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Dems make gains on state, national levels; Cuomo re-elected, Lamont wins CT

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Renderings of The Ox Ridge Riding & Raquet Club.

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Ox Ridge Riding & Racquet Club’s $11.5 million ‘transformation’ underway in Darien

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ith a formal groundbreaking ceremony held last month, the $11.5 million design-build expansion of the Ox Ridge Hunt Club in Darien is well underway.

Not only will the end result, expected to be completed by spring 2019, include a new, 18,000-squarefoot clubhouse, a dining facility and other amenities, but it will also feature a new name: The Ox Ridge Riding & Racquet Club, reflecting the fact that it’s expanding its sporting options.

“It’s all about finding a more sustainable financial footing for the club,” said Richard Colligan, who was named Ox Ridge president about two years ago. “The key is to have a diversity of facilities and activities for our members, which will provide a

broader base of membership and a broader stream of revenues for the club beyond just riding.”

The 104-year-old club was in vital need of updating, Colligan added. Located on a 22-acre sweep of land between Mansfield and Middlesex roads, the club is adding eight singles and doubles squash courts, platform tennis and a fully equipped fitness center with locker room and exercise classes, as well as updated riding facilities.

The latter includes new indoor and outdoor riding rings, respectively measuring 26,000 square feet and 37,000 square feet, as well as a full renovation of its existing 60-horse stable complex with its adjacent 12 grass paddocks.

“It’s more than just a construction project,” Colligan said. “It’s a transformation.”

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oth New York and Connecticut have Democratic governors.

Andrew Cuomo was named the winner of the New York gubernatorial race shortly after polls closed on Nov. 6, while Republican Bob Stefanowski conceded the Connecticut race to Ned Lamont the following morning.

Unofficial results showed Lamont up nearly 18,000 votes to Stefanowski with 94 percent of the state reporting, according to the office of Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, who also won re-election.

In congratulating Lamont, outgoing Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy took a swipe at President Donald Trump: “Connecticut spoke loud and clear that we stand for fairness, inclusivity and decency – that the politics of President Trump have no home here, that we resoundingly reject his politics of division, falsehoods and empty promises.”

The Partnership for Strong Communities, Connecticut’s leading nonpartisan housing policy and advocacy organization, issued a » » DEMOCRATS

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After run of acquisitions, People’s United focuses on organic growth, tech

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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hange is the byword at People’s United Bank.

With the dust still settling on its $544 million acquisition of Farmington Bank and on its impressive third-quarter results, People’s is still wrestling with the technological and cybersecurity issues facing most industries today — particularly in the financial services sector.

Not only that, but People’s United named a new president, Jeff Tengel, in May. Jack Barnes, formerly both president and CEO, is continuing to serve in the latter role.

“Jack is transparent, very communicative and collaborative,” Tengel said at the Bridgeport bank’s 850 Main St. headquarters.

“He’s really helped make it an easy transition for me.”

Also helping is the bank’s continued strong performance. Net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30 was $117 million, up nearly 29 percent from the year-ago quarter’s $90.8 million, while operating revenue increased by 27.4 percent to $113.8 million from $89.3 million for the same period.

Total assets as of Sept. 30 were $47 billion.

The addition of Farmington Bank parent First Connecticut Bancorp “further strengthens the franchise’s earnings power, as we are confident in achieving the transaction’s attractive financial returns,” Barnes said when announcing the Q3 results.

“Integration has progressed well and the core system conversion will take place in January.”

That integration includes the Nov. 5 announcement that People’s will close 15 branches — 13 of them Farmington Bank operations, and none in Fairfield County — through what Tengel said was a collaborative decision by the two banks. Those branches will shutter at the end of January, he said, noting that all affected employees have been offered positions within People’s United.

As for integrating the two banks, Tengel said such efforts fall into “two big buckets.”

“The cultural integration has gone pretty well,” he said. “We were very familiar with a number of their employees, a number of whom used to work at our bank years ago. From a cultural baseline, it’s been smoother than with

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the integration of our technologies.”

That process is “going a little bit slower,” he said. “We need to get them up to speed on how we do some of the things we do at our company, in terms of how we process loans, deposits … the blocking and tackling that’s involved.”

The Farmington deal was the culmination of a run of acquisitions for People’s, which last year included picking up Philadelphia’s Leaf Commercial Capital and Long Island’s Suffolk Bancorp. Those deals were done in part to expand the Bridgeport bank’s profile both regionally — the Suffolk deal added 28 branches to push People’s total to over 400 — and nationally, as Leaf had financed nearly $6 billion

The number of people walking into branches is declining – they want to do their banking on their phones or other mobile devices.

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for more than 243,000 customers across the U.S. before being acquired.

Tengel said the bank is continuing to explore opportunities for further growth, though another acquisition is not imminent.

“We evaluate opportunities as they come up,” he said. “We will entertain potential acquisitions if they make sense for the bank and its shareholders.”

The bank’s focus on organic growth includes “a very diligent” approach to managing its sales processes and expanding its products and services. As proof of the latter, Tengel pointed to the recent appointment of three industry experts to lead what it sees as new commercial banking specialties: John Dysart to head its Franchise Finance team; Dave Dailey to manage its Technology/ Private Equity Finance operation; and Bruce Figueroa to oversee its Not-for-Profit Finance effort. All are based in Boston.

The new divisions are staffed by people “who speak (each sector’s) language, who understand their needs,” Tengel said. “By being able to be super focused on those spaces, we believe we’ve positioned ourselves in the market uniquely.”

Looking ahead, Tengel reiterated that technology remains a key challenge, both for People’s and the banking industry in general. “That’s one of the biggest challenges, and opportunities, for us,” he said.

“The number of people walking into branches is declining — they want to do their banking on their phones or other mobile devices. That’s not to say that branches are going away, because they’re not. But we want to make sure we’re doing business with our customers in whatever channel they want.”

Tengel said that increasing competition — both from other banks and from alternative lenders like fintechs — has exploded over the past 12 to 18 months.

“There’s an ever-growing list of competitors we’re facing off with,” he said. “That may be our biggest challenge right now.”

Nearly as great, he said, are increasing concerns over cybersecurity. “It’s an area where we have to be extremely vigilant,” Tengel said. “We spend a fair amount of our time and energy strategizing against cybersecurity threats.”

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Nonprofit LivFree seeks to bring normalcy to families of pediatric cancer patients

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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hen Daniel Viera’s daughter Lauren was 16 months old, she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. “When you go through a cancer diagnosis with a child, it just changes everything,” he recalled.

“And what you think is normal — and I use that term very loosely — isn’t normal anymore.”

As Viera and his wife Katrina worked with doctors to bring Lauren back to health, he became more cognizant of the struggles of families with children who were fighting cancer.

“We realized that children weren’t able to be kids and the dynamic would change for families,” said Viera. “We wanted to start an organization that would help them get a sense of normal.”

Viera, who runs a snowplowing business in Shelton and previously worked with his father’s landscaping business, decided to create a nonprofit that would bring

that elusive sense of normalcy to families coping with a medical crisis. In May 2016, one-and-a-half years after Lauren’s diagnosis, Viera launched LivFree, with the goal of providing children and their families with an experience that would offer a break from treatment for some much-needed family fun time.

“It’s a wish organization,” Viera explained. “We ask them what they would like to do locally to enjoy family time and we make it happen.”

This includes family visits at “pretty much every amusement park in this area,” along with movies and trips to the zoo. Unlike similar organizations such as the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Viera seeks to keep the experiences at a more modest level that incorporates the entire family unit. “We don’t want to do a big production.

We just want to do normal stuff that you would do as a family,” he said.

To finance its altruism, LivFree hosts three fundraisers a year to generate

Daniel Viera, founder of the nonprofit LivFree. Photo by Phil Hall.

funds. “We’ve done movie nights and ice skating on the green in Fairfield, and we charge a fee for the public,” Viera stated. “One hundred percent of their donations help families. Once we raise that money, we find the families through the hospitals and our network.”

Families chosen by LivFree include pediatric

cancer patients who are either undergoing treatment or are out of treatment.

While Viera initially planned to have LivFree focus on helping Connecticut families, he has provided experiences for families from other states.

“We’ve flown a family from Minnesota to spend a weekend in New York City

and meet the Minnesota Timberwolves as they played the Knicks,” he continued. “We also worked with a young boy who was able to hang out with the Boston Celtics. He met all of the players and attended the game the next day.”

Although he has no previous experience in event planning, Viera has not encountered problems in arranging for the LivFree excursions. “The head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves is from Connecticut, so one of our supporters knew him personally and reached out to him to make it happen,” he explained. “The Celtics was simple. We just emailed the Celtics and got it set up pretty fast.”

Viera relies on social media and word of mouth to promote LivFree, noting that no money is allocated to advertising. “We try to be responsible with the funds that we receive,” he said, adding the sponsorship support from local companies has helped the nonprofit’s operations budget.

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Viera noted that the seasonal nature of his snowplowing business helps him focus on running LivFree during the snow-free seasons. If there is one drawback, he admitted, it is maintaining the nonprofit from his home and not having a stand-alone facility to host events.

“Last February, we did a fundraising event outdoors for three days and it rained all three days,” he said. “Luckily, because of the sponsors, we broke even.”

Since its launch, LivFree has provided experiences for 97 families. Looking forward, Viera stated that he wanted “to help as many people as I can” while boosting the morale of the target families.

And as for the young inspiration behind LivFree, Viera happily reported that his daughter Lauren has been cancer-free for two years. “She’s all done with her chemo treatment,” he said, beaming. “She’s thriving. She just had her fifth birthday and started kindergarten this year.”

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Norwalk Hospital-Sloan Kettering collaboration offering top-quality treatment for county-based patients

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little over a year since it was announced, MSK Physicians at Norwalk Hospital, the cancer care collaboration between Norwalk Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is making a difference in how Fairfield County-based patients suffering from the disease are being treated.

“Putting this together was a two-year labor of love,” said Linda Versea, APRN, executive director oncology service line, Western Connecticut Health Network, to which Norwalk Hospital belongs. “What we were seeking was to offer patients somewhere they could go that’s closer than Memorial Sloan Kettering (in New York City or West Harrison) or Dana-Farber (Cancer Institute in Boston).

That travel time can make a difference, especially with someone who’s got an advanced case of cancer.”

MSK Physicians at Norwalk Hospital marks the first time that Sloan Kettering doctors have offered cancer services within another hospital’s cancer program outside of New York state. “We’ve long believed that our staff here (at the C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center) are doing a great job,” Versea noted. “But WCHN is always looking for ways to improve patient care, as well as ways to challenge ourselves to do better.”

As part of the collaboration, three MSK experts — Drs. Linda Vahdat, Daniel Shasha and Hsiang-Chi Kuo — have joined the Norwalk Hospital staff and are leading its medical oncology, radiation therapy and medical physics cancer departments. All six of Norwalk Hospital’s medical and radiation oncologists have joined MSK’s medical staff.

The collaboration has resulted in what Versea termed “an uptick” in new patient consultations, although she said specif-

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ic data were not available.

About 700 patients are newly diagnosed with cancer each year at Norwalk, she said.

One patient who has benefited from the MSK Physicians at Norwalk Hospital program is Greg Stillwagon, a Stratford resident who in June 2016 was diagnosed with highgrade stage III metastatic kidney cancer. The cancer, which had originated in Stillwagon’s left kidney, had already metastasized to the lymph nodes in his abdomen.

“I’ve known my primary care physician (Dr. Seyed H. Aleali, based in Bridgeport) for 35 years, and he recommended that I go to Sloan (in New York City),” Stillwagon recalled. “I trusted the guy, and I’m glad I did.”

In September 2016, Stillwagon had his left kidney removed along with

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several lymph nodes from his abdomen. His surgeon also removed part of his spleen and part of his pancreas. He spent the entire following month as an inpatient at MSK in New York City, about two hours from Stratford.

While his kidney cancer went into remission, it came back even more aggressively a short time later, and in January 2017 he was diagnosed with stage IV kidney cancer — a condition whose five-year survival rate is 8 percent.

Understandably weakened both by his treatment and the travel, this time Stillwagon — the former CFO at BTX Global Logistics in Shelton who continues to run his own Gregory D. Stillwagon Consulting — and his physicians decided that going to MSK Westchester in West Harrison made more sense, with the commute

I’ve worked as an accountant and a CFO for 40 years,” Stillwagon said, “so I appreciate when somebody can sit there and not just tell me about a problem but provide a solution and a path to that solution. And that’s what Dr. Frank and the others at Norwalk have done.

essentially cut in half — to about two hours round trip.

There he began taking an oral chemotherapy.

While still displaying his trademark indefatigable spirit — “Somebody told me once that if you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics stink,” he declared — Stillwagon was still spending a lot of time on the road for his triweekly treatments.

“Then I started seeing TV ads and billboards about Sloan Kettering affiliating itself with Norwalk and the cancer center there,” he recalled, noting that the hospital is about 20 minutes from his home.

“To be frank, it was an enormous pain in the ass” to go to Manhattan, he said, “and it was the same problem with West Harrison — the traffic on I-95 is just monstrous.”

Transferring to Norwalk in November 2017, Stillwagon

began to see Dr. Richard Frank, a medical oncologist at the hospital and a consultant in the gastrointestinal oncology service at MSK. Stillwagon said that Frank soon decided that the oral chemotherapy was no longer working and switched him to intravenous immunotherapy, a relatively new type of cancer treatment that boosts the body’s natural defenses to fight cancer.

Originally going to Norwalk for injections every two weeks, Stillwagon said the treatment has been successful enough that he now goes once a month.

“Dr. Aleali said that Sloan is always working on something, and that if this doesn’t work today they’ll come up with two or three other things to try,” Stillwagon said.

Effusive with his praise for the Norwalk staff, Stillwagon said that he appreciates their direct approach. “I’ve worked as an accountant and a CFO for 40 years,” he said, “so I appreciate when somebody can sit there and not just tell me about a problem but provide a solution and a path to that solution. And that’s what Dr. Frank and the others at Norwalk have done.”

“Mr. Stillwagon is fighting a tough cancer, but despite that, he is doing remarkably well,” Frank said. “This is in part due to the advanced treatment options we can offer patients like Mr. Stillwagon at Norwalk Hospital. He is also doing well because of his attitude. Mr. Stillwagon is the toughest guy I know -- he’s indestructible.”

“You have to have a really good attitude with something like this,” Stillwagon said. “But the people at Sloan and Norwalk Hospital have given me the confidence I need, by explaining the whys and hows of what they’re doing and,” he chuckled, “putting up with all of my stupid stories and jokes.

“They’ve helped me be as strong as I possibly can be,” he said.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Adam J. Blank

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re your property taxes too high?

You may be able to do something about it.

The federal government recently limited the amount taxpayers can deduct for state and local taxes, including property taxes. Now, more than ever, it is important to monitor your real estate assessment and act to reduce your taxes if your property is over-assessed.

In Connecticut, municipalities revalue real estate at least once every five years for tax purposes. Bridgeport, Norwalk, Darien, New Canaan and Weston just completed theirs and the new valuations are being shared with taxpayers over the coming months.

Municipalities typically value properties using a method called “mass appraisal.” This approach is not 100 percent accurate, but is used because it is cost-efficient. If your property valuation appears high, now is the time to take action as Connecticut provides a very narrow window of time for a challenge.

Many municipalities provide taxpayers with notice of the proposed valuation sometime between now and year-end and allow taxpayers to meet informally with the assessor or one of the municipality’s valuation consultants to present reasons why the valuation appears inflated. If a taxpayer is unsatisfied with the results of the informal meeting, beginning in January, the taxpayer can file a formal appeal with the municipality’s board of assessment appeals.

The deadline for filing an appeal generally is Feb. 20, but can be extended to March 20 at the municipality’s request. For higher-valued residential and most commercial properties, the municipality can refuse a hearing with the BAA and summarily deny the appeal.

When a hearing is granted, it is uncommon for a BAA to make any significant change to the valuation no matter how compelling the taxpayer’s arguments.

If unsatisfied with that outcome, the taxpayer may appeal to the Superior Court. It must be filed within two months of the BAA decision. Most of these cases resolve without a trial in mediation or settlement conferences.

Taxpayers often like to look at the assessment amount of a neighboring property and argue that their assessment should mirror neighbors. While this anecdotal information can complement an appraiser’s testimony, the ultimate question will be: “Did the municipality accurately value your property?”

Looking at the assessment of neighboring or similar properties is usually not worth the effort. However, some information can be very useful: • Was the property recently sold or listed for sale? If the property is listed for sale well above the value you seek from the municipality, this is problematic.

• Was the property recently financed or refinanced? If so, an appraisal will exist concerning the refinance. If that appraisal is much higher than your view of your property’s current value, there better be a good

Appeal your property taxes? explanation as to why.

• Is the municipality’s information (square footage, acreage, etc.) accurate?

• Have you done any recent renovations or construction on the property such that there will be building permits with estimated construction costs filed with the municipality?

If the property is income-producing: • Have you timely submitted income and expense statements with the municipality?

• Does the property have cell tower income? Parking fee income? Tenant reimbursements? Early lease termination payments?

• Is there any recent leasing activity? Is

space listed for lease currently? The recent leasing activity or listing may be used as evidence as to what all similar space on the property should lease for.

• Are your rents and expenses in line with the market? If not, why?

If, after reviewing this information, it is believed that a tax appeal is warranted, your attorney should engage a real estate appraiser to either perform a written appraisal report or, at a minimum, review all the relevant documentation and perform a rough initial analysis.

Retaining a competent appraiser familiar with the tax appeal process is important. The appraiser will be the most important witness

in the case and likely the only witness to make any difference in its outcome.

The tax appeal process is relatively straightforward and often not particularly complicated. However, tight deadlines and the infrequency of revaluations make it extremely important to analyze whether an appeal should be brought between November and January of any revaluation year.

Adam J. Blank is a partner in the Stamford law firm Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky, LLP. His practice focuses on tax appeals throughout the state, representing municipalities and commercial and high-end residential property owners. He can be reached at 203327-2300 or ablank@wrkk.com.

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there,” Kolakowski said. “The new club will have the same equestrian feel, even though they’re new buildings.”

The KBE executive opined that the clubhouse — which will include a grillroom and pub — will supply “the real wow factor.”

Colligan said he believes the new club will be the only such facility within an 8- to 10-mile radius.

“Squash is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country, and in particular in this area,” he declared, “but there are no squash courts in Darien at the moment.”

Indeed, Darien Squash — a nonprofit 501(c)(3) orga-

July, the design-build team of KBE Building Corp. and BL Companies has completed all demolition on the property, including the old indoor and outdoor riding rings, and proceeded with phased footing installation for the new clubhouse. The next phase of construction involves bringing underground utilities onto the property, including electric and plumbing, said KBE President and CEO Mike Kolakowski.

“The design team has been careful to retain some of the feel of the architectural appearance that was already

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statement congratulating Lamont.

“As his administration aims to bring new business development to Connecticut and expand economic opportunity for families, we urge the governor-elect to prioritize the continued progress towards ending homelessness, and preservation and expansion of affordable housing options for all residents across the state,” PSC Executive Director Alicia Woodsby said.

“With the sixth-highest median housing costs in the country, Connecticut’s high cost of living creates a substantial burden to families’ budgets and to economic growth for local communities and businesses alike,” she said.

“Connecticut should be

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Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Chele Farley (R) a place anyone can call home, no matter their race, income or hometown and we hope to see the new administration make that a reality.”

In addition, Democrats are now in control of both state legislatures, reflecting the general national trend.

Of the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats are now in control of that chamber, taking control from Republicans: the latest count on Nov. 7 was 219-193, with 23 seats yet to be declared.

On the U.S. Senate side, Republicans maintained control by a 51-43 majority, with the remainder of the seats yet to be called.

As expected, incumbent New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo cruised past Republican challenger and Dutchess County

ly stands at around 60. The club envisions building that number to around 250 over the next couple of years.

Not that membership is cheap: an initiation fee can range from $5,000 to $50,000, he said, depending on the level of membership in question. “Founders” and “Full Members” receive unlimited club privileges, an equity interest and a vote on its board. Lesser memberships, aimed at least in part at those not wanting to participate in everything the club has to offer, are also available. Interested parties should contact the club for pricing, he said.

nization dedicated to the growth and development of a love for the game among young residents — holds its practices at Chelsea Piers in Stamford.

Colligan said that the decision to go with a designbuild approach was made “because it results in a shorter timeline. You have a very clear picture of what the cost will be at the designing level, instead of getting it once it’s already been designed.”

The club president further said that he believes the plethora of offerings at the new facility will help drive membership, which current-

Executive Marc Molinaro by a 59-36.8 percent majority, with 99 percent of the votes counted. Cuomo, who was first elected in 2010, will begin his third term in January.

The governor also underscored what many believed the midterm elections nationwide to be: a referendum on Trump and his policies.

“New York is not buying what President Trump is selling,” Cuomo said. “We know his type too well.”

Cuomo has repeatedly dismissed persistent talk that he has an eye on running for the presidency in 2020 – talk which is likely to heat up again after his strong showing.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, another potential 2020 candidate, was also easily re-elected, best-

Chris Murphy (D) Matthew Corey (R) ing Republican challenger Chele Chiavacci Farley, a financial industry veteran and political newcomer, by a 66.6-33.4 percent majority. Democrat Letitia James, the New York City public advocate, became the first African-American woman to be elected state attorney general, defeating Republican lawyer Keith Wofford by a 60.9-33.1 percent majority. Democrat State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli dispatched his Republican rival Jonathan Trichter, 65-29.8 percent.

On the U.S. House of Representatives side, Democrats held all three Westchester County districts: Eliot Engel of the 16th District ran unopposed; Nita Lowey held the 17th with an 87.9-12.1 percent majority over Joe Ciardullo; and Sean Maloney bested

James O’Donnell in the 18th, 55.1-44.9 percent.

In the 19th House District, which covers a wide swath of the Hudson Valley, Democratic newcomer Antonio Delgado beat freshman Republican John Faso 49.8 percent to 47.6 percent with 94 percent of the vote reported.

The Democratic Party won at least 35 of the state Senate’s 63 seats as of press time, ending the longstanding Republican dominance of that chamber. The Democrats also have a wide

majority in New York’s 150seat Assembly.

In Connecticut, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy won re-election handily over Republican opponent Matthew Corey, 58.4-40.5 percent. Democrats also won all five U.S. House seats as John Larson, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes and Jahana Hayes will represent the state.

Hayes will be the first African-American woman to represent Connecticut in Congress.

Danbury Hackerspace ‘bursting at the seams,’ looking for bigger digs

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN

equipment and the Hackerspace’s central location — the building also includes SCORE Mentors Western Connecticut and the Western Connecticut office of the Small Business Development Center, and is adjacent to the city’s public library — has created an innovation hub. It is located within the Danbury Innovation Center.

“People like the idea,” Kaltschnee said.

“When we started there were something like 200 hackerspaces around the country. Now there’s over 2,000.”

To its credit, the Danbury Hackerspace has expanded as well. “They’re bursting at the seams, which is great to see,” said Betsy Paynter, executive director of redevelopment agency CityCenter Danbury.

“I grew up here,” Kaltschnee said, “and the Hackerspace has grown up here, too. But what we need now is something like a warehouse, to contain everything we should have — including adequate storage.”

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hings are getting mighty crowded at Danbury Hackerspace, the downtown, community-oriented workspace that connects individuals looking to learn or collaborate on projects.

So crowded, in fact, that it’s looking to move out of its cramped, 3,500-squarefoot space within the Danbury Innovation Center at 158 Main St. and into bigger digs.

According to co-founder Mike Kaltschnee, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit has its eye on a couple of empty buildings nearby, including one 30,000-square-foot facility.

“We need a 2,000-square-foot wood shop and a 2,000-square-foot metal shop, and that’s just for starters,” Kaltschnee said, noting that the current space also includes nine 3-D printers, several Bridgeport milling machines, a CNC laser router and numerous other pieces of equipment both light and heavy, not to mention dozens of tools and inventions in varying stages of completion.

The Hackerspace also offers coworking space, though Kaltschnee said that tends to take a back seat to its main purpose as a business incubator.

Since forming six-and-a-half years ago, the Hackerspace has been host to a number of inventors who have made their dreams realities. Those include Noteworthy Chocolates, which engraves messages and designs onto chocolate molded into various sizes, from business cards to certificates, located in Bethel; SkyFlix, a New York City-based manufacturer of in-flight private entertainment systems for private jets that can store up to four terabytes of solid-state storage — enough room for over a thousand movies; and Luke’s Toy Factory.

“We specialize in creative collisions,” Kaltschnee grinned. “People come in, bounce ideas off of each other, help each other. It’s really a cooperative, collaborative space.”

Not every idea ends up flying, he said, recalling one would-be inventor who’d developed an idea for converting back-mounted leaf blowers into machines that could melt snow. That idea failed on two fronts: the inventor hadn’t properly copyrighted his idea, and a Hackerspace attorney noted that the result would create ice rather than simply removing snow.

The Hackerspace also hosts regular meetups, its annual STEAM Fair & Robotics Expo and weekly open houses on Thursdays to further encourage the exchange of ideas and advice. Membership costs $50 per month, $25 for students.

A Danbury native and resident, Kaltschnee said he intends the Hackerspace to stay in the city. “A lot of people still don’t think of Danbury as a hub,” he said, “but downtown especially is growing.”

In addition, he said that Mayor Mark Boughton was an early supporter of the Hackerspace — even before Kaltschnee had fully explained it — and that community support has been extraordinary.

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Digital marketing e-book seeks to assure tech-averse business owners

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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oday’s digital marketing environment often seems to place more emphasis on the “digital” rather than the “marketing,” according to Nick Simard, co-founder and chief marketing officer at Ridgefield-based IMG Digital Inc. “Now, there is a lot of do-it-yourself capabilities because of the SaaS environment, with all of the different marketing apps that are available for $10 or $20 per month,” Simard observed.

“Business owners can do a lot more on their own with this technology.”

However, Simard cautioned that “do-it-yourself” is not necessarily synonymous with “do-it-correctly.”

And this can be especially worrisome for small-business owners with minimal experience in digital marketing. As a result, Simard has authored “How Do I Build a Digital Marketing Team?”

It is a free 33-page e-book available from IMG Digital

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Nick Simard, co-founder and chief marketing officer at IMG Digital Inc. in Ridgefield. Photo by Phil Hall.

that is designed to explain the concepts of this pursuit.

“Over the last five years, we’ve seen this awareness curve and education curve for business owners who now know they need digital marketing,” Simard continued. “And it can be overwhelming for a lot of companies.”

Indeed, Simard’s e-book contains the acknowledg-

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ment that many business owners believed their companies were more successful in the pre-digital marketing environment that thrived before the Great Recession, where a set level of Yellow Pages advertising guaranteed customer inquiries and sales. Even at this late date, Simard encounters his share of Luddite entrepreneurs.

“Many people say to us,

‘We don’t want anything to do with technology,’ ” he continued, adding that his agency is recruited to handle the digital marketing tasks for these companies. “They say, ‘We have goals to meet and we want you to do all of that.’ ” While Simard appreciates new business for his agency, he nonetheless recognized that many prospective clients need to be brought up to speed on digital marketing. With his e-book, Simard presents what he dubbed as a “soupto-nuts breakdown of what you need to do as a business owner or a marketing director in a company.”

Among the subjects covered in the e-book are inbound marketing, content strategy, the pros and cons of organic and paid distribution strategies, social media marketing and managing results.

Simard also provides advice on outsourcing and vendor management while noting that some business owners might overcome their initial apprehension with a new surge of confidence and opt

to handle some or all of their digital marketing in-house.

“The e-book is an effort to open conversations with small-business owners and marketing professionals that are looking to hone their skills or build a team within their organization,” Simard added.

In viewing today’s digital marketing environment, Simard believed that one of the main problems involves businesses that have not been able to gain complete visibility to their data.

“There’s no excuse not to have that today,” he said. “You need to be able to answer questions such as where did the click come from? What did it cost? It got to my website, but where did it go? When they left the website, did we follow them through retargeting? You have to complete this entire cycle of all of these different touchpoints. That dataflow didn’t exist so cleanly a few years ago, but now it can be accomplished through many off-the-shelf SaaS apps.”

But Simard warned that not every digital solution is

a winner.

“There are large publishers who I won’t name that got into digital and they created a model and sold digital solutions to their client base, and the client base was substantial but didn’t know what they needed,” he continued. “And they were doing a cookie-cutter solution that didn’t have transparency and the depth of detail that you would need to understand what was going on. So, a lot of people got fleeced over the years.

Twenty to 30 percent of the conversations I have are with business owners and managers who are skeptical about getting into another relationship for a longer time because they’ve been burned in a big way.”

Simard reported that the e-book has brought IMG Digital several new clients who were impressed with the text, and the agency is planning to adapt it into a series of videos to offer more depth on the topic with the goal of encouraging more business owners to venture into digital marketing.

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JB Moving Services makes moving easy for Westfair Communications

BY ROBIN COSTELLO rcostello@westfairinc.com

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fter more than 20 years as tenants at 3 Westchester Park Drive, our building was sold to a new owner and we learned we would have to relocate.

Initially the staff at Westfair Communications, Inc. was excited about the opportunity to set up shop in a brand new location, a space designed just for us, catered to our wants and the evolving needs of our business.

After a search of available commercial space on the I-287 corridor, we finally found a perfect spot less than a mile away at 701 Westchester Ave. The documents were signed, and then the reality of executing a corporate move set in. Although we were only moving over the William L.

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Butcher Bridge, we might as well have been going to the moon!

After purging our files and getting rid of unwanted office furniture, we still had some pieces of legacy furniture to bring, as well as some modern new units we purchased in Stamford.

Did I mention office files?

Like most companies, we had much more to bring than we originally thought.

(The running office joke: this many boxes would qualify us to be on an episode of “Hoarders.”) Even in this digital age, so much equipment is still required to run a successful business.

The logistics were daunting. Although we have a mighty staff, it was apparent this would require the expertise of a professional moving company. We found JB Moving Services in Stamford to help us.

In business for more than 33 years, JB Moving

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Left to right; Justin James, Jerrel Brandon, Frank Ciccarone. Photograph by Dan Viteri.

Services has moved hundreds of businesses (and residences) in our area. The company has the planning expertise, the skilled staff, the heavy equipment and the logistical experience to

make our move as stressfree as possible.

With a great reputation and longstanding history in the industry, JB Moving also had partnerships and subcontractors already in place, which could provide any additional services we might need, such as long- or shortterm storage, discard and disposal services, shredding and skilled office re-fitters.

An initial call put us in contact with Will Huntting, the president of the commercial division, who helped us put a plan into action. Stage one was a breakdown of the new units from the office space in Stamford. Stage two was collecting everything from our location. Stage three was a rebuild and making it all fit in our new space.

With fingers crossed we took a leap of faith and anxiously waited for our big “moving” weekend. We soon found out we had worried needlessly.

Day one of the move was upon us. Anthony Guarracino arrived ahead of schedule with a team of seven strapping men. Wasting no time, they were able to figure out just what needed to be done and the most efficient way to accomplish it.

On the second day, a team of four arrived at our previous office space and within 25 minutes removed

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all the remaining items. It was a tornado of efficiency.

JB Moving Services had outfitted 12 offices and 6 workstations with a beautiful aesthetic.

However, we were most impressed by their professionalism and courtesy. No matter how difficult the task they undertook, they did so respectfully and efficiently all with a smile on their faces.

Started in 1985 by Joseph A. Barone Jr., the company prides itself on excellent customer service. He states that his business is now comprised of about 60 percent residential and 40 percent commercial jobs. He believes the key to success is treating customers well and throughout the years evolving the business to offer much more than a traditional moving company.

This recipe for success has paid off and enabled

them to recently open a new location at 480 Bunnell St. in Bridgeport. The headquarters is at 222A Selleck Street in Stamford. Both locations are eager to serve clients in Westchester and Fairfield counties for all their residential and commercial moving needs.

The degree of quality and service we received far exceeded our expectations. The cost was far less than what we had expected, compared to the great value of what we received.

They played an instrumental part in the successful move of our business to our new office space. Without reservation, we would enthusiastically recommend them to any business looking for a partner to assist with a relocation.

For more information about JB Moving Services visit movejb.com.

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Strapped for cash I’ve got a big cash crunch coming up.

We have a big contract and they’re not making payments. We have expenses that just won’t go away. And new work coming in that needs to be worked on. Our bank account is getting low. Our credit line is tapped out.

It’s a good business overall, just right now things are really tight. How do i get through this period?

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Get a handle on what it really costs to operate. Make cuts to get the bottom line positive. Make a plan to pay down the credit line and build up cash. Going forward, protect the company’s cash reserves for times like these.

There are probably several contributing factors here, not just because someone decided not to pay you on time.

A healthy business has 6 months of overhead in cash reserves on hand. Seems like a lot of money, until you need it and don’t have it. We recommend that you keep the money in the business, but if you keep it at home, make sure it’s only used for the business.

As the business grew, the credit line might not have been big enough to handle a growing list of accounts receivable. A credit line should be in place to cover the company’s needs for outstanding accounts receivable. Compare the amount in a/r at 30, 60 and 90 days to the amount of invoices/ month. Graph out all 4 to see the trends.

Your contracts with clients should contain terms for payments that go more than 30 days past due. Beware of big, juicy contracts that require you to carry the a/r for 60 or 90 days. Beef up your sales efforts to get more clients that will do business on 30-day terms. Requiring

payment on presentation of invoice or via credit card at time of service is best.

There might be overspending going on. Check how much money is left over at the end of the month.

Lack of a clear picture of all of the company’s expenses can cause real problems.

Depending on the P&L to tell you what’s going on with expenses is a mistake. In addition to expenses on the P&L, you have to factor in the principal payments on any loans. Someone needs to figure out a schedule of income based on a realistic, not optimistic, estimate of time to collect invoices from various clients.

If you think you’re spending too much, check if it’s because of expenses related to delivering new work (cost of goods sold), which is OK. Find out if overspending is coming from overhead. Carrying too much in overhead expenses can be a real killer in any business.

Be ruthless. Make cuts. Get spending in line so you can make a profit every month.

Figure out how much revenue less cost of goods sold, otherwise known as gross profit, you need to pay for overhead, principal payments on loans, taxes, distributions to shareholders and to put money in the bank.

There’s a lot of demands on profits and most business owners don’t have a good handle on how much profit

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they need each month. Once you know how much profit, build a plan to grow sales to match the income needed.

Be prepared by always having enough cash on hand to get out of trouble, and then some. Bad things can unexpectedly come at any business. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that it will always be smooth sailing, that somehow your business is special. Make sure your company is prepared to successfully handle whatever life throws its way.

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estfair Communications, the publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, Fairfield County Business Journal and WAG magazine, has announced the winners of its annual Milli Awards, who will be feted Nov. 13 at an evening cocktail reception and ceremony at 1133 Westchester Ave. in White Plains.

This year’s millennial winners are: 1. Mark Anthony Abile, Greenwich Hospital 2. Ariella Arias, Gregory Sahagian & Son Awning Company 3. Grace Battaglia, Open Door Family Medical Center 4. Arnold Escandon, Tompkins Mahopac Bank 5. Daniel Guiney, ZRM Brokerage 6. Vanessa Guzman, Montefiore Health System 7. Lauren Kemp, Morgan Stanley 8. Angie Kim, Purchase College, State University of New York 9. Marc Koch, J.P. Morgan Securities 10. Emily Larkin, The Community Fund of Darien

11. Yesher Larsen, Aquarion Water Company 12. Marla Lewis, Deloitte & Touche 13. Paul Lippolis, Lippolis Electric 14. Kelsie Mania, Westfair Communications 15. Mitchell Mirtil, Westchester Medical Center 16. Amanda Paktinat, American Red Cross of Metro New York North 17. Lindsay Rinehart, Brody and Associates 18. Megan Sullivan, The Local Moms Network 19. Britt Tavello Melitsanopoulos, Stew Leonard's 20. Chris Walters, J.P. Morgan Securities The sponsors of the event are Aquarion, Blue Buffalo, Buzz Creators, Deloitte, Greater Hudson Valley Bank, Greenwich Hospital, J.P. Morgan Securities, Mahopac Bank, McIntyre, Oasis Day Spa, Neiman Marcus, Tompkins Mahopac Bank, UConn and Val’s Putnam Wines and Liquors.

To attend the event, contact Event Manager Tracey Vitale at tvitale@westfairinc.com.

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SPECIAL REPORT | Banking

Nobel laureate forecasts the next possible banking crisis

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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t is 10 years since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy,” observed Robert F. Engle, the 2003 Nobel Prize for Economics laureate, during a recent presentation at Sacred Heart University’s Center for Applied Business Research.

“At the time, we had very sketchy theories about systemic risk, whether we could have financial meltdowns or not. Over the last decade, we learned lots of things. We have lots of research now that helps us understand where financial crises come from and how likely they are to happen again.”

In a presentation titled “How Much SRISK is Too Much” — the acronym stands for “systemic risk,” where an event impacting a single company could trigger the downfall of an industry or economy — Engle compared the current financial services environment to a photograph he took of a volcano in Patagonia.

“It is dormant,” Engle said of the majestic mountain where the volcano sleeps. “But if you look closely there is a little wisp of smoke coming out of there. And that’s kind of the analogy we are thinking about with the financial system. Is it really dormant and benign, or are there risks out there that we need to know about?”

Engle, who is the M ichael A r mel l i no Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business, discussed government-conducted stress tests of the largest banks to determine whether they carry enough capital to survive an economic crisis. It is at this level, he added, that problems in understanding systemic risk are revealed.

“What they are asking

Robert F. Engle during his presentation at Sacred Heart University on systemic risk. Photos by Phil Hall.

in each case,” he said about the government agencies conducting the stress tests, “is if there is a stress in the economy, would the bank be able to survive? When you say it that way, it is clear that you are thinking about the financial crisis being caused by some sort of external shock, which hits the financial sectors and makes banks fail. But when you think about the financial crisis, it’s not so much an external shock, it is really more of an internal shock that shakes the financial sector.”

Engle also warned banks that are undercapitalized can make a bad situation worse in how they approach risk stabilization.

“They could do nothing and either hope for good luck that time will cure this, or that they will get

a bailout,” he said. “They could sell their shares of stocks, because banks often have issues that have not been sold to the public.

Or they could sell some of their assets and get dollars from them to pay off the debt.”

All of these approaches, Engle warned, create more

problems than solutions: hoping for either a lucky break or a government bailout is not realistic, while selling a wave of hitherto unavailable shares would reduce the value of shares already on the market. As for selling off assets, Engle recalled that was used in the Great Recession, when

mortgage-backed securities were dumped on the market.

Engle pointed out that the federal government required just under $1 trillion to bail out the major financial institutions during the Great Recession.

Lehman Brothers, whose bankruptcy triggered the

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economic meltdown, was not bailed out — and Engle observed that in 2008, Lehman Brothers was the 11th largest financial institution in the country, missing out on federal aid while the nation’s 10 largest financial institution were recipients of funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) signed into law by President George W. Bush on Oct. 3, 2008.

Looking ahead, Engle predicted that another meltdown at the level of the 2008 crash would require at least $3.5 trillion to bail out the global financial system. “China looks like it would need $1 trillion to bail out the Chinese banks,” he said, adding that Japan, France, the U.K. and the U.S. would round out a top five of nations posing the greatest risk of a new banking collapse.

As for the U.S. banking industry, Engle estimated that Citigroup would need “about $48 billion to recapitalize if we had another financial crisis like the last time.” Other major banking corporations requiring financial bailouts would be Prudential Financial and Goldman Sachs seeking $28 billion infusions each and Morgan Stanley requiring $26 billion, Engle stated.

But is this all theory?

Engle grimly acknowledged that Trump administration tariffs placed on Chinese goods have “hurt China quite substantially. A lot of the risk we’re facing is China’s response to the policies that we’ve done.”

As for his antidote to stave off another banking meltdown, Engle recommended diplomacy rather than trade wars. “We are not doing a very good job,” he said. “We are not really communicating monetary policies and politics among countries. We are all one world and we have to solve these problems together.”

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EVENT MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES – CRACKING THE CODE

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lanning an event offer a unique opportunity for organizations to engage their audiences and achieve their goals. From major corporate meetings to industry conferences and nonprofit galas, event planners are continuously confronted with the challenges to meet or exceed the demands of senior management and stakeholders to produce a higher ROI. And while producing a successful event is tremendously rewarding, it also places considerable pressure on your

management and staff in what can often be a huge undertaking that seems to require a super-human level of organizational skills and attention to detail.

Whether you’re the lead on planning an annual private or public event, or working to promote an important cause, the measure of your success will come from your investment in developing a comprehensive plan, and your ability to execute it!

Step 1- Develop a Full Event Evaluation The first step in developing a successful event is to thoroughly review and evaluate past outcomes from your investment in these important endeavors. An event “audit” offers an opportunity to step back and take a closer look at your approach, consider your current strategy, and adjust your “game plan” moving forward.

A growing number of organizations realize the benefits of engaging in a thorough analysis of their event outcomes with someone outside their team, as they offer a fresh look and perspectives on their future plans.

Do You Need An Event Audit? Here are some questions you may want to ask yourself and your staff as you evaluate plans for your next major event: • Have you been running an event for several years, and started to question if it still delivers on your original goals and objectives?

• Have attendance levels at your signature event reached a plateau, or started to decline?

• Has your organization gone through a change in your

mission or leadership, and led you to question if your event topics, presenters, or messaging still resonate with your audience?

• Has the makeup of your target audience changed, and your event theme failed to keep pace with this change?

• Have you lost a key asset (celebrity, industry expert or major donor) that has been a key factor in your success?

• Are your stakeholders, donors and staff “maxed out” in their efforts to support the same type of event every year?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may want to consider engaging in an event audit with a professional event management consulting team.

Robert O. Sanders Jr., CMP Managing Partner Hospitality Resource Group, Inc. Hospitality Resource Group’s Event Solutions has been involved in developing, managing and producing high profile events for corporations, small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, healthcare leaders and higher education clients for over 20 years. From creative corporate meetings to annual galas and anniversary events, we have developed a reputation for unparalleled quality and commitment to success in partnering with our clients to surpass their expectations- year after year.

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Facts & Figures

ON THE RECORD

432 West Main Street Corp., et al., Norwalk. Filed by Lawrence A. Dvorin. $200,000 in favor of Bank of Hope, Stamford. Property: 40 Summit Ave., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 9.

Hagan, Jeanne, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen and bathroom in an existing commercial space at 134 Washington St., Unit D305, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Transcend Wireless LLC, contractor for the town of Fairfield. Replace the antennas on the roof of an existing commercial space at 3965 Congress St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Oct. 12.

BUILDING PERMITS

Henry & Gerity, Fairfield, contractor for St. Vincent’s Medical Center.

Renovate the interior of a hospital at 2800 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Vona, Nicola, Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 80 Main St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Horton Group LLC, contractor for South Norwalk Savings Bank.

Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 93 Winfield St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Walmart, Shelton, contractor for self. Renovate the fitting rooms in an existing single-family residence at 465 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton. Estimated cost: $36,840. Filed Oct. 17.

COMMERCIAL 140 Rowayton Avenue Associates LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 140 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000.

Filed Oct. 16.

64 Wall Street Condominium Association LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 64 Wall St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

A Pappajohn Co., contractor for Maritime Village 1 LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 19 Day St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $189,500. Filed Oct. 4.

Condon-Brown Builders Inc., contractor for Sono Wharf LLC. Renovate the roof on an existing commercial space at 57 R Chestnut St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed Oct. 15.

Desmond, Michael J., Norwalk, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 25-33 Perry Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $253,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Gerhardt, David S., Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 126 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Oct. 4.

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

Horton Group LLC, contractor for South Norwalk Savings Bank.

Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 220 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Mandeville Sign, contractor for Enterprise Three Company. Replace the exterior sign on an existing commercial space at 2074 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $9,500. Filed Oct. 4.

McPhee Electric LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Division 40 Richards LLC. Replace the antennas on the roof of an existing commercial space at 40 Richards Ave., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Nac Industries Inc., Norwalk, contractor for the city of Norwalk.

Create a kitchenette and a new laundry room in an existing commercial space at 11 Ingalls Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $150,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Cotnori, Luc R., contractor for Testani. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 15 Birchwood Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed Sept. 27.

Gilhooly, Richard, Norwalk, contractor for self. Raise the roof to extend the second story of an existing single-family residence at 28 Amundsen St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Ordaz, Pablo, Norwalk, contractor for self. Repair the foundation on an existing single-family residence at 34 Oak Hill Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Cronkright, Irene Mary, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a porch to an existing single-family residence at 65 Quintard Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Guzman, Henry, contractor for Fedor. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 45 Old Colony Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed Oct. 1.

Connecticut Building and Restoration LLC, contractor for Jay Kevin Johnson. Reconstruct a front porch attached to an existing single-family residence at 1806 Burr St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $30,000.

Filed Sept. 25.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Norwalk, contractor for James P. Frederick and Sheila L. Frederick.

Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 5 Regency Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $2,434. Filed Oct. 1.

Power Home Remodeling Group, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Wanda L. Weeks and Vincent N. Weeks. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 10 Elton Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $38,518. Filed Oct. 1.

40 Assisi Way LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Construct a bathroom and a bedroom in an existing single-family residence at 40 Assisi Way, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1.7 million. Filed Sept. 28.

Custom Creations Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Allen J. Delattre and Mary Kate Delattre.

Perform minor renovations to an existing single-family residence at 5 Powder Horn Hill, Wilton. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed Sept. 27.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Monica E. Fitzgerald. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 167 N. Taylor Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,284. Filed Oct. 1.

Power Home Remodeling Group, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Carmencita Efre. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 91 Ward St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $30,157. Filed Oct. 1.

Alexandra McGonigle and Stephen Marsan, Norwalk, contractor for self. Install a wood-burning stove in the front dormer of an existing single-family residence at 33 Russell St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Deluca Enterprises Group Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Alexander M. Isley. Add a deck and stairs to an existing single-family residence at 52 Branchville Road, Ridgefield.

Estimated cost: $8,792. Filed Sept.

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Ian, Ray, Norwalk, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 22 Baxter Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Power Home Remodeling Group, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Vasquez Ivette. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 40 W. Norwalks Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,289. Filed Oct. 1.

Bacso, Erno Z., Fairfield, contractor for self. Rebuild the front porch and replace the retaining wall on the property of an existing single-family residence at 2 Knapps Park Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Oct. 4.

DiGiorgi Roofing & Siding Inc., Beacon Falls, contractor for Jean M. Strong. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 39 Eagle Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $8,372. Filed Oct. 2.

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Beachwood Construction, Monroe, contractor for self. Replace the deck on an existing single-family residence at 24 Old Fawn Hill Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed Oct. 3.

DiGiorgi Roofing & Siding Inc., Beacon Falls, contractor for Monique R. Powe. Renovate the existing front porch on a two-family residence at 1 Camp St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $35,110. Filed Oct. 2.

SCT Contracting, contractor for Sacred Heart University. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $1 million. Filed Oct. 10.

Bernstein, Richard, contractor for Sanford Street LLC. Remodel the breakfast room in an existing single-family residence at 69 Sanford St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Oct. 4.

DiGiorgi Roofing & Siding Inc., contractor for Robert D. Rhodes.

Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 408 Primrose Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $22,463. Filed Oct. 4.

Telesco, Dan, Monroe, contractor for Stoligan Properties. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 494 Main St., Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed Oct. 2.

Borchert, Heike, Norwalk, contractor for self. Finish the attic space for a family room in an existing single-family residence at 2 Villaway Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Dilulio Carpentry, contractor for Capasso. Remodel the master bathroom and bedroom in an existing single-family residence and construct new windows at 80 Scenic Hill Lane, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed Oct. 1.

Toll Connecticut III Limited Partnership, Danbury, contractor for self. Renovate the tennis courts on the property of an existing commercial space at Reserve Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $100,000.

Filed Oct. 16.

Campbell, Diane M., Norwalk, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 2 Cannon Brook Lane, Unit 2C, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $6,500.

Filed Oct. 4.

G&C Marine Services Inc., contractor for Mary Jane Kennedy.

Install a new dock with a ramp on an existing single-family residence at 17 Bluff Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Lamco Construction Inc., contractor for Timothy M. Buono and Silvana G. Buono. Reconfigure the balcony on an existing single-family residence at 1 Dorlon St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed Oct. 5.

McPaddens M&M Roofing & Siding, contractor for Albert G. Sunman. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 84 Deep Wood Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $9,775. Filed Oct. 5.

Meehan & Ramos Pools LLC, contractor for Rhonda M. Price. Add an in-ground spa to the property of an existing single-family residence at 298 Rowland Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $56,000. Filed Oct. 4.

MJBlack Designs LLC, contractor for Polly F. Cromwell. Add a rear dormer to an existing single-family residence at 241 Home St., Fairfield.

Estimated cost: $120,000. Filed Oct. 5.

O Living Experience LLC, contractor for Michael M. Reidy. Add a pergola to the rear patio on an existing single-family residence at 47 Crescent Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Oct. 4.

O’Connell, Veronica, contractor for self. Replace the siding on an existing single-family residence at 41 Beumont St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Pinto, Monroe, contractor for self.

Renovate the basement in an existing single-family residence at 17 Driftwood Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed Oct. 5.

Power Home Remodeling Group, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Oksana Nebelska.

Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 28 Kettle Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,173. Filed Oct. 1.

Relations Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Afronditi Karakasis. Finish the basement with a bathroom at 14 Linden St., Unit D, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Residential Reso LLC, contractor for Michael Viscuso. Renovate the foundation on an existing single-family residence at 78 Edgewood Place, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $34,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Rick’s Roofing, contractor for Michaud. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 76 Grist Mill Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. . Filed Oct. 1.

Scott, Jordan M., contractor for Thomas K. Morton. Add an inground pool, spa and rear patio to the property of an existing single-family residence at 140 Winton Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Oct. 4.

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Good Things Happening AVISON YOUNG OFFICE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY JOINS COMPANY’S DAY OF GIVING

Luis Ramos

Margaret Sheahan

NUTMEG BOARD CHAIR APPOINTED TO CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION BOARD

WESTPORT/ STRATFORD ATTORNEY NAMED ONE OF STATE’S TOP 25 WOMEN

Dr. Luis Ramos, board chair of Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of the National Association of Credit Union Chairmen (NACUC). Ramos has served as chairman of Nutmeg since 2014. The credit union is headquartered in Rocky Hill with 10 branches across the state and is opening its next location in North Haven. This location will include DMV Express services, the second such location to feature these services.

Nutmeg is a full-service, community credit union, which serves nearly 39,000 members and holds more than $457 million in assets.

“With over 30 years of leadership and technical experience, Dr. Ramos has brought a new depth to the role of chairman of the board for Nutmeg and he will be a tremendous asset to this prestigious national board,” said John Holt, president and CEO of Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union. “He has played a key role in moving the credit union forward.”

Ramos began volunteering at Nutmeg in 1998, first as a supervisory committee member. Prior to his election as chairman, he was elected to the board of directors in 2008 and immediately voted board secretary, a role he held until 2010, when he became board vice chairman until 2014.

Honored for his outstanding dedication to the credit union movement Ramos was the winner of the 2018 Credit Union Volunteer Recognition Award, a national award given to volunteer board or supervisory members who have gone above and beyond their required duties to help members, credit union employees or the credit union movement as a whole.

Ramos holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in management, an MBA in organizational leadership and is a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership with a specialization in Information Systems and Technology (DMIST).

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Employees from Avison Young’s Fairfield County office planted blueberry bushes at Aspetuck Land Trust’s Trout Brook Valley in Easton as part of the commercial real estate agency’s annual day of giving. Photo courtesy of Avison Young.

Employees from Avison Young joined colleagues from the commercial real estate firm’s 84 offices in participating in the company’s fifth annual Global Day of Giving. Workers from the agency’s Norwalk office visited the Aspetuck Land Trust’s Trout Brook Valley in Easton and planted blueberry bushes at the 1,009-acre orchard.

“Supporting our community is important to all of us at Avison Young,’’ said Sean Cahill, principal and managing director for Fairfield County. “Our team looks forward to

this day every year and we were glad this year to support the Aspetuck Land Trust and its important work to preserve Fairfield County’s precious open space.”

Mark E. Rose, chair and CEO of Avison Young, said employees from the firm’s offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe assisted community organizations to lend a helping hand to people dealing with some of life’s most difficult challenges. “This is our small way of trying to make a big difference in the lives of others who need assistance, often due

to no fault of their own,’’ Rose said.

The 84 offices participating represent a 40 percent increase from 2014, when the firm held its first day of giving and employees in 60 offices took part. The Day of Giving is held in all of the firm’s markets every October. The Global Day of Giving’s philanthropic effort expands annually as Avison Young opens new offices.

Local staff activities included packing food at food banks, painting, cleaning and landscaping at animal and youth shelters and making crafts with senior citizens.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL BENEFIT RAISED MORE THAN $1M FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT More than 350 supporters, celebrating a shared commitment to the critical and compassionate care of Greenwich Hospital’s Emergency Department, attended the Treasure Gala for Greenwich Hospital held at Greenwich Country Club on Oct. 20. Over $1 million was raised for the vital services of that department.

The Bennett and Kanarek families, the Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary and the O’Malley family were honored for their volunteerism, leadership and philanthropic engagement in support of Greenwich Hospital.

Suni Unger, CEO and founder of Unger Publishing and “Serendipity” magazine as master of ceremonies shared her personal journey with the Greenwich Hospital Emergency Department and her commitment to the hospital. “If we must go to the emergency department, there is no better place to be than Greenwich Hospital,” she said.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees Arthur Martinez reflected on how these special honorees were not only donors, but devoted volunteers. Greenwich resident Karen Rubin, chair of the gala committee, recognized her fellow committee members and the hard work of Greenwich Hospital’s leadership.

Greenwich Hospital President and CEO

From left: Arthur C. Martinez, chairman Greenwich Hospital Board of Trustees; Christine Randolph, outgoing hospital auxiliary president; Sharon Gallagher Klass, incoming auxiliary president; Stacey Green, hospital director volunteer services; Norman G. Roth, hospital president and CEO; Suni Unger, master of ceremonies; and Karen Rubin, gala committee chair.

Norman G. Roth spoke about the importance of funding the emergency department and the significant improvements that have taken place there. “Early last year, we celebrated the completion of a multimillion-dollar renovation project designed to deliver critical and life-saving care more quickly and efficiently. It was funded significantly by donor contributions…,” he said.

In video messages honorees Carl Bennett and his daughter Robin Kanarek, Mary Alice and Thomas O’Malley, and Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary past president Christine

Randolph with director of volunteer services Stacey Green, expressed their thanks to Greenwich Hospital. O’Malley remarked, “It’s clear to me that at one point or another everyone in the community is going to need Greenwich Hospital. And in turn it’s clear to me that the people in the community must continue to support this incredible institution in every way possible.”

For more information about how to give to Greenwich Hospital contact Noël Appel, Vice President, Development at noel.appel@greenwichhospital.org or by phone at 203-863-3861.

Margaret (Peg) Sheahan, a Stratford- and Westport-based attorney and co-founding principal of the employment law offices of Mitchell & Sheahan PC, has been selected for inclusion in the Top 25 Women Super Lawyers in the state for 2018 by Super Lawyer, a designation of top-rated practicing attorneys selected through extensive evaluation. Sheahan was awarded this distinction from 2006 to 2018.

“We are thrilled that Peg has been selected to this elite grouping of attorneys,” said Robert Mitchell, co-founding principal of the firm. “Each year, lawyers statewide are invited to nominate the top attorneys they personally have worked with or observed in action. We are especially proud to be well-regarded by our peers.”

A graduate of the New York University School of Law, Sheahan is a member of the American, Connecticut, Greater Bridgeport and Fairfield bar associations. She serves as the labor and employment law subject editor of the Connecticut Bar Journal and on the CBA Labor and Employment Section’s Executive Committee. In 2015, she was selected as Woman of the Year by the Connecticut Labor & Employment Women; and in 2011, as Connecticut’s Women in Business Champion of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. She also serves on the boards and executive committees of The Workplace Inc., a regional workforce development organization, and the Bridgeport Regional Business Council.

Connecticut Super Lawyer are named by their peers through independent research conducted by “Law & Politics,” which uses a rigorous selection process that includes requested evaluations from more than 13,000 active lawyers in Connecticut. The selected individuals represent the top 5 percent of Connecticut attorneys in more than 50 practice areas.

FIRST ANNUAL SMART WALK FOR SMART KIDS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Cynthia Merkle, left, and Michele Bonvicini.

UNION SAVINGS BANK ADDS TO ITS SCHOOLSUPPLY PROGRAM

Edgehill Executive Director Chris Barstein and resident Joan Weisman with their first place trophy.

EDGEHILL RESIDENTS AND STAFF TAKE FIRST PLACE TROPHY FOR ALZHEIMER’S FUNDRAISING Residents and associates of Edgehill, a Benchmark Senior Living community in Stamford, teamed up to raise more than $27,000 for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, helping Benchmark exceed its goal to raise $75,000 in its first year as an official national team. The Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease.

“Last year, Edgehill was the No. 1 fundraising team in Connecticut and we are proud to be the leading Benchmark team this year,” said Chris Barstein, Edgehill’s executive director. “Regardless of the results, we are extremely proud of our residents and associates for coming together to make an important difference toward this important cause.”

The motivated Edgehill team hosted two successful fundraisers this year, a Hope in Motion fashion show and a fun Family Carnival. Additionally, 13 residents and associates represented Team Edgehill in the 2018 Fairfield County Walk to End Alzheimer’s in September. More Benchmark team members are set to participate in the season’s final walk in Philadelphia in November.

“At Benchmark, we believe in the power of human connection to transform lives,” said Corporate Director of Customer Engagement Krystee Knapic, “and it’s because of this core belief that we wholeheartedly support the work of the Alzheimer’s Association — something we’ve proudly done for two decades.”

Set on the spacious grounds of a former family retreat in Stamford, Edgehill is a Type A Lifecare, all-inclusive continuing care retirement community. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Benchmark is a provider of senior housing and aging-well services in the Northeast.

Weston High School Chorale. Photo by Rudolfo Sanches Carvalho.

More than 200 parents, children and supporters joined together for the first annual Smart Walk for Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities on Sunday, Oct. 21 at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. The event raised nearly $50,000 for Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, a Westport-based nonprofit that provides educational programs, youth mentoring, parent networking and extensive resources for families.

Leading the opening ceremonies was

Robert Tudisco, a nationally known disability-rights attorney with Barger & Gaines, author and motivational speaker and also an adult diagnosed with ADHD. Tudisco encouraged youngsters with learning disabilities to believe in themselves.

First Selectman of Westport Jim Marpe and Second Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker lent their support. The Weston High School Chorale, comprised of 30 members, performed “This is Me,” the empowering song

written by award-winning composer Justin Paul, who grew up in Westport. After all the activities, families, individuals and teams walked a scenic route at their own pace.

Founded in 2000 by Westport resident Jane Ross, executive director, Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities has since grown to include chapters in Stamford/Greenwich, Westport/Wilton, northern Fairfield County and Hartford. For more, visit smartkidswithld.org.

GRANOFF ARCHITECTS ADDS FOUR STAFF MEMBERS Granoff Architects, a full-service architecture, planning and interior design firm with a professional staff of 26 and offices in Greenwich, appointed four new staff members. The firm works on a wide variety of residential and commercial projects throughout the country.

The new members are: Hitoshi Amano joined Granoff Architects in September as a project architect.

Amano holds a Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Princeton University. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Rivkin/Weisman Architects and Fox & Fowle Architects, both based in New York City. He has extensive experience in commercial office buildings, corporate interiors, building renovation and rebranding and high-end residential construction.

Jane Epelbaum recently joined Granoff Architects as an interior designer. She completed her Master of Fine Arts degree in interior design at the New York School of Interior Design. Her research of effective public spaces fueled a passion for functional, mixed-use environments. She also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing

Hitoshi Amano, Jane Epelbaum ,Matthew McMaster and Elizabeth Evoy.

from Rutgers Business School, which she utilizes to help clients establish brand identity through the environments she designs.

Matthew McMaster recently joined Granoff Architects after starting his professional career at Mark Finlay Architects in Southport. His passion for architectural design emerged while he was an undergrad at Hobart College and where he decided to further his education and received a Master of Architecture from Syracuse University. A Fairfield County native, he is well-versed in all aspects of residential architecture.

Elizabeth Evoy has recently joined Granoff Architects as a commercial interior designer. She brings 15 years of experience to her new role specializing in developing upscale and innovative workplaces for notable tech companies such as Microsoft, Indeed and Airbnb. Evoy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Science degree in interior architecture and design from Drexel University.

For further information, please contact rich granoff at rg@granoffarchitects.Com

Union Savings Bank, which is headquartered in Danbury, has announced the addition of South Street Elementary School to its USB Teachers’ Closet school-supply program. Cynthia Merkle, president and CEO of Union Savings Bank, and Michele Bonvicini, director of community relations at Union Savings Bank, delivered the first round of school supplies to Carmen Vargas-Guevara, principal of South Street Elementary School.

“We are thrilled to expand the USB Teachers’ Closet to include South Street Elementary School,” said Merkle. “We are passionate about helping to further the education of the students in our community and supporting the teachers who make it possible. South Street Elementary School is just down the street from our headquarters, so delivering the supplies to our neighbors made this truly special.”

In 2017, over half of Connecticut teachers surveyed by NBC said they expected to spend at least $500 on school supplies. Through USB Teachers’ Closet, the bank collects and delivers supplies such as crayons, colored pencils, spiral notebooks, glue, scissors and erasers to local schools. South Street Elementary School is the third school to be added to the USB Teachers’ Closet school supplies program, joining Vogel-Wetmore in Torrington and Morris Street School in Danbury. The schools were chosen after Union Savings Bank conducted a study to determine which schools were the most in need.

The program was started by the bank in October 2016 as a way to engage the community to give back to local teachers. Since then, Union Savings Bank has collected more than 8,000 supplies to donate to teachers and their students. The bank hopes to continue to grow the program by adding more schools in the future.

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Facts & Figures Spatola, Amanda and John P. Spatola, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 46 Tory Hill Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Bereche Flores. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 39 Saddle Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $23,892. Filed Oct. 4.

Sunpower Corporation Systems, contractor for Denise York.

Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 8 Wildwood Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,870. Filed Oct. 4.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Jeffrey M. Engel and Christine Engel. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 62 Dudley Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $9,548. Filed Oct. 5.

Sunpower Corporation Systems, contractor for Robert H. Porter. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 304 Lancelot Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $2,520. Filed Oct. 4.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Thomas Scallion. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 8 Iris Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,322. Filed Oct. 17.

Sunpower Corporation Systems, contractor for Andrew Merchant. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 6 Plumley Circle, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $13,860. Filed Oct. 4.

Windover Farm Partners LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Finish the basement, exercise room, playroom and bedroom in an existing single-family residence at 329 Chestnut Hill Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Trinity Heating & Air Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Brian F. O’Connor. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 12 Elton Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,889. Filed Oct. 15.

Unforgettable Nick 1930 LLC, Fairfield, contractor for self. Remodel the interior of an existing single-family residence and add a new bathroom and bedroom at 804 Stratfield Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Leon A. Wilson and Paul O. Wilson. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 19 Mills St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $12,958. Filed Oct. 4.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Hugo Carvajal and Martha L. Carvajal. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 25 Harris St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $32,736. Filed Oct. 4.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Frito Ambroise. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 116 Keeler Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,276. Filed Oct. 4.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Carl Hoyte and Dionne Hoyte. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 26 Adams Ave., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $18,172. Filed Oct. 4.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, contractor for Franklin H. Guthman.

Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 7 Nolan St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,686. Filed Oct. 4.

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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 21st Century North America Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed

by Lisa S. Clyne, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company and related parties, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6079940-S. Filed Oct. 22.

650 Brooklawn Avenue LLC, Fairfield. Filed by 19th Hole Restaurant Inc., Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ernest C. LaFollette, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to repair the premise the plaintiff rented from the defendant per the rental contract. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV186080105-S. Filed Oct. 26.

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Big Y Foods Inc., Hartford. Filed

by Grazyna Lech, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Owens, Schine & Nicola PC, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on a plastic bag owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This slippery condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6079972-S. Filed Oct. 22.

Bryant Family LLC, Shelton. Filed

by Wendy Rowley, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Edward N. Lerner, Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant alleging that it engaged in self-dealing, causing damages to the company of which the plaintiff is a shareholder. The plaintiff claims interest, damages, costs, punitive damages, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may be required. Case no. FBT-CV186080128-S. Filed Oct. 26.

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse of East Hartford Inc., East Hartford. Filed by Esther Vasquez, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: William J. Varese, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she fell over a clothes rack in a store owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to maintain their store in a walkable condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV186080019-S. Filed Oct. 23.

Dragone Classic Motorcars Inc., et al., Orange. Filed by Allan Ross Myers and Beth W. Myers, Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs’ attorney: Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had purchased a vehicle from the defendants that was purported to be a 1930 745 Roadster. The plaintiffs learned that their car was not authentic and tried to return it to the defendants. The defendants allegedly refused to accept the car, causing damages. The plaintiffs claim compensatory damages, punitive damages, exemplary damages, attorney’s fees, interest, money damages and court costs. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6080014-S. Filed Oct. 23.

Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Joelle Roy, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sherriff & Sherriff, Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6079970-S. Filed Oct. 22.

M Rock Services LLC, et al., Cheshire. Filed by Ezave Trojanowski, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Adelman Hirsch & Connors LLP, 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-CV186080008-S. Filed Oct. 23.

Geico Indemnity Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Angela J. Maldonado, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith, Danbury.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants.

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

Case no. FBT-CV18-6079926-S. Filed Oct. 22.

Massachusetts Homeland Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Haroutyoun Tikranian, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: James O. Gaston, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6080129-S. Filed Oct. 26.

Harte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio, Texas. Filed by ICR LLC, Norwalk.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Jackson Law Group Connecticut LLC, Shelton.

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 services provided.

The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $21,200 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest and court costs. Case no. FBT-CV186079993-S. Filed Oct. 23.

Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, Hartford. Filed by Darius Miller, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Skyers, Skyers & Harrell LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendant and driven by an employee of the defendant during the course of work. The defendant was allegedly negligent in that the motor vehicle was operated at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV18-6080068-S. Filed Oct. 24.

Kostantino Electric Inc., et al., New Canaan. Filed by Alcione Desouza Goncalves, et al., Bridgeport.

Plaintiffs’ attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that they were hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiffs claim monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV186079990-S. Filed Oct. 23.

Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, et al., Hartford. Filed by Christopher Falls, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Faxon Law Grop LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company and related parties, the defendants.

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

Case no. FBT-CV18-6080130-S. Filed Oct. 26.

Stamford Primary Care PC, Stamford. Filed by Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Swiftwater, Pennsylvania.

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 a credit account. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $7,169 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-CV18-6079975-S. Filed Oct. 22.

Tumble Jungle LLC, et al., Newtown. Filed by Patricia Troiano, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that her daughter fell off an inflatable slide owned by the defendant 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 monitor their slide. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV18-6080085-S. Filed Oct. 25.

We Transport LLC, et al., East Hartford. Filed by Octavia Montgomery, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: George W. Ganim Jr., Milford.

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-CV18-6080012-S. Filed Oct. 23.

Danbury Superior Court Avalon Bay Communities Inc., Hartford. Filed by Audrey Lowe, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she fell over leaves 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 maintain their store in a walkable condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court, interest and costs. Case no. DBD-CV186028987-S. Filed Oct. 22.

Facts & Figures Dura-Grip LLC, Danbury. Filed

by Fedex Corporate Services Inc., Memphis, Tennessee. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas L. Kanasky Jr., Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $14,564 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. DBD-CV186029010-S. Filed Oct. 26.

Ean Holdings LLC, et al., East Hartford. Filed by Jeanne Butler McGrayne, Carthage, North Carolina. Plaintiff’s attorney: Patricia M. Cruz Fragoso, 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-CV18-6029008-S. Filed Oct. 25.

Stamford Superior Court Brian Connors & Company LLC, et al., Greenwich. Filed by William Weiss III, Weston. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zangari, Cohn, Cuthbertson Duhi & Grello PC, New Haven.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to properly perform construction work per their contract. The plaintiffs were allegedly forced to pay for their own build materials in addition to the project cost and the defendants allegedly purchased different materials from what was agreed upon. The plaintiff claims money damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages and court costs. Case no. FST-CV186038590-S. Filed Oct. 23.

Costco Wholesale Membership Inc., Hartford. Filed by Maria Tellez, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Lovejoy and Rimer PC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on an icy surface owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court.

Case no. FST-CV18-6038642-S. Filed Oct. 26.

Preferred Billing Associates LLC, Cape Coral, Florida. Filed

by Stamford Emergency Medical Services Inc., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Stamford.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it failed to perform the services under the agreement in retaliation for the plaintiff terminating the agreement. The plaintiff has lost accounts and revenues from the lack of collection of delinquent accounts. The plaintiff claims money damages, compensatory damages, costs and such other relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV186038634-S. Filed Oct. 26.

Quality Towing and Auto Repair LLC, et al., Westport. Filed

by Nanabanyin Moses, Bronx, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael B. Ronemus, New York, New York.

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

Case no. FST-CV18-6038617-S. Filed Oct. 25.

RV V Lockworks LLC, New York, New York. Filed by Dinie James, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark D. Phillips, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she walked into a clear heavy glass door 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 take steps to make their doorway safe. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court, costs and any other relief as in law and equity may provide.

Case no. FST-CV18-6038621-S. Filed Oct. 25.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT Aetna Life Insurance Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Michelle L. Shaylor, Massachusetts. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ramos Law, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employee retirement suit against the defendants alleging that they failed to pay long-term disability benefits to the plaintiff, causing damages.

The plaintiff claims damages, costs and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and equitable.

Case no. 3:18-cv-01773-JAM. Filed Oct. 26.

CBTS Technology Solutions LLC, et al. Filed by David Lopiano. Plaintiff’s attorney: Angelone Law Offices LLC, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this disability suit against the defendants alleging that he became paralyzed and was demoted and terminated by the defendants, his employer.

The defendants allegedly refused to make reasonable accommodations for the job. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and equitable. Case no. 3:18-cv-01757-VAB. Filed Oct. 25.

Cheetah Express Inc., et al. Filed

by Andre Newton, Hartford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Madsley, Prestley & Parenteau LLC, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this fair labor suit against the defendants alleging that they failed to pay proper overtime to the plaintiff.

The plaintiff claims a certification of this suit as a class action, unpaid overtime, judgment, losses, compensatory damage, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and equitable. Case no. 3:18-cv-01735-RNC. Filed Oct. 22.

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain Inc., New Britain. Filed by Frederick P. Graves.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Dumont Law LLC, West Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this housing discrimination suit against the defendant alleging that it failed to maintain the elevator on the property on which the plaintiff resides in good condition. The plaintiff has suffered damages because he is in a wheelchair and needs the elevator to reach his property. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, monetary damages, punitive damages, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may be deemed just and equitable. Case no.

3:18-cv-01746-AVC. Filed Oct. 23.

Precision Dynamics Inc., et al., Burleson, Texas. Filed by Crossford International LLC, et al., Stamford.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Gillbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff has brought this trademark infringement suit against the defendants alleging that the defendants copied marketing materials from the plaintiffs while they were working with them and used their marketing for the benefit of the defendants, outside the authorization of the plaintiffs. Case no. 3:18-cv01751-VAB. Filed Oct. 23.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Gentile Jr., Frank M., et al., Shelton. Appointed committee: Joseph P. Rigoglioso, Shelton. Property: 6 Kathleen Road, Shelton. Amount: $273,781. Docket no. AA-CV176023483-S. Filed Sept. 27.

COMMERCIAL 8 Hyatt LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Hyatt Foi LLC, Norwalk. Property: 6-8 Hyatt Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Oct. 3.

Belltown Group LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 22 Belltown Road LLC, Darien. Property: 22 Belltown Road, Stamford. Amount: $690,000. Filed Oct. 15.

BP Westview Inc., Brewster, New York. Seller: Rosemarie Subasic, Middle Village, New York. Property: 17 Westview Trails, New Fairfield.

Amount: $20,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Connecticut Hill Real Estate LLC, Armonk, New York. Seller: LNV Corp., Plano, Texas. Property: 120 Huntington Turnpike, Unit 601, Bridgeport. Amount: $37,250. Filed Oct. 9.

K BPT Condo I LLC, Fairfield.

Seller: Serhiy Fedorchenko and Rena Rakhamimova, Englewood, New York. Property: 1575 Boston Ave., Unit B-9, Bridgeport. Amount: $41,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Legend Yacht Sales LLC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Seller: Mary J. Verrilli, Pleasantville, New York.

Property: Lot 2, Map 5261, Stamford.

Amount: $625,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Rockilco LLC, Danbury. Seller: SSR Development LLC, Danbury.

Property: 90 Shelter Rock Road, Danbury. Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Sashagroup LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Sasha Vincent, Greenwich.

Property: 300 Valley Road, Greenwich. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 4.

Stamford Hotel Propco LLC, New York, New York. Seller: H D Realty Associates LLC, New York, New York. Property: Parcel 34A, Map 10753, Stamford. Amount: $67.5 million. Filed Oct. 3.

US Capital Partners LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., West Palm Beach, Florida.

Property: 394 Platt St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $167,000. Filed Oct. 9.

RESIDENTIAL Aca, Pioquinto Tlaxcateca, Bridgeport. Seller: Juan A. Espinoza, Bridgeport. Property: 456 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $175,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

Adeyi, Ola M., Shelton. Seller: Dil Development Inc., Shelton. Property: Unit 413 of Birmingham on The River Condominiums, Shelton.

Amount: $163,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Aiello, Enan, Bridgeport. Seller: Janet Cote, Shelton. Property: 36 Tuxedo Ave., Shelton. Amount: $217,000. Filed Sept. 18.

Alexander, Samuel, Greenwich.

Seller: Peter F. Alexander and Anne B. Alexander, Port Chester, New York. Property: 20 Dale Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $242,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Bo, Jennifer Hansson and Philippe Bo, New Canaan. Seller: 782 Smith Ridge LLC, New York, New York. Property: Parcel 120, Map 6190, New Canaan. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 2.

Bojja, Soma Sekhar, Shelton.

Seller: Jennifer McEwen, Shelton.

Property: 69 Ojibwa Road, Shelton.

Amount: $322,500. Filed Oct. 3.

Allen, Angelique, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Connecticut Sold Homes LLC, Fairfield. Property: 225 Edgemoor Road, Unit H, Bridgeport. Amount: $172,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Bolduc, Joshua, Mountain View, California. Seller: Scott Scavo, New Fairfield. Property: 2 Laurelwood Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $475,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Alquisola, John Carlo, Stamford.

Seller: Nathan B. Rex, Norwalk.

Property: 25 Van Buren Ave., Unit B2, Norwalk. Amount: $219,500.

Filed Oct. 15.

Bolduc, Joshua, Mountain View, California. Seller: Scott Scavo, New Fairfield. Property: Mountain Laurel Drive, New Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 4.

Altman, Alona and Steve Altman, Greenwich. Seller: Kyle L. Young and Holly D. Young, Greenwich. Property: 27 MacArthur Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Oct. 2.

Boseman, Kevin, Stamford. Seller: Bridget Suvansri and Suthee Survansri, Stamford. Property: 114 Willard Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $482,500. Filed Oct. 1.

Anchundia, Celia and Francisco Zayas, Bronx, New York. Seller: Harold J. Miranda, Stamford. Property: 75 Courtland Hill St., Stamford.

Amount: $425,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Anderson, Tashna T. and Brenton C. Anderson, Bridgeport.

Seller: Roicy Pena and Altagracia De La Cruz, Bridgeport. Property: 26 Freemont St., Bridgeport. Amount: $136,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Asmani, Katina and Lunda Asmani, Norwalk. Seller: John Corcoran and Charles Kaval, Norwalk. Property: 18 Bayberry Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $607,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Ayuso, Melieka S. and Rafela Torres, Bronx, New York. Seller: Marcos Ribeiro, Bridgeport. Property: 106-108 Tudor St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $280,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Baker, Sandra Catherine and Michael Bradley Baker, Riverside, California. Seller: Bradley R. Romine and Jana Romine, Darien. Property: Lot 5, Map 12364, Norwalk. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Oct. 4.

Beauduy, Amiyra Wiggs, Bridgeport. Seller: Sachem Capital Corp., Branford. Property: 498-500 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $213,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Biplob, Monir, Bridgeport. Seller: Syed Hassan and Mehra Hassan, Tracy, California. Property: 25 Tanglewood Road, Trumbull. Amount: $270,000. Filed Oct. 2.

FCBJ

Buchanan, Caroline and Daniel Dauplaise, Stamford. Seller: Ian H. Stevenson and Christina M. Stevenson, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Property: 44 Crab Apple Place, Stamford.

Amount: $525,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Butcher, Paul W., Bridgeport. Seller: Anthony M. Formato and Margaret Formato, Bridgeport. Property: 82-8 Harborview Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $375,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Butler, Kyle, Stamford. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1919 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $320,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Byrne, Andrea, Shelton. Seller: John A. Candella and Elaine Candella, Shelton. Property: 30 Shelton Manor, Shelton. Amount: $285,000.

Filed Oct. 9.

Camacho, Maurilio De La Rosa, Bridgeport. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP, Dallas, Texas. Property: Laurel Avenue, Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Cannato, Diane S., New Canaan.

Seller: SDF Capital Fund I LLC, Mamaroneck, New York. Property: Lot 16, Map 7718, New Canaan. Amount: $440,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Carmona, Nuria and Arturo Carmona, Westport. Seller: Robina Seyal and Sailoz Sikka, Bridgeport.

Property: 570 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $282,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

Carrington, Shelmore R. and Shane P. Aarons, Bridgeport. Seller: Vance Hudson, Bridgeport. Property: 329 Willow St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $132,500. Filed Oct. 9.

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Facts & Figures Castillo, Juan A. and Diego A. Murcia, Bridgeport. Seller: Vision 4 LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 1174 Chopsey Hill Road, Bridgeport.

Amount: $199,800. Filed Oct. 2.

Clarke, Elaine Christine, Norwalk. Seller: Matthew J. Bryck, Rocky Hill. Property: Lot 7, Ponus Avenue, Norwalk. Amount: $365,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Cohen, Brittney M. and Adam M. Cohen, Stamford. Seller: Francis S. Grasso and Dorene M. Grasso, Westport. Property: Plot A, Map 4078, Westport. Amount: $869,000.

Filed Oct. 5.

Concha, Angel, Norwalk. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 8 Moscariello Place, Norwalk.

Amount: $219,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Cronin, Margaret Flynn and Denis Matthew Cronin, Greenwich.

Seller: Julie S. Pryor, Greenwich.

Property: 40 Glen Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 5.

Cruz, Carlos O., Easton. Seller: Zofia Kopec, Stamford. Property: 17C Hope St., Unit 6C, Stamford.

Amount: $178,000. Filed Oct. 22.

Cruz, Cynthia and Jose Amaro, Bridgeport. Seller: Louis A. Alfonso and Albina Vendinha, Bridgeport.

Property: 366 Salem St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $210,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Dawood, Ahmed K., Stamford.

Seller: Carlos Cabrera, Sanford, Florida. Property: 32 Culloden Road, Stamford. Amount: $440,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Deleg-Criollo, Rosa M., Bridgeport. Seller: Fausto Uguna, Bridgeport. Property: 101-103 Sanford Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $165,000.

Filed Oct. 5.

Demko, Caitlin and Allan Barasa, White Plains, New York. Seller: Marc Zaref and Cynthia Zaref, Norwalk. Property: 19 Grey Hollow Road, Norwalk. Amount: $655,103.

Filed Oct. 3.

Dey, Trecia L. and Chiffon J. Bradley, Bronx, New York. Seller: Frederick Duncan and Urel Duncan, Bridgeport. Property: 78-80 Westfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $413,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Dorion, Kimberly A. and James F. Dorion, Westport. Seller: Elda Capital Corp., Westport. Property: 39 Coleytown Road, Westport.

Amount: $872,000. Filed Oct. 2.

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Dougherty, Katherine and Connor Dougherty, New Canaan. Seller: Charles F. Donnelly and Laura J. Donnelly, New Canaan. Property: 59 Rural Drive, New Canaan. Amount: $942,500. Filed Oct. 9.

Duquene, Ceramy and Nahomie Duquene, Shelton. Seller: Einar Canas and Genny Canas, Shelton.

Property: 21 Whitewood Drive, Shelton. Amount: $295,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Ennis, Susan and Bruce Ennis, Trumbull. Seller: John H. Timlinson and Phyllis T. Tomlinson, Madison. Property: 24 Normandy Road, Trumbull. Amount: $607,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Erickson, Lauren M. and W. Kristofer Erickson, New Canaan. Seller: Nicholas S. Harris and Lorinda A. Benning Harris, New Canaan. Property: Lot 4, Map 2251, New Canaan.

Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Oct. 1.

Felicio, Joel William, Greenwich.

Seller: Carlos Hernandez and Sandra Hernandez, Woodbridge. Property: 29-31 Dolsen Place, Stamford.

Amount: $970,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Fernandez, Nadine, Bronx, New York. Seller: Joseph M. Cruz and Carma M. Cruz, Danbury. Property: 111 Forty Acre Mountain Road, Danbury. Amount: $490,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Ferrate, Rossana, Pompano Beach, Florida. Seller: Mary Jeanne Preziosi, Danbury. Property: 136 Deer Hill Ave., Unit 109, Danbury.

Amount: $120,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Forde, Stephanie and Jonathan J. Forde, Austin, Texas. Seller: Gourish S. Katre and Tanuja Katre, Stamford. Property: 237 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 30, Stamford.

Amount: $440,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Garcia, Kelly, Pauling, New York.

Seller: David R. Orozco, Washington, D.C. Property: 14 Linda Lane, New Fairfield. Amount: $196,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

Isufi, Brunilda, Darien. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 94 Whitney Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $193,725. Filed Oct. 3.

Garden, Luis A. and Yidania Rojas, Darien. Seller: Rose A. Frye, Trumbull. Property: 1265 Daniels Farm Road, Trumbull. Amount: $377,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Jackson, Louis, Bridgeport. Seller: Earl B. Benedetto, Trumbull. Property: 60 Virginia Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $80,900. Filed Oct. 5.

Gibson, Niosha and Kelliann Henry, Mount Vernon, New York.

Seller: Joan Sung Shin and Gilbert Shin, Norwalk. Property: 141 N. Taylor Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $515,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Gillespie-Santa, Matthew John and John Jaiber Gillespie-Santa, Stamford. Seller: Lindsey Marcinek, Stamford. Property: 1283 Hope St., Unit 3, Stamford. Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Gomes, Antonio M., Branford.

Seller: Marina Arriaga, Bridgeport.

Property: 724-728 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $120,000.

Filed Oct. 9.

Gutierrez, Michelle and Andrew Kanlong, Bridgeport. Seller: Andres Pizarro, Parkland, Florida. Property: 253-255 Lenox Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $250,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Hall, Kristin Kirby and Aaron Hall, New Canaan. Seller: Deirdre L. Lane, New Canaan. Property: Map of Ball Park, New Canaan. Amount: $724,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Hastings, Christy and Hillary Hastings, Stamford. Seller: Philopater M. Bishay and Sally M. Bishay, Stamford. Property: 42 Highland Road, Unit 1, Stamford. Amount: $535,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Forte, Antonio, Stamford. Seller: Carmine Forte and Emilia Forte, Stamford. Property: 5 Coopers Pond Road, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 1.

Henao, Olga, Norwalk. Seller: Corinne H. Wohlforth and Paul Wohlforth, Westport. Property: Unit 141 of Rolling Ridge Condominium, Norwalk. Amount: $210,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Forte, Maria, Stamford. Seller: Carmine Forte and Emilia Forte, Stamford. Property: 604 Fairfield Ave., Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 1.

Hima, Minushe and Nikolin Tuci, Shelton. Seller: Wei D. Tian and Yuan Hua Fang, Shelton.

Property: 68 Perry Ave., Shelton.

Amount: $331,000. Filed Oct. 9.

France, Janet, Naugatuck. Seller: Mark E. Lewis, Wilton. Property: 207 North St., Trumbull. Amount: $230,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Hoffman, Chantelle, Shelton. Seller: Harold Feigenblat and Audrey J. Feigenblat, Shelton. Property: Lot 8, Map of Laurel Crest Heights, Shelton. For an unknown amount paid.

Filed Oct. 1.

Fuks, Lyudmila, Stamford. Seller: John J. Rooney, Stamford. Property: 53 Albin Road, Stamford. Amount: $363,900. Filed Oct. 1.

FCBJ

Hourani, Amani, Fairfield. Seller: Patrice M. Lundgren, Holly A. Lundgren and Robert P. Lundgren, Blandford, Massachusetts. Property: 176 Coach Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $375,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Jezairian, Edward Levon, Norwalk. Seller: Joseph L. Zurenski III and Kathy Zurenski, Boise, Idaho.

Property: Parcel A, Map 3351, Norwalk. Amount: $470,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Lombardi, Marcelina and Christian Lombardi, Shelton. Seller: Eileen C. Pastore and Leslie Bokina, Trumbull. Property: Lot 8, Waverly Estates, Shelton. Amount: $190,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

Razov, Natalie and Ivica Razov, Greenwich. Seller: Michael W. Kiehne and Katherina C. Kiehne, Greenwich. Property: 37 Lockwood Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 5.

Malouf, Marissa L. and Andrew W. Sherwill, Trumbull. Seller: Jeannine Bacco, Trumbull. Property: 97 Plymouth Ave., Trumbull.

Amount: $383,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Reidy, Deborah A. and Brendan M. Reidy Jr., New Canaan. Seller: Richard W. Bork, New Canaan.

Property: Parcel V, Map 5285, New Canaan. Amount: $725,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Marek, Joseph A., Brookfield.

Seller: William J. Prescott Jr., Danbury. Property: Lot 12A, Map 2909, Danbury. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Reinaldo, Castilla, Danbury. Seller: Mario De Almeida, Danbury.

Property: 3 Abbott Ave., Danbury.

Amount: $247,423. Filed Oct. 1.

Martinez, Juan and Yubany Cruz, Stratford. Seller: Jeffrey Y. Lau and Maybeline E. Lau, Trumbull.

Property: 64 Pinewood Trail, Trumbull. Amount: $350,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Ritterman, Gerry, Stamford. Seller: Sandra Carr Motland, Stamford.

Property: 150 Dolphin Cove Quay, Stamford. Amount: $4 million. Filed Oct. 5.

Joyce, Margaret and Timothy M. Joyce, New Canaan. Seller: Forest Street Properties LLC, Southbury.

Property: Unit 3 of Heritage Square, New Canaan. Amount: $2.6 million.

Filed Oct. 3.

Melnikoff, Sharlene, Stamford.

Seller: Myron Melnikoff and Sharlene Melnikoff, Stamford. Property: 39 Maple Tree, Unit 4, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 4.

Rodriguez, Maria and Justin Banos, Far Rockaway, New York.

Seller: Gedilson B. Goncalves, Shelton. Property: 73 Sanford Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $230,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Juselis, Elizabeth and Timothy S. Juselis, Trumbull. Seller: Rudolph A. Costello and Nyolee S. Costello, Trumbull. Property: 31 Hills Point Road, Trumbull. Amount: $452,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Nelson, Allison and James P. Nelson, Greenwich. Seller: Adam D. Quinton and Amanda Julia Quinton, Greenwich. Property: 15 N. Crossway, Greenwich. Amount: $6.5 million. Filed Oct. 2.

Katre, Tanuja and Gourish Katre, Stamford. Seller: Sunil Kumar Arora and Neetu Arora, Stamford.

Property: 115 Brook Run Lane, Stamford. Amount: $520,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Nguyen, Thai Dung, Stamford.

Seller: Vinicius Da Silva Martins, Stamford. Property: 2435 Bedford St., Unit 21E, Stamford. Amount: $360,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Johnson, Jaya S. and Babu P. Johnson, Danbury. Seller: Josephine Valente, Danbury. Property: 5 Charlotte’s Way, Danbury. Amount: $725,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Keyes, David M., Stamford. Seller: Nancy S. Prescott, Stamford.

Property: 267 W. Cedar St., Unit 3B, Norwalk. Amount: $190,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Nugent, Monica, Norwalk. Seller: Mary Elizabeth Heady, Joseph Theodore Ristau and Theodore Ristau Jr., Norwalk. Property: 31 Hawthorne Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $310,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Kwon, Sol and Christopher James Griffin, Fairfield. Seller: Patrick J. Lane, Stratford. Property: 87 Catherine St., Fairfield. Amount: $460,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Papas, Matina, Stamford. Seller: Emil John Swensson III and Virginia M. Swensson, Stamford. Property: 141 Cedar Heights Road, Stamford.

Amount: $415,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Lancheros, Nicolas, Greenwich.

Seller: Maria Sileo and Yolanda Restrepo, Norwalk. Property: 10 Arch St., Unit A-6, Norwalk. Amount: $170,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Pazmino, Ashley M., Shelton. Seller: Mark S. Barre Jr., Shelton. Property: 883-850 Howe Ave., Shelton.

Amount: $260,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Langner, Dustin L., Stamford.

Seller: Lois J. Markstrom, Stamford.

Property: 22 Rockrimmon Drive, Stamford. Amount: $520,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Lanyi, Alexandra and David Dixon, Stamford. Seller: Ashley A. Gonzalez, Norwalk. Property: 6 Woodchuck Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $610,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Pinchin, David, Darien. Seller: Brian K. Kreiter and Alexandra R. Kreiter, Norwalk. Property: 83 Roton Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Oct. 3.

Rabadl, Emtethal, Stamford.

Seller: Blanca Zapata, Stamford.

Property: 23 Hanover St., Stamford.

Amount: $500,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Rabasco, Jessica, Stamford. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Irving, Texas.

Property: 96 Euclid Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $205,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Roelke, Norma and Robert E. Roelke, Stamford. Seller: Joan M. DeRuzza, Stamford. Property: Parcel D, Map 9503, Stamford. Amount: $745,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Romaniello, Michael D., Stamford. Seller: Dariusz Marciczkiewicz and Kasey Wares, Stamford. Property: 194 Seaton Road, Unit B-1, Stamford. Amount: $160,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Ross, Catherine and Frank A. Ross Jr., Stamford. Seller: Frank A. Ross and Rachel Ross, Stamford.

Property: 865 High Ridge Road, Unit 1, Stamford. Amount: $450,000.

Filed Oct. 5.

Rothenbuecher, Ina, Burlington, Massachusetts. Seller: Ina Rothenbuecher, Burlington, Massachusetts. Property: 2437 Bedford St., Building G, Unit 6, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 15.

Ruben, Kathleen and Thomas Ruben, Stamford. Seller: Joseph D. DeSanctis, Stamford. Property: 1 Strawberry Hill Court, Unit 5A, Stamford. Amount: $295,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Sanchez, Veronica Schroeder and Sebastian Velasquez, Norwalk. Seller: Curtis A. Heher, Trumbull. Property: 9 Country Lane, Trumbull. Amount: $364,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Sanchez-Mendoza, Yedwin O., Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 430 Willow St., Bridgeport. Amount: $173,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Facts & Figures Satriano, Carol and Scott Santriano, New Canaan. Seller: Chestnut Hill Properties Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Property: 0 Chestnut Hill Road, Stamford. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 15.

Scavo, Scott, New Fairfield. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Greenwich.

Property: Parcel A, Map 6786, Greenwich. Amount: $656,000.

Filed Oct. 1.

Seeds, Elizabeth and Andrew Seeds, New Fairfield. Seller: Anton Podlaha, Danbury. Property: 4 Hillside Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $260,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Sell, Todd, New Canaan. Seller: Shawn W. Orr and Michelle M. Orr, Weston. Property: 48 Silver Ridge Road, New Canaan. Amount: $550,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Sigua, Angel Cristobal, Corona, New York. Seller: Janos Herke and Dora Herke, Bridgeport. Property: 201 Harral Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $140,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Smith, Deborah A. and Peter A. Swaby, Danbury. Seller: Rocco Nicotina and Toni Anne Mongelli, Danbury. Property: 18 Fir Drive, Danbury. Amount: $415,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Smith-Cruz, Jasmine and Shawnta Smith-Cruz, Bronx, New York. Seller: Santoya Brissett, Norwalk. Property: 22 Olmstead Place, Norwalk. Amount: $445,000.

Filed Oct. 16.

Stearns Jr., Robert John, Danbury. Seller: Joseph Schirmer, Danbury. Property: 30 Nancy Drive, Danbury. Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Stolbina, Veronika Y., Stamford.

Seller: Jay Construction LLC, Fairfield. Property: 54 May St., Bridgeport. Amount: $215,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Tabaka, Calla and Jess Tabaka, Redding. Seller: Dennis Wilkins and Donna Wilkins, Norwalk. Property: 199 Gregory Blvd., Unit A6, Norwalk.

Amount: $480,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Talamo, Doris H., New Canaan.

Seller: Christina Allen, New Canaan.

Property: 289 New Norwalk Road, Unit 34, New Canaan. Amount: $834,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Techera, Aparicio J. Meglar and Patricia Contreras, Greenwich.

Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Stamford.

Property: 7 Piave St., Unit 16, Stamford. Amount: $224,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Teitjen, Maureen and George Teitjen, Middletown. Seller: Betty A. Vitti, Trumbull. Property: 29 Hawthorne Ridge Circle, Trumbull.

Amount: $260,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Urgo, Bridget and Ryan Urgo, Potomac, Maryland. Seller: Daryl M. Twitchell and Peggy B. Twitchell, New Canaan. Property: 11 Silver Ridge Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 1.

Valencia, Olga Lucia and William J. Valencia, Danbury. Seller: Nguyet Duong and Kha T. Nguyen, Danbury. Property: 23 Scuppo Road, Unit 4-1, Danbury. Amount: $144,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Vazquez, Steven M., Danbury.

Seller: Edward J. Monda and Mary Lou Monda, Danbury. Property: 158 Warrington Round, Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 3.

FORECLOSURES Alban, Ender, et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Irvine, California.

Property: 487-489 Summit St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Oct. 4.

Brady, Thomas P., et al. Creditor: HSBC Bank USA NA, Bridgeport.

Property: 157 Leavenworth Road, Shelton. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 2.

Craumer, Carolyn P., et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 79 N. Water St., Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 9.

Delvecchio, Doris P., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 103 Greenfield Drive, Trumbull. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 1.

Vergara-Martini, Linnet M., Port Chester, New York. Seller: Argo Partners II LLC, New York, New York.

Property: 25 Grand St., Unit 164, Norwalk. Amount: $152,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Dunne, Timothy E., et al. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Property: 14 Inglenook Road, New Fairfield.

Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 9.

Walsh, Nicole, Stamford. Seller: Frank J. Hillmann and Karrin J. Smoley, Stamford. Property: 15 Pamlynn Road, Stamford. Amount: $660,000. Filed Oct. 5.

East End Property Developers Inc., Creditor: Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 62-64 Read St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Oct. 9.

Walter, Renata and Marcel Rolf Walter, Bridgeport. Seller: Claire Vieira, Bridgeport. Property: 18 Amsterdam Ave., Unit 3A, Bridgeport.

Amount: $94,900. Filed Oct. 5.

Hansboro, Nicole A., et al. Creditor: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 80 Cartright St., Unit 2G, Bridgeport.

Delinquent common charges. Filed Oct. 3.

Wilson, Andrea Blasko and John Wilson, Stamford. Seller: Alexandra T. Lanyi, Stamford. Property: 30 Glenbrook Road, Unit 6-E, Stamford. Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Juleson, Peter, Creditor: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 19 Marathon Road, Trumbull. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 1.

Winterroth, Matthew C., Hoboken, New Jersey. Seller: Craig A. Stanland, Stamford. Property: 77 Havemeyer Lane, Unit 205, Stamford. Amount: $537,400. Filed Oct. 3.

Moore, Merle W., et al. Creditor: Ditech Financial LLC, Tampa, Florida. Property: 618-620 Hawley Ave., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Oct. 5.

Wissa, Marie and Malak Wissa, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Joel B. Stewart and Patricia A. Stewart, Norwalk. Property: 5 Little Fox Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $585,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Moreno, Hector, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California.

Property: 50 Sampson St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 5.

Young, Wanakee D., Bridgeport.

Seller: Dementred T. Young, Bridgeport. Property: 26 Kingsbury Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $125,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

Youngs, Deena Edington and Gerald Matthew Youngs, New Canaan. Seller: Julie D. Visconsi and Charles T. Visconsi, New Canaan.

Property: Lot 35, Map 22, New Canaan. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Oct. 2.

Pension Services LLC, Creditor: Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 65 Agnes St., Bridgeport.

Foreclosure of tax liens. Filed Oct. 9.

Tapia, Meliton Xavier, et al.

Creditor: Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 319 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 9.

Troy, James, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 6 Catalpa St., Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 10.

Ursini, Wladmimir, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 22 Cornell Road, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 9.

JUDGMENTS Arellano, Maria, Bridgeport. $2,285 in favor of Core Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine, Bridgeport, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 144 Wheeler Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Oct. 9.

Bowen, Dexter W., Norwalk. $3,114 in favor of American Express National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah,

by Mark Sank & Associates LLC, Stamford. Property: 22 Deepwood Lane, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 15.

Chung, Eun S., Stamford. $1,294 in favor of Standard Oil of Connecticut Inc., Bishop, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monaghan, Waterbury.

Property: 465 Old Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Filed Oct. 5.

Danforth, Laura M., New Canaan. $8,018 in favor of Lisa Helme Danforth, Norwalk, by Kristen A. Mazur.

Property: 109 Millport Ave., New Canaan. Filed Sept. 26.

Davis, Curtis, Bridgeport. $1,634 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire.

Property: 529 Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Oct. 2.

Debattista, Mara, Bridgeport. $1,718 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 43 Freemont St., Bridgeport. Filed Oct. 2.

Moffa, Daryn DD., Fairfield. $13,458 in favor of American Express National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Zwicker & Associates PC, Enfield. Property: 92 Ann St., Fairfield. Filed Oct. 9.

Morlot, Jay Allen, Norwalk. $643 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property; 5 Ox Yoke Lane, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 4.

Pryor, Paula, Shelton. $3,416 in favor of Valley Emergency Medical Services, Seymour, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury.

Property: 28 Winfield Drive, Shelton. Filed Oct. 9.

Restivo, James, Stamford. $815 in favor of Schinto Dental, Stamford, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 198 Little Hill Drive, Stamford. Filed Oct. 10.

Ross, Kathleen, Norwalk. $8,681 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 13 Ryan Ave., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 16.

Ruhnke, John, Norwalk. $25,612 in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property; 1 Thistle Road, Norwalk. Filed Sept. 28.

Ryan, Rebecca, Fairfield. $1,630 in favor of Griffin Hospital, Derby, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monaghan, Waterbury. Property: 149 Brookview Ave., Fairfield. Filed Oct. 2.

Weller, Sharon and Norman Weller, Trumbull. $1,309 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 35 Arliss Drive, Trumbull. Filed Oct. 1.

Zicarelli, Barbara, et al., Stamford. $425,667 in favor of Webster Bank NA, Southington, by Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP, West Hartford.

Property: Tract S-3, Map 15, Stamford. Filed Oct. 5.

LIENS FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Flynn, Andrea G. and David W. Flynn, 8 Smoke Hill Drive, New Fairfield. $15,432, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 1.

Fuentes, Irma M., 296 Bouton Street West, Stamford. $76,169, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 1.

Geignetter, D. Caserta and K. Geignetter, 332 Chestnut Hill Road, Norwalk. $46,863, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Kelsey, C. W., 16 Old Track Road, Suite 1, Greenwich. $1.3 million, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 1.

Knebel, Scott P., P.O. Box 3287, Stamford. $8,962, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Oct. 2.

Stein, Amy, 21 Ann St., Apt. C46, Norwalk. $84,656, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 9.

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FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED Campanella, Angelo, 53 Calass Lane, Stamford. $54,603, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 9.

Clark, Thomas B., 241 Davenport Drive, Stamford. $29,580, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 1.

Cortese, John A. P., 9 Granite Drive, Norwalk. $18,326, civil proceeding tax. Filed Oct. 1.

Hernandez, Maureen C. and Jorge B. Hernandez, 31 Eastview Drive, New Fairfield. $8,310, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 1.

Monahan, Mary Ellen and Dennis Monahan, 7 Rainbow Road, Norwalk. $18,335, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 1.

Sevillano, Jenna and Agustin Sevillano, 70 Fawn Hill Road, Shelton. $42,638, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED Steinberg, Robert, et al., Danbury. Filed by Arbor-Care Tree Experts Inc., Staten Island, New York,

by Jay Parisi. Property: Lots 87, 88 and 89, Map of Forty Acre Mountain Road, Danbury. Amount: $41,316.

Filed Oct. 4.

Steinberg, Robert, et al., Danbury. Filed by 1622 Development Contractors Inc., Staten Island, New York, by Angela Fumando. Property: Lots 87, 88 and 89, Map of Forty Acre Mountain Road, Danbury.

Amount: $5,750. Filed Oct. 4.

MECHANIC’S LIENSRELEASED Diplomat Property Manager LLC, et al., Stamford. Released by Petrucci Painting LLC, by Michael Petrucci. Property: Lot 28, Map 7342, Stamford. Amount undisclosed. Filed Oct. 4.

The Stamford Hospital, Stamford. Released by Trans-Vac Systems LLC, by Eric Pollock. Property: 1 Hospital Plaza, Stamford. Amount: $138,750. Filed Sept. 28.

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Facts & Figures LIS PENDENS 453-455 West Main LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 453 W. Main St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a blight lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 2.

Acevedo, William, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio.

Property: 1161 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $191,250, dated May 2006. Filed Oct. 2.

Almache, Freddy P., et al., Norwalk. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 54 Fort Point St., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $489,600, dated May 2005. Filed Oct. 9.

Ammon, Thomas J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Citibank NA, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 213 Gilman St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $348,800, dated March 2005. Filed Oct. 2.

Andrews, Amy Elizabeth, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for HSBC Bank USA NA, Buffalo, New York. Property: 65 Harding Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $747,750, dated June 2004. Filed Oct. 4.

Arteaga, Mercy L., et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Plano, Texas. Property: 180 West Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $135,000, dated April 2006. Filed Oct. 10.

Blakely, Michelle, et al., Danbury. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Oakland Glen Condominium Association Inc., Danbury.

Property: 20 Oakland Ave., Unit 1A, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 4.

Garcia, Edras, et al., Norwalk.

Filed by Derek Mello, Stamford, for Flax Hill Section 1 Condominium Association inc., Norwalk. Property: 208 Flax Hill Road, Unit 10, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 2.

Bonosconi, James A., et al., Shelton. Filed by James R. Winkel, Milford, for General Electric Employees Federal Credit Union. Property: 102 Indian Wells Road, Unit 102, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $30,000, dated June 2005. Filed Sept. 25.

Gonzalez, David R., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 212 Quarry St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $194,736, dated July 2005. Filed Oct. 2.

Bottari, Marie, et al., Danbury.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas.

Property: 8 Hawthorne Cove Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $544,185, dated September 2007. Filed Oct. 3.

Gutkin, Scott H., et al., Trumbull.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for New Penn Financial LLC. Property: 19 Salem Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $335,000, dated July 2005. Filed Oct. 4.

Briganti, Paul J., Trumbull. Filed

by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 150 Lake Ave., Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $125,000, dated April 2009. Filed Oct. 4.

Diangelo, Elaine, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for PNC Bank NA Property: Lot 3, Map 2627, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $601,450, dated January 2015. Filed Oct. 2.

Edwin, Vega Pinto, et al., Stamford. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: Lots 185 and 186, Map 1042, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $448,000, dated April 2005. Filed Oct. 2.

Erdo, Elaine L., et al., Norwalk.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for American Advisors Group. Property: 112 Comstock Hill Ave., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $938,250, dated February 2015.

Filed Oct. 2.

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Hulse, Debra L., et al., Danbury.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 10 Mountainview Terrace, Danbury.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $245,058, dated April 2005. Filed Oct. 3.

Kardaras, Peter W., et al., Westport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Property: 38 Drumlin Road, Westport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $355,000, dated September 2005.

Filed Oct. 4.

Langley, Ky M., et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 36 Alba Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $192,000, dated October 2006. Filed Oct. 2.

Leydon, Stacey A., et al., Stamford. Filed by Wofsen, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford, for First County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 222 Roxbury Road, Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1.4 million, dated July 2008. Filed Oct. 3.

Lodygo, Grzegorz, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for 805 Park Place Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 15 Cottage St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 4.

Loilcea, Lenaick, et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Plano, Texas. Property: 2 Sleepy Hollow Road, New Fairfield.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $70,000, dated May 2006. Filed Oct. 9.

Lorusso, Loretta, et al., Norwalk.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Reverse Mortage Solutions Inc. Property: 2 Admiral Lane, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $938,250, dated December 2011.

Filed Oct. 1.

MCE Property Services LLC, et al., Fairfield. Filed by Jacobs, Walker, Rice & Barry LLC, Manchester, for The Ridge Homeowner’s Association Inc. Property: Unit 31 in The Ridge Condominium, Fairfield.

Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 1.

O’Connor, Llesa E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 660 William St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 5.

Reid, Gladys, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 66 Sherman St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 5.

Rodriguez, Nereida, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 145-147 N. Water St., Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $396,000, dated February 2006.

Filed Oct. 2.

Ryder, Gary, et al., Greenwich.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio.

Property: 345 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $2.5 million, dated January 2003. Filed Oct. 4.

Sussan, Laura J., et al., Shelton.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 15 Belmont Ave., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $130,000, dated June 1996. Filed Sept. 28.

Olopherne, Blicher, et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio.

Property: 63 Sherman St., Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $774,000, dated July 2007. Filed Oct. 4.

Trikha, Tajeev, et al., Stamford.

Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Candlelight Terrace Association of Stamford Inc., Stamford. Property: 154 Cold Spring Road, Unit 38, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 1.

O’Shea, Kevin R., et al., Stamford.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Plano, Texas. Property: 12 Ardsley Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $35,000, dated February 2005.

Filed Oct. 4.

Vanscott, Joy, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York. Property: 110 Harmony St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $177,577, dated December 2008.

Filed Oct. 2.

Parrott, Madge D., et al., Stamford. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: Parcel A, Map 8601, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $688,000, dated January 2006. Filed Oct. 2.

Quezada, Rosa C., et al., Stamford.

Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York.

Property: 206 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $469,800, dated October 2003. Filed Oct. 4.

MORTGAGES 1111 Summer Street Venture LLC, New York, New York, by Joshua A. Schuster. Lender: Ladder Capital Finance LLC, New York, New York. Property: 1111-1177 Summer St., Stamford. Amount: $14.2 million.

Filed Oct. 1.

599 Landlord LLC, Greenwich, by Scott A. Dahnke. Lender: Bankwell Banks, New Canaan. Property: Map 7186, Greenwich. Amount: $32.7 million. Filed Oct. 9.

62 Center LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, by Brett Fodiman. Lender: Stormfield Capital Funding I LLC, Southport. Property: 62-66 Center St. and 325 Coram Ave., Shelton.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 9.

ARB Enterprises LLC, Bridgeport, by Andres R. Beria. Lender: Velocity Commercial Capital LLC, Westlake Village, California.

Property: 373-379 Pequonnock St., Bridgeport. Amount: $117,525. Filed Oct. 9.

CT PN LLC, Stamford, by Deirdre Virvo. Lender: Suzanne Balayev, Stamford. Property: 57 Duke Drive, Stamford. Amount: $75,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Empire Storage LLC, Stamford,

by James W. Heffernan. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield.

Property: 11 and 143 Leon Place, Stamford. Amount: $10.3 million.

Filed Oct. 1.

Ninja Republic LLC, New Canaan,

by James A. Bonheur. Lender: Brickell Properties LLC, Greenwich.

Property: 1342 Berkshire St., Stamford. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed Oct. 11.

Noble Properties LLC, New Canaan, by Scott Luntz. Lender: Laurel Road Bank, Rowayton. Property: 9597 Wilson St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Sept. 28.

Pinnacle Financial Services LLC, by Mirza M. Akhtar. Lender: A.N.D. Management LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 205 Autumn Ridge, Fairfield. Amount: $300,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Reynwood LLC, by John J. Fareri.

Lender: Bank of America NA, Houston, Texas. Property: 800 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $6.1 million.

Filed Oct. 3.

Sky Realty LLC, Westport, by Tung Hung Yeung. Lender: Alma Bank, Astoria, New York. Property: 265 Dewey St., Trumbull. Amount: $425,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Stamford Hotel Propco LLC, New York, New York, by Matthew J. Lambert. Lender: TCA CRE Loans LLC, New York, New York. Property: 243 Tresser Blvd., Stamford.

Amount: $21.5 million. Filed Oct. 3.

US Capital Partners LLC, by Jose Bone. Lender: LendingOne LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 394 Platt St., Bridgeport. Amount: $161,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Woodmere Capital Advisors LLC, Stamford, by David A. Canet.

Lender: TD Bank NA, White Plains, New York. Property: 29 Scofield Ave., Stamford. Amount: $533,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

NEW BUSINESSES “HD” Housemaster, 51 Bradley Place, Stamford 06905, c/o Luis Felipe Henao. Filed Oct. 4.

Facts & Figures 8 Hyatt LLC, 8 Hyatt Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Brian Neville and Mary Neville. Filed Oct. 3.

M & N Gutierrez Painting LLC, 6 Goodrow St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Maria Gutierrez. Filed Oct. 4.

ABA Provider Services, 10 Mott Ave., Third floor, Stamford 06906, c/o Theracare of New York. Filed Oct. 5.

NS Diagnostic Imaging, 60 Lawn Ave., Unit 16, Stamford 06902, c/o Nelya Stelmakh. Filed Oct. 4.

Architectures, 66 Seaside Ave., Unit F, Stamford 06902, c/o Andy Paul. Filed Oct. 5.

Catered Delites, 168 Belltown Road, Unit 21, Stamford 06905, c/o Sophie E. Pastore. Filed Oct. 3.

Chaffin Lifestyles, 100 Commons Park North, Unit 717, Stamford 06902, c/o Alisha D. Chaffin. Filed Oct. 5.

Cinnamon Delites, 168 Belltown Road, Unit 21, Stamford 06905, c/o Sophie E. Pastore. Filed Oct. 3.

Cisco Heating & Cooling, 32 Glenwood Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Francisco Delacruz. Filed Oct. 19.

Coscarelli Plumbing and Heating, 105 Alpine St., Stamford 06905, c/o Jonathan Coscarelli. Filed Oct. 3.

Country Liquors, 84 Newtown Turnpike, Westport 06880, c/o Country Liquor LLC. Filed Oct. 4.

Dauntless Specialty Brokerage, 1701 Towanda Ave., Bloomington, Illinois, c/o James M. Jacobs. Filed Oct. 1.

DK Mason & Home Improvement LLC, 13 Renzulli Road, Norwalk 06851, c/o Dixon Torres Zuniga. Filed Oct. 2.

Dolce Amore, Olmstead Place, Norwalk 06855, c/o Anna Maria Mazzella. Filed Oct. 5.

GHC Nile, 36 Kirkham Place, Suite 2S, Stamford 06906, c/o Gladys Plaga. Filed Oct. 1.

Giledan Search, 12 Neighborly Way, Greenwich 06878, c/o Michaela R. Volberg. Filed Oct. 2.

Greenwich Medical Partners, 644 W. Putnam Ave., Suite 203, Greenwich 06830, c/o Caleb Moore.

Filed Oct. 3.

Inspiration Farm, 881 Lake Ave., Greenwich 06831, c/o Stefanie Lacoff. Filed Oct. 2.

J.L.S. Contracting, 759 Atlantic St., Apt. 1, Stamford 06906, c/o Jamie Lekeen Snider. Filed Oct. 4.

JLML Solutions, 58 Highview Ave., Unit B2, Stamford 06907, c/o Patrick Jones. Filed Oct. 2.

Kinney Lane Foods, 7 Larkin St., Stamford 06870, c/o Rachel Wagner. Filed Oct. 3.

Osteostrong Greenwich, 26 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Allan Grossmann. Filed Oct. 3.

Overtime Athletics, 5 Salem Lane, Westport 06880, c/o David Kass. Filed Oct. 4.

Pat’s Shoe Repair, 171 Remington St., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Michael Parlatore. Filed Sept. 28.

Pizza of Cos Cob Inc., 1 Strickland Road, Greenwich 06807, c/o Luciano Zapf. Filed Oct. 3.

Porsche Danbury, 23 Sugar Hollow Road, Danbury 06810, c/o Joshua J. Weeks. Filed Oct. 9.

PPFT3CH, 331 Delavan Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Hugo Abanto. Filed Oct. 9.

Quality Buyilders Group LLC, 58 Highview Ave., Unit 4B, Stamford 06907, c/o Jaime Betancourt. Filed Oct. 5.

Roche Trial Lawyers LLP, 53 East Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Three P Law LLC. Filed Oct. 15.

Stress Stop, 50 Crooked Trail Road, Norwalk 06853, c/o Audiovision LLC. Filed Oct. 3.

Summerfield Construction LLC, 50 Havemeyer Lane, Greenwich 06870, c/o Robert Heehan.

Filed Oct. 5.

Tensiv LLC, 151 Sound Beach Ave., Greenwich 06807, c/o Susi E. Orbanowski. Filed Oct. 1.

Westport Appliance Repair, 67 Newtown Turnpike, Westport 06880, c/o Phil Centinaro. Filed Oct. 1.

Workforce Logic, 6 Landmark Square, Fourth floor, Stamford 06906, c/o APC Workforce Solutions LLC. Filed Oct. 5.

PATENTS Automatic configuration of network devices in remote-managed print-service applications utilizing groups of historical device data. Patent no. 10,122,872 issued to Helen Haekyung Shin, Fairport, New York; Howard A. Mizes, Pittsford, New York; Peter Cech, Pittsford, New York; Jesse L. Allen, Rochester, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Carbon filament lamp array.

Patent no. 10,118,409 issued to Roger G. Leighton, Hilton, New York; Paul M. Fromm, Rochester, New York; Robert P. Herloski, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Cooling a digital micromirror device. Patent no. 10,120,162 issued to Francisco Zirilli, Fairport, New York; Michael B. Monahan, Webster, New York; Jeffrey John Bradway, Rochester, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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Electrostatic 3-D printer controlling layer topography using aerosol applicator. Patent no. 10,118,337 issued to William J. Nowak, Webster, New York; Jorge A. Alvarez, Webster, New York; Robert A. Clark, Williamson, New York; Michael F. Zona, Webster, New York; Chu-heng Liu, Penfield, New York; Paul J McConville, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Multifunction printing machine. Patent no. D832,342 issued to Donald A. Brown, Honeoye Falls, New York; Ohgi Kazuyuki, Kanagawa, Japan. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Single-jet recirculation in an inkjet print head. Patent no.

10,118,390 issued to Terrance L. Stephens, Canby, Oregon; David A. Tence, Tualatin, Oregon; Ryan J. Evens, Wilsonville, Oregon. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

System and method for evaluation of a three-dimensional (3D) object during formation of the object. Patent no. 10,118,345 issued to Guido N. DiMatteo, Ontario, New York; James A. Dunst, Victor, New York; David R. Kamprath, Rochester, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

System and method for removing support structure from three-dimensional objects using microwave energy. Patent no. 10,118,205 issued to Ron E. Dufort, Rochester, New York; Erwin Ruiz, Rochester, New York; Linn C. Hoover, Webster, New York; Andrew W. Hays, Fairport, New York; Patrick J. Howe, Fairport, New York; David K. Ahl, Rochester, New York.

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