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A lot of moving at Coastal Town Moves

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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he owner of Coastal Town Moves is moving on, her number two is moving up, and its base of operations recently moved from Westport to Wilton.

“I had moved many times within the U.S. and in Brazil, downsized my parents, settled two kids at college, and helped friends relocate,” said Betsy Wacker, founder and CEO of the full-service residential move management company, of its 2013 origins.

The former lobbyist and teaching fellow at Yale “wanted to start a lowtech, high-touch business that used all of my life experience. I researched upcoming fields and move management really appealed to me, so I started Coastal Town Moves with a friend and we began streamlining the process for boomers, busy professionals, and seniors.”

Coastal strives to address all aspects of a move: packing and unpacking; organizing items for online sales or donation; taking inventory of and prioritizing home contents; home staging including details of plant and pet care; and cleaning and trash removal.

Wacker said that from the start her company has specialized in “planning five steps ahead, being time-efficient, removing so much stress and emphasizing the upside of a client’s relocation — especially for our senior clients. We always kept it upbeat and smooth so that the client could feel » » MOVES

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Stamford Mayor David Martin congratulates Daniel Remiszewski at the ribbon-cutting for Northeast Medical Institute at 29 Bank St. in the city.

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Thomas Madden: Repurposing vacant office parks a necessity

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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hen it comes to repurposing long-vacant office buildings and corporate parks, Thomas Madden has been there and done that.

In fact, he’s still doing it.

“The challenge is to convince people that it’s the right thing to do,” Stamford’s director of economic development said. “Taking a building that’s not occupied and turning it into something usable adds to the neighborhood and the surrounding area.”

And, of course, it adds to the city’s tax rolls as well.

But that’s proving to be a hard sell in Stamford. A proposal to repurpose one of the six buildings at Stamford’s High Ridge Park office complex into a fitness facility has run into significant opposition from neighboring residents, who have cited concerns about noise and increased

traffic in the area.

The three-story building at 3 High Ridge, once the corporate headquarters for Frontier Communications, has been vacant since the telecommunications provider moved to 401 Merritt 7 in Norwalk in Thomas Madden 2015. Built in 1970, it is in dire need of cleaning and repairs; several windows are boarded up and and development, residential, cracks are visible in its façade. government, educational and Stamford’s master plan medical uses” outside the downwas amended three years ago town area — a way of addressing to allow for “the adaptive reuse the fact that the once popuof compatible office, research » » MADDEN 6

Stamford ‘most successful city in state,’ says Mayor David Martin

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN

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tamford is the best. Just ask the mayor.

The city is “I believe the most successful city in the state,” Mayor David Martin said at the annual state-of-the-city address on April 26 at the Stamford Marriott.

He used his speech to explain how he’s working to keep the good times going, while admitting that some “devilishly complicated” issues remain.

There are statistics to support the idea that Stamford is successful: the city’s latest unemployment rate figure stands at 4.3 percent, better than the state’s 4.7 percent; its median income has consistently risen since 2012; and last year it received AAA ratings from Fitch and Standard & Poor’s.

Since 2011 the city has seen a 33 percent reduction in serious crimes — including homicides, rape, aggravated assaults, and the like — and has recorded no murders over roughly the past 18 months, Martin said, leading him to also declare Stamford “the safest city in the Northeast.”

Chief among the “complicated” details still bedeviling the city are state cuts in municipal aid.

While Stamford had budgeted for about $2 million less in state aid this year, it received a $4.3 million cut. Martin said the city must assume a further reduction in state funding moving forward, regardless of what Connecticut legislators may say.

Further complicating things, Martin said, was that the city withstood 16 snow events this year, costing some $500,000 in overtime.

“This year will be very tight for the city of Stamford,” he said.

“But I think we’ll push it over the goal line and into the black” by year’s end.

The mayor also heralded companies like Henkel and Sema4 relocating to Stamford, and expansion efforts underway

by Charter Communications and Bank of America, as evidence of the city’s forward momentum. He also donned a hardhat to promote the arrival of Home Depot at 1925 W. Main St. Martin further noted recent lease renewals by the likes of NBCUniversal, OdysseyRe and WWE as signs of the city’s economic health.

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This year will be very tight for the city of Stamford.

But I think we’ll push it over the goal line and into the black” by year’s end.

— Mayor David Martin

Construction will remain a fact of life, the mayor said, with a number of projects designed to alleviate traffic problems either underway or moving toward beginning.

The remark that brought the most surprise among the roughly 300 people in attendance was that the Atlantic Street underpass will be closed for eight months while the state replaces the Interstate 95 bridge. “It’s going to be bad,” he said in response to the gasps heard around the room, joking that he’d be looking for somewhere else to live while that work went on.

“We will try to mitigate the traffic problems,” Martin added, though he provided no details.

The city expects to repave 10 to 15 miles of roads this year and is in the midst of replacing all of

its parking meters with ones that can accept credit cards, he said.

Martin further said that he would like for the University of Connecticut to expand its Stamford dormitory presence — something he’s frequently brought up in the past, although UConn has made no commitment to doing so. “Establishing a strong academic base in Stamford is what will make us succeed in the future,” he said.

Standing ovations were given to Office of Operations Director Ernie Orgera — a sometimes controversial figure who is retiring on July 10 — and to Stamford Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jack Condlin, who is retiring on June 30. Martin presented Condlin with a key to the city, saying he’s long been “one of the institutions in Stamford.”

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Valeria G. Bisceglia during the May 1 workshop in Fairfield. Photo by Phil Hall.

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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mall business owners will not be able to attract and retain a customer base unless they understand the specific needs of their target audience and are able to articulate how their company is uniquely suited to address those needs, according to Valeria G. Bisceglia, business adviser at the Connecticut Small Business Development Center.

In a May 1 workshop sponsored by the Town of Fairfield’s Department of Community & Economic Development and the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, Bisceglia explained that the first step to small business success is the ability of both the entrepreneur and the customers to identify what makes the business distinctive.

“If you are solving a problem for somebody or filling a need or a void in the market, the first thing you need to ask is: ‘What problem am I solving? What need am I filling in the market?’” she said. “Who are the people that need to have a problem solved? How do you stand out from how people are currently solving the problem? And what are you doing to provide additional

value? That could be as simple as providing better customer service or awareness.

It is important for you (to be able to) tell people of relatable results. And be specific and clear cut about the benefits that you are offering.”

Bisceglia noted that having a realistic consideration of a potential customer base is often more difficult than it should be. She shared an anecdote involving a Norwalk restaurant owner who hired a consultant that boldly identified a potential customer base of 5 million people within a 50-mile radius.

“Really, who is driving 50 miles to go a restaurant?” she asked, with a laugh.

“Maybe once, if it has a very good reputation. But not on a regular basis.”

To communicate effectively with customers, Bisceglia advised having a cogent picture of the demographics of the target audience while understanding why they would be interested in the product or service being offered. She encouraged small — business owners to pinpoint the needs, circumstances, environment and resources that shape the customers’ world, and to respond to this information with messaging that eschews the generic in favor of specific brand marketing.

“You need to know your customer and know your value,” she said, adding that the U.S. Census Bureau can offer data related to geographic demographics. “If you go to the Census website, they have a specific tool for small businesses where you can enter in your industry code and get some Census information about other businesses like yours in the area, as well as about your customers.”

Bisceglia said that gaining a better understanding of customer needs is a time-intensive project, but she also acknowledged time would be wasted with a broad assumption that everyone in the immediate vicinity could be a customer. She observed that social media marketing, with its too-easy promise of reaching a vast quantity of potential customers, can be a waste of time and money unless the small business owner is specific about which people are being targeted.

“A lot of people get excited that they are going to place an ad on social media,” she explained. “They think, ‘Oh, for $30 I’m going to reach 20,000 people.’ How many of those 20,000 people will actually turn into customers? If you don’t target that properly, zero — and you’ve wasted the $30.”

BRIEFLY JACOBSON OUT AS XEROX CEO

In a victory for Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason who together hold 15 percent of the company’s shares, Xerox Corp.’s CEO Jeffrey Jacobson and six board members have resigned.

Deason and Icahn were openly critical of the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Nor wa l k-headqua r tered company by Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings.

A New York court temporarily halted the transaction April 27, with Judge Barry Ostrager ruling that Jacobson’s negotiations with Fujifilm were more beneficial to his job security than to the needs of Xerox’s shareholders.

Xerox announced that it reached a settlement with Deason and Icahn that involved the appointment of six new directors and the naming of John Visentin as new CEO and vice chairman. Visentin, a former senior advisor to the chairman of Exela Technologies and an operating partner for Advent International, served as Icahn’s consultant in a proxy battle with the Xerox board.

The proxy battle, along with Deason’s litigation against Xerox and its directors related to the Fujifilm deal, have been dropped.

DIAGEO MAKING CHANGES TO NORTH AMERICAN LEADERSHIP

Beverage behemoth Diageo is moving two leaders of its European operations to its North American headquarters in Norwalk.

Ed Pilkington, currently the chief marketing officer of Diageo Europe, will serve as chief marketing and innovation officer for Diageo North America.

Claudia Schubert, currently general manager for Diageo Continental Europe and Russia, will serve as president, U.S. Spirits & Canada.

“We are delighted to welcome two of Diageo’s

most talented and experienced senior leaders to North America,” Diageo North America President Deirdre Mahlan said.

“Claudia and Ed have both played critical leadership roles in the recent transformation of our Europe business, and both bring world-class multi-market experience that will help drive their respective functions forward.”

Pilkington takes the helm of marketing and innovation from James Thompson, who has decided to return to the U.K. for personal reasons and will pursue opportunities outside the company. Diageo said that during his tenure Thompson recruited and developed top talent, oversaw an increase in creativity and successfully implemented its refreshed consumer-choice framework.

Thompson will remain through July 31.

Schubert takes on U.S. Spirits and Canada from Tom Looney, who is retiring after 30 years as of Sept. 30. Schubert has spent time in the U.S. and Canada in a number of senior commercial roles, including President, U.S. Control States & Canada.

Dia geo’s bra nd s include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan’s whiskies; Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas; Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

STAMFORD’S BECKER ASSOCIATES ACQUIRING FLOCKU

Stamford licensing firm Becker Associates has agreed to acquire two-yearold, college student-focused digital media hub FlockU for an undisclosed amount.

FlockU posts items from students to generate social-media traffic to partner brands including Amazon, T-Mobile, and Match.com. Becker is affiliated with Anjar Co., which previously licensed about 800 children’s products including Gumby & Pokey, Barrel of Monkeys, and the board game Othello, with total sales of nearly $2 billion.

The FlockU deal marks Anjar’s expansion into the

college-aged consumer market.

“Becker and Anjar’s merchandising is an exciting step to combine content with commerce,” said FlockU CEO Josh Verne, who previously built and sold ecommerce and employee benefit company WorkPays.Me. “I look forward to finding ways to work with them on the next company we build as well.”

Citrin Cooperman Corner It’s a Great Time to Sell Your Business

BY LAQUITA JEWETT, CPA

PRICELINE.COM KICKS OFF 20TH ANNIVERSARY PROMO CAMPAIGN

Priceline.com has launched a 20-day marketing and promotion campaign called “Tweniversary” to celebrate the Norwalkbased company’s 20th anniversary.

According to the company, the Tweniversary campaign will offer a daily deal or discount through May 19 on flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises, travel packages and credit card reward programs; a special deal tied to Mother’s Day is also being prepared.

Surprise deal announcements will be relayed through Priceline.com’s social media pages and mobile app, and the company stated it is allocating a total of $50 million in savings as part of the promotion.

Featured in the celebration is William Shatner, who began as the company’s celebrity spokesman when it launched in 1998.

Shatner will return in his Priceline.com persona of “The Negotiator” for a new advertising campaign that will run on television and digital channels.

For his part, Shatner recalled a prescient decision in signing on with the start-up company. “I was so excited to represent a dot-com company that I agreed to be compensated in stock, which was unusual for me,” said Shatner in a statement issued by Priceline.com. “I saw it as an investment in my future. I didn’t know then that this relationship was going to extend for two full decades.” ­ — Phil Hall, Kevin Zimmerman, Peter Katz

LAQUITA JEWETT Business owners who are contemplating a sale of their business often find it difficult to decide on the best time to sell. A number of external market factors contribute to a positive sales environment. Many industry experts predict that now is the time for middle-market (companies with revenues between $10 and $250 million) business owners to sell their business at maximum values.

THE BEST TIME TO SELL YOUR COMPANY IS NOW! The following market factors contribute to a favorable seller’s market in 2018.

• Strong Economy: The U.S. economic outlook for 2018 is healthy, as measured by key economic indicators including gross domestic product (“GDP”), inflation, and unemployment rates. According to the most recent forecast released at the Federal Open Market Committee (“Fed”) meeting on March 20, 2018, GDP is projected to increase 2.7 percent in 2018. The unemployment rate will drop to 3.8 percent in 2018, significantly lower than the Fed’s original 6.7 percent target. Inflation will be 1.9 percent in 2018, excluding the effects on gas and food prices, which are more volatile.

• Buyer Optimism: Growth through acquisition continues to be an important strategy for many companies, as buyers are planning to be more active in 2018. According to the seventh annual Citizens Commercial Banking’s Middle Market M&A Outlook, about three-quarters of buyers reported being currently involved in or open to an acquisition. Buyer confidence is also significantly stronger, heading into 2018 with nearly half of buyers (47 percent) confident that growth through outside investment is an appropriate strategy, versus 30 percent in 2017. Forty percent of buyers are extremely confident that an acquisition will be completed in 2018, compared with just 23 percent in 2017. Generally buyers are looking for well-run businesses to invest in and make a good profit.

• Available Private Equity (“PE”) Capital: According to Bloomberg Businessweek, PE firms are “sitting on a record $963.3 billion of dry powder,” committed capital that they’ve raised, but have yet to invest. PE investors failed to deploy large amounts of capital in 2017, despite raising larger funds, due to a high-priced environment and stiff competition.

The large accumulation of PE cash with more competition has the potential to drive up price tags for investment targets and could lead to an expansion of exit activity in 2018.

PE funds typically have a limited time frame for investing, leading M&A industry experts to anticipate an increase in acquisition activity from these groups.

• Low Interest Rates: Lower rates make it easier to obtain deal financing for buyers without access to PE funds. Despite the fact that the Fed increased the current fed funds rate to

1.5 percent in December 2017, interest rates remain relatively low. Although the new Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, indicated that he will continue to slowly raise rates (2.1 percent in 2018), interest rates will still remain at historic lows.

• High Deal Multiples: Deal multiples vary greatly depending on the size of the business, industry conditions, and political factors (i.e., tax and healthcare reform). Companies in the middle market tend to transact for larger multiples as these entities are expected to experience higher growth and cash flow, and are typically targeted by larger buyers (i.e., public companies) or private equity groups that will pay premiums for synergies.

According to GF Data, the range for market value of invested capital (“MVIC”) divided by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) multiples was 6.6x to 9.0x for middle market companies in 2017.

• Tax Reform: President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) on December 22, 2017, which includes numerous changes that will significantly impact mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”). One of the most important changes, a reduction in the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, will make the United States a more attractive jurisdiction for inbound M&A activity and may increase the value of U.S. businesses. Other tax law changes could result in lower taxes on deals for sellers.

DON’T WAIT TOO LATE! Some business owners make the mistake of waiting too long to sell. Sudden illness, burnout, death of major shareholders, changes in the market, and other negative circumstances could force a sale of a business at a substantial discount. The best time to sell a business at the high end of its valuation is when the company is doing well and major market factors are positive.

It takes an average of 6 to 12 months to complete a sale of a business. Sellers who start now will be able to reap the benefits of the current favorable market.

With assistance from a group of key advisors including CPAs, investment bankers, and attorneys, a business owner can plan a successful exit. Citrin Cooperman provides buy-side and sell-side services to business owners and their companies. With a special focus on middlemarket transactions, our integrated team of transaction, valuation, and tax specialists can provide guidance to sellers throughout the M&A transaction process.

UPCOMING EXIT PLANNING SEMINAR Citrin Cooperman, along with the XPX Exit Planning Exchange, are proud to present, “Guide to Building Your Successful Exit Plan,” on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at the Fairview Country Club. This seminar will give you an exclusive opportunity to hear from business advisors on the importance of succession planning and provide insight on creating a successful and effective strategic plan for your business.

For additional details or to register for this complimentary seminar, please contact Laura Di Diego at ldidiego@citrincooperman.com.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR LaQuita Jewett is a director in Citrin Cooperman’s Transaction Advisory Services Practice in the New York City office and can be reached at 646.695.7834 or at ljewett@ citrincooperman.com.

Citrin Cooperman is a full-service accounting and consulting firm with 10 locations on the East Coast. Visit us at citrincooperman.com.

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lar single-corporate tenant concept has mostly passed.

“Adaptive reuse” allows for new buildings to be constructed, provided they maintain the general tenor of the surrounding neighborhood.

Many corporate citizens today “want to move closer to a city’s central business district and transportation infrastructure,” said Madden, who took the Stamford job in 2014.

“The text amendment was a means of getting a jump on something that we were sure would happen.”

As indeed it has.

According to the American Planning Association (APA), “Suburban office parks are in trouble, with companies relocating to the mixed-use, ‘24/7’ environments preferred by millennials and away from the single-purpose, sterile work places of the second half of the 20th century. As a result, interest in repurposing these properties continues to grow.”

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that their move was in good hands.”

Now, however, the native Midwesterner is returning to Traverse City, Michigan.

“I bought a house there last summer thinking it would be years before I made the move,” she said. “But when I started working with Laurie I knew she was going to be perfect to run the company.

That meant I could get to Traverse City sooner!”

The “Laurie” in question is Laurie Maggio, who became CEO in April after serving as Coastal’s primary move coordinator for the past year. Living in Wilton, she said it made sense to relocate the business from 104 Glen Side in Westport to 304 Chestnut Hill Road when she took over.

Once a sports marketing account manager for the NBA, Maggio said the personal touch is what drew her to Coastal. “Coming in to someone’s home when

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The APA cited the former Bell Labs research complex in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, as a pioneering repurposing project.

Vacated in 2008, the 2.1 million-square-foot structure stood neglected for seven years before being redeveloped as a mixed-use facility with housing, a hotel, retail businesses and restaurants.

Repurposing long-vacant properties can have a significant impact on a community’s real estate market.

According to CBRE’s first quarter 2018 market report, Westchester County’s rents rose to a 15-year high of $29.43 per square foot, largely due to adaptive repurposing.

As with Bell Labs, 3 High Ridge has lain dormant for several years. “We’ve shown it to four different companies,” Madden said. “But it’s a hard sell to get someone to take up almost 100,000 square feet of space.”

The city and developer George Comfort & Sons thought they’d solved the issue with Life Time, the chain of health clubs head-

they’re in the midst of moving, which can be a very stressful time, and being upbeat about it can mean so much, which was appealing to me,” she said.

Coastal’s ability to deal with so many of a move’s details is also a plus, she said.

“We don’t have to outsource a lot. We come in and go through the entire process and get them comfortably resettled in their new place.”

The service tends to be a seasonal one, she said, as most people prefer to move during the warm months, when weather and school schedules tend to be more cooperative.

Although usually working in the Westpor t-Wilton-Weston area, Coastal has recently extended into Fairfield.

Over the past few weeks it also helped a client move from Bronxville, New York, to Queens, and was tapped by clients in Long Island and Rhode Island to assist in relocating to Connecticut.

The company has seven

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quartered in Chanhassen, Minnesota, which would remove the existing building and replace it with a fitness facility that would have the same footprint. Aaron Koehler, director of real estate development at Life Time, said details would not be finalized until approval is given by Stamford’s zoning department. The building would end up at under 100,000 square feet, Koehler said.

Concerns about noise will be addressed by the deadening effect of the building itself as well as by “noise-mitigating landscaping,” according to Andrew Joseph, a vice president at Comfort & Sons.

Objections to increased traffic are based both on the fact that Life Time would be a seven-days-a-week proposition — as opposed to the Monday-Friday business hours observed by Frontier — and that the fitness center would draw some 5,000 members arriving and departing during and after rush hours.

Madden said he takes the same point of view that Comfort and Life Time do: That 5,000 people looking to exercise would not all be coming and going at the same time.

Having been rejected by Stamford’s planning department on Feb. 26, the Life Time proposal now sits with zoning following a number of public hearings in March and April. A text change to zoning regulations must be approved by a super-majority of at least 4-1 and would apply to the city’s five other office parks. That decision is expected to come soon.

Madden was instrumental in the similar repurposing of several buildings in his previous roles as a planner at the Westchester County Department of Planning and four years as deputy commissioner and six years as commissioner of the Town of Greenburgh. Working with Westchester County Association President and CEO Bill Mooney, Madden also helped turn several buildings throughout the

county into affordable housing units, he said.

Madden is proud of helping usher through zoning changes along the “Platinum Mile” during his time in Westchester. This has allowed office buildings, largely vacant, along the I-287 corridor to be repurposed. Properties like 400 Westchester Ave. in West Harrison languished for a decade, from when Verizon left in 1998 to when Fordham University arrived in 2008. The vacancy rate on the Platinum Mile was 30 percent in 2010. Currently, apartments and a supermarket are being developed in the corridor.

Another example of change came with the arrival of Life Time, which acquired a special-use permit and demolished the old home of The Journal News in 2014 in favor of a 206,000-square-foot facility in West Harrison. The company also expects to open the doors of an under-construction 40,000-squarefoot center on the former

Reader’s Digest property in Chappaqua in November.

The vision, Madden said, is to “go back to the 1930s ‘village’ concept,” where employees go to work in offices decidedly less than the 100,000-square-foot-plus behemoths that were popular in the 1960s and ‘70s, while also offering a vibrant nightlife powered by retail, restaurants and the like.

Such amenities, he said, will help attract other businesses looking to address the demands of today’s workforce.

“The key is to get residents to buy in,” Madden said, both about Westchester and Stamford. “The question is: ‘What exactly do you want?’”

Having a “vacant desert” is not the answer for most people, he said. “And the taxes — or lack of — obviously impacts our bottom line.”

If the Life Time at High Ridge Park does not happen, he said, “We’ll have to revisit it again. We really don’t want that property to sit vacant much longer.”

contractual move coordinators on staff — “we usually use three on a given job” — with rates ranging from $35 an hour to $55 an hour if Maggio is personally involved. “If someone’s on a really tight budget, we try to work within that,” she noted.

In addition to word-of-

mouth and social media, Maggio said that Coastal’s business has grown by building relationships with area realtors like Wilton’s Realty Seven. “Thanks to Betsy’s networking, we’ve had a couple of realtors who have been recommending us constantly,” she noted.

Coastal has also found a steady stream of work with estate sales by introducing Fair Split software to its service. A web-based system accessible to all parties dividing an estate, Fair Split is designed to help overcome the myriad details and conflicts that can occur during those trying times, Maggio said.

“Laurie was born to do move management,” Wacker enthused. ”She cares about how her clients experience a move and takes every measure to make it go smoothly.

It’s wonderful to hand such a capable woman my company and know that she will carry on our values and reputation.”

We don’t have to outsource a lot. We come in and go through the entire process and get them comfortably resettled in their new place.

— Laurie Maggio Laurie Maggio.

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Stamford’s Northeast Medical Institute aims to be unique occupational school

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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he Northeast Medical Institute, which officially opened at 29 Bank St. in Stamford on April 30, is a post-secondary occupational school — something that is unique to the Fairfield County landscape, according to owner Daniel Remiszewski.

“Our closest competitor is Norwalk Community College, which offers various health care training courses every couple of months,” Remiszewski said. “Mine are every two weeks.”

NMI’s courses are designed to welcome those new to the health care field looking for training as certified nursing assistants, phlebotomy technicians, CPR practitioners and the like.

In addition to those already dedicated to a health care profession, the school is also targeting “those looking to make a career change, or who are unemployed and open to something new,” Remiszewski said. “Our training can help you get a starter job in nursing or phlebotomy, where you can get experience and move up.”

NMI can be especially valuable to high school graduates “who don’t know yet what they want to do,” he said. “The turnover rate in college from major to major is significant. We offer the opportunity to get some experience before you go to a college, just to see if you like it. Instead of just going to classes and having somebody tell you what to do, we help our students get experience and see if they like clinical work before they spend all that money at a college.”

Likely one of the youngest persons in the area to run such a school — Remiszewski is 26 — he said his commitment to teaching health care has been practically a lifelong endeavor. He said he was inspired to open a hands-on training facility while working with a cerebral palsy patient as a

Stamford Mayor David Martin congratulates Daniel Remiszewski at ribboncutting for Northeast Medical Institute.

floating worker at Stamford Hospital.

During that time, he was attending the University of Hartford. He graduated with a master’s in health care administration in the top 10 percent of his class in 2016.

Later that year he began NMI as an American Heart A s s o c i a t i o n - a c c re d i t e d mobile CPR and First Aid trainer.

“I traveled around visiting dentists’ offices, fitness facilities — anywhere that needed CPR training,” he said. All the while he was working through the school accreditation process with the state Department of Health and the Connecticut Office of Higher Education with an eye toward opening NMI to teach Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and phlebotomy courses.

“How old I was definitely came up in those discussions,” Remiszewski laughed.

“But I went through the process like most colleges would — building a school catalog, which includes descriptions of what will be included in the courses, tuition, policies and procedures. It was definitely challenging and eye-opening.”

Developing curricula “is not something where you go to the state and they give you one,” he noted. “You have to do it yourself, from coming up with the syllabus for the classroom, lab and clinical work to everything else.”

Remiszewski said his interest in opening his own business came from

observing his father, Pawel.

Formerly an engineer at such firms as Meriden’s Napier Co., Sargent Manufacturing Co. in New Haven, and Bridgeport’s Cosco Products the elder Remiszewski established in 1991 MicroFab Technologies, a custom sheet-metal fabrication, assembly and finishing services company in Oxford, where he continues as owner and president.

Key to both his father’s and his own approach, the younger Remiszewski said, is respect for their customers — or, in NMI’s case, their patients. “People entering the health care field shouldn’t just view their job as their livelihood,” he declared. “They should respect the people they’re working with as if they were their own grandma or grandpa.”

Remiszewski said he chose his 1,250-squarefoot space at Bank Street in Stamford — he has an option to add another 900 square feet — “because it’s an up-and-coming city, and so accessible to New York City.”

As opposed to university classes, which Remiszewski said typically are held twice a week for three or four hours, NMI’s classes are held five days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for 2½ weeks or from 5 to 10 p.m. for four weeks. The school has three classrooms and one lab room.

NMI’s first classes will begin May 14, and enrollment figures have already been solid, he said.

Fixing production delays

ASK ANDI

By Andi Gray

Things got behind in production and we’re trying to catch up. Can you give us any suggestions?

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: There are lots of contributors to backlog. Check on re-dos and inventory. Take a look at which equipment is the most behind. Look for efficiencies. Build a realistic production plan. Assign staff to talk to customers.

Figuring out the source of backlog will help you to build a plan of attack to get caught up. Classify reasons for backlog including transportation, order processing, production cycling, quality, inventory, equipment breakdown setup and retooling, and staffing.

While some problems may be out of your hands, the customer is still probably going to hold you accountable. Make sure your

sales and customer service people understand the time needed to produce and ship.

Inform customers of faster shipping options if the customer wants to pay. Get manual orders converted to online by telling customers how many days they’ll save and offering training on how to automate.

Check if customers understand your production cycles and know when to order to minimize cycle delays. If you typically run a cycle of production the first week of the month, and the customer orders in the second week, that’s an automatic three-week delay built in. Teach customers how to be smart about when they order.

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Waste can slow output significantly. Track daily production errors and reward improvements.

Reduce delays by producing less quantity more accurately.

Assess if you’re carrying the right inventory.

Automate communication with suppliers to speed things up. Request immediate notice of supply delays.

See if supplier lead-times are realistically factored into production planning and inventory management.

It’s probably not all of the shop that’s behind.

Figure out your equipment and training priorities.

Have enough of the right equipment on hand? Time to upgrade to faster equipment? Are enough people trained to operate each piece? Have enough qualified maintenance staff?

Order new equipment well before you need it, keeping in mind that you could experience months of delays getting new equipment delivered, set up and in production. If cash flow is a problem, use a leasing program to make the purchase.

Consider going to a second or third shift on equipment in greatest demand.

Cross train additional operators so that equipment doesn’t stand idle when someone is out. Set up training to move people up to more complex equipment.

Look for efficiencies.

Take a look at whether you can pick up capacity by changing the flow of work through the shop. Should you run bigger batches less

frequently? Can you repair and retool on weekends or evenings? Are your maintenance people properly trained and do you have enough standard replacement parts on hand? What if you increase the quantity produced and reduce the frequency of set up on complex jobs?

Never plan based on 100 percent production for any piece of equipment. At best you’ll get 80 to 85 percent utilization when factoring in equipment maintenance and repairs, inventory issues and employee downtime for training, sick time and vacations. If you plan on 100 percent, the minute that anything goes wrong you’ll get behind and never catch up because you can never exceed 100 percent production. If you’re at 100 percent, increase capacity now.

Talking customers through backlog is incredibly important. Be upfront with customers that there will be delays. Find out

which customers can be flexible. Prioritize orders based on quality of clients, not just based on last in first out. Calculate quality of clients based on profitability, importance to the future of the business and finally on overall volume. Get your sales reps involved in the communication, as they’re the ones selling the orders and making initial promises to customers.

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THE LIST: Hospitals

fairfield county FAIRFIELD COUNTY

HOSPITALS

Ranked by number of beds.

Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

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

CEO/president Medical director Year hospital established

Dawn Rudolph, president and CEO James Gavin MD, Peter Cimino MD and Alon Ronen MD, medical staff officers 1903

John M. Murphy, president and CEO, Western Connecticut Health Network; Patricia A. Tietjen MD, vice president, medical affairs 1885, Danbury Hospital 1921, New Milford Hospital

William M. Jennings, president and CEO; Pamela Scagliarini, chief operating officer; and Michael Ivy MD, senior vice president, medical affairs and chief medical officer Anne Newman, executive assistant to the president anne.newman@bpthosp.org 1878

Western CT Health Network/ Norwalk Hospital

John M. Murphy, president and CEO, Western Connecticut Health Network; Michael Daglio, president, Norwalk Hospital; and Patricia Tietjen, vice president, medical affairs 1893

Stamford Hospital

Brian Grissler, president and CEO; Sharon Kiely MD, senior vice president, medical affairs and chief medical officer 1896

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

(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

Norman G. Roth, president and chief operating officer; Diana Kelly, chief operating officer; and Spike Lipschutz, senior vice president and medical staff/chief medical officer Diana O'Marra, executive assistant to the president 1903

Sigurd Ackerman MD, president and medical director; and Elizabeth Moore, chief operating officer David Tine, executive director, marketing dtine@silverhillhospital.org 1931

Margaret Hardy RN, vice president and executive director 1898

Number of beds

473

3,500

456, including 26 bassinets in Danbury Hospital

2,483, Danbury Hospital; 182, New Milford Hospital

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Unique Services

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

20,463

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

383

2,700

22,000

366, including 38 bassinets

1,345

12,802

Signature services include cancer, cardiovascular, digestive diseases, emergency, orthopedics and neurospine and women's and children's services

305

206

129

76

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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Total number of 2017 admissions

The Connecticut Burn Center; the Allison Family Neonatal ICU and pediatric services, in partnership with Yale New Haven Children's Hospital; the Elizabeth M. Pfriem Hybrid Operating Room for advanced heart and vascular procedures and cardiovascular services, in cooperation with Yale Heart & Vascular Center; Norma Pfriem Breast Center; Park Avenue Medical Center; center for wound healing and hyperbaric medicine; and REACH Outpatient Psychiatric Program

This list is a sampling of hospitals that are located in the region. If you would like to include your hospital in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com. *

Total number of employees

2,400

1,898

300

4,145

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Specialty services include centers for cancer, advanced heart and vascular care, minimally invasive surgery, surgical weight loss, women's health and breast care, maternity and advanced neonatal care, orthopedics, integrative medicine and wellness, sleep medicine, children's health, diabetes and endocrine and stroke and hyperbaric medicine

13,070

Hospital has received the Magnet designation from the American Nursing Credentialing Center; destination hospital for perinatal, labor, and delivery and maternity services: Smilow Cancer Hospital's Greenwich Hospital campus has been commended by the Commission on Cancer; nationally-accredited bariatric and joint replacement program; robotic surgery center offers robot-assisted thoracic, gynecological, urological and general surgery

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Nonprofit psychiatric hospital offering residential programs for children and adults; areas of expertise include addiction and co-occurring disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders and psychotic disorders

Inpatient and outpatient services for adolescents and adults with mental health disorders and substance abuse disorders; inpatient care for children with mental health disorders; community residential services, including supportive housing, diagnostic evaluations and support services for children and adolescents with developmental and autism spectrum disorders; and support groups for patients and their families

NORMAN G. GRILL CPA Contributing writer

Big tax savings potential for your business

S

igned into law late last year, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has been widely heralded as business-friendly. That’s perhaps an understatement. If you own a business, you’re likely to enjoy substantial tax cuts, even if you don’t benefit from the lower 21 percent corporate tax. Following are some of the most significant TCJA benefits.

REDUCED TAXES FOR PASS-THROUGHS

Owners of businesses operating as partnerships, limited liability companies, S-corporations and sole proprietorships report net income on their individual tax returns. Until now, they’ve paid taxes on that

income at ordinary income tax rates as high as 39.6 percent. Beginning in 2018, the TCJA cuts the highest individual tax rate to 37 percent.

And it raises the threshold for that rate to $500,000 in taxable income for single filers and $600,000 for joint filers.

More important, the law establishes a generous new deduction that will slash taxable income from passthrough entities. Beginning in 2018, the qualified business income (QBI) deduction generally allows taxpayers to deduct 20 percent of QBI (not salary) from a pass-through entity. Combined with the lower top tax rate on ordinary income, the deduction translates to a 29.6 percent top rate on pass-through income.

Once taxable income exceeds $157,500 for single filers or $315,000 for joint filers, a “wage limit” begins phasing in. The wage limit phases in completely at $207,500 for single filers and $415,000 for joint filers. At that point, taxpayers generally will deduct the lesser of: • 20 percent of QBI, or • The greater of 1) 50 percent of the W-2 wages paid by the business or 2) 25 percent of the wages paid plus 2½ percent of the unadjusted basis (meaning the purchase price) of tangible depreciable property (for example, real estate).

Notably, the QBI deduction is reduced and eventually eliminated for “specified service businesses” (such as law or accounting firms, consultants, or any business whose principal asset is the reputation or skill of one or more employees) above a threshold amount of taxable income. Specifically, the deduction begins to be reduced when an owner’s taxable income exceeds $157,500 for single filers and $315,000 for joint filers. And it’s eliminated when taxable income exceeds $207,500

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and $415,000, respectively.

Be aware that the reduced tax rates and QBI deduction will expire after 2025 without congressional action.

ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION DEDUCTIONS

The TCJA extends and modifies bonus depreciation for qualifying property (for example, office furniture, software and qualified improvement property). For qualified property placed in service between September 28, 2017, and December 31, 2022, (or by December 31, 2023, for certain property with longer production periods), businesses generally can expense 100 percent of the cost of such property (both new and used) in the year the property is placed in service. Beginning in 2023, the amount of the allowable deduction will drop, shrinking 20 percentage points each year for four years and disappearing in 2027, absent congressional action.

The TCJA also expands the immediate expensing of equipment under Section 179 - permanently. For 2018, it increases the maximum

deduction for qualifying property to $1 million (from $510,000) and raises the phaseout threshold to $2.5 million (from $2.03 million).

The definition of qualified real property now includes several improvements to nonresidential real property (for example: roofs; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; and alarm and security systems).

LIMITED INTEREST EXPENSE DEDUCTION

The TCJA isn’t all good news, though. Many businesses will be disappointed to learn that it might increase their cost of borrowing by limiting the amount of interest expense they can deduct beginning in 2018.

The law generally restricts the deduction to 30 percent of adjusted taxable income, although it allows an indefinite carryforward for unused interest expense (with special rules for partnerships). Companies whose average annual gross receipts don’t exceed $25 million are exempt. Real estate businesses can elect out of the limit, but with some negative consequences in regard to their

depreciation deductions.

There are also exceptions for certain other types of businesses.

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

The provisions discussed above only skim the surface. The TCJA also makes changes related to, among other things, foreign income, net operating losses, like-kind exchanges, the domestic production activities deduction, research and experimentation expensing, excessive compensation and the deductibility of entertainment expenses and employee fringe benefits.

This column is for general information and is not intended as advice. TCJA is extensive and taxes are almost always complex.

Therefore, consider retaining the help of a qualified tax professional.

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BY REBECCA PAVESE Guest View

How to write a good buy-sell agreement

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ven if not everyone has a will, most people understand why they should. But knowing how a business will go on without an owner or a partner can be just as important.

Unfortunately, many business owners neglect this important task.

A buy-sell agreement, despite the name, is not a mechanism for selling a business. It is a contract among the owners of a business or between the owners and the entity itself, which sets out the rules for handling certain specific, future events — usually an owner’s departure, planned or unplanned.

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The agreement governs how to handle the interests of proprietors, partners or shareholders in the event that they can no longer work due to circumstances such as disability, retirement or death. While it is most often used in partnerships, privately owned companies or closely held corporations, a buy-sell agreement can be useful even for sole proprietors if the owner intends for a key employee or family member to take over the business one day.

Business owners gain a variety of benefits from entering into a buy-sell agreement. First, it can establish in advance a fair

formula for valuing a share of the business. If one of the owners wishes to leave and the remaining owner or owners wish to buy the departing individual’s share, they will have competing interests regarding valuation in the moment. If they agree in advance, it is less likely anyone will feel unfairly treated.

Business co-owners may also wish to ensure that no one sells their stake in the business to a third party who is an undesirable or impractical partner. A typical buy-sell agreement gives the business, the owners or both a right of first refusal on certain proposed transfers

of a stake in the enterprise.

This means owners are more likely to keep control of the business, even if an individual with a large stake chooses to leave. Similarly, an agreement could stipulate that stakeholders in a closely held business must sell their shares back to the business when they exit.

Buy-sell agreements can also be useful in creating liquidity in the event of an owner’s departure, especially if it is unexpected. The agreement can ensure the withdrawing owner — or a deceased owner’s heirs — will have a market for a stake in the business that might not otherwise exist.

ELEMENTS OF A GOOD AGREEMENT

Drafting a buy-sell agreement early in the life of a business is important because it allows partners or co-owners to discuss contingencies such as a stakeholder’s death, disability or retirement. It also creates a way to guard against possible but less certain future scenarios such as a serious argument between stakeholders, an owner’s divorce or bankruptcy, or a partner using a stake in the business as collateral and then defaulting on the loan. By the time any of these situations occur, emotions are likely to run high. Setting up a plan in advance can not only safeguard the business but also reduce stress on owners during potentially trying circumstances.

Revisiting business succession plans every three to five years is a good idea, though owners should also reassess any time the business experiences a major change, such as rapid growth, the addition or departure of an owner or major stakeholder, or substantial changes to the business model.

When business owners create — and subsequently

revisit — a buy-sell agreement, they should gather a team of professionals to help.

This team should include an experienced lawyer, an accountant, a tax expert and, potentially, a valuation professional. (Sometimes a single individual may fulfill more than one of these roles.) Depending on the circumstances, owners may also want to involve their personal estate planning professional or financial planner.

A valuation professional is a good addition to the team because valuing the business is both a crucial part of a good buy-sell agreement and a complicated undertaking. Some buy-sell agreements include a specific formula to determine the value of a stake in the business. Others simply include a clause specifying that a valuation expert will assess the business at the appropriate time when an owner leaves.

Regardless of the formula or expert involved, the most important thing is for owners to agree on a valuation method in advance.

In addition to specifying a valuation method, a buy-sell agreement should include rules for who can buy and sell stakes in the business, and under what circumstances. For instance, the founder of a family business may want to ensure that the enterprise stays partly or completely in the hands of family members or winds up there in the future.

In many cases, a purchaser will be the other owners, the business itself or some combination of these two.

Because issues like death, divorce or bankruptcy cannot always be anticipated, rules about funding are also an important part of a buy-sell agreement.

Agreements should specify how the business will fund a buyout of a departing owner. Specificity allows the business to plan realis-

tically for future obligations.

Requiring an immediate lump-sum buyout can make buying back an interest challenging or even impossible for some businesses, so many agreements provide for a down payment followed by installments over a few years at a reasonable rate of interest.

In some businesses, especially partnerships, co-owners purchase life insurance policies on one another — or the business purchases policies insuring key personnel — in order to fund buyouts of an owner’s heirs in the case of his or her unexpected death.

This technique can become expensive with larger numbers of shareholders, so it is not right for every business, but it is a common way to fund a buy-sell agreement among a few key individuals.

While buy-sell agreements primarily address nontax goals, owners should keep tax obligations in mind when creating them. Funding concerns extend to how the business will pay the Internal Revenue Service, not only the seller.

The best buy-sell agreement is one that must be tailored to fit particular business needs and longterm goals. With some professional help and foresight, business owners can avoid unpleasant surprises when, inevitably, one of their number goes his or her own way.

Rebecca Pavese, CPA, is a financial planner and portfolio manager with Palisades Hudson Financial Group’s Atlanta office. The firm’s northeast office is in Stamford at First Stamford Place. Palisades Hudson Financial Group is a fee-only financial planning firm and investment manager with $1.4 billion under management. It offers financial planning, wealth management and tax services. Visit palisadeshudson.com.

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THE HONOREES ARE: ALL IN THE FAMILY

ARNOLD PEARLSTONE, MD is an

accomplished ophthalmologist practicing in Connecticut for more than 50 years. He began volunteering for the Americares Free Clinics upon retiring from private practice in 2010.

Pearlstone runs monthly eye clinics for diabetic patients at increased risk of retinopathy and resultant blindness. He is the only one of more than 200 volunteers to donate his time at all four Americares Free Clinics in Connecticut. To date, he has volunteered more than 1,000 hours and screened 1,700 low-income, uninsured patients for cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. In 1992, Pearlstone and his wife, Marion, established an eye clinic in May Pen, Jamaica, to help patients in need. Over the years the program has provided care for more than 3,000 patients and his team has performed 850 eye surgeries. In addition to running a successful private practice, Pearlstone has taught at Yale University School of Medicine and the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven. He graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University and received his medical degree from the State University of New York College of Medicine. He also served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. Pearlstone, a longtime Westport resident, has four children, 11 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

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MELISSA PEARLSTONE,

MD, has been volunteering at the Fred Weisman Americares Free Clinic of Bridgeport since 2015. A partner at Physicians for Women’s Health Connecticut, she practices at Westwood Women’s Health in Waterbury.

Pearlstone is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a certified menopause practitioner.

Her clinical specialties include general gynecological care as well as menopausal medicine and adolescent gynecology.

She attended medical school at New York University School of Medicine and completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Sloane Hospital for Women at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Following training, Pearlstone spent three years on the academic faculty at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn Heights, New York.

She attended the United Nations International School and obtained a bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Montreal. She is fluent in French and Spanish, a skill Pearlstone has found to be invaluable in her private practice and her work at the Fred Weisman Americares Free Clinic of Bridgeport.

She lives in Monroe, with her husband and two children.

LESLIE PEARLSTONE SHAIN has

been volunteering at the Americares Free Clinic of Stamford since 2014. She works alongside her father, Dr. Arnold Pearlstone, in the ophthalmology clinic where she is responsible for gathering patient medical history, prescreening patients and prepping them for eye exams. Prior to joining Americares, Shain worked for New York University Medical Center for 15 years, most recently serving as a cardiac nurse case manager for a congestive heart failure research study. She also served as a home and inpatient care liaison for congestive heart-failure patients and as a critical care service instructor, among other positions.

Shain has lectured, conducted research and contributed to teaching manuals for the annual Nursing Management of the Postoperative Pediatric Cardiovascular Patient Conference. She is a former member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and received a critical care nurse certification from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Shain earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in nursing administration from New York University.

She lives in Wilton with her husband and two children.

CHARLES J. MORGAN,

MD, has been chairman of the department of psychiatry at Bridgeport Hospital for 18 years. He graduated magna cum laude from City College of the City University of New York in 1979 earning a Bachelor of Science degree and received an MD from Cornell University Medical College in 1983 after which he performed his internship at Greenwich Hospital and his residency at Yale University School of Medicine Morgan’s professional honors and recognition include the Jonas Salk Award for Biochemistry Research, associate member of Sigma Xi, the William H. Johnson Memorial Lecture Award and nominated Top Doctor 2008 through 2013. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Morgan has co-authored numerous articles on addiction and made a number of presentations on AIDS and transcultural and spiritual issues in psychiatry. He is actively involved in AIDS Walk New York and personally participates. Mentoring students is yet another avenue of involving himself within the community and hospital environment.

PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE

A medical student to keep our eye on MIYAD MOVASSAGHI, MD, graduated from the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University May 13 of this year. He will be starting a urologic surgery residency at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian in June 2018.

Movassaghi graduated from Cornell University with a major in molecular and cell biology and continued his graduate studies earning a Master of Science degree in immunology at the University of Maine. While in medical school, Movassaghi conducted research at the National Institutes of Health where he studied two genetic disorders of impaired cholesterol metabolism, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome and Niemann-Pick Disease type C. He has more than 20 presentations and publications with two recent first-author publications in the American Journal of Medical Genetics and the Digestive Diseases and Sciences Journal. He was also awarded top abstract recognition at the 2017 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics conference. As he continues his education, Movassaghi hopes to combine his passion for surgery and research in the field of urology.

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A legacy of care

FRANK SCIFO,

MD, is a beloved family physician who served the greater Stratford area for more than 22 years. He was known to many as the host of “Health Talk,” an informative and popular radio call-in show that aired for more than 24 years. His unparalleled volunteer work in the community has supported multiple projects and programs. Most significant, is St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound cancer charity. He has served as its chairman for the past 19 years. Since Scifo has been involved, the SWIM has raised more than $25 million and is one of the largest assistance programs for cancer patients in the country. Patients recall him as a quality physician who was committed and compassionate, a true “patient advocate.” Since leaving private practice, Scifo has served as chief medical officer for St. Vincent’s MultiSpecialty Group. Recently, he took on the added role of director of business development for the St. Vincent’s health system. Under Scifo’s leadership, St. Vincent’s MSG has been able to grow the primary care and specialty network and services lines. Scifo has held many leadership positions at St. Vincent’s and in the community; currently serving as medical director of Lord Chamberlain Nursing Facility and as an adviser to St. Vincent’s College and the University of Bridgeport, and as an assistant professor in family medicine, clinical faculty at Quinnipiac’s Frank H. Netter School of Medicine.

A mentor and a friend to many who has devoted countless hours to volunteering, Scifo has received many awards for his service and dedication. In November 2015, the Community Room at Stratford Health & Wellness Center was dedicated in his name.

A resident of Trumbull, Scifo and his wife, Carolyn, have two grown children and three grandchildren.

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SASANKA JAYASURIYA, MD, is a

KATHERINE WEHRI TAKAYASU,

PATRICIA A. TIETJEN, MD, is the

SHARON WOLFSOHN KARP,

native of Sri Lanka where she graduated from medical school. She underwent postgraduate medical training with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in New Zealand, and completed cardiology fellowship training at the University of Arizona where she served on the faculty.

During that time, she edited and published a textbook in echocardiography.

Recognizing her dedication to teaching, the cardiovascular fellows awarded her the Sarver Heart Center teaching award in 2013. At Yale University Jayasuriya completed fellowship training in interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular interventions. She was awarded the Beard fellowship during her year of peripheral vascular training. Currently, Jayasuriya is an assistant professor of medicine at Yale University and an interventional cardiologist at Greenwich Hospital and Yale New Haven Hospital. She has won several awards at Greenwich Hospital in 2017, including the Golden Apple Award for the best teacher, nominated by the graduating residents and the Physician Partner in Care Award, nominated by the nursing and support staff and awarded to the physician who best exemplifies a team spirit.

Jayasuriya has undertaken many community projects to improve the awareness of heart disease in women and empower women to seek care to improve cardiovascular wellness, and she directs the Yale New Haven Heart and Vascular Center for Women in Greenwich. Board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, interventional cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and vascular medicine, Jayasuriya lives in Greenwich with her husband, AJ, and two daughters aged 9 and 5.

MD, is board certified in family medicine and licensed in acupuncture. She practices integrative medicine combining traditional Western medicine with evidence-based complementary modalities at the Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut where she helps patients heal naturally with acupuncture, mind-body medicine, botanical medicine, nutrition and lifestyle optimization. Takayasu is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University/ New York Presbyterian and teaches integrative medicine to fellows, residents and medical students at both Stamford Hospital and Columbia University. Originally from Ohio, she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Michigan and went on to a combined MD and MBA program at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Ohio, preforming her residency training in family medicine at Columbia University/ New York Presbyterian where she served as chief resident. She did a combined fellowship in integrative medicine with Stamford Hospital and the University of Arizona, completing her medical acupuncture training at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. In her current role at the Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness at Stamford Hospital, Takayasu is a champion of women’s health. She is the director of Stamford Hospital’s Chronic Pelvic Pain Program and coordinates a multidisciplinary team to manage a multitude of pelvic floor disorders. She treats the whole patient: mind, body and spirit. Takayasu has been recognized by her physician peers as Stamford Hospital’s Physician of the Quarter in 2017. In 2018, she was made chair of the Stamford Hospital’s Physician Leadership Academy Book Club. For her own wellbeing, Takayasu practices yoga and meditation regularly. She’s an avid cook, and enjoys experimenting with plant-based cuisine. Most of all, she loves being with other people who bring her joy, especially her husband and two sons.

vice president of medical affairs at Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) — Danbury, New Milford and Norwalk hospitals. She is a professor of medicine at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine and assistant professor of medicine for the Yale University School of Medicine. Tietjen is board certified in pulmonology and internal medicine. She has worked at the renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she had a fellowship in pulmonary medicine, and at St. Vincent’s Hospital where she had a fellowship in critical care medicine. For eight years, she was St. Vincent’s Hospital’s chief of pulmonary medicine, program director for pulmonary care and critical care fellowships, and assistant director of the adult cystic fibrosis program. In 2007, she was also president of the medical staff — a volunteer job she was elected to by her colleagues. Tietjen is the first woman to hold the post of chairman of medicine at Danbury Hospital and the only woman to be chairman of medicine among the 10 hospitals affiliated with Yale Medical School at the time. She was one of only five female chairmen of medicine in the U.S. when she was hired by WCHN. Tietjen’s leadership and altruism is evident by her commitment to mentoring her colleagues and her unwavering devotion to caring for her patients. In her current and past roles, she has advocated for the medical staff to hospital administration. Each year, she takes personal time to accompany critically ill patients to the Roman Catholic Shrine in Lourdes, France, so they can pray and bathe in the healing waters. On 9/11, Tietjen voluntarily attended to the injured at the Twin Towers site.

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MD, is a graduate of the 7-year Brown University Medical Education program.

Upon completing her internship and residency in internal medicine at Stamford Hospital, she continued subspecialty training with a fellowship in rheumatology at New York University School of Medicine. Karp has practiced rheumatology and internal medicine in Stamford for 30 years, first with the Stamford Medical Group and then its successors: Shoreline Medical, Westchester Health Associates and Northwell. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Rheumatology. She has served as chief of the Department of Rheumatology at Stamford Hospital and as a member of the Stamford Hospital Leadership Committee. She is an associate clinical professor at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and has been named a “Top Doctor” by Connecticut magazine from 2009 through 2018 and received the 2014 Vitals Patient Choice Award. Karp is a member of the Women’s Health Research at Yale Advisory Council, a nonprofit affiliate of the Yale School of Medicine dedicated to advancing knowledge about women’s health and medical gender differences, training researchers and translating findings into practice and national public policy. She serves on the Advisory Council of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and as a member of Brown University’s Advisory Council on Biology and Medicine. She has also served on the Yale Tomorrow Committee and is a Sterling Fellow of Yale University.

ROBERT E. MICHLER,

MD, is an internationally renowned heart surgeon who specializes in complex heart surgery, aortic and mitral valve repair and management of the failing heart. In his role as chairman of both the Department of Surgery and the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at Montefiore, Michler In 2017, was responsible for establishing the lung transplantation and end-stage pulmonary failure program at the hospital.

Previously, he held the John G. and Jeanne Bonnet McCoy Endowed Chair, tenured professor of surgery, chief of cardiothoracic surgery and director of heart and lung transplantation at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Before joining The Ohio State University faculty, Michler was a tenured associate professor of surgery at Columbia University and director of the heart-transplant program at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. Michler received his undergraduate education, magna cum laude, from Harvard University. He received his medical education at Dartmouth Medical School where he was a Leopold Schepp Scholar and completed his residency in general surgery, a fellowship in cardiothoracic transplantation and a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, followed by a fellowship in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is the founder and chairman of the nonprofit foundation, Heart Care International, based in Greenwich, which performs pediatric heart surgery in underserved regions of the world. To date, Heart Care has treated more than 1,500 children with heart disease and has performed heart surgery on more than 1,000 children and young adults. Michler has received numerous honors, including “Person of the Week” by ABC World News Tonight, the Pace Humanitarian Award, and “The Order of Christopher Columbus” by Hippolito Mejia, president of the Dominican Republic. In 2017, he received the Vladimir Borakovsky Prize in Moscow from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. He resides in Greenwich.

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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

The joys and hassles of selling celebrity real estate

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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n April 3, Coldwell Banker Residential B r o k e r a g e announced that a 20,000-square-foot brick Georgian Colonial property built in 1939 and located on 5.8 acres at Indian Harbor in Greenwich was on the market for $45 million. Normally, that type of announcement would rarely generate a blip of mainstream media attention, except in this case the property was purchased in 1984 by Donald Trump as the weekend home he shared with his first wife, Ivana.

Although Trump had not lived on the property since the early 1990s — Ivana acquired it as part of their 1991 divorce settlement and

sold it seven years later — the news of the property’s listing created headlines all over the world. However, it has yet to create a sale. And complicating matters was having the additional attention magnify the problems in selling this property. The home’s owners, former Bear Stearns executive Robert Steinberg and his wife, Suzanne, initially listed the property in October 2014 for $54 million, then lowered it to $45 million in May 2016 before taking it off the market later that year.

In many ways, celebrity-owned real estate is the proverbial double-edged sword for real estate agents.

On the plus side, a celebrity attachment to a property gives it extra added attention.

“Listing agents are wise

to use and leverage any selling power they can with buyers,” observed Joshua Shuart, chairman of the marketing and sports management department at Sacred Heart University’s Jack Welch College of Business.

“It’s usually good and helpful if someone famous is listing a house,” added Linda Skolnick, a Westport Realtor with Coldwell Banker. “It can add cachet to the listing.”

On occasion, however, a popular celebrity’s fanbase can get a bit carried away in keeping tabs on their favorite star’s activity. Craig Oshrin, a Stamford-based Realtor with Coldwell Banker, recalled his experience three years ago in selling a Fairfield residence owned by tennis star James Blake.

“Some calls were legit-

Special Report imate, but I would have to weed through some B.S. calls,” he said, noting that many inquiries came from Blake’s fans who were more interested in getting a peek at his lifestyle than making a serious inquiry on the property. Oshrin noted that taking an appointment-only approach to celebrity real estate helps keep the fans away. “This ensures we get the discerning, serious and qualified buyer,” he added.

Still, Oshrin’s case seemed to be the exception rather than the rule.

Jim Gricar, general sales manager for Rye Brookheadquartered Houlihan Lawrence, noted that most celebrity fans do not go to the extreme of checking out their favorite star’s listed home.

“Most people don’t look at homes that are more expensive than they would purchase,” he said. “I find people respectful of giving a celebrity space in terms of seeing them.”

But what happens when the celebrity has lost the respect of the public, or worse? In Fairfield County, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein hurriedly sold off his three Westport properties after his career was derailed by multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

But buyers were not exactly clamoring for Weinstein’s residences: one was sold at a

It’s usually good and helpful if someone famous is listing a house.

It can add cachet to the listing.

Cyndi Lauper’s one-time home in Stamford.

Photo courtesy of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services

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reduced price and the other two were adjacent properties acquired by a real estate investor who owned four other homes on the same street.

“Buyers do not want to be affiliated with someone who is notorious,” said Skolnick.

“If someone is perceived as polarizing, it could hurt the price because no one might want to touch the property,” said Oshrin.

Shuart pointed out that stars with image problems who reduce the price on their property or seem to be unable to secure a quick sale face a double whammy: a house lingering on the market and a reinforcement of their bad publicity. “When we see that, it is sort of like saying, ‘What’s going on here?’” he said.

Another local celebrity home that sold after a lengthy period on the market and a not-small price reduction was Cyndi Lauper’s Stamford estate, which sold in January after being listed for nine months for $804,625 — a drop from the original $1.25 million price.

Real estate experts did not see that as an indictment of Lauper’s diminished popularity, but as a reflection of luxury housing values.

“Being reduced just means re-evaluating market value,” said Skolnick. “Whether you are a celebrity or a regular citizen, figuring out the market value and price is often difficult.”

“Whether a home is owned by a celebrity or a noncelebrity, the market determines what the value is,” said Gricar.

And Shuart noted that being owned by a celebrity is no guarantee that a property will be snatched up at the asking price, let alone inspire a bidding war.

“In Connecticut, celebrity homes sit on the market a lot longer than the average home,” he said. “That is partly due to the price. But it doesn’t help if it’s taken on and off the market or if the price shifts around dramatically.”

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lowly but surely, says David Waldman, Westport’s attitude is starting to change when it comes to allowing for changes in regulations governing development.

“We’ve had some difficulties in my lovely town,” Waldman, the founder and president of David Adam Realty, said. “Westport has been shy when it comes to development.”

Now Waldman is — at least figuratively — heaving a sigh of relief, as a four-year struggle to build an office building and separate 16-unit luxury condo building at 54 Wilton Road looks to have finally come to a satisfying end. The site is the former headquarters of international relief agency Save the Children, which relocated to Fairfield in 2014 after a group led by Waldman purchased the property for $11.9 million.

Playing a role in the saga is Bedford Square, the 60,000-square-foot retail, restaurant, office and residential space on Main Street in downtown Westport whose driving force was Waldman. Once the site of the Westport Weston Family YMCA — whose development of and move to its current site at 14 Allen Raymond

Lane was itself an eight-year journey — it was acquired by Waldman’s Bedford Square Associates Wilton forRoada| Exterior reported $20 million.

But heated debate with the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission over what Waldman’s $100 million Bedford Square would contain soon ensued — including a proposal to limit the size of retailers to 10,000 square feet, something that Waldman reportedly called during a 2014 commission meeting “counterproductive” and compared unfavorably with living in Russia.

While that hurdle was eventually cleared — anchor store Anthropologie & Co. consists of 35,000 square feet — things again proceeded slowly for the 16-unit building at 54 Wilton, with issues ranging from the physical size of the project to addressing affordable housing issues.

The Planning and Zoning Commission maintains that most new residential projects must include an affordable housing component, but several of its members have said they would allow off-site affordable housing to be implemented as a way to meet the requirement.

Based on that, Waldman proposed a pair of potential off-site affordable housing locations, with the commission focusing on 87 Saugatuck Ave. Waldman said that, once approved, the

Saugatuck project will provide three affordable housing units at a 40 percent SMI (state median income) level, “thereby making them truly affordable,” he said.

“At the end of the day it’s been very difficult to convince people in a town that’s sometimes averse to any change” of the benefits of bending or amending longin-the-tooth rules, Waldman said. “But we have been very persistent.”

He cited the fact that Westport’s Planning and Zoning Commission has had a significant amount of turnover, with three of its members — two of whom had been appointed earlier to fill vacancies — elected to the commission in November. Those included Danielle Dobin, who has been strongly in favor of the off-site affordable housing alternative.

“The new commission is more inclined to be flexible, especially in the face of the state’s taking money” away from municipalities, Waldman declared.

The first phase of the Wilton Avenue project, a 26,000-square-foot office building, is already underway and should be wrapped

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Groundbreaking on the condo phase is scheduled for September, with delivery due by late spring/early summer of 2020, he said.

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BRIEFLY DARK FIELD TECHNOLOGIES MOVES HQ TO SHELTON

Dark Field Technologies, a privately owned technology company that designs and builds high-resolution laser and camera systems, is relocating its headquarters from Orange to Shelton.

Angel Commercial President Jon Angel announced the deal, saying the company has leased 5,785 square feet at 5 Research Drive.

Tenants at the 84,000-square-foot building have access to a number of amenities at the nearby Enterprise Corporate Park, which includes a private fitness club, cafés, a 200-person auditorium, daycare center, airport limo/ shuttle service, salon and spa, and tennis and basketball courts, Angel said.

90-UNIT PROJECT OK’D IN FAIRFIELD

Plans to build a 90-unit residential development on the former Knights of Columbus site at 333 Unquowa Road in Fairfield have been approved by the town’s Plan & Zoning Department.

The 3.5-story proposed development includes one studio, 21 one-bedroom and 68 two-bedroom units split between two buildings, along with structured and surface parking for 170 vehicles. Amenities include a lounge area, exercise rooms and a rooftop deck. It is situated approximately 750 feet from the Fairfield train station.

Developers Post Road Residential expect a groundbreaking on the $26.5 million project later this year. Post Road originally sought approval for a 118-unit building on the site, a proposal that P&Z rejected last fall.

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Westport First Selectman Jim Marpe has established a committee to “investigate opportunities and options” regarding property acquisition and disposal.

Westport’s new Real Property Committee will advise the town on the disposal and the purchase, lease and other acquisition of real property for open space, recreational uses, municipal facilities, public rights of way, conservation and investment, Marpe said.

“The Real Property Committee will expand on the mission of the Land Acquisition Committee which was established by former First Selectwoman Diane Farrell in the 1990s,” he said. “The Real Property Committee members will review and keep abreast of the current real estate market, as well as investigate opportunities and options that may be presented to boards and commissions for possible action, which will ultimately benefit the town.”

The committee members appointed by Marpe include Board of Finance member Iain Bruce, Westport Transit Director Martin A. Fox, and attorney and Third Selectman Helen Garten.

DANBURY BUYS 65 ACRES FOR CONSERVATION

The city of Danbury has bought 65 acres of land that it intends to preserve for hiking and open space two miles south of Tarrywile Park.

Dipping into its ‘conservation fund,’ the city bought the land for $700,000 from longtime Danbury resident Monique Wiedel. The city plans to connect the acreage, which is off Long Ridge Road and along Ives Trail, to the 20-mile hiking and recreation paths that run through stretches of Danbury, Ridgefield, Bethel and Redding.

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Facts & Figures ATTACHMENTS-RELEASED Bernier, Norma L., Norwalk.

Released by Anne Jasorkowski. $40,778 in favor of 1 Burr Place Operating Company II LLC. Property: 1 Burr Road, Norwalk. Filed April 3.

BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL Empire Telecom USA LLC, contractor for American Towers Inc. Replace the antennas on the roof of an existing commercial space at 168 Catoona Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed between April 9 and April 20.

James Balazs Construction Inc., contractor for 488 Main Partners LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 488 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $90,000.

Filed April 5.

Kone Inc., contractor for Quincy Holdings LLC. Install a passenger elevator in an existing commercial space for new lofts at 30 Orchard St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $141,000.

Filed April 2.

Kuchma Corp., Bridgeport, contractor for People’s United Bank. Alter the floor of an existing commercial space at 850 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $360,000. Filed March 28.

Petretti & Associates LLC, contractor for HY2 Stamford LLC. Alter the war room in an existing commercial space at 1266 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000.

Filed between April 9 and April 20.

Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

ON THE RECORD

Trust Realty Corp., Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 731 West Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed April 5.

Chacon, Lauro, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Add a second-story addition above the garage of an existing single-family residence at 60 Tina Circle, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed March 29.

Rick’s Roofing & Siding LLC, contractor for Charles M. Blanchette. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 568 Old Stratfield Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed March 26.

Unified Home Repair LLC, Stamford, contractor for Pentecostal Mission John 3:16. Renovate the ceiling tiles in an existing commercial space at 128 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $51,300. Filed between April 9 and April 20.

E&H Construction LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Bridgeport Housing Authority. Repair fire damage to an existing single-family residence at 150 Highland Ave., Unit 402, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $7,900. Filed March 28.

Riga LLC, contractor for John J. Egan and Viola Claire. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 11 Watering Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,750. Filed April 4.

RESIDENTIAL

E R I Building and Design LLC, contractor for Gerry E. Elbridge.

Remodel two bathrooms in an existing single-family residence and replace the cable and deck on the balcony at 6 Nylked Terrace, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $86,450. Filed April 2.

AA Building & Wrecking, contractor for B II Builders LLC. Demolish a one-family residence with a detached garage at 222 South St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $14,000.

Filed March 29.

Abbey Tent, Fairfield, contractor for Greenfield Hill Cong Church.

Add a temporary tent to the property of an existing commercial space for a special event at 1045 Old Academy Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 28.

Alexandre, Karolina Pardo, et al., Stamford, contractor for self.

Renovate the interior of an existing single-family residence and relocate the doors, front-entrance additions and a master bathroom at 80 Bartlett Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $659,420. Filed between April 9 and April 20.

Assisi Remodeling, contractor for Emily L. Camper and Robert Camper. Remodel the kitchen in an existing single-family residence and replace the window at 3022 Burr St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $45,000.

Filed April 19.

Benchmark Builders LLC, contractor for Katherine L. Krill. Add an outdoor bar and kitchen to the property of an existing single-family residence at 59 Rogers Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $49,650.

Filed between April 9 and April 20.

FLT LLC, Trumbull, contractor for Larue Swanson. Add a deck and patio door to an existing single-family residence at 290 Douglas St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 29.

G T S Construction LLC, contractor for Elizabeth Bonadio and Thomas Bonadio. Renovate and replace the roofing on an existing single-family residence at 218 Great Plain Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $10,287. Filed April 9.

Golden House LLC, contractor for Hugh Gleason. Remodel the master bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 148 Sherman Court, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed March 28.

Integrity Construction Service, Norwalk, contractor for Michael P. Moran. Enclose the roof deck on an existing single-family residence at 118 French St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $46,500. Filed April 17.

S&W Building & Remodeling, contractor for Jennifer A. Dowd. Remodel the mudroom in an existing single-family residence at 91 Hornbeam Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed April 16.

Tiberio, Tim J., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 875 Stillwater Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,200. Filed between April 9 and April 20.

WGB Holdings LLC, contractor for James Yao. Renovate the interior of an existing single-family residence at 259 Flax Hill Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $80,000.

Filed April 6.

Winnipauk Village, Norwalk, contractor for self. Replace the concrete deck at the pool on property of an existing single-family residence at 71 Aiken St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed April 4.

Yupangui, Luisa G., Danbury, contractor for self. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 33 Harrison St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed April 10.

COURT CASES

Maher, Joseph M., contractor for Roton Point Club Inc. Add a new kiddie pool to an existing single-family residence on Pine Point Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $71,000. Filed April 4.

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.

Berenstein, Yakov, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the condominium damaged from a fallen tree at 36 Strathmore Lane, Unit 36, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,000.

Filed April 5.

Nadolny, David, Fairfield, contractor for Edward B. Mahony. Replace a deck at a single-family residence at 271 Shady Hill Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed April 16.

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Brady, Kevin M., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Build a new deck to replace the existing patio at 105 Alexandra Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,660. Filed between April 9 and April 20.

Norpointe LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 7C, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed April 3.

Broder, Blenn B., contractor for Brandon Snow and Daniela Snow.

Construct a two-story addition with a one-car garage, family room, master suite and home office at 6 Thomes St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $300,000. Filed April 2.

Ribeiro, Nilton S., Bridgeport, contractor for self. Construct a new single-family residence at 210 Moffitt St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $120,000. Filed March 29.

Black Rock Gardens Cooperative Inc., et al., North Haven. Filed

by Christine Cali, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Peter William Finch, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a raised section of a sidewalk owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and their employees in that they failed to repair their sidewalk. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV186073696-S. Filed April 18.

D&D Baby Sitting LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Andre Roumer, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohen and Wolf PC, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6073765-S. Filed April 19.

Entrust Datacard Corp., et al., Hartford. Filed by Ebonie Hanton, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Michael E. Skiber, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company and related parties, the defendants.

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

Case no. FBT-CV18-6073693-S. Filed April 18.

Geico Indemnity Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Chadwick Jolly, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company and related parties, the defendants.

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

Case no. FBT-CV18-6073688-S. Filed April 17.

Homegoods Inc., et al., East Hartford. Filed by Claudia Alarcon, Southport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ottomano & Johnson LLC, Westport.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a banana on a floor 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 clear the floor in their store. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6073757-S. Filed April 19.

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MAKER FAIRE WESTPORT RECORD-BREAKING RESULTS

Front row, from left, volunteers Sue Stockman, Patricia Marshall, Mary Anne Cipolla and Brandon McClean. Back row, Debbie Krautheim, Julie Di Raimondo, Judy Ruttkamp and Mary Connolly Flynn.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL HONORS VOLUNTEERS More than 150 volunteers from Fairfield and Westchester counties were honored recently at the annual Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary Luncheon in recognition of the women and men who provide more than 45,000 hours of service each year.

Norman G. Roth, Greenwich Hospital president and CEO, said volunteers play a key role in the hospital’s ability to provide an exceptional patient experience.

“Compassionate volunteers like you are what make Greenwich Hospital a place where patients feel welcome and safe. I want to express my deepest gratitude for all that you do, each and every day, to make Greenwich Hospital number one in patient care and patient safety. We could not do it without you,” Roth told the audience gathered at the Greenwich Country Club on April 20.

Christine Randolph, auxiliary president, also thanked the volunteers for their commitment.

Stacey Green, director of Volunteer Services, spoke about the strong bond that dedicated volunteers develop with patients, families and hospital staff.

“You are not just volunteers in burgundy, pink and green uniforms. You are an amazing and inspirational team. We are lucky to have you as part of the Greenwich Hospital family,” she said.

The Greenwich Hospital event capped off National Volunteer Appreciation Week from April 15 - 21.

Boehringer Ingelheim volunteers Jennifer Grant, Jeannine Gagnon, Christine Zarrella and Meaghan Hart assemble first-aid kits in the Americares distribution center in Stamford. Photo

by Marc Birnbach/Americares.

VOLUNTEERS MAKE FIRST-AID KITS More than 100 volunteers assembled 1,500 first-aid kits at Americares headquarters and distribution center April 18, in recognition of National Volunteer Week. Volunteers from Boehringer Ingelheim, Crane Co., Deloitte LLP, ICBC Standard Securities Inc./ICBC Standard Resources Inc., J.P. Morgan, OdysseyRe, Purdue Pharma LP, Warby Parker and community members participated in the event.

Americares keeps the kits in its Stamford warehouse for distribution to families displaced by tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding and other emergencies.

“National Volunteer Week is a great opportunity to involve the community in the work that we do,” said Americares President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis. “We’re proud to have such dedicated partners support our mission of saving lives and improving health for people affected by poverty or disaster. The kits assembled today will help families in crisis all over the world.”

The seventh annual Maker Faire Westport held on April 21 broke its own records by more than tripling its footprint, nearly doubling its number of makers to 200 (up from just over 100 in 2017) and seeing attendance of 13,500, a 30 percent increase from 2017.

“We continue to be impressed with the quality of the innovative and creative people in Connecticut and beyond. As they inspire our attendees to learn and grow, we see the impact in our communities. Schools, libraries and businesses all benefit from the energy that comes from seeing what others have done,” said Mark Mathias, founder and co-chair of Maker Faire Westport and president of Remarkable STEAM. “Our continued expansion into multiple stages, a larger footprint and more attendees means that we continue to reach more people, which grows the influence we see in our state.

It’s clear there is a need and an appetite for people to grow not only themselves, but their community,” said Alex Giannini, co-chair of Maker Faire Westport and manager of Experiential Learning at the Westport Library.

The following were selected by a panel of judges for their impressive products, projects and designs on display: CJ’s 3D Handmade Jewelry; Swim ‘Duino; Pink Rhubarb; Vorpal the Hexpod; Gustave Whitehead 1901 Airplane Half-Size Replica; Stepcraft USA (CNC machine); NCC School of Art, Architecture and Design; Myrmidon Dagorhir Renaissance Village; and PlasmaBot. The event was produced by Remarkable STEAM Inc., a Connecticut organization that promotes innovation and creativity in the areas of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) in partnership with the Westport Library.

MACKEY & GUASCO MARKS 16 YEARS IN BUSINESS

From left: Bob Granata, bank president and COO; Mirella Martina, assistant vice president, branch manager; Manav Des Puri, winner FirstPrize $avings account; and Reyno Giallongo, chairman and CEO of First County Bank.

FIRST COUNTY BANK ACCOUNT WINNER First County Bank in Stamford has announced that the recent winner of its FirstPrize $avings account $1,000 drawing is Manav Des Puri of Stamford. FirstPrize $avings is a basic savings account with a cash prize drawing component to promote personal savings. With each eligible deposit of $25 or more, the account holder earns an entry into a drawing for a $1,000 prize. The drawing occurs four times per calendar year.

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Maureen Mackey and Luisa Guasco

Mackey & Guasco Staffing, based in Southport, recently celebrated its 16th year in business. Since its inception in 2002, the firm has grown exponentially over the years becoming a recruiting partner for various corporations and candidates in the state and in New York.

Founded by Maureen Mackey and Luisa Guasco, Mackey and Guasco Staffing is a direct-hire, HR contract services and temporary recruiting firm that uses a consultative approach to build long-standing relationships. The firm specializes in the areas of human resources, office administration and accounting and services for a diverse group of clients in a variety of industries ranging in size from two to more than 5,000 employees.

HAPPENING

WORLD FISH MIGRATION DAY

Those who stopped by the Fish Ladder open house got a chance to see the fish that utilize the ladder. Here, children help Conservation staff Sarah Nahabedian place an alewife back into the fish ladder.

A one-day global celebration, “World Fish Migration Day,” to create awareness for the importance of migratory fish took place April 21 with 552 events in more than 63 countries. The Greenwich Conservation Commission held an open house at the Mianus River fish ladder.

Constructed in 1993, the fish ladder allows fish such as alewives and blueback herring (collectively referred to as river herring) to gain access to important spawning and nursery habitat in the Mianus River. During the twohour open house, more than 100 participants were given a tour of the fishway, learned about its history, the natural history of the fish that utilize it and how it is operated.

Within the last month, 25,000 herring have already passed through the fish ladder and the group expects to see those numbers continue to rise over the next two months.

The fish ladder couldn’t function without the team of volunteers who visit once a week to record the counter numbers, weather conditions and net in the resting pools.

If you’re interested in volunteering with us next year or for more information, contact Sarah Nahabedian, Conservation resource manager at 203-622-6461 or sarah. nahabedian@greenwichct.org.

MOHEGAN SUN PARTNERS WITH NASKART RACING

NEW BOARD CHIEF AT TBICO

TABLETOP OBJECTS ON DISPLAY

At a recent event at NasKart, the 110,000-square-foot entertainment center in Montville, home to the world’s largest indoor mutlilevel go-kart racing track, executives from both NasKart and Mohegan Sun announced a new partnership, that includes the renaming of the facility to “Supercharged Powered By Mohegan Sun.” Benefits for members of Mohegan Sun’s Rewards program, Momentum are also a key part of the deal.

“Expanding Mohegan Sun’s presence in our region, with productive business relationships in particular, is something we’re continually focusing on. And with that, we’re very excited about Supercharged Powered By Mohegan Sun, as it’s right down the road from our property and offers Mohegan Sun Momentum members the opportunity at not only great discounts, but to be able to use their Momentum Dollars at this incredibly fun venue,” said Jeff Hamilton, assistant general manager of Mohegan Sun.

Kristine Foss, managing director of Disability Solutions@Ability Beyond, has been named board chief of TBICO in Danbury, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people help themselves through education, job training and financial literacy.

Foss leads the Disability Solutions team at Ability Beyond focusing on new business development and connecting corporate clients’ business goals with a strategic approach. The team works nationally and globally with Fortune 500 clients, including PepsiCo, Synchrony Financial, American Express and Aramark.

Foss serves on several voluntary boards, including past vice president for the National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals and the Elsevier College of Direct Support Advisory Board.

Founded in 1993, TBICO is celebrating its 25th year and continues to offer a free curriculum of business, financial and interpersonal workshops. In addition, it arranges one-on-one consultations with volunteer HR executives, conducts mock interviews and has a job-search team. Its slogan is “better skills, better jobs, better lives.”

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is mounting “The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects,” a meta-group exhibition in five chapters— organized by five curators, including more than 70 artists, that will feature tabletop art objects from the 20th and 21st centuries.

The experience could be likened to theater, as viewers will encounter objects that interact with each other, their audience and their setting. The Domestic Plane will be on view at The Aldrich in Ridgefield from May 20, to Jan. 13, 2019.

In addition, noted graphic novelist, illustrator and animator, Richard McGuire, will be contributing an eight-page project to the exhibition publication consisting of sequential grids of 128 small-line drawings depicting the interrelationship of a cast of small objects.

Funding for the exhibit is provided by Crozier Fine Arts and the Art Dealers Association of America Foundation. Funding for the exhibition publication is provided by the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation and Philip and Shelley Fox Aarons.

For more information, contact Emily Devoe at edevoe@aldrichart.org.

THREE JOIN ADVISORY BOARD

Carter Morse & Mathias in Southport has announced the addition of three business professionals to its board of advisers.

Frank Morse, managing director of Carter Morse & Mathias, said, “We are honored that these three prominent executives have joined our team. They add a wealth of experience in managing, growing and transacting with middle-market companies in industries that align well within our target markets. Like the other members of our esteemed board, they will be a valuable resource for both us and our clients.” The new members are: Jon Carter, CEO of Ward Leonard Electric Co. in Thomaston, a provider of electric motors, generators and power-control components and systems who spent more than 20 years transforming the company from a supplier of spare U.S. Navy control products into a diversified engineering, manufacturing and service company managing a wide array of power and control products.

Oni Chukwu, a veteran software industry executive, who was appointed president and CEO of etouches Inc. in September 2013 to lead the company through its next phase of growth. He has more than 20 years experience in growing global technology companies and working closely with enterprise business users around the world in providing them the software, technology tools and services they need to achieve their growth goals.

Tim Shanley, president and CEO of Tall Tree Foods, a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners, a specialty protein company. He is leading the repositioning of the brands, streamlining the supply chain and professionalizing the organization to be a more relevant, on-trend, growth business.

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

HALSTEAD AGENTS HONORED

Eileen Hanford

Residential real estate brokerage firm Halstead, recently announced its regional companywide award recipients who were recognized for outstanding production in 2017. The awards were presented by Diane M. Ramirez, Halstead’s chairman and CEO, during the Halstead Annual Meeting at Cipriani’s in New York City. During the meeting, Halstead also announced a comprehensive corporate rebrand, which includes a new logo, use of color, positioning and website.

“We congratulate all the recipients of our annual Halstead awards,” said Ramirez. “2017 was a momentous year for our firm and we are so proud of our dedicated agents, who are among the most skillful and respected in the industry and their continued success and passion for their work.”

Eileen Hanford of Darien was the only recipient from Connecticut of the Halstead Award.

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Facts & Figures KIA Motors America Inc., et al., East Hartford. Filed by Melissa Guardiola, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: William M. Bloss, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this tort suit against the defendants alleging that they sold her a defective vehicle, which allegedly experienced an unanticipated engine shut down, causing the plaintiff to crash. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs and such other relief as the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6073786-S. Filed April 20.

LM General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Clare Hegermiller, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: James O. Gaston, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6073725-S. Filed April 18.

Nationwide General Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Rhonda Bush, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Larracuente & Goulden LLC, Milford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company and related parties, the defendants.

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

Case no. FBT-CV18-6073781-S. Filed April 20.

Sacred Heart University Inc., Fairfield. Filed by Dawn Wiggins Ely, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Dana P. Lonergan, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on treadmills on property owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to inspect their treadmills on their premises. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV186073691-S. Filed April 18.

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Wilson Go Go Food Mart, Hartford. 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 defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a business overdraft line Agreement. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal of $5,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s fees, expenses, court costs and such other and further relief as the court shall deem just and equitable. Case no. FBT-CV18-6073631-S. Filed April 17.

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Danbury Superior Court

Express Fashion Operations LLC, East Hartford. Filed by Todd Forcellina, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Hirsch Law LLC, Trumbull.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he was hit by a falling shelf in a store owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to utilize the pegs in the merchandise shelf. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FST-CV186035990-S. Filed April 17.

Francisco Andres Flooring LLC, et al., Danbury. Filed by Jessica Avolio Eglaug, Carmel, New York.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. DBD-CV186026398-S. Filed April 18.

Heady Lane Hospitality Group Inc., et al., Goshen. Filed by Peter Verderosa, Bethel. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore, O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this tort suit against the defendants alleging that they served alcoholic beverages to a patrol who attacked the plaintiff, causing him to suffer injuries. The plaintiff claims damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. DBD-CV186026408-S. Filed April 18.

Moroni & Son Oil LLC, et al., Westbrook. Filed by Plimpton & Hills Corp., Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Office of Carreira & Wojciechowski LLC, New Preston. 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 goods and services provided to them. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $33,011 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment.

The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs, interest, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as in law or equity may deem appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV186026406-S. Filed April 18.

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2061 West Main LLC, Stamford.

Filed by Michele Russo, Stamford.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Wocl Leydon 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. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FSTCV18-6036046-S. Filed April 20.

Fruity Swirls LLC, Trumbull.

Filed by Keter Environmental Services Inc., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Martin L. McCann, Fairfield.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a lease provided.

The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $8,430 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs, interest, attorney’s fees and any and all further relief the court deem just and equitable. Case no. FST-CV18-6036035-S. Filed April 19.

H.N.S. Management Company Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by Marie Edmonde Louis, Stamford.

Plaintiff’s attorney: The Reinken Law Firm, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on water on a bus owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they failed to clear the floor of water. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper.

Case no. FST-CV18-6035995-S. Filed April 17.

Magic Wok Management LLC, Temple Terrace, Florida. Filed by Keter Environmental Services Inc., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Martin L. McCann, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a lease provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $7,092 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs, interest, attorney’s fees and any and all further relief the court deems just and equitable.

Case no. FST-CV18-6036023-S. Filed April 19.

Norwalk Market Place LLC, Norwalk. Filed by T&T Fresh Produce Corp., Bronx, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Abraham M. Hoffman, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for goods sold to them. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $16,693 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, attorney’s fees, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest and court costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6035989-S. Filed April 17.

The Grill Daddy Brush Co., et al., Greenwich. Filed by On Deck Capital Inc., New York, New York.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Nicole Veno, Simsbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $20,506 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees, court costs and such other relief as the court may deem appropriate. Case no. FST-CV186036013-S. Filed April 18.

The Neri Corp., et al., Clinton.

Filed by Donna Blosser, Westport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Allingham, Readyoff & Henry LLC. 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 lease provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $8,430 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs, interest, attorney’s fees and any and all further relief the court deem just and equitable. Case no. FST-CV18-6036045-S. Filed April 19.

Utica Life Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Shawn Fahan, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Uban Their & Federer PA, Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this insurance suit against the defendant alleging that it agreed to pay for bodily injury sustained. The plaintiff was allegedly sued by a third party for causing bodily injury, yet the defendant allegedly failed to defend the plaintiff, causing him to incur legal expenses. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as the court finds just and proper. Case no. FST-CV18-6036005-S. Filed April 18.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT Gateway One Lending & Finance LLC, Anaheim, California.

Filed by Maryann Olgin, Branford.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Jeffrey Olgin, Branford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this Truth in Lending suit against the defendant alleging that they charged 100 basis points in interest more than what was disclosed in the contract given to them. The plaintiff claims actual damages, punitive damages, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv00646-AWT. Filed April 16.

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, et al. Filed by Lynn Croker, Middlesex. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark A. Balaban, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employee benefit suit against the defendants alleging that they denied the plaintiff optional life insurance payments to the plaintiff’s spouse. The plaintiff’s husband had allegedly elected to acquire additional insurance policies. The plaintiff claims $24,000 in monetary damages, interest, costs, attorney’s fees, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no.

3:18-cv-00669-VBA. Filed April 20.

Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co., Simsbury. Filed by Marie L. Ankner. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ramos Law, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employee benefit suit against the defendant alleging that the plaintiff became disabled under the defendant’s long-term disability policy. The defendant allegedly denied the plaintiff an administrative appeal, causing damages. The plaintiff claims benefits, costs, disbursements and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no.

3:18-cv-00666-JBA. Filed April 19.

London & London, Newington.

Filed by Jose Ramirez Escobar.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Zemel Law LLC, Newark, New Jersey. Action: The plaintiff has brought this fair debt collection suit against the defendant alleging that it sent a debt collection letter to the plaintiff, which did not identify the current creditor.

The plaintiff claims injunctive relief, statutory damages, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-00641-VLB. Filed April 16.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Amoni, Shafi, Newtown. Appointed committee: Eric S. DaSilva, Newtown. Property: 3 Papoose Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $276,216.

Docket no. DBD-CV-17-6022436-S. Filed April 9.

Daniels, Audrey, et al., Stratford.

Appointed committee: Ernest C. LaFollette, Stratford. Property: 2950 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford.

Amount: $193,000. Docket no. FBTCV16-6056269-S. Filed April 6.

COMMERCIAL 101 Lakeview Drive LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Thomas Edward Siwakoski and Leslie Ann Siwakoski, Bridgeport. Property: Lot 3, Map 1796, Fairfield. Amount: $316,000 Filed April 12.

125th Strawberry Hill LLC, Tuckahoe, New York. Seller: Pine Hill Apartments LLC, Stamford.

Property: 112-118 and 120 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Amount: $36 million Filed April 4.

1660 Barnum Avenue LLC, Milford. Seller: Denise D’Addario Weed, Covington, Louisiana. Property: 1660 Barnum Ave., Stratford.

Amount: $284,000 Filed April 2.

190 Rowayton Avenue LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Nancy Cooper Robb and Richard Robb, Norwalk. Property: 190 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk.

Amount: $1.5 million Filed April 4.

3 Turnberry Lane, Bethel. Seller: Kevin’s Community Center Inc., Newtown. Property: 3 Turnberry Lane, Newtown. Amount: $130,000 Filed April 3.

34 Bauer Place Extension LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Allan G. Lamberson and Antoinette Lamberson, Westport. Property: 34 Bauer Place Extension, Westport. Amount: $525,000 Filed April 3.

Facts & Figures 9 Lafayette CT LLC, White Plains, New York. Seller: Seagrace Partners LP, Greenwich. Property: 9 Lafayette Court, Greenwich. Amount: $4.7 million Filed April 6.

Front Street Realty LLC, Monroe. Seller: The Man Properties LLC, Bethel. Property: 1 and 3 Front St., Bethel. Amount: $375,000 Filed April 11.

RCLC Homes LLC, New Fairfield.

Seller: Danbury Foster Street LLC, Greenwich. Property: 10 Foster St., Danbury. Amount: $295,000 Filed April 4.

ABC Real Estate Investors LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 162 Coral Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $373,000 Filed April 6.

J.M.W. LLC, Danbury. Seller: Greco Industries Inc., Bethel. Property: 14 Trowbridge Drive, Bethel. Amount: $556,200 Filed March 29.

Robert 12 Enterprises LLC, Stamford. Seller: Edward A. Lambertson and Judith Lambertson, Norwalk. Property: 12 Grove St., Norwalk. Amount: $450,000 Filed April 5.

ABC Real Estate Investors LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 98 Palm St., Bridgeport. Amount: $148,000 Filed April 16.

Beach Walk Homes LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Maureen Young, Fairfield. Property: 199 Alden St., Fairfield. Amount: $417,500 Filed April 17.

Blue Point Investors LLC, Greenwich. Seller: C. Russell McKee and Elizabeth M. McKee, Greenwich.

Property: Shore Road and Greenwich Point Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $22.9 million Filed April 3.

CDR-328 LLC, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Seller: Commerce Drive Real Estate LLC, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Property: 386 Commerce Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: undisclosed Filed April 19.

Cruz, Susan M. and Edwin Cruz, Bridgeport. Seller: Aidan P. Mara and Erica Mara, Stratford. Property: Lots 160 and 161, Map B, Stratford.

Amount: $325,000 Filed April 11.

CXJ Property LLC, Norwalk. Seller: John O’Connor and Lisa Ann O’Connor, Greenwich. Property: 12 Autumn St., Norwalk. Amount: $280,000 Filed April 5.

DexDow Properties LLC, Newtown. Seller: Joanne G. Grace, Stratford. Property: Unit 123B of Far Mill River Condominium 4, Stratford.

Amount: $170,000 Filed April 2.

Equity Trust Co., Baltimore, Maryland. Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 11 Butternut Lane, Danbury.

Amount: $178,500 Filed April 2.

Fairfield County Homes LLC, Fairfield. Seller: James Tallman, Southport. Property: 454 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield. Amount: $485,000 Filed April 4.

Fairfield University, Fairfield.

Seller: Patricia Mc Kiernan, Cheryl A. Girard, Charles O’Donnell Jr. and Brian O’Donnell, Fairfield. Property: 738-740 N. Benson Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $550,000 Filed April 2.

JJ57 LLC, Scarsdale, New York. Seller: Betty A. Wistrand, Greenwich.

Property: Unit 503 of River West Condominium at the Mill, Greenwich. Amount: $655,000 Filed April 2.

K2 Realty LLC, Naugatuck. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 303 Remington St., Bridgeport. Amount: $45,200 Filed April 16.

SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck, New York. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 45 Centerbrook Place, Fairfield.

Amount: $455,000 Filed April 16.

Seaton Property LLC, Stamford.

Seller: Rachid Benhakki, Stamford.

Property: 96 Seaton Road, Unit 2, Stamford. Amount: $139,900 Filed April 19.

LD 9 Lafayette CT LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 9 Lafayette Connecticut LLC, Greenwich. Property: Lafayette Court, Map 6392, Greenwich. Amount: $6 million Filed April 6.

SOS Restoration & Construction Inc., Bridgeport. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 105-107 Priscilla Circle, Bridgeport.

Amount: $131,200 Filed April 17.

Mattera Construction 66 Turkey Hill Road South LLC, Westport. Seller: Coastal Construction Group LLC, Westport. Property: 66 Turkey Hill Road South, Westport.

Amount: $1.3 million Filed April 6.

STG Holding LLC, Stratford. Seller: The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 215 Short Beach Road, Stratford. Amount: $158,500 Filed April 4.

MD Real Estate Development LLC, Stratford. Seller: Thomas Ryan, West Haven. Property: Lot 121, Map of Lake Hills, Fairfield.

Amount: $170,000 Filed April 5.

Toda Capital LLC, Stamford. Seller: Jonathan R. Lake, Stratford. Property: 40 Hillspoint Road, Westport.

Amount: $800,000 Filed April 12.

Mutual Trust LLC, Bridgeport.

Seller: Martin A. Pizighelli II, Bridgeport. Property: Unit 8107 of The Lofts on Lafayette Condominium, Bridgeport. Amount: $0 Filed April 17.

N.P. Dodge Jr., Newtown. Seller: Martin J. Froelick and Diane T. Froelick, Newtown. Property: Lot 54, Map 7094, Newtown. Amount: $620,000 Filed April 6.

Prime Storage Great Pasture Road Danbury LLC, Saratoga Springs, New York. Seller: Putnam Self Storage Company West LLC, Danbury. Property: 8 Great Pasture Road, Danbury. Amount: $4 million Filed April 3.

Prime Storage Old Ridgebury Road Danbury LLC, Saratoga Springs, New York. Seller: Putnam Self Storage Company West LLC, Danbury. Property: 20 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury. Amount: $4.5 million Filed April 3.

Wells Place LLC, Stratford. Seller: Richard Joy and Heidi Joy, Trumbull. Property: 1079 Wells Place, Stratford. Amount: $350,000 Filed April 2.

RESIDENTIAL Abrahams, Kristin and Michael Zambon, Westport. Seller: Ashesh Bakshi and Yamini Menon, Westport. Property: 68 Old Road, Westport. Amount: $755,000. Filed April 2.

Acosta, Evelyn E. and Luis R. Acosta, Bronx, New York City. Seller: Karen M. Katan, Roxbury. Property: 31 Oak Ridge Gate, Danbury.

Amount: $279,500. Filed April 10.

Amron, Allison and Michael Amron, Westport. Seller: Alan Scott Adams and Jennifer M. Adams, Westport. Property: 2 Turtleback Lane, Westport. Amount: $1 million. Filed April 3.

Archiere, Tricia L. and Patrick W. Archiere, New Fairfield. Seller: Tricia L. Archiere, New Fairfield.

Property: Lots 2585 and 2586, 2587, Map of Putnam Lake, New Fairfield.

For an unknown amount paid.

Filed April 2.

Banks, Jacqueline R. F. and Blake P. Banks, Stamford. Seller: Eileen M. Fickes, Fairfield. Property: 51 Merwins Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $795,000. Filed April 4.

Barnes, Skawenniio and Ilya Sergey Byzov, Stamford. Seller: Brian Kelly and Colette Kelly, Stamford. Property: Lots 49, 50 and 51, Map 721, Stamford. Amount: $605,000. Filed April 9.

Barry, Buffy J., Fairfield. Seller: Patrick J. Barry, Fairfield. Property: 33 Eastfield Terrace, Fairfield. For no consideration paid. Filed April 18.

Beckmann, Laura and Oliver Beckmann, Stamford. Seller: Jeffrey A. Blomberg and Jill H. Blomberg, Stamford. Property: 35 Brodwood Drive, Stamford.

Amount: $985,000. Filed April 12.

Bedoya, Marie and Darrick Tonini, Stratford. Seller: Dorothy A. Miko, Stratford. Property: 86 Elmhurst Ave., Stratford. Amount: $222,000. Filed April 3.

Benoit, Janice T., Shelton. Seller: James J. Beagon and Jacalyn F. Beagon, Stratford. Property: Lots 339 and 340, Map B of Paradise Lawn, Stratford. Amount: $320,000. Filed April 2.

Bohachyk, Tetiana and Simon Eng, Bridgeport. Seller: Martin J. O’Neill, Stratford. Property: Apt. 28, Building 93 in Success Village, Stratford. Amount: $24,000. Filed April 3.

Bonauito III, Joseph J., Bridgeport. Seller: Victor Vitti, Fairfield.

Property: 529 Riverside Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $410,000. Filed April 10.

Brasfield, Patricia and Richard Brasfield, Westport. Seller: Richard D. Brasfield and Patricia K. Brasfield, Westport. Property: 12 Fillow St., Westport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 2.

Burgdorf, Tanner, Bridgeport.

Seller: Mariela Wilches, Bridgeport.

Property: 151 Alsace St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $25,000. Filed April 16.

Cabrera, Etelvina P., Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Eduard Bungu and Marjana Bungu, Stratford. Property: 11 Fairlea Ave., Stratford. Amount: $231,000. Filed April 5.

Caputo, Janet V., Greenwich. Seller: Thomas Caputo, Greenwich.

Property: 16 Chieftans Road, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 5.

Davenport, Adrianne C. and Aaron C. Davenport, Fairfield.

Seller: Jay Gulati and Mona Gulati, Fairfield. Property: 492 Lockwood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $650,000.

Filed April 20.

Delvalle, Hector, Bridgeport. Seller: William Bantle Jr. and Tiffany McNeill, Stratford. Property: 68 Old Town Drive, Stratford. Amount: $251,000. Filed April 2.

Caserta, Michelle and Anthony Caserta, Fairfield. Seller: Laura Macca and William D. Ault, Fairfield. Property: 159 Acorn Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $900,000. Filed April 3.

Desalvo, Anthony J., Stamford.

Seller: Garett Ceraso, Stamford.

Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 18D, Stamford. Amount: $435,000. Filed April 9.

Castagliola, Kristen and Alfonso Costagliola, Stamford. Seller: Marcia J. Tubin, Fairfield. Property: Lot 83, Map 3947, Fairfield. Amount: $580,000. Filed April 2.

Diker, Elizabeth and Michael Diker, Danbury. Seller: Douglas J. Vile and Jere L. Vile, Danbury. Property: 2 Huntington Drive, Danbury.

Amount: $430,000. Filed April 9.

Chen, Lin and Saravanan Nainamalai Sachitanandam, Flushing, New York. Seller: Jonathan Lipschutz, Norwalk. Property: 97 Ledgebrook Drive, Unit 97, Norwalk. Amount: $283,000. Filed April 2.

Dipreta, Alba M. and Jimi L. Dennis, Stratford. Seller: The Kalcar Corp., Stratford. Property: 168 Patterson Ave., Stratford. Amount: $265,000. Filed April 2.

Cheung, Sum Mei and George L. Qu, Stamford. Seller: Thomas F. Henry and Nadine Poliszczuk, Norwalk. Property: 10 St. Mary’s Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $454,000. Filed April 5.

Chiapetta, Don and Steven Chiapetta, Stamford. Seller: Jairo Bejarano and Rosa Bejarano, Stamford.

Property: 21 High St., Stamford.

Amount: $295,000. Filed April 20.

Connor, Joseph W., Mystic. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury.

Property: 802 Center Meadow Lane, Danbury. Amount: $328,375.

Filed April 2.

Corona, Iganicio, Norwalk. Seller: Louis Iaizzi Jr., Norwalk. Property: 6 Nutmeg Place, Norwalk. Amount: $137,550. Filed April 6.

Cruvinel, William, Fairfield.

Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 110 Farmington Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $310,800. Filed April 13.

Curran, Ashley and Colin Curran, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Michael F. Linnane and Patricia M. Linnane, Easton. Property: Lot 1A, Map 5918, Fairfield. Amount: $725,000.

Filed April 3.

Dasilva, Cerza, Bridgeport. Seller: Yeny P. Betancur, Bridgeport.

Property: 70 Weber Ave., Unit 1B, Bridgeport. Amount: $30,000. Filed April 16.

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Drosos, Jonathan, Monroe. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Coppell, Texas. Property: 72 Mathews St., Stamford. Amount: $367,500. Filed April 6.

Durchhalter, Marion and Victor Durchhalter, Montauk, New York.

Seller: 27 Fox Hill Road LLC, Stamford. Property: 27 Fox Hill Road, Stamford. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 10.

Ellis, Louis F., Allston, Massachusetts. Seller: Evelyn Burgos, Bridgeport. Property: 2675 Park Ave., Unit 21, Bridgeport. Amount: $132,000.

Filed April 17.

Fairclough, Carolyn, Stratford.

Seller: Samuel Smalls Jr., Stratford.

Property: 85 Van Burkirk Ave., Stratford. Amount: $283,000. Filed April 4.

Feighery, Tara and Brendan O’Reilly, Darien. Seller: Ronald M. Fried, Fairfield. Property: 445 Valley Road, Fairfield. Amount: $390,000.

Filed April 11.

Ferrara, Melissa and Andrew Ferrara, Westport. Seller: Beachwood Properties LLC, Westport.

Property: Lot 29-A, Map 7155, Westport. Amount: $860,000. Filed April 2.

Ferreira, Laura A., Carmel, New York. Seller: Ciliana Genao, Danbury. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit 20-7, Danbury. Amount: $137,000. Filed April 9.

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Facts & Figures Fibiger, Katherine A. and Ryan Richard Fibiger, Norwalk. Seller: David A. Rosow and Virginia A. Rosow, Southport. Property: 775 Mill Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $955,000. Filed April 4.

Hinkle, Dayne Christine, Stamford. Seller: Christopher J. Rhodes and Mary Lauren Rhodes, Stamford. Property: Lot 33, Map 8567, Stamford. Amount: $867,000. Filed April 2.

Lipp, Olivia Marotta and Troy Lipp, White Plains, New York. Seller: Alfred A. Deniele and Rachele L. Daniele, Danbury. Property: 5 Maplewood Drive, Danbury. Amount: $531,500. Filed April 9.

Massari, Helen and Anthony Massari, Wilton. Seller: Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc., Houston, Texas. Property: Lot 49, Map 2875, Stamford. Amount: $480,000. Filed April 2.

Nazem, Randi and Dariush Nazem, Chicago, Illinois. Seller: Nest-Blue Ribbon LLC, Norwalk.

Property: 15 Blue Ribbon Drive, Westport. Amount: $2.7 million.

Filed March 28.

Pollard, Erika Alexia and David Andrew Pollard, Stamford. Seller: Erika Alexia Pollard, Stamford.

Property: 84 Larkspur Road, Stamford. For no consideration paid.

Filed April 3.

Forgione, Mennato, Stamford.

Seller: Shaun W. Cain, New York, New York. Property: 60 Lawn Ave., Unit 19, Stamford. Amount: $265,000. Filed April 17.

Hooker, Nell R., Easton. Seller: Richard G. Israel, Stratford. Property: Unit 101 of Hickory Woods, Stratford. Amount: $226,000. Filed April 6.

Lizardi, Samantha and Michael Scaglione, Bronx, New York. Seller: Heidi M. Weise, New Fairfield.

Property: 109 State Route 37, New Fairfield. Amount: $350,000. Filed April 5.

Mathien, Christopher A., Trumbull. Seller: Larry S. Kochman and Norci P. Kochman, Fairfield. Property: 88 Arrowhead Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $685,000. Filed April 9.

Neubauer, Lauren Baird and Paul D. Neubauer, Fairfield. Seller: Lyn Sommer Matis and Louis A. Matis, Fairfield. Property: 775 Flintlock Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed April 18.

Pollock, Takina and Julian Shafer, Bridgeport. Seller: Susan P. Czark, Bridgeport. Property: 49 Sidney St., Bridgeport. Amount: $165,000. Filed April 20.

Furphy, Daniel, Newtown. Seller: Matthew G. Merrick and Laura D. Merrick, Newtown. Property: 28 Bridge End Farm Lane, Newtown.

Amount: $630,000. Filed April 9.

Huntsman, Haylea N. and Scott W. Huntsman, Stratford. Seller: Demetrios Jimmy Papachristos and Stacy Leigh Papachristos, Stratford.

Property: Lot 2, Map 1619, Stratford.

Amount: $350,000. Filed April 9.

Gainer, Jennifer and Robert Gainer, Fairfield. Seller: Alan J. Davies, Fairfield. Property: 461 Riverside Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $580,000. Filed April 13.

Jackson Jr., Richard, Fairfield.

Seller: George Coheleach and Robin Coheleach, Fairfield. Property: 73 Pine Ridge Road, Fairfield. Amount: $483,000. Filed April 3.

Gaynes, Mariann and Steven Raymond, Stratford. Seller: Teresa Ortoli, Stratford. Property: 270 Allyndale Drive, Stratford. Amount: $255,000. Filed April 2.

Jamel, Alyson, Yonkers, New York.

Seller: Vicki A. Weiss, Bethel. Property: 51 Taylor Ave., Bethel. Amount: $282,000. Filed April 2.

Glad, Amy H. and Carl A. Glad, Stratford. Seller: Home Ventures Trust, Shelton. Property: 80 Candlewood Drive, Stratford. Amount: $435,000. Filed April 5.

James, Loretta P. and John W. James, Greenwich. Seller: Christine A. Hampel, Greenwich. Property: 6 St. Claire Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed April 4.

Gonzalez, Kelly A., Stratford. Seller: The Kalcar Corp., Stratford. Property: 78 Emerson Drive, Stratford.

Amount: $360,000. Filed April 6.

Jerrild, Valerie and Jon Jerrild, Norwalk. Seller: John F. Kavanewsky Jr., Norwalk. Property: 1 Swale Road, Norwalk. Amount: $665,000. Filed April 2.

Gould, Christopher, Tappan, New Jersey. Seller: Amy Callahan, Dumont, New Jersey. Property: Plot F, Map 6937, Westport. Amount: $212,500. Filed March 30.

Hafner, Lee and Daniel S. Hafner, Southbury. Seller: Lee Baldwin and Daniel S. Hafner, Southport.

Property: 1316 Pequot Ave., Fairfield.

For no consideration paid. Filed April 12.

Hagan, Jeanne M. and Theodore Hagan, Norwalk. Seller: Jeanne Ann Heiser, Norwalk. Property: Unit 305D of Washington Row Preservation II, Norwalk. Amount: $290,000.

Filed April 6.

Hauresz, Alicia Veronica and Daniel Orlando Navaresse, Weston. Seller: Nell Giorgio, Danbury. Property: 5-7 Mannions Lane, Unit 21, Danbury. Amount: $105,000. Filed April 9.

Jones, Deborah, Casey-Lee M. Jadach and Jason J. Jadach, Stratford. Seller: Irene Gorel, Stratford.

Property: 245 Fox Hill Road, Stratford. Amount: $229,245. Filed April 6.

Kennedy, Sarah M., Stamford.

Seller: Carol Jahrsdoerfer, Stamford.

Property: 77 Havemeyer Lane, Unit 423, Stamford. Amount: $625,000.

Filed April 19.

Kocak, Christine E. and Gregory J. Kocak, Meriden. Seller: Verna Siu and Vincent Lam, Fairfield. Property: 330 Tahmore Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $536,300. Filed April 9.

Koperwhats, Aaron T., Stratford.

Seller: VG Development LLC, Stratford. Property: 205 Salem Road, Stratford. Amount: $311,000. Filed April 2.

Heymach, Sigrid A. and Frederick G. Heymach, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 27 Moorland Drive, Danbury. Amount: $434,711.

Filed April 4.

Lamberson, Antoinette and Allan G. Lamberson, Fairfield.

Seller: Jane Engelson, Paul August and Judith August, Fairfield. Property: 22 Park North Condominium, Fairfield. Amount: $285,000. Filed April 4.

Hillyer, Kimberly and Justin C. Hillyer, Newtown. Seller: Sullivan J. Campbell and Pamela M. Campbell, Newtown. Property: 39 Poverty Hollow Road, Newtown. Amount: $835,000. Filed April 9.

Liberatore, Christianne and Anthony Liberatore, Stamford.

Seller: 38 Hillsbury LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 38 Hillsbrury Lane, Stamford. Amount: $620,000.

Filed April 9.

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Lobianco, Rosalie and Vincent Lobianco, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Alexandra I. Mililli, Stamford. Property: 136 Summer St., Unit 3A, Stamford. Amount: $265,000. Filed April 4.

Lombardo, Giuseppe, Naples, Florida. Seller: Herman J. Samuels and Lynn F. Samuels, Newtown.

Property: 123 and 128 Hanover Road, Newtown. Amount: $149,000.

Filed April 2.

Lotstein, Eric F., Stamford. Seller: Timothy Schneekloth and Janice Golenbock, Stamford. Property: 35 Meadow Park Avenue East, Stamford. Amount: $575,000. Filed April 6.

Lu, Ming Fang, Norwalk. Seller: Michael P. Dohan, Wilton. Property: 10 Mystic Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $485,000. Filed April 4.

MacDonald, Sarah and Christopher MacDonald, New York, New York. Seller: Tyree Montague and Dany Lee Montague, Westport.

Property: 78 Old Hill Road, Westport. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed April 2.

Mace, Allison Marie and Tuan Anh Tran, Stamford. Seller: 87-91 West Broad Street LLC, Stamford.

Property: 91 W. Broad St., Stamford.

Amount: $589,000. Filed April 3.

Macricostas, Constantine S., Bethel. Seller: RMS Bethel LLC, Stamford. Property: 320 Copper Square Drive, Bethel. Amount: $316,507. Filed April 11.

Maczuga, Maria and Michael Maczuga, Stratford. Seller: Robert D. Dolyak, Stratford. Property: 255 Laurel St., Stratford. Amount: $285,000. Filed April 13.

Marku, Brunilda, Stamford. Seller: Christopher Baker and Karen Baker, Stamford. Property: 7 Fourth St., Unit 3H, Stamford. Amount: $258,000. Filed April 19.

Marsh, Nidaa O. and Aaron G. Marsh, Stamford. Seller: Raymond E. Simpson and Joan F. Simpson, Bethel. Property: 12 Payne Road, Bethel. Amount: $312,000. Filed April 3.

McKenzie, Rhonda, Stamford.

Seller: Alan D. Young and Margaret E. Young, Stamford. Property: 127 Greyrock Place, Unit PL-4, Stamford.

Amount: $216,500. Filed April 11.

Niederhofer, Carla J., Bethel.

Seller: Frederick G. Ball and Ellen D. Ball, Danbury. Property: 1503 Sienna Drive, Danbury. Amount: $274,000. Filed April 4.

Prasad, Yogesh and Rajshree Kumari, Stamford. Seller: Katherine Golia, East Hampton. Property: Unit 8-G in One Strawberry Hill, Stamford. Amount: $258,850. Filed April 18.

Noriega, Raquel and Michael Noriega, Fairfield. Seller: Abby Werner, Fairfield. Property: 120 Sherley Place, Fairfield. Amount: $620,000. Filed April 2.

Purcell, Bradley, Fairfield. Seller: M&T Bank, Williamsville, New York.

Property: 845 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $823,000. Filed April 10.

Mennick, Jessica A. and Christopher Mennick, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Stephen M. Hart and Ann M. Hart, Stamford. Property: 420 Wildwood Road, Stamford.

Amount: $649,000. Filed April 20.

Ogunrinde, Adejoke, Danbury.

Seller: Jose R. Carrion, Danbury.

Property: 1307 Eaton Court, Danbury. Amount: $305,000. Filed April 2.

Purcell, Jane, Fairfield. Seller: 857 Fairfield Beach LLC, Mamaroneck, New York. Property: 857 Fairfield Beach Road and 860 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed April 10.

Minchala, Edgar David, Danbury.

Seller: Guillermo Escobar, Danbury.

Property: 9 Dr. Aaron B. Samuels Blvd., Danbury. Amount: $319,000.

Filed April 5.

Oliveira, Elias, Stratford. Seller: Vincent Tuan Bui and Tien T.H. Vu, Stratford. Property: Parcel 1, Map 1537, Stratford. Amount: $110,000.

Filed April 2.

Miranda, Yovana L. and Arturo Tolentino, Greenburgh, New York.

Seller: Ateeq Ur Rehman, Trumbull.

Property: 59 Liberty St., Unit 40, Stamford. Amount: $326,000. Filed April 11.

Oliveras, Debra A. and Carlos Feliciano Jr., Stratford. Seller: Jesse M. Clemons, Stratford. Property: Lots 1034 and 1034, Map 55, Stratford.

Amount: $243,740. Filed April 10.

McKernan, Stephen, Bronx, New York. Seller: Gabriela E. Schmidetchen, Fairfield. Property: 153-157 Longview Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $517,500. Filed April 2.

Mitchell, Peter, Stamford. Seller: Eileen M. Curran, Danbury. Property: 29 Town Hill Ave., Unit 7, Danbury. Amount: $195,000. Filed April 2.

Montague, Ronald, White Plains, New York. Seller: Cuyler Hill Rush, Danbury. Property: 27 Crows Nest, Unit 7K, Danbury. Amount: $197,000. Filed April 9.

Moore, Pamela and Isaac Pierce, Stratford. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 14 Eleanor St., Stratford. Amount: $170,000. Filed April 2.

Nadeau, Edna J., Stratford. Seller: LFS Services LLC, Stratford.

Property: Unit 283A of Oronoque Village Condominium 3, Stratford.

Amount: $340,000. Filed April 2.

Nadendla, Sridhar, Stamford.

Seller: George W. Stevens, Stamford. Property: 76 Hillandale Ave., Stamford. Amount: $335,000. Filed April 11.

Nasir, Mohammad, Briarwood, New York. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 31 Moorland Drive, Danbury. Amount: $399,195. Filed April 2.

Patel, Suvarnaben, Stamford.

Seller: Juraj Brezany and Magdalena Brezanyova, Stamford. Property: Tract B-8, Map 3 of Land in Wire Mill Road Area, Stamford. Amount: $628,857. Filed April 6.

Petroni, Giulio, Bethel. Seller: RMS Bethel LLC, Stamford. Property: 301 Copper Square, Bethel. Amount: $322,900. Filed April 5.

Philbin, Taryn and Timothy P. Philbin, Fairfield. Seller: Rita Savard, Fairfield. Property: 58 Gate Ridge Road, Fairfield. Amount: $530,000. Filed April 18.

Pina, Stefany L. and Juan Diego Garcia, Danbury. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 8 Mallory St., Danbury. Amount: $283,000. Filed April 2.

Piscatelli, Kasey and Michael Piscatelli, Norwalk. Seller: Colin Curran, Fairfield. Property: 31 Old Spring Road, Fairfield. Amount: $465,000. Filed April 3.

Plaza-Ochoa, Cesar H., Ridgewood, New York. Seller: Asia Warren, Bridgeport. Property: 153 Marigold Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $190,000. Filed April 19.

Purcell, Jane, Fairfield. Seller: Bradley Purcell, Fairfield. Property: 845 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield.

For no consideration paid. Filed April 10.

Randolph, Susan and Graham Allen Randolph Jr., Wilton. Seller: James T. Orrico, Fairfield. Property: Pine Creek Avenue, Fairfield.

Amount: $1 million. Filed April 10.

Raymond, Roselene, Norwalk.

Seller: Vincent M. Scimeca and Erin Scimeca, Harwich, Massachusetts.

Property: Lot 33, Map 655, Stratford.

Amount: $292,000. Filed April 2.

Restrepo, Paula and Mauricio Gomez, Norwalk. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, New York. Property: Lot B, Map 5071, Westport. Amount: $420,000. Filed April 6.

Reyes, Javier, Bethel. Seller: Preenu S. Eapen, New Rochelle, New York. Property: 90 Hospital Ave., Unit 1-1, Danbury. Amount: $179,500. Filed April 9.

Richard, Kisha Mitchell, Stamford. Seller: Jonathan T. Marom and Nicole S. Marom, Stamford. Property: 94 Gun Club Road, Stamford.

Amount: $1 million. Filed April 2.

Richards, Carolyn, Norwalk.

Seller: Susan J. Wittman, Winston Salem, North Carolina. Property: 75 Fairfield Ave., Unit 6, Norwalk.

Amount: $438,000. Filed April 6.

Richards, Sandra L., Ridgefield.

Seller: Edward Wachowski Jr. and William F. P. Wachowski, Bethel.

Property: 39 Judd Ave., Bethel.

Amount: $285,000. Filed April 9.

Facts & Figures Roberts, Brianne and Garett Roberts, Fairfield. Seller: Thomas E. Carbin and Carol L. Carbin, Fairfield. Property: 300 Home Fair Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $910,000.

Filed April 2.

Scott, Diana L. and Ronald B. Scott, San Francisco, California.

Seller: Michael E. Pralle, Westport.

Property: 15 Beachside Common, Westport. Amount: $3.1 million.

Filed April 4.

Sterner, Joan P. and Nils O. Sterner, Danbury. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Horsham, Pennsylvania.

Property: 26 S. Crossing Way, Lot 65, Bethel. Amount: $595,900. Filed April 3.

Roberts-Armistead, Delphine, Bridgeport. Seller: Thomas Foldy and Michelle Foldy, Bridgeport.

Property: 79 Tesiny Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $315,000. Filed April 19.

Sichiqui, Sonia V. and Manuel C. Sichiqui, Norwalk. Seller: Maureen Rosa, Fairfield. Property: 109 Samp Mortar Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $364,000. Filed April 9.

Tackman, Mary and Robert Tackman, Fairfield. Seller: Kember Laeri, Fairfield. Property: 2356 Redding Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed April 3.

Sikaitis, Sophie and Jeffrey Sikaitis, Hoboken, New Jersey. Seller: Leslie L. Jannott, Fairfield. Property: Lot B, Map 7244, Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 12.

Thomas, Susan J. and John Thomas, New Fairfield. Seller: Gracy Jacob, Rockwell, Texas. Property: 4 W. Farms Lane, New Fairfield.

Amount: $680,000. Filed March 29.

Roche, Margaret and Donald Gregory, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Kyle R. McDonald and Tara C. Wagner, Stamford. Property: 21 Maple Tree Ave., Unit D, Stamford.

Amount: $375,000. Filed April 6.

Romero, Julian and Rostam Amighi, Stamford. Seller: Patricia Von Bargen, Stamford. Property: 127 Greyrock Place, Unit 702, Stamford.

Amount: $368,000. Filed April 9.

Rosado, Jennise and Enrique Batista Jr., Bronx, New York. Seller: Monica Gayle, Bridgeport. Property: 50 Holland Hill Circle, Bridgeport.

Amount: $240,000. Filed April 18.

Rosenfeld, Sarah and Christopher Stacey, Milford. Seller: Marvin Pereira, Ansonia. Property: 481 Washington Parkway, Stratford.

Amount: $365,000. Filed April 5.

Rowan, Rachel and Dennis Rowan, Fairfield. Seller: Rhodri J.A. Thomas and M. Janet Thomas, Fairfield. Property: 1120 Oldfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $780,000. Filed April 3.

Sikora, Karen and Collin P. Colburn, Lond Island City, New York.

Seller: Carol A. Colburn, Fairfield.

Property: Old Barn Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $900,000. Filed April 10.

Sipyeykina, Darya and Yevgeniy Viderman, Stamford. Seller: Joseph Palmer and Gwen Palmer, Fairfield.

Property: 245 Sunnyridge Ave., Unit 15, Fairfield. Amount: $240,000.

Filed April 2.

Slaybaugh, Caitlin and Jonathan Shapiro, White Plains, New York. Seller: Viewforth Investments LLC, Stamford. Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 12B, Stamford. Amount: $429,250. Filed April 10.

Smith, Ruth E. and Wayne A. Smith, Stamford. Seller: Shannon O’Brien and Walter Goad Jr., Stratford. Property: 117 Placid Ave., Stratford. Amount: $250,000. Filed April 6.

Tofail, Mohammed R. and Momin A. Nabi, Stamford. Seller: Robert E. Lynch, Stamford. Property: Lot 18, Map 508, Stamford. Amount: $615,000. Filed April 3.

Toledo-Rodriguez, Karla Yescenia and Carlos R. Flores-Deleon, Stamford. Seller: Peter Eliopoulos and Georgia Eliopoulos, Stamford.

Property: 126 Colonial Road, Stamford. Amount: $635,000. Filed April 2.

Trautman, Danika K., Fairfield.

Seller: Christopher B. Spencer and Kelly Hayes Spencer, Fairfield. Property: 2 Fern St., Fairfield. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed April 3.

Trelewicz, Daniel, Fairfield. Seller: Daniel B. Fitzgerald and Kristen M. Fitzgerald, Fairfield. Property: 17 Buena Vista Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $490,000. Filed April 2.

Trofort, Sanilla and Rosemarie F. Leger, West Haven. Seller: Bhudesh Aggarwal and Megha B. Aggarwal, Stratford. Property: Lot 58, Map of Wooster Park, Stratford.

Amount: $273,900. Filed April 2.

Rubin, Jamie D. and Philip A. Rubin, Westport. Seller: Todd A. Suko and Sheri L. Suko, Westport.

Property: 5 Ambler Road, Westport.

Amount: $1.7 million. Filed March 29.

Soares, Elizabeth and Filipe DaSilva, Norwalk. Seller: Anthony C. DeRosa, Stamford. Property: 57 Culloden Road, Stamford. Amount: $560,000. Filed April 9.

Russell, Benjamin, Bridgeport.

Seller: Walter Cabrera, Bridgeport.

Property: 32 Oakdale St., Bridgeport. Amount: $246,000. Filed April 16.

Sosa, Luis, Stratford. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Irvine, California. Property: 343 Circle Drive, Stratford. Amount: $215,000.

Filed April 2.

Tucker, Alicia and Eric Tucker, Monroe. Seller: Timothy H. Northrop and Shelley B. Northrop, San Luis Obispo, California. Property: 48 Bradley Lane, Newtown.

Amount: $95,000. Filed April 4.

Sanchez, Carmita and Wilson Sanchez, Elmhurt, New York.

Seller: Jaime Guanan and Digna Junacio, Danbury. Property: 17 Stevens St., Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed April 2.

Stamos, Amelia G. and Donald A. Santossio, Stratford. Seller: 35 Dellwood Road LLC, Stratford. Property: 35 Dellwood Road, Stratford.

Amount: $320,000. Filed April 2.

Turner, Lindsey and Jeffrey Tavolacci, Fairfield. Seller: Gregg Tavolacci, Fairfield. Property: Lots 94 and 95, Map 101, Fairfield. Amount: $358,000. Filed April 2.

Staskiewicz, Aleksandra and Thomas Staskiewicz, Fairfield.

Seller: Raymond P. Baldyga Jr., Easton. Property: 215 Andrassy Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $368,000. Filed April 13.

Veliz, Jorge A., Stamford. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 10 Avery St., Stamford. Amount: $270,000. Filed April 11.

Sandolo, Robert, Stamford. Seller: Robert Joseph Hess and Caroline Marie Hess, Cary, North Carolina.

Property: 27 Greenwood St., Stamford. Amount: $535,000. Filed April 11.

Schneider, Lauren A. and Craig A. Moses, Stamford. Seller: June Ledingham, Stamford. Property: 42 Randall Ave., Unit E, Stamford.

Amount: $327,600. Filed April 16.

Steller, Frances, Enfield. Seller: Regina A. Merritt, Stratford. Property: 114 Turtle Run Drive, Unit 114A, Stratford. Amount: $185,000. Filed April 2.

Ventura, Ron, South Salem, New York. Seller: Eric Ford, Stamford.

Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 14-G, Stamford. Amount: $425,000. Filed April 12.

Viera, David, Stamford. Seller: Irene Moser, Norwalk. Property: Unit 304 of The Windemere, Stamford. Amount: $215,000. Filed April 3.

Waite, Jennifer and David Waite, Chico, California. Seller: GRC Construction LLC, Newtown. Property: Map 8377, Newtown. Amount: $200,000. Filed April 3.

Black, Wendy A., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California.

Property: 13 Botsford Hill Road, Newtown. Mortgage default. Filed April 5.

Wright, Gregory, Norwalk. Seller: 4 Warnock LLC, Fairfield. Property: 4 Warnock Drive, Westport.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed April 9.

Brown, Monica E., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California.

Property: 9 Hales Road, Westport.

Mortgage default. Filed April 4.

Yang, Chenguang, Beijing, China.

Seller: David Stambone, Danbury.

Property: 221 Center Meadow Lane, Danbury. Amount: $332,000. Filed April 3.

Calva, Angel, et al. Creditor: Astoria Bank, Lake Zurich, Illinois.

Property: 6 1/2 Overbrook Road, Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed April 6.

Yang, Ya Yu, Norwalk. Seller: Timothy S. Spagnola and Sarah K. Spagnola, New Haven. Property: 1 Fordham Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $410,000. Filed April 4.

Curtis, Kenneth A., et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 45 Ohio Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed April 2.

Yi, Hyun Jin and Myung-Hyun Bae, Stamford. Seller: Garett Roberts and Brianne Roberts, Fairfield.

Property: 409 Lenox Road, Fairfield. Amount: $539,000. Filed April 2.

Koziol, Marek, et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 152 Weed Hill Ave., Stamford. Mortgage default.

Filed April 2.

Young, Eileen M., Boston, Massachusetts. Seller: Kathy A. Baker, Bedford, New York. Property: Unit 1D of Greenwich Towers Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $2.6 million.

Filed April 2.

Younger, Robin, Bridgeport. Seller: Carson A. Robinson, Mount Vernon, New York. Property: 76 Berkeley Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $142,000. Filed April 16.

Zapata, Ezequiel A., Danbury.

Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 14 Blueberry Lane, Danbury. Amount: $130,000. Filed April 5.

Zeroual-Woodard, Kamla and Joseph Woodard, Norwalk. Seller: N.P. Dodge Jr., Newtown. Property: Lot 54, Map 7094, Newtown.

Amount: $620,000. Filed April 6.

Zubek, Lilian Awuor and Edward J. Zubek, Danbury. Seller: John F. Mileto and Yong Liu, Danbury. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit 20-5, Danbury. Amount: $177,000. Filed April 2.

FORECLOSURES Barton, Katherine, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Coppell, Texas. Property: 2117 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed April 4.

Bazzone, Caryl L., et al. Creditor: Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 10 Cornwall Road, Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed April 6.

Lebron, Carlos, et al. Creditor: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Lake Zurich, Illinois. Property: 153 Louisiana Ave., Unit 153, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed April 4.

McCullough, Mary I., et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 2255 Burr St., Fairfield. Mortgage default.

Filed April 9.

Mickalowski, Margaret R., et al.

Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 493 Hollister St., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed April 5.

Ramsay, Patrick, et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 61A Pembroke Road, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed April 9.

Regis, Frenande, et al. Creditor: Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 225 Tavern Rock Road, Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed April 2.

Reyes, Abigail, et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 106-108 Vine St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed April 4.

Roman, Marisol M., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 50 Overbrook Road, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed April 9.

Sakakini, Johnny, et al. Creditor: Cerastes LLC. Property: 326-330 Catherine St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed April 9.

Sullivan, Margaret E., et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Beaverton, Oregon. Property: 88 Glenwood Ave., Unit 88, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed April 4.

Thompson-Dozier, Teresa, et al.

Creditor: M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York. Property: 85-87 Crowther Ave., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed April 9.

Waters, Alexis D., et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Houston, Texas. Property: 2 North St., Stamford.

Mortgage default. Filed April 4.

Wolf, Martin, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 33 Midrocks Drive, Norwalk.

Mortgage default. Filed April 6.

JUDGMENTS ABC Remodeling and Construction LLC, Stratford. $4,101 in favor of Ralph Arnone, Bridgeport, by Ralph Arnone, Bridgeport. Property: 595 Woodstock Ave., Stratford.

Filed April 3.

Acevedo, Maria, Stamford. $1,457 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 211 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Filed April 9.

Balcombe, Peter V., Bridgeport. $8,451 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 232 Pleasantview Ave., Bridgeport.

Filed April 4.

Burrus, Terrance, Bridgeport. $708 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 375 Remington St., Bridgeport. Filed April 3.

Carlo, Clifford, Bridgeport. $3,105 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 245 Greystone Road, Bridgeport. Filed April 3.

Chiapette, Lorenzo, Bethel. $4,616 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 30 Pell Mell Drive, Bethel. Filed April 5.

Chimbila, Tasha L., Bridgeport. $7,333 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 160 Truman St., Bridgeport. Filed April 12.

Silva, Virginia, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 3 Oak Trail, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed April 9.

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Facts & Figures Contracting Advisors Group Ltd., et al., Danbury. $126,239 in favor of East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven, by Robert A. Ziegler and Taryn D. Martin, Plainville. Property: 9 and 13 Petersons Lane, Danbury. Filed April 5.

Contracting Advisors Group Ltd., et al., Danbury. $126,239 in favor of East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven, by Robert A. Ziegler and Taryn D. Martin, Plainville. Property: 11 Petersons Lane, Danbury. Filed April 5.

Contracting Advisors Group Ltd., et al., Danbury. $126,239 in favor of East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven, by Robert A. Ziegler and Taryn D. Martin, Plainville. Property: 7 Petersons Lane, Danbury. Filed April 5.

Cooper, Tina, Bridgeport. $13,997 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 25 Higgins Ave., Bridgeport. Filed April 19.

Creighton, Phyllis, Bridgeport. $2,212 in favor of The Southern Connecticut Gas Co., Orange, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 985 Briarwood Ave., Bridgeport. Filed April 4.

Delacruz, Fabiola, Bridgeport. $671 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 639 Old Town Road, Bridgeport. Filed April 11.

Deloma, James N., Bridgeport. $7,114 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire.

Property: 251 Summit St., Bridgeport. Filed April 11.

Desal, Krishna S., Fairfield. $1,277 in favor of Standard Security Systems, Bridgeport, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury.

Property: 239 Collingwood Ave., Fairfield. Filed April 2.

Gill Motors LLC, Bridgeport. $18,345 in favor of Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., by McCalla, Raymer, Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford.

Property: 425 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Filed April 4.

Gonzalez, Angel, Bridgeport. $2,351 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 139 Woodside Ave., Bridgeport.

Filed April 17.

Gonzalez, Diana De, Bridgeport. $2,163 in favor of Women’s Health Connecticut, Bridgeport, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 10 Amsterdam Ave., Bridgeport. Filed April 10.

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Johnson, Steven, Stamford. $1,022 in favor of Portfolio Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 125 Prospect St., Unit 4F, Stamford. Filed April 3.

Rosario, Vanessa, Stratford. $1,131 in favor of Standard Oil of Connecticut Inc., Bridgeport, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 106 General St., Stratford. Filed April 3.

Linnhoffe Jr., Eugene, Bethel. $5,599 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 19 Huntington Court, Bethel. Filed April 2.

Sheth, Dipak, et al., Greenwich. $81,285 in favor of Webster Bank NA, Southington, by Stan R. Dombroski, New Haven. Property: 15 Berrian Place, Greenwich. Filed April 4.

Lopez, Priscilla, Bridgeport. $5,512 in favor of Bay Finance Company LLC, Bridgeport, by Kristen A. Mazur. Property: 183 Roger Williams Road, Bridgeport. Filed April 4.

Snapper, Evan H., Fairfield. $19,561 in favor of American Express Bank FSB, Salt Lake City, Utah,

by Kristen A. Mazur. Property: 57 Saxonwood Road, Fairfield. Filed April 2.

McCallister, Deirtra, Bridgeport. $2,837 in favor of Merritt Federal Credit Union, Wilton, by Fiore and Fiore PC, Norwalk. Property: 118 Edwards St., Bridgeport. Filed April 11.

Streets, Bennett, Bridgeport. $1,218 in favor of The Southern Connecticut Gas Co., Orange, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 724 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. Filed April 12.

McNeill, Ron, et al., Bridgeport. $4,528 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Livonia, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 393 Dogwood Drive, Bridgeport. Filed April 12.

Ochoa, Tanny, Stratford. $3,011 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 181 Stonybrook Road, Stratford. Filed April 3.

Platz, Arthur F., Fairfield. $1,490 in favor of Portfolio Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 339 Alma Drive, Fairfield. Filed April 5.

Ramos, Eduardo S., Norwalk. $5,000 in favor of Unifund Corp., Westbrook, by Unifund Calistrone & Airone LLC, Westbrook. Property: 135 Flax Hill Road, Unit 7A, Norwalk.

Filed April 2.

Wojnarski, Steve A., Bridgeport. $11,763 in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 285 Glendale Ave., Unit F5, Bridgeport. Filed April 12.

LEASES Bohachyk, Tetiana and Simon Eng, by self Landlord: Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport.

Property: Apt. 28, Building 93 in Success Village, Stratford. Term: 36 years, commenced March 27, 2018.

Filed April 3.

Ricart, Shirley, Danbury. $4,917 in favor of The Connecticut Light and Power Co., Danbury, by Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari LLC, Hamden. Property: 4 Park Ridge Condominium, Danbury. Filed April 3.

Riverview At Brookfield LLC, et al., Danbury. $229,095 in favor of East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven, by Robert A. Ziegler and Taryn D. Martin, Plainville. Property: 11 Petersons Lane, Danbury. Filed April 5.

LIENS

Rodriguez, Rafael G., Danbury. $1,612 in favor of Portfolio Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 23 Topstone Drive, Danbury. Filed April 9.

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MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED

Leff, Wilma and Jerome Leff, 81 Suzie Drive, Newtown. $14,842, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 2.

304 Hunyadi LLC, Fairfield. Filed

by Jr. Plumbing and Heating LLC, Fairfield, by Terry Barber. Property: 308-310 Hunyadi Ave., Fairfield.

Amount: $10,000. Filed April 5.

Mailhot, Michael E., 260 Dale Place, Stamford. $17,918, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Michaca, Litzie and Rodrigo Michaca, 1012 Sunset Road, Stamford. $17,595, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Rich, Melvin L., 291 Shelter Rock Road, Stamford. $32,228, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Slade, Richard A., 378 Castle Ave., Fairfield. $18,285, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Vena, Nicholas, 13 Shoreham Village Drive, Fairfield. $25,845, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-RELEASED

Ziman, Stephen, Newtown. $13,000 in favor of The Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County Inc., by Wiggin and Dana LLP, Hartford. Property: Lot 20, Map 2349, Newtown. Filed April 2.

Stapleton, Anne, by self Landlord: Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Apt. 140, Building 65 in Success Village, Stratford. Term: 37 years, commenced March 29, 2018. Filed April 4.

Riverview At Brookfield LLC, et al., Danbury. $229,095 in favor of East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven, by Robert A. Ziegler and Taryn D. Martin, Plainville. Property: 9 and 13 Petersons Lane, Danbury. Filed April 5.

Fasonu-Adegboyejo, Ayodej, 35 W. Broad St., Unit 414, Stamford. $14,180, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 19.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Donadeo, Christine and Richard A. Slade, 378 Castle Ave., Fairfield. $14,288, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Dreamco Inc., 4 Old Mill Plain Road, Danbury. $6,044, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed April 3.

Drumm, Sharon and Clifford A. Drumm, 178 Brentwood Ave., Fairfield. $20,365, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 11.

Kleinman, Sarah and Ari Kleinman, 68 Grandville St., Fairfield. $90,291, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 11.

Longo, Roberto A., 20 Cozy Hollow Road, Danbury. $23,443, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 3.

Matou, Christelle and Shane C. Williams, 18 Brantwood Lane, Stamford. $43,988, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Mineu, Daniela H. and Roberto A. Longo, 38 Lake Avenue Extension, Apt. 4, Danbury. $29,809, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 3.

Nzekwu, Sharon E., 143 Swendsen Drive, Fairfield. $5,027, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Riina, Christine and John Riina, 1540 Hope St., Stamford. $35,731, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 4.

Russo, Lorraine M. and Frank R. Russo, 1 Sasqua Pond Road, Norwalk. $45,337, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 3.

Schultz, John, 72 Turkey Plain Road, Bethel. $89,269, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 11.

Trautman, Patricia A., 9 Washington Ave., Newtown. $12,522, a tax debt on income earned. Filed April 2.

877 Limited Partnership, Westport. Filed by Roger Electric Inc., Danbury, by Daniel J. LeBlanc. Property: 877 Post Road East, Westport.

Amount: $16,223. Filed April 11.

Associated Design & Development LLC, Trumbull. Filed by Jr. Plumbing and Heating LLC, Fairfield, by Terry Barber. Property: 42 Centerbrook Place, Fairfield.

Amount: $3,000. Filed April 5.

Gleason, Kerin J. and Sean M. Gleason, Fairfield. Filed by Jr. Plumbing and Heating LLC, Fairfield, by Terry Barber. Property: 198 Riverview Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $14,500. Filed April 5.

Muzin, Barbara, Norwalk. Filed

by All Hardwood Floors LLC, Norwalk, by Jonathan J. Klein, Bridgeport. Property: 7 Topping Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $1,115. Filed April 6.

One Commerce Drive LLC, Fairfield.. Filed by Pustola & Associates Engineers/Constructors LLC, Naugatuck, by Stephen Pustola. Property: 1-5 Commerce Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $265,437. Filed April 11.

SHD Glenbrook Gardens LLC, Stamford. Filed by Empire State Concrete Polishing Inc., Garden City, New York, by Ross Goldstein.

Property: 504 Glenbrook Road and 56 Indian Hill Road, Stamford.

Amount: $90,216. Filed April 12.

Szekeres, David, et al. Newtown..

Filed by JP Maguire Associates Inc., Waterbury, by James P. Maguire III. Property: 5 Bungalow Terrace, Newtown. Amount: $119,000. Filed April 2.

MECHANIC’S LIENSRELEASED 599 Landlord LLC, Greenwich.

Released by Frank A. Martinelli LLC, Bridgeport, by Frank Martinelli. Property: 599 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $221,604.

Filed April 6.

Elmship Associates LLC, Stamford. Released by Tiffany Lumber Company Inc., by Cynthia Drwas.

Property: Lot 49, Map 587, Stamford.

Amount: $126,504. Filed April 13.

Sacred Heart University College of Business, Fairfield. Released by Long Island Fireproof Door Inc., Port Washington, New York, by Vincent Gallo. Property: 5401 Park Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $85,554. Filed April 9.

Tramuta Enterprises LLC, Fairfield. Released by Cuocco Structural Engineering LLC, by Nicolangelo Cuocco. Property: 236 Woodside Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $8,508.

Filed April 9.

LIS PENDENS Barrett, Blanche, et al., Norwalk.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for CIT Bank NA. Property: 73 Truman St., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $540,000, dated March 2007. Filed April 4.

Bustos, Tania, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1911 North Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $381,600, dated May 2006. Filed April 2.

Cantero, Ana Leidy, Bridgeport.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 450 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $320,000, dated June 2006. Filed April 4.

Cedar Ridge Construction, et al., Stratford. Filed by John J. Bennett, Ansonia, for CBS Contractors Inc. Property: 111 Washington Parkway, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien against the defendants. Filed April 5.

Cheatham, Cynthia, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: Unit 20 in Nob Hill Condominium, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $75,451, dated June 2010. Filed April 4.

Cisero, Ruth, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 25 Cartright St., Unit 5G, Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport against the owners of the property and take possession of the liened premises.

Filed April 13.

Concord Development LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Lendinghome Funding Corp. Property: 640 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $116,000, dated April 2017. Filed April 4.

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Facts & Figures Cruz, Casey Marie, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Quicken Loans Inc. Property: 63 Nautilus Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $107,575, dated September 2016.

Filed April 3.

Gasque, Ronald J., New Fairfield.

Filed by Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for New Penn Financial LLC. Property: Plots 22 and 23, Map 427, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $221,160, dated January 2011. Filed April 5.

Kaoud, Fred K., et al., Danbury.

Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Timber Oak Association Inc. Property: 15 Penny Lane, Bethel.

Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 9.

Mullen, Michael W., et al., Fairfield. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Quicken Loans Inc. Property: 51 Newell Place, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $382,500, dated September 2014.

Filed April 13.

Preciado, Diana Carolina, et al., Norwalk. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for HSBC Bank USA NA, Buffalo, New York.

Property: 30 Stonecrop Road North, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $428,000, dated August 2005. Filed April 3.

Cureton, Sheila F., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Bank of America NA Property: Lot B, Bradley St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $89,700, dated September 2008.

Filed April 17.

Gonzalez, Jolynne, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 197 Elizabeth St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $118,419, dated July 2011. Filed April 4.

Kerkow, George F., et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 53 Clarendon St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $157,000, dated January 2006. Filed March 29.

Munroe, Donald A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 1158 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $75,000, dated April 2003. Filed April 3.

Ramos, Pedro J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Property: 40 Hallock St., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $215,000, dated January 2008. Filed April 2.

Delgado, Walberto, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 275 Rosewood Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $223,250, dated June 2006. Filed April 16.

Graham, Michelle C., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 265 Anton St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $196,000, dated April 2008. Filed April 17.

Kramer, Lynn D., et al., Danbury.

Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Property: 26 Dana Road, Danbury.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $202,500, dated April 2007. Filed April 9.

Noreiga, Grace, et al., Stratford.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 170 Drome Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $260,100, dated August 2005. Filed April 6.

Rivera, Ana, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Bank of America NA, Charlotte, N.C. Property: Lot 11, Block D-F, Map of Summit Manor, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $224,061, dated April 2008. Filed April 4.

Larocque, Laura J., et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland.

Property: 174 Rockwell Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $208,000, dated February 2005. Filed March 29.

Pathak, Raman, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Benjamin, Gold & Troyb PC, Stamford, for Schuyler Condominium Inc. Property: 51 Schuyler Ave., Unit 64, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises.

Filed April 2.

Eaton Investments LLC, et al., Stratford. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Lendinghome Funding Corp.

Property: Lot 8, Map of Alfred Wakelee, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $148,500, dated May 2016. Filed April 6.

Flip Properties LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Lendinghome Funding Corp.

Property: 609 Queen St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Filed April 4.

Freeman, Iris, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 116 Bearpaw Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $217,600, dated May 2007. Filed April 11.

Fulton, Richard A., et al., Greenwich. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 30 Edgewater Drive, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $417,000, dated October 2007. Filed April 6.

Gadea, Edgar, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Wilmington Trust NA Property: 357 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $296,000, dated March 2007. Filed April 3.

Gardner, Andy E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 681 Jewett Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $96,400, dated June 2011. Filed April 4.

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Graham-Lee, Mona Allison, et al., Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for River Garden Terrace Association Inc. Property: Unit 3 in River Garden Terrace, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 4.

Greco, Courtney, et al., Fairfield.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Property: 42 Jarvis Court, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $213,150, dated August 2005. Filed April 2.

Hansboro, Nicole, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 80 Cartright St., Unit 2-G, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $128,200, dated July 2007. Filed April 10.

Hoffmiller, William, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 60 Bennett St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $180,000, dated December 2004. Filed April 3.

Jachimczyk, David C., et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 40 Wallacks Lane, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $938,250, dated October 2009. Filed April 4.

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Mitchell, Cristal D., et al., Stratford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 438 Hollister St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $203,557, dated January 2005. Filed April 4.

Monegro, Jose A., et al., Danbury.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Village Capital & Investment LLC. Property: 6 Society Hill Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $547,397, dated October 2016. Filed April 9.

Morales, Angela M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for MTGLQ Investors LP, New York, New York. Property: 471 Westfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $74,800, dated December 2002. Filed April 3.

Morales, Julia, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Meyers, Piscitelli & Link LLP, Avon, for People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 147-149 Helen St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $150,000, dated March 2005. Filed April 2.

Percey, Sheila Elizabeth, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 94 Yacht St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $96,000, dated January 2010. Filed April 4.

Pereira, Sandro M., et al., Stratford. Filed by Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford, for Keybank National Association. Property: Lots 16, Map 926, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $279,000, dated January 2005.

Filed April 9.

Pierrepaul, Marie, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: Lots 60, 61 and 62, Earl Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $81,810, dated February 2012. Filed April 11.

Polite, Loretta, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 476 Logan St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport against the owners of the property and take possession of the liened premises.

Filed April 13.

Salmon, Mark A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 414-416 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $303,750, dated June 2006. Filed April 3.

Sanchez, Lily A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: Lot 2, Island Brook Road, Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 20.

Sanchez, Tamara M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Property: 2660 North Ave., Unit 222, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $201,752, dated August 2011. Filed April 3.

Simao, Paulo J., et al., Newtown.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Pennymac Loan Services LLC. Property: Lot 3, Map 6423, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $425,157, dated July 2017. Filed April 2.

Simon, Tiana, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 601 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $121,500, dated March 2008. Filed April 2.

Smith, Dean E., et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bender, Anderson and Barba PC, North Haven, for The Anchorage Condominium Inc., Stamford. Property: Unit B, Building 5 in Glen Cove Estates, Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 4.

Solis, Rodolfo Mitre, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 488 Queen St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $127,546, dated September 2014. Filed April 11.

Sterry, Dean L., New Fairfield.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Pennymac Loan Services LLC. Property: 23 Albion Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $174,079, dated November 2016.

Filed April 2.

Target National Bank, Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 50 Old Hawleyville Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $460,000, dated January 2007. Filed April 9.

Torres, Myrna L., 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: 106-108 Judson Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 13.

Treussard, David, et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Property: 96 Hubbard Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $828,875, dated December 2007. Filed April 9.

Williams, Patricia, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Primary Residential Mortgage. Property: 49-51 Omega Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $137,464, dated January 2013. Filed April 5.

Zajac, Robert, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 60 Lawn Ave., Apt. 7, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $315,000, dated February 2008. Filed April 9.

Facts & Figures Zakharova, Anna, et al., Stamford. Filed by the Law Office of Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 38 Cook Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a blight lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed April 10.

MORTGAGES 125th Strawberry Hill LLC, by Steven Kessner. Lender: Investors Bank, Short Hills, New Jersey. Property: Lots A and E, Map 115, Stamford. Amount: $19 million. Filed April 4.

15 Starr Holding LLC, Danbury,

by Ran Nizan. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 15 Starr Holding LLC, Danbury.

Amount: $3.2 million. Filed April 4.

2318 Main Street LLC, Stratford,

by Reza Radmand. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, Providence, Rhode Island.

Property: 2318 Main St., Stratford.

Amount: $215,000. Filed April 2.

247 Delaware Dr. Stratford LLC, Stratford, by Alan D. Stewart Jr. Lender: Revolver Finance, Dallas, Texas. Property: Lot 14, Map D119, Stratford. Amount: $179,100. Filed April 9.

4 Canfield Crossing LLC, by Gregory D. Smith. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Westmont, Illinois.

Property: 4 Canfield Crossing, Norwalk. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed April 5.

55 Sunnyside Ave. LLC, Stamford,

by Thomas Krasniewicz. Lender: Webster Bank NA, Hartford. Property: 55 Sunnyside Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $280,000. Filed April 5.

8 Elizabeth Street LLC, Milford, Mass., by Thomas F. Clarke. Lender: Eastern Bank, Boston, Massachusetts. Property: 8 Elizabeth St., Norwalk. Amount: $450,000. Filed April 5.

ADJ Atlantic LLC, et al., Stamford,

by Dennis J. Truglia. Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 60 Bonner St., Stamford. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed April 6.

AK-DK 2016 Investment Trust,

by Sasha Vrajich. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Westmont, Illinois.

Property: 125 Cat Rock Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3 million. Filed April 2.

Beaver Brook Group LLC, Lakewood Ranch, Florida, by James M. Davenport. Lender: Litchfield Bancorp., Litchfield. Property: 307 White St., Danbury. Amount: $700,000. Filed April 9.

Bluespruce Bridgeport LLC, Denver, Colorado, by Derek Scruggs. Lender: Hunt Mortgage Partners LLC, Overland Park, Kansas. Property: 25 and 31 Whittier St., Bridgeport. Amount: $928,000.

Filed April 12.

Bridgeport Braces LLC, Bridgeport, by Tremane Bartley. Lender: Hector Pena Vargas and Nina B. Laracuente, Bellmore, New York.

Property: 3715 Main St., Suite 100, Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000.

Filed April 17.

CPD Properties Inc., New Paltz, New York, by Saleh Eljamal. Lender: Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co., Baltimore, Maryland. Property: 24 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury. Amount: $37,000. Filed April 9.

CPD Properties Inc., New Paltz, New York, by Saleh Eljamal. Lender: Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co., Baltimore, Maryland. Property: 203 Greenwood Ave., Parcel B, Bethel. Amount: $37 million. Filed April 6.

Crescent Crossings LLC, by Todd D. McClutchy. Lender: Baldwin Holdings Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Unit 1A, Map of Crescent Crossings, Bridgeport. Amount: $543,061.

Filed April 13.

Forest Road LLC, Trumbull, by Joseph G. Voll. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 909 Main St., Stratford. Amount: $325,000. Filed April 10.

Italian Center of Stamford Inc., Stamford, by Carmine V. Longo Jr. Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: High Ridge Park Associates, Stamford. Amount: $5 million. Filed April 11.

IV Port LLC, Morris, by James M. Davenport. Lender: Litchfield Bancorp., Litchfield. Property: 11 Durant Ave., Bethel. Amount: $400,000.

Filed April 9.

K2 Realty LLC, Naugatuck, by Vikramjit Chaudhary. Lender: Sachem Capital Corp., Branford. Property: 303 Remington St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $142,000. Filed April 16.

LBMS Enterprise LLC, by Eder R. Souza. Lender: Recovco Mortgage Management LLC, Irving, Texas. Property: 211-213 Coleman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $171,500. Filed April 17.

PAALS Property LLC, Stamford,

by Myron P. Sardo Jr. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport.

Property: 447-449 Harral Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $407,000.

Filed April 11.

Prime Storage Great Pasture Road Danbury LLC, by Robert J. Moser. Lender: Goldman Sachs Bank USA, New York, New York.

Property: Parcel B, Map 10521, Parcel A, Map 10556, Danbury. Amount: $250,000. Filed April 3.

RCLC Homes LLC, New Fairfield,

by Richard Cipriani. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown.

Property: 10 Foster St., Danbury.

Amount: $221,250. Filed April 4.

Silich Properties LLC, Bethel, by Anthony J. Silich. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 153 Greenwood Ave., Unit 8, Bethel.

Amount: $30,000. Filed April 6.

SS Enterprise LLC, Trumbull, by Eder R. Souza. Lender: Metro Financial Group LLC, Naugatuck. Property: 593 Hawley Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $45,000. Filed April 12.

STG Holding LLC, Stratford, by Stacey Kosarka. Lender: Pinnacle Funding Group LLC, Bloomfield.

Property: 215 Short Beach, Stratford.

Amount: $180,000. Filed April 4.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury Inc., Danbury,

by Bradford I. Greene Jr. Lender: Union Savings Bank, Danbury.

Property: 24 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury. Amount: $85,000. Filed April 5.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury Inc., Danbury,

by Bradford I. Greene Jr. Lender: Union Savings Bank, Danbury.

Property: 24 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury. Amount: $84,601. Filed April 5.

Certified Moderator Trainers LLC, 160 Timber Ridge Road, Stratford 06614, c/o Louis A. DeCilio.

Filed April 5.

Coffee DĂŠcor Studio, 105 Richards Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Uliana Antoshkina. Filed April 5.

Courtesy Professional Services, 1 Glover Ave., Apt. 319, Norwalk 06850, c/o Caprice Williams. Filed April 5.

CT Outlaws Hockey, 74 Coolidge Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Connecticut Oil Kings Hockey Association LLC. Filed April 3.

Danbury Pharmacy, 35 White St., Unit 5, Danbury 06810, c/o Danbury Pharmacy LLC. Filed April 4.

Doug Larson AV Consulting, 71 Country Club Road, Stamford 06903, c/o Doug Larson. Filed April 11.

Evergreen Landscaping Services, 33 Stevens St., Danbury 06810, c/o Jose Duron. Filed April 5.

Fi-Tek Outsourcing, 201 Tresser Blvd., Suite 200, Stamford 06901, c/o Rockit Solutions LLC. Filed April 4.

Gregory Cole, 100 Apple Valley Road, Stamford 06903, c/o Gregory Cole. Filed April 18.

NEW BUSINESSES A Michaca Landscaping, 217 Knickerbocker Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Cesar Moreno. Filed April 9.

Aegeus, 143 Guinea Road, Stamford 06903, c/o Keith Downer PSC Inc. Filed April 5.

Alianza Latina, 249 Greenwich Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Claudia Romero-Perez. Filed April 9.

Barking-Mad, 42 Lake Avenue Extension 225, Danbury 06811, c/o Lynn A. Jelly. Filed April 9.

Benchmark Search Group, 1177 Summer St., Stamford 06902, c/o Accounting Principals Inc. Filed April 3.

Beta Climbing + Fitness, 51 Harbor Drive, Stamford 06902, c/o Beta Climbing Ops LLC. Filed April 4.

BIC Windows & Doors LLC, 22 Mills St., Norwalk 06850, c/o Gurander Singh. Filed April 5.

C.M. Welding, 16 Montgomery St., Danbury 06810, c/o Carlos A. Montiel. Filed April 11.

Carol G Realty, 157 Jonathan Drive, Stamford 06903, c/o Carolyn Garcia. Filed April 3.

H&XY Technologies Inc., 500 Newfield Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Lin Young. Filed April 10.

Harbor Point Pizza LLC, 119-121 Towne St., Stamford 06902, c/o Eric Johnson. Filed April 3.

Hello, Bethel!, 10 Blackman Ave., Bethel 06801, c/o Jennie Brown.

Filed April 5.

HLL Plumbing, 44 Liberty Place, Stamford 06902, c/o Henry L. Lopez. Filed April 3.

J Knapp Consulting, 33 Pine Hill Ave., Unit 6, Stamford 06906, c/o Juli Knapp. Filed April 3.

JB Carpentry, 47 Vassar Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Jorge Betancourt. Filed April 3.

JCFC Academy, 258 Glenbrook Road, Unit 42C, Stamford 06902, c/o Juan C. Aguilar. Filed April 4.

Jenikas Beauty Bar, 3584 Main St., Stratford 06614, c/o James-McKnight Jenika. Filed April 13.

L C Landscaping, 72 Cove Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Leonel A. Contreras. Filed April 2.

Legend of Creativity, 119 Towne St., Apt. 566, Stamford 06902, c/o Vernon Harris. Filed April 2.

Limedry, 192 Greenfield Ave., Stratford 06614, c/o Elkin Rodriguez.

Filed April 2.

Luigi Dimeglio Art, 20 Lubrano Place, Norwalk 06854, c/o Luigi Dimeglio. Filed April 4.

Mercury Business Associates, 20 N. Main St., Second floor, Norwalk 06854, c/o Michele Birghton.

Filed April 4.

Mixon Precision, 92 Lynncrest Drive, Stratford 06614, c/o William J. Mixon and Rebecca Spear. Filed April 6.

QD Catering, 113 Connecticut Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Shanay Jones.

Filed April 3.

Queens of The Game, 39 France St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Karen Eason.

Filed April 5.

Rhoades & Associates, 291 Hope St., Unit A-3, Stamford 06906, c/o Joseph A. Lopez. Filed April 12.

SA&B Home Improvement, 34 Richmond Place, Stamford 06902, c/o Salvador Martinez. Filed April 3.

Saltbar, 14 Harbor Point Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Boothbay Lobster Company LLC. Filed April 3.

Sheer Strength and Sports, 45 Hillandale Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Mercedes Motz. Filed April 11.

Skin Care by Calie, 515 West Ave., Unit 13, Norwalk 06850, c/o Calie Crolla. Filed April 6.

Stamford Barbershop, 791 E. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Veloz Barbershop LLC. Filed April 2.

Tatech, 2052 Shippan Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Peter Weddle. Filed April 6.

The Blind Voices, 116 Morgan St., Apt. 243, Stamford 06905, c/o Phillip A. Magalnick. Filed April 12.

Time Out Ice Cream & Grill, 18 Belltown Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Adrian Guevara. Filed April 9.

Vida Nails and Spa, 222 Greenwood Ave., Bethel 06801, c/o Zheny C. Rmache. Filed April 10.

NEW LIQUOR LICENSE Connecticut Distributors Inc., 333 Lordship Blvd., Stratford 06614, c/o Jason Stevens. Permit no.

LIW.0000532. Filed April 9.

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PATENTS Active noise-control system with source-separated reference signal. Patent no. 9,959,859 issued to Donald Joseph Butts, Westport. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Asymmetrical passive group delay beamforming. Patent no. 9,955,260 issued to Douglas J. Button, Simi Valley, California. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Attachment of ceramic matrix composite panel to liner. Patent no. 9,890,953 issued to Jose E. Ruberte Sanchez, Jupiter, Florida.; Timothy J. McAlice, Jupiter, Florida.; and Kevin L. Rugg, Fairfield. Assigned to United Technologies Corp., Farmington.

Automatic speaker setup. Patent no. 9,961,480 issued to Jeffrey L. Hutchings, Lehi, Utah; and Richard A. Kreifeldt, South Jordan, Utah. Assigned to Harman International Industries Inc., Stamford.

Knife handle. Patent no. D815,490 issued to Richard S. Constantine, Monroe; Kenneth W. Harris, Saint Louis, Missouri; Brandon T. Hefer, Saint Louis, Missouri; and Justin T. Snell, Saint Louis, Missouri. Assigned to Acme United Corp., Fairfield.

Multiuser, multirouter network management method and system. Patent no. 9,954,845 issued to Keith Charette, Fairfield; and Juan Palma, Stratford. Assigned to Ventus Networks LLC, Norwalk.

Strain sensor assembly. Patent no. 9,927,310 issued to Thomas M. Bryant, Glastonbury; Phillip T. Harkawik, Fairfield; Joseph E. Nord, Plantsville; Danny Shapiro, Branford; and Neal Wostbrock, Wallingford. Assigned to APS Technology Inc., Wallingford.

System and method for remotely monitoring a medical device.

Patent no. 9,928,712 issued to Frederick Huntington Firth Clark, New Fairfield. Assigned to Frederick Huntington Firth Clark, New Fairfield.

System and method for supporting health management services. Patent no. 9,955,869 issued to Brian Meltzer, Wilton; and Sayee Natarajan, Wilton. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

Systems and methods for transmitting information, alerts, and/or comments to participants based on location information. Patent no. 9,883,366 issued to David Ross, Westport; and Charles Taylor, Fairfield. Assigned to Jingle Technologies LLC, Westport.

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