelheim moved its office at the Matrix in January to its Ridgefield headquarters, while Praxair left the complex in late 2016. No new companies have signed leases at the Danbury center, and the county’s more suburban northern market will have problems attracting major new tenants, said Cullen at Colliers.

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Highs and lows in Fairfield County’s Q1 housing market BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

airfield County’s housing market experienced a mostly vibrant first quarter, according to data released by Douglas Elliman Real Estate. During this period, The county had the highest level of first-quarter sales in 11 years and the first year-overyear increase in the median sales price in a year. However, sales of luxury homes and condominiums recorded new lows, according to the report. The Douglas Elliman report was prepared by Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers & Consultants. That company’s president and CEO, Jonathan J. Miller, observed there were some imbalances within the market. “We continue to see a sales boom that is generally located within the entry and middle of the market, not the high end of the market,” he said. In the luxury housing market, the average sales price for a home in the first quarter was $1.59 million, down 1.3 percent from the fourth quarter’s $1.6 million and a steep 24.2 percent drop from the

$2.1 million level set one year earlier. For luxury condominiums, were even more problematic, the $642,000 average sales price in the first quarter was a 41.7 percent decline from the $1.1 million price in the fourth quarter of 2016and a 61.5 percent plummet from the $1.66 million level one year earlier. Wayne Frankel, CEO and regional owner of Greenwich-based Exit Realty of Connecticut, predicted the region’s luxury home prices will be reduced even more. “If you price a house correctly, it will sell,” he said. “People are asking too much.” The average price of a single-family house during the first quarter was $645,782, up 12.4 percent from the $574,541 level in the fourth quarter of 2016 and up 1.1 percent from the $638,879 level set in the first quarter of 2016. The median sales price for the quarter was $380,000, up 2.2 percent from the $372,000 level in the previous quarter and up 2.7 percent from the $370,000 mark set one year earlier. The number of closed sales was 2,092 in the first quarter, down 17.5 percent from the 2,536 closed sales in the fourth quarter, but 10.1 percent above the 1,900 closed sales in the first quarter of 2016. The active

listing inventory for the first quarter was 5,044, up 21.3 percent from the 4,157 active listings in the fourth quarter but down 14.6 percent from the 5,903 listings one year earlier. The average market listings of 118 days for the first quarter was up 5.4 percent from the fourth quarter, but identical with the first quarter of 2016. Within the county’s submarkets tracked by Douglas Elliman, Greenwich recorded the highest average sales price for single-family homes – $2.5 million, up 22.5 percent from the fourth quarter and up 7.8 percent year-over-year – and for condominiums – $997,741, down 23.7 percent from the fourth quarter but up 10.5 percent year-over-year. Wilton was the only submarket where the average sales price of single-family homes fell: $932,066, down 1.5 percent from the fourth quarter and down 1.3 percent year-over-year. Scott Durkin, chief operating officer at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, was pleased by the first-quarter results. “Business picked up considerably from the prior two years,” he said. “This confirms that the market is moving again.” Durkin credited the conclusion of the 2016 election season as a driving force.

“Election years have become sort of a hiccup for the market. We felt the market took a pause during the election year and people are now dipping their toes in again,” he said. While the Douglas Elliman report did not consider home construction data, industry experts did not see any great new wave of activity. Tammy Felenstein, executive director of sales at Halstead Real Estate in New Canaan and vice presidentat-large for large firms at Connecticut Realtors, said that many home builders were “still a bit nervous” in the aftermath of the 2008 economic tumult and were focusing on communities where potential residents could leave their cars at home. “They are looking for areas that are accessible for walking to commuter lines and stores,” she said. Michael Trolle, co-founder and principal at Wilton-based BCP Green Builders, said Connecticut’s financial environment makes it easier to upgrade existing property than to build new residences. “It is always going to be cheaper with construction costs high and land costs high,” he said. “It is cheaper to buy an existing house and you can buy homes that are not very old.”

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he way that real estate is bought and sold is changing, thanks in part to the growing popularity of Snapchat, which had 158 million active daily users at the close of 2016. In neighboring New York City, a small group of real estate agents is using the account Snaplistings — launched in the fall of 2016 by two young television professionals in their twenties— to showcase apartments for sale and for rent throughout the five boroughs. A competitive strategy to help would-be buyers and renters snag the right property while it is still available — due in part to the continued strength of the City’s real estate market — Snaplistings is also a reflection of the way millennials receive and process information in a predominantly digital world. While viewing a $6 million listing via Snapchat as opposed to a traditional showing may not be everyone’s bailiwick, it is just one of many examples of how the real estate industry has changed in recent years due in part to the growing popularity of social media for personal and professional use. The growth of online video — YouTube remains the second — largest search engine ranking behind Google — gave way to virtual tours and promotional videos where agents talk you through a listing’s features as you are wooed by the online equivalent of a walkthrough. These videos have made their way onto websites, populated robust YouTube channels and amassed social shares on networks such as Facebook and Twitter. For some brokerages, they’ve become a standard practice and part of the marketing plan for each and every listing. Creating experiences to help would-be buyers envision what it would be like to live in a property is nothing new. In 2008, HGTV premiered “Sleep On It,” the show that offers prospective buyers the opportunity to spend the night in the property they are considering purchasing. In 2017, when there are 2.8 billion active social media users worldwide and Facebook and YouTube both boast billions of unique monthly users, the potential for real-life experiences like “Sleep On It” — or even going on a showing or to an open house — hold tremendous potential to spur online/ social content for any property that is on the market. Think about it — if you texted your friend a picture of an outfit or home accessory you knew they would like when you were shopping, what is there to stop you from sending along photos of an apartment

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Waypoint Residential, a real estate investment management firm, is changing addresses in downtown Stamford. Waypoint has signed a lease to take 11,505 square feet of office space at 9 W. Broad St., according to brokers at RHYS LLC. Waypoint executives are targeting a mid-July relocation from their approximately 5,000-squarefoot office at 2200 Atlantic St. Christian Bangert, RHYS senior vice president and principal, and Cory Gubner, RHYS president and CEO, represented the

store at 607 Main Ave. in Norwalk. It’s in the Center Seven strip shopping center near Starbucks. RHYS Senior Associate Laura Manfro, who represents Mobile Rescue in corporate and franchise deals, represented Mobile Rescue in both the Norwalk deal and a lease in Orange. She said the Norwalk store will be across the street from Verizon and AT&T. Mobile Rescue services and repairs mobile phones, iPads and computers, and sells wireless/cellular accessories, phones, subscriptions, insurance and personal electronic devices, as well as other products or services. The Norwalk and Orange stores will bring its total number of outlets in the region to nine.

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RHYS BROKERS NEW CANAAN PROPERTIES

Stamford-based commercial real estate firm RHYS has concluded a portfolio sale of a downtown New Canaan mixed-use building and two residential properties in an area slated for future development and revitalization. Ivanhoe Collective LLC, a new business featuring classic and exotic cars, bought 19 Vitti St., a 4,700-square-foot mixed-use office building for $2.58 million, where it plans to open The Cultivated Collector showroom featuring collectible classic and specialty autos of investment-grade quality. The second level will be a “clubhouse” for auto enthusiasts. The building was previously occupied by Young Life, a worldwide Christian missionary organization and charity that is moving to Stamford. The buyer of two residential properties adjacent to 19 Vitti St. is the HB Nitkin Group, a privately owned real estate investment company based in Greenwich. It purchased 60 and 64 East Ave. for $1.475 million or $737,500 each. 60 East Ave. is a single-family 1,400-square-foot rental home

built in 1900 that is vacant. 64 East Ave. is a two-family, 2,020-square-foot rental house built in 1876. RHYS Senior Vice President Ted Grogan, Executive Vice President Christian Bangert and Vice President Greg Romano represented the buyers.

a $44.4 million valuation. The loan, which had a balance of $229.7 million when it was originated in 2004, was securitized through LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2004-C1 and its sale was coordinated by Mission Capital Advisors.

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Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed as the exclusive leasing agent for two Class A Fairfield County office properties totaling 263,500 square feet in Wilton and Norwalk. The company is representing 187 Danbury Road in Wilton, a 137,000-squarefoot property offering 30,000 square feet of available space, and 200 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk, which covers 126,500 square feet and has 45,000 square feet of available space. A Cushman & Wakefield brokerage team led by Executive Managing Director Stephen Baker and Senior Director Adam Klimek will represent Davis Marcus Partners, the landlord for the properties. “Davis Marcus Partners is revitalizing the buildings’ lobbies and cafes and working on multiple building upgrades to their properties to better supports tenants’ business goals and to provide them with a more invigorating daily experience,” Baker said. “Companies who move to either location will be able to attract and retain talent through the excellent services, amenities, and upgraded spaces that each property will have to offer.”

UBS CENTER'S LOAN SOLD

The $145.6 million nonperforming commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan on Stamford’s UBS Center has been bought by the property’s owner, AVG Partners, a Beverly Hills-based investor, for $54.2 million. The purchase follows a failed attempt by CWCapital, a special servicer, to sell the loan on the 682,327-square-foot property at 677 Washington Blvd. According to a Trepp report, the property was originally valued at $262 million in 2003, but its most recent appraisal last May resulted in

The Danbury office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, the residential real estate brokerage firm serving Connecticut and Westchester County, announced that the company has acquired the assets of West Haven Regional Inc. and Westville Regional Inc. Based in New Haven, the companies had until recently conducted business as a Weichert franchisee under the banner of Weichert Realtors Regional Properties and has served homebuyers and sellers in New Haven, Middlesex and eastern Fairfield Counties since 1993. The company has approximately 90 affiliated sales associates and two offices in Orange and Hamden, both of which will operate as Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. The deal follows CBRB’s acquisition last November of Beazley-Branford LLC in Branford, which conducted business as Weichert Realtors Shoreline Properties.

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The long-running reality TV courtroom series "The People’s Court" has committed to an 18,739-square-foot office lease at 470 West Ave. in Stamford. The production this spring will relocate its operations from 300 Stillwater Ave. in Stamford to the loft-style office property owned by New England Investment Partners LLC. Steven Greenbush and Joseph Weaver of CBRE represented both the series’ production company Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett Productions and the building ownership group New England Investment Partners in the lease negotiations. Edwards/Billett plans to film, produce, and distribute "The People’s Court" from its new headquarters. New England Investment Partners acquired 470 West Ave. in November 2016 with a 50 percent vacancy rate, according to Greenbush. Since the acquisition, Uber and Manhattan Oral Surgery have moved into the building; with the addition of "The People’s Court," it will be more than 87 percent occupied. CBRE added that Edwards/Billett chose the property “due to its ideal combination of high ceilings, ample office space, close proximity and easy access to New York City, as well as supportive tax credits from the state of Connecticut.” — Kevin Zimmerman, Phil Hall

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decade ago, a home in Connecticut could be sold to another party about 12 months after a borrower stopped paying a mortgage. These days, it’s more like five years. The national average for liquidation timelines in 2016 reached 48 months. In many Northeastern states, including Connecticut, that timeline reached or surpassed the 55-month mark last year, according to data from Fitch Ratings. Sean Nelson, a senior director in the residential mortgage group at Fitch Ratings, said the increase began as a direct result of the mortgage crisis. At the time, loan servicers, which handle the billing and foreclosure of a mortgaged home, were not used to dealing with thousands of delinquent borrowers at one time. “When that occurred, there were too many foreclosures to work through and you had a backlog,” Nelson said. “Servicers had to learn how to deal with that in bulk.” While the national numbers appear to have reached their peak and are beginning to decline, Nelson said the Northeast is still seeing increases in the time it takes to liquidate a foreclosed home. One of the major drivers of the timeline, which affects many Northeast states, is whether a state is considered judicial or nonjudicial. “When a lender wants to foreclose in a nonjudicial state, they don’t have to go through the court system,” Nelson said. “In a judicial state, you do.” Connecticut is a judicial state, which gives the borrower more time to contest a foreclosure proceeding while prolonging the process through paperwork and court hearings. The practices and actions of a loan servicer can also have a significant impact on the timeline. “Every company has a different strategy,” Nelson said. Some servicers give borrowers the option of attempting to market their house through a short sale, meaning a price less than the amount of the mortgage, instead of foreclosing on the home. “They accept it’s going to take a loss but it’s likely going to be a smaller loss than a foreclosure,” Nelson said. Loan servicers could also give borrowers the option of a loan modification by lowering the interest rate on the mortgage, extending the term of the loan or taking another route.

The longer the timeline, the more it costs. The longer the foreclosure, the bigger the loss is going to be on the mortgage. — Sean Nelson, Fitch Ratings

While short sales and loan modifications can often save a home from foreclosure, when they don’t they add to a liquidation timeline. “There could also be some regulatory pressure,” Nelson said. When governments discovered some banks had people signing documents without verifying information, also known as robo-signing, or had improper individuals signing documents, moratoriums on foreclosures were put in place by many lenders, under pressure from state governments. This extended the timeline for mortgages already in the beginning stages of a foreclosure process. “The longer the timeline, the more it costs,” Nelson said. “You’re not getting payments from the borrower. There could be deterioration to the property and that’s a cost. The longer the foreclosure, the bigger the loss is going to be on the mortgage.” These days, many foreclosed homes do need to go through as cash sales or through what’s known as a 203(k) rehab mortgage because of their condition, said Betty Stroll, a Realtor at Weichert Realtors in Greenwich who has credentials in foreclosure sales. But Stroll said she is seeing fewer foreclosed homes on the market than in previous years. “We used to see a lot more foreclosures,” she said. The ones currently on the market are selling in about the same time frame a nonforeclosed home sells in and at prices close to market rate, Stroll said. “People used to think you could get them at half price, and that’s not happening,” she said. This article first appeared in Hearst Connecticut newspapers. Keila Torres Ocacio can be reached at ktorres@hearstmediact.com; 203-330-6227.

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Blakeman Construction, Shelton, contractor for Marks of Design. Renovate the interior of an existing commercial space at 389 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed March 31.

Hawley Construction Corp., contractor for Commerce Plaza Associates LLC. Renovate a bathroom in an existing commercial space at 71 Newtown, Danbury. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 29.

Blakeman Construction, Shelton, contractor for Super Sandwich. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 702 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 30.

Kalici Management Co. LLC, Shelton, contractor for The Drunk Alpaca. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 350 Howe Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed March 29.

BTTC, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Alter the interior of an existing singlefamily residence at 510 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed March 30.

Machado, Michael C., contractor for the city of Stamford. Install blue lights in Hatch Field Park at 150 Richmond Hill Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $14,550. Filed between April 10 and April 14.

DaSilva, Joseph, Danbury, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 190 Main St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed March 30. DaSilva, Joseph, contractor for Hat City Realty LLC. Demolish the office space in an existing commercial space at 143 Main St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed March 30. Empire Telecom USA LLC, contractor for HY2 Stamford LLC. Replace the antennas on the roof of an existing commercial space at 1266 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed between April 10 and April 14. Empire Telecom, King of Prussia, Pa., contractor for Huntington Condominium Association. Add new antennas onto the roof of an existing commercial space at 120 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 31. Enterprise Shelton Lot 4 LLC, Shelton, contractor for Northeast Medical Center. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 4 Corporate Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed March 28. FGX Custom Builders LLC, Trumbull, contractor for Moore Tool Co. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 599 Holister Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $179,400. Filed March 29. G M Contracting LLC, Newtown, contractor for Commerce Park JV LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 86 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed March 28. Guy Roofing, contractor for MS Portfolio LLC. Add a flat roof to an existing commercial space at 7 Backus Ave., Danbury. Estimated cost: $45,700. Filed March 27.

Marks, Kate, Shelton, contractor for Marks of Design. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 389 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed March 31. Marks, Kate, Shelton, contractor for Marks of Design. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 389 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed March 29. R.D. Scinto, Shelton, contractor for RCMT. Relocate the interior of an existing commercial space at 3 Enterprise Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed March 31.

RESIDENTIAL 3D Homes Design Services LLC, contractor for Joseph A. Lynch and Judith A. Lynch. Add a three-seasons room and a front deck to an existing single-family residence at 78 Topstone Drive, Danbury. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed March 29. Atlantic Building Contractors Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Mark E. Ciferri. Add two bathrooms, one laundry room, a two-car garage, stairwell, mudroom, master bedroom, bathroom and new roof to an existing single-family residence at 485 Bennett’s Farm Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $149,000. Filed March 31. Baldyga, Jared P., Shelton, contractor for self. Install an in-ground pool in the property of an existing singlefamily residence at 60 Kazo Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed March 24. Barna, contractor for self. Remodel the bedroom, bathroom and laundry room in an existing single-family residence at 38 Knorr Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed April 7. Benincasa, David J., Danbury, contractor for self. Legalize the attic, loft and bathroom in an existing singlefamily residence at 16 Benedict Ave., Danbury. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 27.

Royal Wells, Shelton, contractor for White Hills Shopping Center. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 194 Leavenworth Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 24.

Blum, Alexander, et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Add a tennis court fence to the property of an existing single-family residence at 116 Farms Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,400. Filed between April 10 and April 14.

Shelton Square Limited Partner, Shelton, contractor for People’s United Bank. Remove and replace the ATM in an existing commercial space at 898 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $14,000. Filed March 23.

Botsford, Arthur, Shelton, contractor for self. Build out a one-story ranch with a porch and a rear deck at 35 Maple Lane, Shelton. Estimated cost: $158,064. Filed March 24.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., contractor for 177 Broad Street Owner LLC. Reduce the interior of an existing commercial space to its core at 177 Broad St., Unit 1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed between April 10 and April 14. Three Enterprise Drive Shelton LLC, Shelton, contractor for RCMT. Remodel the open area in an existing commercial space at 3 Enterprise Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $98,000. Filed March 24. Three Enterprise Drive Shelton, Shelton, contractor for RCMT. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 3 Enterprise Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $4,100. Filed March 30.

Burr Roofing & Siding, Stratford, contractor for Andrea D. Lee and Jay H. Lee. Perform minor interior renovations to an existing single-family residence at 15 Walnut Place, Wilton. Estimated cost: $64,381. Filed March 29. Ciminiello, Amy M., Ridgefield, contractor for self. Finish the basement and playroom in an existing singlefamily residence at 73 Hunter Lane, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $46,400. Filed March 27. Copps Hill Common LLC, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Build a storage room in an existing single-family residence at 109 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed March 31.

Crouse, Paul R., contractor for Fagan. Renovate the kitchen cabinets, laundry room and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 97 Hillside Lane, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed April 4. Crowe, Heather and Maxfield Crowe, Danbury, contractor for self. Renovate the garage on the property of an existing single-family residence at 13 Acre, Danbury. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 30. Danuta, Adamson, Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 101 Dickinson Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $44,000. Filed March 28. Deslavriers, contractor for Hourigan. Remodel the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 114 Hammertown Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed March 31. Dieter Properties, Brookfield, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen cabinets, laundry room and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 76 Walnut Hill Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $97,882. Filed March 30. Exclusive Homes LLC, contractor for Jeffrey A. Gershon, et al. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 7 Rising Rock Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed between April 10 and April 14. Fairchild Heights Inc., Shelton, contractor for self. Add a new manufactured home to a vacant lot at 10 Fifth Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $32,000. Filed March 29. Fitch, Albert, Shelton, contractor for self. Renovate to transform an existing single-family residence at 223 Huntington St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $119,000. Filed March 31. Goeller, Monroe, contractor for self. Alter the kitchen, siding, roof and finish the basement in an existing singlefamily residence at 23 Blue Hills Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed April 4.

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Hassi, Claire E., Stamford, contractor for self. Connect the main house to an extra room in a two-family residence at 7 Hobbie St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,750. Filed between April 10 and April 14. Johnston, Teresa, Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 60 Pine Tree Hill Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $9,240. Filed March 31.

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GOOD THINGS FAIRFIELD

PRESIDENT OF CITIGROUP TO SPEAK

New Canaan Library’s annual “Conversations with Business Leaders” lecture is presenting Jamie Forese, president of Citigroup, as its guest speaker, Sunday, May 7 at 3 p.m. in the library’s Adrian Lamb Room, 151 Main St., New Canaan. The event is free, but advance registration is required. Seating is limited. Forese will discuss “Banking in the Post-Crisis World,” dealing with what happened to banking after the financial crisis, as well as trends for the future. There will be a reception with light refreshments at 3 p.m., followed by the speech at 3:30. To register, visit newcanaanlibrary.org.

From left: Christel Truglia, former Connecticut state representative; Commissioner Evonne M. Klein, Department of Housing; John R. Zelinsky Jr., Stamford Board of Representatives; Jason T. Shaplen, CEO, Inspirica Inc.; Vincent J. Tufo, executive director and CEO, Charter Oak Communities; Stamford Mayor David Martin; and Anahaita Kotval, COO and general counsel for Inspirica.

SUMMER PLACE DEDICATION State and local oﬃcials gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening Stamford’s newest affordable housing development, Summer Place, a partnership between Charter Oak Communities and Inspirica Inc.

NAUGHTON FAMILY TO HOST BENEFIT Tony Award-winner James Naughton of Weston and his family are hosting “A Tribute to Pamela,” an evening of musical entertainment to benefit new research aimed at the early detection of pancreatic cancer, Sunday, May 7, 5:30 p.m. at the Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, Westport. Naughton’s wife lost her battle with pancreatic cancer in 2013. The tribute will feature performances by Naughton and his family, including daughter Keira Naughton, a Broadway and television actress; son Greg Naughton, a producer, actor, singer and songwriter; and daughter-in-law Kelli O’Hara, the Broadway superstar who won the 2015 Tony Award for “Best Actress in a Musical” for her role as Anna in “The King and I.” Proceeds will support a three-year pancreatic research study at Western Connecticut Health Network being led by Richard Frank, a hematologist/oncologist and the director of clinical cancer research at Norwalk Hospital’s C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center. For more, visit wchn.org/tributetopamela.

AVISON YOUNG SPONSORS EVENT Avison Young, a commercial real estate services ﬁrm based in Norwalk, announced that its Fairfield/Westchester office is sponsoring the annual Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education (NGTE) “Play in May” tournament and gala Saturday, May 6 at country clubs throughout the Norwalk area. The announcement was made by Sean M. Cahill, who is a principal of the firm and managing director of its Fairfield/Westchester office. He’s a member of the board of the NGTE. The mission of NGTE is to build strength of character and a foundation for success for underserved youth through tennis and education. The daylong event kicks off with tennis tournaments beginning 8:30 a.m. and culminates with the annual gala at the Darien Country Club, 300 Mansfield Ave. in Darien, which begins at 5:45 p.m. The gala features a live screening of the Kentucky Derby, followed by dinner, an open bar, a live auction and casino-style games. All proceeds benefit the ongoing programs of the NGTE. For registration and tickets, visit norwalkgrassrootstennis.org.

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Scott Wolfe, center.

FAIRFIELD SURGEON RECEIVES AWARD FOR RESEARCH

CFGC TO HONOR FIVE AT GALA

Hand surgeon Scott Wolfe of Fairfield and his research colleague Joseph (Trey) Crisco have received the Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award, which is considered to be one of the highest honors for orthopedic research. Wolfe works at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in Stamford and is chief emeritus of the hand and upper extremity service at HSS in Manhattan. Crisco is director of the Bioengineering Laboratory in the Department of Orthopaedics at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. Wolfe accepted the award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego. Spanning almost three decades and funded by about $10 million from the National Institutes of Health, the research has advanced the understanding of how the wrist functions and is affected by arthritis. Arthritis in a wrist affects up to 4.8 million Americans and is one of the most common and debilitating conditions treated by hand surgeons. Since 2010, Wolfe and Crisco have focused on developing new and improved treatments for wrist arthritis. They have designed new implants for total and partial wrist replacements that, if proven successful, would enable higher levels of function with less pain.

The Child & Family Guidance Center (CFGC), a Bridgeport-based organization serving children and teens with behavioral and emotional challenges, is hosting its second annual Champions for Children Fundraising gala, Thursday, May 4, 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Shorehaven Golf Club, 14 Canfield Ave., Norwalk. Scheduled to be honored at the event for their personal growth, philanthropy or policymaking efforts to help ensure availability of mental health support systems are Yoelee Bracero, CFGC client; Natacha Jackson, CFGC counselor; Barbara and Bob Scinto, for their generosity of talent and treasure; and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, for spearheading the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016. CFGC offers mental health care and behavioral support to youngsters under the age of 18 and their families. No one is denied services based on their inability to pay. In 2016, CFGC helped 3,115 children and families in Fairfield County, 90.5 percent of whom lived in poverty. For tickets and sponsorship information, visit cfguidance.org.

MUSIC AT THE MANSION Norwalk’s Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, in collaboration with the Rev. Father Richard Cipolla and the Parish of St. Mary’s in Norwalk, is presenting “Heavenly Notes: St. Mary’s at the Mansion,” a fundraising concert highlighting the church’s choir, Sunday, May 7, 2-4 p.m., 295 West Ave., Norwalk. Music from the Victorian and Edwardian eras will be led by David Hughes of Stamford, organist and choirmaster at St. Mary’s. Florence Mathews’ diary described a longstanding relationship between St. Mary’s and the Mathews family. Built in 1848 on Chapel Street, the original wood church burned to the ground and, in 1871, was replaced with a Gothic Revival stone church at 669 West Avenue. The church was recently restored by John Canning & Co., which also restored the library at the mansion. There will be a reception with light refreshments and a tour of the mansion’s new exhibits. Reservations are required and seating is limited. More at lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.

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HAPPENING

UNITED WAY TO HONOR CIULLA

John Ciulla

From left: Judy Nemec, board member, CGC; Jay Sandak, board chairman, CGC; and Eliot Brenner, president and CEO, CGC, at the CGC’s 2016 gala.

CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER HOLDS ANNUAL GALA The Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut (CGC), a Stamford-based, nonprofit providing mental health services to nearly 3,000 children annually, from birth to age 18, in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan, is hosting its annual gala, Saturday, May 6, 5:30-10:30 p.m. at the Wee Burn Beach Club in Rowayton. This year’s event titled “A Derby Affair” anticipates more than 250 on hand for a live viewing of the Kentucky Derby, a 50/50 raffle, a cocktail reception, dinner and dancing and live and silent auctions. The annual gala is the CGC’s highest revenue-generating fundraiser and all proceeds will support the organization’s work in helping children needing mental health services. For tickets, visit childguidancect.org/gala and for sponsorship information, contact Jeannine Egdorf at jeannine.egdorf@childguidancect.org.

NEW PRESIDENT AT BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE

Mary Jeffery

After three years of leadership as president of Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA), Sharon Phillips recently passed the responsibility to longtime supporter Mary Jeffery. BCA is based in Greenwich. Although it bills itself as a regional foundation, it has had national impact through its funding of research and education to combat breast cancer. It also engages in community outreach to mentor youth and promote prevention. It is active in Westchester as well as Connecticut, devoting about 25 percent of its funding to programs, which provide

breast health services to women who are underserved. BCA funds researchers whose theories show promise but who have not yet qualified for federal grants. It also provides funding for doctors and investigators who are too early in their careers to attract funding from traditional sources. Since its inception in 1996, the organization has awarded more than $22 million in grants. Jeffery and her husband, Kim, moved to Greenwich in October 1996 from Washington, D.C., where she was with Porter/Novelli International Public Relations. She serves on AmeriCares’ Advisory Committee, is actively involved with her four children’s schools, and has contributed her time and talents to REACH Prep, Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Connecticut Against Gun Violence, Planned Parenthood, and Child Advocates of Greenwich. Last year, Jeffery was honored with the YWCA “Spirit of Connecticut Award.”

United Way of Western Connecticut will honor Webster Bank President John Ciulla for his commitment to corporate volunteerism and philanthropy at its annual Heart of Gold Award Dinner. The event will take place on Thursday, May 18 at the Stamford Marriott Hotel from 6 to 9 p.m. 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. United Way will also award the 2017 Roberta K. Eichler Heart of Gold Scholarship to Stamford High School senior Ariadna Lopez. Lopez will receive the $5,000 scholarship for her commitment to volunteerism and mak-

ing a difference in the lives of others. She volunteers regularly with Connecticut Quest for Peace, which works to improve the lives of the poor in Nicaragua and Project Appalachia, which aids the poor in southwest Virginia. Michael Pollard, chief of staff to Stamford Mayor David Martin, is scheduled to be the master of ceremonies for the event. As president of Webster Financial Corp. and Webster Bank, Ciulla sees to it that employees receive 16 hours of paid time to use volunteering. He is an active member of several nonprofit boards, currently serving as chairman of the Board of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association and as a member of the board of the Business Council of Fairfield County.

HEWLETT PACKARD CEO TO SPEAK

Meg Whitman

Stamford-based Family Centers, a private nonprofit offering education and human services to children, adults and families in Fairfield County, will welcome Meg Whitman, president and CEO, Hewlett

Packard Enterprise, as its speaker for its Titan Speaker Series, Tuesday, May 2 at 7:30 a.m. at the Stamford Marriott, 243 Tresser Blvd. Since she was appointed to her position in 2011, Whitman has led the company’s turnaround and subsequent separation into two companies: Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hewlett Packard Inc. She also instilled a renewed focus on the company’s research and development division. Whitman will focus her discussion on the rapid growth of the technology industry and its influence on the global economy, drawing upon her own experiences to discuss lead-

ership, innovation and management. Prior to joining Hewlett, Whitman served as president and CEO of Ebay Inc. from 1998 to 2008, during which time she oversaw the company’s growth from 30 employees and $4 million in annual revenue to more than 15,000 employees and more than $8 billion in annual revenue. Tickets start at $100 and proceeds will support Family Center’s early education and preschool programs. More information about sponsorship opportunities, including a meet-and-greet with Whitman, is available at familycenters.org.

BREED TO LEAD GOLF TOURNAMENT

Michael Breed

Television personality and professional golf instructor Michael Breed will be featured when the Greenwich United Way stages its first-ever golf tournament fundraiser. The event is scheduled to take place Thursday, May 4 at The Stanwich Club, 888 North St., Greenwich. Plans call for a shotgun blast to denote the start of the event at 1 p.m., with Breed then conducting a game clinic. Participation is limited to 132 golfers and the individual golfer ticket price is set at $850; foursomes begin at $3,400. Proceeds support the Greenwich United Way’s mission of addressing human needs in the community. The organization is governed locally, even though

it is associated with the national nonprofit. The tournament ticket price includes greens fees, lunch, dinner, giveaway drawing, mulligans, putting contest, Breed’s clinic, all oncourse games and on-course beverages. Breed is the host of “The Golf Fix” on the Golf Channel, the inventor of the putting and chipping brace for golfers and the host of radio show “Tee Time.” Both Golf Magazine and Golf Digest have selected him as one of the top golf instructors in America, with Golf Digest naming him number one in New York state. For more information, visit greenwichunitedway.org.

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FACTS Lefferman, Frank J., Shelton, contractor for self. Add an enclosed deck to an existing single-family residence at 50 Stendahl Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed March 31.

Serino, Robert, Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 3 Ridge Lane, Shelton. Estimated cost: $7,800. Filed March 31.

Mallozzi, Vincent, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the tubs and bathrooms in an existing single-family residence at 147 Hillside Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed March 24.

Sobotka, Diane G., Shelton, contractor for self. Add a full bathroom to the basement of an existing singlefamily residence at 26 Barbara Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $3,500. Filed March 28.

Marmora, Sandra L. and Joseph J. Marmora, Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 9 Golec Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $18,480. Filed March 31.

Solar City Corp., Rocky Hill, contractor for Gonzalez. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 436 Hattertown Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed April 6.

Matto Family Realty, Shelton, contractor for self. Install two sinks in an existing single-family residence at 163 Leavenworth Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $1,500. Filed March 31.

Walter, Lucia, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the tank in the basement of an existing single-family residence at 23 Deerfield Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,259. Filed March 31.

Middlemass, Matt, Shelton, contractor for self. Remodel the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom in an existing single-family residence at 3 Wesley Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 24.

White, Pamela M., Shelton, contractor for self. Remodel the bathroom and kitchen in an existing singlefamily residence at 117 Longmeadow Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed March 29.

Minopoli, Maria, Shelton, contractor for self. Install an in-ground pool in the property of an existing singlefamily residence at 2 Applewood Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed March 30. Mojcik, Christopher F., Shelton, contractor for self. Remove and replace the kitchen cabinets in an existing single-family residence at 23 Rosedale Circel, Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,800. Filed March 30. Nikolopoulos, Harry, Stamford, contractor for George Nikolopoulos. Add a one-story detached garage to the property of an existing singlefamily residence at 19 Winter St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed between April 10 and April 14. Parkins, Jeremy, Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 15 Serene Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed March 24. Potter, Maria, Shelton, contractor for self. Finish the basement, bedroom, bathroom, exercise room and storage room in an existing singlefamily residence at 501 Elk Run, Shelton. Estimated cost: $37,500. Filed March 31. Raymond, Hanna, et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Construct an above-ground pool on the property of an existing single-family residence at 37 Janes Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed between April 10 and April 14.

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 Grade A Home Improvement LLC, et al., Middlefield. Filed by People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Benanti & Associates, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a promissory note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $50,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s fees, expenses, costs and such other and further relief as the court shall deem just and equitable. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063599-S. Filed April 10.

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Hospital Marketing Services Company Inc., Naugatuck. Filed by People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Benanti & Associates, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a promissory note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $309,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s fees, expenses, costs and such other and further relief as the court shall deem just and equitable. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063625-S. Filed April 11.

Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co., et al., Quincy, Mass. Filed by Maria Colucci, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berchem, Moses & Devlin PC, Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063619-S. Filed April 11.

Tristar Products Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by Nushon Scales, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this tort suit against the defendants alleging that they manufactured and distributed a defective pressure cooker. As a result, the pressure cooker allegedly exploded, causing harm to the plaintiff. The plaintiff claims damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063679-S. Filed April 12.

Metro Taxi, West Haven. Filed by Casper Bolden, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas M. Yuditski, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he was hit by a car owned by the defendant and driven by an employee of the defendant. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063695-S. Filed April 13.

Ryders Partners LLC, et al., Stratford. Filed by Maxine D’Amato, Shelton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Papcsy Janosov Roche, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a walkway 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 keep their walkway in a safe condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063602-S. Filed April 10.

AL Real Estate Holdings LLC, Danbury. Filed by Meccanic Shop North Inc., North Salem, N.Y. Plaintiff’s attorney: Christopher G. Winans, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for renovation work and materials supplied. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $28,915 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, court costs and such other further relief as the court may deem in equity. Case no. DBD-CV17-6022181-S. Filed April 11.

National General Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Deavon Buster, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Guy P. Soares LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063622-S. Filed April 11. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Anne Boswell and Brandon Boswell, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bruce J. Corrigan, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiffs have 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 their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063687-S. Filed April 13.

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Shelton Grocery LLC, et al., New Haven. Filed by People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Benanti & Associates, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a promissory note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $40,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s fees, expenses, costs and such other and further relief as the court shall deem just and equitable. Case no. FBT-CV17-6063598-S. Filed April 10. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Subenia Hairston, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Giulietti and Morytko LLC, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV17-6063621-S. Filed April 11.

DANBURY SUPERIOR COURT

Astudillo Landscaping LLC, et al., Danbury. Filed by James Zuklie, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. 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. This accident allegedly occurred due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to monitor reasonably and properly. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. DBD-CV17-6022169-S. Filed April 11. Camden Technologies Inc., et al., Greenwich. Filed by Arthur Testerano, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. 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. This accident allegedly occurred due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to monitor reasonably and properly. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. DBD-CV17-6022171-S. Filed April 11.

Danbury Rent A Truck Inc., Danbury. Filed by Meccanic Shop North Inc., North Salem, N.Y. Plaintiff’s attorney: Christopher G. Winans, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for vehicles to be sold. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding net balance of $132,609 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other further relief as the court may deem in equity. Case no. DBD-CV17-6022179-S. Filed April 11. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., Bethlehem, Pa. Filed by Donato Telesco, Newtown. Plaintiff’s attorney: Laurence V. Parnoff, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to pay out insurance to the plaintiff for premiums provided. The plaintiff’s house was allegedly destroyed by a fire while he was covered under fire insurance from the defendant. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $1.1 million due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. DBD-CV17-6022196-S. Filed April 10. Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp., et al., Hartford. Filed by Marina Urena, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. DBD-CV17-6022194-S. Filed April 12. State Farm VP Management Corp., Hartford. Filed by Haley Swanson, New Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Yorio Law Group PC, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. DBD-CV17-6022199-S. Filed April 12.

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FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT

695 East Main Stamford LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Kevin Geiger, Pelham, N.Y. Plaintiff’s attorney: Patrick J. Filan, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he tripped on a ramp, which was on a mat owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to keep their ramp in a walkable condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FST-CV17-6031761-S. Filed April 11.

AETNA Life Insurance Co. Filed by Christopher Eisele, Clermont, Fla. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tucker & Ludin, St. Petersburg, Fla. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employee benefit suit against the defendant alleging that the plaintiff was an employee of Dell, which allegedly funded its retirement plan by purchasing a group policy insurance for its employees from the defendant. The defendant allegedly failed to make a decision about the plaintiff’s long-term disability benefits, which resulted in a denial of claims to the plaintiff. The plaintiff claims $643,000 in monetary damages, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:17-cv-00512RNC. Filed April 11.

Hospitality Management Advisors Inc., Rocky Hill. Filed by Asia Wilson, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Freeman Law Firm LLC, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she fell while leaning on a sink in a bathroom owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and it employees in that they failed to inspect their sink to determine if it was in a workable condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and costs and such other and further relief as may be required in law or equity. Case no. FST-CV17-6031762-S. Filed April 11. North American Builders LLC, New Canaan. Filed by Cindy Rinfret, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Reinken Law Firm LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on an icy surface owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to keep their sidewalk in a walkable condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and costs. Case no. FST-CV17-6031760-S. Filed April 11. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio. Filed by Carlos Mendoza, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Maddox Law Firm LLC, New Canaan. 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. FSTCV17-6031785-S. Filed April 13.

Aviant Health Care LLC, Mesa, Ariz.. Filed by Astrum Care LLC, et al., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: John Andre Shope, Boston, Mass. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it failed to pay for consulting services provided by the plaintiff. The plaintiff has made demand for the outstanding invoices, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims $144,000 in monetary damages, costs, interest and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:17-cv-00619VLB. Filed April 13. Arch Street Insurance Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Filed by Waters Construction Co. Inc., Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Hinckley, Allen, Snyder LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that Center-Earth failed to pay invoices to the plaintiff for construction work performed. The plaintiff has allegedly issued a surety bond and now is indebted to the plaintiff for CenterEarth’s failure to pay. The plaintiff has made a demand for the payment of the bond, yet has not received any money. The plaintiff claims $82,000 in monetary damages, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, costs, attorney’s fees, damages and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:17-cv-00613JBA. Filed April 13. Arch Street Insurance Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Filed by Waters Construction Company Inc., Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Hinckley, Allen, Snyder LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that Arch Street failed to pay invoices to the plaintiff for construction work performed. The plaintiff has allegedly issued a surety bond and now is indebted to the plaintiff for Arch Street’s failure to pay. The plaintiff has made a demand for the payment of the bond, yet has not received any money. The plaintiff claims $135,000 in monetary damages, prejudgment interest, postjudgment interest, costs, attorney’s fees, damages and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:17-cv-00620-JAM. Filed April 13.

ComCast of Connecticut Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. Filed by Michelle Holmes, Brookfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cicchiello & Cicciello LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this medical leave act suit against the defendant alleging that the plaintiff was required to be the primary caregiver for his grandmother. The defendant allegedly terminated the plaintiff for care, which was protected under the Family Medical Leave Act, causing damages. The plaintiff claims monetary damages, reinstatement of the position, front pay, liquidated damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:17-cv-00625-SRU. Filed April 14. Under The Weather LLC, et al., Cincinnati, Ohio. Filed by Anthem Sports LLC, et al., Pawcatuck. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Law Offices of Charles I. Miller, West Hartford. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this patent infringement suit against the defendants alleging that the plaintiffs distributed the defendants’ sports enclosure merchandise. The defendants allegedly raised the price for the merchandise sold to the plaintiffs to the point when it became unprofitable for them. The plaintiffs distributed sports-enclosure merchandise and were sued by the defendants. The plaintiffs allege that the products they sell are not knock-offs. The plaintiffs claim an injunction enjoining the defendants and preventing them from continuing to infringe, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:17-cv-00596MPS. Filed April 11.

DEEDS

COMMERCIAL 11 Dialstone Lane LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Helen Nicole Witt, Greenwich. Property: Plot 18, Map 2388, Greenwich. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 30. 12 St John Place LLC, Westport. Seller: William S. Hemson LLC, Westport. Property: 12 St. John Place, Westport. Amount: $625,000. Filed March 27. 139 North Street LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Johnathan L. Curreri, Joseph Curreri and Susan Curreri, Greenwich. Property: North Street and Land of Beatrice Smith, Greenwich. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed March 31. 25 Woodland Drive LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Nutmeg Real Estate LLC, Greenwich. Property: Lot 28, Map 70, Greenwich. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed March 29. 66-84 Main Street Associates LLC, Monroe. Seller: Anne C. DeGeralomo, Monroe. Property: 66-84 Main St., Monroe. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed March 13.

FIGURES 79 Lansing LLC, New Rochelle, N.Y. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, Tempe, Ariz. Property: 2090 Noble Ave., Unit 2092, Bridgeport. Amount: $95,000. Filed March 31.

Northway Capital Partners LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Marina P. Freyer, Greenwich. Property: Tracts of Northway by Greenwich Cove, Greenwich. Amount: $6.3 million. Filed March 31.

BL Realty Holdings LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 1154-1156 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed March 30.

Red Hawk Management Company LLC, Monroe. Seller: Clair M. Garman, Waterbury. Property: 422B Blackhawk Lane, Stratford. Amount: $130,000. Filed March 31.

City of Shelton, Shelton. Seller: Lupe A. Maybeck, Shelton. Property: 297 Soundview Ave., Shelton. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 21.

SEB4 Properties LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Edward J. McHugh and Marjorie McHugh, Greenwich. Property: 69 Bruce Park Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $750,000. Filed March 30.

Comstock Brothers LLC, Danbury. Seller: Antonio Cipriano, Danbury. Property: 2 Comstock Road, Danbury. Amount: $185,000. Filed March 28. Durant Self-Storage Inc., Bethel. Seller: Four Winds Associates Inc., Bethel. Property: 41 Durant Ave., Bethel. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed March 31. Easton Enterprises LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Stephen Polatsek, Delray Beach, Fla. Property: 6716 Main St., Trumbull. Amount: $40,000. Filed March 27.

Solix Inc., Fairfield. Seller: Gabriel J. Milord, Bridgeport. Property: 343 Maple St., Bridgeport. Amount: $60,000. Filed March 29. South Main Street Newtown Associates LLC, Trumbull. Seller: Lakeview Properties II LLC, Monroe. Property: Route 25, Map 474, Monroe. Amount: $700,000. Filed March 27. Spa Inc., Fairfield. Seller: Eileen Mary Wellner, John J. Wellner, and Mary Wellner, Fairfield. Property: 232 Mayweed Road, Fairfield. Amount: $200,000. Filed April 4.

V&E Real Estate LLC, Norwalk. Seller: James S. Mank, Orange. Property: 241 Riverview Ave., Shelton. Amount: $131,500. Filed March 30.

RESIDENTIAL Afentoulides, Karen and Nicholas Afentoulides, Norwalk. Seller: Kevin M. Murphy and Janet G. Murphy, Sacramento, Calif. Property: Parcel G, Map 955, Wilton. Amount: $570,000. Filed March 28. Barrios, Ruben, New York, N.Y. Seller: Cesar H. Ramirez and Diana Cordova, Milford. Property: 10481050 William St., Bridgeport. Amount: $170,000. Filed March 30. Becker, Laura R. and Christine M. Corrigan, Bethel. Seller: Kristopher Robert and Javier Lowe, Newtown. Property: 12 Rock Ridge Road, Newtown. Amount: $281,000. Filed March 31. Benedetto, Giovanna and Joel Retuerto, Bridgeport. Seller: Freddy Pavon, Bridgeport. Property: 96 Dayton Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $192,500. Filed March 31.

Equity Trust Company Custodian, Westport. Seller: Joan E. Miller, Bergen, N.Y. Property: 68 Whitney Glen Drive, Westport. Amount: $300,000. Filed March 27.

SS Enterprise LLC. Seller: Solix Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 343 Maple St., Bridgeport. Amount: $70,000. Filed March 29.

Bentzen, Corinne and Blake Bentzen, Greenwich. Seller: William B. Lewis Jr. and Kathleen S. Lewis, Greenwich. Property: 6 Chapel Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed March 28.

Iwari Holdings LLC, Danbury. Seller: Phillip Reid Suttles, Mooresville, S.C. Property: 39 Mill Plain Road, Unit 1, Danbury. Amount: $125,000. Filed March 29.

Sunshine Residences II LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, Anaheim, Calif. Property: 272-274 Lindley St., Bridgeport. Amount: $95,000. Filed March 29.

Bitsco, Kyle, Stratford. Seller: Marleen Espinal, Stratford. Property: 414 Huntington Road, Stratford. Amount: $215,000. Filed April 3.

J Ross Properties LLC, New York, N.Y. Seller: Carolyn Mein, Del Mar, Calif. Property: 42 Loftus Circle, Trumbull. Amount: $120,000. Filed March 24.

Tenebo LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Michael J. Curley and Catherine E. Curley, Greenwich. Property: 33 Hendrie Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed March 30.

Blank, Merv, Brookfield. Seller: Jeffrey Ull, Danbury. Property: 16 Hayestown Road, Unit C-10, 3104 Poets Landing, Danbury. Amount: $455,000. Filed March 27.

Kapu Holdings LLC, Westport. Seller: Kabop Maritime Partners LLC, Westport. Property: 1599 Post Road East, Unit 2, Westport. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 29.

The GRSW Real Estate Trust, Shelton. Seller: Sujan Akella and Katherine Baker, Shelton. Property: Lot 11, Map 3877, Shelton. Amount: $635,000. Filed March 29.

Bordier, Julie A., Greenwich. Seller: Dawn M. Carozza and Joan M. Basilone, Delray Beach, Fla. Property: Unit 2 of High Ridge Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $749,900. Filed March 31.

Lot 2A 176 Hamilton LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Michael G. Yesenko and Catherine H. Yesenko, Greenwich. Property: 176 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $395,000. Filed March 30.

The Kalcar Corp., Stratford. Seller: Jeffrey Pinckney and Aimee Pinckney, Stratford. Property: 57 Cedar St., Lot A, Map 3833, Stratford. Amount: $320,000. Filed March 27.

Monroe Property LLC, Fairfield. Seller: LNV Corp., Nev. Property: Lot 47, Parrott Avenue, Bridgeport. Amount: $272,500. Filed March 30. National Residential Nominee Services Inc., Plano, Texas. Seller: Subul F. Naqvi, Shelton. Property: Lot 2, Map 3979, Shelton. Amount: $502,500. Filed March 31.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Okla. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 59 Southern Blvd., Danbury. For no consideration paid. Filed March 29. TKS Group LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Ann Richardson Knox and Harold L. Knox, Greenwich. Property: 38 Birch Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed March 29. UB High Ridge LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Samuel Lotstein Realty Company Inc., Stamford. Property: 225 Sound Beach Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $4.2 million. Filed March 30.

Boyhan, Jennifer M., Shelton. Seller: Richard E. Ambrose, Milford. Property: Unit 1E of Cedar Grove Condominium, Shelton. Amount: $195,000. Filed March 21. Bradley, Loreen K. and Matthew R. Bradley, Newtown. Seller: Robert J. Dyer, Newtown. Property: Map 3847, Newtown. Amount: $345,000. Filed March 30. Brauer, Vincent, Stratford. Seller: Heather F. Hefferon, Stratford. Property: 1035 Whippoorwill Lane, Stratford. Amount: $244,500. Filed March 28. Britell, Esterina and Andrew A. Britell, Norwalk. Seller: Roland J. Blier and Priscilla M. Blier, Bridgeport. Property: 53 Tarinelli Circle, Bridgeport. Amount: $232,500. Filed March 29.

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FACTS Buonanno, Nancy and Charles Buonanno, Greenwich. Seller: Jose T. Morales and Velyna A. Morales, Greenwich. Property: 27 Cheiftans Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed March 30. Butler, Susan and Brendan Donohoe, Wilton. Seller: Edward W. Collins and Irene M. Korin, Wilton. Property: Sharp Hill Road, Wilton. Amount: $725,000. Filed March 31. Buzzi, Deborah M., Danbury. Seller: Nancy S. Murphy, Newtown. Property: 3 Dylan Drive, Newtown. Amount: $800,000. Filed March 31. Callanan, Heather E. and Edward C. Callahan, Fairfield. Seller: Timothy H. Smith and Fredrica B. Smith, Fairfield. Property: 65 Verna Field Road, Fairfield. Amount: $920,500. Filed April 3. Campbell, Anika A., Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Anna Galla, Shelton. Property: 1816 North Ave., Stratford. Amount: $198,000. Filed April 3. Cardentey, Jessica M. and Keith E. Cardentey, Trumbull. Seller: Michael Graham and Kate Graham, Shelton. Property: 18 Astor Drive, Shelton. Amount: $357,500. Filed March 29. Carr, Lauren W., Oxford. Seller: James L. Travers, Newtown. Property: Dusty Lane, Newtown. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 30. Cass, Lois and Brendan Cass, New York, N.Y. Seller: Adel B. Al-Saleh and Gladys Al-Saley, Westport. Property: 9 Maple Grove Ave., Westport. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed March 29. Cauwels, Patricia W. and Darren L. Lindemann, Newtown. Seller: Susan Firestone Portnoy, Newtown. Property: 14 Winding Brook Road, Newtown. Amount: $592,000. Filed March 29. Cetti, Marie, Monroe. Seller: Craig P. Danyew and Janice T. Danyew, Newtown. Property: 33 Jo Mar Drive, Newtown. Amount: $377,500. Filed March 31. Codrington, Kanard, et al., Milford. Seller: Marek Szczubelek and Joanna Szczubelek, Stratford. Property: 41 Fisher Court, Stratford. Amount: $75,000. Filed April 3. Colon, Adalberto, Bridgeport. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Anaheim, Calif. Property: 47 Gary St., Bridgeport. Amount: $83,000. Filed March 28. Coonan, Donna D. and Daniel P. Coonan, El Segundo, Calif. Seller: Ian T. Hockley and Nicole M. Hockley, Newtown. Property: 61 Charter Ridge Drive, Newtown. Amount: $645,000. Filed March 31.

FIGURES

Cristofano, Rodrigo, Shelton. Seller: Hoffman Management LLC, New Canaan. Property: 239-241 Olive St., Bridgeport. Amount: $27,500. Filed March 30.

Garcao, Eliane M., Danbury. Seller: Joseph Sampson, Danbury. Property: 151 Shelter Rock Road, Unit 60, Danbury. Amount: $180,000. Filed March 30.

Handal, Rawa Hassan, Bethel. Seller: RMS Bethel LLC, Stamford. Property: Unit 84 in Copper Square Condominium, Bethel. Amount: $470,000. Filed March 27.

Kjaernested, Margaret E., Greenwich. Seller: Harvey J. Bozzi Jr. and Judith Bozzi, Greenwich. Property: 24 Valley Drive, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 30.

Marsan, David, Stratford. Seller: Melissa Emmendorfer, Fairfield. Property: Unit 71 of Village Square Stratford Condominium, Stratford. Amount: $168,900. Filed April 3.

Cristofano, Rodrigo, Shelton. Seller: Hoffman Management LLC, New Canaan. Property: 1185 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $27,500. Filed March 30.

Garcia, Coralia and German Garcia, Greenwich. Seller: Anthony R. Santella and Thomas P. Santella, Bridgeport. Property: 1185 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $257,000. Filed March 30.

Harrington, Kaila and Michael P. Aurelia, Newtown. Seller: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Property: Lot 2, Saw Mill Road, Newtown. Amount: $265,000. Filed March 29.

Kochiss, Kelly, Stratford. Seller: Amy B. Mudrick, Stratford. Property: 30 Sanford Place, Stratford. Amount: $169,800. Filed March 31.

Martinez, Felix J., Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Cesaria Rodriguez, Bridgeport. Property: Lot A-2, Map of Joseph Giacobbe, Bridgeport. Amount: $240,000. Filed March 30.

Garcia, Kelvin A. Parra, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Jing Xu, Bridgeport. Property: 634 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $190,000. Filed March 31.

Harrison, Kristina L. and Mark Harrison, Shelton. Seller: Jeffrey M. Vaughan Jr. and Stephanie M. Vaughan, Bee Cave, Texas. Property: 185 Kenwood Ave., Stratford. Amount: $190,500. Filed March 30.

Crouch, Bryan W., Monroe. Seller: Ciro A. Romero and Nohora E. Bogota, Shelton. Property: 107 Thoreau Drive, Shelton. Amount: $270,910. Filed March 22. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amato, Michael, Newtown. Seller: Anne Rudolph, Grafton, Mass. Property: 6 Cascade Circle, Monroe. Amount: $157,000. Filed March 22. Derosa, Michael J., Stamford. Seller: Gary J. Purzycki, Fairfield. Property: 464 Riverside Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $340,000. Filed April 4. Dostal, Denis, Bridgeport. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 965-967 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $126,000. Filed March 31.

Giambalvo, Caitlin and Stephen Giambalvo, Fairfield. Seller: Ryan E. Kubasek and Sara R. D. Kubasek, Fairfield. Property: Lot 33, Map 3282, Fairfield. Amount: $975,000. Filed April 5. Giannini, Felix A., Monroe. Seller: James Scariati and Lindsay Scariati, Doylestown, Pa. Property: 22 Skyview Road, Monroe. Amount: $315,000. Filed March 27. Gilles, Castro Jean, Bridgeport. Seller: Pamellon LLC, Bridgeport. Property: Lot 74, Petrie Street, Bridgeport. Amount: $187,000. Filed March 29.

Ducas, Vanessa C. and Bertbo Ducas, New Haven. Seller: Peter J. Fiore and Virginia A. Fiore, Trumbull. Property: 9 Pine St., Trumbull. Amount: $338,000. Filed March 31.

Godston, Trevor J., Southington. Seller: Janine Lane, Trumbull. Property: 36 Sunset Ave., Trumbull. Amount: $358,000. Filed March 30.

Falcone, Jason R., Stratford. Seller: Gregory E. Hey and Melissa A. Hey, Stratford. Property: 946 Wilcoxson Ave., Stratford. Amount: $292,500. Filed March 29.

Gomes, Carlos R., West Haven. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, Calif. Property: 58D Mencel Circle, Unit 210, Bridgeport. Amount: $48,000. Filed March 31.

Fields, Jordan, New Haven. Seller: Joseph J. Blythe and Gail J. Blythe, Monroe. Property: 48 Fox Run, Monroe. Amount: $402,500. Filed March 27.

Gomes, Carlos R., West Haven. Seller: Dorothy R. Kessler and Bernice R. Kosowsky, Stamford. Property: 1575 Boston Ave., Unit D-5, Bridgeport. Amount: $20,000. Filed March 31.

Flores, Milissa and Bryan Flores, Monroe. Seller: Jennifer Moniz, Monroe. Property: 69 Walnut St., Monroe. Amount: $285,000. Filed March 30. Flynn, Yvonne A., Greenwich. Seller: Christopher S. Broadbent and Suzanne Broadbent, Greenwich. Property: 7 Windy Knolls, Greenwich. Amount: $636,777. Filed March 31. Foote, Nerlande and Micah Foote, Yonkers, N.Y. Seller: Michael J. Renzulli and Donna Renzulli, Newtown. Property: 12 Bears Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $395,000. Filed March 29. Fraga, Kenneth A., New York, N.Y. Seller: Judith C. Grimmitt, Titusville, Fla. Property: 136 Deer Hill Ave., Unit 308, Danbury. Amount: $129,900. Filed March 27. Galello, Craig, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Seller: 314 Burnford Avenue Associates LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 36 Little Plain Road, Trumbull. Amount: $385,000. Filed March 21.

Graney, Mary and Robert Graney, Fairfield. Seller: Nicholas Kiriakopoulos, Lady Lake, Fla. Property: 2-4 Campfield Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $410,000. Filed April 3. Gutierrez, Ismael, Bridgeport. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 289 Summerfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $60,000. Filed March 28. Guttadauria, Samantha and Jason Guttadauria, Danbury. Seller: Floyd Ozeck and Rita Relidzinski, Danbury. Property: Lot 252, Map 1283, Danbury. Amount: $185,000. Filed March 27. Hamel, Erin and Edward Maldonado, Stratford. Seller: Gerald E. Langlois and Geraldine W. Langlois, Stratford. Property: 73 Willow Ave., Stratford. Amount: $226,000. Filed April 4.

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Hinkley, Linda Lee and Frederick Hinkley, Fairfield. Seller: Bharat B. Bhalia and Sushil C. Bhalia, Fairfield. Property: 112 Mailands Road, Fairfield. Amount: $771,000. Filed April 3. Hostetler, Emily and Matthew Hostetler, Greenwich. Seller: Christopher John Retzler and Karen H. Retzler, Greenwich. Property: 55 Hillside Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 30. Hsu, Hui, Danbury. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carrollton, Texas. Property: 120 Old Bridge Lane, Danbury. Amount: $138,000. Filed March 30. Huang, Haiyu, New Canaan. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 40 Rockaway Ave., Stratford. Amount: $100,000. Filed March 29. Hynes, Ellen and Michael Hynes, Greenwich. Seller: Steven Goldberg, Greenwich. Property: 81C Sherwood Place, Greenwich. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed March 31. Iadanza, Cosmo, Stamford. Seller: Heather A. Workiewicz and Michael R. Workiewicz, Bridgeport. Property: 37 E. Kensington Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $156,300. Filed March 31. John, Jerel A. and Jamie A. John, Danbury. Seller: Kristen A. Setavage, New York, N.Y. Property: Unit 52 in Stetson Place, Danbury. Amount: $228,000. Filed March 29. Joyner, Deidra J., Jamaica, N.Y. Seller: Lynn Winslow, Norwalk. Property: Lot 9, Nutmeg Avenue, Bridgeport. Amount: $195,000. Filed March 30. Juall, Janet and Donald Juall, Newtown. Seller: Donald Juall and Janet Juall, Newtown. Property: 81 Algonquin Trail, Newtown. For no consideration paid. Filed March 27. Kelso, Elizabeth and Kristofer Kelso, Fairfield. Seller: Ann-Marie Parrillo, Sunapee, N.H. Property: 50 E. Maiden Lane, Monroe. Amount: $385,000. Filed March 27.

Kogut, Katarzyna S., Shelton. Seller: Julius Khomitch, Shelton. Property: 145 Canal St., Unit 212, Shelton. Amount: $160,000. Filed March 28. Kwasniewski, Nicole and Stanley J. Kwasniewski, Greenwich. Seller: Stanley J. Kwasniewski and Nicole A. Kwasniewski, Greenwich. Property: Lot 7, Map 862, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed March 28. Lentz, Maxwell Curtis, Westport. Seller: Janet Firmenich, Woodbridge. Property: 938 Stratford Ave., Stratford. Amount: $169,900. Filed April 3. Levine, Wendy and Edwin G. Levine, Fairfield. Seller: Bernard H. Huelbert and A. Mette Huelbert, Fairfield. Property: 318 and 320 Pine Creek Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed April 3. Liska, Constance G. and James S. Liska, Stratford. Seller: Joseph R. Shedlock and Jennifer Dillon, Stratford. Property: 554 Huntington Road, Stratford. Amount: $134,000. Filed March 31. Lopes, Benvinda and Eugenio Lopes, Danbury. Seller: Rafael Harnandez, Danbury. Property: 119 E. Liberty St., Danbury. Amount: $250,000. Filed March 27. Lopes, Vanessa Filipa Da Silva and Ronaldo Silva Jr., New Milford. Seller: Shelby Kolba Gould, Bethel. Property: 18 Hoyt Road, Bethel. Amount: $267,000. Filed March 29. Lukens, Kathryn C., Stratford. Seller: Gary Smith, Stratford. Property: 479A Commanche Lane, Stratford. Amount: $319,000. Filed March 31. Lyle, Ashley, Stamford. Seller: 314 Burnford Avenue Associates LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 314 Burnsford Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed March 29. Machado, Edilson L., Danbury. Seller: Joe Lliguizaca, Waterbury. Property: 19 Topstone Drive, Danbury. Amount: $280,000. Filed March 30. Mancuso, Aida and Paolo Mancuso, Stamford. Seller: Neil Graham and Gary Book, Stratford. Property: 80 and 82 Edmund St., Stratford. Amount: $308,000. Filed March 27. Manfro, Maureen, Danbury. Seller: Madeline A. DeMayo and Denise M. Leone, New Fairfield. Property: 7 High View Terrace, New Fairfield. Amount: $385,000. Filed March 31.

Mayuzumi, Marica Coco and Mats John Shore, New York, N.Y. Seller: Pieter Hartong, Darien. Property: Unit 129 of Old Greenwich Gables Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $585,000. Filed March 28. McVicar, Kathryn A., Fairfield. Seller: Lawrence Michaelis, Saddle Brook, N.J. Property: Unit 44 in Woodfield Village, Fairfield. Amount: $450,000. Filed April 6. Menten, Elizabeth and James Weil, Greenwich. Seller: James Weil and Elizabeth Menten, Greenwich. Property: 9 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed March 29. Mobilio, Diane and Ralph W. Gagliardi, Trumbull. Seller: Marcella A. Barbin, Trumbull. Property: 12 Canterbury Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $114,000. Filed March 30. Montague, Madeline C. and William H. Montague, Norwalk. Seller: Thomas J. Chapdelaine and Joanne Chapdelaine, Fairfield. Property: 453 Merwins Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $752,500. Filed April 3. Montano, Donna T. and Dominick P. Montano, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Toll Connecticut II LP, Danbury. Property: 98 Great Hill Drive, Unit 166, Bethel. Amount: $622,638. Filed March 30. Muir, Megan and John Schmitz, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: Helen W. Riehl, Greenwich. Property: 328 Delavan Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $555,000. Filed March 31. Murphy, Timothy, Norwalk. Seller: Tracy Pavone, Stratford. Property: 330 Allyndale Drive, Stratford. Amount: $257,500. Filed April 3. Murratti, Karen and Steven R. Murratti, Stratford. Seller: Andrew Decker and Stephanie Dixon, Stratford. Property: 130 Stock St., Stratford. Amount: $305,000. Filed March 31. Noonan, Thomas M., Shelton. Seller: Thomas M. Noonan and Christine A. Noonan, Shelton. Property: 42 Country Walk, Shelton. Amount: $202,350. Filed March 31. Oberstadt, Lesley and Gary Douglas, Bridgeport. Seller: Beswick Channer and Sherna Channer, Bridgeport. Property: 149 Woodside Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $210,000. Filed March 28.

FACTS Palmer, Nicole D. and Gregory S. Dohan, New Fairfield. Seller: Peter D. Slifka and Deborah A. Slifka, New Fairfield. Property: Lot 9, Map 2400, New Fairfield. Amount: $390,000. Filed March 29.

Riccitelli, Karina B. and Stephen W. Riccitelli, Newtown. Seller: Anne E. Cain, Newtown. Property: 32 Button Shop Road, Newtown. Amount: $335,000. Filed March 29.

Scanlon, Shannon R. and Lauren A. Pawlowski, Bridgeport. Seller: Lucas Rodriguez, Fairfield. Property: 2743 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield. Amount: $445,000. Filed April 4.

Parkes, Deonne, Stratford. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 1314 Huntington Road, Stratford. Amount: $257,900. Filed April 3.

Richards, Rechelle J. and Bradley G. Richards, Greenwich. Seller: Anthony R. Bienstock and Lisa M. Bienstock, Greenwich. Property: Lot 1, Indian Harbor, Greenwich. Amount: $8.5 million. Filed March 31.

Schoenfield, Shayna R. and Sean B. White, New Haven. Seller: Caroline A. Fain, Monroe. Property: 37 Old Zoar Road, Monroe. Amount: $318,000. Filed March 17.

Parsh, Jill and Matthew Todd Adame, Redondo Beach, Calif. Seller: Peter N. Polo and Linda S. Polo, Danbury. Property: 113 Chambers Road, Danbury. Amount: $399,900. Filed March 28.

Ries, Elizabeth and John K. Ries, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: Joseph Dickman and Elise Dickman, Sherman. Property: Lots 72 and 74, Lavelle Avenue, New Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 28.

Patel, Rajan and Falguni Patel, Stamford. Seller: Dawn L. Zinkewich and Edward D. Zinkewich, Trumbull. Property: 86 Greenfield Drive, Trumbull. Amount: $465,000. Filed March 23.

Ries, Elizabeth and John K. Ries, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: Joseph Dickman and Elise Dickman, Sherman. Property: Lot 84, Map 243, New Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 28.

Peregrim, Kerri A. and David J. Peregrim, Milford. Seller: Robert Jeffrey Chilson, Newtown. Property: 27 Brushy Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $285,000. Filed March 31.

Rios, Aracely and Andrea Rios, Trumbull. Seller: Lucy C. Guilorn, Hamden. Property: 8 Plymouth Ave., Trumbull. Amount: $270,000. Filed March 24.

Perry, Annette and Christian Perry, Greenwich. Seller: Emil Fish, Greenwich. Property: 296 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 30.

Rivera, Reinaldo, Windsor. Seller: Peter J. Giaccone and Rosella M. Giaccone, Stratford. Property: 358 Henry Ave., Stratford. Amount: $237,000. Filed April 3.

Pinney, Molly and Aja R. Davis, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: Vanbrodt Estates LLC, Fairfield. Property: 107 Valley Road, Westport. Amount: $632,800. Filed March 29.

Roberts, Brian, Danbury. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 5 Melillo Ave., Bethel. Amount: $185,000. Filed March 31.

Polistena, Stephanie B. and Douglas B. Polistena, Brookfield. Seller: Eusebio G. Bernal, Danbury. Property: 6 Concord St., Danbury. Amount: $395,000. Filed March 28.

Rodriguez, Vincent, Stratford. Seller: Griffin Rental Properties LLC, Stratford. Property: 1462 South Ave., Stratford. Amount: $150,000. Filed March 31.

Prinz, Pamela L. and Albert S. Prinz Jr., Bethany. Seller: Bridge Road LLC, Monroe. Property: 9 Bridge Road, Monroe. Amount: $325,000. Filed March 31.

Rownin, Danielle and Mathew Rownin, Monroe. Seller: Myra Rownin, Monroe. Property: 61 Mill Brook Terrace, Monroe. Amount: $410,000. Filed March 22.

Rahman, Aminur, Fairfield. Seller: Sunshine Residences VI LLC, Fairfield. Property: 79 Oakwood St., Bridgeport. Amount: $232,000. Filed March 30.

Ruby, Maureen and Robert Ruby Jr., Madison. Seller: Ninewood Ventures LLC, Trumbull. Property: 756B Quinnipiac Lane, Unit 756B, Stratford. Amount: $339,000. Filed March 31.

Reed, Carlton, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Kristofer Kelso and Danielle Kelso, Danbury. Property: Parcel C, Map 4085, Danbury. Amount: $273,500. Filed March 27.

Salerno, Helene and John Salerno, Fairfield. Seller: 2 LBJ Holdings LLC, Ladera Ranch, Calif. Property: 1987 and 1990 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 3.

Reid, Alexis L. and William J. Reid Jr., Greenwich. Seller: 320 SBA LLC, Greenwich. Property: 320 Sound Beach Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $2 million. Filed March 30.

Santos, Laura L. and Hector Santos, Trumbull. Seller: Yuri Shenderov and Svetlana Polyak, Upper Saddle River, N.J. Property: 103 Haviland Drive, Trumbull. Amount: $435,000. Filed March 22.

Reyes, Jonathan L., Bridgeport. Seller: Ciceline Baker, Bridgeport. Property: 157-161 Hewitt St., Bridgeport. Amount: $65,000. Filed March 28.

FIGURES Chowdhury, Jafar, et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 1026-1028 State St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 29.

Auto Swage Products Inc., Shelton. $8,154 in favor of Stanta Energy Corp., Bridgeport, by Janine M. Becker, Bridgeport. Property: 776 River Road, Shelton. Filed March 23.

Utley, Hannah and Brendan Letarte, Greenwich. Seller: Francis Fannin and Robert G. Fannin, Greenwich. Property: 25 Indian Harbor Drive, Unit 3, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 29.

Clemons, Sandra, et al. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 701 Shelton St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 31.

Deflores, Suyapa, Bridgeport. $1,422 in favor of Physicians For Women at Seton, Bridgeport, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 146 Gem Ave., Unit 148, Bridgeport. Filed March 30.

Scully, Mary G., Branford. Seller: Antoinette Cortigiano, Stratford. Property: 296 Agawam Drive, Unit A, Stratford. Amount: $180,000. Filed March 31.

Walsh, Elisabeth C. and Jesse Friedman, Bridgeport. Seller: Marcelo Neves, New Orleans, La. Property: 250 Orland St., Bridgeport. Amount: $190,000. Filed March 30.

Deluca, Sara B., et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Irvine, Calif. Property: 144 Heather Ridge Road, Shelton. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 28.

Deluca, Phyllis, Stratford. $1,323 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif., by London & London, Newington. Property: 918 Cutspring Road, Stratford. Filed March 30.

Sethi, Sanjeet S., Trumbull. Seller: Susan Bacarella, Trumbull. Property: 8 Settlers Ridge Drive, Trumbull. Amount: $985,000. Filed March 31.

Wiatlis, Michael, Stratford. Seller: Nancy Lasell-Skirkanich, Stratford. Property: 465 Cutspring Road, Stratford. Amount: $270,000. Filed April 3.

Evans, Mary A. and James E. Evans, et al. Creditor: Peoples United Bank, Bridgeport. Property: 132 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel. Mortgage default. Filed March 28.

France, Dorice, Shelton. $1,253 in favor of Milford Hospital, Milford, by Hertzmark Crean & Lahey LLP, Waterbury. Property: 20 Angell Ave., Shelton. Filed March 24.

Shahzad, Nabeel, Danbury. Seller: 25 Cross Street LLC, Danbury. Property: 25 Cross St., Danbury. Amount: $432,500. Filed March 27.

Wolin, Lisa and Leonard Wolin, Fairfield. Seller: Crickerbrook Development LLC, Fairfield. Property: 384 Wormwood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed April 5.

Ida, Prince, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 18 Triangle St., Unit F-5, Danbury. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 27.

Frazier, Marlowe, Stratford. $7,554 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif., by London & London, Newington. Property: 42 Leonard St., Stratford. Filed March 30.

Manning-Baker, Juliet, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Des Moines, Iowa. Property: 17-19 Worth St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed March 29.

Nassra, Eliana, Stratford. $12,680 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 31 Hawley Glenn, Stratford. Filed April 5.

Mendez, William A., et al. Creditor: New Penn Financial LLC, Greenville, S.C. Property: 5 Aaron Samuels Blvd., Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed March 27.

Rosario, Juan, Trumbull. $2,389 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, N.H. Property: 273 Daniels Farm Road, Trumbull. Filed March 20.

Shehl, Michael H. and Corey E. Shehl, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Seller: Hani T. El-Fanek and Abeer Al-Fanek, Danbury. Property: 18 Maplewood Drive, Danbury. Amount: $560,000. Filed March 30. Smakaj, Mimoza, Wilton. Seller: Charles M. Clemmons, Wilton. Property: Lot 2, Map 4260, Wilton. Amount: $600,000. Filed March 29. Srivastava, Radhika and Raghav Srivastava, Bethel. Seller: Brigid Rotella, Newtown. Property: 17 Pearl St., Newtown. Amount: $508,000. Filed March 29. Stamos, Amelia G. and Donald A. Santossio, Stratford. Seller: The Kalcar Corp., Stratford. Property: 20 Briarfield Drive, Stratford. Amount: $334,000. Filed April 3. Stojkovic, Jovan and Kate Stojkovic, Fairfield. Seller: Douglas Chrisholm and Christine Chrisholm, Fairfield. Property: Lot 7, Map 178, Fairfield. Amount: $425,000. Filed April 3. Straub, Birva and Benjamin Straub, Greenwich. Seller: Bozena Gorski, Greenwich. Property: 28 Old Camp Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed March 28. Terrian, Dean, New Milford. Seller: Michael Connolly, New Fairfield. Property: 9 Oak St., New Fairfield. Amount: $170,000. Filed March 28. Torres, Stephanie and Julio Torres, Danbury. Seller: Antonio Almeida and Esmeralda Almeida, Danbury. Property: 10 Liberty St., Unit A-21, Danbury. Amount: $150,000. Filed March 30.

Travers, James L., Newtown. Seller: Lauren W. Carr, Newtown. Property: Dusty Lane, Newtown. For an unknown amount paid. Filed March 30.

Zeffer, Melissa and Brian Casella, Brookfield. Seller: Marjorie H. Kelly, Bethel. Property: 85 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel. Amount: $378,000. Filed March 31. Zinkewich, Dawn L. and Edward D. Zinkewich, Trumbull. Seller: Giacobbe Construction LLC, Trumbull. Property: 10 Winhall Lane, Trumbull. Amount: $625,000. Filed March 20. Zuniga, Yolanda M. and Luis A. Maldonado, Bridgeport. Seller: Barbara Wood Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aiuto, Trumbull. Property: 29 Merwin St., Trumbull. Amount: $275,000. Filed March 20.

FORECLOSURES Anderson, Godfrey O., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 25 Hawthorne St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 29. Antonio, Jose, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 1 Oak St., Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed March 28. Araujo, Tereza C., et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Frederick, Md. Property: Lot 4, Map 2598, Wilton. Mortgage default. Filed March 27. Calloway, Beverly D., et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 106 Kent Lane, Trumbull. Mortgage default. Filed March 30.

Roma Jr., Armando, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Des Moines, Iowa. Property: 20 Katrina Circle, Bethel. Mortgage default. Filed March 31. Simura, Pawel, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 61 Winton Place, Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed April 3. Whitaker, Melissa L., et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Irvine, Calif. Property: 290 Henry Ave., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed March 30.

JUDGMENTS Allen, Craig L., Monroe. $24,040 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: Monroe. Filed March 23. Amos, Carrie Lee and Edward Amos, New Fairfield. $4,329 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by the Law Office of V. Michael Simko Jr. LLC, Shelton. Property: 14 Mill Town Road, New Fairfield. Filed March 27.

Serrano, Karla, Bridgeport. $1,262 in favor of Alliance For Womens Health, Bridgeport, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 104 Broadbridge Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 30. Serrano, Karla, Bridgeport. $551 in favor of Maternal & Fetal Medicine Specialties, Bridgeport, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 104 Broadbridge Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 30. Sullivan, Barbara, Wilton. $2,735 in favor of Hop Energy LLC, Bridgeport, by William G. Reveley & Associates LLC, Vernon. Property: 3 Bald Hill Place, Wilton. Filed March 31. Tina, Shine and David Shine, Shelton. $244 in favor of Huntingting Family Dental Group PC, Shelton, by Joseph P. Latino, Waterbury. Property: 45 Beecher Ave., Shelton. Filed March 27. Tucker, William, Monroe. $1,263 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, N.H. Property: 7 Sunset Trail, Monroe. Filed March 16.

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FACTS Youngquist, Dawn, et al., Shelton. $1,641 in favor of Griffin Hospital, Derby, by Hertzmark Crean & Lahey LLP, Waterbury. Property: 20 Murray Ave., Shelton. Filed March 20. Zarnetske, Georgeanne, Bridgeport. $10,770 in favor of Sikorsky Financial Credit Union Inc., Stratford, by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 349 Texas Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 30.

LEASES Codrington, Kanard, et al., by self. Landlord: Stonybrook Gardens Cooperative Inc., Stratford. Property: 41 Fisher Court, Stratford. Term: Three years, commenced April 3, 2017. Filed April 3. Fairfield Ridge Housing Associates Limited Partnership, by Mary C. Sistrunk. Landlord: Housing Authority of the city of Danbury. Property: 1-87 Fairfield Ridge, Danbury. Term: 90 years, commenced March 27, 2017. Filed March 29. Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust, by Robert S. Matthews. Landlord: Rose Hill Greenwich LLC, New York, N.Y. Property: 100 Field Point Road, Greenwich. Term: 20 years, commenced July 13, 2007. Filed March 30. Lakeview Properties II LLC, by Joseph G. Voll. Landlord: South Main Street Newtown Associates LLC, Trumbull. Property: 126 Main St., Monroe. Term: 2 years, commenced March 23, 2017. Filed March 27. Seven Maples LLC, by Bradford S. Orr. Landlord: 66-84 Main Street Associates LLC, Monroe. Property: 6684 Main St., Monroe. Term: 20 years, commenced March 10, 2017. Filed March 13. Sippin, Gary, by self. Landlord: Westview Farm, Monroe. Property: 254, 270 and 200 Main St., Route 25, Monroe. Term: 10 years, commenced Oct. 15, 2015. Filed March 23. Triano, Kaitlin and Richard L. Drago, by self. Landlord: Putnam Park Apartments Inc., Greenwich. Property: 66 Putnam Park, Greenwich. Term: 33 years, commenced March 28, 2017. Filed March 28.

LIENS

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-RELEASED Davis Tree & Logging LLC, 57 North St., Suite 209, Danbury. $8,745, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 28.

Charron, Robin J. and Thomas A. Charron, 36 South St., Fairfield. $94,699, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Durniak, Walter, 20 Church St., Apt. 53, Greenwich. $75,351, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 29.

Coastline Insulation LLC, 74 Enterprise Drive, Suite 3, Monroe. $11,855, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 27.

Kucic, Michelle and Joseph Kucic, PO Box 4074, Greenwich. $8,735, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 29.

Compounded Solutions, 810 Main St., Monroe. $11,359, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 13.

Mandaniei III, John, 30 Kathleen Road, Shelton. $14,461, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Diagnostic and Medical Specialists of Greenwich LLC, 115 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. $15,457, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 28.

Muoio, Dominicky, 24 Rennison Road, Trumbull. $21,783, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20.

Flanagan, Todd, 139 High Meadow Road, Fairfield. $20,681, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4. Gallagher, Michael C., 5 Commerce Drive, Shelton. $297,213, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 28. Kopfmann, Michelle and Craig E. Kopfmann, 31 Chadwich Court, Monroe. $69,469, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Marcisovsky, Lorraine, 122 Wesley Heights Road, Shelton. $1,306, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 28.

Muoio, Dominicky, 23 Rennison Road, Trumbull. $10,862, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 20. Sargeant Electric Co LLC, 21 Woods Ave., Greenwich. $13,192, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 29. Snyder, Doreen and Stuart S. Snyder, 33 Barton Lane, Fairfield. $7,963, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4. Stewart, Kelly and Michael W. Stewart, 53 Shelley Road, Bethel. $75,760, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 29.

Pertesis, John J., 14 Lanthorne Road, Monroe. $112,090, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Taylor, Gail K. and Edison A. Taylor, 89 Lines Place, Stratford. $10,346 a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 3.

Prussia, Odette Smith and Joseph Prussia, 51 Wooster Ave., Stratford. $12,332, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED

Robinson, Linda and Thomas R. Blackwell, 1960 North St., Fairfield. $26,418, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

714 LLC, Shelton. Filed by CaptiveAire Systems Inc., Springfield, Mass., by Michael Day. Property: 381-405 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Amount: $19,441. Filed March 30.

Saja, Thomas A., 165 Ann Terrace, Stratford. $35,926, a tax debt on income earned. Filed March 27. Woodland Tree Care LLC, 270 Mason St., Suite 10, Greenwich. $93,634, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 28. Woodland Tree Care LLC, 270 Mason St., Suite 10, Greenwich. $65,493, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed March 28.

Clomiro, Kim and Anthony Clomiro, Trumbull. Filed by Sorian’s Home Improvement Inc., Bridgeport, by Matthew Sylvia. Property: 33 Pinewood Trail, Trumbull. Amount: $15,000. Filed March 22.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-RELEASED 714 LLC, Shelton. Released by Apex Tile LLC, by The Pellegrino Law Firm, New Haven. Property: 381-405 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Amount: $26,673. Filed March 22.

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FIGURES 714 LLC, Shelton. Released by TPC Associates Inc., by The Pellegrino Law Firm, New Haven. Property: 381-405 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Amount: $9,910. Filed March 22. 714 LLC, Shelton. Released by United Steel Inc., by The Pellegrino Law Firm, New Haven. Property: 381-405 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Amount: $73,720. Filed March 22. 714 LLC, Shelton. Released by Marjam Supply Co., by The Pellegrino Law Firm, New Haven. Property: 381-405 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Amount: $4,392. Filed March 24. Lane, Janet, Trumbull. Released by Elite Electrical Contractors LLC, by Gary L. Seymour. Property: 36 Sunset Ave., Trumbull. Amount: $14,609. Filed March 30.

LIS PENDENS

Brennan, Daniel P., et al., Newtown. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Citibank NA Property: 2 Arlyn Ridge Road, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $450,000, dated March 2006. Filed March 29.

Cody, Shayla D., et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 386 Ocean Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $237,443, dated February 2016. Filed April 6.

Broadbridge Stratford Associates LLC, Stratford. Filed by McCarter & English LLP, Stratford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 3191 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $18 million, dated January 2007. Filed March 29.

Colon, Dina H., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 841 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $234,000, dated July 2006. Filed March 29.

Brown, Norma, et al., Stratford. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, R.I., for Wilmington Trust Co., Wilmington, Del. Property: Stratford Avenue Cutoff and Elm Street, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $306,400, dated June 2007. Filed March 28.

Custodio, Roger, et al., Danbury. Filed by Cramer & Anderson LLP, New Milford, for Racing Brook Meadows 1 Condominium Association Inc. Property: Unit 54 of Racing Brook Meadows Condominium, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 30.

Allen, Parker B., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Embassy Towers Association Inc., Hartford. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 6J, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29.

Brown, Pauline Alicia, et al., Trumbull. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 23 Beverly Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $285,600, dated November 2006. Filed April 3.

American Premier Underwriters Inc., Cincinatti, Ohio. Filed by Jackson Law Group Connecticut LLC, Shelton, for the town of Stratford. Property: Lot 20, Long Beach Boulevard, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a real estate lien and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 3.

Burke, Hilda Marie, et al., Westport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 50 Compo Road North, Westport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $975,000, dated July 2005. Filed March 30.

Auguste, Darlene, et al., Stratford. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Property: 48 Drake St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $310,000, dated April 2005. Filed March 30.

Buzzeo, Anthony M., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 10 Westwood Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $600,600, dated January 2006. Filed March 20.

Blue Hill Fuels LLC, et al., Danbury. Filed by Barr & Morgan, Stamford, for Gulf Dealers of Connecticut. Property: 1 Lake Avenue Extension, Stamford. Action: to enforce the right of first refusal. Filed March 30.

Caporaso, Lina, et al., Stratford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 211 Second Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $50,000, dated June 2008. Filed March 28.

Blue Hill Fuels LLC, et al., Danbury. Filed by Barr & Morgan, Stamford, for Gulf Dealers of Connecticut. Property: 20 Huntington St., Stamford. Action: to enforce the right of first refusal. Filed March 20. Boucher, Robin Haas, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 2290 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $170,000, dated January 2005. Filed March 29.

Coballes, Sarbelia, et al., Danbury. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 37 Tucker St., Unit 1206, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $381,420, dated February 2008. Filed March 30.

Daouhars, Philip, et al., Trumbull. Filed by Owens, Schine & Nicola PC, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 23 Green Haven Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 21. Davis, Brinton L., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd. Property: 1017-1019 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens against the owner levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed March 29. Dedad, Virginia F., et al., Shelton. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 65 Independence Drive, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $650,000, dated February 2007. Filed March 27. Defilippo, Patrick, 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: 986 Thorme St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29.

FACTS Demosthene, Nirva, Bridgeport. Filed by Benanti & Associates, Stamford, for People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 128 Wilcox St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $270,000, dated January 2006. Filed March 29. Ditaranto, John C., et al., Monroe. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for M&T Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 49 Pepperidge Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $512,000, dated August 2007. Filed March 15. Evans, Sean, et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 1996 Huntington Road, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $320,000, dated October 2005. Filed April 5. Galli, Leonard P., et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 165 Morning Dew Lane, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $772,500, dated July 2014. Filed April 6. Gartner, Peter, et al., Monroe. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 55 Birchwood Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $240,562, dated June 2013. Filed March 20. Gay, James M., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Owens, Schine & Nicola PC, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 533 Booth Hill Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a seweruse lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 21. Guider, Rose S., et al., Shelton. Filed by Thomas J. Welch, Shelton, for the city of Shelton Tax Collector, Shelton. Property: Lot 306, Pawtucket Ave., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on tax liens against the owner levied by the city of Shelton and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed March 23. Haymes, Geneva L., et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Charlotte, N.C. Property: 16 Franklin Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $280,321, dated November 2008. Filed March 29.

Haynes, Gloria, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Embassy Towers Association Inc., Hartford. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 12M, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 28. Hongo Jr., Paul J., et al., Trumbull. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Caliber Home Loans Inc. Property: 108 Meadowview Drive, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $277,700, dated November 2012. Filed March 24. Howard, Fionna, Stratford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount Laurel, N.J. Property: 373 Columbus Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $91,000, dated June 2008. Filed March 29. Joseph, Irlande, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 117 Quince Drive, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $207,000, dated July 2005. Filed March 29.

Lombardo Jr., Vincent R., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Owens, Schine & Nicola PC, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 6 Lynnbrook Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 21. Mandell, Christopher M., et al., Stratford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 45 Peck St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $200,000, dated March 2006. Filed March 31. Marques, Armando J., et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 13 Cozy Hollow Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $353,084, dated March 2010. Filed March 29. Mayo, Henry M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: 51 Mountford St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $123,000, dated August 2003. Filed March 29.

Killoran, Daniel J., et al., Monroe. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Property: 17 Arrowhead Drive, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $540,000, dated April 2007. Filed March 27.

McArdle, Christopher M., et al., Newtown. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 41 Bennetts Bridge, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $300,700, dated July 2002. Filed March 29.

Krajnak, Igor, Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 185 Island Brook Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $90,000, dated February 2002. Filed March 29.

Mead, Regina M., et al., Monroe. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 39 N. Hillside Lane, Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $495,000, dated August 2004. Filed March 17.

Kurowski, Rudy, et al., Shelton. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wilmington Trust Co., Wilmington, Del. Property: 120 Isinglass Road, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $200,000, dated May 2001. Filed March 21.

Mitra, Sipra, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Glass & Braus, Fairfield, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1397 King St., Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1 million, dated January 2007. Filed March 27.

Ligouri III, George P., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Owens, Schine & Nicola PC, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 55 Crocus Lane, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a seweruse lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 21.

Moise, William 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: 112 Herkimer St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29.

FIGURES Moore, Ilka, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 168 Glenbrook Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $182,500, dated November 2010. Filed March 29. Moore, Michael A., et al., Stratford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 80 Feeley St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $149,000, dated February 2008. Filed April 4. Moore, Orlando, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 56 Nutmeg Circle, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $130,000, dated June 2011. Filed March 29. Mosely, Natica, 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: 84-86 Fourth St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 30. Nelson, Raney, et al., Trumbull. Filed by Owens, Schine & Nicola PC, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 72 Primrose Drive, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a seweruse lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 21. Ortiz, Jessenia, et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Suntrust Mortgage Inc., Richmond, Va. Property: 246 Henry Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $262,654, dated February 2010. Filed April 4. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Stratford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 9 Wooster Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $97,500, dated July 2004. Filed April 3. Prunty, James, Bethel. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 19 Fleetwood Ave., Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $356,000, dated November 2005. Filed March 30.

Rubenstein, Marjorie, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Embassy Towers Association Inc., Hartford. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 14M, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29. Ruemmele, Luz, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for The Bridgeport Wilmot Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 785 Connecticut Ave., Apt. 2, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29. Ryan, James E., et al., Monroe. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 191 Cottage St., Monroe. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $95,000, dated May 1996. Filed March 21. Sanchez, Rudolph, et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 4 Ingleside Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $276,000, dated August 2006. Filed March 29. Schneider, Aileen Chu, et al., Stratford. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 111 Morningside Terrace, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $279,837, dated July 2009. Filed March 29. Shima, Wendy, et al., Stratford. Filed by Zeldes, Needle & Cooper PC, Bridgeport, for Far Mill River Condominium Association Inc., Stratford. Property: 90 Penny Meadow Lane, Unit 90B, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on an association lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 30. Sikora, Donna Romano, et al., Trumbull. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 32 Waller Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $393,600, dated June 2006. Filed March 24.

Standard Oil of Connecticut Inc., et al., Danbury. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 8 Irving Place, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $300,947, dated June 2010. Filed March 29. Tersigni, Angel, et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 175 Ball Pond Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $421,170, dated November 2011. Filed March 29. Tyner, Edward, Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 59 Goddard Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $64,500, dated September 2001. Filed March 30. Vargas, Evelyn F., et al., Bethel. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 55 Reservoir St., Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $318,700, dated March 2007. Filed March 29. Varone, Lawrence J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for CIT Bank NA. Property: 72 Corn Tassel Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $393,000, dated July 2005. Filed March 30. Viel, Rosalina, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 1460 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $234,000, dated June 2005. Filed March 29. Vittorio, Joseph A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Liebert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: Unit 75 of Foxledge Condominium, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 29. Weller, Sharon L., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Owens, Schine & Nicola PC, Trumbull, for town of Trumbull. Property: 35 Arliss Drive, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 21.

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FACTS Ziobrowski, Stasia M., Danbury. Filed by Rosenberg & Rosenberg PC, West Hartford, for Park Side South Unit Owners Association Inc., Danbury. Property: 75 Coalpit Hill Road, Unit 4, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed March 30.

MORTGAGES 139 North Street LLC, by John Kavounas. Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, Calif. Property: 139 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed March 31. 20 Idar Court LLC, Stamford, by Michael Grunberg. Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, Calif. Property: Lots 4 and 5, Idar Court, Greenwich. Amount: $2 million. Filed March 30. 23 Woodland Drive LLC, Greenwich, by Albert Orlando. Lender: Northeast Community Bank, White Plains, N.Y. Property: 23 Woodland Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $637,500. Filed March 29. 23 Woodland Drive LLC, Greenwich, by Albert Orlando. Lender: Northeast Community Bank, White Plains, N.Y. Property: Lot 28, Map 70, Greenwich. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed March 29. 25 Woodland Drive LLC, Greenwich, by Albert Orlando. Lender: Northeast Community Bank, White Plains, N.Y. Property: Lot 28, Map 70, Greenwich. Amount: $720,000. Filed March 29. 25 Woodland Drive LLC, Greenwich, by Albert Orlando. Lender: Northeast Community Bank, White Plains, N.Y. Property: Lot 28, Map 70, Greenwich. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed March 29. 269 Palmer Hill Road LLC, Stamford, by Thomas Haendler. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 269 Palmer Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed March 31. 269 Palmer Hill Road LLC, Stamford, by Thomas Haendler. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 269 Palmer Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3.9 million. Filed March 31. 392 Davis Avenue Associates LLC, Greenwich, by Michael Caridi. Lender: The Galinn Fund LLC, White Plains, N.Y. Property: 392 Davis Road and 32 Cutler Road, Greenwich. Amount: $250,000. Filed March 31. 47 Broadway LLC, Bridgeport, by Joseph Delucia. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 484 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 23.

500 Riverview LLC, Greenwich, by Hans Middelberg. Lender: The Westchester Bank, White Plains, N.Y. Property: 550 and River Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed March 28. 500 Riverview LLC, Greenwich, by Hans Middelberg. Lender: The Westchester Bank, White Plains, N.Y. Property: 550 and River Road, Greenwich. Amount: $750,000. Filed March 28. 66-84 Main Street Associates LLC, Monroe, by Bradford S. Orr. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 66-84 Main St., Monroe. Amount: $531,000. Filed March 13. 66-84 Main Street Associates LLC, Monroe, by Bradford S. Orr. Lender: Community Investment Corp., Hamden. Property: 66-84 Main St., Monroe. Amount: $244,000. Filed March 13. 79 Lansing LLC, New Rochelle, N.Y., by Luis A. Afonso. Lender: LendingOne LLC, Boca Raton, Fla. Property: 2090 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $114,750. Filed March 31. ACD Properties LLC, Norfolk, by Andrew Luciano. Lender: Sachem Capital Corp., New York, N.Y. Property: 426 William St., Bridgeport. Amount: $61,500. Filed March 30. ACD Properties LLC, Norfolk, by Andrew Luciano. Lender: Sachem Capital Corp., New York, N.Y. Property: 432 William St., Bridgeport. Amount: $71,500. Filed March 30. BL Realty Holdings LLC, Hamden, by Jason D. Lioumis. Lender: Mark A. Garamella, Shelton. Property: 11541156 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $195,000. Filed March 30. Dedi Properties LLC, Monroe, by Luigi G. LaVerghetta. Lender: Chelsea Croton Bank, Norwich. Property: 384A Sequoia Lane, 125B Cayuga Lane, 446A Hammerstone Lane, 731B North Trail, 615A Cherokee Lane and 609A North Trail, Stratford. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed March 31. Durant Self-Storage Inc., Bethel, by Frederick V. Miller Jr. Lender: Connecticut Community Bank NA, Westport. Property: 41 Durant Ave., Bethel. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed March 31. Eaton Investments LLC, Westport, by Stephen A. Eaton Jr. Lender: LendingHome Funding Corp., San Francisco, Calif. Property: 119 Dewey St., Stratford. Amount: $135,000. Filed March 12. Fairfield Ridge Housing Associates Limited Partnership, Danbury, by Mary C. Sistrunk. Lender: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 1-87 Fairfield Ridge, Danbury. Amount: $7 million. Filed March 29.

Fairfield Ridge Housing Associates Limited Partnership, Danbury, by Mary C. Sistrunk. Lender: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 1-87 Fairfield Ridge, Danbury. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed March 29. Fairfield Ridge Housing Associates Limited Partnership, Danbury, by Mary C. Sistrunk. Lender: Hacd Corp., Danbury. Property: 1-87 Fairfield Ridge, Danbury. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed March 29. Hillcrest Capital Partners II LP, Trumbull, by Robert R. Mahoney. Lender: United Bank, Glastonbury. Property: 77 Turkey Plain Road, Bethel. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed March 31. Iwari Holdings LLC, Danbury, by Kemi Gerfen. Lender: Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: Unit 1 in Thornton’s Patriot Square Condominium, Danbury. Amount: $100,000. Filed March 29. JMC Equity Partners LLC, Stratford, by Michael G. Shannon. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Phoenix, Ariz. Property: 55 Lupes Drive, Stratford. Amount: $500,000. Filed March 29. Kapu Holdings LLC, Westport, by Tracy Wheeler. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 1599 Post Road East, Unit 2, Westport. Amount: $926,250. Filed March 29. Red Hawk Management Company LLC, Monroe, by John Fontana. Lender: Raymond Giovanni, Monroe. Property: 422B Blackhawk Lane, Stratford. Amount: $130,000. Filed March 31. Scott D. Cohen DDS LLC, Trumbull, by Scott D. Cohen. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, Hartford. Property: 160 Hawley Lane, Suite 103, Trumbull. Amount: $274,800. Filed April 4. Tenebo LLC, Greenwich, by Ross M. Zachary. Lender: Citibank NA, O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 33 Hendrie Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed March 30. TKS Group LLC, Greenwich, by Thomas A. McCloskey. Lender: Stormfield Capital Funding 1 LLC, Southport. Property: 38 Birch Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 29. V&E Real Estate LLC, by Elaine Domingos. Lender: America IRA LLC. Property: 241 Riverview Ave., Shelton. Amount: $154,000. Filed March 30.

NEW BUSINESSES Alpen Pantry, 23 Arcadia Road, Greenwich 06870, c/o Gary G. Kelley. Filed March 30.

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FIGURES Alpha By Nature, 1115 Main St., Unit 304, Bridgeport 06604, c/o Daquan Troy Young. Filed March 31. Angel Showers and Spa, 256 Olive St., Unit 3, Bridgeport 06604, c/o Shuryl A. Rickerson. Filed March 28. Baltic Enterprises Co., 83 Ascolese Road, Trumbull 06611, c/o Maciej Jankowski. Filed March 28. Barry S. Comen MS LADC, 15 North St., Danbury 06810, c/o Barry Seth Comen. Filed March 30. Bethel Self-Storage, 41 Durant Ave., Bethel 06801, c/o Frederick V. Miller. Filed March 31. Couture Dossier, 43 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Andrey Omelich. Filed March 30. CoutureDossier, 43 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Yulia A. Omelich. Filed March 30. DSDT Consulting, 3 Cross Brook Lane, Westport 06880, c/o S Diorio Inc. Filed March 30. Emerging Voice Production Co., 305 Knowlton St., Third floor, Suite 3, Bridgeport 06608, c/o Ina Anderson. Filed March 31. Gloss Beauty Salon LLC, 268 Pequonnock St., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Claudia Correa. Filed March 29. Grace Mercy and Beauty Salon, 16 Harbor Ridge Road, Danbury 06811, c/o Esther Matturie. Filed March 29. Hair It Is, 44 Doreea Drive, Bridgeport 06604, c/o Natica Mosley. Filed March 29. Hunan Café, 228 Town Green Plaza, Wilton 06897, c/o Inchi Pacific Inc. Filed March 30. Jesup Hall, 90 Post Road East, Westport 06880, c/o William Taibe. Filed March 30. Lenox 120 LLC, 110 Lenox Ave., Suite 204, Stamford 06902, c/o Susan D’Elia and Kevin Frattaroli. Filed March 27. Life Long Prayer Ministry, 74B Stone Ridge Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Kedeisha Fountain. Filed March 31. My Amelia James By Erica, 23 Curtis Ave., New Fairfield 06812, c/o Erica Russo. Filed March 31. Newbrook Kitchen & Artisan Market, 37 Saugatuck Ave., Westport 06880, c/o Cindy’s Sous Chefs LLC. Filed March 27.

Ornelas Construction LLC, 1982 Chopsey Hill Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Fernando Dominguez Ornelas. Filed March 29. Palom’s Pedicure Spa & Skincare, 1153 E. Main St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Juana A. Martinez. Filed March 31. Paradise Cream, 178 Hurd Ave., Stratford 06614, c/o 3Beans LLC. Filed March 27. RHK Holdings, 276 Post Road West, Westport 06880, c/o Bruce Ryan. Filed April 3. Rivera’s Paving Contractor LLC, 42 Garden Street East, Stratford 06614, c/o Nahum Rivera. Filed March 30. Somatic Therapy Practice, 152 Deerhill Ave., Danbury 06810, c/o Claire Owens. Filed March 30. Strong Roots LLC, 1203 Avalon Gates, Trumbull 06611, c/o Nilza Casiano. Filed March 28. TC Chaplaincy, 3 Glendale St., Greenwich 06807, c/o William A. Correale. Filed March 29. Urban Home and Office, 2 Putnam Court, Greenwich 06830, c/o Robert Matturro. Filed March 30. Walkers Watery, 354 Indian Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Sharon Walker. Filed March 30. Wealth Continuum Group, 64 Danbury Road, Suite 301, Wilton 06897, c/o Paul Martin. Filed March 29. Westport Insurance Group, 191 Post Road West, Westport 06880, c/o Ayconn Ventures LLC. Filed March 30.

NEW LIQUOR LICENSES Kirby’s Club Car, 2399 Main St., Stratford 06615, c/o Dean Moccia. Permit no. LCA.0007833. Filed March 27. South Main Package, 1065 Main St., Stratford 06615, c/o Rakesh H. Badshah. Permit no. LIP.0015380. Filed March 29.

PATENTS B-stage film adhesive compatible with aqueous ink for print head structures interstitial bonding in high-density piezo print heads fabrication for aqueous inkjet. Patent no. 9,623,660 issued Yanjia Zuo, Rochester, N.Y.; Mandakini Kanungo, Penfield, N.Y.; Hong Zhao, Webster, N.Y.; Pratima Gattu Naga Rao, Sherwood, Ore.; Mark A. Cellura, Webster, N.Y.; Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, N.Y.; and John R. Andrews, Wilsonville, Ore. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Descaling pod for brewing machine. Patent no. 9,622,616 issued to Shaun Douglas, New Canaan; Jules Aspesi, New Canaan; Tom Jerige, Norwalk; and Ed Douglas, New Canaan. Assigned to ECO 2 LLC, New Canaan. Electrostatic platen for conductive pet-film printing. Patent no. 9,623,679 issued to Roger G. Leighton, Hilton, N.Y.; Paul M. Fromm, Rochester, N.Y.; Alexander Wende, Webster, N.Y; and Gerald Fletcher, Pittsford, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Method and apparatus for detection of defective brakes. Patent no. 9,625,402 issued to Edul N. Dalal, Webster, N.Y.; and Wencheng Wu, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Method and apparatus for generating a multilayer correlation mark key. Patent no. 9,628,663 issued to Edward Chapman, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Modular media routing system for multifinisher printers. Patent no. 9,623,684 issued to Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Method and system for utilizing transformation matrices to process rasterized image data. Patent no. 9,626,603 issued to Paul Roberts Conlon, South Bristol, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Print head with curved nozzle plate. Patent no. 9,630,407 issued to James J. Spence, Honeoye Falls, N.Y.; Mark A. Atwood, Rush, N.Y.; Jack Elliot Gaynor, Penfield, N.Y.; and Marc D. Daniels, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Process for thermally stable oleophobic low-adhesion coating for inkjet printhead front face. Patent no. 9,623,442 issued Varun Sambhy, Penfield, N.Y; Kock-Yee Law, Penfield, N.Y.; Hong Zhao, Webster, N.Y.; and Darren Smith, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Security feature in graphic documents. Patent no. 9,628,662 issued to Phillip Emmett, Victor, N.Y.; Edward N. Chapman, Rochester, N.Y.; and Reiner Eschbach, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

CONNECTICUT CAN’T AFFORD MORE TAX HIKES

Last November, Connecticut voters said taxes and state government spending were too high and our state was becoming unaffordable. Now it’s time for our elected leaders to live up to their promises and get Connecticut back on track. That starts with a responsible state budget.

HERE ARE THE FACTS “Connecticut employers are adding jobs half as fast as all U.S. employers.”

“Connecticut ranked almost dead last in fiscal health only ahead of Puerto Rico, which scored very last in every category.”

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