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MEDIA PARTNER A rendering of the development plans by Stamford Manhattan Development Ventures.

$500M DEVELOPMENT FOR STAMFORD TRANSIT CENTER Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia at the podium.

BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

he wait is over. Months after a decision was expected, the state has selected a developer to pioneer the transformation of the Stamford Transportation Center. Plans announced last week by Department of Transportation officials call for a $500 million mixed-use devel-

opment to replace the original parking garage that abuts the train station. Stamford Manhattan Development Ventures (SMDV) will lead the project, with plans to replace the original garage with a hotel and mix of residential, retail and office spaces, split among three buildings along the train tracks. Parking to replace the 727-space garage and 300 additional slots would be split among the buildings.

DOT officials issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) in July to replace the parking garage and originally planned to select the developer by the beginning of 2013. The RFP was centered on the construction of a replacement garage, but included the option of developing the state-owned property surrounding the train station. SMDV, composed of four separate companies, will be led by JHM Group of » ready, page 6

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Property owners invest millions in amenities, efficiency improvements BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

n a recent survey of senior executives in the commercial real estate industry by KPMG L.L.P., 36 percent of respondents indentified the Northeast as the best region for commercial real estate investment opportunities. While new office developments are uncommon in the Fairfield County region, industry experts say the market is ripe for capital investment and upgrades. That is evident in Norwalk, where the partners behind Merritt 7 Corporate Park are looking to modernize the property and add amenities, and in Stamford, where George Comfort & Sons Inc. is in the midst of a major renovation of Shippan Landing, a waterfront development that was likely neglected under the previous ownership. Marcus Partners and Clarion Partners are about two-thirds of the way through a two-year, $15 million renovation of Merritt 7 and in June celebrated the reopening of 301 Merritt 7. In all, the park features six buildings and 1.4 million square feet of Class A office space. The upgrades are focused on building interiors, such as seating plazas, entryways, main lobbies, corridors and restrooms; outdoor features, such as landscaping, plaza lighting and seating; and park-wide measures, such as the construction of an executive conference center and addition of a security system with a central command station. In building 301, the project included a transformation of the main lobby; the addition of a Starbucks café and an executive dining and conference room; and upgrades to the existing cafeteria, conference center and fitness facility. David P. Fiore, a principal of Marcus Partners, said that independent of the current project, capital improvement work at Merritt 7 is “an ongoing thing.” The current project is not as much the result of economic opportunity as it is the result of always wanting to stay ahead,” Fiore said. “I think really it is the desire to maintain, to be the iconic Fairfield County office park, and to do that you’ve always got to stay a step ahead of everybody else.” But, he said, location still trumps capital. “Some properties don’t have the great location, and therefore you can renovate them all you want and they’re not going to compete,” he said.

The six-building Shippan Landing development is in the midst of a $40 million capital improvement project. Renovations are nearly complete at 290 Harbor Drive, pictured here.

Fiore said Marcus and Clarion have done “a tremendous amount of leasing” and that there are a number of deals in the pipeline. “Last year alone we did over a half million square feet of leasing in both new leases and renewals.” While Fiore said that won’t be the case at Merritt 7 every year, he said there is currently a lot of turnover within Fairfield County that could represent an advantage for more up-to-date properties. Occupancy at the property is about 90 percent, Fiore said, with tenants like EMCOR Group, FactSet Research Systems, General Electric Co., Siemens and others. In Stamford, renovations are progressing quickly at Shippan Landing, a six-building, 780,000-square-foot development owned by George Comfort & Sons and Angelo, Gordon & Co. that was previously called Harbor Plaza. Renovations to 290 Harbor Drive, at 185,000 square feet, are nearly complet-

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ed and the building is expected to be ready for occupancy within two to four weeks, said Paul Jacobs of CBRE Inc., the firm marketing Shippan Landing. The $40 million project is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 or early 2014. The project includes the replacement of all of the complex’s windows, various mechanical systems in at least two buildings, as well as upgraded entryways and lobby spaces. At the property’s smallest building, 232 Harbor Drive, office space is being replaced with amenities such as a cafeteria, conference center and gym. The developers, along with CBRE, held an open-house event last week to show off the upgrades. “It’s one thing to market a building from renderings, but it’s an entirely different game when you’re marketing the building from a finished product,” said Jacobs, an executive vice president with CBRE’s Stamford office. “We’re looking at different day care

options, we’re looking at putting a highend restaurant into the park — a destination type of restaurant,” he said. “So we’re looking at providing every conceivable amenity that makes sense.” Those amenities include water views. While the office complex may not be within walking distance of the downtown, the developer provides a shuttle service to the train station and the resulting views are unmatched, Jacobs said. “You tell me when you see the space and the views overlooking the Stamford waterfront whether or not it’s a disadvantage,” he said. “If you want to be within walking distance of the train, clearly it’s a disadvantage. But if you want a true waterfront view of the Stamford harbor, then you get to this space and look out and say ‘Holy cow, this is just unbelievable.’”

Into the sunset

veteran BroKer Juner Bids adieu to stamford BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

oping to enjoy a quiet retirement, one of Stamford’s most beloved residents will soon be leaving “The city that works.” June Rosenthal, affectionately known as Juner, is slowing down her work as a Stamford real estate agent and plans to retire within the next couple years with her husband Rolf in Santa Fe, N.M. Coming off a successful career in real estate, Rosenthal, 89, says the only way she’ll ever be able to retire is if she makes a clean break from it and stops the constant flow of information. “I know thousands of people,” Rosenthal said. “It would be difficult to be here and grow older and try to get away from the business. People think of you as a real estate orientated person no matter how you try to get away from it.” After 40 years, Rosenthal has built a name for herself. A decade after becoming an agent, she was named the No. 1 Realtor in the country by her employer at the time and by 1986 she had started her own boutique firm, Juner Properties. Today, colleagues say she’s known as the queen of luxury properties and has had a hand in almost every area deal involving a celebrity or notable property. About three years ago, Sotheby’s International Realty bought her firm. “She is arguably — but who would dare argue with her — the most successful real estate broker in Stamford,” said Sandy Goldstein, president of the Stamford Downtown Special Services District (DSSD). “Her belief in and love for the city is so contagious that everyone wants to buy a home from her.” Outside of her career, she’s also been an active community member. In 2007 she received Stamford’s Citizen of the Year award and last month she received special recognition from the Stamford

DSSD for outstanding citizenship and contributions to the cultural life of downtown Stamford. “She is an icon in our city,” Goldstein said. “She cares deeply about promoting the arts in the community and puts her money where her mouth is. She has supported our outdoor sculpture event for the last 10 years and is always the first person to come aboard as a sponsor.” Since moving to Stamford in 1953 to raise a family, Rosenthal said she’s

enjoyed watching the transformation the city has undergone from its small town, country roots to the bustling metropolis it is today. Just as she joined the real estate business, Stamford was on the verge of its 1980s boom. “Stamford was a very small thing in 1953,” Rosenthal said. “Nothing like it is today. Nothing! It was country — real country. It grew and we grew with it.” Rosenthal and her husband plan to move to New Mexico within the next

couple months. However, Rosenthal said she doesn’t plan to stop working until her remaining clients have their houses sold and are completely satisfied. She’ll be working remotely from her new home in Santa Fe until then. “It’s been really quite a ride, that’s all I can say,” Rosenthal said. “It’s never monotonous. I don’t think I’ve been bored a day in this business.” “But it’s not over yet,” she said with a laugh. “I can’t stop in the middle.”

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PERSPECTIVES

Governors tell House leaders to support immigration reform ON JULY 17, MORE THAN A DOZEN GOVERNORS, INCLUDING DANNEL P. MALLOY, WROTE TO HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER AND MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI, CALLING FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THE BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION REFORMS ADOPTED IN A JUNE VOTE BY THE SENATE.

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e are writing to add our names to the growing list of civic leaders who support common sense immigration reform. Now that the Senate has done its work, the House of Representatives should act without delay to pass similar legislation so that we can begin to build an immigration system that reflects our nation’s values and strengthens our economies. As reflected by the strong vote in the Senate, there is widespread support for an immigration bill that provides a fair, realistic pathway to earned citizenship for undocumented individuals currently in our country while, at the same time, securing our border. Recognizing that with rights come responsibilities, we agree that individuals who wish to take advantage of this pathway must first pay taxes and a penalty. They are reasonable requirements to ensure that everyone plays by the same rules in order to access

the opportunities our nation has to offer. At the same time, however, this pathway must not be impassable. We should avoid and reject any requirements that litter the pathway with insurmountable obstacles. We support replacing the H-2A agricultural ‘guest worker’ visa program with a new program to ensure farmers have the labor force they require to meet the growing need. Agriculture is one of the backbones of our country’s economy. Many of our farms, especially small family farms, will go out of business unless they are given access to a reliable workforce. We also support an immigration plan that provides visas to foreign graduate students in science and math who came to this country for an education. Our nation and states work hard to attract these talented students. We should give them the opportunity to stay so that they can contribute to our economies and access the American dream. In addition,

we encourage you to increase STEM education funding to states to augment our efforts to meet the long-term need for high-skilled labor. Finally, this is not only the right policy for our nation, it also makes sense economically, as noted by the Congressional Budget Office’s report that the bill would decrease the federal deficit by $175 (billion) over 10 years after enactment. Given the clear benefit to the federal budget and mindful of the constraints on our state budgets, we are hopeful that any immigration reform plan avoids shifting unduly burdensome costs to the states. We all recognize that immigrants contribute a great deal to our economy and our culture. We should make sure they are fully integrated into the social, civic and economic fabric of American life and have access to the same opportunities to succeed as everyone else. As governors, we encourage you to adopt bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform legislation that reflects the values of our nation and contributes to the growth of our economies.”

Filibustered in the House Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke caused widespread confusion when comparing the eventual bondbuying taper to a plane coming in for a landing on an aircraft carrier. His most recent remarks were much more to the point. “The economic recovery has continued at a moderate pace in recent quarters despite the strong headwinds created by federal fiscal policy,” Bernanke told the House Committee on Financial Services July 17. In case they weren’t listening, he elaborated: “The risks remain that tight federal fiscal policy will restrain economic growth over the next few quarters by more than we currently expect, or that the debate concerning other fiscal policy issues, such as the status of the debt ceiling, will evolve in a way that could hamper the recovery. Translation: Maybe if Congress got

out of its own way once in a while, this recovery would be much further along, companies would be stronger positioned and fewer Americans would be out of a job. While it may be cliché, Senate Democrats and Republicans have repeatedly come together in the past few months to tackle the tough issues, culminating with the passage of an immigration reform bill. Was the controversy over the fate of the filibuster childish? Sure, but in the end the body was able to move past an impasse and push through votes on President Obama’s nominees. In the opposite chamber, the failure of House Republican leadership to rein in the party’s far-right faction is downright embarrassing. One need look no further than the recent farm subsidies bill, which, for decades, has included funding for the Supplemental Nutrition

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Assistance, or food stamp, program. A version of the farm bill that would have cut $20 billion from the food stamp program over 10 years failed after House Democrats — who thought the cuts were too severe — joined conservative Republicans — who thought the cuts didn’t go far enough — in opposing the bill. As a result, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor capitulated, bringing a bill that could cut as much as $100 billion from food stamps, while maintaining subsidies to the country’s largest agribusinesses, to a vote. The bill narrowly passed after 12 Republicans and all 196 Democrats voted against it. Abe Scarr, director of the Connecticut Public Interest Research Group, summed it up succinctly in a recent conversation with the Business Journal: “It’s hard to be that optimistic about Congress these days.”

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CORRECTION An item in the “On the Record” section of the July 8 edition misidentified The Kennedy Center board members in a photograph. The photograph featured outgoing chairman Peter Foley and new chairman Stephen Smith, not board member Daniel Long and Smith.

The hard work of retirement

Across 70 years, Pentegra succeeds in a sector fraught with complexity BY BILL FALLON bfallon@westfairinc.com

our-thousand companies, banks, trade groups and credit unions — ranging from three employees to 5,000 — avoid managing the retirement plans they offer. It’s better, they reason, to master widgets or mortgages than to engage the complexities of institutional retirement management. Instead, those 4,000 entities entrust some $8 billion of their workers’ retirement funds to a White Plains, N.Y., retirement services company with a 16-person Shelton office celebrating 70 years this month: Pentegra Retirement Services. Pentegra manages accounts in 46 states, writing 13,000 individual retirement benefit checks every month. In a one-hour conversation with management, there was no mention of retirement’s rocking chairs and never-ending golf, only of how to get there so a rocker and putter await. New CEO and President John Pinto, who fills the leadership shoes of justretired Robert Albanese, and Richard Rausser, senior vice president for client services, identified a corporate culture with integrity built in as something of a middle name: “Pentegra” is a portmanteau of pension and integrity and a point of in-house pride since an employee thought of it as part of a 1993 rebranding, besting the pros from Madison Avenue. In 1943, Pentegra was known as The Savings Association Retirement Fund, managing the retirement plans of the Federal Home Loan Banks System. True to the times, the products were definedbenefit pensions. In 1970, it formed a companion to sell 401(k) and savings plan products and management services. In 1982, it operated under two names: Financial Institutions Retirement Fund and the Financial Institutions Thrift Plan, known awkwardly as FIRF and FITP. Twenty years ago, the more-encompassing Pentegra banner appeared and shows no signs of waning. “With a breadth of products under a single umbrella, we’ve created one-stop shopping,” Pinto said. “The equation is working; many of our clients have multiple plans with us.” Pentegra employs 260 people. Besides its Shelton office and its 40,000-square-foot White Plains head-

quarters, it operates offices in North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Vermont. Without committing to a date, Pinto would like to add to the already-established offices with a California office. “A key to our longevity, I believe, is that unlike an investment firm, mutual fund or insurance company, Pentegra has always offered an unbiased approach to retirement plan management, free of proprietary fund requirements,” Pinto said. “We work directly with companies to structure the best plan based on specific objectives and tailored to business needs.” Pinto said there has been a move

away from defined benefits toward basic savings 401(k) plans and matching employer/employee plans. As such, he said, “There has been a shift from employer to employee and retirement now is more the responsibility of the employee.” Citing variables like interest rates and investment returns, Rausser said, “Expenses with defined benefit packages can be volatile and CFOs do not like volatility.” Rausser also focused on recent economics and how they affected companies’ exodus from defined benefit plans. “Markets were down. Assets were down. Liabilities were up. It was a per-

fect storm leading to volatility all over the map,” he said. Another reason factored changes in tax law that gravitated toward numbing, but which remade retirement management. Rausser’s tax anecdote ably demonstrated why the institutional retirement universe is no place for the uninformed. No matter the plan, Pentegra engages in fiduciary outsourcing: “Our true expertise,” Rausser said. “We take that responsibility. We assume it. We make it easier for companies to run their plans.” Yet even in the current recovery, “It’s a more challenging environment than it was 10 years ago,” Pinto said.

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Called to serve

Program seeKs to Pair veterans with inner-city youth BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

eterans returning from deployment often face a dearth of job prospects or unfulfilling work situations. And as more troops prepare to return home, one program is seeking to provide them with a valuable employment opportunity. Officials behind Veterans Across America are hoping to start the firstever youth mentorship program to pair veterans with at-risk inner city youth. “Many of the veterans that come through the Army say they joined to avoid jail or a coffin,” said Wesley Poriotis, the founder of Veterans Across America. “They grew up in rough neighborhoods. Now that they’re out and back in their inner-city neighborhoods, they see those kids and they want to help … (they see) there’s a predictable

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Companies, which is headquartered in Stamford. The group is best known for its work on the genesis of what is now Harbor Point and affordable housing in the city’s South End. “We want to create a place where people have outlets to both work and play without having to travel great distances or get in a car,” said Todd McClutchy, senior vice president of JHM. “We want this to be a model DOT transit-orientated development, not only for the state but for the northeast.” Construction on the project will begin spring 2014 and is scheduled to last three years. A formal contract between the DOT and the development group is in the process of being finalized. The development is expected to contribute to Stamford’s profile as an emerging world-class city. But much of the project has been clouded by public outrage over possible changes to how far commuter parking would be situated from the station to make room for any new development. With the announcement of SMDV as the developer however, DOT officials have told commuters to rest assured: The walk between commuters’ cars and the train should be no longer than it is

path to trouble.” Project VALOR, supported by Veterans Across America, aims to give young people an opportunity to connect with mentors of a similar background. The project is just getting off the ground, and Poriotis said he has high hopes for the program. No other youth program utilizes veterans, he said. Upwards of 7,000 new veterans are expected to return to Connecticut in the next couple years, yet veterans historically are underemployed. Poriotis said sometimes that’s their choice too. “Veterans want their work to feel valuable,” he said. “Many joined the military post-9/11 as a patriotic sense of community and giving back. … They want to do something positive with a sense of mission.” Poriotis, a resident of Old Lyme, plans to launch the program in New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.,

and with a strong base in Connecticut, he also hopes to launch programs in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven. Earlier this month, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch endorsed Project VALOR for “providing employment opportunities for our soldiers returning home and giving our at-risk youth mentors who will lead them in the right direction.” However Poriotis said he’s already running into a number of challenges. He’s in the process of searching for funding sources and community organizations to partner with. But some people seem to be skeptical of the effectiveness of the program or think it could serve as an Army recruitment program for young kids, he said. “There’s a lot of myths and stereotypes about this demographic that has to be overcome,” Poriotis said. “I don’t think veterans are the be-all, end-all. But I think it’s a partial solution” to

inner city violence. Poriotis said he’s had mothers tell him they watch their kids like hawks but that the gangs at schools and in their neighborhoods can be hard to combat. At only 8 years old, kids can be recruited as lookouts, he said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, homicide is the leading cause of death for black youth ages 15 to 24 and the second-most common cause of death for black children ages 10 to 14. “Many of the kids have no male role model,” Poriotis said. “They’re from single mother families and their only role model is the kid with the ring or the jacket who’s 15 years old.” “Veterans can give personal examples of taking on responsibility and leadership,” he added. “They can give them hope beyond what these kids face right now.”

now, and could be shorter. An additional 300 parking spots will be built and parking will be divided among three garages, all with direct access to train platforms. There will be no temporary parking spaces during construction and there will be no overlapping parking between spaces for commuters and retail visitors, officials said. The parking garage built in 1985 will be demolished. However, the connecting garage built in 2004 will remain. The state of Connecticut has budgeted $35 million for the demolition and construction of the parking facilities. The rest of the development costs will be paid for by the developers from private funds. In response to commuter concerns, McClutchy said JHM has a proven track record of weighing all stakeholders’ interests in their work dealing with the city of Stamford, its citizens and the state. “I think that it’s probably one of the biggest strengths we can bring to the table,” McClutchy said. “We’re not just going to proceed willy-nilly or on our own accord. We’re going to gauge the community and figure out what the right balances and mixtures to the project should be.” The joint venture was also likely chosen as it owns additional proper-

ty adjacent to the train station, which will be the Manhattan Street parking garage. The group acquired the land less than a year ago during the proposal process. The development is slated to include 60,000 square feet of street level retail space, 150 residential units, 150 hotel rooms and 600,000 square feet of commercial office space. McClutchy said the group doesn’t have a timeline for when it will choose its anchor retail tenants, but has already initiated conversations with 20 retailers that have expressed interest. Stamford has a commercial real estate vacancy rate of 26 percent. However, Laure Aubuchon, Stamford’s director of economic development, said she doesn’t believe the new development will add to the problem. While just over a quarter of all commercial buildings are unoccupied in the city, there’s a nearly 100 percent occupancy rate in the space near the train station, Aubuchon said. The last six corporations to relocate to Stamford have all been in walking distance to the station as well. “It’s proven to be something that is very desirable,” Aubuchon said. “Train centers are becoming the hub of economic activity.” As for the residential units, Aubuchon said a number of developers

have built residential units in recent years and they all seem to fill up. To have an apartment right next to the train station should also generate a lot of interest, she said. “The demand seems to be there,” Aubuchon said. “I would anticipate that they’ll be quite sought after. They’re the only one that will be literally at the train station.” McClutchy said a project of this scale hasn’t been completed in Stamford in years and will be competitive for new tenants coming from New York and several other communities. “This Class A office space will set the bar for what Class A office space is in Stamford,” McClutchy said. “There is nothing quite as unique as this.”

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL • Week of July 22, 2013

NEWS IN BRIEF

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

Owlstone Inc. of Norwalk and AgriFuels L.L.C. of East Hartford will split $300,000 in research grants after their proposals were selected as winners of Connecticut Innovations Inc.’s inaugural Innovation Challenge. “By encouraging and supporting collaborations between Connecticut businesses and universities, we aim to capitalize on one of Connecticut’s greatest assets, its talent pool, and accelerate technology commercialization,” said Claire Leonardi, CEO of the quasi-governmental investment authority Connecticut Innovations (CI), in a statement. Owlstone will partner with the University of Connecticut to develop more powerful display technology for security and defense applications for Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems Inc. AgriFuels will partner with Yale University and UConn to develop green refineries for the chemical company BASF. The project teams will have one year to work on the projects. The next round

of CI innovation challenge winners will be announced later this year.

575 TAKE PRATT BUYOUT

About 575 employees of Pratt & Whitney accepted buyouts offered by the company in May as part of an effort by the aerospace firm and its parent company, United Technologies Corp., to trim staff over a two-year consolidation effort. UTC expects to reduce its workforce by about 3,000 through layoffs, buyouts and normal attrition over the course of 2013, according to regulatory filings. That comes after the company, which employs more than 210,000 people in 71 countries, cut 4,000 positions last year. Pratt & Whitney, based in East Hartford, accounts for about 10,000 of the company’s employees. David Hess, president of the UTC unit, revealed the buyout totals in a memo that was recently distributed to employees, according to reports. It was not revealed how many, if any, of the firm’s Connecticut employees accepted the buyout offer.

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RUGER TO OPEN N.C. PLANT

Sturm, Ruger & Co., one of the country’s largest gun manufacturers, plans to open a manufacturing facility in Mayodan, N.C. Plans for the 220,000-square-foot plant are expected to be finalized in August, Ruger said, noting that the project would represent the company’s first major expansion in more than a quarter-century. Ruger, which is based in Southport, currently has plants in Newport, N.H., and Prescott, Ariz., where it collectively employs more than 2,000 people.

STATE FINES 261 OUTSIDE FIRMS

Connecticut collected $1.3 million in fines from 261 companies that conducted business here during the state’s 2013 fiscal year without having legal permission to do so. Corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships and statutory trusts formed outside Connecticut must first obtain a certificate of authority from the secretary of the state’s office and

pay a fee before conducting any business transactions in Connecticut. The penalties collected during the state’s most recent fiscal year, which was from July 2012 to June 2013, were slightly less than those collected in the 2012 fiscal year.

STATE LOOKS TO BOOST EXPORTERS

Exporters and tech-oriented firms are expected to see a boost after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a bill that prioritizes state aid to “economic base industries” and firms engaged in global commerce. The legislation pertains to loans and grants offered through the state’s Small Business Express program. It allows the department of economic and community development to prioritize exporters and firms in the precision manufacturing, business services, sustainable technology, bioscience and information technology fields that directly create jobs or support economic expansion. — Jennifer Bissell and Patrick Gallagher

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BY BRUCE NEWMAN

Remembrance and social media

here are times when I don’t know what I will write about in this column. Social media is just such a big and rapidly evolving area that determining which sub-area to focus on takes both thought and effort. However, there are also times when some occurrence or situation arises that demands my attention and almost immediately becomes the subject of my column. Such was the case with my good friend and tennis partner, Artie. Artie is a retired policeman. He spent many long days and nights working in a tough precinct in the Bronx. He truly loved his work and although he retired a

year ago, still regularly visits his precinct. Artie was a 9/11 first responder. Every six months, he goes into the city to get his lungs and respiratory system evaluated. Particularly on hot, muggy days, Artie sometimes has trouble catching his breath and requires the use of an inhaler. In the near future, he will be moving to Arizona from New York in part because of its superior air quality and lower humidity. I was truly moved when Artie mentioned all of this to me. Despite playing tennis on a regular basis with a good friend — albeit one who is very reticent — it made me start to wonder about the

nameless thousands of 9/11 first responders who are also enduring these lingering and often debilitating health issues and what is being done to help them. I knew the basics of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Zadroga Act) and that it required an act of Congress (spurred on in part by the actions of Jon Stewart) to allocate $4.2 billion for the creation of the World Trade Center Health Program. What I did not know about was the amount of online material and social traffic related to it. In previous articles, I have discussed the power of social media and its increasing importance for nonprofits in many

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areas — particularly fundraising and publicity. A recent study by the University of Massachusetts reported that 89 percent of charitable organizations are now utilizing social media marketing with 45 percent of them using it for some form of fundraising. Social media allows these organizations to communicate directly with followers and supporters. Through frequent communications, organizations can rapidly build trust, stay in front of their target audience and persuade people to become volunteers or partners who donate both their time and money. Just by the nature of social media, when followers discuss some important subject with friends and other people in their network who in turn discuss it with people in their immediate network, highly-effective, organic wordof-mouth growth is gradually achieved. This results in a larger and more responsive audience. So how does this help Artie and other heroes like him? What is the benefit of social media to them? I believe it is as important for the rest of us to remember and honor them as it is for them to have a common — and maybe private — thread for themselves, particularly since many responders are suffering from some form of posttraumatic stress disorder. It’s just too easy for people to forget or overlook the major contributions from a relatively small handful of people — whether they are first responders or troops fighting in distant wars. In searching online, I found a number of websites, videos, groups and conversations dealing with the details and facts of 9/11 and its aftermath. I did not find many websites or active groups involving first responders. Although there were a number of testimonials and videos on YouTube by first responders, they usually focused on the politics behind the Zadroga Act or on the ailments of individual responders. Unfortunately, the activity and communication levels were shockingly low. They deserve better. I will be joining and contacting several of the groups and organizations I found online starting with the Facebook group, 9/11 WTC First Responders Foundation, to see how I can help. I will keep you informed on my progress. Bruce Newman is the president of wwWebevents.com, a division of The Productivity Institute of L.L.C., and the creator of The Complete Webinar Training Course, an online course that helps companies create and promote highly successful webinars. He can be reached at bnewman@ prodinst.com.

Nation’s First ‘Green Bank’ provides innovative financing for energy upgrades on commercial property in Connecticut The City of Stamford, The Clean Energy Finance Investment Authority (CEFIA), and The Business Council of Fairfield County recently announced a partnership to promote the adoption of CEFIA’s CPACE program to improve energy efficiency of office buildings in Stamford, CT. In one of the most expensive markets for electricity in the country, Stamford’s approximately 54 million square feet of office space, majority dating back 40 years, can financially benefit from improvements made to outdated energy systems. CEFIA – the nation’s first ‘green bank’ – has recently launched the statewide Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program to address these very properties.

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can access affordable, long-term financing for smart energy upgrades to their buildings, with little or no upfront cost. Leveraging a $20 million fund for use in projects statewide, this program incentivizes capital improvements that are often deferred due to their cost. “With C-PACE, we have removed the biggest obstacle building owner’s face when considering energy improvements – the upfront costs,” stated Bryan GarciaCEFIA President and CEO. The C-PACE Program provides an innovative financing model that will allow Stamford building owners to access lowcost financing to engage cost-saving energy improvements. C-PACE is an integral part of the State’s Energize Connecticut initiative, which is intended to help consumers save money and adopt clean energy. “For several years now, Stamford has been a statewide leader in energy efficiency,” said Ron Araujo, Manager of Con-

servation & Load Management for CL&P. “This new partnership will provide even greater access to critical funding needed to implement energy efficiency projects. Stamford is again proving itself a leader, and we look forward to continue working with them and the business community for many years to come.” Based on age and energy performance, Stamford’s commercial and multifamily residences alone, about 54 million square feet, represent an energy investment opportunity of roughly $135 million dollars. With such investments, Stamford and the building owners could boast annual energy savings potential of 250,000 MWh and 123,000 tons CO2. ”With over 800 buildings potentially qualifying for financing, there is real opportunity to improve the energy efficiency of

For more info on energy efficiency financing programs visit www.c-pace.com Stamford’s office stock, commented Christopher Bruhl, President & CEO, The Business Council of Fairfield County. ”During our pilot project with EPA five years ago, we learned most of our larger buildings could financially benefit from energy upgrades, which they did implement. Through the CPace program this advantage can also be rolled out to smaller buildings, in addition to industrial and multi-family properties. In an area with high energy costs and older buildings, energy efficiency makes Stamford that much more competitive.”

NY Fed President & CEO Addresses Fairfield County Businesses Fairfield County has the unique distinction of being the only region in Connecticut included in the Second Federal Reserve District overseen by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Early in July, The Business Council of Fairfield County had its own unique distinction hosting the President & CEO of the influential New York Fed for our summer member luncheon. In a day that involved ‘going to the grassroots level of our economy’ William C. Dudley met with leaders and owners of businesses from throughout the county. He also met with the Housing Development Fund and TheWorkPlace Inc., both of whom have garnered national recognition for their work in the areas of home ownership and workforce development, respectively. A meeting with Governor Malloy at UConn Stamford served as the grand finale of a day filled with oneon-one discussions and presentations throughout Fairfield County. For the over 150 business leaders

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who gathered to hear President Dudley’s perspective on the national and regional economies in his pre-Independence Day holiday speech, the news was both positive and cautionary. Dudley commented on the region’s highly educated workforce and array of higher ed institutions, necessary for growing a dynamic economy. Yet while the region is benefiting from the strength of New York City’s rebounding economy, Fairfield County has only recovered about 60% of the 36,000 jobs lost in the Great Recession. “For The Business Council, the opportunity not only to hear about the economic health of the region directly from the Fed, but to have the leader of the Fed meet with businesses – large and small – from Fairfield County is invaluable,” commented Christopher Bruhl, President & CEO, The Business Council of Fairfield County. “We are pleased to have been able to work with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on issues from immigration to higher education, an ongoing relationship that has brought former Presidents McDonough, Geithner and now President Dudley to meet with the economic engines from our region.”

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BY ANDI GRAY

Getting on board as assistant to the president as a new assistant to the president, i’m feeling my way. sometimes i feel like i’m on my own island, not doing a lot with others. if people are having meetings, i may not be included. i also don’t know a lot about the company, who does what – think i should know more. thouGhts oF the dAy: Your role can be an intimidating one for others. Carve out your niche. Introduce yourself formally. Build an orientation program. Decide what your contribution is going to be and then make it happen. Any new job can be a challenge. The memory of your predecessor lingers. You have yet to make an impression. People are curious about who you are and what they can count on from you. Fitting in carries some unique challenges since you report directly to everyone’s boss. Most people are deciding how to play that out. Some may not be open with you, figuring anything they say goes back to the boss. Others may look to curry favor, hoping for good words on their behalf with the president of the company. Treat everyone equally. Of course there will be some employees who are annoying and some who are friendlier than others. Remember your special position as representative of the boss. Find the balance between being approachable and being a gatekeeper. Get to know other people in the company by attending meetings. Work from the top down. While you may not be a peer to the CFO, COO, CSO and other chief officers, you are going to have to work with those folks, direct their activities, gather information from them and get them to pay attention. Set up an appointment to meet one on one of the company’s senior executives. Find out what they need that you can help to make happen. You want them to see it as useful to support you by opening up a two-way street. Learn about the company’s routines. Ask about standard meetings and reports. Figure out how information flows formally and informally. Discuss

your role in supporting and enhancing that. Ask each department to give you a tour. Take careful notes. Use those notes to build an orientation program for other new hires. Ask for an organization chart. If one exists, keep it with you at all times. Make notes on what you’re learning about each area. Suggest edits if what you see doesn’t match what’s on paper. If there is no organization chart, draft one and review that with your boss at one of your weekly meetings. If you find problems or good things, ask your boss how much to report back. You also have the usual challenges. What does your boss need you to do? How can you best work together? What results do you hope to produce? Clarify what’s expected. When you interviewed for the job you probably presented yourself as organized, assertive and willing to take action. What past skills and attributes did you discuss as valuable to this company? Your collective experiences are probably a big part of why you got this job. Focus there as you learn more about your new home and your role in it. Make sure you and your boss are on the same page. Discuss your role when it comes to giving people access to the boss’s calendar, organizing your boss’s desk, managing personal and confidential information and tasks, special projects. Set goals. Start short term. What do you want to learn and be able to do the first, second and third months? After a month on the job clarify six-month and one-year goals. Stay on the same page with your boss by scheduling monthly and quarterly reviews. Looking for a good book? “I’ve Landed My Dream Job – Now What?: How to Achieve Success in the First 30 Days in a New Job,” by Scot Herrick and Jason Alba. Andi Gray is president of Strate�y Leaders Inc., strate�yleaders.com, a business consulting �irm that specializes in helping entrepreneurial �irms grow. She can be reached by phone at (877) 238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Please send it via email to AskAndi@strate�yleaders. Visit AskAndi.com for an entire library of Ask Andi articles.

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Physicians transition to online scheduling BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

n an effort to increase patients’ access to their primary-care doctors, Western Connecticut Medical Group, which is associated with Danbury and New Milford hospitals, recently began piloting an online appointment system operated by ZocDoc Inc. The group, which has 10 primary care offices and was known as the Danbury Office of Physician Services before becoming affiliated with the Western Connecticut Health Network and its two hospitals, is far from alone. To date, doctors practicing in nearly 50 Connecticut towns have started using ZocDoc. The service, founded in

2007, allows patients to locate doctors or dentists who accept their insurance, read reviews, check their availability and book appointments. The company’s newest product, ZocDoc Check-In, enables English and Spanish-speaking patients to fill out any forms online prior to an appointment. “Studies show that people who receive regular medical care are far less likely to be hospitalized than those without a primary care doctor,” Tom Linhares, executive director of Western Connecticut Medical Group, said in a statement. “Instant, online scheduling will make it easier for our patients to connect and see their doctors.” Initially, ZocDoc was limited to New York City practices. Later, it spread to

Washington, D.C., and today it partners with doctors in 1,800 cities and towns. The company has secured nearly $100 million in investments to date. Founder and CEO Cyrus Massoumi said it took three days for the first patient to use ZocDoc to book an appointment. “We’ve come a long way since then,” Massoumi said in an email. ZocDoc has seen 200 percent overall appointment growth compared with a year ago, and 500 percent growth on appointments booked via its mobile application, he said. Massoumi said ZocDoc will likely see even greater use as more elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act take effect. “The national wait time average to see a doctor is just over 20 days. With the ACA

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taking effect, 30 million new patients will enter the system with no new doctors, so these long wait times will grow even longer,” Massoumi said. With ZocDoc, however, “the majority of patients see a doctor in 24 (to) 72 hours,” in part because the real-time nature of the service allows people to fill appointment slots that open up at the last minute due to cancellations. Massoumi said practices and health systems of all sizes use ZocDoc. He said doctors can sign up for an annual contract with the service that comes to about $300 a month, and added that ZocDoc will work with practices to integrate the online scheduling system without disrupting any existing platforms or systems.

BY BRAD SCHELLER

Inspired growth

“A

s an owner you wear a lot of hats. Some of those hats fit great and some of them don’t.” So says Jeff Snyder, founder and chief inspiration officer of Inspira Marketing Group in Norwalk. Business Journal contributor Brad Scheller recently sat down with Snyder for a conversation about building and leading his firm, which ranked 44th in the 2012 Inc 5000, an annual publication of the country’s fastest-growing firms by revenue. Notably, Inspira was ranked as the secondfastest-growing firm in Connecticut and the eighth-fastest-growing advertising and marketing firm in the U.S. The following are excerpts from the conversation.

scheller: how did inspirAGet its stArt? Snyder: “I was very, very fortunate at a very young age in my career to stumble upon the world of what we call ‘event and experiential marketing,’ and really, I’ve spent the last 20 years in the field itself working for two fantastic companies: GMR Marketing and RedPeg Marketing based in D.C. But I really wanted to do

something a little bit different and take the risk and hang out my own shingle.”

inspirA is A GreAt nAMe, how did you choose it? “Believe it or not, the name of the company, Inspira, comes from my daughter being an inspiration to me.” how so? “During my time with the second company, my 2-year-old daughter was stricken with a spinal cord tumor — just devastating, not a great prognosis, and we spent the last several years going through surgeries and chemotherapy treatments and different protocols and such. They told us initially to not expect five years. It’s been 10. She just keeps fighting.” how else hAs thAt eXperience tied into your business? “Our mission, which is to help eventually find a cure for pediatric cancer, provides this energy or ability to band together with one another. We have a lot of respect for one another and will go out on a limb to help each other out.”

it sounds like this Also drives your culture. “Yes, I’ve built an organization around culture. I know all organizations are somewhat bottom-line driven but we’re in this from the experiential standpoint because we are a group that is all about igniting passion in consumers to fall in love with the brands that we represent. “At the same time we’re up here in Fairfield County and as you know, it’s very difficult for people to work on a marketing salary. So by creating the culture where people are just excited and fired up to come to work provides different perks and benefits. We’ve created this environment and culture where people like coming to work.” how else do you Go About MotivAtinG your teAM? “On the largest level we believe in overall transparency within the organization and just really allowing everyone to know the direction that we’re headed. As a team we collectively share our goals and missions and then find the different ways that people can contribute.

“Our theme this year is based on a metaphor of taking a road trip together that ends in a really great place for all of us. We’ve built this visual wall-board map where we show different stages of revenue and other things we want to accomplish like different cost-savings. Then we have a weekly caffeine meeting where we’ll collectively meet and share the progress we are reaching. If we hit our goals, and we’ve hit them for the last three years, we take the entire company on an all-expense paid trip to the Caribbean.”

how does your AccountAnt Feel About thAt? “My accountant absolutely wants to strangle me. He says this could be the difference between an OK year and a good year, and I’m like, ‘It doesn’t matter, trust me.’ This is a re-investment back into the business itself, and I have to tell you, in the grand scheme of things it is such a small investment that we make compared to the dividends that that pays. The great thing about it is when you’re down in that type of environment you really get to » inspired, page 16

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know people outside of work.”

And that whole vibe carries over to the work? “Absolutely. For example, someone might be up against it like, ‘Oh my God, you won’t believe this. Such and such just happened, and I now have 30 minutes to get five different things that need to get to a FedEx location in order to arrive by this certain time. There’s no way I can do it.’ In old companies that I’ve worked for before they would turn around and tell you, ‘Wow it sucks to be you.’ “Here, they’re dropping everything. They’re rallying around one another. They’re collectively getting to it and making it happen. There’s a frantic drive getting it on the last truck. As they exhale, they say ‘Let’s go grab a beer. Let’s go get a bite,’ and they’re all then talking about it and it becomes a bonding time. And this is not orchestrated by me. I’m not saying, ‘Hey, you five stick around here.’ I mean, they’re doing this on their own.” How has your leadership style evolved over the years? “In my last company we fell on some

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very hard times. Prior to the Internet bubble bursting we were predicting 20 to 30 percent growth and instead had a 50 percent loss. We probably didn’t make some hard decisions fast enough and went through a lot of collateral damage of massive layoffs and total restructuring that really sucked the life out of the organization. So with that as learning behind me I’ve become more conservative about not overextending ourselves. When I started the organization, I was renting everything. I was renting HR. I was renting accounting. I did not want to have to carry overhead. “Given what took place I’m better off by being a lot more conservative with everything. Start with getting the critical players and then only at a time when I feel that we’ve reached a certain threshold to invest more. There are times when we are in meetings and I think, ‘Wow, there are a lot of mortgages in this room. There are a lot of fathers in this room. There are a lot of people who are really relying on the success of this organization. And, Jeff, don’t screw it up.’” Brad Scheller is an executive coach with Pivot Point Consulting Group in Wilton. He also facilitates peer-group advisory boards for CEOs committed to life-long learning and business growth. He can be reached at bscheller@executiveforums.com.

More than a cup o’ Joe

BY PATRICK GALLAGHER

Nonprofit, coffee producer fight malnutrition in Guatemala

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Westport nonprofit has teamed with one of the country’s largest coffee companies to open a goatraising center in Guatemala that is aimed at stemming childhood malnutrition and providing the community with sustainable income. Save the Children, which has worked in Guatemala since 2000, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) marked the opening of the center July 11 in Aldea El Paraiso, a small village in the Quiché highlands region. In the region, 72 percent of children under age 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to Save the Children. With more than 100 goats and a capacity for 300, the center is expected to support dozens of surrounding communities. “We hope that over 3,000 families benefit during the life of this project, benefit from this initiative,” said Carlos Carrazana, COO of Save the Children. “That includes both the malnutrition side, so the children have access to goat milk, cheese and meat, as well as the livelihoods component, which is helping these families create a business for themselves.” The latter component — supporting peoples’ livelihoods — is critical to Save the Children’s work, Carrazana said. “It’s not only how do we help increase the quality of life but also ... how do we elevate the financial conditions of communities?” Carrazana said private-sector partners like Green Mountain play an integral role in the development of “sustainable interventions,” or projects that will live on even after Save the Children and its partners’ involvement ends. “We are hoping that at the end this is no longer a project, it’s something that’s integrated into the community,” Carrazana said. He said funding for the project will last for about three years. Green Mountain first partnered with Save the Children in 2009 to improve food security for coffee-producing families in Nicaragua, and the company has since contributed more than $7 million to various projects in Latin America and Indonesia. “They have a vested interest in the communities they get their coffee from,” Carrazana said. “At Save the Children we like to bring in the corporate partners

because they play such a different role than traditional funding from the U.S. government. ... I think the corporate partners bring a different perspective to these public-private projects.” Rick Peyser of Green Mountain said the company looks to make long-term investments in its supply-chain communities. “We are interested in a long-term supply of high-quality beans. If farmers can’t feed their families, they are not going

to feed their coffee plants,” said Peyser, the company’s director of social advocacy and supply chain community outreach, in an email from Nicaragua. “We are working with Save the Children in Guatemala because that region has one of the highest rates of child malnutrition in all of Central America.” Peyser said Green Mountain in the past has partnered with numerous nonprofits and other non-governmental

organizations, which he said provide “the boots on the ground.” “We need to have healthy people in our supply chain that have the intellect and capacity to invest in their coffee. So we are investing in the very foundation of our supply chain, to make sure it is strong in the future,” he said. “This has been our approach to supporting supply chain communities since 1988, so yes, we know it is effective and replicable.”

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connecticut free shakespeare (cfs) is an offshoot of dandelion Productions, which was founded in 1989. it’s a nonprofit theater company whose mission is to produce free professional works of classical theater in an accessible, skillful, imaginative american style that honors the playwright’s language and intentions and that crafts these plays with a 21st century sensibility. we are committed to mounting productions designed to reach a broad range of audience members, including those not familiar with shakespeare’s work, without jeopardizing artistic integrity. we challenge those who think they won’t enjoy shakespeare and other classical theater to see our productions and leave without changing their minds. this summer, cfs celebrates its 14th season outdoors with william shakespeare’s “a midsummer night’s dream.” Being both founders as well as producer and artistic director, we are tremendously excited to be able to bring shakespeare’s most magical and romantic comedy to audiences at the legendary american shakespeare festival theater in stratford and to a totally different venue—historic mclevy green in downtown Bridgeport. in stratford, our cast of actors’ equity players walk in the footsteps of theatrical greats (among them, Katharine hepburn, John houseman, James earl Jones, christopher Plummer, Jane alexander and christopher walken), who attracted large crowds of theater lovers and tens of thousands of school groups to the theater in the 1950s through the mid-’80s. last year in stratford we closed to an audience of 1,300 who gave us a standing ovation. at mclevy green, perhaps best-known for hosting the campaigning sen.abraham lincoln, we bring our production to a largely urban audience, many of whom have never before been able to experience live theater. last year, after some initial apprehension, our cast and staff bonded with the downtown audience, who joined them onstage during intermission in song and dance. at mclevy, the audience ranged from affluent suburbanites to several who were homeless. they were united in giving us standing ovations, too. it’s a joy to that we are successful in achieving our mission in the dichotomy of populations that is fairfield county. we have recently relocated our home and cfs from Bethany to Bridgeport and could not be happier. check us out at ctfreeshakepeare.org.

FCBUZZ GOOD VIBES (FEST) ONCE AGAIN you probably know that gathering of the vibes is an annual music, arts and camping festival that has featured such world-class talent as crosby, stills and nash, all the founding members of the grateful dead, elvis costello, the allman Brothers Band, Jimmy cliff, Bruce hornsby, les claypool, damian marley and more. and this year’s vibes, July 25-28, marks the festival’s ninth return to seaside Park in Bridgeport. But did you know about the Kids corner and teen scene programs at the vibes? Kids corner is a clean, green, strategically located area offering plenty of activities, from painting on a community mural and listening to children’s entertainers to dancing with puppets or just relaxing on a comfy couch and reading stories. located near the concert field, Kids corner and teen scene are the ideal compromise between children’s need to have fun and play and their parents’ desire to relax, enjoy the family and socialize. Kids are encouraged to enter the world of make believe and make a life-size puppet. Puppet troupes will showcase an engaging performance each day. Puppeteers provide demos and hands-on workshops for creating a puppet.

the school of rock teen vibes stage is the place to check out some incredible performances from the school of rock allstars. there will also be an opportunity to jam with heroes from the main and green vibes stages. those who are more interested in behind the scenes will get a chance to learn production, sound and lighting from vibes Production pros. if rock isn’t their thing, there’s the special drum workshop led by the rhythmic folks from everyone’s drumming on the main concert field. if going “green” is of interest, spend some time with the BioBus, a special bus that travels around educating kids and teens about science and the sea. there will be hands-on workshops, including a walk down to the shore to study the marine life. other activities for younger members of the vibe tribe include a jiujitsu workshop, juggling classes, duct tape wallets and purses, arts and crafts, a kung fu workshop, poi spinning classes and Kids choice movies at 10 p.m. all ages can ride the ferris wheel, overlooking long island sound, and view this majestic site from 85 feet high in the sky. Kid Zone uses a Kids wristband registration Program, assigning each child a wristband and number to ensure everyone’s safety. for more information, visit goviBes.com.

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“a Prairie home companion’s” radio romance tour 2013 hits the road coast-to-coast this summer, stopping at the ives concert Park on July 25 as part of a 26-city, 27-concert, 30day, coast-to-coast bus tour that runs from washington to maine. this nonbroadcast show offers more than two hours of duet singing plus absurd improv with sound effects, guy noir Private eye, poetry, outright foolishness and the latest news from lake wobegon. the radio romance tour stars host and writer garrison Keillor, with guests singer aoife o’donovan, comedian fred newman, rich dworsky and the guy’s all-star shoe Band with guitarist Pat donohue and violinist/mandolinist richard Kriehn. Keillor started at minnesota Public radio in 1969 and on July 6, 1974, he hosted the first broadcast of “a Prairie home companion.” today, some four million listeners on more than 600 public radio stations coast to coast and

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beyond tune in to the show each week. Keillor has been honored with grammy, ace, and george foster Peabody awards, the national humanities medal and election to the american academy of arts and letters. o’donovan, of Boston and Brooklyn, is the lead singer of crooked still and sometymes why and sang on “the goat rodeo sessions” with yo-yo ma and chris thile. she collaborated with the dave douglas Quintet on “Be still, my soul,” listed by many jazz critics as one of the best albums of 2012. the guy’s all-star shoe Band is an all-purpose roots quintet covering blues, jugband, good timey, r&B, swing, and hillbilly, with occasional ventures into classical, romantic, music hall and scandihoovian. newman is a storyteller and sound-eﬀects artist and author of the best-selling “mouthsounds.” tickets are available at ivesconcertpark.com.

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY

BUSINESS JOURNAL ATTACHMENTSFILED Lavalette, Barbara; Jennifer and Robert G. Lavalette, Greenwich. $400,000, in favor of Connecticut Community Bank N.A., Greenwich, by Alena C Gfeller and Eric B. Miller. Property: 81 Strickland Road, Greenwich. Filed June 25.

BANKRUPTCIES Connecticut Trade Co. Inc. d.b.a. Connecticut Greenstar, 1157 Melville Ave., Fairfield, chapter 11, filed July 3. Case no. 13-501044. Assets: $1 million to $10 million. Liabilities: $1 million to $10 million. Creditors: Larson Manufacturing of SD Inc. $969,295, Viko Industires $99,307, CT Manufacturing Co. $28,433, KKM Co. Ltd. $ 16,242, Just Go Universal $9,632, Combination Door Ware $6,473, Orgil Inc. $3,899, Murphy & Nolan Inc. $2,500. Fattibene & Fattibene L.L.C. $2,150, Geocorp $948;, Winbro Group $585, Behr Honning and Grinding $453, Sunnen Inc. $414, Inustries Cercetare $382 and U Line $202. Type of business: corporation. Debtor’s attorney: Jeffrey M. Sklarz, Convicer, Percy & Green L.P., Glastonbury.

SoNo Market Place L.L.C., 314 Wilson Ave., Norwalk, chapter 11, filed July 1. Case no. 13-50134. Assets: $0 to $50,000. Liabilities: $500,000 to $1 million. Creditors: Crystal L.L.C. $173,320, Crystal L.L.C. $110,100;, M.A.R.S. Electric L.L.C. $50,000, Adjustable Air Systems $30,000, Crystall L.L.C. $13,651, town of Norwalk $10,500, E&N Drywall $10,000, S&S Fire Suppression System $6,750, Grasso Companies L.L.C. $6,636, The Advocate $6,369, Caruso Plumbing $5,351, Pond Electric $5,305, Hearst Media $5,272, Lamar $4,500, Eastern Water Solutions $2,612, ADA Architect $2,572, Cara Christopher $2,500, Bob Comfort $2,000 and Amilcar Cordon $1,779. Type of business: corporation. Debtor’s attorney: James M. Nugent, Harlow, Adams & Friedman PC, Milford.

BILL OF SALE Fairfield Day Spa, Trumbull. Sold by: Danny D. Nguyen, Trumbull, for the consideration of $120,000 to Kevin Phan, Waterbury. Business address: 5065 Main St., Trumbull. Filed July 2.

BUILDING PERMITS

commErciaL A&B Associates, Norwalk. Prepare commercial space for new tenant, Family Dental, 14 Belden Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed July 3.

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Afarzom/Dekzon L.L.C., Shelton. Fit-out an existing commercial building for doctor’s office, 2 Ivy Brook Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed July 3. Cervero, Anthony, contractor for Frank Fioretti. Repair fire damage at an existing commercial building, Erens Grill, 1557 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed July 1. CRS Carpentry, contractor for Noroton Presbyterian Church. Perform additions and alterations at an existing commercial building, 2011 Boston Post Road, Darien. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed July 3.

CRS Carpentry, contractor for Noroton Presbyterian Church. Perform additions and alterations at an existing commercial building, 2011 Boston Post Road, Darien. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed July 3. DiBattista Builders, contractor for JCR Fairfield L.L.C. Fit-out an existing commercial building for Visiting Angels Homecare, 2452 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed July 3. Fairfield Beach Club Inc., Fairfield. Construct an accessory building at a commercial building, 41 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $132,000. Filed July 2. Fairfield County Building and Restoration, contractor for Southport Congregation Church. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 612 Pequot Ave., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed July 5. John Moriarty & Associates Inc., Farmington, contractor for Fourth Merritt Seven. Perform external renovations at an existing commercial building for employees patio, 401 Merritt 7, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $322,000. Filed July 2. Kerschner Development Co., Norwalk, contractor for Pietarski Investments. Fit-out an existing singlefamily residence, 29 Morehouse Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed July 1. Kings Daughters and Sons, Norwalk. Expand existing space to relocate mailroom, 152 Westport Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $31,500. Filed July 3. Maritime Properties Corp., Stamford. Prepare space for new tenant, Ecerson Designs, 21 Ann St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed July 3. McHugh, Kevin (HIC), contractor for Denise Lamoureax. Perform renovations at an existing commercial building, 391 Commerce Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed July 2.

MW MFP Norwalk Town Center L.L.C., Norwalk. Construct a new structure for mixed-use building, 515 West Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $33 million. Filed July 3. R.J. Utsay, Brookfield, contractor for Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Fitout an existing commercial building for Pizza Rest, 4242 Main St., Unit 1, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed July 2. Roche Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for the town of Ridgefield. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, East Ridge Middle School, 10 E. Ridge Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $7,940. Filed July 3. Roche Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for the town of Ridgefield. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, Ridgebury Elementary School, 112 Bennetts Farm Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $20,045. Filed July 3. Roche Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for the town of Ridgefield. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, Scotland Elementary School, 111 Barlow Mountain Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed July 3. Sacred Heart University L.L.C., Fairfield. Construct new commercial parking spaces for John Welch College of Business, 5401 Park Ave., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $34.5 million. Filed July 3.

Carbin Carpentry L.L.C., Norwalk, contractor for David Markatos. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 1328 Smith Ridge Road, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed July 3. CDJ Enterprises, Brookfield. Reroof an existing single-family residence, 825 Federal Road, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $6,200. Filed July 1. Cirmin Development L.L.C., Brookfield. Construct a new single-family residence, 1 Old Oak Drive, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed July 1. Cirmin Development L.L.C., Brookfield. Construct a new single-family residence, 2 Old Oak Drive, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed July 1. Cirmin Development L.L.C., Brookfield. Construct a new single-family residence, 3 Old Oak Drive, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed July 1. Cirmin Development L.L.C., Brookfield. Construct a new single-family residence, 4 Old Oak Drive, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed July 1. Cirmin Development L.L.C., Brookfield. Construct a new single-family residence, 5 Old Oak Drive, Brookfield. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed July 1. Collins, Chris, Shelton. Reroof an existing single-family residence, 139 Walnut Tree Hill Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $8,146. Filed July 3.

rESidENtiaL 138 Southgate L.L.C., Fairfield. Lay a foundation for a new single-family residence, 138 Southgate Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $495,350. Filed July 1. ACS, contractor for 2050 Black Rock Turnpike L.L.C. Fit-out an existing commercial building for Muscle Maker Grill, 2055 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed July 2.

Craftworks Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Nicole Lemke. Perform external renovations at an existing single-family residence, 166 Lonetown Road, Redding. Estimated cost: $25,020. Filed July 2.

Bernero, Wendy and Richard Bernero, Norwalk. Fit-out an existing single-family residence, 25 Harborview Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed July 2.

COURT CASES

BridGEPort diStrict court Cedar Creek Asset Management L.L.C. Filed by Radianz Americas Inc., New York City. Plaintiff’s attorney: Deetta C. Roncone, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendant for its failure to pay for services rendered in the amount of $64,263.87. Filed July 5. Case no. 6036426. Lacerenza Funeral Home Inc., Stamford. Filed by Aurora Casket Co. L.L.C., Aurora, Ind. Plaintiff’s attorney: Steven A. Sugarmann, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendant for failure to pay for goods provided valued at $12,475.45. Filed July 8. Case no. 6036447.

daNBurY diStrict court Casali Development L.L.C., Danbury. Filed by TCHE Bagual L.L.C., Bethel. Plaintiff’s attorney: Randall J. Carreira, New Preston. Action: The plaintiff has obtained a judgment against the defendant in the amount of $114,943.43 for which the defendant has not made payment. Filed July 9. Case no. 6012939. Great Plain L.L.C., New Milford. Filed by Mohtal L.L.C., Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Dan M. Smolnik, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for fraudulent dealing and dishonest business transactions. Filed July 8. Case no. 6012928. Prime Choice Foods Inc., Bristol, Va. Filed by Mountain High Organics Inc., New Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Edward J. Kelleher, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this beach-of-contract suit against the defendant for failing to pay for produce that was sold and delivered valued at $60,420.33. Filed July 9. Case no. 6012938.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events iF AccountAnts hAd oscArs … Reynolds & Rowella L.L.P. of Ridgefield and New Canaan received a 2013 Firm of the Year Award from Enterprise Worldwide (EW), a global alliance of leading independent accounting and consulting fi rms. The fi rm has six partners. The award is EW’s highest honor and is based on “a commitment to the association and to working to provide the best possible services to clients through overall marketplace knowledge, professional expertise and responsiveness.” “Reynolds & Rowella, LLP was the obvious choice for Firm of the Year this year,” said AdelAide ness, executive director of EW. “They participate at all of our

huGhes nAMed to pb eXecutive slot Stamford-based Pitney Bowes Inc. named bill huGhes its chief communications officer. Hughes will report to Abby F. kohnstAMM, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, and will also become a member of the executive management team. Before joining Pitney Bowes, Hughes was chief communications officer at CA Technologies, one of the world’s largest IT management software companies. Hughes joined CA Technologies in 2006. “Bill is an exceptional communications professional and experienced business leader,” said Kohnstamm. “He has over 25 years of global experience across a wide range of industries in both large- and mid-to-small-sized organizations. I am looking forward to working closely with Bill in helping Pitney Bowes continue to unlock value for our clients, shareholders and employees.”

sold! Mosher is AMonG Über-reAltors Greenwich Fine Properties announced ellen Mosher has once again been recognized by The Wall Street Journal and by Colorado-based real estate consultancy REAL Trends Inc. for her “outstanding achievement in residential real estate sales.” Mosher’s accomplishments place her on the list of “Top 250 Real Estate Professionals” in the country. She was ranked No. 2 among all Greenwich agents and in the top one-quarter of 1 percent of the more than 1 million Realtors nationwide. Said douG stevens, managing partner: “We are extremely privileged and honored to have Ellen on our team at GFP. Her recognition as one of the most successful agents in the country is an incredible accomplishment; her inclusion in such a select group serves as testimony to the extraordinarily high level of professionalism, dedication and commitment she provides to her clients.”

events and contribute at a very high level. The partners at Reynolds & Rowella involve all of their team members in the fi rm’s plans for the future. Not many member fi rms reach for this level of communication. They are, quite simply, excellent people to be around.” In addition, managing partner and CPA FrAnk A. rowellA Jr. also won a Five-Star Wealth Manager Award for the state of New York in the category of taxation from Five-Star Professionals. Rowella is one of only a few CPAs to gain such recognition from Minneapolisbased research fi rm Five-Star Professionals in two states, New York and Connecticut, within the same 12-month period.

return oF the nAtive At coMMonFund Wilton-based Commonfund today announced that pAul MckiernAn has rejoined its institutional sales team as a managing director. McKiernan, who previously worked at Commonfund from 2007 to 2012, will focus on cultivating new relationships and renewing previous client relationships in the Midwest. He will work with mission-based nonproﬁts and pension plans. “We are thrilled to have Paul back on the team,” said bernie reidy, managing director and co-head of institutional sales at Commonfund. “Paul is an excellent representative of Commonfund and his record of attracting new clients and expanding existing relationships is exceptional.” Prior to his return to Commonfund, McKiernan was the director of U.S. Institutional and consultant relationship management at New York City-based QS Investors L.L.C. where he was responsible for U.S. institutional business development and consultant relations. The nonproﬁt investment manager Commonfund handles some $25 billion for endowments, foundations and pension funds.

MAnhAttAn cheF For cAtered AFFAirs Darien-based JordAn cAterers has welcomed executive chef JeFFrey crAwFord to its staff. Crawford brings with him “years of experience at the highest level of Manhattan’s social, gala and corporate catering, with a local sensibility and ties to the Connecticut community.” Jeffrey and Debra Rapoport, founders and owners of Jordan Caterers, grew up in Waterbury. Her first job in the food service business was with a luncheonette in the basement of a department store. Her husband began his food service career working for the Steak Loft in Milford, owned by steve rubell of Studio 54 fame.

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A FirM blooMs in truMbull Less than a year after its expansion to Trumbull, the Norwalk-based Goldman, Gruder & Woods L.L.C. was named a Trumbull “Business in Bloom.” The award is given by the Trumbull Chamber of Commerce, an affiliate of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, and by the Trumbull Economic Development Commission. It recognizes business that are “blooming” in Trumbull by opening, relocating, expanding, renovating, or beautifying their business. “We are excited, not only to receive this award but because the town of Trumbull has a business climate that facilitates growth,” said MichAel l. GoldMAn, managing principal at Goldman, Gruder & Woods. The Trumbull branch of the firm is at 105 Technology Drive. Goldman, Gruder & Woods bills itself as the largest general practice law firm in Norwalk, handling business, real estate, employment, education, criminal, litigation and health care matters. The Trumbull office focuses on bankruptcy, debtor/creditor rights and commercial litigation. “We are thrilled to present this award to the attorneys at Goldman, Gruder & Woods for the dedication they have demonstrated to our town,” said kAren M. delvecchio, executive director of the Trumbull Chamber of Commerce. “We have modeled our awards on the Business in Bloom program that the Bridgeport Business Council developed many years ago.”

troikA oF tAlent Joins Architecture FirM Granoff Architects in Greenwich hired three new staff members: erin shAw recently joined Granoff Architects as a commercial interior designer. She received her B.A. in interior design from Kent State in 2009. edwArd Fusco iii joined Granoff as a senior architectural project manager. He atErin Shaw tended University of Arkansas and Pratt Institute and for the past 14 years worked at Duo Dickinson in Madison. He lives in Easton in a house he designed and built. christine GriFFiths joined Granoff as a senior residential interior designer. She graduated from Lasell College in Newton, Mass., in 2000 and has 13 years full-time

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“After Six” picnic event hosted by the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce. Wednesday, August 14, 5:30-7 p.m. All are welcome. Email for details: GreenwichChamber@GreenwichChamber.com

the AcAdeMic rotAriAn Housatonic Community College president AnitA t. Gliniecki was recently elected president of the Bridgeport Rotary Club, a branch of Rotary International. Gliniecki has been a member of Rotary since 2005. She joined Housatonic Community College in 2003 as academic dean. She served in that position until July 2006 when she was named acting president. She was appointed president the following year. During her tenure at Housatonic, Gliniecki oversaw the opening of Beacon Hall, the 173,000-squarefoot addition to the HCC campus. She has been instrumental in achieving signiﬁcant grants for the college, including Achieving the Dream, the Developmental Education Initiative from the Gates Foundation, and state support for the new Regional Advanced Manufacturing Center. Rotary International recently teamed up with the bill and MelissA GAtes FoundAtion to eradicate polio worldwide.

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SCORE Fairﬁeld County presents a free workshop titled, “Business Preparedness and Disaster Recovery,” Thursday, Aug. 8, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Norwalk City Hall - Community Room, 125 East Ave. Check-in starts at 8 a.m. “Are you fully prepared for Storm Season - power out, trees down, roads blocked and ﬂoods?” SCORE asks. State, local and private agencies will present and be available for questions. Register directly at Scorenorwalk.org or call 831-0065.

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on the record Stamford District Court 5381 Partners L.L.C., Fairfield. Filed by Acutrack Inc., Livermore, Calif. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joseph A. Maker, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-ofcontract suit against the defendant for failing to pay for services in the amount of $64,630.31. Filed July 10. Case no. 6019092.

SUPERIOR COURT Audubon Financial Bureau L.L.C., et al., Amherst, N.Y. Filed by Erik Wood. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joanne S. Faulkner, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit pursuant to the violation of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act of 1978. Filed July 2. Case no. 13cv00938.

DEEDS

COMMERCIAL 33 Main Street L.L.C., Monroe. Seller: 33 Main Street Associates L.L.C., Danbury. Property: 33 Main St., Newtown. Amount: $775,000. Filed July 2. Alpha One L.L.C., Fairfield. Seller: Maob Holdings L.L.C., Fairfield. Property: 25 Hurd St., Fairfield. Amount: $465,000. Filed July 2. First Baptist Church, Bridgeport. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 212 Norman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $77,900. Filed July 2. Kensington Enterprises L.L.C., Great Neck, N.Y. Seller: Sun Escape L.L.C., Bridgeport. Property: 316 Bond St., Bridgeport. Amount: $112,000. Filed July 8. Little Creek L.L.C., New Milford. Seller: Vadim V. Tantsyura, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 31 Center St., Danbury. Amount: $225,000. Filed July 1. Maglulio, Joanne, Fairfield. Seller: Selene RMOF II Reo Acquisition L.L.C., Houston, Texas. Property: 1233 Bronson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $575,000. Filed July 3.

QUIT CLAIM Jennings, Alice E., New Canaan. Seller: Allison G. Caesar, New Canaan. Property: 330 Elm St., Unit 4, New Canaan. Amount: $741,105. Filed July 2.

Lizzi, Jonathan A., Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Lisa A. Rothstein, Stamford. Property: 288 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Amount: $160,000. Filed July 1. McChord, Austin, Norwalk. Seller: U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Frederick, Md. Property: 10 1/2 Woodland Road, Norwalk. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed July 2. Podoloski, Robert, Stamford. Seller: Jadwiga Podolska, Stamford. Property: 2475 Summer St., Unit 3A, Stamford. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 2. Smith, Sara S., New Canaan. Seller: Katherine E. Buffington, Naples, Fla. Property: 47 Main St., Unit 3, New Canaan. Amount: $965,000. Filed July 1.

RESIDENTIAL 106 Old Road L.L.C., Westport. Seller: Lauren Ann and William J. Grosner Jr., Westport. Property: 106 Old Road, Westport. Amount: $750,000. Filed July 2. 15 Andrews Road L.L.C., Greenwood Village, Colo. Seller: Diana Wiesenthal Singer and Mary Jo Whelan, Greenwich. Property: 15 Andrews Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed June 26. 37 Cross Lane L.L.C., Riverside. Seller: Catherine W. and William G. Coupe, Cos Cob. Property: 37 Cross Road, Riverside. Amount: $827,000. Filed June 24. 47 Arcadia Road L.L.C., Old Greenwich. Seller: Christine I. and Jeffrey M. Toback, Old Greenwich. Property: 47 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed June 26. 86 Governor Street L.L.C., Ridgefield. Seller: Lakshi E. Senevirahta, Boralasgamuhra, Sri Lanka. Property: 86 Governor St., Ridgefield. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 2. Abtahi, Kerry Lane and Ramin Abtahi, New York City. Seller: Shana Pinti Kurz and Ross Kurz, Denver, Colo. Property: 81 Richmond Hill Road, New Canaan. Amount: $870,000. Filed July 1. Acosta, Lillian, Bridgeport. Seller: Dorin Ciobanu, Bridgeport. Property: 99 Woodside Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $194,500. Filed July 1. Adelsberg, Mara, Stamford. Seller: Gianni DiMeglio, Norwalk. Property: 100 Richards Ave., Unit 304, Norwalk. Amount: $262,500. Filed July 1.

Ajello, Sally Cuneo and Thomas R. Ajello III, Bethel. Seller: Marilyn M. and Dickson DeMarche, Bethel. Property: 65 Codfish Hill Road, Bethel. Amount: $761,500. Filed July 2. Akram, Changez, Wilton. Seller: Melinda T. Brown, Wilton. Property: 74 Village Court, Wilton. Amount: $555,000. Filed June 27. Alhayek, Johnny G., Danbury. Seller: Martha A. Blanchette, Portland, Ore., and Howard Blanchette, Danbury. Property: 10 Boyce Road, Danbury. Amount: $60,000. Filed July 1. Aliaga, Bryant F., Flushing, N.Y., and Juan de la Torre Cruz, Port Chester, N.Y. Seller: Leslie F. and George V. Shaboo, Danbury. Property: 7 Wixon Road, Danbury. Amount: $290,000. Filed July 2. Allen, Geraldine J. and John N. Allen, Bridgeport. Seller: Nurys Gutierrez, Bridgeport. Property: 79 Trowel St., Bridgeport. Amount: $115,000. Filed July 1. Allman, Margaret, Stamford. Seller: Elise and Alpert Passy II, Stamford. Property: 185 Toms Lane, Stamford. Amount: $544,900. Filed July 1. Alves, Alaerte, Bridgeport. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 58 Rocton Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $93,500. Filed July 1. Amen, Kerith F. and Robert M. Amen Jr., Norwalk. Seller: Kerry and Eric D. Dorfman, Norwalk. Property: 9 Carlin St., Norwalk. Amount: $458,500. Filed July 2. American International Relocation Solutions Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., Christa L. and Glenn R. Cusano, Fairfield. Property: 60 Patricia Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $927,500. Filed July 5. Annunziato, Laurie J., Bridgeport. Seller: Cynthia C. Luden, Lower Gwynedd, Pa. Property: 350 Grovers Ave., Unit 8H, Bridgeport. Amount: $145,000. Filed July 3. Archer, Anne E. and Josh Jeenan, Stratford. Seller: Suzanne Lesko-Kohut and Meghan Monahan, Bridgeport. Property: 65 Wedgewood Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $230,000. Filed July 1. Archer, Gail A. and Kevin G. Archer, Brookfield. Seller: Candlewood Enterprises L.L.C., New Fairfield. Property: 246 Federal Road, Unit D23, Brookfield. Amount: $172,500. Filed July 3.

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Arditti, Mark, Ridgefield. Seller: Daniel Boucher, Danbury. Property: 179 Ivy Hill Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $355,000. Filed June 28. Arena, Lois B., Westport. Seller: Hope Pamela Kegeles, Fairfield. Property: 842 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield. Amount: $386,000. Filed July 1.

Hussain, Dropatie and Shaik M. Hussain. Creditor: Citimortgage, Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 53 Colony St., Bridgeport, Mortgage default. Filed July 3. Johnson, Kenisha A. and Leland Johnson. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., San Diego, Calif. Property: 1 Patrick Lane, Danbury, Mortgage default. Filed July 1.

Arms, Mary P. and Abigail Arms, Alexandra, Va. Seller: Francis T. Linder, Thomas Linder and Chris Linder, Brookfield. Property: 153 Heatherwood Drive, Brookfield. Amount: $135,000. Filed July 1.

Rustici, Renee and Joseph A. Rustici. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Des Moines, Iowa. Property: 117 Joffre Ave., Stamford, Mortgage default. Filed July 8.

Asanovic, Lisa H. and Tomo Asanovic, Norwalk. Seller: Patricia and James J. Crichton, Danbury. Property: 85 Gate Ridge Road, Easton. Amount: $567,000. Filed July 1.

Samoila, Ana Maria and Alexandra Samoila, et al. Creditor: Citimortgage, Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 239 Graham St., Stratford, Mortgage default. Filed July 3.

Ashiru, Josette N. and Ayodeji F. Ashru, Centreville, Va. Seller: Niro and Edward Feliciano, Danbury. Property: 14 Brinscall Court, Unit 53-14, Danbury. Amount: $432,000. Filed July 3.

Shiraj, Eingkham and Bounnam Somphousiharath. Creditor: Union Savings Bank, Danbury. Property: 1 Bayberry Lane, Danbury, Mortgage default. Filed July 1.

Aulenbach, Marisa E. and Stephen J. Aulenbach, Wilton. Seller: Maria T. and John R. Reilly, Weston. Property: 15 October Drive, Weston. Amount: $739,000. Filed July 5. Aybar, Laura and Matthew Plastina, Stamford. Seller: Annette S. and Carlos J. Aspillaga, Stamford. Property: 313 Den Road, Stamford. Amount: $739,000. Filed July 2.

FORECLOSURES Carmona, Arturo. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 341 to 345 Spring St., Bridgeport, Mortgage default. Filed July 8. Dagostino, Laura and Domenick Dagostino, et al. Creditor: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 4 Donnelly Drive, New Fairfield, Mortgage default. Filed July 2. Davis, Joyce, et al. Creditor: US Bank N.A., West Palm Beach, Fla. Property: 106 Rocton Ave., Bridgeport, Mortgage default. Filed July 8. Ethan Allen Associates L.L.C. Creditor: Citibank N.A., Sioux Falls S.D. Property: 896 Ethan Allen Highway, Ridgefield, Mortgage default. Filed July 3. Heydt, Ingrid S. and Henry E. Heydt. Creditor: First Niagara Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 345 Georgetown Road, Weston, Mortgage default. Filed July 1.

Turoczi, Kevin W. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 8 Austin St., Danbury, Mortgage default. Filed July 1.

FORECLOSURES BY SALE Trimodia L.L.C., Stamford. Appointed committee: Carole M. Gilchrist, Stamford. Property: 13 E. Walnut St., Stamford. Amount: $168,000. Docket no. FST 10cv6005960S. Filed July 8.

JUDGMENTS Adams, Valerie A., Bridgeport. $2,248.56, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Russell L. London, Newington. Property: 105 N. Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 2. Aquino, Dawn and Luciano Aquino, Greenwich. $4,301.39, in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 40 Cos Cob Ave., Cos Cob. Filed June 24. Bonacci, Marc, Newtown. $1,734.08, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 6 Founders Lane, Sandy Hook. Filed July 8. Brown, Kirk, Norwalk. $482.97, in favor of Kathleen A. Lavorgna MD P.C., Norwalk, by Joseph Latino, Waterbury. Property: 193 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Filed July 3.

Chirnomula, Prasad, Stamford. $51,125.40, in favor of Advanceme Inc., Kennesaw, Ga., by Nathan G. Johnson, Pawtucket, R.I. Property: 33 Dean St., Unit B, Stamford. Filed July 1. Culbreth, Paula A., Brookfield. $1,724.57, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Bethel, by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 94 Tower Road, Brookfield. Filed July 3. Dovale, Joanne a.k.a. Joanne Cornell, Bethel. $1,546.78, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 4 Hickok Ave., Bethel. Filed July 8. Egan, John J., Stamford. $10,069.52, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 12 Burr St., Stamford. Filed July 3. Griffin, Lori and Scott Griffin, Newtown. $489.93, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, East Syracuse, N.Y., by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 8 Windy Woods Circle, Newtown. Filed July 8. Hanley, Judith J., Darien. $2,947.80, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Nathan G. Johnson, Pawtucket, R.I. Property: 371 West Ave., Darien. Filed July 1. Harding, Heather L., Bridgeport. $2,507.93, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Russell L. London, Newington. Property: 1274 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 2. Holmes, Patricia and Peter Holmes, Norwalk. $1,395.94, in favor of Kathleen A. Lavorgna MD P.C., Norwalk, by Joseph Latino, Waterbury. Property: 17 Blake St., Norwalk. Filed July 3. Holton, Kerry, Brookfield. $611.30, in favor of Danbury Office of Physician Services P.C., Danbury, by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 84 Ironworks Hill Road, Brookfield. Filed July 3. Lollie, Rebecca, Brookfield. $695.05, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 7 Candlewood Acres Road, Brookfield. Filed July 5. Manerba, Ivan, Bridgeport. $4,326.07, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Russell L. London, Newington. Property: 1309 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 2.

on the record Muniz, Angel L., Bridgeport. $12,635.87, in favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Canaan. Property: 315 Nichols St., Unit 317, Bridgeport. Filed July 2.

Watson, Karen and Ruel Watson, Bridgeport. $13,489.20, in favor of Sacor Financial Inc., Roseville, Calif., by Janine M. Becker, Bridgeport. Property: 1069 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 2.

Myers, Dorothy L., Bridgeport. $930.15, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Russell L. London, Newington. Property: 25 Herkimer St., Bridgeport. Filed July 2.

White, Patricia A., Greenwich. $845.98, in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 18 Havemeyer Lane, Greenwich. Filed June 24.

Myers, Dorothy L., Bridgeport. $2,028.04, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Russell L. London, Newington. Property: 25 Herkimer St., Bridgeport. Filed July 2.

Zenevitch, Joseph, Brookfield. $541.15, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 18 Twilight Lane, Brookfield. Filed July 5.

Osuch, Linda, Newtown. $2,971, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Russell L. London, Newington. Property: 6 Checkerberry Lane, Newtown. Filed July 3. Pantano, Michael J., Monroe. $23,543.71, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 30 Stonewall Lane, Monroe. Filed July 3. Pintauro, Ellen Marie, Fairfield. $5,976.66, in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 5 Sherley Place, Fairfield. Filed July 5. Rogers, Diane, Bridgeport. $16,727.93, in favor of United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 181 Trumbull Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Scrimmager, Leon, Weston. $6,298, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Russell L. London, Newington. Property: 23 Alwyn Lane, Weston. Filed July 5. Stiffe, Barbara A. and Georgette A. Nichod-Buddoo, Bridgeport. $1,636.93, in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., South Field, Mich., by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 1356 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Tallman, Jude, Newtown. $141,406.01, in favor of Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown, by Frank J. Scinto, Southbury. Property: Map 6405, Newtown. Filed July 5.

LEASES R.W. Haggerty Pool Service Inc., by Richard M. Haggerty. Landlord: Haggerty Real Estate L.L.C. Property: 1 Emerald St., Norwalk. Term: 10 years, commencing July 1, 2013. Filed July 2.

LIENS

FEDERAL TAX LIENSFILED Andujar, Roberto Jr., P.O. Box 444, Norwalk. $15,503.88, tax debt on income earned; and frivolous tax return. Filed July 2. Ashburne, Cynthia C. and John J. Ashburne, 16 Top O’ Hill Road, Darien. $10,977.34, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Bailey, Patricia N. and Johnny M. Bailey, 491 Stevenson Road, Fairfield. $3,960.50, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Bakowski, Barbara A. and Christopher L. Bakowski, 335 Rocky Rapids Road, Stamford. $22,732.81, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 8. Charles, Brian O., 798 Cove Road, Stamford. $28,037.38, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 8. Clarkin, Kevin, 3 Old Wagon Road, Ridgefield. $6,806.58, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Cole, William B., 13 Fox Den Road, Unit A, Danbury. $6,996.31, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Corrigan, Candace L. and Kevin M. Corrigan, 36 Winthrop Drive, Riverside. $997,630.73, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26.

Ragen, Suzannah F. and Daniel E. Ragen, 49 Hillside Drive, Greenwich. $634,715.47, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26.

Downey, Theresa and Michael Downey, 242 Putnam Road, New Canaan. $14,148.78, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 3.

Kelman, Gerry and Burt R. Kelman, 355 Rosebrook Drive, Stratford. $42,343.20, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Discala, Catherine D., 26 Church Street South, Westport. $90,574.68, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2.

Ross, Martin, 300 Lost District Drive, New Canaan. $247,183.83, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 5.

Elmer Lewis & Sons Inc., 4 Hawleyville Road, Bethel. $13,082.74, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed July 1.

Kelman, Gerry and Burt R. Kelman, 355 Rosebrook Drive, Stratford. $29,849.01, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Sax A Phone Services L.L.C., 33 Parker Ave., Stamford. $6,640.17, employer’s federal unemployment tax return. Filed July 1.

Elmer Lewis & Sons Inc., 4 Hawleyville Road, Bethel. $4,395.26, payroll taxes. Filed July 1.

Kelman, Gerry and Burt R. Kelman, 355 Rosebrook Drive, Stratford. $792.41, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Erdo, Dawn K., 26 Oronoque Trail, Shelton. $1,179.69, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Shanley Carone, Eliza and Vincent J. Carone, 17 Shadblow Hill Road, Ridgefield. $20,729.28, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Feuer, Matthew, 38 Meadow Wood Drive, Greenwich. $322,022.02, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26.

Hill Farm Preschool L.L.C., 714 Nichols Ave., Stratford. $11,364.24, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed July 1.

Sono Energy Corp., 9 Mott Ave., Suite 203, Norwalk. $110,735.98, 1120corporation income tax return. Filed July 1.

Garbarino, Carol and William Garbarino, 109 Castle Hill Road, Newtown. $224,368.49, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Jones, Matthew, 5 Lima Drive, Monroe. $8,836.79, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Stiefel, Adrienne and Sean Peterkin, 24 Steep Hill Road, Weston. $15,060.53, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2.

Germaske, Anna Maria and Dennis J. Germaske, 52 Mill Springs Lane, Stamford. $66,691.77, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Tegu, 5 Toekeneke Road, Second floor, Darien. $31,146.15, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed July 1.

Germaske, Anna Maria and Dennis J. Germaske, 38 Byfield Lane, Greenwich. $20,467.71, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Joseph, Renee Lamar and Ulrick Joseph, 235 Grumman Ave., Norwalk. $40,667.35, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2.

Thompson, Mark A., 36 Hanover St., Stamford. $173,412.54, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Germaske, Anna Maria and Dennis J. Germaske, 38 Byfield Lane, Greenwich. $34,973.98, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Joseph, Ulrick, 235 Grumman Ave., Norwalk. $27,574.21, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2.

Williams, Leroy, 28 Commerce St., Unit 3, Norwalk. $16,324.95, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Kovel, Matthew S., P.O. Box 132, Greenwich. $62,366.09, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSREFILE NOTICE

Massarella Landscaping Inc., 629 Smith Ridge Road, New Canaan. $4,986.52, employer’s Federal Unemployment Tax return. Filed July 5.

Reiss, Ronald J., 75A Richland Road, Greenwich. $117,543.53, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26.

Ely, Gina S. and William A. Ely, 6 Hilltop Road, Norwalk. $47,353.60, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Joseph Landscape and Ulrick Joseph, 235 Grumman Ave., Norwalk. $302,530.29, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed July 2.

Morehouse, Jonathan M., 56 Lake George Road, Brookfield. $338,113.74, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2. Paige, Frederick Jr., 815 Huntington Road, Stratford. $33,009.03, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed July 1. Pratt, Karen, 27 Honey Hill Road, Norwalk. $103,116.36, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED Bauer, J. Scott, 52 Doubling Road, Greenwich. $31,813.73, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Green, Cynthia and Frank Green, 61 Cold Spring Road, Stamford. $9,165.12, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 8. Greenwich Child and Adolescent Psychiatry L.L.C., 7 Riversville Road, Greenwich. $19,814.13, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed July 1. Hamernick, Paul Edward, 166 Graymoor Drive, Stamford. $10,099.06, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 8. Hart, Christopher R., 1068 North St., Apt. 3N, Greenwich. $8,630.79, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26.

Brice, Elizabeth and Remus M. Brice, 16 High St., Stamford. $6,118.30, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 8.

Keckley, David, 9 Kellogg St., Brookfield. $59,349.65, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2.

Caccam, Ann B. and Stephen F. Caccam, 27 Waverly Road, Darien. $98,004.14, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

Kelman, Burt R., 355 Rosebrook Drive, Stratford. $22,940.41, trust fund recovery penalty and/or excise taxes imposed. Filed July 1.

Kelman, Gerry and Burt R. Kelman, 355 Rosebrook Drive, Stratford. $4,893.42, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Kosan, Cheryl, 51 Forest Ave., Apt. 94, Old Greenwich. $84,483.99, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26. Kosan, Cheryl, 51 Forest Ave., Apt. 94, Old Greenwich. $5,528.55, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26. Kosan, Cheryl and E. Michael Kosan, 51 Forest Ave., Apt. 94, Old Greenwich. $46,428.20, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26. Kosan, Cheryl and E. Michael Kosan, 51 Forest Ave., Apt. 94, Old Greenwich. $21,959.39, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26. Kosan, E. Michael, 51 Forest Ave., Apt. 94, Old Greenwich. $45,901.98, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26. Lapointe, Thomas A., 192 Byram Shore Road, Greenwich. $212,132.21, tax debt on income earned. Filed June 26.

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on the record Malanoski, Martin A., 22 Blackberry Drive East, Stamford. $10,140.17, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Mechanic, Karen Y. and Steven A. Mechanic, 97 Holmes Road, Ridgefield. $13,846.76, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Shelton Auto Body & Repair Inc., 374 Coram Ave., Shelton. $9,718.77, payroll taxes. Filed July 1. Shelton Auto Body & Repair Inc., 374 Coram Ave., Shelton. $16,297.58, payroll taxes. Filed July 1. Spicer, Donna M., 2677 High Ridge Road, Stamford. $1.06 million, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Syentis L.L.C., 165 Davenport Farm Lane West, Stamford. $40,893.38, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed July 8. Szobonya, Marion, 1152 Shippan Ave., Stamford. $16,241.07, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1. Murray-Turner, M. and Thomas Turner, 29 Patricia Drive, Shelton. $65,915.27, tax debt on income earned. Filed July 1.

MECHANIC’S LIENSFILED 100 Main Street L.L.C. and Nico Albanese, Greenwich. Filed by F.E.R.-NAP Construction Inc., Trumbull, by Emilio Ferri. Property: 100 Mason St., Greenwich. Amount: $130,696. Filed June 28. Riddell, Donna, Norwalk. Filed by Campos Custom Carpentry & Remodeling, Harwinton, by Marcelo Campos. Property: 4 Green Field Road, Norwalk. Amount: $5,000. Filed July 1. Whitehead, Estate of Robert, Trumbull. Filed by Michael Noal (HIC), Trumbull. Property: 5206 Madison Ave., Trumbull. Amount: $4,563. Filed July 8.

MECHANIC’S LIENSRELEASED Granite Group, Westport. Filed by New Haven Drywall & Son Co. Inc., North Haven, by James S. Brownstein. Property: 1045 Post Road East, Westport. Amount: $21,299.47. Filed July 1.

LIS PENDENS 11 Precision Road L.L.C., et al., Danbury. Filed by Thomas J. Farrell, Hartford, for People’s United Bank, Bridgeport. Property: 11 Precision Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1.07 million, dated June 2009. Filed July 2. 3060 Main Street Stratford L.L.C., Stratford. Filed by Benjamin S. Proto Jr., Stratford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 3060 Main St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $140,500, dated April 2007. Filed July 3. Aniuk, Dorothy M., Joseph F.Buda and Michael J. Buda, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for OneWest Bank F.S.B., Pasadena, Calif. Property: 30 to 32 St. Stephens St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $412,500, dated March 2009. Filed July 2. Atkinson, Trevor and Frank L. Atkinson Jr., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by James W. Donohue, Farmington, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 55 to 57 Petrie St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $333,700, dated March 2008. Filed July 8. Bank of America N.A., Danbury. Filed by Dyan M. Kozaczka, Orange, for Westwood Village Condominium Association Inc., Danbury. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit A9, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 1. Barr, Stephanie D. and Thomas N. Barr Jr., Trumbull. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerbocker, Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 5196 Main St., Trumbull. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $332,966, dated May 2004. Filed July 2. Bettancourt, Jean Douglas and Nelson Bettancourt, et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerbocker, Hartford, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 83 Ball Pond Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $300,000, dated April 2007. Filed July 1.

Bolack, Tracy L. and John J. Bolack, et al., Shelton. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 414 Nichols Ave., Shelton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $157,000, dated April 2003. Filed July 1. Boylan, Katherine, et al., Danbury. Filed by Alan P. Rosenberg, West Hartford, for Birchwood Condominium Association Inc., Danbury. Property: 27 Crows Nest Lane, Unit 17E, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 2. Bridgeport WPCA, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 88 to 102 Smith St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Broad, Jonathan C., et al., Stratford. Filed by Franklin G. Pillicy, Watertown, for Deerfield Woods Condominium Association Inc., Stratford. Property: 3699 Broadbridge Ave., Unit 310, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges. Filed July 3. Brooklawn Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for CT Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 745 Garfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Camarda, Lyubov and John Camarda, et al., Fairfield. Filed by Jennifer M. Jason, Hartford, for Pennymac Corp., Moorepark, Calif. Property: 140 Tunxis Hill Cutoff, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $444,150, dated August 2007. Filed July 8. Camella, Dianne, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 431 to 433 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Caterson, Victoria, et al., Bethel. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 5 Golden Hill St., Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $235,000, dated May 2004. Filed July 8. Chana, Balbir S., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 246D Pennsylvania Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1.

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Chapple, Lea A. and Kenneth R. Chapple, et al., Trumbull. Filed by Dennis J. Kokenos, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 15 Brandy Lane, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on unpaid sewer liens. Filed July 8. Choute, Vanessa and Marie Taylor Moise, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marsha S. Beckford, Bridgeport, for Coachlight Square Association of Bridgeport Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 333 Vincellette St., Unit 74, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 8. city of Bridgeport, Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 242 to 244 Pearl Harbor St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Clark, Michelle A. and Brian T. Clark, et al., Stamford. Filed by Thomas J. Welch, Shelton, for Webster Bank N.A., Waterbury. Property: 307 Ocean Drive East, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $730,000, dated August 2005. Filed July 2. Conroy, Nancy C. and Alexius C. Conroy, et al., Fairfield. Filed by S. Bruce Fair, Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 1078 Saxon Hill Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $4 million, dated January 2005. Filed July 3. Cote, Margaret J. and Michael D. Cote, et al., Bethel. Filed by Jennifer M. Jason, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 6 Saxon Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $196,710, dated December 2009. Filed July 2. Cox, Judith O. and David L. Cox, et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Holly L. Rutko, Pawtucket, R.I., for Deutsche Bank Trust Co., New York City. Property: 9 Woodcreek Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $388,000, dated February 2006. Filed July 2. Curtin, Susan C. and John R. Curtin, Greenwich. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for HSBC Bank USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 286 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $2.6 million, dated July 2006. Filed June 28.

Deltoro, Carlos I. and Luis A. Perez, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Christopher R. Thompson, Farmington, for Beneficial Financial I Inc., Mettawa, Ill. Property: 357 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $244,558, dated August 2006. Filed July 2.

George, Yvette and Levi George Jr., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Thomas J. Welch, Shelton, for Webster Bank N.A., Waterbury. Property: 1480 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $249,500, dated March 2007. Filed July 1.

Derezende, Cristiane S., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marsha S. Beckford, Bridgeport, for Park Royal of Bridgeport Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 2600 Park Ave., Unit 10P, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 8.

Griebel, Amy and Matthew Sullivan, et al., Newtown. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 126 Sugar St., Newtown. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $336,000, dated September 2005. Filed July 2.

Diaz, Stanley, et al., Fairfield. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerbocker, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York City. Property: 267 High Ridge, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $453,900, dated May 2007. Filed July 3. Elliott, Annette and Tangela Smith, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Karen E. McArthur, Armonk, N.Y., for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 201 Bunnell St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $300,000, dated December 2006. Filed July 8. Escobedo, Jenny I. and Jorge W. Escobedo, et al., Danbury. Filed by Joshua Pedreira, Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 8 Boxwood Lane, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $321,000, dated March 2010. Filed July 2. Fanwick, Michelle Beth and Eric S. Fanwick, et al., Wilton. Filed by Valerie A. Finney, Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 270 Westport Road, Wilton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $325,632, dated April 2004. Filed June 24. Garrison, Andrea P. and Mark C. Garrison, et al., Stamford. Filed by Christopher R. Thompson, Farmington, for First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 28 Autumn Lane, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $283,000, dated May 2002. Filed July 2. General Portfolio Properties Inc., Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 12 W. Haviland Lane, Stamford. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Stamford, . Filed July 1.

Grondin Cordillo, Paulette and Kenneth Cardillo, Wilton. Filed by James W. Donohue, Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 87 Millstone Road, Wilton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $595,920, dated February 2008. Filed June 25. Halpen, Neil P., et al., Stratford. Filed by Joshua Pedreira, Hartford, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 155 Short Beach Road, Unit 310, Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $120,000, dated June 2006. Filed July 1. Herles, Ivette and Jason Chiarini, et al., Shelton. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerbocker, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 43 Short St., Shelton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $334,250, dated July 2007. Filed July 2. Islam, Mohammed A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 385 to 387 Brooks St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $432,000, dated March 2003. Filed July 1. Jones, Caroline M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 104 Read St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $81,600, dated February 2005. Filed July 2. Kadish, Cynthia and Laurence Kadish, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marsha S. Beckford, Bridgeport, for Coachlight Square Association of Bridgeport Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 333 Vincellette St., Unit 46, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 8.

on the record Kallivrousis, Elizabeth M. and Danny R. Kallivrousis, et al., Brookfield. Filed by Christopher K. Leonard, Danbury, for Sandy Lane Village Condominium Association Inc., Brookfleid. Property: 91 Sandy Lane, Brookfield. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 3. Kelly, Michael K., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Jennifer M. Jason, Hartford, for HSBC Bank USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 58 Brooklawn Terrace, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $340,000, dated September 2006. Filed July 2. Kovach Craven, Judith and Raymond O. Craven, et al., Newtown. Filed by James W. Donohue, Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 14 Pond Brook Road, Newtown. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $402,000, dated December 2008. Filed July 5. Kuznetsova, Julia and Oleh Lukasevych, et al., Trumbull. Filed by Dennis J. Kokenos, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 52 Shawnee Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on unpaid sewer liens. Filed July 3. Lubin, Jean R., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Karen E. McArthur, Armonk, N.Y., for HSBC Bank USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 1503 Old Town Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $279,000, dated November 2006. Filed July 8. Madson, Colleen M. and David J. Madson, et al., Brookfield. Filed by Sonja J. Straub, Farmington, for Everbank, Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 14 Mountainview Drive, Brookfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $279,920, dated August 2006. Filed July 5. Mahoney, Kathleen, et al., New Canaan. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for HSBC Bank USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 68 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $975,000, dated September 2005. Filed July 3.

Marcus, Elizabeth S. and Jeffrey Marcus, et al., Ridgefield. Filed by Marc J. Greiner, Norwalk, for Ridgefield Bank Mortgage Corp., Ridgefield. Property: 232 Peaceable St., Ridgefield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage, dated December 2004. Filed July 2.

Molnar, Scott, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Sonja J. Straub, Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 85 to 87 Lenox Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $133,000, dated August 2005. Filed July 2.

Martinez, Linda D., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by David A. Carlson, Pawtucket, R.I., for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: State St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $100,000, dated July 2004. Filed July 8.

Moore, Ann L., Ridgefield. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for M&T Bank, New York City. Property: 108 Olcott Way, Unit 108, Ridgefield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $105,000, dated August 2003. Filed July 2.

Mascolo, Francine T., et al., Brookfield. Filed by Sonja J. Straub, Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 9 Hillside Circle, Brookfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $276,760, dated April 2009. Filed July 3. Mejia, Guievara and Carlos Mejia and Ana Maribel, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Christopher R. Thompson, Farmington, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 10 Bissell Lane, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $452,000, dated November 2006. Filed July 2. Meldon, Estate of Margaret T., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Joshua Pedreira, Hartford, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 96 Lake Ave., Trumbull. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $423,000, dated June 2011. Filed July 8. Miska, Carolyn B. and Walter Miska, et al., Wilton. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 39 Grumman Ave., Wilton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $359,650, dated April 2005. Filed July 1. Mitola, John P., et al., Shelton. Filed by Sonja J. Straub, Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 38 Rolling Ridge Road, Shelton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $280,000, dated May 2009. Filed July 2.

Morales, Estate of Laura, Bridgeport. Filed by Joshua Pedreira, Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 277 Oliver St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $88,000, dated January 2004. Filed July 2. Moyer, Michael A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Sonja J. Straub, Farmington, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 36 to 38 Broadway Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $214,500, dated March 2004. Filed July 2. Murillo, Maria G., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 715 to 717 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $146,197, dated September 2011. Filed July 2. Navarrete, Maria and Jose Navarrete, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by S. Bruce Fair, Hartford, for PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount Laurel, N.J. Property: 103 to 105 Goldenrod Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $261,000, dated August 2003. Filed July 2. Nelson, Robert O.C., et al., Norwalk. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerbocker, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 192 Highland Ave., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $843,750, dated October 2005. Filed July 3. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 477 to 479 Park St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport.. Filed July 1.

Panameno, Carlos M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 214 Cleveland Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $274,000, dated April 2007. Filed July 2. Perez, Aida and Daniel Garcia, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Deutsche Bank Trust Co., New York City. Property: 77 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $140,000, dated April 2005. Filed July 2. Pitts, Tanishe S. and Ivan S. Pitts, Irvine, Calif. Filed by Christopher G. Winans, Danbury, for Union Savings Bank, Danbury. Property: 19 Meridan Ridge Drive, Newtown. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $733,455, dated October 2006. Filed July 2. Ponelli, Suzanne, et al., Trumbull. Filed by Dennis J. Kokenos, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 84 Putting Green Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on unpaid sewer liens. Filed July 8. Popovich, Irma and Lillian Esposito, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 241 to 243 Soundview Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Quinn, Deborah M. and James G. Quinn, et al., Fairfield. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 2080 Redding Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $522,000, dated January 2004. Filed July 1. Reeves, Edward E. Jr., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Thomas J. Welch, Shelton, for Webster Bank N.A., Waterbury. Property: 45 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $254,500, dated March 2006. Filed July 1. Regan, Brian M., Ridgefield. Filed by Rebecca L. Dorio, Farmington, for Farmington Bank, Farmington. Property: 631 Danbury Road, Unit 35, Ridgefield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $110,000, dated June 2008. Filed July 3.

Reuter, Candace A. and James Wildman, et al., Monroe. Filed by Joshua Pedreira, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York City. Property: 18 Turkey Roost Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $308,000, dated November 2004. Filed July 8. Rivera, Ann and Oscar Rivera, Brookfield. Filed by Mark W. Korotash, Danbury, for Union Savings Bank, Danbury. Property: 16 Melrose Ave., Brookfield. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $327,000, dated February 2009. Filed July 3. Rivera, Judith and Hector Viscaino, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for CT Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 256 Prince St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Robertson, Megan and Christopher B. Robertson, Monroe. Filed by John W. Knuff and John P. DiManno, Milford, for Kristen Blaire Chanin, Westport. Property: 26 Sleepy Hollow Drive, Monroe. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $121,750, dated August 2006. Filed July 2. Robertson, Megan and Christopher B. Robertson, Monroe. Filed by John W. Knuff and John P. DiManno, Milford, for Kristen Blaire Chanin, Westport. Property: 26 Sleepy Hollow Drive, Monroe. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $22,978, dated March 2007. Filed July 2. Rocha, Flavia, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Jr., Bridgeport, for Livingston House Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 183 Livingston Place, Unit 2, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on an association lien. Filed July 1. Rotella, Nicola, et al., Danbury. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 27 Crows Nest Lane, Unit 7K, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $212,087, dated May 2009. Filed July 1.

Salazar, Jose, et al., Danbury. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank Trust Co., New York City. Property: 33 Woodside Avenue Extension, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $285,600, dated March 2006. Filed July 2. Schneider, Julie R. and Paul Schneider, et al., Stratford. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerbocker, Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 135 Laurel St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $276,500, dated July 2006. Filed July 2. Shafer, Stephen, et al., Bethel. Filed by S. Bruce Fair, Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 62 Dodgingtown Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $336,800, dated October 2005. Filed July 5. Shaw, Shanika, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 30 Kennedy Drive, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Smith, Donald P., Stratford. Filed by Thomas J. Welch, Shelton, for Webster Bank N.A., Waterbury. Property: 503 Greenfield Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $249,500, dated September 2007. Filed July 1. Smith, Geraldine A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed for Webster Bank N.A., Waterbury. Property: 397 Pond St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $194,500, dated December 2007. Filed July 1. Soares, Silvio Jr., et al., Danbury. Filed by Dyan M. Kozaczka, Orange, for Linron Gardens Condominium Association Inc., Danbury. Property: 51 to 71 Park Ave., Unit 6-32, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common assessments. Filed July 1. Sprinkle, Sade and Sandra Sprinkle, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marsha S. Beckford, Bridgeport, for Eastwood Condominium Association of Bridgeport inc., Bridgeport. Property: 116 Virginia Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 8.

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on the record Stewart, Catherine, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 2370 North Ave., Unit 10C, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $80,100, dated August 2005. Filed July 3. Stites, Christopher B., et al., Newtown. Filed by Mario Arena, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 6 Little Brook Lane, Newtown. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $205,000, dated February 2007. Filed July 2. Taboada, Gerardo, et al., Stamford. Filed by Mark A. Sank, Stamford, for Plum Tree I Condominium Association Inc., Stamford. Property: 30 DeBera Lane, Unit 7, Stamford. Action: to claim a foreclosure. Filed July 3. Taylor, Bobbi Joe and William Edward Taylor III, et al., Bethel. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 31 Greenwood Ave., Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $253,915, dated August 2007. Filed July 5. Taylor, Delfine E. and Marlo Blackwood, Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Mortgage Markets Cuso L.L.C., East Hartford. Property: 58 Nautilus Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $78,000, dated March 2012. Filed July 8. Torres, Cathy, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Paul Lewis Otzel, Milford, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 65 Grandview Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $24,650, dated April 2000. Filed July 1. Tuthill Finance, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 225 Park St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Urriola, Samara J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for PNC Bank N.A., Pittsburgh, Pa. Property: 250 N. Bishop Ave., Unit 31, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $59,500, dated August 2006. Filed July 2.

Vo, Keith, Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 725 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1.

Yapoujian, Dikran, et al., Bethel. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1 Wagon Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage, dated February 2005. Filed July 8.

Walsh, John W., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 100 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1.

Zou, Xi Shan, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Valerie A. Finney, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 60 Leslie Road, Unit C, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $216,923, dated April 2009. Filed July 2.

Warburton, Dawnett, et al., Stratford. Filed by Amy L. Harrison, Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 138 Laughlin Road East, Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $275,000, dated December 2006. Filed July 2. Watson, Geraldine and Linwood Watson Jr., et al., Norwalk. Filed by Jo-Ann Sensale, Farmington, for Generation Mortgage Company, Atlanta, Ga. Property: 15 Country Club Road, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $909,500, dated June 2009. Filed July 2. Watson, Joan E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Michael D. Reiner, Farmington, for Connecticut Tax Liens 4 L.L.C., Bridgeport: Property: 2165 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport. Filed July 1. Wilson, Beryl D., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marsha S. Beckford, Bridgeport, for Eastwood Condominium Association of Bridgeport inc., Bridgeport. Property: 149 Louisiana Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed July 8. Wood, Amy L., et al., Shelton. Filed by Valerie A. Finney, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 646 Howe Ave., Unit 9, Shelton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $141,186, dated June 2007. Filed July 2. Woolen, Nora R., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Dennis J. Kokenos, Trumbull, for the town of Trumbull. Property: 12 Greyrock Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on unpaid sewer liens. Filed July 8. Wright, Michelle A. and Roger M. Klinger, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 261 to 263 Goddard Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $180,000, dated January 2006. Filed July 1.

MORTGAGES

commErciaL 487 North Street L.L.C., Greenwich, by Alf J. Aanonsen. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 487 North St., Lot 2 to 3R, Greenwich. Amount: $5.5 million. Filed June 28. B&R Associates, Bethel, by James Rountos. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 12 Mill Plain Road, Danbury. Amount: $495,000. Filed July 2. Jemnam L.L.C., Westport, by Jonathan W. Moffly. Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 205 Main St., Westport. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 3. SBA 2012 TC Assets L.L.C., Boca Raton, Fla., by Coleman Prewitt. Lender: Deutsche Bank Co. Americas, New York City. Property: 206 Everett Road, Easton and Map 1188 of Birdseye Road, Shelton. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed July 5. The Nielson Co., Darien, by Gerald A. Nielsen Jr. Lender: People’s United Bank N.A., Bridgeport. Property: 4 and 6 Thorndale Circle, Darien. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed July 1. Wilson Properties III L.L.C., Wilton, by Leland R. Wilson. Lender: Bank of Fairfield, Fairfield. Property: 142 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton. Amount: $3 million. Filed June 26.

NEW BUSINESSES A.Y.L. Cleaning L.L.C., 50 Freemont St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Angel L. Lugo. Filed July 1. Apadana Home and Design, 31 to 35 S. Main St., Norwalk 06854, c/o CT Rugs and Home L.L.C. Filed July 1.

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Ball Magnet, 55 St. John Place, New Canaan 06840, c/o Nootools II L.L.C. Filed June 27. Bill’s Gunsmithing L.L.C., 16 Unity Drive, Trumbull 06611, c/o William Bachlechner Jr. Filed July 8. Bistro B, 1006 Broad St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Steven Montello. Filed July 1. Brasita’s, 272 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Steven Montello. Filed July 1. Bridgeport Creaciones, Eventos y Mas, 1227 North Ave., Bridgeport 06606. Filed July 1. Carlos Landscaping Services, 16 Glenwood Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Carlos Pol Jr. Filed July 1. Cassena Care at Norwalk, 23 Prospect Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Norwalk Acquisition L.L.C. Filed July 2. CBT Westport, 1720 Post Road East, Suite 223, Westport 06880, c/o Annalise L. Caron. Filed July 8. Coastline Builders L.L.C., 18 Garner St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Anselmo Cirifalco. Filed July 1. Convenience Mart L.L.C., 790 Boston Ave., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Saadat Malik. Filed July 1. Crown Relocations & Crown World Mobility, 44 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury 06810, c/o Crown Forwarding Inc. Filed July 3. Danis Daycare, 16 Adams Farm Road, Westport 06880, c/o Danielly Ferreira Novali. Filed July 3. Danny’s Painting and Services, 7 Moore Place, Norwalk 06855, c/o Nohemy Argueta. Filed July 3. Dewester Group, 102 Newtown Turnpike, Westport 06880, c/o Nanette C. Dewester. Filed July 8. Drew B. Photography, 1 Vining Road, Newtown 06470, c/o Andrew Buonaiuto. Filed July 3.

Hot Heads, 120 Clapboard Ridge Road, Suite 102, Danbury 06811, c/o Elizabeth and David Krafick. Filed July 1. Just Jeff Design, 26 High Point Road, Westport 06880, c/o Jeffrey M. Rose. Filed July 2. Kirsch L.L.C., 53 Risisng Ridge Road, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Steven M. Kirsch. Filed July 3. Little Dotts Day Care, 209 Reed St., Stratford 06614, c/o Wendy M. Dotterman. Filed July 2. Lostocco Auto Parts, 113 Danbury Road, Unit 12, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Joseph L. Lostocco. Filed July 3. Milkes Home Improvement, 10 Flax Hill Road, Brookfield 06804, c/o Michael Failla. Filed July 5. Mobile Rim Repair Co., 11 Mountain Laurel Lane, Danbury 06810, c/o Jeffrey Tavares. Filed July 1. Mojobeatz, 955 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport 06607, c/o David Stewart. Filed July 1. Priceless Tech Support, 12 Fulmar Lane, Norwalk 06850, c/o Anthony J. Taliercio and Israel Velez. Filed July 3. Pro Tech Painting and Remodeling, 694 Jewett Lane, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Rodrigo Teixeira. Filed July 1. Vetaran Firearms, 6471 Main St., Trumbull 06611, c/o Alan E. Bakula. Filed July 3. Working Mindfully, 602 Larson Drive, Danbury 06810, c/o Ralph Lee. Filed July 1.

NEW LIQUOR LISENCES Country Liquors L.L.C., 84 Newtown Turnpike, Westport 06880, c/o Mark E. Bologna. Filed July 2. Spotted Horse, 26 to 28 Church Lane, Westport 06880, c/o Chelsea Pub L.L.C. Filed July 3.

Emerson Industries Inc., P.O. Box 208, Bethel 06801, c/o Joseph M. D’Amato. Filed July 1.

PATENTS

Fairfield Day Spa, 5065 Main St., Trumbull 06611, c/o Kevin Phan. Filed July 2.

Office printer. Patent no. D686,277 issued to John B. Gilbert, Portland, Ore.; Donald A. Brown, Honeoye Falls, N.Y.; Brett Heidtke, Tigard, Ore.; and Yuko Kamimoto, Kanagawa, Japan. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Hardscape of the East, 4 Spruce Mountain Terrace, Danbury 06810, c/o Pablo Thomas. Filed July 1.

Color-mapping determination for an N-color marking device based upon image spatial noise defects. Patent no. 8,488,191 issued to Edul N. Dalal, Webster, N.Y.; Wencheng Wu, Webster, N.Y.; and Martin S. Maltz, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Efficient document processing system and method. Patent no. 8,489,585 issued to Diane Larlus, La Tronche, France; and Florent Perronnin, Domene, France. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Gradual charge pump technique for optimizing phase locked loop (PLL) function in sub-pixel generation for high-speed laser printers switching between different speeds. Patent no. 8,488,186 issued to Mostafa R. Yazdy, Los Angeles, Calif. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Kiosk-based automatic update of online social networking sites. Patent no. 8,489,657 issued to Michael D. Shepherd, Ontario, N.Y.; Jennifer C. Perotti, Pittsford, N.Y.; and Dale Ellen Gaucas, Penfield, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Method and system for color correction using both spatial correction and printer calibration techniques. Patent no. 8,488,196 issued to R. Victor Klassen, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Object segmentation at a selfcheckout. Patent no. 8,488,881 issued to Rogerio S. Feris, White Plains, N.Y.; Charles A. Otto, Lansing, Mich.; Sharathchandra Pankanti, Norwalk, Conn.; and Duan D. Tran, Urbana, Ill. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y. Preserving user applied markings made to a hardcopy original document. Patent no. 8,488,181 issued to Wencheng Wu, Webster, N.Y.; and Mu Qiao, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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CNBC’s 2013 Top States for Business

Employer ‘Play or Pay’ Delayed Until 2015

NBC released its annual state business rankings last week, with Connecticut slipping one position to 45th overall.

The business news cable outlet looked at a range of categories in developing America’s Top States for Business 2013, including business costs, economy, infrastructure, workforce, business friendliness, and access to capital. Connecticut declined for a third consecutive year, its ranking impacted by several key factors: f The cost of doing business: fell from 43rd last year to 46th; f Quality of life: dropped five positions to 17th; f Infrastructure and transportation: fell from 43rd to 49th, ahead of Hawaii only; f Access to capital: dropped five positions to 19th; f Education: second overall in 2012, now fifth. Connecticut did show improvement in business friendliness, improving to 26th from 33rd last year for that metric. Workforce quality and availability also rose, from 40th to 37th this year. Overall, the state finished ahead of only Nevada, California, West Virginia, Rhode Island, and Hawaii.

South Dakota surged from seventh in 2012 to the number one spot this year, dropping Texas to second overall. North Dakota, Nebraska, and Utah filled out the top five. At 16th overall, Massachusetts was the highest-ranked state in the Northeast, jumping 12 spots from last year and along with Delaware, showing the best improvement of any of the 50 states. The Bay State showed the worst decline of any state in 2012, falling to 28th from sixth. CNBC ranked Connecticut’s economy 39th, up one position from last year. Last month, a Bureau of Economic Analysis report found the state’s economy actually shrank in 2012, the only state not to show growth. Connecticut continued to decline in the cost of doing business. Only four states—Massachusetts, Hawaii, New York, and California—were ranked more expensive for tax burdens, utility costs, and salaries and benefits. South Dakota ranked best for business costs, followed by Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Montana. The fall to second worst for infrastructure and transportation highlights Connecticut’s ongoing issues with funding and maintaining its roads, bridges, and transit systems. And Connecticut’s fall in the quality of life rankings, where it usually performs well, should cause additional concern for state officials, as that is a key factor used to attract and retain companies. ➤ Read more at gov.cbia.com

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Employers Get Some Good News

fter months of reporting on the state’s stagnant job growth, Connecticut’s Labor Department (DOL) recently was able to switch gears by releasing two items of good news for employers. The DOL says the federal government has reduced the interest rate from 2.9430% to 2.5765% on funds borrowed by the state to shore up the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. Connecticut is one of 20 states that had to borrow significantly from the federal government as the recession, and the period of prolonged high unemployment that followed, decimated the trust fund.

Until the state pays back the money, employers are being hit with special assessments and a continuously increasing federal unemployment tax rate (FUTA). With the now-lowered interest rate, however, this year’s special assessment will be about 20% less than in previous years. Last July, the state mailed special assessments at $19 per full time employee. This July, the special assessments will be $15 per full-time employee. The true benefit will come when the state’s debt is paid in full and no special assessment is needed—something DOL concedes may not happen until 2016. ➤ Learn more at gov.cbia.com

arlier this month, the White House announced that it is delaying until 2015 the employer penalties under the Affordable Care Act. Prior to the announcement employers with more than 50 employees were faced with having to decide whether to “play or pay”—whether to offer health insurance that meets federal guidelines, or pay a per-employee penalty. Now, employers will have more time to better understand the new requirements included in federal healthcare legislation before possibly facing a financial penalty. According to the White House, it heard concerns from the business community about the reporting mandated under the ACA, and therefore decided to delay certain reporting requirements. Absent these reporting mandates, the employer penalty can’t be assessed and therefore won’t be collected in 2014. It’s anticipated that the federal government will issue additional guidance in the coming days, with pertinent regulations to be finalized over the summer. CBIA will provide updates as more information becomes available. The reporting delay is especially helpful for those companies calculating the number of full time equivalent (FTE) employees they have in order to determine whether their business breaks the ACA’s threshold of 50 FTE. This is critical because only companies with 50 or more FTE will face potential penalties for not offering, or offering insufficient, healthcare plans. Businesses also will have more time to make arrangements for the new reporting requirements and consider the consequences of the play or pay law. ➤ Learn more at cbia.com/ healthcare2014

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