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Area microbreweries sometimes face food ﬁght BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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Ken Pond and his wife, Tori, co-own Craft & Sprout, a manufacturer of tiny homes in Greenwich that won the inaugural Barracuda Tank Competition.

Absent economic development staff, Westport redoubling marketing efforts BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

Westport’s Operations Director Sara Harris.

o dedicated economic development staff? No problem — or so those overseeing such efforts in Westport say. “The three of us are working hard in this area,” said Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker, referring to herself, First Selectman Jim Marpe and Operations Director Sara Harris. “It’s something we would be doing in our jobs anyway — working to understand the needs of our business community.” Harris is essentially the point person on economic development, having understood that would be part of

the town’s operations when she took the director position last July. “We’re in a unique situation,” Harris said. “We don’t have a lot of undeveloped land or commercial stock, so the typical economic development approach doesn’t always work here. What I’m doing is researching what could work for Westport as far as promoting the vitality of the commercial industry that we have.” Westport’s position as one of the nation’s wealthiest municipalities can be both a plus and a drawback. It ranks 22nd in Bloomberg’s “America’s 100 Richest Places,” with its average household income in 2015 of » WESTPORT

hat the explosion of microbreweries in the area has required changes in some towns’ zoning ordinances has been well documented. But plans by some businesses to offer their patrons something to eat have also faced municipal hurdles. Call it food-truck phobia. “Food trucks are part of the culture of going to breweries now,” said David Kaye, co-owner with his father Robert of Ridgefield’s Nod Hill Brewery at 137 Ethan Allen Highway. “A lot of them around the state host food trucks. They offer a variety of casual, good quality food, which enhances the experience of coming here.” That may be so, but Nod Hill needed to work to win Ridgefield’s approval last month of an amendment to its 2016 rule forbidding breweries and wineries from featuring food trucks in one spot for more than 15 minutes. The Kayes needed to get a petition signed by more than 2 percent of registered voters to prove that it was an idea whose time had come. At the subsequent public hearing, “A lot of residents spoke in favor of it, while some were still concerned about it,” David Kaye said. Kaye termed the approval “a pretty gratifying success.” It wasn’t the first time that the Kayes needed a change in Ridgefield’s zoning laws. In February 2017, they were granted a zoning amendment to allow a brewery in their B-2 commercial zone, which previously allowed manufacturing but not brewing. Their food-truck request was made at nearly the same time that Nod Hill opened last October. Kaye declined to describe either struggle as a “fight,” however. “There were concerns about traffic and competition with area restaurants, which we understood,” he said. “The town has been supportive of us. We just had to go through the processes in the correct way.” Food trucks could start operat» FOOD

Southport entrepreneurs peel off eggstra special kitchen gadget BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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couple of years ago, Bonnie Tyler found herself facing an existential crisis — or, to be more precise, an eggs-istential crisis. “I was invited to a cocktail party and I was to bring a dozen deviled eggs, which seemed reasonable at the time,” recalled Tyler, a website designer. “But I couldn’t get the eggs to peel and I just can’t stand to have a problem like that. So, the next morning, I got online to buy an egg peeler, because I thought someone must have figured it out by this point.” Alas, Tyler found there was no consumer product specifically designed to peel a hard-boiled egg. There were products for the commercial culinary market and Tyler noticed they all shared a similar design. “They rolled the eggs forward on steel bars, they shook the tray back and forth and they hit it with water.” Tyler called on fellow website designer Sheila Torgan to help create a consumer-friendly product that could peel an egg. After producing what they considered a feasible concept via computer-aided design software, they sought to bring it to life via a 3-D printer at the Westport library in early 2016. However, there was a catch. “We had to take a two-hour class on how to use 3-D,” Torgan said. “Our instructor was 11. We were there making an egg peeler and he was making a prosthetic hand for his class.” After going through seven prototypes, Tyler and Torgan had a model that they felt could work: an enclosed 4-inch canister that can be filled with one hardboiled egg and one-quarter cup of water. After closing the canister and giving it a few shakes, the peel is separated from the egg. “Water gets through the membrane, which creates all of that problem,” Torgan added, noting that this method prevents the egg from being picked apart with the cracked shell. “It sort of looks like a hot mess.” Although Tyler initially planned to make the product for her own kitchen needs, she and Torgan quickly recognized there might be a market for this item. They dubbed the product The Negg, short for “naked egg” and inspired by a childhood malapropism by Tyler’s younger daughter

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Sheila Torgan and Bonnie Tyler, creators of The Negg. Photo by Phil Hall.

What we found out through this whole process is that we’re sadly lacking in the manufacturing business in this country. We did all sorts of phoning around to ﬁnd somebody who could do this, and it was stunning. -Bonnie Tyler

who mistook “an egg” for “a negg.” After successfully filing for a patent and trademarking their product on behalf of their Southport-based Airigin Solutions LLC, Tyler and Torgan began looking for a U.S. manufacturer to mass produce their design. Their initial efforts were discouraging. “What we found out through this whole process is that we’re sadly lacking in the manufacturing business in this country,” Tyler said. “We did all sorts of phoning around to find somebody who could do this, and it was stunning.” Eventually, the duo settled on MPS Plastics in Marlborough, Connecticut, to handle the production. To help fund their endeavor, they launched a Kickstarter campaign in the autumn of 2016. And while that effort failed to reach its goal, the partners realized their potential market was more studly than they anticipated. “We thought that we’d be selling this to 40-plus housewives,” said Torgan. “But when we saw the profile pictures of the people who came out for us on Kickstarter, we saw the most handsome, fit men that I’ve ever seen in my life. And I was wondering, where are all of these men coming from? It was the paleo market, the CrossFit market, fitness and health-conscious consumers who needed to peel an egg, regardless of gender.”

Tyler and Torgan quietly began selling The Negg online in December 2016, and a second attempt at Kickstarter in April 2017 succeeded with $35,000 being raised. Also in April 2017, The Negg was picked up by TheGrommet. com website that specializes in household gadgets. The site’s initial offering of 1,500 units sold out within two hours. “They called up for 4,000 more,” Tyler said. “It was the fifth-largest launch they had.” To date, The Negg is available in more than 300 retail stores, primarily smaller outlets where the product can benefit from in-store demonstrations. “You say that it peels an egg and people look at you like you’ve grown another head,” said Tyler. “But when they see it work or someone behind the counter says, ‘Oh, no, it does work,’ it helps to have that hands-on.” Between retail and online sales and fueled by press coverage, including NBC’s “Today” and The New York Times, Torgan estimated that 300,000 units of The Negg have been sold, and the website for The Negg has been expanded to accommodate recipes and trivia related to eggs. Looking ahead, the partners confirmed plans to pursue other egg-related products. “I think the expansion into all things eggs is where we’re going to be,” Tyler said.

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Suite Talk John Pinto, president and CEO of Pentegra

ohn Pinto has been the CEO and president of Pentegra, a provider of retirement plan, fiduciary outsourcing and institutional investment solutions, since 2013. With its corporate headquarters in White Plains, the privately owned firm is now 75 years old, having been founded by the Federal Home Loan Bank System in 1943 to administer a defined benefit pension trust for employees of the Federal Home Loan Bank System called the Savings Associations Retirement Fund; it took the name Pentegra — a combination of “pensions” and “integrity” — in 1993. When Pinto joined the company in 1991 it had 80 employees, the White Plains office and $2 billion in assets under management (AUM). Today it has more than 250 employees in six offices and $13 billion in AUM. Pinto recently met with the Business Journal’s Kevin Zimmerman in its Shelton office at 2 Enterprise Drive to talk about his management style, the ongoing retirement crisis facing the U.S. — and his beloved New York Jets. What led you to the financial services sector in the first place? “I’ve always been good with numbers. My dad was an accountant, which definitely helped. I became a senior accountant at MetLife (in 1982), and then I came to Pentegra in 1991 as comptroller. I earned my M.B.A. at Sacred Heart University, where I learned about M&A and business problem-solving, and have been with Pentegra ever since (including as its treasurer, chief financial offer and chief operations officer).” What is the biggest challenge in the financial planning industry today? “There’s an ever-changing marketplace out there.

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What nonbusiness-related book are you reading now? “‘The JFK Assassination’ (by James DiEugenio). That’s something that I’ve always found fascinating.” What’s your favorite TV show right now? “‘Billions.’ It’s sort of a combination of ‘Wall Street’ and ‘Law & Order.’ The plots are awesome and you never expect what’s going to happen. Sometimes the ending really comes out of nowhere.” Best movie of all-time? “‘Rocky.’ I love most Sylvester Stallone movies anyway, but the first ‘Rocky’ … you’ve got the whole underdog story and the fact that he wrote it when he was broke and demanded that he get to star in it — really inspiring. With ‘Rocky’ and ‘Rambo’ and all the sequels, they’re all good. ‘Creed’ was awesome. And they’re all different stories — the sequels aren’t all about doing more of the same thing.”

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We pride ourselves on providing high-quality services, which requires constant reinvestment in terms of what we do, technology and human resources. There’s also pressure to keep our prices competitive with everyone else while at the same time finding the capital to reinvest.” Was there a particular business mentor who helped you? “I’d point to two leadership courses I took, one when I was moving up at Pentegra and one I took just before I became CEO, taught by Mark Wright. They’re very rigorous and teach you what a good leader is and how you can get there. He’s an executive coach who’s written a slew of books. But it’s not all about work — he emphasizes

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the value of maintaining a smart balance between work and life, which is something I definitely agree with. “In addition, I’ve worked for several CEOs over the course of my career. I’ve taken a couple of different aspects from each one of them — the good and the bad. In particular, the CEO who hired me at Pentegra (Robert Albanese) asked me when my severance from my previous job would run out. I told him, and he told me I’d start here the very next day. That’s the kind of attitude that I’ve tried to maintain while dealing with our employees — trying to have a positive influence on them.” Have there been any particular business books you’d recommend? “As a service company,

There’s an ever-changing marketplace out there. We pride ourselves on providing highquality services, which requires constant reinvestment in terms of what we do, technology and human resources.

there’s ‘The Simple Truths of Service’ (by Ken Blanchard and Barbara Glanz), which illustrates how providing a high level of service to customers generates higher customer loyalty. We give it to every single employee who comes to work here — it’s that important. “And there were two that Mark Wright used in his courses. ‘What Got You Here Won’t Get You There’ (by Marshall Goldsmith), which shows you what to do and what to avoid as you move up the ladder in your career, and ‘That Used to Be Us’ (by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum), which discusses how the U.S. was the biggest world power and how we’ve declined in terms of education, technology and so on — and what we can do to return to that position of power.”

Favorite restaurant in Fairfield County? “There’s a place called Off the Hook in Stratford, where I live. It’s really casual, but has good pizza and seafood — really great. We try to get over there at least once every couple of weeks.” What else do you like to do in your spare time? “I have two passions in life, fishing all year round is one of them. We have a small house in Rhode Island so there’s a lot of bass fishing, striped bass and some bluefish, too. “Then in the fall, it’s the New York Jets. I’m a diehard Jets fan. My dad was a Giants fan, but I went with a group of guys to a Jets game years ago, when they still played in Shea Stadium, and enjoyed it so much that I ended up buying season tickets for a while.”

How do you like their chances this year? “Well, you’ve always got the New England Patriots, but I really like that the Jets drafted Sam Darnold. If everything goes according to plan, he should be their quarterback of the future.” I know your daughter Jen works here as well. Was that always the plan, or…? “That goes back to ‘Bring Your Daughter to Work Day’ in our White Plains office. She came in and got to know (vice president, marketing and communications) Maria Siegel. When she got out of school for the summer she’d come back and spend time with Maria. That was seven years ago and now she’s Pentegra’s marketing coordinator.” What’s the best part of your job? “The employees. I love the people who work here. It’s something of a cliché, but I really do feel that our greatest asset walks off the elevator to work here every day. “And beyond that, one of those most rewarding things, what we do here, is to provide retirement solutions to companies around the country so they can offer employee retirement plans. To be a part of that solution — to help people out — is very, very gratifying.” As far as the retirement crisis that this country continues to face — you always see headlines about how Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement. Why do you think that, even with all the news coverage, it’s still a problem?

“There are so many things competing for your money today. People graduating from college are facing tremendous loan debt. A lot of people have mortgage payments that they are struggling with. And of course people want to buy that new car or take that special vacation. On top of that, a lot of young people especially think that retirement’s so far down the road that they don’t need to think about it or plan for it. It’s a matter of prioritizing.” I’m sure we could be here all day talking about this, but I’ll ask anyway: What general advice do you have when it comes to planning for retirement? “If your company offers a 401(k), get in as soon as you’re eligible. And if they have a matching plan, take full advantage of it. Never leave money on the table. “I also tell people not to try and time the market. If the S&P goes down, don’t react immediately and take your money out. This is a long-term investment — the market will have its ups and downs but over time you’ll do fine. And as tempting as it can be, don’t take a loan from your 401(k). Some people do that so they can buy that new car or whatever, but that’s doing a real disservice to yourself. “And don’t forget that there are plenty of professional financial advisers out there who can meet with you and talk about your goals for your retirement. There are also plenty of tools available online that can help — take the time to go over what you want to do and make adjustments where you feel they’re necessary.”

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New owner, new outreach as Arthur Murray Danbury hits 40

Andy Cabell competing with student Debra Hendrickson, who runs consignment ballroom business Black Rock Ballroom Couture in Fairfield.

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erhaps surprisingly, “born to dance” is not the best way to describe Andy Cabell, a longtime instructor at Arthur Murray Dance Studios in Danbury. In April, Cabell bought the franchise at 345 Main St. for $185,000 and has ambitious plans for expanding its community reach — though he’s not a born entrepreneur either. “It all started with a Craigslist ad,” he recalled with a laugh. “Arthur Murray was looking for instructors, no experience required.” That was fortunate, he said; having graduated in 2008 with a degree in history, Cabell had been planning to go to grad school. But the cratering economy put an end to that idea. After a series of odd jobs he decided to reply to the ad — and was promptly hired in 2009. “Arthur Murray as an organization looks for someone who’s outgoing and has a professional attitude,” Cabell said. “They feel that it’s easy to teach people how to dance.” It apparently was for Cabell, who although he had taken tap and ballet

classes as a youngster had not been considering it as a career. Since joining Murray, he has placed first in multiple teaching competitions. He has also twice been to the international finals of the annual All Stars Tournament of Champions, an event designed to test and showcase not only its instructors’ talents but also their commitment to customer service. Adding ownership to his portfolio was, again, a matter of being in the right place at the right time. “Nicole Almeida, who’s the daughter of the people who opened (the Danbury location) in 1979, had operated it for the last 10 years and was looking to get out of the business,” Cabell said. “She’s another person who never expected to go into this — she wanted to work in radio.” Cabell said he jumped at the chance to own the franchise because “Even though ballroom dancing is pretty easy on the body, it’s still pretty strenuous. I’m 32, so I can expect maybe another eight years of feeling pretty comfortable doing it. But after that you have to slow down.” He noted that he’d explored a few other avenues for his next career

step. “I tried doing an office job part time a couple of years ago — and hated it,” he laughed. “So I decided to stay in the business and becoming a franchisee is a great way of doing that. It seemed like a logical next step.” One of the biggest challenges of being in charge has been “taking on the marketing and public relations side of things. But I’ve found it very enjoyable, way more than I expected it to be.” The biggest transition, he said, “has been in the mindset — it’s not just thinking only about your students anymore. Your view has to expand to include making sure that every student in the studio is having a good time.” Cabell also credited Tara Aston, the center’s manager and his frequent dance partner, for helping make the transition a smooth one. “She has a lot of experience with payroll and that kind of thing,” he said. “She’s been an incredible asset for us.” All told, Arthur Murray Danbury has five employees. That 2019 marks the franchise’s 40th anniversary in Danbury won’t go unheralded, Cabell said. “I want us to be more involved

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with the community, local charity events, working with as many of them as we can,” he said. A grand reopening, produced in conjunction with the chamber of commerce, will kick things off on Sept. 27, followed by what he hopes will be one “major event” each quarter of 2019 “to celebrate the different aspects of what we do.” One of the elements the New Milford resident hopes to expand is team-building exercises offered to area companies. “We’ve had some companies reach out to us that were looking for something a little bit different,” he said. “We did Duracell a couple of years ago, where we went in and taught a couple of classes — showing how dance can be fun, simple and easy.” Cabell said he wants to develop that aspect more by offering companies either exercise-focused programs focused on fast dances that “get the heart rate up — almost a Zumba-type thing” or more socially oriented events. “Part of our job is to organize little dance parties that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, which can be an exciting — and valuable — thing when it comes to team-building,” he said.

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Westport—

$270,200 trailing only sixth-place Old Greenwich ($341,400) and ninthplace Darien ($313,300) in Connecticut. With a median annual household income of $166,307 for the years 2012 through 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 4.4 percent of Westport’s population was living in poverty. Westport’s property tax rate is just below 17 mills, driven by a growing Grand List of all taxable and tax-exempt property in the town that finds an average house assessment value of about $1 million, with retail, professional and other commercial development all on the rise. A great place to be if you can afford it, then — but data that might scare off individuals and companies that feel

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ing on Saturdays by the end of August, he added. Nod Hill’s efforts sounded familiar to Tess Szamatulski, co-owner with husband Mark of Veracious Brewing Co. at 246 Main St. in Monroe, which endured its own two-year struggle to get food trucks onto its site, culminating in approval last summer. Food trucks were a relative rarity in Monroe and had to operate under the town’s peddlers’ license, which only allows for a mobile seller to be in one place for 10 minutes, after which it must relocate or, in Szamatulski’s words, “drive around the block and set up again for another 10 minutes.” That it took Veracious two years to finally get that ordinance changed was something that did not work in its favor with food truck operators, Szamatulski said. “When we opened threeplus years ago, we told them that we could have food trucks, and had several of them lined up,” she recounted. “Then we became kind of persona non grata when we told them that wasn’t the case.” Food-truck operators in Monroe must pay an annual $150 fee to receive health inspector approval. With those trucks pretty

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they cannot. The challenge, Harris said, is “to promote the vitality of the commercial industry we have here.” Even with its enviable economic position, “We’re working to encourage people from outside to look at opening a commercial business here.” “We have a special kind of vibe in our community,” Tooker said. “We’ve kept our mill rate flat for the past four or five years, and we believe that we have the infrastructure and the kind of amenities that businesses want.” Tooker came to office last November following a 22-year career at multinational property/casualty and life/health reinsurance company Gen Re in Stamford, where she served in various leadership and management positions on the marketing

and underwriting side of the reinsurance business in both the U.S. and Europe. Formerly a member of the Westport Board of Finance and chair of its Audit Subcommittee, as well as a member of the board of directors for the Women’s Business Development Council, she said she recognizes “how important it is for government and business to be working together and not be at odds with economic development and economic vitality.” Part of that comes from Tooker’s frequent visits to small and medium businesses, she said. “It’s probably the best part of my job,” she remarked, “introducing myself and hearing how our business owners think about Westport. We have a talented workforce who are really

prideful about our town.” Not that there isn’t work to be done, she added. “We continue to invest in amenities from a government standpoint, including in our beach, library, downtown and our ‘second downtown,’ Saugatuck.” Tooker pointed to Westport’s seventh annual Maker Faire — a “showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness” held on April 21 that nearly doubled its number of participants to 200 and recorded a 30 percent increase in attendance to 13,500 from 2017 — as indicative of the town’s commitment. While Tooker said that she hasn’t heard any consistent concerns from Westport business owners during her visits, she noted that progress has been made to streamline

its land use processes as part of an ongoing effort to “show that we are open and business-friendly.” The town is also working to update its website to “make it a little more user-friendly and intuitive,” according to Harris. Work on the site has been slow, she noted; she would only say its completion could be expected “over the next several months.” A new logo and tagline will probably be introduced as well, she said. Westport is also working to enlarge its social media presence, Harris said, on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The town is also hoping its involvement with the Fairfield County Five — a marketing collaborative whose members also include Stamford, Norwalk,

Greenwich and Fairfield — will pay dividends down the line. “We’re in constant conversation with each other,” Harris said, noting that the group’s next event — pitching the region to New York City-based tech companies considering new offices or wholesale relocations — plays to Westport’s strengths. “There’s so much rhetoric now about business and government not being on the same page on so many levels,” Tooker said. “We feel that the recipe for success is to focus on where we have common interests. “We’ve had a robust commercial base for a number of years,” she added. “It’s important to all of us that we make sure our relationship with business continues to work for us.”

much booked for the hot months, Veracious instead has been relying on local eateries like Monroe Social and Country Pizza to deliver, though Szamatulski noted that patrons are welcome to bring in their own food. She said she hoped to meet with food-truck owners in January to provide a steady schedule of choices beginning that month; Veracious is allowed to have two on-site at a time. Veracious and Nod Hill got off relatively easy. Broken Bow Brewery in Tuckahoe, New York, which is celebrating its five-year anniversary Aug. 17-19, took about five years to get food-truck clearance from the town; this is its first year to offer the trucks. “Tuckahoe is a very small village that had never allowed food trucks,” said Kristen Stone, founding partner and head of marketing. “They wanted to keep the focus on local restaurants, a lot of which have been here for a very long time. They were concerned about food trucks competing with them.” After a lot of back-andforth, including demonstrating the caliber of trucks Broken Bow was interested in working with, not like the broken-down dives-onwheels that may find service elsewhere, approval was finally awarded. Because

it’s limited to one truck at a time, Stone said that Broken Bow plans to have the two scheduled to be at its August anniversary event show up at different times. Broken Bow originally invited local eateries to set up inside its space at 173 Marbledale Road to offer their wares to patrons but, Stone noted, weekend traffic at the restaurants themselves tended to work against those arrangements. All of this begs the question: Why don’t such breweries simply do their own cooking? “Generally, most brewery start-ups come from the beer side first,” said Paul Gatza, director of The Brewers Association, a nonprofit trade association dedicated to small and independent brewers in the U.S., headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. “It is that passion that drives them to go pro. To offer your own food involves developing some expertise in that area. “About 80 percent of the openings we see are in the taproom model,” Gatza added, “so not doing significant food service in-house is emerging as the dominant business model.” The food-truck option gives the entrepreneur brewer a chance to stay focused on the beer and manage a

leaner business through its start-up phase, he said, “but then they are leaving potential revenue to others who handle the food.” “Oh God, no,” Szamatulski laughed when asked about Veracious cooking its own food. “Between running the brewery and Maltose Express (the Szamatulskis’ beer- and wine-making supply store next door), we’re really busy. “We could probably fit a kitchen in here somewhere,” the former caterer allowed. “It would be nice to have pub food here, but it’s not worth the hassle with the health department right now.” “For us and other microbreweries, it’s important that the focus remains on the beer itself,” Stone said. “Even on our koozies it says, ‘It’s all about the beer.’ “We know how to brew beer and we know how to eat food,” she quipped. “But in no way are any of us cooks.” “I have limited interest in flipping burgers,” declared P. Scott Vallely, owner and brewmaster at Danbury’s Charter Oak Brewing, which officially opened last month at 39B Shelter Rock Road. “I’d rather focus on making the very best beer.” While Vallely also had to navigate his city’s regulations to open Charter Oak, ultimately winning an amendment to

a decades-old zoning rule, he didn’t face Danbury opposition to food trucks. Unfortunately, he said, he’s occasionally had other problems. “Food trucks are so in vogue now that they can be hard to come by,” he said. “I had two Saturdays in a row where the truck didn’t show up because they got a better gig. If they can sell a few items here or have a guaranteed 40 or more meals at something like a wedding reception or a reunion, they’re going to go there. It’s understandable, but it can be a little frustrating.” Gatza expressed surprise when told of Charter Oak’s troubles. “It seems like a strategy that burns bridges,” he remarked. “If a food truck doesn’t show for a commitment, they won’t be asked back. I would think word gets around and the reputation of that truck could take a hit.” Bad Sons Beer Co. in Derby, while occasionally offering a food truck, prefers to work with local restaurants who deliver, according to Bill da Silva, who with his brother Mark opened at 251 Roosevelt Drive a little more than a year ago. “We want to be adding to the neighborhood we’re in, which is very important to us,” da Silva said. “We’re not interested in competing with the restaurants, a lot

of whom sell our beer. We also close early” — at 8 or 9 p.m. during the week and 10 p.m. on weekends — “with the idea that someone can come here and enjoy a beer before they head out to dinner. Maybe they see our beer at that restaurant and order another one. It works.” Vallely takes the same approach. “We sell a lot of our beer to restaurants and bars,” he said, “so we don’t want those people to say that we look and smell like a restaurant.” Charter Oak tries to avoid direct competition by opening on Thursdays and Fridays — the only weekdays it’s open — after the lunch hour and closing by 8 p.m. on those days and Saturdays. All of the operators noted that they’re licensed as “breweries,” not as “brewpubs,” the distinction being the operation of a kitchen and adhering to additional zoning and health department regulations. One of the newest brewpubs, M&D Brewery, is preparing to begin construction at Fairfield Hills in Newtown. Partner Mark Tambascio, one of the principals at nearby My Place Restaurant, plans to have both a pizza oven and food trucks on-site, alongside beer and other beverages.

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In Brief Houston HR ﬁrm Insperity opening Stamford ofﬁce

One of Insperity’s buildings in Houston.

Houston-based Insperity, which provides human resources and business performance solutions to small and midsize companies nationwide, is opening a district office with sales and service capabilities at 680 Washington Blvd. in Stamford. Insperity promoted Gregory Burguillos to district manager of the new office, where he will be responsible for directing the company’s sales efforts throughout Connecticut. Burguillos joined Insperity in 2014 as a business performance adviser. Insperity focuses on providing human resources services; its business performance solutions support more than 100,000 businesses which have among them more than 2 million employees. Insperity itself has about 2,700 employees. With 2017 revenues of $3.3 billion, the firm operates in 70 offices throughout the U.S.

STARWOOD PROPERTY INKS $2.56B DEAL WITH GE CAPITAL

Starwood Property Trust Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services’ Project Finance Debt Business and loan portfolio for $2.56 bil-

lion, including $400 million of unfunded loan commitments. The Energy Project Finance Debt Business of Norwalk-based GE Capital includes a vertically integrated platform with 21 full-time employees across loan origination, underwriting, capital markets and asset management. The loan portfolio is 97 percent floating-rate and consists of 51 senior loans secured by energy infrastructure real assets. “It has been our intention since we began Starwood Property Trust to build a multicylinder finance company,” said Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of the Greenwich-based company, “with the thought that we should never overstay our welcome in any one business line and always have opportunities to deploy capital into only those verticals where reward clearly outweighs risk.” Calling Starwood’s commercial real estate activity “our basic and still most important business,” Sternlicht said the GE Capital deal had “the return on investment profile and ability to scale to be material to our $14 billion enterprise.” Starwood also plans to expand the product line of the GE business, he said.

The Greenwich firm expects to finance the transaction with a new secured term loan facility from MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) with an initial advance of approximately $1.7 billion and committed capacity for future funding obligations in the loan portfolio. Completion of the deal, subject to the satisfaction of a number of customary closing conditions, is expected in the third quarter.

STAMFORD’S FIRST RESERVE SELLING DEEP GULF ENERGY FOR $1.2 BILLION

Stamford-based private equity firm First Reserve is selling Deep Gulf Energy, a deepwater oil and gas exploration and development business operating in the Gulf of Mexico, to Kosmos Energy for $1.225 billion. First Reserve has funded

Houston’s Deep Gulf Energy from its inception in 2005. “The Deep Gulf Energy platform is a strong example of First Reserve’s thematic approach to investments throughout the energy value chain, and we look forward to seeing continued impressive performance from the Deep Gulf Energy team,” remarked First Reserve Managing Director Neil Wizel. Andrew Inglis, chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Kosmos Energy, said that Deep Gulf gives his company more diversification, exploration opportunities and a pipeline of quality development projects in the Gulf. He said that Kosmos doubled its oil and gas production in the last four years, and this deal should allow the company to double it again in the next four years. Barclays acted as an adviser for First Reserve and Deep Gulf Energy. Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and Moelis & Co. provided fairness opinions to the special committees of the Deep Gulf Energy vehicles in the transaction. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Vinson & Elkins LLP provided legal advice. The transaction is expected to close around the end of the third quarter, pending regulatory approval and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

NORWALK APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY APPLICATION

An application for a medical marijuana dispensary has been approved

One of the drilling platforms used by Deep Gulf Energy.

for 495 Connecticut Ave. by the Norwalk Zoning Commission. The application for the 3,000-square-foot medical marijuana facility, which would be run by Healthport LLC, now goes to the state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), which oversees the licensing process. The DCP plans to award licenses to a maximum of 10 dispensaries this year; more than 70 applications, including ones for facilities in Newtown, Stamford and Westport, have been received to date. Currently, Fairfield County’s only state-approved dispensary is Compassionate Care Center of Connecticut in Bethel. The DCP is expected to act by the end of this year or early next year.

SHU TO OFFER CYBERSECURITY DEGREE

Sacred Heart University’s School of Computer Science & Engineering has created a bachelor’s degree program in cybersecurity that will debut with the fall semester. According to the school, the program’s core courses will focus on cybersecurity concepts and skills, including incident response and risk management, web development in UNIX, intrusion detection and network forensics, malware analysis and reverse engineering. The curriculum conforms to the latest recommendations from the Joint Task Force on Cybersecurity Education in its recent version of Cybersecurity Curricula 2017 — Curriculum Guidelines for Post-Secondary Degree Programs in Cybersecurity. “Students wanting to join the cyber workforce to protect our critical information, systems and infrastructure against cyberattacks will find this new cybersecurity program at Sacred Heart to be a rewarding and challenging experience,” said Sajal Bhatia, assistant professor and director of SHU’s mas-

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ter’s in cybersecurity program. “The program will focus on hands-on learning, with the help of traditional, lecture-based teaching.”

XEROX CHAIRMAN MAKES FIRST INSIDER STOCK BUY IN FOUR YEARS

Keith Cozza

Xerox Chairman Keith Cozza has become the first executive at the Norwalkheadquartered company to make an insider stock purchase since 2014 by acquiring 50,000 shares of Xerox on the open market for an average price of $25.42 per share, according to the Form 4 his attorney filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cozza was previously president and CEO of Icahn Enterprises LP before becoming Xerox chairman in May following the efforts by activist shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason to jettison the company’s $6.1 billion acquisition deal with Fujifilm Holdings. Cozza’s purchase of Xerox stock is his first, and it represents the largest transaction of its kind since Stephen Robert, a member of the Xerox board, in 2004 bought 50,000 shares. Xerox did not issue a public statement on Cozza’s action. Cozza’s activity follows an announcement last month by Xerox CEO and Vice Chairman John Visentin of a $1 billion share repurchase program, with the first goal of repurchasing up to $500 million in stock by the end of this year. — Kevin Zimmerman and Phil Hall

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ASK ANDI | Andi Gray

Learning the art of realistic estimating As a small-business owner, I struggle with quoting prices and scheduling. I end up overpromising to the customer, stressing out my people and hurting the bottom line. I underestimate the work involved. That puts pressure on my employees to deliver within an unrealistic timeframe. The cost to produce is higher than expected while I underprice the job. How do I stop this from happening? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Get a handle on the size, frequency and type of cost overruns. Develop a process for estimating that includes operations’ sign-offs. Whenever there’s a discrepancy between what the customer was promised and what really happened hold plus/delta meetings to document what went wrong. Recognize that owners can often be people pleasers and that customers can work that lever to their advantage. Look for root causes to your problems. Are there errors in estimating due to price changes, incorrect inputs, things being left out? How about discrepancies between what was quoted and customer expectations for quality or quantity? What happens when jobs are rushed? Some commodities and vended-out services can change rapidly in price. Publish a list of price-sensitive materials and subcontractors. Tell customers that prices for these items will be adjusted or confirmed once the order is placed. Make a detailed material list, work plan and budget for each job. Review with operations before committing to the customer. Ask employees to challenge you if there’s a possibility of cost overruns or delayed delivery. Before proceeding notify the customer and negotiate a solution. When communicating with customers, put everything in writing. Specify quality, quantity and due dates. Get operations’ agreement before sending anything to customers. Make sure customers review and approve everything in writing. Make room for rush work. Ask production to underschedule, so they can insert rush requests without disturbing other orders. Negotiate schedule changes with production staff before making delivery commitments to clients. Create process maps for everything. Document materials, time and workforce required to produce. Turn those into standard estimating forms, which can be used to create realistic budgets.

As soon as the contract or they’ll occur again. purchase order is signed, If you do run into buy all price-sensitive problems while in items. If there are a production, ask lot of price-sensitive employees to notify items, ask customyou immediately. ers for upfront payKnow the customment to hold pricer to contact and es. This way you call immediately can order mateto work out sperials immediately cifics of what will without dipping happen next. Be into cash flow. honest and be preUse plus/delta pared to negotiate review meetings to a solution that will discuss what happened work for both you and Andi Gray with all jobs deemed “out the customer. of bounds.” Carefully debrief Sometimes production jobs that are less profitable or take makes an error. They misunderlonger than promised. Make notes on what stood what was expected or didn’t folwent right (the “plus”) and what went low instructions. That’s on your company wrong (the “delta”). Incorporate the delta to deal with the problem and probably notes into selling and production improveshouldn’t be pushed back to the customer. ments to reduce or eliminate the chance Recognize that clients with last-minute

requests may be very persuasive. Saying “yes” without being able to meet their demands will only serve to wreck the relationship when it comes time to deliver and you’re behind schedule or over budget. If the owner is a soft touch who gives away too much, put someone else in the middle between company and client. Pick a designated “tough guy” to hammer out contract details, prices and delivery schedules. LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK? Try “Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Cost or Schedule” by Johanna Rothman. Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., StrategyLeaders.com, a business-consulting firm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple profits in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strategy Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics: 877238-3535 or AskAndi@StrategyLeaders.com.

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Information Technology Service Providers

THE LIST: IT Service Providers Listed alphabetically. Name Address Area code: 203 unless otherwise noted Website

Executive(s) Title(s) Year established fffff ffffff

Description

A+ Perfect Computers LLC

Isabel Lopez President 2007

Computer repair company

Absolute Logic

Al Alper Founder and president 1991

Provider of IT services, software and business solutions

Keith Bedell President 1982

Provider of IT services and support

2000 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield 06825 549-9761 • aplusperfect.com

44 Old Ridgefield Road, Suite 216, 06897 1550 • absoluteaccess.biz

Wilton 855-255-

Advanced Computer Technologies Inc. 108 Main St., Norwalk 06851 847-9433 • actweb.com

The Allen Group Inc.

50 Washington St., Seventh floor, Norwalk 06854 5777 • theallengroup.com

Web, mobile and software development services

Name Address Area code: 203 unless otherwise noted Website

Executive(s) Title(s) Year established fffff ffffff

Description

Jerry Lin President 1990

Provider of technology services and security

Neil Holme Owner 2001

Managed security and IT service provider

Michael P. Connors Chairman and CEO 2006

Global technology research and advisory firm

Joe DeMarsico CEO 2006

IT consulting and solutions firm

John Mathewson 2002

Software company creating custom apps and mobile solutions

Marilyn Greenberg President 1989

Provides PC training for employees of Connecticut businesses

NANTES Solutions

Maryne Robin Owner 1999

Full-service customized technology strategies for businesses

NCU Computer Consulting and Repair Services

William Roman CEO 1990

Full-service computer repair and technology consultancy firm

Netology LLC

Jamie D’Agostino CEO 2002

Business IT support and service provider

Hi-Link Technology Group 60 Long Ridge Road, Suite 205, Stamford 06902 388-7100 • hi-link.com

Impact Business Technology 10 Tumberry Lane, Sandy Hook 06482 364-0052 • impactbt.com

Information Services Group Inc. 2187 Atlantic St., Stamford 06902 517-3100 • isg-one.com

JD Technology Group LLC 46 Saint Charles Ave., Stamford 06907 554-1596 • jdtechgrp.com

Ament Technology Solutions

Alex Sulpizi Founder and CEO 1995

Audiovisual, IT and cyber security and business phone services

Ash Creek Enterprises Inc.

Mark Calzone President 1999

IT services and solutions provider

Kathryn Burshtein Principal 2003

Technology management provider

David Felton Principal and founder 2001

Full-service managed IT services

Carlstone Consulting

Richard Gordon Founder 1990

IT and customer relationship management services

CMIT Solutions

Jeff Connally Customized and President and CEO specialized IT 1997 services

The Network Support Co.

Jim Kennedy Founder and CEO 1996

Managed services, technical IT support and cloud computing services

Samuel Urda President 1967

Provides a full range of computer services

Network Synergy

Dana Gargano Owner 1988

Technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting

Computer Systems Support & Design LLC

Johannes Banck Chief information officer 2008

IT tech support and maintenance

Frank Ballatore President 1992

Network security, managed IT services, backup and recovery and cloud services

Computer Troubleshooters of Greater Danbury

Rick Van Akin Owner and general manager 1997

Business, voice over IP service and residential technology services

Irene FitzSimons President 1989

Solutions, managed and cloud services and staff augmentation

Computer Works

Adam Gitow Owner 2001

Technical services and computer repair

Provides outsourced IT needs

Crestview IT Solutions LLC

Jay Ligouri President and owner 2008

Don Gordon and Tim Quinn Founding partners 1985

IT services and solutions provider

SoftLink Resources

Stephanie Philips Owner 1992

Technical support and network design and implementation

Southridge Technology

Joe Garzi IT services and President and founder hardware 2001 replacement

26 Fahey St., Stamford 06907 355-2400 • amnetsystems.com

1110 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford 06615 290-1395 • ashcreek.com

Beyond IT Support

64 Wall St., Suite 400, Norwalk 06850 866-863-8388 • beyonditsupport.net

Canaan Technology

30 Belden Ave., Norwalk 06850 847-2444 • canaantechnology.com

31 Jennie Lane, Westport 06880 226-0026 • carlstone.com

1177 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06905 595-9091 • cmitsolutions.com

Computer Programming & Systems Inc. 1011 High Ridge Road, Suite 208, Stamford 06905 324-9203 • cpsincorp.com

172 Georgetown Road, Weston 06883 541-5448, ext. 211 • cssdllc.com

355 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 702-2103 • cts-danbury.com

483-C Monroe Turnpike, Monroe 06488 445-9059 • computerworksct.com 929 White Plains Road, No. 322, Trumbull 06611 268-5947 • crestviewit.com

CyrusOne Norwalk Data Center

6 Norden Place, Norwalk 06855

Stamford Data Center

10 Riverbend Drive Sojuth, Stamford 06907 855-564-3198 • cyrusone.com

Technology Gary Wojtaszek solutions, including President and CEO connectivity and 2001 disaster recovery

Datto Inc.

Austin McChord CEO 2007

Computer consultant and technology services

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Nancy Lavoie and Deborah J. MacIntyre Co-owners

IT services and hardware replacement

101 Merritt 7, Seventh floor, Norwalk 06851 888-995-1431 • Datto.com

Eugene Allen President and 855- owner 1997

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774 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 740-0821 • dennapc.com

Kyo Logic LLC

37 North Ave., Suite 105, Norwalk 06851 221-3033, ext. 108 • kyologic.com

Monroe Business Associates LLC 35 Corporate Dr., Trumbull 06611 452-8390 • monroebusiness.com

65 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06905 504-8204 • nantessolutions.com

452-1771 • numbercrunch.com

1200 Summer St., Suite 302, Stamford 06905 844-326-6625 • netologyllc.com

7 Kenosia Ave., Danbury 06810 744-2274 • network-support.com

126 Monroe Turnpike, Trumbull 06611 261-2201 • netsynergy.com

The New England Computer Group Inc. 12 Precision Road, Danbury 06810 431-9300 • necgnet.com

PCS Connecticut

175 Constitution Boulevard South, Shelton 06484 929-0000 • precisiongroup.com

Pylon Technology

136 Main St., Westport 06880 930-3410 • pylontechnology.com

7365 Main St., Suite 334, Stratford 06615 377-2119 • slrgroup.com

246 Federal Road, Unit B12, Brookfield 06804 431-8324 • southridgetech.com

The TNS Group

3 Landmark Square, Suite 600, Stamford 06901 316-0112 • thetnsgroup.com

Transcend Business Solutions

30 Grassy Plain St., Unit 5A, Bethel 06801

Ami Soifer Co-founder and CEO 1996

Managed IT services and strategic guidance

Linda Rowan President 2004

Technology staffing and services company

Crestview IT Solutions LLC 929 White Plains Road, No. 322, Trumbull 06611 268-5947 • crestviewit.com

Jay Ligouri President and owner 2008

1985 IT services and solutions provider

Norwalk Data Center

6 Norden Place, Norwalk 06855

Stamford Data Center

10 Riverbend Drive Sojuth, Stamford 06907 855-564-3198 • cyrusone.com

Datto Inc.

101 Merritt 7, Seventh floor, Norwalk 06851 888-995-1431 • Datto.com

Denna Computer Services 774 Federal Road, Brookfield 06804 740-0821 • dennapc.com

Everything IT

304 Main Ave., Suite 350, Norwalk 06851 858-3984 • everythingit.biz

Fast-teks Fairfield County

888-917-3278 • fastteks.com/FairfieldCounty/

Flagship Networks

100 Beard Sawmill Road, Suite 340, Shelton 06484 538-0800 • flagshipnetworks.com

Gartner Inc.

56 Top Gallant Road, Stamford 06902 964-0096 • gartner.com

Go2techs.net

400 Post Road, Suite 7, Fairfield 06824 292-6774 • go2techs.net

Stephanie Philips Owner 1992

Southridge Technology

Joe Garzi IT services and President and founder hardware 2001 replacement

7365 Main St., Suite 334, Stratford 06615 377-2119 • slrgroup.com

THE LIST: IT Service Providers CyrusOne

SoftLink Resources

Technology Gary Wojtaszek solutions, including President and CEO connectivity and 2001 disaster recovery Austin McChord CEO 2007

Computer consultant and technology services

Nancy Lavoie and Deborah J. MacIntyre Co-owners 1999

IT services and hardware replacement

Fredd Fishman Owner 2004

Full-service computer hardware and software provider

Mark Lucas 2003

Equipment setup, installation and technology services

Michael J. Egmont CEO 2000

Managed IT and installation services

Eugene A. Hall CEO 1979

Technology-based research and advisory company

NA 2005

Computer hardware, software and networking solutions

246 Federal Road, Unit B12, Brookfield 06804 431-8324 • southridgetech.com

The TNS Group

Technical support and network design and implementation

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

Ami Soifer Co-founder and CEO 1996

Managed IT services and strategic guidance

Linda Rowan President 2004

Technology staffing and services company

Paul S. Davis Founder 2004

Managed IT and installation services

Garry Feldman President and founder Maryne Robin vice president strategy and development

Managed IT services for businesses, data backup and cyber security

Virtual Density LLC

Christopher Furey Founder 2008

Fully managed cloudcomputing services

Webs for Good LLC

Patti Geanakos Owner 1993

Web design firm and technology platforms

3 Landmark Square, Suite 600, Stamford 06901 316-0112 • thetnsgroup.com

Transcend Business Solutions

30 Grassy Plain St., Unit 5A, Bethel 06801 790-5222 • transcendbus.com

Ultra Golden Software LLC 35 Narrow Rocks Road, Westport 06880 227-4009 • ultragolden.com

U.S. Computer Connection 933 Hope St., Stamford 06907 356-0444 • uscomputer.com

4 Liberty St., Danbury 06810 987-4566 • virtualdensity.com

199 Elm St., New Canaan 06840 966-8308 • websforgood.com

This list is a sampling of information technology companies that are located in the region. If you would like to include your company in our next list, please contact Peter Katz at pkatz@westfairinc.com. Note: Some companies do not publish their street addresses. N/A = Not available.

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Greenwich builder wins ‘Barracuda’ battle BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

Greenwich builder of tiny homes was awarded the grand prize at Westfair Communication’s Barracuda Tank Event. “Greenwich and tiny homes don’t go together, but we’ve built 10 of them so far,” said Ken Pond, who co-owns the company, Craft & Sprout, with his wife Tori. “We’re having a lot of fun with the business. We just keep plugging away, and it’s the grind. That’s kind of what we’re all here for is the grind.” The event held Aug. 7 at Saltaire Oyster Bar and Fish House in Port Chester recognized “barracudas,” or early-stage businesses, that have learned to navigate the rough waters of the business environment. The competition allowed these entrants to submit videos describing their businesses. The top 10-submitted videos were selected, and an online business competition allowed the public to cast votes for which company they hoped would claim the top prize. In their submission video, Craft and Sprout gave viewers a tour of one of their tiny homes. Prior to starting their tiny homes business, Ken Pond ran his own construction company for two decades, while his wife worked as a property designer. Pond previously told the Business Journal he and Greenwich residents use the tiny houses as accessory offices, pool houses, cottages or full-time homes. Coming in second at the Barracuda Tank event was Milestone C, an Orange, Connecticut company that designs and instructs STEM programs for elementary, middle and high school students. The company was co-founded by Cemocan “Gemo” Yesil and David Conelias. Yelis said that though children are receiving a “pretty good” STEM education in schools today, “I think where we’re failing them a little bit is taking

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Back left to right: Dennis Roche, Burbio.com; James Jenkins, First Approach Wellness; Ken and Tori Pond, Craft and Sprout; Cemocan “Gemo” Yesil, Milestone C; David Conelias, Milestone C; Donvil Collins, VeeKast. Front left to right: Priska Diaz, Bittylab; Anne DiFrancesco, Grand Statement; Susanne Leary Shoemaker, Undercare.

what they learn in school and connecting the dots to what happens in the real world, in the industry.” To help connect those dots, the company brings together managers, engineers, veteran aviators and scientists to lead internship experiences to equip students with practical knowledge and hands-on experience. The company said that lectures are minimized, and each program is built around a hands-on capstone project or exercise. Third place was awarded to BittyLab, a company launched by Priska Diaz. When her newborn son had trouble feeding, the Eastchester mom decided to invent an alternative to traditional baby bottles. She came up with the Bare Airfree feeding system, a line of bottles that deliver air-free milk and allow the baby to control the flow and pace of the feeding.

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“I developed this product because I wanted to help my baby,” she said. Diaz began selling the product in 2016 and since that time, the company has sold more than $1 million in product. “The greatest thing was the feedback,” she said. “Moms were saying their babies no longer had acid reflux.” Other top 10 finalists included Veekast, Upper Deck Fitness, Undercare Inc., Burbio, It’s a Yummy, Grand Statement and First Approach EA Worksite Wellness. The event was presented by Westfair Communications, which publishes the Westchester County Business Journal, the Fairfield County Business Journal and WAG Magazine It was sponsored by Gilda Bonanno LLC, Buzz Creators, Barnum Financial Group and Greater Hudson Bank.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Maria Garcia-Quintner

You have just been ﬁred, now what?

ob loss is often cited as one of the top five most stressful events in a person’s life, along with death of a loved one, divorce, moving and a major illness. At times the termination does not come as a surprise and has nothing to do with your performance. Whether it is because new management has come in, the company is either reorganized or downsized, you’ve seen jobs being outsourced or business isn’t great, it does not come as a surprise to you when you learn that you are being let go. Other times, you are completely blindsided, unprepared for this major life event. Whatever the reason or reasons for the termination, it is a challenging and confusing time. Individuals go through phases of emotions, ranging from anger to relief, anxiety, hopelessness, sadness and even euphoria. On one hand, you want to move

on and find that next job, a better job that will better suit your lifestyle, or perhaps better benefits or work-life balance. On the other hand, you want to make sure that you are not leaving anything at your former employer’s table. Consider the following as you transition through the post-termination state of limbo.

of Labor where you can apply for unemployment online: ctdol.state.ct.us/UI-OnLine/ index.htm

UNION

Certain employees, from both private and public sectors, are members of a union. A collective bargaining agreement may give distinct protections from termination or other adverse employment actions. If that is your case, your rights would be spelled out in a collective bargaining agreement. If you are part of a union and have been terminated, you need to act quickly to understand your rights, given that there are usually short deadlines by which you need to act to preserve your rights.

FINAL PAYCHECK

This seems obvious, but once terminated ensure that you have been paid for all work performed. If you are discharged, the employer is obligated to pay full wages no later than the business day after the date of the discharge. You may also be entitled to vacation days or paid time off (PTO) days that you accrued but that you did not use. Typically, the employee handbook should indicate how PTO is treated upon termination.

SEVERANCE

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Are you an “at-will” employee or do you have an employment contract? Most employees are “at-will,” meaning they can be fired for any non-illegal reason at any time. But some employees have employment contracts that specify a term of employment or specific reasons that can lead to termination. If you’ve just been fired, go back and determine whether you have an employment contract and what the contract says. Sometimes contracts provide for severance or other benefits upon termination. It is important to know what contractual rights and responsibilities, if any, you may have upon termination.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Most employees who have been terminated are eligible for unemployment compensation, unless they engaged in willful misconduct. Employers have the right to contest your unemployment, but often don’t, depending on the circumstances of your termination. Make sure to apply as soon as possible. Here is the link to the Connecticut Department

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Upon termination, employers may or may not offer their employees severance. Unless you have a contract that provides for the payment of severance upon termination, you are not typically entitled to it. But, even when employers aren’t legally obligated to pay severance, many times they are willing to offer severance in exchange for a release and waiver of claims against the company. If you are offered severance, you should not

Most employees who have been terminated are eligible for unemployment compensation, unless they engaged in willful misconduct.

sign any documentation without the assistance of able counsel. You need to understand what rights you give up when you sign. If you are not offered severance, you should consider the possibility of negotiating severance as part of your departure.

PERSONNEL FILE

It is very helpful to get a copy of your personnel file that may contain important information related to the reasons for your termination. This is especially the case if you suspect that you have been terminated illegally. In Connecticut, employees have the right to a copy of their personnel file. You have one year from the date of your termination to request a copy. The request should be in writing, and the employer has 10 business days after receiving the request to provide you with a copy. Getting a copy of your personnel file is the first step toward determining whether you have a case against your employer for wrongful termination. Finally, if you believe that you have been terminated due to discrimination or retaliation, because of age, gender, sex, religion, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, disability, Family and Medical Leave Act or other protected class or protected activity, you should not delay in seeking legal counsel. The deadline for filing claims against employers is short, and if missed, you may not be able to pursue those claims. Maria Garcia-Quintner is an attorney with Mitchell and Sheahan. Her practice focuses on advancing the rights of individuals who have suffered retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination and/or harassment on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, disability, sex, gender, religion, sexual orientation or other protected classes. She can be reached at 203-873-0240 or mgarcia@mitchellandsheahan. com. Mitchell and Sheahan has offices in Stratford, Westport and White Plains.

SPECIAL REPORT | Education

Trombley brings new energy to University of Bridgeport’s leadership BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

aura Skandera Trombley’s new office on the eighth floor of the University of Bridgeport’s Wahlstrom Library offers a sweeping panoramic view of the Long Island Sound, Seaside Park and miles of Fairfield County. It’s a brilliant distraction, albeit one that Trombley rarely gets to fixate upon. “I wish I could get distracted with that view,” she said, with a laugh. After taking over as the university’s 10th president in July, she has been on a whirlwind schedule of meetings with staff, students, local elected officials and administrators at area middle and high schools. And while her roots in the region were only recently planted, Trombley insisted she was in the right place at the right time. “I believe that you love a place for what it is and you love it for what it will become,” she said. “I love Bridgeport because it is a city with a great tradition and extraordinary people. And I love what it will become because everywhere I see amazing promise and possibility. Over a short period of time, more and more and more people are going to discover that and you will see a lot more reinvestment in Bridgeport.” Trombley may be new to her job, but she has already made her presence felt. In an Aug. 6 email to the university’s alumni, she announced a dramatic change to the university’s structure by unveiling a new academic administrative structure with the formation of three colleges — arts and sciences, health sciences and engineering, business and education — along with a dramatic consolidation of the existing setup of 14 deans into a con-

Laura Skandera Trombley, the new president at the University of Bridgeport. Photo by Phil Hall.

solidation of three deans reporting to the provost. Also on her agenda is addressing a problem of student retention. “The retention is now lower than I want it to be,” she said, pointing to a level that is under 60 percent. She added that she is only beginning to research the issue to “find out and fix it. We need to find out why students decide to cancel before they graduate.” Trombley arrived in Bridgeport following a three-decade academia career that included work as an associate professor of English and assistant provost at State University of New York at Potsdam, as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Coe College

in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and as president of Pitzer College in Claremont, California. In 2016, she served as chairwoman of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and was president of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Having worked in colleges across the country, Trombley noticed the differences from both a geographic and demographic consideration. “There are differences in term of area needs and specialization,” she said. “On the West Coast, there are a lot of Pacific Rim programs, while here there might be a greater emphasis on business and entre-

preneurship. But I also look at education as pre- and post-Great Recession, and that has taken an enormous consideration on how people view higher education, what they have to pay for it and the return they expect. That affects all institutions, no matter where they are.” Trombley has also gained literary fame as a prominent scholar on the life of Mark Twain, authoring the books “Mark Twain in the Company of Women” (1994) and “Mark Twain’s Other Woman” (2011) and offering commentary on the subject in Ken Burns’ PBS series on the celebrated author. Since arriving in the region, she has reached out to the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford to discuss creating a University

of Bridgeport program for them. She added that Twain had a great fondness for Bridgeport and used the city as a memorable punchline in “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” where the time traveling engineer Hank Morgan is taken by a knight to the royal capital. “Hank sees this beautiful shiny city and Hank asks the knight, ‘Is this Bridgeport?’” Trombley recalled. “And the knight says, ‘This is Camelot.’ I think it’s a message.” Trombley noted she has been “working with Twain for almost 30 years and I haven’t exhausted him yet.” She defined him as “the first modern celebrity.” “He was a genius and that’s always interesting,” she continued. “He was an

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extraordinary writer and not just in terms of the quality, but also the productivity: he wrote classic novels, thousands of essays, over 50,000 letters in his lifetime and he possessed an almost superhuman amount of human energy. This is somebody who voluntarily crossed the Atlantic 29 times in his lifetime. He went around the world at the age of 59 — it wouldn’t be easy to do that now, and I can imagine how difficult it must have been to do that then. And he could be very difficult — he had a real temper, he was extremely impatient. But by the end of his life, he was the most famous person on Earth.” While looking back at Twain’s canon, Trombley is also looking ahead at the university’s future. She has already pinpointed an area where she hopes to see the next wave of university students become thought leaders. “One of the big areas where we already have a stake in the ground but where we’ll be expanding over the years is data analytics,” she said. “We are in a world where there is an enormous amount of data being generated. This generation of students sees the world differently and understands it differently and interprets it in a way that I don’t.” And Trombley said that she does not want the university experience to be limited to the campus. “The city of Bridgeport and the University of Bridgeport are truly interconnected,” she said. “Our students are already very well known in the community because they are doing a great deal of community work, they have internships and they are working at local schools. I would like to see that relationship become even closer.”

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SPECIAL REPORT

Danbury’s TBICO observes 25 years of workforce re-education programs BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

ot everyone possesses the skills needed to be a viable and competent participant in the workforce — including some people who have been on the job for years. LouAnn Bloomer, the founder and chief executive of the Danbury nonprofit TBICO, recalled sharing that observation with a bureaucrat who was confused over the skills being taught in Bloomer’s job-education operation. “This commissioner said to me, ‘You’re teaching people to answer the telephone? Everybody knows how,’” Bloomer said. “And I said, ‘Actually, your staff doesn’t know how.’” Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, TBICO stands for The Bridge to Independence and Career Opportunities and its official mission is to “promote personal and economic self-sufficiency through education, job training and financial literacy.” Bloomer created TBICO after she fell victim to downsizing at IBM in early 1993. An executive secretary in the company’s community relations department, Bloomer realized that many nonprof-

LouAnn Bloomer, president and CEO of TBICO in Danbury. Photo by Phil Hall.

its dedicated to employment training were not approaching the subject through a private-sector spectrum. “In business we have human capital, but in nonprofits we have human services,” she continued, adding that she began to share her opinion with anyone who would listen. “When IBM was going through changes and they decided that my critical skills weren’t critical for them anymore, someone suggested, ‘Why don’t you start a company that puts your money where your mouth is?’” In its early years, TBICO had a strong focus in responding to the then-current welfare reform initiatives by assisting individuals enrolled in welfare-to-work programs. Over the years, TBICO adapted to socioeconomic changes and began offering classes needed in an increasingly computerized economy while also helping the growing number of veterans reintegrate into the working world. In the post-recession years, TBICO changed its scheduling to provide increased one-onone assistance and evening classes to accommodate those who were relying on part-time work to get by. If there has been one consistent to the

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TBICO philosophy, it is the encouragement of individual perseverance. “When someone comes in, employment has to be an end result,” Bloomer said. “You can’t help someone who is not willing to help themselves.” TBICO averages between 500 and 550 program participants annually, with a predominantly female attendance. One of the most sought-after skill sets that TBICO is offering involves typing. “Years ago, they pulled typing out of schools,” she said. “Then, it started to change, because now people are typing with their thumbs. But think of how many jobs require some level of computer use involving a keyboard. For example, if you want to be a phlebotomist, you’re going to get a typing test because you’re going to enter medical billings. A lot of employers

were finding there was a real productivity issue now because people could not type. I was a little surprised — we go to different employment agencies and ask if we can get their tests to make sure that what we’re teaching is at their level.” Another class that Bloomer emphasizes involves financial literacy, with a specific focus of creating and maintaining a feasible budget. “When people come, instead of just going over credit reports, we have spreadsheets and plug in the last three months of their debit cards,” Bloomer said. “We found one woman paid overdraft fees for six months of $1,300. She was buying coffee at $6 a cup on her debit card and was paying something like $40 a cup because of the overdraft fees.” Many of the TBICO instructors are volunteers who are active in the business community. Bloomer noted this was an import-

ant consideration because these instructors offered more than academic theory. “We want to bring people who have the current knowledge to come in and share it,” she said. “But we are also introducing our people to instructors that have jobs. It’s that networking that everyone talks about as being so important.” Although TBICO does not function as a job placement agency, Bloomer said that her nonprofit can “give people certain level of skills. To me, the most important thing we can teach is how to independently learn.” However, many TBICO students are either returning to the workforce after a long absence or are finding themselves in a new corporate environment and many lack the adequate clothing expected in these settings. For this consideration, TBICO operates a “corporate closet” with quality clothing that has been donated to help

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women who will soon be on the job in an office setting. “We have it and it’s available,” Bloomer said, noting that the closet was laid out as a boutique rather than as piles of clothing dumped on a table. “Sometimes you just need to shop — and if you’re here, your budget is probably tight.” One thing that TBICO does not offer is bilingual education. “Everything we do is in English, because we can’t help someone move forward if they don’t speak English,” Bloomer said. “It may have a touch of controversy to it. My daughter-in-law is from Brazil, my other daughter-in-law is from Korea, my sister-in-law is from China. None of them can do anything here if they didn’t speak the language. None of us could.” TBICO does not charge a fee to its program participants and Bloomer sighed when asked how the nonprofit obtains its financing. “We don’t get federal or state funding,” she said. “I write grants, we do fundraising. We have our annual gala coming up on Sept. 8 at 18 Main in New Milford. My salary is a floating line item in the budget. We don’t give benefits. I don’t know if our budget has gone above $250,000 — it’s not even up there now. Most of my staff is retired and we do it because we believe it should be done. It’s not the type of place where you want to make money. You don’t get more nonprofit (than this). It just seems to work — we just seem to find money. And everything you see here is donated.” Bloomer has been able to keep track of a number of past program attendees who used TBICO as a springboard to successful careers. A favorite anecdote of TBICO’s influence was passed on by one of her sons when he was making an IT presentation at a local corporation. “A woman came up to him afterward and said, ‘I know your mother,’” she recalled. The woman “had come through my program when she was 18 and she was now the IT program manager for the company.”

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Facts & Figures ATTACHMENTS-FILED Launch Milford Inc., et al., Norwalk. Filed by Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC, Hartford. $2.3 million in favor of Old Gate Realty LLC. Property: Lot 48, Map 6428, Norwalk. Filed July 9.

ATTACHMENTSRELEASED Graham, Jolaine S., Danbury. Released by Angelo Maragos. $20,912 in favor of Senior Philanthropy of Danbury LLC. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit 32-19, Danbury. Filed July 9.

BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL A&G Contracting Inc., Stamford, contractor for Trinity of Stamford PSW. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 66-100 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. AP Construction, contractor for Seven 07 Summer LLC. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 707 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $450,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Brookside E&A LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Renovate the interior of an existing commercial space at 4543 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $950,000. Filed July 12. Bryan & Bryan Construction, contractor for Hillard Bloom Shellfish Inc. Repair the damage to an existing commercial space at 132 Water St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $285,000. Filed July 10.

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Caldwell & Walsh Building Construction Inc., contractor for Stamford Hospital. Renovate the vault in the ground floor of an existing commercial space at 1 Hospital Plaza, Stamford. Estimated cost: $727,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Carcole Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for Carly Realty LLC. Replace the sign on an existing commercial space at 170 Selleck St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,500. Filed between July 2 and July 13. City of Bridgeport, contractor for self. Renovate the interior walls in an existing commercial space at 45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $0. Filed July 11. City of Stamford, contractor for self. Install a canopy on a stage at an existing commercial space at 30 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Claris Construction Inc., Newtown, contractor for Ridgefield Waterside Properties LLC. Upgrade a two-story motor dealership at 746 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $86,000. Filed July 10. Gesualdi Construction Inc., contractor for First County Bank. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 125 Prospect St., Office Unit, Stamford. Estimated cost: $280,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. JA Rosa Construction LLC, contractor for the town of Stamford. Remove and replace the grease interceptor in an existing commercial space at 1127 Hope St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $59,352. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Landmark Square 1-6 LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Create a demising wall in the tenant space of an existing commercial space at 101 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $41,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Landmark Square 1-6 LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 101 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $140,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Magna Construction Limited LLC, contractor for BDCM Real Estate Holdings LLC. Reduce the interior of an existing commercial space to its core at 2187 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $130,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Norwalk Tent, Norwalk, contractor for Holy Name Athletic Club Inc. Add a tent to the property of an existing commercial space at 804 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $650. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

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Pimpinella Construction Company Inc., contractor for the Italian Center of Stamford Inc. Repair fire damage to a men’s club and locker rooms in an existing commercial space at 1620 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1.7 million. Filed between July 2 and July 13. PSEG, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Replace the tank area at an existing commercial space at 1 Atlantic St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $0. Filed July 12. Sentry Fire Protection, Bridgeport, contractor for Westrock Development LLC. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 361 River St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,190. Filed July 16. Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for Three Stamford Plaza Owner LLC. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 301 Tresser Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for SPUS8 Washington Blvd LP. Perform an interior fit-up in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 680 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for Stamford Hospital. Alter the fourth floor of an existing commercial space at 1 Hospital Plaza, Stamford. Estimated cost: $145,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

RESIDENTIAL A&J Generator and Equipment LLC, contractor for Lois Dreyer. Install a generator in an existing single-family residence at 80 Sawmill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. A A Building Wrecking Company Inc., New Canaan, contractor for John Michael and Udita Patel Chek. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 56 Sunrise Ave., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed July 10. A&J Generator and Equipment LLC, Stamford, contractor for Dolores M. Roth. Add a generator to the propane tank in an existing single-family residence at 34 Frost Pond Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Beach Walk Homes LLC, contractor for Rocky S. Progano. Pour the foundation for a new two-andone-half story one-family residence with vehicle parking beneath at 48 Millard St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $489,300. Filed July 9. Better Built Basements LLC, contractor for James Greiner David, et al. Finish the basement, bedroom and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 77 Downs Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $74,855. Filed between July 2 and July 13. BLT Management LLC, Stamford, contractor for 166 Glover Avenue LLC. Pour the foundation for a new six-story dwelling at 166 Glover Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3.2 million. Filed July 9.

Temple Sinai Inc., Stamford, contractor for self. Enclose the interior courtyard in an existing single-family residence and alter the rooms at 458 Lakeside Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $446,300. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Brennan, Glynn, contractor for Bryan J. Cambria. Add new kitchen cabinets to an existing single-family residence and recess lights at 180 Turn of River Road, Unit 12C, Stamford. Estimated cost: $26,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Turner Construction Co., Shelton, contractor for St. Lukes Foundation Inc. Renovate the kitchen and bathroom in an existing commercial space at 377 N. Wilton Road, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed July 11.

Brian & Bryan Construction Co., contractor for Nelle P. Miller, et al. Add a detached garage to the property of an existing single-family residence at 202 Guinea Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,644. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Wayne Dimm Enterprises Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for 32 Forest Street LLC. Perform an interior fitup in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 32 Forest St., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed July 11.

Buckley, Dennis, Fairfield, contractor for self. Finish the basement and playroom in an existing single-family residence at 62 Raymonds Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed July 9. Cooper Associates LLC, Stamford, contractor for Lawrence S. Hillman. Expand the rear deck and stairs on a condominium unit at 168 Colonial Road, Unit 9, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Covella, Peter G., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Reconfigure the basement area into a small wine cellar in an existing single-family residence at 133 Eastover Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Czajka, Kenneth A., Stamford, contractor for Ricardo A. Salas, et al. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 45 Maher Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,182. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Czajka, Kenneth A., Stamford, contractor for Romullo Zuniga. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 295 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,050. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Czajka, Kenneth A., Stamford, contractor for Rigoberto Jimenez, et al. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 17 Treat Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,443. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Danny Boy Landscaping & General Contractor LLC, contractor for Eric Hals. Build a deck on the back of the house at 1966 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Debra, Marie and Vincent R. Dorin, New Canaan, contractor for self. Alter the interior of an existing single-family residence and replace the roof at 87 East Ave., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $347,100. Filed July 11. DeSiato, Carol Ann, Stamford, contractor for self. Fill in an inground swimming pool in an existing single-family residence at 36 Carriage Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Design Builders & Remodeling Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Laura Coury. Renovate the dormer, stairs and patio attached to an existing single-family residence at 4 Encampment Place, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $400,000. Filed July 9. Dominick, Randall A., contractor for Antonio Allam. Replace the mechanical unit in an existing single-family residence at 212 Richards Ave., Unit 9, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed July 9. Elperin, Phyllis D., Stamford, contractor for self. Add a deck to an existing single-family residence at 26 Carter Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,700. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

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Exceptional Home Improvements LLC, contractor for Jessica B. Morris. Add vinyl siding to an existing single-family residence at 23 Carlin St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $13,910. Filed July 6. G&R Home Improvement LLC, Stamford, contractor for Jaffre Real Estate LLC. Renovate the porch, decking and dining rooms in an existing single-family residence at 195 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $160,000. Filed July 19. GPS Renovations LLC, contractor for Mary Lee Grisanti. Remodel the upstairs bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 23 Overbrook Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Garcia, Clever A., Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a garage to the property of an existing single-family residence at 2 Cedar Crest Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed July 10. Greenwich Construction LLC, contractor for Timothy Brown, et al. Remodel the kitchen, great room and mud room in an existing single-family residence at 194 Ocean Drive West, Stamford. Estimated cost: $550,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. HM Construction Services LLC, contractor for MHA 20-28 Fairfield Commons LLC. Repair the porch attached to a condominium unit at 24 Fairfield Ave., Unit 3, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. The Home Depot USA Inc., contractor for Richard Venezio, et al. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 52 Grant Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,354. Filed between July 2 and July 13. The Home Depot USA Inc., Rocky Hill, contractor for Walter Stephen Casey, et al. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 19 Corn Cake Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,306. Filed between July 2 and July 13. The Home Depot USA Inc., Rocky Hill, contractor for Jose Nieves, et al. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 56 Megan Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $41,936. Filed between July 2 and July 13. The Home Depot USA Inc., Rocky Hill, contractor for Russell Hodgson, et al. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 22 Barholm Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $85. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

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Good Things Happening

Scenes from last year’s flea market.

Avi A. Kamrat and Russell M. Sanders

LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS TO HOST FLEA MARKET

HOFFMANN ARCHITECTS’ NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Rain or shine, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will hold its 11th annual Old-fashioned Flea Market on Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Chaired by Steve Balser and sponsored by Fairfield County Bank, the event will be held in Mathews Park, 295 West Ave. in Norwalk. The market will feature unique bargains and treasures and the Mansion’s White Elephant table will feature items donated by community members and offered to the public for as little as $1. Vendors will sell an array of must-haves, including antiques, repurposed furniture, collectibles, jewelry, crafts, household items, clothing, toys and specialty farm-to-table items. Trendy food trucks will offer a variety of prepared and made-to-order dishes to satisfy all palates, while a classic and antique car show featuring the Connecticut Seaport Car Club will entertain shoppers of all ages. Balser, an antiques dealer and flea market vendor for the past 20 years said, “Whether you enjoy look-

ing for bargains or hunting for a rare find, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum’s Old-Fashioned Flea Market offers great family fun to everyone.” All proceeds will benefit the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum. The Museum has donated several booths to area nonprofits who will share their message and mission with attendees. Vendor spaces are 10 by 16 feet and cost $75 per space. Food vendor booths are $150. Deadline is Sept. 1. Vendors wishing to reserve a space or purchase an ad in the program booklet distributed to all visitors should email info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or call 203838-9799, ext. 4. The flea market is made possible in part by Fairfield County Bank and City Carting. For more information on schedules and programs, visit lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or email info@ lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or call 203-838-9799.

Hoffmann Architects, with offices in Connecticut, New York and Virginia, an architecture and engineering firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors, has announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors. Avi A. Kamrat, chief financial officer and director of administration, and Russell M. Sanders, AIA, executive vice president and senior director of technical services, join founding president John J. Hoffmann FAIA, as members of the Hoffmann Architects Board of Directors. As officers of the corporation owning more than 10 percent of the stock, Kamrat and Sanders were appointed as members of the board by Hoffmann, the sole existing director. Kamrat, Sanders, and Hoffmann currently serve as the firm’s executive committee, which is charged with

managing the day-to-day business of the company. Sanders was one of Hoffmann Architects’ first employees. He will celebrate his 40th anniversary with the firm this September. After earning a bachelor’s degree from the Ohio State University, Sanders joined Hoffmann Architects straight out of school. An expert consultant and a respected voice in industry publications, he directs the firm’s technical, architectural and engineering personnel. Kamrat joined Hoffmann Architects 20 years ago, in 1998, after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University. Responsible for providing financial accountability for the firm’s projects, he manages resource allocation and contract administration to see that budget, schedule and project outcome objectives are achieved.

NEW PARTNER AT MARTIN VERRILL DANA LISTED AS ONE OF TOP 10 LAW FIRMS FOR WOMEN IN NATION Verrill Dana of Westport, Boston and Portland, Maine, was again recognized as one of the top 10 law firms in the country for gender equality by the National Law Journal in its 2018 “NLJ 500 Women’s Scorecard.” The NLJ also ranked the firm as a top law firm for women in last year’s Scorecard. At the end of 2017, nearly 38 percent of the attorneys at Verrill Dana were women and 40 percent of the firm’s equity partners were female, surpassing national averages for firms its size by approximately 3 percent and 20 percent, respectively. The National Law Journal uses a Women in Law Score to rank the firms, which is determined by adding the percentage of female attorneys and percentage of female partners. “Many leaders talk about the importance of gender

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parity within their firms,” said K.C. Jones, managing partner at Verrill Dana. “We, however, are proud to say with confidence that we are making great strides, ensuring that all attorneys are given opportunities to succeed and grow as vital members of the firm. We hope others within the profession will follow suit until we have truly achieved gender equality within the legal industry as a whole.” Verrill Dana was also named a 2017 Law360 Ceiling Smasher and was ranked in Law360’s 2015 and 2016 Glass Ceiling Reports for its commitment to gender equality. “Our pledge to diversity and inclusion has not wavered, but rather has continued to play an important role in our hiring, development and retention of female attorneys and female equity partners,” said Jacqueline Rider, Verrill Dana partner and chair of the firm’s diversity committee.

Ken Zinghini

Ken Zinghini has joined Stamford-based Martin LLP’s corporate practice group as a partner. He brings more than 28 years of legal experience, most recently as vice president and deputy general counsel of Loews Corp., a New York Stock Exchange-traded conglomerate holding company. Prior to joining Loews, Zinghini was senior vice president and corporate counsel at Winstar Communications Inc., a diversified provider of telecom, internet and new and traditional media services. Prior to these in-house roles, he was in private practice with several New York City-based law firms, including Maloney, Mehlman & Katz; Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver; and Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler; representing a wide range of public and private companies, private equity firms, financial institutions, boards of directors and individual business owners and investors. During his career, Zinghini has advised clients on dozens of transactions and other legal projects across many industries with values ranging from multiple billions to a million dollars or less. He also has extensive experience advising senior corporate executives and boards of directors on a wide variety of corporate governance, compliance, risk management, related-party transactions and similar matters.

Harman’s modern sound has helped attract top talent to The Palace, including legendary band Chicago. Photo credit: Happyhaha at Wahstudio.

HARMAN NAMED THE OFFICIAL SOUND OF THE PALACE THEATRE Harman International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, is bringing modern lighting and sound to The Palace Theatre in Stamford. The historic venue will receive state-of-the-art Martin lighting and additional JBL audio equipment, building on multiyear financial and inkind donations that the company has made in the past. “Most of our stage lighting currently consist of older technology incandescent fixtures — not the LEDs or moving lights required by most touring shows today,” said Michael Moran, executive director of The Palace. “We are incredibly grateful to Harman for their continued generosity and commitment to bring a new level of lighting and sound quality to our historic venue. “Harman has shown their philanthropic nature and unwavering support of the arts since our relationship with

them began back in 2012. At the time, we were renting audio equipment for every performance. From our first meeting, Harman knew the impact they could make. They supplied the technicians needed to determine what products would be best suited to our venue,” said Moran. The Palace negotiated a five-year naming of the stage to be called The Harman Stage in exchange for Harman’s 2012 donation. Valued at nearly $700,000, the gift consisted of state-of-the-art JBL, Sound Craft and AKG equipment as well as funds to cover a rebranding initiative. “Harman is very proud to continue our relationship with The Palace, which has become such a valuable and special cultural center for those of us in Stamford and beyond,” said Dinesh C. Paliwal, president and CEO of Harman, which is headquartered in Stamford.

Preparing and serving food at a local soup kitchen, hand-making biscuits for Paws Animal Shelter, delivering treats to the Stamford Fire Department, EMS and Police Department and donating goods to community members in need are just a few of the many compassionate acts the residents and staff at Edgehill took part in the month of July. Edgehill is one of the 56 Benchmark Senior Living communities to participate in Radiant Acts of Kindness, a campaign meant to spread love and compassion in the neighborhoods they serve. “Our mission is to elevate human connection and we

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saw this as a perfect opportunity to radiate joy and make people feel valued,” said Christopher Barstein, executive director, Edgehill. “It’s an honor to be able to give back to the community that’s supported our growth for the past 20 years and surprise some folks along the way.” “Kindness begins with one person and we hope that our efforts will start a chain reaction,” says Mary Camilli-Bernat, director of programming, Edgehill. Set on the spacious grounds of a former family retreat in Stamford, Edgehill is a Type A Lifecare, all-inclusive continuing care retirement community.

WHIPGROUP PICKS ENCAPTIV AS FIRST INVENTLABTM RESIDENT Stamford-based encaptiv is the first tech startup to be selected for Whitmyer IP Group’s InventLabTM program. Encaptiv, led by Stamford resident Shannon Daniels, is an all-in-one presentation, sales and marketing platform that bridges the gap between presentations and business goals — improving engagement, productivity and outcomes through intelligent automation. At InventLabTM, Whitmyer IP Group, also known as WHIPgroup, will provide tech startups like encaptiv with six months of direct support and office space within WHIPgroup’s expanded Summer Street offices. The InventLabTM space includes high-tech conference rooms, a 3-D printer, glass-walled offices, 300Mb wireless internet, event facilities, a gourmet kitchen and parking. For InventLabTM residents, WHIPgroup provides IP legal advice, including support for trademark and patent ap-

MICHAELS JEWELERS NAMES NEW MANAGERS

Michael Jewelers has welcomed new managers to its 132 Federal Road/Route 7 store in Danbury, and in the Westfield Mall at 4065 Main St. in Trumbull. Michele Geffert of Southbury will manage the Danbury location, and Blake Williams of Fairfield, the Trumbull store. Michaels Jewelers has been the first jeweler in Connecticut to earn certified gemologist and appraiser titles, and it possesses one of the only accredited gem laboratories in the state. Founded in 1885 by Abraham L. Michaels and managed today by fourth and fifth generations of jewelers, family-owned Michaels has 10 locations across the state.

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plications at no cost in an effort to help these residents access startup resources in Fairfield County and beyond. “Encaptiv is pushing the boundaries on how presenters and audiences interact. We’re using meaningful data to help presenters improve their skills and successfully achieve presentation goals,” said Daniels. “We are delighted to have been selected by WHIPgroup as the first InventLabTM resident and look forward to accelerating our growth while we pursue a thoughtful IP strategy with the help of WHIPgroup’s lawyers and staff. They’ve already provided us with some important insights and we look forward to the next six months.” WHIPgroup, located in Stamford, is a global patent and trademark law firm committed to solving clients most complex IP problems in a creative and cost-effective manner.

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Facts & Figures JFC Real Estate Development LLC, contractor for MaryPat E. Whitmyer. Add a screened porch to the living room of an existing single-family residence at 72 Fernwood Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $382,130. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Jones, Robert R., contractor for George A. Ammon, et al. Remodel the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 107 Upland Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $29,700. Filed between July 2 and July 13. JP Pools LLC, Stamford, contractor for Christine Rina. Install a swimming pool on the property of an existing single-family residence at 1540 Hope St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Kane Construction Services LLC, Greenwich, contractor for Joseph Kane. Convert a bedroom into a master bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 22 Oak St., Unit 2, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed July 9. Kevin & Cline, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the basement, family room, laundry room, storage area and unfinished ceiling joist in an existing single-family residence at 5 Stony Brook Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed July 12. Layla, Nejati, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Construct a three-bay garage next to an existing single-family residence at 562 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed July 9.

MLC Associates LLC, Prospect, contractor for Robert H. Rosseau. Remodel the kitchen and master bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 36 Sawmill Hill Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $48,000. Filed July 16. Olympic Construction LLC, New Canaan, contractor for St. Mark’s Parish. Alter the kitchen, bedrooms and master bathrooms in an existing single-family residence at 111 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $82,000. Filed July 24. Panteleimon Hatzivasili LLC, Stamford, contractor for Ellen Meltzer Petersen, et al. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 77 Nottingham Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,800. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Pelazza Construction Services Inc., Stamford, contractor for Steve Delcampo. Demolish a pool on the property of an existing single-family residence at 514 North St., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed July 10. Pellegrini, Robert, Fairfield, contractor for self. Finish the bedroom over the garage in an existing single-family residence at 137 Wood House Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed July 12. PGM Capital LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Alter the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 44 Bon Air Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Lefrancois, Pascal, Stamford, contractor for self. Replace the shingles on an existing single-family residence at 20 Bend of River Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Pools By Jorge Pool Contractor, Shelton, contractor for Scott M. Skidmore and Abigail Z. Skidmore. Convert a pool on the property of an existing single-family residence at 208 Wahackme Road, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $45,600. Filed July 10.

Long Neck Custom Homes LLC, contractor for Sarah Breiner. Renovate the whole house and add to the second floor at 15 West Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $605,305. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

RMS Construction LLC, contractor for RMS Colonial Road LLC. Construct a new single-family residence at 159 Colonial Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $540,755. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Maccarella, David Alan, Stamford, contractor for self. Update the bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 37 Island Heights Circle, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,150. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

RMS Construction LLC, contractor for RMS Colonial Road LLC. Construct a new single-family residence at 159 Colonial Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $508,725. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Mastroni Excavating LLC, contractor for Spa Inc. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 187 Mayweed Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed July 9. Merrill Brown Construction Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Timothy Brown, et al. Convert a basement into a finished living space, study area, exercise area and art workshop at 43 Peaceable St., Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $75,100. Filed July 9.

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RMS Construction LLC, contractor for RMS Colonial Road LLC. Construct a new single-family residence at 159 Colonial Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $451,120. Filed between July 2 and July 13. SandDollar Development LLC, Fairfield, contractor for self. Pour the foundation for a new two-andone-half story one-family residence with vehicle parking beneath at 180 Smith St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $450,000. Filed July 10.

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Santagata Brothers Tile & Marble Co Inc., contractor for Robin Fischel. Renovate the powder room in an existing single-family residence at 72 Old North Stamford Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $16,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Servidio Landscaping LLC, Stamford, contractor for Michael J. Cognetta and Immaculata Cognetta. Demolish a house on the property of an existing single-family residence at 148 Douglas Road, New Canaan. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed July 10. Sherman, Amanda J., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 93 Klondike Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $23,400. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Siburtek LLC, Redding, contractor for Michael S. Pearl. Upgrade the bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 127 Rising Ridge Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed July 9. Southern New England Window, contractor for John A. Dunn. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 16 Berrylane Court, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $15,768. Filed July 10. Southern New England Window, contractor for Cullen K. Griffith. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 82 S. Gate Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $10,303. Filed July 10. Southern New England Window, contractor for Brian C. Lawlor. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 140 Fencerow Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $134,873. Filed July 10. Southern New England Window, contractor for Karen Savage. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 57 Alden St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $11,674. Filed July 10. Stauss Builders LLC, contractor for Geoffrey Labash. Convert the storage space into a full bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 22 Hollis St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed July 13. Taveras, Yamil, et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Change the window in an existing single-family residence at 56 Lenox Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $600. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Taylor, Angela and Gary Catchpole, Stamford, contractor for self. Create a first floor in an existing single-family residence with a master bedroom and dormer at 164 Overbrook Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $48,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

Tesla Energy Operations Inc., contractor for Anthony G. Mixcus, et al. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 27 Paul Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,368. Filed between July 2 and July 13. Trinity Heating & Air Inc., contractor for Suzanne K. Minogue. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 174 James St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed July 9. Y&V Home Improvement LLC, contractor for Nidhi Sood. Renovate the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 255 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit F9, Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed between July 2 and July 13.

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

Bridgeport Superior Court ATK Golf Services Inc., East Hartford. Filed by Charles W. Quinn Jr., Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he was struck in the head by a flying tent on property owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to secure the tent on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV18-6077124-S. Filed July 26. Barteca Restaurants LLC, et al., Westport. Filed by Kimberly Mulas, Ansonia. Plaintiff’s attorney: Richard H. Greene, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a pool of liquid in a bathroom owned by the defendants and sustained injuries. This dangerous condition was allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to mop the floor of their store. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000 and such other relief as this court may deem equitable and just. Case no. FBT-CV186076983-S. Filed July 23.

Catalano 955 LLC, Milford. Filed by Michael Bracken, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he tripped on wire cords on property owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to prepare their area for patrons. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV18-6077117-S. Filed July 25. Cloud Nine Day Spa LLC, Milford. Filed by Rakisha Clarke, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas M. Yuditski, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she was given an improper hot-stone message and suffered injury. This was allegedly due to the negligence of the defendant in that it should have known of the dangerous characteristic of the hot-stone application and used due caution. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further equitable relief as the court deems just and equitable. Case no. FBT-CV18-6076999-S. Filed July 23. Creative Spending Solutions LLC, et al., Colebrook. Filed by People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Benanti & Associates, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $15,536 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FBT-CV18-6076993-S. Filed July 23. Ean Holdings LLC, et al., Hartford. Filed by Jose Arana, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Paul C. Gusmano, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV186077016-S. Filed July 24.

Ingersoll-Rand Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by William Fields, Groton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Embry and Neusner, Groton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this product liability suit against the defendants alleging that he was forced to be exposed to asbestos fibers and materials manufactured by the defendants during the course of his work. The defendants failed to advise the plaintiff of the dangerous characteristics of asbestos and failed to provide a safe working environment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, punitive and exemplary charges and such other relief as this court may deem proper. Case no. FBT-CV186077149-S. Filed July 27. Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Kevin Murphy, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ganim, Ganim & Ganim PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company and related parties, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV18-6077069-S. Filed July 25. New London County Mutual Insurance Co., et al., Norwich. Filed by Christine Riggs, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bruce J. Corrigan Jr., Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6077076-S. Filed July 25. Practice Management Specialists LLC, et al., Fairfield. Filed by Fairfield Medical Center Associates Inc., Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Coyne, Von Kuhn, Brady & Fries LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to perform proper bookkeeping services for the defendants. As a result, there are unauthorized payments on the plaintiff’s account and the defendants have allegedly converted the plaintiff’s property. The plaintiff claims money damages greater than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV186077077-S. Filed July 25.

Facts & Figures Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, Hartford. Filed by Jeanne Miller and Jim Miller, Bridgeport. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Law Offices of Kerry M. Gleason LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiffs allege that their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV18-6076988-S. Filed July 23. Shop-Rite Supermarkets Inc., Hartford. Filed by LaurieAnne Voccola, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on a pool of liquid spilling from a broken container in a store owned by the defendant and sustained injuries. This dangerous condition was allowed to exist due the negligence of the defendant and its employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, and such other relief as this court may deem equitable and just. Case no. FBT-CV186077123-S. Filed July 26. Storage Investment Management Inc., Stamford. Filed by Scott Grammatico, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cicchiello & Cicchiello LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employment suit against the defendant claiming they failed to pay him overtime. When the plaintiff allegedly complained to the defendant about the lack of overtime pay, he was fired. The plaintiff claims money damages, liquidated damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV186077005-S. Filed July 23. Superbo Gelato LLC, Stamford. Filed by Mec3 USA Corp., Miami, Florida. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sugarmann & Sugarmann, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for merchandise delivered. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $72,177 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs, post-judgment interest and such other relief as may be deemed appropriate by the court. Case no. FBT-CV18-6077022-S. Filed July 24.

Danbury Superior Court Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp., et al., East Hartford. Filed by Brenda Rodrigues, Waterbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rute Mendes Caetano, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. DBD-CV18-6028054-S. Filed July 27. Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Wendell Layese, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. DBDCV18-6028056-S. Filed July 27.

The Stop and Shop Supermarket Company LLC, et al., Hartford. Filed by Cristina Prodran, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a watery surface owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This slippery condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to put up a wet-path sign warning the patrons of the dangers. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. DBD-CV186028025-S. Filed July 24. Utica Mutual Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Bruce Ross, Bethel. Plaintiff’s attorney: Richard D. Arconti, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. DBD-CV186028007-S. Filed July 23.

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M.A.S. Masonry Landscaping Company LLC, et al., Danbury. Filed by Anita Armstrong, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone and Morelli Salomone. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. DBD-CV186028054-S. Filed July 26.

Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Patricia Simmons, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Koffsky, Koffsky & Felsen LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FSTCV18-6037491-S. Filed July 27.

Stat Resource Group Inc., Danbury. Filed by Hanley Wood LLC, Washington, D.C. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ignal, Napolitano & Shapiro PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a risk-management agreement. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $136,971 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. DBD-CV18-6028049-S. Filed July 26.

K Trucking & Son Inc., et al., Wethersfield. Filed by James Whitcomb, Atlanta, Georgia. Plaintiff’s attorney: Silver, Golub & Teitell LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FST-CV186037495-S. Filed July 27.

Morgan Gregory Limited Partnership, et al., Stamford. Filed by Maria Guglielmo, Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosenberg, Miller Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she fell through a floor in a corridor owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to maintain their hallway. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court and such other relief as the court deems fair and equitable. Case no. FST-CV18-6037496-S. Filed July 27.

Within Reason Connecticut LLC, et al., Cheshire. Filed by Andrea Simon, Cary, North Carolina. Plaintiff’s attorney: Robert J. Sciglimpaglia Jr., Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make commission payments to the plaintiff for property sales performed. The plaintiff has declared an accounting of the profits and the entire outstanding balance due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees and court costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6037451-S. Filed July 24.

PV Holding Corp., et al., Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed by Amanda L. Demirjian, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Glen A. Canner, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FST-CV18-6037453-S. Filed July 25.

WorldTek Events LLC, et al., New Haven. Filed by Oenoke Holdings LLC, et al., Shelton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they ejected one of the plaintiffs from the board of directors, in breach of contract. The defendants allegedly diluted the plaintiff’s ownership holdings of the defendants’ assets. Due to this fraudulent transfer of assets to entities under the defendants’ control, the defendants have been unable to perform the significant monetary obligation it owes the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs claim assets, direct and consequential monetary damages, incidental damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, exemplary damages, prejudgment interest and costs and such other and further relief as deemed appropriate by the court. Case no. FST-CV18-6037482-S. Filed July 26.

Quester Gallery LLC, et al., Rowayton. Filed by Laurel Road Bank, Darien. Plaintiff’s attorney: LeClairRyan PLLC, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a commercial term promissory note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $475,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6037441-S. Filed July 24. Rucci Law Group LLC, et al., Darien. Filed by Michael Drexler and Meghan Drexler, Darien. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Daniels, Porco & Lusardi LLP, Westport. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to return a down payment to the plaintiffs for a house not purchased. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $75,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6037494-S. Filed July 27.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT DGM Partners Rye LLC, Orange. Filed by Christopher E. Brown. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ku & Mussman, Pembroke Pines, Florida. Action: The plaintiff has brought this disability suit against the defendant alleging that its commercial premise, which was open to the public did not have proper wheelchair access. The plaintiff alleges disability discrimination. The plaintiff claims an order for the defendant to alter the facility, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01228-JBA. Filed July 24. Edwards Family Partnership LP, et al. Filed by Rasberry Junction Properties LLC, et al. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Natale & Wolinerz, Glastonbury. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this breach suit against the defendants alleging that they purchased hotels from the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs allegedly received escrow. The defendants allegedly failed to close the deal and failed to pay the nonclosure fees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages of $15 million, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01243WWE. Filed July 26.

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More Fun Amusements Inc., et al., Middlebury. Filed by Khloe Casson, Freeport, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Lennon, Murphy, Caulfield & Phillips LLC, Southport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he fell off a carousel owned by the defendants and sustained a shoulder fracture. The plaintiff claims $1 million in monetary damages, pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interest, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01257SRU. Filed July 27. YMCA, Stamford. Filed by Ximiao Jiang. Plaintiff’s attorney: Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that her minor child is in a coma due to drowning in the plaintiff’s pool. This was allegedly due to the negligence on behalf of the lifeguards in that they failed to rescue the victim in time. The plaintiff claims $35 million in damages, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01234AWT. Filed July 25.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS O’Halloran, Justin P., et al., Norwalk. Appointed committee: Thor L. Crone, Norwalk. Property: 60 Plattsville Ave., Apt. 4, Norwalk. Amount: $166,131. Docket no. FSTCV17-6030730-S. Filed July 10.

COMMERCIAL 176 Lewis LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP, Bridgeport. Property: 269 Louisiana Ave., Unit D, Bridgeport. Amount: $37,000. Filed July 11. 202 South Bald Hill Road LLC, New Canaan. Seller: Wilson S. Leach and Jacqueline P. Leach, New Canaan. Property: 202 S. Bald Hill Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 3. 4 Main Street LLC, New Canaan. Seller: Arnold Karp, New Canaan. Property: 4 Main St., New Canaan. Amount: $10. Filed June 27. 52 Spring Street LLC, Danbury. Seller: Arthur V. Burtaccio Jr., Littleton, New Hampshire. Property: 52 Spring St., Danbury. Amount: $270,000. Filed July 24. 53 Edgewater Drive LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Christine A. Connal, Greenwich. Property: Lot 25, Map 526, Greenwich. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 12.

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Facts & Figures 7 Dewart Road LLC, Palm Beach, Florida. Seller: Rona H. Citrin, Aspen, Colorado. Property: 7 Dewart Road, Greenwich. Amount: $6.2 million. Filed July 12. 7 Loughlin Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Seller: David Kahng and Eva Huie-Kahng, Greenwich. Property: Lot 47, Map 826, Greenwich. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 10. All County Auto Sales LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Anthony R. Maniscalco, Fairfield. Property: Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 24. Cutter Holdings LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Ranjani H. Nagaswami and Robert K. Hopkins III, Greenwich. Property: 7 Knollwood Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $4.5 million. Filed July 12. Fairbridge Commons II LLC, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Fairbridge Commons II LLC, Brooklyn, New York. Property: 985, 1015 and 1035 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $10. Filed July 25. Longo Carwash LLC, Ridgefield. Seller: Ridgefield Realty Associates, Ridgefield. Property: 6 Farmingville Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed June 28. New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc., New Canaan. Seller: Bruno F. DiCosmo and Mary DiCosmo, New Canaan. Property: 152 Old Studio Road, New Canaan. For no consideration paid. Filed July 2. Park Marion LLC, Hartsdale, New York. Seller: Richa Kumar, Hartsdale, New York. Property: 100-104 Kent Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed July 11. Ridgefield Capital Investors LLC, Ridgefield. Seller: St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corp., Ridgefield. Property: 12 Bryon Ave., Ridgefield. Amount: $525,000. Filed July 12.

ZAR Apartments LLC, Stratford. Seller: Luis F. Rosado Jr., Orlando, Florida. Property: 720-722 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed July 10.

RESIDENTIAL Adascalitei, Romana, Norwalk. Seller: Shelley Pulaski Fisher and Fred Fisher, Southampton, Pennsylvania. Property: 105 Richards Ave., Unit 1309, Norwalk. Amount: $298,000. Filed July 12. Ahmed, Shaer, Porter Ranch, California. Seller: Razi Abbas, Bridgeport. Property: 2370 North Ave., Unit 3B, Bridgeport. Amount: $77,000. Filed July 23. Alves, Nilceia, Fairfield. Seller: Anne Bobowick, Fairfield. Property: Lot 160, Map 10, Fairfield. Amount: $349,500. Filed July 11. Aquino, Andres M. Rodriguez, Danbury. Seller: Pedro Espinal and Cecilia M. Espinal, Danbury. Property: 34 Griffing Ave., Danbury. Amount: $460,000. Filed July 5. Arevalo, Hernan H. and Frank N. Arevalo, Norwalk. Seller: Mark N. Florian, Norwalk. Property: 3 Lubrano Place, Norwalk. Amount: $360,000. Filed July 9. Ariola, Elizabeth and Raymond Ariola, Greenwich. Seller: Jay N. Nisberg and Sally Ann Nisberg, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 311 Mill Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed June 28. Avlla Jr., Manuel F., Danbury. Seller: Gerson M. Canhao, Danbury. Property: 36 Morgan Ave., Danbury. Amount: $353,211. Filed July 2. Avnir, Jessica and Dan Avnir, Stamford. Seller: Ponlakrit Toonkamthornchai, Stamford. Property: 57 Old Well Road, Stamford. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 3.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Seller: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 82 E. Pembroke Road, Danbury. For no consideration paid. Filed July 16.

Bacarella, Joseph P., Trumbull. Seller: Michael A. Kopchik and Deanna C. Kopchik, Trumbull. Property: 24 Crocus Lane, Trumbull. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 3.

Unit 7C LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Pia Connecticut LLC, Middleburg, Florida. Property: 25 Van Zant St., Unit 7-C, Norwalk. For no consideration paid. Filed July 13.

Bailey, Tashana S., Bridgeport. Seller: Alvarine Delia, Bridgeport. Property: 48-50 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $225,000. Filed July 11.

Vanacker Partners LLC, Ridgefield. Seller: Acorn Press Inc., Ridgefield. Property: Bailey Avenue, Ridgefield. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed June 26.

Barbarula, Jon C., Norwalk. Seller: Lukasz Trzebinski and Izabela Trzebinski, Norwalk. Property: 267 W. Cedar St., Unit 6D, Norwalk. Amount: $246,500. Filed July 10.

Westwind Properties LLC, Milford. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 677 Garfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $163,000. Filed July 10.

Basli, Dawn Marie and Frederick William Basli, Danbury. Seller: Denise Panza, Hopewell Junction, New York. Property: 13 Chelsea Drive, Danbury. Amount: $580,000. Filed July 2.

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Bellofatto, Salvatore J. and Phyllis Bellofatto, Greenwich. Seller: Salvatore J. Bellofatto, Greenwich. Property: Lot 2, Map 2909, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed July 11. Belpidio, Catherine and Richard Boscarino, Pawling, New York. Seller: Thomas J. Bigler III, Danbury. Property: 32 Driftway Road, Danbury. Amount: $504,000. Filed July 12. Beltran-Cazarez, Flor De Liz and David C. Adamcio, Stamford. Seller: Aimee Jette, Ridgefield. Property: 6 Rainbow Drive, Ridgefield. Amount: $336,000. Filed July 17. Bennett, Orange Anthony and Shauna Kay Simone Whyte, Bridgeport. Seller: Adam Chom and Sreyrath Chom, Bridgeport. Property: 190 Thorme St., Bridgeport. Amount: $224,900. Filed July 13. Bentley-Hibbert, Stuart, Greenwich. Seller: Michael Tubis and Stuart Bentley-Hibbert, Greenwich. Property: 4 Chateau Ridge Road, Greenwich. Amount: $667,794. Filed July 13. Berger, Jessica A., Brewster, New York. Seller: Ilmih Kurti and Vjolca M. Kurti, New Fairfield. Property: 11 Hopewell Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $235,000. Filed July 2. Bergmann, Michelle and Charles Bergmann, Hartsdale, New York. Seller: David S. Fisher and Daria Fisher, Ridgefield. Property: 32 Florida Hill Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $510,000. Filed June 29. Bermeo, Blanca, Bridgeport. Seller: Cynthia M. Hayward, Bridgeport. Property: 84 Queen St., Bridgeport. Amount: $175,000. Filed July 10. Bernstein-Cuesta, Rachel A. and Charles J. Cuesta, Stamford. Seller: Deepak Yinti and Deepa S. Yinti, Wilton. Property: Lot 34R, Map 11831, Stamford. Amount: $765,000. Filed July 5. Bilodeau, Sadhana and Steven Bilodeau, Oxford. Seller: Rick F. Oricchio and Loretta S. Oricchio, Fairfield. Property: 79 Glenarden Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $750,000. Filed July 2. Bistis, Lindsay, Stamford. Seller: Ryan Suit and MacKenzie Ann Wilson, Fairfield. Property: 113 Division Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $375,000. Filed July 6. Bobonick, Cheryl A. and Andrew Bess, Trumbull. Seller: Joel Askinazi and Sylvia R. Askinazi, Trumbull. Property: 32 White Birch Drive, Trumbull. Amount: $360,000. Filed July 3. Boehmcke, Matthew, South Orange, New Jersey. Seller: Mark P. Yang, New York, New York. Property: 10 Ann St., Unit 406, Norwalk. Amount: $450,000. Filed July 9.

Boland, Carol, Stamford. Seller: Janet Bembridge and Delroy Bembridge, Yorktown Heights, New York. Property: 20 North St., Unit 4-2, Stamford. Amount: $176,000. Filed July 5. Bragano, Nicholas, Norwalk. Seller: Justin Xenelis and Gretchen Schueler, Trumbull. Property: 40 Elaine St., Trumbull. Amount: $390,000. Filed July 2. Brink, Elizabeth T., Norwalk. Seller: Diane R. Drozd, Norwalk. Property: 5 Phillene Road, Norwalk. Amount: $525,000. Filed July 5. Britton, Kristen and Jason Gartner, Ridgefield. Seller: John Michael Zupo and Pamela Barnett Zupo, Ridgefield. Property: 20 Gilbert St., Ridgefield. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed July 3.

Close, Amy L. and Brent J. Close, Norwalk. Seller: Jaaron Scott and Justin Ray, Norwalk. Property: 15 Raymond Terrace, Norwalk. Amount: $530,000. Filed July 6. Colella, Nancy, Norwalk. Seller: Adam Trisk, Norwalk. Property: 25 Grand St., Unit 142, Norwalk. Amount: $196,000. Filed July 10. Collin, Maureen Wolff and Joseph Collin, Mount Kisco, New York. Seller: Bennett T. Farmer II and Susan M. Farmer, Ridgefield. Property: Lot 17, Map 6408, Ridgefield. Amount: $860,000. Filed June 29. Cook, Tony Gene and Thomas B. McNamara, Ridgefield. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Lane, Unit 334, Ridgefield. Amount: $570,216. Filed June 29.

Brodovicz, Kimberly and Stephen Brodovicz, Ridgefield. Seller: Scott E. Loomis and Nancy J. Rowe, Ridgefield. Property: 65 West Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $710,000. Filed July 9.

Costello, Kieran J. and Anthony Sasso, Bridgeport. Seller: Mohamed Abaiah, Bridgeport. Property: 96-98 Washington Terrace, Bridgeport. Amount: $240,000. Filed July 12.

Brown, Jacqueline and Kyle Brown, Danbury. Seller: Sonja E. Wessendorf, Danbury. Property: 34 Lawncrest St., Danbury. Amount: $327,500. Filed July 10.

Coughlin, Lindsey and Jeffrey K. Fletcher, Greenwich. Seller: Kuniyasu Iwazaki, Greenwich. Property: 18 Amherst Road, Greenwich. Amount: $785,000. Filed July 12.

Bunte, Aira K. and Aaron M. Bunte, Norwalk. Seller: Daphne Hardesty, Norwalk. Property: 79 Mulberry St., Norwalk. Amount: $406,000. Filed July 6.

Cruz, Paola N. and Vladimir Chery, New York, New York. Seller: Pasquale Pontoriero, Norwalk. Property: 7 Seir Hill Road, Unit C35, Norwalk. Amount: $302,000. Filed July 9.

Caballes-Holmes, Marbel and Andrew Holmes, Ridgefield. Seller: Jeremy H. Dwyer and Patricia E. Dwyer, Ridgefield. Property: 9 Mead Ridge Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $576,000. Filed June 29. Cao, Jing, Great Neck, New York. Seller: Max Makina LLC, Greenwich. Property: 53 William St., Unit C, Stamford. Amount: $356,000. Filed July 5. Carbajal, Martin, Stamford. Seller: Dylan T. Woolsey and Irene Woolsey, Trumbull. Property: 39 Longview Road, Trumbull. Amount: $480,000. Filed July 6. Chang, Chunghui and Han Yuan Shih, Stamford. Seller: Nancy J. Miller, New Canaan. Property: 81 Locust Ave., Unit 321, New Canaan. Amount: $320,000. Filed June 29. Chen, Shan Yao, Danbury. Seller: Kristi L. Lorenzini and Brett A. Peterson, Danbury. Property: 29 Kohanza St., Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed July 11. Cleghorn, Kateri and Andrew Gleghorn, Stamford. Seller: Carol A. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Ridgefield. Property: 21 Flat Rock Drive, Ridgefield. Amount: $566,500. Filed June 26.

Cuevas-Padilla, Lucero G. and Alejandro Cuevas-Padilla, Bridgeport. Seller: Ahmad Abbas, Saddlebrook, New Jersey. Property: 45 Strand St., Bridgeport. Amount: $236,000. Filed July 26.

Drypka, Andriy, Ridgefield. Seller: Sanjeev Singh, Ridgefield. Property: 8 Outpost Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $149,000. Filed July 23. Fannin, Joann Marie Spacapan and Lawrence Fannin, Danbury. Seller: Alchemy Partners LLC, Danbury. Property: 15 Mill Plain Road, Unit 21-15, Danbury. Amount: $585,000. Filed July 25. Farmakis, Jennifer M. and William D. Farmakis, New Canaan. Seller: Kaeser Development LLC, New Canaan. Property: 315 Park St., New Canaan. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 9. Farris, Mary and Nolan Farris, New Canaan. Seller: Howard Landis, New Canaan. Property: 1185 Smith Ridge Road, New Canaan. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed July 11. Ferreira-Lopreato, Ana P. and Gregory T. Lopreato, Stamford. Seller: Robert J. Andresen and Carol A. Andresen, New Canaan. Property: 65 Nursery Road, New Canaan. Amount: $940,000. Filed June 27. Fincke, Sarah and Giuliano Anderes-Bologna, New Canaan. Seller: J. William Rhodes and Denise Seidita, New Canaan. Property: Lot 1, Map 2431, New Canaan. Amount: $1 million. Filed June 28. Fortsch Jr., James, Fairfield. Seller: James Patrignelli, Fairfield. Property: Lot 103, Map 660, Fairfield. Amount: $585,000. Filed July 10. Frydman, Tamara K. and Perry Frydman, Norwalk. Seller: William C. Crawford and Rebecca Y. Crawford, Norwalk. Property: 401 Highland Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $635,000. Filed July 12.

DeLuca, Albert, South Salem, New York. Seller: Steven Cooke and Valerie Cooke, Ridgefield. Property: 78 Manor Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $895,000. Filed June 28.

Gagliardi, Alexandra Rae and Anthony Gagliardi III, Fairfield. Seller: 445 Holland Hill LLC, Fairfield. Property: 445 Holland Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $475,000. Filed July 12.

DiCosmo, Mary, New Canaan. Seller: 109 Forest LLC, New Canaan. Property: 109 Forest St., Unit 8, New Canaan. Amount: $680,000. Filed June 25.

Galasso, Marcia, Ridgefield. Seller: Todd Paszkiewicz and Patricia Paszkiewicz, Ridgefield. Property: 11 Sugar Maple Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $267,000. Filed July 2.

DiGregorio, Charlene and Victor DiGregorio, Katonah, New York. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 24 Winding Ridge Way, Danbury. Amount: $571,296. Filed July 10.

Gavin, Tara M. and Edward T. Kish, Fairfield. Seller: Michele A. Urso, Deerborn, Michigan. Property: 6 Anchor St., Danbury. Amount: $245,000. Filed July 16.

DiLisio, Lucy and Louis DiLisio, Ridgefield. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Lane, Unit 335, Ridgefield. Amount: $588,442. Filed July 6. Dryfoos, Jeannie and Rick Dryfoos, Danville, California. Seller: Elizabeth Alonso Arpaia, Ridgefield. Property: 224 W. Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $871,000. Filed July 2.

Gevanter, Alexis and Robert Gould, Greenwich. Seller: John Robert Franke and Hollie Frank, Greenwich. Property: 7 Ford Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $5 million. Filed July 13. Gilbert, Noel and Scott Gilbert, New Canaan. Seller: Kevin Knightly and Anne Marie Knightly, New Canaan. Property: 25 Apple Tree Lane, New Canaan. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed June 27.

Facts & Figures Gonciulea, Andra R. and Dragos Nastase, Rockville, Maryland. Seller: Thomas E. Pracilio and Kymberly H. Pracilio, Fairfield. Property: Lot 2, Map 6460, Fairfield. Amount: $720,000. Filed July 13.

Hester, E. Porcher, Woodley Roas, Washington, D.C. Seller: Peterson Equities Ltd., Hudson, Florida. Property: Unit 529 in Lyon Farm Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $945,200. Filed July 13.

Gospodinoff, Nikolas and Thomas Gospodinoff, Greenwich. Seller: James J. Mulvaney and Susan Mulvaney, Ridgefield. Property: 209 Limestone Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $780,000. Filed July 2.

Hinkley, Jessica and Jonathan Hinkley, Ridgefield. Seller: Raymond R. Mele, Ridgefield. Property: 161 Oscaleta Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $670,000. Filed July 3.

Grandison, June and Bob Grandison, Bridgeport. Seller: St. Marks Episcopal Church, Bridgeport. Property: 334 W. Morgan Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 11. Gronseth, Barbara and Glenn Carl Gronseth, Ridgefield. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Lane, Unit 332, Ridgefield. Amount: $572,996. Filed June 26. Grosso, Emily M. and Michael B. Grosso III, Darien. Seller: Kerry F. O’Mahoney, Norwalk. Property: 6 Roton Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $691,150. Filed July 12. Grubb, Jaclyn E. and Frank T. Tufano, Ridgefield. Seller: Anthony Dale and Kathleen Dale, Ridgefield. Property: 36 Charter Oak Court, Ridgefield. Amount: $650,000. Filed June 29. Han, Shufen and Jianchun Meng, New Canaan. Seller: Bruno F. DiCosmo and Mary DiCosmo, New Canaan. Property: 152 Old Studio Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 2. Harter, Tracy and Eric Hargrove, New Canaan. Seller: Michael D. Anthony and Jena Anthony, New Canaan. Property: 83 Hawthorne Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed July 2. Harutunian, Maria and Brett Castelluccio, Stamford. Seller: Geoffrey Astle and Monica Astle, Norwalk. Property: 4 Guild Drive, New Canaan. Amount: $660,000. Filed July 17. Hasko, Erion, Bronxville, New York. Seller: Brianna M. O’Neill, Bridgeport. Property: 56 Guilford Drive, Bridgeport. Amount: $267,500. Filed July 12. Hasselkus, Jenna and Justin Hasselkus, New York, New York. Seller: Alicia J. Miller, Norwalk. Property: 24 Winfield Court, Norwalk. Amount: $403,000. Filed July 12. Heitkamp, Melanie Moosally and Robert Heitkamp, Greenwich. Seller: 54 Mallard LLC, Greenwich. Property: Lot 20, Map 1312, Greenwich. Amount: $3.3 million. Filed July 13.

Hopkins, Keith A. and Alexis E. Gardella, Greenwich. Seller: Peter H. Dodd and Julie L. Dodd, Greenwich. Property: 29 Lincoln Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed July 11. Hunton, Kristine Marie and Stephen Eric Hunton, Rockwall, Texas. Seller: Thomas W. Williams Jr. and Adelaide A. Williams, Ridgefield. Property: 7 Pin Pack Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $664,500. Filed June 29. Imbrogno, David V., New Fairfield. Seller: George O. Mboy and Bephine MyBoya, Haymarket, Virginia. Property: 93 Stars Plain Road, Danbury. Amount: $522,500. Filed July 10. Islam, Jannatul and Mohammad Islam, Bridgeport. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 708-712 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $175,000. Filed July 23. Iwazaki, Kuniyasu, Greenwich. Seller: Cheiko Iwazaki, Greenwich. Property: Lot 53, Map 4245, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed July 12. Johnson, Monica M., Danbury. Seller: Christopher J. Cutter and Anne F. Cutter, Ridgefield. Property: 3 Nettle Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $225,000. Filed July 16. Joiner-Fox, Danese M. and Joshua A. Fox, Greenwich. Seller: Dorothy H. Sandberg and Garrett B. Sandberg, Greenwich. Property: 89 Prospect St., Greenwich. Amount: $975,000. Filed July 13. Joshi, Hrishikesh, Little Rock, Arkansas. Seller: Robert M. Jackson and Michele R. Jackson, Danbury. Property: 58 Woodcrest Lane, Danbury. Amount: $392,000. Filed July 17. Kane, Meredith V. and Abraham T. Kane, New Canaan. Seller: Joanne Slattery, New Canaan. Property: 67 Fable Farm Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed June 26. Kapadwala, Babita N., Norwalk. Seller: David C. Howe and Shelley J. Howe, Norwalk. Property: Lot 3, Map 6066, Norwalk. Amount: $520,000. Filed July 12.

Karim, Shahana A., Jamaica, New York. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 8 Clarmore Drive, Unit 1A, Norwalk. Amount: $89,500. Filed July 10.

Lagarce, Mary and James Lagarce, New York, New York. Seller: D. Charles LLC, Southport. Property: 71 Nutmeg Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 10.

Karloutsos, Erin and Konstantine Karloutsos, Ridgefield. Seller: Edward Simon Jones, Ridgefield. Property: 81 West Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 9.

Lambo, David, Easton. Seller: Maria C. Moreno and Raul Barros, Beacon Falls. Property: 15 Elmsford Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $209,000. Filed July 12.

Karp, Arnold, New Canaan. Seller: James W. Talbot and Sharon R. Talbot, Chester, Maryland. Property: 4 Main St., New Canaan. Amount: $810,000. Filed June 27.

Lantigua, Enrique and Maikel Pineda, Bridgeport. Seller: Catherine Chow, Houston, Texas. Property: Lot 32, Seaside Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $225,000. Filed July 23.

Kawulicz, Dawn and Peter J. Kawulicz, Bethel. Seller: 89 William Street LLC, Norwalk. Property: East Channel Townhomes, Unit 59A, Norwalk. Amount: $450,000. Filed July 13.

Lee, Jeongyun and Eugene Chong, Danbury. Seller: Roseann M. Hamilton and Brian Hamilton, Southbury. Property: 39 Midrocks Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $415,000. Filed June 26.

Keaney, Milca, Shelton. Seller: Key Development LLC, Shelton. Property: 1 Lakeview Ave., Shelton. Amount: $330,000. Filed July 12.

Lembo, Jessica A., Yorktown Heights, New York. Seller: Elaine M. Sokolowski and Patricia A. Sullivan, Shelton. Property: 93 Myrtle St., Shelton. Amount: $353,000. Filed July 11.

Khounvongsa, Keung, Khampheng Khouvongsa, Souta Khouvongsa and Lyles Williams, Danbury. Seller: Melissa Newsome, Danbury. Property: 15 Hilltop Manor, Danbury. Amount: $422,000. Filed July 19.

Liang, Sihao, Norwalk. Seller: Ronald W. Lott and Christine Lott, Norwalk. Property: 804 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $440,000. Filed July 13.

Kim, Daehwan and Insill Park, Ridgefield. Seller: Ward Carpenter and Kathleen M. Carpenter, Ridgefield. Property: 275 North St., Ridgefield. Amount: $560,000. Filed June 29.

Liebman, Arin M. and Scott Liebman, White Plains, New York. Seller: Adam E. Casella and Holly D. Casella, New Canaan. Property: Lots 8 and 9, Map 199, New Canaan. Amount: $915,000. Filed June 28.

Knox, Patricia A. and Nigel Knox, Tarrytown, New York. Seller: Michael Lust and Dana Lust, Ridgefield. Property: 54 Woodchuck Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $930,000. Filed July 3.

Lorusso, Claire Celestine and Daniel Patrick Lorusso, Ridgefield. Seller: James E. Miller and Meghan D. Miller, Ridgefield. Property: 1 Huckleberry Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $462,000. Filed June 29.

Kochiss, Jennifer and Matthew Thomas Kochiss, Shelton. Seller: Jitendra Patel and Neha Patel, Shelton. Property: 65 Little Fox Run, Shelton. Amount: $565,000. Filed July 11.

Macas, Nancy Y. Toledo, Bridgeport. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 676 Maple St., Bridgeport. Amount: $61,600. Filed July 23.

Kosche, Kiowa T. and Andrew C. Kosche, New Canaan. Seller: Kurt Owen Daniel and Cynthia Zamora Daniel, New Canaan. Property: 237 Hickory Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed July 2. Kosnik, Kay A. and Edward F. Kosnik, Stuart, Florida. Seller: Edward F. Kosnik and Kay A. Kosnik, Greenwich. Property: 21 Konittekock Road, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed July 10. Kramer, Lauren and Jesse Kramer, Stamford. Seller: Michael Quigley and Cara Quigley, Fairfield. Property: 18 Old Elm Road, Fairfield. Amount: $467,500. Filed July 10. Kraus, Amy and Boban Stozinic, Ridgefield. Seller: Thomas D. Jordan and Michele Jordan, Ridgefield. Property: 24 Barnum Place, Ridgefield. Amount: $775,000. Filed June 28.

Magliozzi, Megan and Alexander Magliozzi, Ridgefield. Seller: Timothy A. Washer and Diane M. Washer, Danbury. Property: 21 Pierrepont Drive, Ridgefield. Amount: $504,000. Filed June 28. Magnanimo, Daniel, Norwalk. Seller: Kareim Lakhani, Norwalk. Property: Unit 21 in Saugatuck Landing, Norwalk. Amount: $810,000. Filed July 10. Malaka, Nadyar, Stratford. Seller: The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 186-188 Fifth St., Bridgeport. Amount: $125,000. Filed July 23. Martz, Dylan P. and David K. Martz, Fairfield. Seller: Joseph J. Lagana Builders Inc., Milford. Property: 541 Morehouse Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 13.

McConnell, Margaret M. and Bert E. McConnell, Jenson Beach, Florida. Seller: Melanie L. Cyganowski and Kenneth L. LeBrun, Danbury. Property: 16 Hayestown Road, Unit C403, Danbury. Amount: $700,000. Filed July 11. McKnight, Susan and Michael F. McKinght, Ridgefield. Seller: Konstantine Karloutsos and Erin Karloutsos, Ridgefield. Property: 14 Lantern Drive, Ridgefield. Amount: $800,000. Filed July 9. Mejia, Rosa and Ruben Mejia, Bridgeport. Seller: Miguel Cuevas, Bridgeport. Property: 616 and 604 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $121,427. Filed July 11. Messina, Kristin M. and Christopher Messina, Brewster, New York. Seller: Paul S. Builter, Ridgefield. Property: 16 Mead Ridge Drive, Ridgefield. Amount: $610,000. Filed June 28. Moore, Mary Elizabeth and Gregory Moore, New Canaan. Seller: Martin E. Doran and Margaret M. Doran, New Canaan. Property: Parcel 928, Map 6892, New Canaan. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed July 2. Mottolese, Maura and Michael Mottolese, New Canaan. Seller: George H. Simpson and Cleary S. Simpson, New Canaan. Property: 60 Sturbridge Hill Road, New Canaan. For an unknown amount paid. Filed July 3. Munching, Pieter Van, Darien. Seller: Patricia A. Lawn, Barbara A. Nadolny and John B. Lawn, Fairfield. Property: 200 Hulls Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $420,000. Filed July 10. Nelson, Ann and David Nelson, Shelton. Seller: Joseph M. Siglinger and Keith C. Siglinger, Shelton. Property: 364 Long Hill Ave., Shelton. Amount: $265,000. Filed July 12. Neparidze, Natalia and Lasha Jaiani, Shelton. Seller: Scott C. Murphy and Allison Y. Murphy, Fairfield. Property: 912 Jennings Road, Fairfield. Amount: $630,000. Filed July 12. Noonan, Elanie P. and John D. Noonan, Ridgefield. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Lane, Unit 321, Ridgefield. Amount: $568,072. Filed July 12. O’Brien, Arline M., Ridgefield. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Condominium, Unit 322, Ridgefield. Amount: $593,600. Filed July 10. Oliphant, Dennis, Stamford. Seller: Marvin Rivera and Arelis Maldonado, Bridgeport. Property: 210 DeForest Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $180,000. Filed July 12.

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Olsen, Ursula and Kenneth Olsen, Ridgefield. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Lane, Unit 324, Ridgefield. Amount: $618,732. Filed July 13. Ordonez, Christian F., Bridgeport. Seller: Patricia Willis, Vero Beach, Florida. Property: Unit 39 in Ameridge Condominium, Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed July 25. Ortiz, Jazmin, Bridgeport. Seller: Southport Holdings I LLC, Trumbull. Property: 90 Miles St., Bridgeport. Amount: $21,000. Filed July 13. Pagnucco, Raymond I., New York, New York. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Lane, Unit 312, Ridgefield. Amount: $570,886. Filed July 24. Pajak, Bethany and Benjamin Pajak, Ridgefield. Seller: Gary W. Rahlfs, Ridgefield. Property: 144 High Ridge Ave., Ridgefield. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed June 28. Panaviene, Aivile and Tadas Panavas, Madison. Seller: Ann C. Kromer, Ridgefield. Property: 40 Beechwood Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $618,000. Filed June 27. Pavia, Ashley Brooke and Stephen Pavia, Stamford. Seller: James J. Hall and Teresa M. Hall, Monroe. Property: 81 Chestnut Hill Road, Norwalk. Amount: $420,000. Filed July 11. Preston, Brooke Lauren and Trevor Jay Preston, Norwalk. Seller: Patricia A. King, Ridgefield. Property: 2 Nutmeg Court, Ridgefield. Amount: $459,000. Filed June 28. Price, Rhonda M., Fairfield. Seller: James Greenwood and Karen Greenwood, Fairfield. Property: Lot 20, Map 233, Fairfield. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed July 10. Queally, Anne M. and Paul B. Queally, New Canaan. Seller: George H. Simpson and Cleary S. Simpson, New Canaan. Property: Segment X, Map 7719, New Canaan. For an unknown amount paid. Filed June 28. Rao, Madhu Subba and Sonali Madhu Rao, Norwalk. Seller: Peter C. Justason and Donna Rose Justason, Norwalk. Property: Lot A, Map 13203, Norwalk. Amount: $640,000. Filed July 10. Reddington, Timothy, Norwalk. Seller: Lindsay B. Watson, Norwalk. Property: 71 Aiken St., Unit 10, Norwalk. Amount: $310,000. Filed July 11. Renzuli-Schiro, Emilia, Greenwich. Seller: Richard Thomas Bourne, Greenwich. Property: 253 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich. Amount: $540,000. Filed July 10.

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Facts & Figures Ritter, Diane and Bruce Ritter, Ridgefield. Seller: Jeanne Cook, Ridgefield. Property: 103 Peaceable Ridge Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $900,000. Filed July 10.

Tesauro, Erik J., Norwalk. Seller: Carlino Construction LLC, Stratford. Property: 1629 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $242,000. Filed July 11.

Winter, Douglas, Westport. Seller: Dennis M. Nally and Karen L. Nally, New Canaan. Property: Parcel 2, Map 5657, New Canaan. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed July 10.

Rodriguez, Rosa, Bridgeport. Seller: Sterling National Bank, Bridgeport. Property: 44 Clarke St., Bridgeport. Amount: $165,000. Filed July 11.

Thompson, Abby and Adam Thompson, Ridgefield. Seller: Stanley Philip Reunert and Diane Reunert, Ridgefield. Property: 11 Ivy Hill Road, Ridgefield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed June 29.

Wohl, Sheila W. and Lawrence S. Merriam, Easton. Seller: Westway Road LLC, Trumbull. Property: 477 Westway Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 9.

Rosa, Christopher Robert, Greenwich. Seller: David C. Berk and Michelle D. Berk, Greenwich. Property: Unit 409 in Palmer Point Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $395,000. Filed July 10. Rossi, Katherine A., Ridgefield. Seller: Charter Group Partners at Ridgefield LLC, Ridgefield. Property: 77 Sunset Condominium, Unit 323, Ridgefield. Amount: $539,900. Filed July 10. Rosso, Francesca and Uberto Palomba, Greenwich. Seller: Ruth Ann Smith Julius, Greenwich. Property: 35 Copper Beach Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed July 12. Rowella, Amanda and Francis Rowella, Ridgefield. Seller: St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corp., Ridgefield. Property: 171 High Ridge Ave., Ridgefield. Amount: $490,000. Filed July 3. Rubin, Alena and Daniel Rubin, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: David Hesemeyer and Barbara Hesemeyer, Ridgefield. Property: 120 Riverside Drive, Ridgefield. Amount: $525,000. Filed June 29. Sai, Kristina M. and Michael Sai, Bethel. Seller: Robert Perry, Ridgefield. Property: 472 Bennetts Farm Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $435,000. Filed June 29. Serrano, Dennis A., Port Chester, New York. Seller: Jose Rosa and Maria Rosa, Bridgeport. Property: 57 Myron Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $275,000. Filed July 13. Shea, Richard, Hartford. Seller: Andrew M. Cooley and Amanda M. Cooley, Bridgeport. Property: 117 Gilman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $340,000. Filed July 10. Shim, Jin Sup, Ridgefield. Seller: Jonathan A. Cerutti and Stephanie L. Cerutti, Ridgefield. Property: 11 Barnum Place, Ridgefield. Amount: $655,000. Filed July 9. Sturm, Cynthia Cherniske and A.G. Sturm, New Fairfield. Seller: Sandro Stefanelli, Malvern, Pennsylvania. Property: 49 Dowling Drive, Ridgefield. Amount: $553,000. Filed July 5. Teltsch, Lauren E. and Michael Sturges, Ridgefield. Seller: Christopher J. Gilland and Dana M. Gilland, Ridgefield. Property: 56 Country Club Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $530,000. Filed July 9.

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Torrenzano, Elizabeth Anne and Jake Torrenzano, New York, New York. Seller: Philip Ruvinsky and Leigh Kennedy, New Canaan. Property: 76 Harrison Ave., New Canaan. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 2. Traugott, Brian, Burlington, Vermont. Seller: Nicole Duh, Alta Loma, California. Property: 7 Brinscall Court, Danbury. Amount: $355,000. Filed July 10. Tuff, Elizabeth J. and Alexander C. Tuff, New Canaan. Seller: Kimberly Delgado and Scott Delgado, New Canaan. Property: Lot 3, Map 3084, New Canaan. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed July 3. Wang, Ri Sheng and Yanling Yang, Norwalk. Seller: Norman A. MacDonald and Denise MacDonald, Norwalk. Property: 20 Bartlett Manor, Norwalk. Amount: $450,000. Filed July 11. Ward Jr., Tom S., Greenwich. Seller: Robert Bugbee and Lauren Irwin, Greenwich. Property: Lot 12, Map 1272, Greenwich. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed July 10. Weaver, Kaisa R. and Bradley C. Weaver, New Canaan. Seller: Alan K. Dutton and Barbara E. Dutton, Norwalk. Property: 81 Crooked Trail Road, Norwalk. Amount: $975,000. Filed July 10. Westhoff, Laurie and William Westhoff, Ridgefield. Seller: Erik D. Baudendistel and Sarah A. Baudendistel, Ridgefield. Property: Lot 1, Map 6374, Ridgefield. Amount: $817,000. Filed July 6. Williams, Donna, Bridgeport. Seller: Mauricio Teoyoti Serrano and Modesta Barrales Pluma, Bridgeport. Property: 67 Mead St., Bridgeport. Amount: $268,000. Filed July 12. Williams, Eileen, Yonkers, N.Y. Seller: Peter V. Johnson and Brenda Johnson, Danbury. Property: 4002 Hancock Drive, Danbury. Amount: $255,000. Filed July 16. Wiltshire, Andrea L. and Mark A. Wiltshire, Stamford. Seller: Brian Stephanak, Westport. Property: 136 Newtown Ave., Unit 15B, Norwalk. Amount: $310,000. Filed July 9.

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Wright, Edna E. and Oliver Wright Jr., Norwalk. Seller: Oliver Wright Jr., Norwalk. Property: 12 Bouton St., Norwalk. For no consideration paid. Filed July 10. Wu, Xinyan and Rui Lu, Fairfield. Seller: Steven Vincent Procaccini, Fairfield. Property: 435 Lenox Road, Fairfield. Amount: $328,000. Filed July 5. Yates, Paula R., Fairfield. Seller: Ronald R. Greco and Geraldine P. Greco, Danbury. Property: 1603 Larson Drive, Danbury. Amount: $287,000. Filed July 12. Zabrecky, Nicholas J., Norwalk. Seller: Daniel M. Murphy and Lindsay K. Murphy, Norwalk. Property: 4 Roland Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $535,000. Filed July 11.

FORECLOSURES Colchado, Jose L., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 53 Griffin Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed July 16. Grevi, Anthony, et al. Creditor: Pennymac Loan Services LLC, Westlake Village, California. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit 2-1, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed July 11. Jackson, Mark C., et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 54 Glendale Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed July 12. Ortiz, Jesus, et al. Creditor: Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 85 Chestnut St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed July 11. Philipp, Kevin C., et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Plano, Texas. Property: 2660 North Ave., Unit 236, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed July 10. Rubano, Henrietta, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mill, South Carolina. Property: 462 Glendale Ave., Unit 25, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed July 10. U.S. Bank NA, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 2 Primerose Court, Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed July 10.

Zumstag, Joanne, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 49 First St., Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed July 12.

JUDGMENTS Alarcon, Maryliana, Ridgefield. $2,842 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 328 Barrack Hill Road, Ridgefield. Filed June 27. Andros, John T., Danbury. $1,082 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 20 Mabel Ave., Danbury. Filed July 9. Bondaruk, Mark G., Shelton. $17,084 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Richmond, Virginia, by London & London, Newington. Property: 39 Keron Drive, Shelton. Filed July 9. Carreras, Manuel, Danbury. $859 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 121 Deer Hill Ave., Danbury. Filed July 9. Coates, Debbie, Danbury. $1,894 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 105 Coalpit Hill Road, Danbury. Filed July 9. Difalco, Alfred, Danbury. $489 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 14 Skyline Drive, Danbury. Filed July 9. Dobosz, Diane, Shelton. $11,481 in favor of Discover Bank, New Alban, Ohio, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 20 Rock Ridge Road, Shelton. Filed July 9. Flynn, Holly, Fairfield. $2,505 in favor of The Southern Connecticut Gas Co., Orange, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 174 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield. Filed July 12. Ganthier, Marie F., et al., Bridgeport. $9,969 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 202 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 26. Giacomazzo, Yvette, Danbury. $459 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 3 Ledgemere Drive, Danbury. Filed July 9. Greenlaw, Christina M., Shelton. $5,991 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Richmond, Virginia, by London&London, Newington. Property: 111 Sawmill Road, Shelton. Filed July 9.

Hilda, Djamdian, Ridgefield. $3,422 in favor of Rosenberg, Miller, Hite and Morilla LLC, by self, Stratford. Property: 9 Still Hollow Place, Ridgefield. Filed June 27. Hill, Jeffery, Bridgeport. $1,306 in favor of Santa Energy Corp., Bridgeport, by The Law Offices of Becker & Zowine LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 1440 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 11. Lamothe, Grace, et al., Bridgeport. $11,261 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 276 Griffin Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 11. Mendez, Maria, Danbury. $8,833 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by London & London, Newington. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit 22-5, Danbury. Filed July 9. Orourke, Amy, Norwalk. $13,711 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by London&London, Newington. Property: 1 Linden St., Apt. C1, Norwalk. Filed July 10. Ortiz, Henry, Danbury. $573 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 136 Pembroke Road, Unit 5-40, Danbury. Filed July 9. Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Robert L., Norwalk. $5,523 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Richmond, Virginia, by London & London, Newington. Property: 2 Hudson St., Norwalk. Filed July 10. Rosalita, Rosalio, Danbury. $1,926 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 11 South Ave., Danbury. Filed July 9. Sams, David, Bridgeport. $2,789 in favor of Milford Hospital, Milford, by Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 180 Pleasantville Ave., Bridgeport. Filed July 17. Sanchez, Edgar, Bridgeport. $1,599 in favor of Santa Energy Corp., Bridgeport, by The Law Offices of Becker & Zowine LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 57 Emerald St., Bridgeport. Filed July 11. Velez, Javier, Bridgeport. $5,000 in favor of Unifund Corp., Westbrook, by Calistro & Airone LLC, Westbrook. Property: 230 Wade St., Bridgeport. Filed July 11.

LEASES McDonnough, Alicia, by self. Landlord: Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Building 84, Apt. 21 in Success Village Apartments, Bridgeport. Term: 36 years, commencing July 5, 2018. Filed July 9.

Weeks, Patricia, by self. Landlord: Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Apt. 18, Building 94 in Success Village Condominium, Bridgeport. Term: 36 years, commenced July 13, 2018. Filed July 16.

LIENS FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Bliziotis, Constantine, 1 Teaberry Lane, Ridgefield. $12,695, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2. Dillon, Delia C. and Matthew J. Dillon, 1080 Old Marco Lane, Marco Island, Florida. $5.2 million, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 11. Dillon, Matthew J., 1080 Old Marco Lane, Marco Island, Florida. $2.1 million, tax amnesty. Filed July 11. Dunn, Linda and Christopher Dunn, 24 Craw St., Norwalk. $29,706, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 11. Flayhan, Jacqueline and David A. Flayhan, 8 Blackstone Drive, Norwalk. $30,330, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 11. J&G Deli LLC, 65 Van Zant St., Norwalk. $10,888, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed July 11. J Coyt Landscaping LLC, 35 Lowe St., Norwalk. $3,012, payroll taxes. Filed July 11. Kirby, Rita and David Kirby, 24 Father Peters Lane, New Canaan. $176,124, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 9. Roman, Sarah J. and William J. Roman, 474 Pemburn Drive, Fairfield. $7,429, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 11. Sabino, Joseph S., 91 Soundview Ave., Norwalk. $22,062, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 11. Shooks Oil Burner Service and Fuel Oil Inc., 20 Jansen St., Danbury. $10,487, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 7.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED Bestever Valet Inc., 69 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. $24,051, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed July 10. Fassler, Suli and Howard Magaliff, 138 Shadow Lake Road, Ridgefield. $114,496, a tax debt on income earned. Filed June 25.

Facts & Figures Fritsche, Linda A., 120 Prospect St., Apt. 51, Ridgefield. $25,354, a tax debt on income earned. Filed June 25. Its Relevant LLC, 17 High St., Third floor, Norwalk. $13,821, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed July 11. Moseley, Lisa, P.O. Box 1017, Norwalk. $32,845, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 11. Ridgefield Car Wash Inc., 6 Farmingville Road, Ridgefield. $5,359, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed June 28. Stern, Lawrence, 15 Lewis Drive, Ridgefield. $40,804, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2. Stern, Lawrence, 15 Lewis Drive, Ridgefield. $117,384, a tax debt on income earned. Filed July 2.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED Danpar Associates Limited Partnership, Danbury. Filed by Bluestone Industries Inc., East Hartford, by Ronald J. Walker. Property: 1 Padanaram Road, Danbury. Amount: $17,700. Filed July 9. Reinertsen, Kerry K. and Emmanuel F. Crabbe, Ridgefield. Filed by Gold Coast Contracting Services Ltd., Rye Brook, New York, by Mike Grbic. Property: 61 Peaceable Hill Road, Ridgefield. Amount: $26,660. Filed July 13.

MECHANIC’S LIENSRELEASED Denton Realty LLC, Ridgefield. Released by East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven, by Lois Salzillo. Property: Plot 22, Map 1254, Ridgefield. Amount: $119,222. Filed July 2. Labrosciano, Melissa A. and Dennis F. Labrosciano, Ridgefield. Released by East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven, by Lois Salzillo. Property: Plot 22, Map 1254, Ridgefield. Amount: $119,222. Filed July 2. Sillo Construction LLC, et al., New Canaan. Released by A Cardillo Mason Contractors LLC, Stamford, by Cormody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Stamford, 18 Locust Ave., New Canaan. Amount: $185,000. Filed July 11.

LIS PENDENS Adams, Edmund A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 103 Springdale St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $218,000, dated July 2006. Filed July 18. Beacon Hill II Investment LLC, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Cohen, Burns, Hard & Paul, West Hartford, for Marjam Supply Co. Property: 62 and 70 Sound View Drive, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 3. Bevel, Walter J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bershtein, Volpe & McKeon PC, New Haven, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 154 Union Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 11. Dahdal, Maher, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 560 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 13. David, Jennifer, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 5 Lancaster Drive, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $34,400, dated March 2007. Filed July 10. Desabella, Stacy, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 65 Waller Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 13. Duque, Michael, et al., Ridgefield. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 80 Harvey Road, Ridgefield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $314,204, dated September 2009. Filed July 9. Garrison, Michael K., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 205 Eckart St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $180,000, dated February 2008. Filed July 11.

Harp, Brice S., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 60 Washington Terrace, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $287,488, dated May 2007. Filed July 11.

Rotz, Thomas A., et al., Shelton. Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 11 Bonnie Brook Drive, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $360,000, dated February 2005. Filed July 10.

Hayes, Paul Craig, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 176 Old Stone Bridge Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1.4 million, dated June 2005. Filed July 10.

Such, Ryan, et al., Danbury. Filed by Robert Iannazzo, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 28-32 Starr Ave., Unit 5, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 9.

Kelley, David C., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for MTGLQ Investors LP. Property: 1123-1125 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $49,750, dated June 2012. Filed July 11.

Vital, Ricardo, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: Lot 5 in Capitol Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $158,000, dated January 2006. Filed July 10.

Kirchon, Faith, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 93 Glenbrook Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $90,276, dated August 2005. Filed July 11. Mallico, Eric, et al., Shelton. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 131 Huntington St., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $188,800, dated August 2005. Filed July 13. Miller, Christopher, et al., New Canaan. Filed by Goldman, Gruder & Woods LLC, Trumbull, for East Coast Irrigation LLC, New Canaan. Property: Parcel B, Map 3211, New Canaan. Action: to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 9. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Benanti & Associates, Stamford, for Tuthill Finance. Property: 550-552 and 554 Atlantic St. and 28 Columbia St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on delinquent mortgages in the original principal amount and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 23. Peeler, Donna E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: Lot 73, Leonard Drive, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $233,700, dated December 2007. Filed July 11.

Williams, Terry Ann, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 334 Carroll Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed July 13. Wright, III, George, et al., New Canaan. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: Lot 6, Map 2724, New Canaan. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $750,000, dated November 2003. Filed July 3.

MORTGAGES 253 Main Avenue LLC, Norwalk, by Theodore Brois. Lender: Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: 253 Main Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $300,000. Filed July 10. 257 Brooklawn LLC, Shelton, by Ronald Rohinsky. Lender: D&S Capital Group LLC, West Hartford. Property: 247 Brooklawn Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $295,000. Filed July 16. Ability Beyond Disability Inc., Bethel, by Jane Davis. Lender: Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation, New York, New York. Property: 4 Berkshire Blvd., 45-49 Nicholas Drive, 376 Woodland St., 10 Liberty St., 18 Cheryl Lane and 1240 Corbin Ave., Units 13C and 2C, 40 Unionville Ave., and 6 Mountainville Road, Danbury. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed July 11. Alliant Investments LLC, Danbury, by Raymond Bartko. Lender: Landau Homes LLC, Newtown. Property: 1 Sharp Hill Lane, Ridgefield. Amount: $250,000. Filed July 11.

JLL CT International LLC, Bridgeport, by Dantong Liu. Lender: Cathay Bank, Flushing, New York. Property: 276 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 18. Payne Road Investments LLC, by Jorge Sousa. Lender: Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: 60 Payne Road, Danbury. Amount: $360,000. Filed July 23. Unit 7C LLC, Norwalk, by Winthrop E. Braum. Lender: PIA CT LLC, Middleburg, Florida. Property: 25 Van Zant Street, Unit 7C, Norwalk. Amount: $137,011. Filed July 13.

NEW BUSINESSES Amazing Grace Nail, 1741 E. Main St., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Taiwo B. Badmus. Filed July 24. Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Co., 1 Ferry Access Road, Bridgeport 06610, c/o Alessandra Tebaldi. Filed July 17. Broad River Wines-Spirits-Beer-Cerveza-Liquor, 99 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Jupiter Blessings Beverage LLC. Filed July 10. CMC Painting Services LLC, 228 Lincoln Ave., Apt. 2, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Celso Gomes Ferreira. Filed July 18. Coastal Home Improvement LLC, 459 Booth Hill Road, Shelton 06484, c/o Vincent Castagna. Filed July 11. Espinal Grovery & Deli, 28 North St., Danbury 06810, c/o Juan M. Nunez. Filed July 11. Fabienne Medor Photography, 398 Thorme St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Fabienne Medor. Filed July 16. Little Rock Catering Service, 46 Judson Place, Bridgeport 06610, c/o Gavin Manning and Maurice Barclay. Filed July 16. Mihrzad Insurance Agency, 5 Commerce Drive, Suite 5, Shelton 06484, c/o Nariman Mihrzad. Filed July 11. Natural Achievements, 38-B Grove St., Ridgefield 06877, c/o Randall Raymond. Filed July 11. No Label Design, 18 Congress Ave., Shelton 06484, c/o Rebecca Hopkins. Filed July 11. Osha, 4 Merritt St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Joshua Fox. Filed July 11. Padre Pio Academy, 209 Tackora Trail, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Jean Violette. Filed July 9.

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Roman Vitynskyi Home Improvement, 67 Geissler Drive, Shelton 06484, c/o Roman Vitynskyi. Filed July 10. Secret Flying Sauce, 7 Old Dimon Road, Redding 06896, c/o Keith Sessler. Filed July 11. Shelton Restaurants LLC, 815 River Road, Shelton 06484, c/o Aamir Arif. Filed July 10. Shenzhen Daiki, 7 Old Dimon Road, Redding 06896, c/o Keith Sessler. Filed July 11. Signature Print House, 4 Driftway Road, Unit C2, Danbury 06810, c/o Mary Anne Lichodoli. Filed July 12. Sole 2 Soul Movement, 35 Cutter Drive, Bridgeport 06608, c/o Xavier Longwa. Filed July 19. T Kargo, 52 N. Main St., Norwalk 06854, c/o M&C Multiservices. Filed July 10. Tetzner Dental Lab, 3 Belmont Place, Apt. 1, Danbury 06810, c/o Rogerio A. Tetzner. Filed July 16.

PATENTS Electro-photographic 3-D printing using collapsible substrate. Patent no. 10,040,250 issued to Chu-heng Liu, Penfield, New York; Paul J. McConville, Webster, New York; Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield, New York; James A. Winters, Alfred Station, New York; and Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Method and system for detecting that an object of interest has re-entered a field of view of an imaging device. Patent no. 10,042,031 issued to Jayant Kumar, Webster, New York; Qun Li, Webster, New York; Edgar A. Bernal, Webster, New York; and Raja Bala, Pittsford, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Printing system architecture for encoding chip-less RFID tags in real time. Patent no. 10,043,121 issued to George A. Gibson, Fairport, New York; and Wayne A. Buchar, Bloomfield, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Scheme for text only MRC compression. Patent no. 10,043,116 issued to Sainarayanan Gopalakrishnan, Medavakkam, India; Xing Li, Webster, New York; Rajasekar Kanagasabai, Medavakkam, India; and Clara Cuciurean-Zapan, Fairport, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Sensors comprising palladium complex ink. Patent no. 10,043,605 issued to Tse Nga Ng, Sunnyvale, California; Sivkheng Kor, San Jose, California; and Yiliang Wu, San Ramon, California. Assigned to Palo Alto Research Center Inc., Palo Alto, California, and Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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