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Chris Christie: Midterm elections will have no impact on 2020 presidential race

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BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

A Fairfield County’s proximity to New York City is expected to benefit The Juice Shop.

The Juice Shop latest NYC chain to consider franchising in Fairfield County

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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f all goes according to plan, The Juice Shop Kitchen & Juicery will be the next New York Citybased eatery to start franchising in Fairfield County.

“It’s something we have been thinking about for a few years now,” said co-founder Eli Halali. “We are looking forward to the opportunity to bring our nutritious food and beverage offerings to guests in new markets, and Fairfield has a number of towns where we believe The Juice Shop will be received well.

“We will also benefit from the synergy created by Fairfield’s close proximity to New York City,” Halali added. “Many Fairfield County res-

idents who work in New York City have reached out to us about how lucrative a Juice Shop would be in their town.”

Established in 2014, The Juice Shop offers not only juices and smoothies — the latter of which can feature kale, spinach, chia and hemp seeds, and nutrient-rich spirulina — but also salads, toasts and bowls of the acai, kale and poké varieties.

“What separates us is the food,” Halali said. “Where other juice-centric concepts look at food as an auxiliary category, we offer chef-driven items that are both healthy and delicious.”

The firm has signed with Fransmart as its exclusive franchising partner to expand across the » JUICE SHOP

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lthough pundits and commentators on both sides of the political divide have spent countless hours trying to interpret what impact the Nov. 6 elections will have on the 2020 presidential tilt, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is having none of it.

“Nothing — absolutely nothing,” Christie said about what ’18 will mean to ’20. “2020 will be about President Trump against ‘that person.’ ” As the Democratic nominee has yet to be determined, all other speculation is just hot air, Christie said.

Now an ABC News contributor, Christie made his remarks at a post-election wrap-up at Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts on Nov. 7. The well-attended event appeared to heavily favor those sympathetic to the Republican cause, if the widespread groans at the first mention of Gov.-elect Ned Lamont and the applause that resulted from Christie calling the left-leaning “The View” co-host Joy Behar “stupid” were any indication.

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Patriot Bank quickly growing its small-business lending initiatives

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aving become an approved Small Business Administration lender at the end of 2017, and designated a “preferred lender” by the SBA in September, Patriot Bank is increasing its small-business operations by opening SBA Business Development offices in the South and, on Nov. 1, naming a former top SBA official to its board of directors.

Brent Ciurlino currently leads a specialized risk management and regulatory practice at Ivorhill Financial Advisers in Washington where he has handled international assignments with the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the International Monetary Fund.

He also served as director of the Office of Credit Risk Management for the SBA, where he supervised the $105 billion SBA 7(a) and 504 loan debenture and portfolio programs. He also supervised and regulated more than 4,000 SBA financial institutions across the U.S. “As a banking executive and former federal regulator overseeing small-business loan programs, Brent brings substantial expertise and value that will benefit Patriot Bank, its customers and its shareholders,” said Michael Carrazza, chairman and CEO of the Stamford bank. “As we build our small-business lending portfolio and look ahead to the goals we have set, Brent’s active involvement will bring a heightened dimension of operational, regulatory and risk management oversight.”

“I’m delighted to actively contribute to Patriot’s successful growth, diversification and expansion of its small business lending capabilities,” Ciurlino said.

Kevin Ferryman — himself a relatively new member of the bank’s management team, having joined Patriot in May as senior vice president and director of SBA lending following five years as SBA director at Citizens Bank — said the hiring of Ciurlino underscores Patriot’s commitment to the small business lending space.

“He has a wealth of experience and will be a huge asset to the bank,” Ferryman said. “This is a business we’re obviously trying to grow and having him onboard will mean a lot.”

In addition, Patriot signed a definitive purchase agreement

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in February with Hana Small Business Lending Inc. for its $490 million SBA portfolio — a move that Carrazza said at the time would help Patriot to become one of the nation’s leading SBA 7(a) lenders.

Ferryman said Patriot’s strategy is to enhance its traditional lending programs. “The SBA has been a great partner with us,” he said. “We’re in a position now

Applying for a business loan as a small-business, especially the first time, can be an intimidating process.

where we can approve loans for a lot more customers than we could do with our own internal policies.”

He noted that the “preferred lender” designation allows the bank to process, close and service most SBA-guaranteed loans without prior SBA review. As a result, entrepreneurs and small community businesses can obtain their loans more quickly and efficiently, Ferryman said.

“When we started facilitating SBA-guaranteed small-business loans, we always intended to offer our customers the absolute best quality of service available, from the start of the application to the ultimate success of the company,” said Patriot President Richard Muskus Jr. SBA, under its 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program, can guarantee loans up to $5 million. Loans are available for most business purposes, including purchasing commercial real estate, equipment and inventory as well as for short-term working capital. Maturities are up to 25 years for commercial mortgages and up to 10 years for all other purposes.

In addition to a Stamford SBA Development office, Patriot has also opened one in Atlanta and is in the process of opening one in Jacksonville, Florida, with others on the way. “We want to be wher-

ever we see real opportunity in the small-business segment with some of the primary demographics, which are now mostly in the southeast corridor,” Ferryman said. “That’s a little more attractive market overall. We see more SBA growth in those southern markets.”

Ferryman said the bank also hopes to open more SBA offices “in our own backyard.

“In the future we’ll be looking to expand not just geographically, but also by digging deeper into what we already have in the Connecticut-New York market,” he said.

Ferryman said that while some customers seeking SBA loans are prepared, many are not.

“It’s one thing to come in with a laundry list of what you think you need,” he said, “and another to sit down and go through it with them, to explain what it is, how it works and the overall loan process.

“Applying for a business loan as a small business, especially the first time, can be an intimidating process,” he added. “You need to give the bank enough lead time to work with you to really do it right.

We’re here to work with those customers so that it’s not such an intimidating and overwhelming process.”

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Dana Cavalea takes performance and life coaching from the ballpark to the C-Suite

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ana Cavalea admitted that being an author was not on his bucket list. “I wasn’t even much of a reader as a young man,” he said with a laugh.

“Last spring, I don’t know if I was a little bit depressed from the weather, but I needed a little bit of inspiration. I just woke up and said, ‘You know, I think it would be cool if I could write a book and document my experiences, both as a professional athlete as well as with the executives and CEOs that I work with.’”

Cavalea certainly had more than a few experiences to document in the recently published “Habits of a Champion: Nobody Becomes a Champion by Accident.” As the director of strength and training for the New York Yankees from 2001 through 2014, his input and guidance helped guide the Bronx Bombers to three World Series appearances, including their 2009 championship. The Stamford resident now runs a private coaching business, working with both athletes and corporate professionals. For Cavalea, there is little emotional difference between the players in the ballpark and those in the C-Suite.

“High-performing businessmen are very similar to high-performing athletes,” he observed. “They are very Type A and expect excellence in all that they do. They are all-or-nothing people.”

To their credit, Cavalea added, the corporate professionals were not shy about asking for his help.

He recalled during his baseball days, many business executives would visit the Yankees during their training sessions and were eager to make Cavalea’s acquaintance.

“Each day, I would go over and shake their hands and tell them stories about training,” he recalled. “And they would say to me,

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Dana Cavalea in his Stamford home. Photo by Phil Hall.

‘Look, I know that you work for the team, but do you also work with old business guys? Do you work with guys in their 40s who let themselves go in pursuit of financial excellence?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ I started to build this following of very successful business guys.”

Initially, Cavalea used his post-Yankees career to operate training facilities located throughout Westchester and Long Island, but he quickly realized that his concept of combining performance and life coaching was not reaching the right audience.

“That was more for the general population,” he said about his training facilities. “But the general population was more into the quick fix: the 90-day program, the 30-day cleanse, the 60-day this.

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that in order to be the success they want to achieve, it would take a longer-term relationship.”

Today, Cavalea has moved his focus to a select national client base that he communicates with via phone and text and with Skype and Zoom online channels. While most of his clients are male, Cavalea recognized that his female clients have an extra need to succeed.

“A lot of the female executives are out there trying to make a name for themselves in a culture that is now seeking out female leadership,” he said. “But they get burned out, too.

They have more strikes again, so they have to work even harder.”

More often than not, Cavalea recognized that the core to his consulting success comes in listening and subtle persuasion.

More often than not, Cavalea recognized that the core to his consulting success comes in listening and subtle persuasion.

“I had a client in San Diego who would drink six cups of coffee a day, with a pack of sugar in each coffee and was drinking minimal water,” he continued.

“And he was tired and felt fatigued and sluggish. Now, I was not going to touch his coffee — I knew that it was important to him — but I told him that for every cup of coffee, he was going to have a bottle of water with it. What happened? He went from six cups of coffee to three. I start to restore lifestyles and I always tell these guys, ‘Look, you have to start thinking about yourself first.’ You’d think business guys are always such selfish people, but they’re not. They’re thinking about running their company and they are so focused on everything else.”

However, not everyone listens to Cavalea, and he

recognized that his success with his clients cannot be achieved with a one-way conversation. He cited one client who he dropped after it became clear that he shut off after achieving an initial weight-reduction goal.

“He was a client I fired,” Cavalea added. “I realized he wasn’t at a point in his life where my ability to work with him was going to do anything. He probably lost 30 pounds when we started the journey, but he wasn’t open to more than that. His goal was to raise money, build his company and sell it. When he sells it, I hope that he’ll have more time and more space to be open to the coaching.”

Stories such as that were the impetus for his book. He also tapped into incidents from his baseball career, including a time when a player scheduled for a training session failed to show up and never gave an explanation.

“Former Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter would say, ‘Hey, if somebody doesn’t respect your time, they don’t respect you,’” Cavalea recalled. “The book also includes former Yankees manager Joe Torre on how to dress. He would say, ‘When you dress like a professional, you are perceived that way.’ It’s a simple lesson, but it is an important one about composure and presentation.”

Cavalea has been promoting his book via signings at bookstores and in his engagements as a motivational speaker. He opted to self-publish the book on the advice of writer friends.

“A lot of them said, ‘Listen, for your first book, self-publish,’” he said “They said, ‘You can do that and have freedom and play with it a little bit. If you write it and there is something that you feel you didn’t love, you can change it. Learn about the industry and how to promote a book and learn the ins and outs to writing.’”

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Competitive strategy

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: It’s tough when customers know they have choices and use that to negotiate terms that are favorable to them and potentially hurtful to you.

Think about what you can do to improve your product or service to differentiate it from what your competitor sells while you negotiate for a premium from customers who value that difference.

Working through options and consequences is like playing chess on a multilayered board.

You can’t let the customer dictate your business. You have to decide which customers are going to create long-term value for your business. Usually that comes from customers who meet the following criteria: • Value what we do, sufficient to pay at or above our average margin.

• Willing to make investments with us to build future products or services.

• Make suggestions that help us grow.

• Don’t try to hold us over a barrel.

Go through your client list and figure out how many current clients and prospects meet that set of criteria. Is that enough to grow the business? If not, figure out a plan to get more value-oriented clients and prospects.

Differentiating what you do or creating a niche that only you can serve is important for any small business.

That comes from providing something unusual, including the following examples: • Special handholding.

• Offering a set of customer service hours that no one else offers.

• Putting a group of services into a package.

• Listening to your best customers’ complaints about what they can’t get and figuring out how to meet those needs.

To answer the question

of what to focus on, consider what solutions will lead to: • The greatest profits from production and sales.

• The greatest difference vs. competitors.

• The longest-term solutions in terms of picking off great clients who value what your company does for them.

You can’t be all things to all customers, so don’t bother trying to go there. Focus your efforts on products, services and combinations that your company can be good at and then find clients who want exactly that.

Take a look at your competitors and what they’re doing. Build a competitive profile for each significant competitor that includes: • What they do and how you compare.

• Who they provide most of their services to.

• What recent innovations they’ve announced.

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• Customers who have left your company for these competitors and why.

Decide on which competitors could be the most threatening to your company going forward. Pick one or two to focus on and decide if you can match what they’re doing and stay ahead of them over the next several years. Identify areas where those competitors are vulnerable.

Research the marketplace.

• Is demand for the products or services you offer growing or declining?

• Are new clients entering the market?

• What additional products or services are likely to be in demand in the next few years?

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Juice Shop —

Rowe continued, “The Juice Shop is ideal for franchisees looking for a concept that has over $1 million in average unit sales, average store size approximately 550-600 square feet, an inexpensive build out, lower cost conversions and higher franchisee returns on investment.”

The franchise fee for The Juice Shop is $30,000. The minimum liquid capital to invest is $250,000 while the required minimum net worth is $500,000.

The concept operates six corporate-owned locations in New York City, including Brooklyn, and Short Hills,

country. Fransmart is credited with helping to grow the likes of Five Guys Burgers & Fries, The Halal Guys and Qdoba Mexican Grill from their respective beginnings in Arlington, Virginia, Manhattan and Denver.

“At a time when healthy fast casuals are exploding, The Juice Shop hits on all of the moment’s most sought-after items: salads, smoothies, acai bowls and fresh juices,” said Fransmart President and CEO Dan Rowe.

“In addition to being attractive to consumers,”

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the county. Mexicue, which started life as a food truck before evolving into a restaurant chain, opened its first Connecticut store in February at Stamford’s Harbor Point, while the Mediterranean-themed Hummus & Pita Co. opened its first Connecticut location in Brookfield in August.

Boulder, Colorado-based Rush Bowls, another chain promising nutritious fruit bowls and acai bowls, has reportedly been considering a move into the Nutmeg State, although no official announcements have been made.

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as the Garden State’s governor from 2010 to 2018, but also ran as a Republican candidate for president in 2016 and briefly served on Trump’s transition team — mostly kept the partisan comments to a minimum, preferring instead to paint himself as a fair-minded political analyst with a gift for stand-up comedian-style wisecracks.

Although he touched on the Connecticut gubernatorial contest between Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski, Christie took more of a big-picture approach during his 45-minute opening comments.

Having gotten two hours’ sleep after election night, he said, “I’ll be a little bit punchy, which is good for you. I’ll probably say a few things I’m not supposed to.”

Those potential fireworks were absent, although his early dig at Behar promised there could be more to come. That slam came in response to Behar’s opinion on “The View” that Republicans had gained seats in the Senate this election cycle because of gerrymandering. Christie noted that gerrymandering is the manner in which congressional districts are drawn to favor one party or candidate. Senators are elected at the state level, so gerrymandering does not apply.

“She’s just so stupid,” Christie repeated.

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New Jersey.

Within Fairfield County, Halali identified Bridgeport, Danbury, Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan and Westport as focal points. “We would consider any town in Fairfield for The Juice Shop as long as the real estate and operator conform with our standards.”

Halali declined to specify how many stores could ultimately open in the county, though he said he expects to begin announcing franchisees next year.

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Chris Christie appeared at Fairfield University to discuss the impact of the midterm elections.

Connecticut is one of the places where Donald Trump is too much of a headwind for anybody – not necessarily his policies, but personally.

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“most consequential” in the nation’s history, as he said his ABC election night colleague George Stephanopoulos and others have maintained, Christie invoked the elections of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and even George Washington as only some counterarguments.

Though unceremoniously dumped from the Trump transition team — something the ex-governor said still hadn’t been fully explained — Christie said he and his wife have been friends with Trump for 16 years. As such, Christie said, he correctly predicted that Trump would

spin the Nov. 6 results as a “tremendous victory” for him personally.

Christie got another laugh when he recounted how, whenever he’s asked how he could have voted for Trump, his answer is: “I didn’t want to. I wanted to vote for me.”

Fielding an audience question as to whether it’s possible for Connecticut to elect a Republican governor in the current climate, Christie said, “Of course. But there’s a real need for some serious self-examination (by the state Republican party) of who they’re picking as

candidates and why they lose.”

He further said that Stefanowski’s loss was due at least in part to national dissatisfaction with Trump’s performance. Connecticut is one of “the places where Donald Trump is too much of a headwind for anybody — not necessarily his policies, but personally.”

Likability is one of the chief characteristics a successful candidate must have, Christie added. “Hillary Clinton is simply the most unlikable candidate of my lifetime,” he said. “I’m not talking about her competence or her experience, but her likability.” Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all benefited from being more “likable” than their opponents, he said.

During the evening’s concluding 45-minute Q&A portion, Christie was asked about the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, announced earlier that day.

“It’s amazing it took that long,” he said. “It’s the first one but I doubt it’ll be the last one.” Although the possibility that Trump could offer the job to Christie — the U.S. attorney for New Jersey before being elected governor — has been discussed in the press, no such follow-up was posed of Christie.

Christie also briefly discussed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s defeat, which he said was due at least in part to voter fatigue with Walker, who due to a recall vote ran for election four times in an eight-year span; the talk of

failed Texas U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke being a star in the making (“Could Beto O’Rourke go away?”); and the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and related matters.

Of the latter, Christie expressed confidence in Mueller and his tactics, approving the lack of leaks and noting that the investigation is showing signs of wrapping up. He further declared that Trump would not shut down the investigation, as has been consistently mentioned.

Trump “knows how far to go without damaging himself,” Christie said. “It will never happen.”

He concluded by warning House Democrats, widely thought to be eager to launch various investigations and issue subpoenas — and possibly to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump — to remember 1995 to 1998. That era began with Republicans picking up 54 seats in the House of Representatives and eight in the Senate — momentum that was derailed by the Clinton impeachment hearings.

“We look back now and say that was a dumb move — they made Bill Clinton a martyr,” Christie said.

“There should be appropriate oversight, absolutely. But don’t overdo it. You’ll turn the president into a martyr and he’ll be tougher to beat than he already will be in 2020.”

Norwalk’s Merritt 7 office park receives award of excellence

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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erritt 7 in Norwalk, Fairfield County’s largest office park, has received the Award of Excellence — Silver from the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), in recognition of the property’s exemplary landscape and enhancement of the environment.

Entrants were reviewed by a jury of professional peers and evaluated on their ability to meet stringent aesthetic and technical requirements, demonstrate forward-thinking approaches, vision and problem solving, and exhibit a high level of knowledge and skill that contributes to exceptional plant health and performance.

The property won in the Exterior Category — Commercial Landscape Maintenance category, competing against other offices and corporate campuses, retail, hotels and resorts nationwide.

Bruce Moore Jr., president of the property’s land-

scape management firm Eastern Land Management, accepted the award on behalf of Merritt 7 at NALP’s annual green industry expo and professional conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

“This project sets a new standard for sustainable landscape integration,” Moore said, “and celebrates having a strategic landscape maintenance plan that links green goals and corporate stewardship to profitability.”

The six-building, 1.4 million-square-foot property, owned by an institutional client of Clarion Partners LLC and managed by Marcus Partners, features an outdoor sculpture garden, Laws of Nature, created by architect and Norwalk resident Charles O. Perry. The installation is highlighted by high-impact, sustainable landscaping across the 22-acre park.

ELM strategically incorporated a number of shade plants and trees to protect the sculptural finish from exposure. To further protect the sculptural material, a granular, direct-tosoil, organic fertilizer was

A view of the entrance to the new Hearst Connecticut Media Group corporate headquarters.

applied, preventing drift and overspray and no nitrogen, iron compounds or corrosive materials are used.

“By adhering to environmentally responsible best practices, ELM has created and executed an approach at Merritt 7 that eliminates pollutant runoff, protecting groundwater and the nearby Norwalk River watershed and surrounding habitat,” said Marcus Partners Principal David Fiore. “Furthermore, the use of smart controllers and low-impact, high-quality alternative irrigation deliv-

ery systems help to achieve our water conservation and drought management goals at the property.”

NALP is the national trade association representing nearly 100,000 landscape industry professionals in the U.S., with additional members in Canada and overseas. Member companies specialize in lawn care, landscape design and installation, landscape maintenance, tree care, irrigation and water management, and interior plantscaping.

Members also include students, consultants, industry

suppliers, state associations and affiliate members.

Merritt 7 is LEEDcertified by the U.S. Green Building Council and is Energy Star-rated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Recently completed improvements include renovated lobbies and public spaces, dining facilities and cafés, and fitness and conference centers.

Merritt 7 is 97 percent leased and will have a large block of availability in 2019.

Earlier this year, Hearst Connecticut Media Group relocated to 301 Merritt

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7 Corporate Park, where its offices — occupying the building’s entire first floor — houses its senior management and staff along with its finance, human resources and circulation departments.

Soft drink manufacturer Reed’s Inc. — whose all-natural beverages include Reed’s Ginger Beer and Virgil’s Root Beer — is also taking space at Merritt 7, as it moves its headquarters to Norwalk from Los Angeles. Reed’s has signed a sublease on about 5,000 square feet of space at 201 Merritt 7 from General Electric, the space’s previous tenant.

In 2021, Reed’s will take over another 4,000 square feet at the building, whose other tenants include Xerox, which moved its headquarters there last year, and a regional office for Aon. Other occupants at the Merritt 7 complex include Frontier Communications, whose headquarters are at 401 Merritt 7; the Financial Accounting Foundation in the same building; and data backup and security company Datto at 101 Merritt 7.

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2018 Milli Award winners consider how the future will view millennials

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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eorge Bernard Shaw’s celebrated lament about youth being wasted on the young was happily contradicted during the fourth annual Milli Awards ceremony on Nov. 13 at 1133 Westchester Ave. in White Plains.

Sponsored by Westfair Communications, the parent company of the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals and WAG magazine, the Milli Awards serve as a way to recognize standout local young professionals aged 21 to 34.

As part of the ceremony, the award winners were asked to give their thoughts on how they would like future generations to view the millennials’ contributions to the business world and the wider society.

Mark Anthony Abile of Greenwich Hospital said he hoped the next demographic generation wave — Generation Z, defined as people born from the mid1990s to the early 2000s — would consider millennials as both an inspiration for and a partner in their endeavors. “I know that if we all work together, we can make this world a better place,” he said.

Grace Battalgia of Open Door Family Medical Center wanted the millennials to be seen as resourceful, passionate and visionary members of society. “Whether it be our encounters with obstacles, be it personal or global, we really focus on solutions and strategies and focus on actions to making changes that we need in the world.”

Andre Escandon of Tompkins Mahopac Bank hoped that tomorrow’s professionals would see his generation as not being afraid to take chances. “Future generations can look up on their iPhone 28+ and can see that we millennials were an ambitious generation,” he said.

Vanessa Guzman of Montefiore Health System acknowledged that millen-

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Front row, from left: Amanda Paktinat, Kelsie Mania, Britt Tavello Melitsanopoulos, Megan Sullivan, Grace Battaglia, Daniel Guiney, Marla Lewis, Ariella Arias and Lauren Kemp. Back row, from left: Emily Larkin, Angie Kim, Vanessa Guzman, Paul Lippolis, Arnold Escandon, Yesher Larsen, Mark Anthony Abile and Mitchell Mirtil. Photo by Bob Rozycki.

nials took advantage of multiple technology platforms that were not available to their predecessors, but she cautioned that there was more to this digital era than endless selfies and precocious hashtags. Instead, she stated that technology gave millennials “awareness of our true identity to be shared with future generations, our families, our colleagues.”

Angie Kim of Purchase College said that some members of the previous Generation X were unhappy with millennials, viewing the demographic as “narcissistic and selfish” and believing that “we apparently ruined everything from diamonds to chain restaurants — I think yesterday I saw an article that said we ruined American cheese.” But Kim added that Generation Z “looks up to us, believing that we have strong values,” and she defined millennials as “change agents and the ones who are really paving the way for a better future.”

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THE 2018 MILLI AWARD WINNERS WERE: • Mark Anthony Abile, Greenwich Hospital.

• Ariella Arias, Gregory Sahagian & Son Awning Co. • Grace Battaglia, Open Door Family Medical Center.

• Arnold Escandon, Tompkins Mahopac Bank.

• Daniel Guiney, ZRM Brokerage.

• Vanessa Guzman, Montefiore Health System.

• Lauren Kemp, Morgan Stanley.

• Angie Kim, Purchase College, State University of New York.

• Marc Koch, J.P. Morgan Securities.

• Emily Larkin, The Community Fund of Darien.

• Yesher Larsen, Aquarion Water Co. • Marla Lewis, Deloitte & Touche.

• Paul Lippolis, Lippolis Electric.

• Kelsie Mania, Westfair Communications.

• Mitchell Mirtil, Westchester Medical Center.

• Amanda Paktinat, American Red Cross of Metro New York North.

• Lindsay Rinehart, Brody and Associates.

• Megan Sullivan, The Local Moms Network.

• Britt Tavello Melitsanopoulos, Stew Leonard’s.

• Chris Walters, J.P. Morgan Securities.

The sponsors of this year’s event were, in alphabetical order: Aquarion Water Co., Blue Buffalo, Buzz Creators, Deloitte, Greater Hudson Bank, Greenwich Hospital, JP Morgan Securities, Lippolis

Electric, Mahopac Bank, The McIntyre Group, Neiman Marcus, Oasis Day Spa, Tompkins Mahopac Bank, UConn School of Business and Val’s Putnam Wines and Liquors.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Norman G. Grill

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Will your company owe out-of-state sales taxes?

tial enough to trigger that f you do business in state’s tax rules and obligaother states, you may tions. have to begin collectPrecisely what activates ing and remitting sales taxes nexus in a state depends on to those states. The U.S. its chosen criteria. Common Supreme Court has ruled triggers include employthat states have the authoriing workers, using a local ty to collect sales taxes from telephone number, owning out-of-state companies if a property and marketing nexus exists. products or services in the “Nexus” means a busiYesher Ad 2 10 x 5.625.qxp_Layout 1 11/14/18 1:13 PM Page 1 state. Depending on state ness presence that’s substan-

tax laws, nexus could also result from installing equipment, performing services and providing training or warranty work in the state.

This applies either with your own workforce or by hiring others to perform the work on your behalf.

A minimal amount of business activity in a state probably won’t create tax

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liability. A furnace repairman who makes two calls a year across state lines probably wouldn’t be taxed in that state. As with many tax issues, the totality of facts and circumstances will determine whether you have nexus in a state.

OPTING FOR MARKETBASED SOURCING

If your company licenses intangibles or provides after-market services to customers, you may need to consider “market-based sourcing,” instead of nexus, to determine state tax liabilities. However, not all states have adopted market-based sourcing.

And states that have adopted this model may have subtly different rules.

Here’s how it generally works: If the benefits of a service take place and will be used in another state, that state will tax the revenue gained from that service.

“Service revenue” generally is defined as revenue from intangible assets — not the sales of tangible personal property. Thus, in market-based sourcing states, the destination of a service is the relevant taxation factor rather than the state in which the income-producing activity is performed.

This is also known as the “cost of performance” method.

Essentially, these states are looking to claim a percentage of any service rev-

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enue arising from residents (customers) within their borders. But there’s a tradeoff. Market-based sourcing states sacrifice some in-state tax revenue because of lower apportionment figures. (Apportionment is a formula-based approach to allocating companies’ taxable revenue.) But these states feel that, even with the loss of some in-state tax revenue, they’ll see a net gain as their pool of taxable sales increases.

PLANNING AHEAD

If your company operates in other states or is planning to, you’ll want to look at more than logistics and market viability. A nexus study can provide insight into potential out-of-state taxes to which your business activities may expose you. There’s a possibility that, because of differing state rules, you may find yourself subject to tax in more than one state.

If that happens, you’ll need to navigate the rules with caution to determine how best to reconcile the inconsistencies. Once all applicable income, sales and use, franchise and property taxes are factored into your analysis, the effect on profits could be significant.

The results of a nexus study may not be negative.

If you operate primarily in a state with higher taxes, you may find that your company’s overall tax liability is lower in a neighboring state. In such cases, it may be advantageous to create nexus in that state by setting up a small office there. If all goes well, you may be able to allocate some income to that state and lower your tax bill.

NOT A SIMPLE MATTER

This has been a brief overview and is not intended as advice. Issues surrounding nexus and market-based sourcing are complicated. So you’ll likely benefit from retaining qualified professional advice.

Norman Grill CPA, (N.Grill@GRILL1.com) is managing partner of Grill & Partners, LLC (www.

GRILL1.com), certified public accountants and advisors to closely held companies and high-net-worth individuals, with offices in Fairfield and Darien, 2543880.

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s rising interest rates rattle the markets, Fairfield County is a microcosm for mortgage trends around the country.

We’re seeing the first true purchase market in years, as well as a significant drop in requests for refinancing. But the inventory of homes is tight and so is the competition for mortgages, especially as online, non-bank lenders offer new options.

In Fairfield County, we’re experiencing a demand for jumbo mortgages — typically $450,000 or more. That’s a reflection of the cost of the region’s real estate.

It remains to be seen how much millennials will impact the future of this marketplace.

One thing we do know: Two considerations may be influencing homebuying decisions.

CONSIDERATION NO. 1: THE NEW TAX LAW

It’s as yet unclear how much impact the 2017 Tax

The changing mortgage environment Cuts and Jobs Act will have on consumer behavior in the housing market. But home hunters should keep in mind: The standard deduction for mortgage interest is now capped at $10,000.

Jumbo mortgage payers can still deduct interest, but only by itemizing deductions. For joint filers, the mortgage limit is $750,000; for couples filing separately, it’s $375,000 each.

(The exception: Mortgages obtained before Dec. 15, 2017, are grandfathered at the old limits.)

Whether buying or selling, consumers need to consult their accountant on the tax implications.

CONSIDERATION NO. 2: THE NEW MORTGAGE LENDING LANDSCAPE

In the past few years, we’ve seen a dramatic shift as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act changed the fundamentals of mortgage banking. The Act

gave the federal government new regulatory power over the financial industry, which included a push for transparency and accountability after the meltdown of the too-big-tofail financial institutions.

In a tight credit environment, with traditional banks laboring under more regulations, non-bank Fintechs entered the arena. They capitalized on technology to offer faster loans, reduce cycle times and lower costs. Online service set new expectations for an easier customer experience.

However, for a decision as important as a mortgage, some consumers still want the reassurance of a go-to mortgage specialist to answer their questions.

THE BANKS RESPOND WITH INNOVATION AND GUIDANCE

To compete, traditional banks are ramping up digital capabilities and streamlin-

ing back office operations.

They’re making the mortgage process faster and less complex, mounting a powerful challenge to online competitors.

But banks will continue to offer something that the non-bank lenders can’t: access to the expertise of a local mortgage professional who will be bringing years of street-smart experience in the marketplace, taking care of a wide range of customer needs.

That’s especially important to millennials, who demand both digital speed and personal service.

Millennials bring their own challenges to the mortgage market. Rents are rising, making homeownership a more realistic option.

However, saddled with student loan debt and faced with interest-rate hikes and higher home prices, they may balk at taking on more

obligations, especially a jumbo mortgage.

The right guidance can clarify difficult areas and open up new paths to homeownership, especially for firsttime homebuyers. The local banker can fill those roles by providing insight, accessibility and accountability that are hard to find online.

HOW TO SEE THINGS CLEARLY

There continues to be a need for consumer education. For example, many first-time homebuyers aren’t aware of state or local programs that can offer them down payment assistance. And while a mortgage search may begin online, an exploratory discussion with a knowledgeable lender may reveal possibilities the customer might otherwise never discover.

Also, people taking on a jumbo debt usually have

significant needs for other banking services, including the investment expertise of a private banker, retirement planning guidance and an understanding of where their business and personal finances intersect.

Usually, a homebuyer’s first point of contact for insight is the Realtor.

The Realtor’s relationship with local lenders is critical. It gives consumers two strong pillars of support for a decision they will live with for years.

Opinions expressed are those of the author and not Webster Bank, N.A. They are not intended as financial or any other professional advice. Consult a professional with regard to your individual situation.

Simon Tahan is director of home loans at Webster Bank. He can be reached at STahan@WebsterBank. com.

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Hudson Barter Exchange marks 10 years

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he economic collapse that was the Great Depression of the 1930s forced many people to use barter as a way to survive. With no money, people turned to this ancient form of commerce and traded their services or meager belongings for food, clothing and other necessities.

While the Great Depression may have been relegated to history, bartering has not. In fact, it’s thriving in the Hudson Valley, according to Karen and Kevin Brown, the husband and wife founders of the Hudson Barter Exchange (HBX) based in Elmsford. More than 500 local businesses and professionals are bartering their goods and services through Hudson Barter Exchange. Globally, the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA)

estimates the value of goods and services bartered annually at about $14 billion and increasing at 5 to 10 percent per year.

Kevin Brown said bartering can bring a business new customers it would not otherwise have.

“We market to other members of the exchange, find you incremental business, you get paid in trade credit and you use that trade credit to either offset some of your business expenses or live what we call ‘a better life through barter,’ ” he told the Business Journal during HBX’s 10th anniversary networking party on Nov. 8 at the Belvedere Estate in Tarrytown.

While bartering helps preserve cash or makes excess production capacity or other unused resources profitable depending on which side of the transaction a business is on, Brown said there’s nothing underground about bartering.

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“Each member receives an IRS form 1099-B at the end of the year, which reflects the value of their transactions.” He notes that a barter dollar is equal to the value of a U.S. dollar as far as the IRS is concerned, so there’s no tax advantage.

“There’s no tax disadvantage either, because if you’re spending it on advertising and business supplies and office equipment it’s all deductible against the income,” Brown said.

HBX acts as an adminis-

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trator that keeps records of trading activity and tracks what each member has earned or owes. It charges a one-time membership fee and a monthly marketing fee. It also receives a cash commission on the barter sales and purchases.

Karen Brown told the Business Journal that most of HBX’s members are located in Westchester, Rockland and Fairfield counties and New York City. “We belong to a barter exchange so we get goods and services from all across the nation,” she said. It’s estimated there are more than 350 barter exchanges operating in the U.S. Among the items frequently bartered are printing, phone systems, office cleaning, website design, photography, restaurant meals, legal and accounting services, vacations and auto repairs. “When we started the barter exchange, we just wanted to get in friends and family if we could and my brother happens to be a plastic surgeon out in California so we have a plastic surgeon out in California who participates in our barter exchange,” Karen Brown said with a laugh.

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Leaders among their generation J.P. Morgan Securities applauds Marc Koch and Chris Walters On being named 2018 Millennials of the Year, an acknowledgment of significant achievements in their field.*

Marc Koch, Vice President 212.272.4451 marc.koch@jpmorgan.com Chris Walters, Vice President 212.272.7580 christopher.walters@jpmorgan.com jpmorgansecurities.com/kochandwalters Source: Westfair Communications November 2018.

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Access and equity threatened by state cuts to higher education

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unding for higher education provided by virtually every state has failed to keep up with inflation over the past 10 years.

This is the conclusion presented in the report “Unkept Promises: State Cuts to Higher Education Threaten Access and Equity,” published by the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

State spending on public universities and colleges remains well below historic levels a decade after the Great Recession.

After adjusting for inflation in the school year ending in 2018 overall state funding for public two- and four-year colleges was more than $7 billion below the 2008 level.

Colleges responded to significant funding cuts by raising tuition, cutting faculty, limiting course offerings and in some cases closing campuses during the most challenging years after the reces-

sion, according to the report.

Services in some places have not returned.

“The promise to past generations of students in America has been that if you work hard and strive, public colleges and universities will serve as an avenue to greater economic opportunity and upward mobility,” the report stated. “For today’s students — a cohort more racially and economically diverse than any before it — that promise is fading.”

Access and affordability are threatened by increasing tuition. This results in significant economic impact for those whose wages have stagnated or declined.

Students can find themselves either burdened with crushing debt or simply not able to afford college.

In addition to impacting students, the outlook for communities and states is also jeopardized. They are increasingly reliant on highly educated workforces to grow and thrive.

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economy — one in which the benefits of higher education are broadly shared and felt by every community regardless of race or class — lawmakers will need to invest in high-quality, affordable and accessible public higher education by increasing funding for public two- and four-year colleges and by pursuing policies that allow more students to pursue affordable postsecondary education,” according to the report. “By doing so, they can help build a stronger middle class and develop the entrepreneurs and skilled workers a strong state economy needs.”

STATES HAVE ONLY PARTIALLY REVERSED FUNDING CUTS

State and local tax revenue is a major source of support for public colleges and universities. Unlike private institutions, which rely more heavily on charitable donations and large endowments to help fund instruction, public two- and four-year colleges typically rely heavily on state and local appropriations, the

report said. In 2017, state and local dollars constituted 54 percent of the funds these institutions used directly for teaching and instruction.

While states have been reinvesting in higher education for the past few years, resources remain well below 2008 levels — 16 percent lower per student — even as state revenues have returned to pre-recession levels. Between the 2008 school year (when the recession took hold) and the 2018 school year, adjusted for inflation: • State spending on higher education at two- and fouryear public colleges nationwide fell $1,409 per student, or 16 percent, after adjusting for inflation.

• Per-student funding rose in only four states: California, Hawaii, North Dakota and Wyoming.

• Twenty states cut funding per student by more than 20 percent, and in nine of those states the cut exceeded 30 percent.

• Arizona cut per-student funding by more than half.

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Bridgeport artist Ruben Marroquin brings weaving into the digital age

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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he earliest examples of weaving were found at the Dolní Věstonice archaeological site in the Czech Republic, where Upper Paleolithic people created twined and plain woven cloth around 27,000 B.C. More recent examples of weaving can be found in Fairfield County classrooms and gallery workshops conducted by Ruben Marroquin, a Bridgeport-based artist.

According to Marroquin, today’s youth, which never knew of life without the internet and digital devices, is endlessly fascinated with the possibilities of this excessively old school design process.

“It’s amazing that we had such a positive reaction,” he explained. “We have about 30 of these looms and they are really easy to use. Even though looms are ancient, they are often referred to as the first computer because it was the first machine that you can program and it does something for you.

In that sense, you program

a pattern with punch cards or simply by counting the number of strings to create a motif.”

Marroquin became enchanted by weaving as an art student during his studies in Venezuela.

Uninspired by the possibilities of working in painting and sculpture, he was invigorated by a museum exhibit featuring the works of German-Venezuelan artist Gego, who used unlikely materials, including cigarette wrapping papers in her weaved compositions.

“There is a Venezuelan tradition of indigenous weavings,” Marroquin added. “In architecture, you can see straw ceilings all over the country.”

During the last three years, Marroquin has conducted weaving workshops at elementary and middle schools in Bridgeport, Fairfield and Westport. Classes include a mix of materials, ranging from natural yarns and paracords to pipe cleaners. Students work on hand-held looms while Marroquin uses contemporary design theory to help them achieve their creative goals.

“I tell the students to look at it as if they are designing a website or making a painting,” he said. “So, the placement of the corners is going to be determined by what they want to see on the computer screen. I try to refer it back to the modern era, but I think what is important for them is to distance themselves from the computer screens and do something tactile and tangible that you can take home.”

Word-of-mouth praise

of Marroquin’s efforts by his students and positive reaction to his social media photographs of the weaving classes have enabled him to expand to coordinating weaving circles at birthday parties for children. Adults are also getting into the weaving fun, with Marroquin running workshops at his studio in Bridgeport’s Arcade Mall that enable adults to explore their own artistic talents.

“We have classes that

include a glass of wine and weaving, where we make wall hangings,” he said.

Outside of teaching, Marroquin’s original weaving creations have brought him acclaim from the art world. He conducted a demonstration of weaving and fiber art at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and his works have been displayed in U.S. and European museums and galleries. The New York Times noted his works in a

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2016 exhibit at the Fairfield Museum as “sophisticated, byzantine embroidery.”

He acknowledged multiple inspirational sourcing for his recent creations, ranging from traditional Southwestern Indian art to the modern art compositions of Dutch groundbreaker Piet Mondrian, but added the presentation of his artistic vision via weaving has generated amazement from viewers.

“It’s always interesting,” he said. “The first thing people say, besides how long did it take you to make it, is ‘I’ve never seen anything quite like it.’ ” Marroquin was recently commissioned by Los Angeles interior designer Kelly Wearstler to create a dozen original weavings for display in her trade expo presentations. At the moment, he is working on new works without specific deadline goals. “This is kind of good, because it allows me to create my own pieces without timelines,” he said.

Looking ahead, Marroquin is considering the expansion of his weaving workshops into college-level settings.

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THE LIST: Commercial Printers

COMMERCIAL PRINTERS

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Tim Cicchese Sean Huban shuban@premieruplink.com 1984

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Robert LaBanca rlabanca@impressionpt.com 2003

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860 Honeyspot Road, Stratford 06615 800-414-1624 • premieruplink.com

375 Fairfield Ave., Building No. 3, Stamford 06902 800-499-3808 • landmarkprint.com

500 West Ave., Stamford 06902 353-8800 • impressionpt.com

10 Pearl St., Norwalk 06850 847-1112 • successprint.com

555 Summer St., Stamford 06801 348-8884 • rapidpressct.com

1009 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06905 329-1889 • highridgeprinting.com

326 Main Ave., Norwalk 06851 849-9100 • trepro.net

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Printers of Connecticut Inc., d.b.a. The Total Printing Center 89 Taylor Ave., Norwalk 06854 852-0070 • totalprintingcenter.com

Bull's Head Print Media Marketing 21 Canterbury Lane, Monroe 06468 261-6100 • bullsheadprinters.com

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WCSU to offer master’s degree in integrative biological diversity

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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estern Connecticut State University in Danbury has introduced a graduate program for students seeking a Master of Science degree in integrative biological diversity.

The 30-credit program is being offered as a partnership between WCSU and Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) in New Haven, with courses being taught on both campuses. Faculty from the WCSU Biological and Environmental Sciences Department and the SCSU Environment, Geography and Marine Sciences Department will participate as course instructors and research mentors, and the program is being coordinated by Theodora Pinou, professor of biological and environmental sciences at WCSU.

“This program will train the student’s eye to become more sensitive to the natural variations of the biological world,” said Pinou.

“Biodiversity is important because most technological advances stem from solutions found in the natural world.”

In announcing the new degree, WCSU stated the program’s objectives will include educating students on the use of molecular research methods to assess diversity among organisms and environmental health, as well as in the use of GIS, GPS and other technological tools, with the goal of teaching them how to examine, quantify and describe biodiversity. The program will also encourage students to collaborate with government agencies, environmental nonprofits, museums and the private sector.

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Theodora Pinou. Photo by Peter Miller, Creative Commons.

Authority, Connecticut Audubon Societ y, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, FirstLight Power Resources, Great Hollow Nature Preserve and Ecological Research Center, Housatonic River Valley Association, Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk and Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History — have teamed with WCSU and SCSU on the program, along with the Hamptons Bay, New York-based Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas, the University of Athens in Greece and the University of Guadalajara CUCBA in Mexico.

The program’s mission statement noted the curriculum will prepare students “for careers in ecosystem management and reclamation, policy and environmental consulting, sustainable

business, education and non-government organizations.” WCSU is also presenting the program for secondary education teachers seeking an advanced degree with a focus on the ecological, physiological and natural history of biological organisms.

“For teachers in secondary education, it will help them to inspire their students,” Pinou said. “For biology majors who have focused mostly on the cellular and molecular level during their undergraduate studies, this program will teach them to see how these units, when they come together, can result in adaptability.”

WCSU added that future plans for the program will involve expanding faculty participation to include instructors at Eastern Connecticut State University in Windham and Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.

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SHU in partnership to provide computer science education to K-12 students

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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reparing students for a career in computer science may be an ongoing concern dating back a few decades, but there is still a considerable gap in such education when it comes to grades K-12. A new partnership between Sacred Heart University and an organization called Code.org is aiming to change that.

“Part of what we’re doing, from an educational perspective, is to prepare those students for jobs that don’t yet exist,” said Darcy Ronan, assistant professor at SHU’s Isabelle Farrington College of Education, one of two co-directors of the program. “Even if they don’t end up working directly in a computer science-related field, they will still receive the skills to adapt and problem solve that are so important in the 21st century.”

The Fairfield-based university is the official partner of Code.org in Connecticut, joining a nationwide network that supports efforts to expand access to computer science in K-12 schools.

Based in Seattle, Code.org is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding computer science access to younger students and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities, a cohort it says makes up 48 percent of students in its courses. Its vision is to ensure that every student has the chance to learn computer science, as they do biology, chemistry or algebra. The organization provides curricula for K-12 computer science in school districts across the nation.

Through the partnership, Code.org will provide more than $200,000 to fund professional learning programs for teachers through 2020, with SHU’s Isabelle Farrington College and School of Computer Science and Engineering providing additional matching funds. Workshops will reach more than 100 area teachers each year and will be led by Code. org-trained facilitators, many of whom are local educators.

All Code.org materials are cloud-based, device-agnostic and available free of charge to anyone under a Creative Commons license.

They offer three curricula programs: Computer Science Fundamentals, Discoveries and Principles for elementary, middle and high school students, respectively.

Code.org’s Computer Science Principles is an accredited Advanced Placement (AP) course.

Workshops for elementary school teachers are one day, offered throughout the year. The first, held Nov. 6, was attended by 35 teachers from around the state.

Secondary school teachers attend an intensive week-long summer workshop with four follow-on sessions the following school year.

“Computer science is the curriculum of

the 21st century,” said Hadi Partovi, Code.org founder and CEO. “These skills not only provide a pathway to the careers of the future, but a foundation for basic understanding of the technological world around us. We’re proud to welcome Sacred Heart University as a partner and look forward to supporting their critical work to prepare more teachers to teach computer science.”

Cenk Erdil, assistant professor at SHU’s School of Computer Science and Engineering who is also co-director of the partnership, noted that Code.org’s regional initiative began just last year, having previously focused its efforts on TeacherCon, an annual series of week-long summer professional development workshops for new computer-science teachers.

Erdil compared the potential impact of today’s computer science environment to that of the Industrial Revolution. “Whether it’s A.I., coding, the cloud or several other areas, technology today is a daily presence in our lives,” he said. “At the college level, it’s been recognized that computer science is a fundamental skill.”

But that is not always the case for younger students, Ronan noted. Through Code.org and other initiatives, “Students are not only using technology, but creating technology. That’s a key difference,” she said. “This represents a generational challenge for educators who, by and large, did not have these experiences in our own schooling. Code.org’s professional learning programs are designed for novice coders.

Computer science for all includes teachers, too.”

Erdil said that if educators want to target the next generation of students for advanced subjects, they must do it now because, by the time those students get to college, it might be too late.

Through the partnership with Code.org, SHU also has been working with Connecticut’s Department of Education and the Connecticut Computer Science Teachers Association to define formal pathways for teachers.

Erdil said that, while SHU’s program will be fully funded by Code.org for three years, “We want to become a completely self-sufficient program.” With Code.org supported by such donors as Amazon, Facebook, Google, the Infosys Foundation and Microsoft, he said, “We will be reaching out to businesses in our area to help support these programs.”

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Top: The lobby area at 42 Langguth Hall features open spaces for students to meet and socialize while affording views of the residential quad. Bottom: Langguth Hall breaks from traditional dorm-style living and offers communal kitchens on each floor for students to gather and dine in. Photo Credit: Paul Burk Photography

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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he S/L/A/M Collaborative has completed the design and planning for Fairfield University’s new 65,000-square-foot dormitory, 42 Langguth Hall, accommodating students primarily in the Ignatian Leadership Residential College. Gilbane Inc. provided the construction services, while SLAM, an architecture and design firm in Glastonbury, designed the building to provide what it described as durable, energy-efficient construction with an aesthetic complementary to the existing residential buildings on the school’s quad.

“SLAM is pleased to design residential housing that fills in the surrounding quad, while giving these student leaders modern ameni-

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ties to support their academic needs and an aesthetically pleasing environment to relax in and call home,” said Richard Polvino, one of the firm’s principals.

The placement of the building fulfills the Campus Master Plan of existing 1960s-era undergraduate residence halls that utilize complementary building materials and building mass.

The design of 42 Langguth Hall breaks the form with an innovative bent “L” shape — the elbow of the building — framed by a glass tower that flexes to connect to the quad.

The interior affords expansive open spaces and an extensive common space, with three floors of dorm rooms and a partial basement of supporting functions. The facility offers 200 beds and two resident director suites.

The university’s goal is

to replace traditional dormitory life with a sense of community made up of living, learning and socializing — something SLAM said is realized through the overall concept of placing lounges, communal kitchens and study/classroom spaces at the major circulation intersection of two bars framing the view to the residential quadrangle.

The registrar manages the dormitory classroom schedule, making the 24-seat room available to all faculty as an alternative teaching space.

The project also called for the design of a remote chiller plant to cool the new residence hall, as well as five existing quad buildings and two academic facilities. The capacity required for the plant was to provide three 750-ton chillers and associated cooling tower in proximity to the quad.

Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL 48 Newtown Road Corp., contractor for self. Modify the cell tower on the roof of an existing commercial space at 48 Newtown, Danbury. Estimated cost: $45,000.

Filed Oct. 16.

Abbey Tent, Stamford, contractor for the town of Fairfield. Add temporary tents to the property of an existing commercial space for a special event at 739 Old Post Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $2,500.

Filed Oct. 12.

Kuchma Corp., Bridgeport, contractor for 262 Fairfield Ave. LLC. Replace the antennas on the roof of an existing commercial space at 262 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $4,850. Filed Oct. 24.

Lanese Construction Inc., contractor for Sacred Heart University.

Remodel the interior of an existing commercial space at 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $2.6 million. Filed Oct. 10.

New England Construction Inc., contractor for 18 Great Plain Road LLC. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 18 Great Plain Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $40,000.

Filed Oct. 18.

Abbey Tent, contractor for Fairfield University. Add temporary tents to the property of an existing commercial space for a special event at 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Oct. 30.

North Water LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a partition to the interior of an existing commercial space at 1 N. Water St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Danbury Mall LLC, Danbury, contractor for self. Renovate the kiosk in the property of an existing commercial space at 7 Backus Ave Main, Danbury. Estimated cost: $2,500.

Filed Oct. 18.

Norwalk Realty LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the lobby and remove the wall in an existing commercial space at 34 Midrocks Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Danbury Mall LLC, Danbury, contractor for self. Renovate the kiosk in the property of an existing commercial space at 7 Backus Avenue Main, Danbury. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed Oct. 18.

PPG Development, contractor for Joel Berger. Perform an interior fitout in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 1838 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $10,500. Filed Oct. 10.

HO & HE Properties LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 55 N. Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $17,000. Filed Oct. 18.

R.D. Scinto Inc., contractor for Spotted Horse. Add a wall sign to the exterior of an existing commercial space at 100 Commerce Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed Oct. 17.

Kalmanidis, Merrcorios, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Change use of central office at 3777 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $0.

Filed Oct. 22.

R.D. Scinto Inc., Shelton, contractor for Robek’s Juice Bar. Renovate the interior and exterior of an existing commercial space at 110 Commerce Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Kibberia Foods LLC, contractor for Shelter Rock Associates LLC. Expand the interior of an existing commercial space at 22 Shelter Rock Lane, Danbury. Estimated cost: $120,000. Filed Oct. 15.

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R.D. Scinto Inc., Shelton, contractor for Griffin Hospital. Renovate the interior and exterior of an existing commercial space at 110 Commerce Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $184,000. Filed Oct. 17.

R.D. Scinto Inc., Shelton, contractor for Sperry. Renovate the interior and exterior of an existing commercial space at 9 Research Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $180,000.

Filed Oct. 17.

RSCR Realty LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a side addition to an existing single-family residence at 58 Van Zant St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $7,200. Filed Oct. 16.

RSCR Realty LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Construct a new four-car garage in an existing single-family residence at 58 Van Zant St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,500.

Filed Oct. 16.

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Vona, Nicola, Norwalk, contractor for self. Convert a one-family residence into a six-family apartment at 41 High St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Windsway Condominium, Norwalk, contractor for self. Replace the antennas on the roof of an existing commercial space at 49 Day St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 17.

RESIDENTIAL A&A Quality Home Improvement LLC, contractor for Nancy Kolodny. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 155 Silermine Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Able Body Construction LLC, contractor for Michael Brewer. Construct a powder room and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 5 Hazel St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Banas, Joan T. and James A. Banas, Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 677 Booth Hill Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $14,570.

Filed Oct. 17.

Bernstein, Richard, contractor for Burt E. Hilton. Add a front porch, rear deck and rear stoop on an existing single-family residence at 606 Duck Farm Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Oct. 29.

Brown Roofing Co. Inc., contractor for Heather Reyes. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 41 Lockwood Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $17,064.

Filed Oct. 17.

Bubbico, Anna M., Shelton, contractor for self. Renovate the deck on an existing single-family residence at 3 Montagne Drive, Shelton.

Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Cabrera, Klever Yuqui, Danbury, contractor for self. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence at 37 Judith Drive, Danbury. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Cardoso Enterprises 1 LLC, contractor for Vita Nova LLC. Finish the basement and add siding to an existing single-family residence at 102 Arbor Terrace, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Christopher G. Clark Construction, contractor for Michael Redler and Michelle Redler. Repair the trim, roof and framing to an existing single-family residence at 193 Old Dam Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed Oct. 31.

CLT Development Holdings LLC, contractor for Christopher Cichella. Add an accessory building to an existing single-family residence at 236 Middlebrook Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $25,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

Connecticut Basement Systems Inc., Seymour, contractor for Robert T. Mpuku and Bethany Mpuku.

Finish the basement with a bathroom and a recreation room in an existing single-family residence at 30 Quail Run Circle, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $48,299. Filed Oct. 11.

Cube Investment Group 401K, contractor for self. Remodel the main house to convert the interior in-ground pool to a living space at 3663 Congress St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Dyakun, Vasyl, Norwalk, contractor for AB Square LLC. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 32 Algonquin Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,600.

Filed Oct. 15.

Esposito, Jennifer B., et al., Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 204 Beardsley Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $7,300.

Filed Oct. 19.

Farris, Jennifer L., Norwalk, contractor for self. Expand the kitchen into the screened porch and enclose the walls in an existing single-family residence at 16 Timberline Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $28,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Fox, Karen Z., Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a detached garage to the property of an existing single-family residence at 40 Old Hickory Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $57,600. Filed Oct. 10.

Glick, Andy, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 56 Wakelee Avenue Extension, Shelton. Estimated cost: $4,500.

Filed Oct. 18.

Glover, Gregory, Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 76 Cliff St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $5,300. Filed Oct. 19.

Gonzalez, Javier, Norwalk, contractor for self. Finish the basement, recreation room and storage room in an existing single-family residence at 11 Silent Grove Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed Oct. 17.

Grace, Monahan, Shelton, contractor for self. Add a two-car addition to the rear side of an existing single-family residence at 12 William St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $64,520. Filed Oct. 17.

Green Summer Landscape LLC, contractor for D&L Investment Properties LLC. Construct a new two-family residence at 46 Merrimac St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $332,000. Filed Oct. 18.

John Desmond Builders Inc., contractor for Marcy A. golden. Add an accessory building to an existing single-family residence at 811 Hillside Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $170,000. Filed Oct. 11.

H & H Remodeling LLC, contractor for Michael Viscuso. Rebuild the front porch and replace the rear deck on an existing single-family residence at 78 Edgewood Place, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Johnson, Julius, Shelton, contractor for self. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 11 Brookfield Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $15,680. Filed Oct. 17.

Heil, Gloria, Fairfield, contractor for self. Replace the door and windows in an existing single-family residence at 228 Putting Green Room, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed Oct. 11.

Hellthaler, Christopher, contractor for Jennifer Comblo Martinez.

Add a front and rear dormer to an existing single-family residence and relocate the laundry at 1070 Merritt St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $93,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Henry Showah Construction LLC, contractor for Linda M. Cohen. Renovate the master suite, garage and front portico on an existing single-family residence and add three dormers to an existing single-family residence at 87 Valley View Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed Oct. 11.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Rocky Hill, contractor for Gary Dewolf. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 24 Henry St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $4,710.

Filed Oct. 11.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Rocky Hill, contractor for Joseph R. Szabo.

Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 130 Putting Green Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $1,778. Filed Oct. 11.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Rocky Hill, contractor for Jason Remillard.

Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 305 Taunton Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $5,547. Filed Oct. 11.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Jason Edwards.

Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 3 Cedar Crest Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,716. Filed Oct. 16.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Carmen M. Morales. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 14 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,853. Filed Oct. 16.

JMM Investments Fairfield LLC, Fairfield, contractor for self.

Renovate the sheetrock, walls and ceilings in an existing single-family residence and laminate the floors in an existing single-family residence at 51 Short Hill Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Oct. 11.

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L A Barnaby & Sons Inc., contractor for John F. Flynn. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 6 Midrocks Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $31,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Landry, John C., Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 2 Beacon Hill Terrace, Shelton. Estimated cost: $20,500. Filed Oct. 17.

Librandi, Susan and Stephen Librandi, Fairfield, contractor for self. Replace the flat dormer with a pitched roof on an existing single-family residence at 470 Lakeview Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed Nov. 1.

McBride, Peter, Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 54 Nicholdale Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 12.

McInerney, Lanza, Fairfield, contractor for self. Renovate the attic in a two-family residence at 27 Prince St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Megura, Robert P., contractor for Patricia R. Garton. Remove the bedroom and remodel the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 15 Baros St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Michaud Group LLC, contractor for 154 Mill Hill Terrace LLC. Construct a new three-story one-family dwelling with a front porch, two-car garage and an elevator shaft at 154 Mill Hill Terrace, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $615,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Pro-Star Builders LLC, contractor for Carol Swenson. Remodel the master bathroom and closet in an existing single-family residence at 108 Cedar Wood Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $16,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Richard Parker Construction LLC, Fairfield, contractor for Kathryn Meiman. Renovate the laundry room and closet in an existing single-family residence at 279 Jackman Ave., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Riga LLC, contractor for 24 Broad Street LLC. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 7 Studio Lane South, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $13,895. Filed Oct. 18.

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Good Things Happening MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY TO BE HIGHLIGHTED AT BRUCE MUSEUM

Martin D. Schwartz. Courtesy: Stuart Walls, Woodstock Photo.

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2019 RINGMASTER ANNOUNCED Martin D. Schwartz of Fairfield, the recently retired president and CEO of The Kennedy Center and a long-time community leader and advocate, has been tapped as the 71st ringmaster of The Barnum Festival, one of the region’s bestloved annual traditions.

The kickoff event, Meet the Ringmaster Dinner, will take place Tuesday, Nov. 27 starting at 6 p.m. at Testo’s Restaurant, 1775 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. The community will have the opportunity to greet and congratulate the new ringmaster at this pasta dinner. As an added bonus, ringmasters of the past 40 years will be in attendance.

“We are happy to have Martin Schwartz as the 2019 Barnum Festival Ringmaster,” said Armando Goncalves, market president of People’s United Bank and president of The Barnum Festival Board of Directors. “We are looking forward to building on this year’s theme ‘Everyone Counts,’ which aligns with PT Barnum’s legacy to bring fun and laughter to everyone. Under Marty’s leadership, this year we will have a great Barnum Festival. He will do a tremendous job representing all our communities.”

Schwartz retired from The Kennedy Center earlier this year. A champion for people with disabilities, he has touched the lives of thousands of families throughout Connecticut during his nearly 40 years as an executive and is nationally recognized in the rehabilitation field.

“As ringmaster of The Barnum Festival, I have an opportunity to give back to the community in a big way,” said Schwartz. “I am truly honored to lead this major state festival and will be introducing new exciting events. In keeping with this year’s theme ‘Everyone Counts,’ we will be embracing and supporting people with disabilities and donating part of the proceeds to support special needs children.”

Throughout the decades, under Schwartz’s stewardship, one groundbreaking program after another was created at The Kennedy Center providing greater opportunities for people with disabilities.

His leadership ability extends beyond The Kennedy Center and he has provided leadership to numerous community and philanthropic organizations throughout the state and country.

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Left: Lister spray machine, developed around 1880 by Arnold and Sons. Photo courtesy of the Dittrick Medical History Museum. Right: Medical chest and contents, c. 1850. Mahogany box with medicines in glass bottles, scales and weights. On loan from the Warren Anatomical Museum. Photo courtesy of M. Donald Blaufox.

The new exhibition opening on Nov. 24 at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich will present a thought-provoking examination of how far medical technology advanced across the 19th century and how once-revolutionary concepts and instruments became commonplace. The exhibit will run in the museum’s Science Gallery through April 7.

Approximately 100 artifacts from the collection of M. Donald Blaufox, M.D., Ph.D., ranging from surgical tools to quack patent medicines to early X-ray tubes, telling the story of how various branches of diagnostic and

therapeutic medicine evolved, will be exhibited.

“The Dawn of Modern Medicine exhibition will open our visitors’ eyes to the remarkable history of medical instruments,” says Dr. Daniel Ksepka, curator of science at the Bruce Museum. “Early in the 19th century, doctors were still bleeding patients and electricity and radioactivity were thought to have great health benefits. By the beginning of the 20th century, we had sterilization, X-rays, blood pressure measurement and countless other medical tools that we take for granted today.”

Blaufox said the unmatched collection of

historic diagnostic instruments he has assembled over the past four decades “were acquired simply because they have some medical significance, others for their beauty, but all of them because they help to understand the evolution of medicine over the centuries.”

A professor and university Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Blaufox was a former chairman of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. More on his collection can be found at Museum of Historical Medical Artifacts, https://www.mohma.org, which he created.

KEYBANK FOUNDATION SUPPORTS STEPPING STONES MUSEUM KeyBank Foundation, KeyBank’s nonprofit charitable foundation, has donated $5,000 to Stepping Stones Museum for Children located in Norwalk in support of the award-winning museum’s Open Arms Accessibility Initiative, which provides thousands of children, caregivers and teachers each year the opportunity to enjoy the museum regardless of financial, language, cultural or special needs barriers.

Stepping Stones Museum for Children’s mission seeks to broaden and enrich the educational opportunities for children age 10 and under and enhance their understanding of the world by creating an environment that inspires lifelong learning. At the heart of that mission is the commitment to inclusion that is the essence of Open Arms. At the close of 2018, Stepping Stones hopes to have served 75,000 individuals through Open Arms at an operational cost of $750,000.

“Stepping Stones is very grateful to KeyBank Foundation for their generosity and proactive support of the museum’s mission-critical Open Arms Accessibility Initiative,” said William E. Jeffries III, director of strategic initiatives at Stepping Stones. “Put simply, many children and

SARAH MAN NAMED TO MAGAZINE’S LIST OF TOP WEALTH ADVISOR MOMS Sarah Man, a first vice president, financial advisor in Morgan Stanley’s Westport Wealth Management office, has been named to Working Mother magazine’s list of Top Wealth Advisor Moms.

This list recognizes a select group of individuals who, while pursuing careers as successful financial advisors, also juggle the responsibilities of having one or more children under the age of 18 living at home.

“We congratulate Sarah Man for her inclusion on this list,” said Bradley Barber, complex manager of Morgan Stanley’s Soundview complex. “She continues to show professionalism and dedication to her valued clients while raising a family.”

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KeyBank representatives from left: Deb Clancy and Matthew Fair present KeyBank Foundation’s $5,000 donation to Rhonda Kiest, president and CEO at Stepping Stones and William E. Jeffries III, director of strategic initiatives at Stepping Stones.

their families would not have access to our award-winning museum without Open Arms….”

“One of Key’s philanthropic focus areas is education, including quality community-based educational enrichment programs,” said Deb Clancy, KeyBank’s

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BANK OF AMERICA GIFTS $10,000 TO RESTORE HISTORIC MURAL

Viking Construction won the 2018 Excellence in Construction award for residential project from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut. Accepting the award for the company from left: Angel Ramirez, Craig Benak and Michael Avallon.

VIKING CONSTRUCTION WINS AWARD Viking Construction Inc. in Bridgeport has received an Excellence in Construction Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut. The award recognizes Viking’s work as general contractor on the $60 million Crescent Crossing residential project in Bridgeport built on the site of Connecticut’s first public housing complex. Viking received the honor at the Connecticut-ABC’s annual Excellence in Construction award event held Oct. 25 at the Aqua Turf.

Originally built in 1943 as Yellow Mill Village, Viking Construction redeveloped the 3.5-acre site, which once housed Father Panik Village. The housing project had become infested with drugs and crime before being demolished in the late 1980s. Today, the new Crescent Crossing community shines as a beacon of hope for mixed-income families who want to enjoy an urban lifestyle. The 177 one-, two- and three-bedroom energy-efficient units have beautiful designer interiors and stylish veneer brick and hardy board exteriors. Common areas include landscaped grounds and a clock tower overlooking a corner entrance.

“It was an honor for Viking to be part of this historic undertaking which brought affordable homes back to an up-and-coming part of Bridgeport,” said Anthony Gaglio Sr., president of Viking Construction. “And, it is an honor to have our work on this important project recognized among our incredibly talented construction industry.”

This annual competition is judged by an independent panel of architects, engineers and university professionals who evaluate the quality and client satisfaction of each project. Judges also pay particular attention to the rigorous safety standards of each contractor.

Founded in 1991, Viking Construction is a family-owned company of craftsmen in all areas of construction. Its award-winning portfolio includes historic renovations, wastewater treatment facilities, pharmaceutical plants, churches, schools, assisted living facilities, office buildings, industrial manufacturing plants and large-scale affordable housing projects throughout Connecticut and New York state.

Black Rock Harbor, c. 1810 by Robert Lambdin (1886-1981).

The Fairfield Museum’s $10,000 gift from Bank of America will match other private donations to help fund the restoration of a large-scale, historic piece of artwork that hung in a local bank for nearly 70 years. The 8’ x 20’ mural, Old Black Rock Harbor, c. 1810, by renowned Connecticut muralist Robert Lambdin was commissioned by the Black Rock Bank & Trust Co. in 1948 and hung in the bank located at the corner of Fairfield Avenue and Brewster Street until last year, when the long-abandoned building underwent a complete renovation. The Fairfield Museum worked with the building’s new owner Tom Quinn to rescue the mural, which had been damaged through years of neglect and now Bank of America is the lead sponsor in its delicate restoration.

Bank of America has a special interest in this project, as the bank acquired Black Rock Bank and Trust Co. in the 1990s.

The careful restoration of Old Black Rock Harbor is being conducted by the Williamstown Art Conservation Center in Massachusetts, which is one of the top art conservation labs in the country. To date, $25,000 of the $30,000 cost of restoration has been raised through the generosity of Bank of America, as well as the Black Rock Community Council, Bruce and Michele Hubler and Jack and Kay Collins.

Lambdin (1886-1981) of Westport spent two months researching Black Rock’s history at the Fairfield Historical Society (now the Fairfield Museum) and then three months working on the piece. It depicts Black Rock Harbor as he envisioned it in the early 1800s, with a ship unloading its cargo onto the docks and Black Rock lighthouse in the background.

The mural was completed in 1948 and presented at an open house where the bank encouraged the public to come and view the

new 8’ by 20’ scene.

“Bank of America is proud to invest in this important arts restoration project that preserves our local heritage and legacy in the Black Rock and Fairfield communities,” said Bill Tommins, southern Connecticut market president, Bank of America.

Fairfield Museum Library Director Elizabeth Rose emphasized the importance of the mural and its preservation. “The mural,” she said, “helps us to imagine what the Black Rock port looked like when it was the center of the region’s economic life, with ships carrying the products of Fairfield’s farms to cities along the east coast as well as to the West Indies.”

Fairfield Museum Executive Director Michael Jehle said, “We hope to raise the final funds in time to unveil the restored mural as part of Black Rock’s 375th anniversary celebration in 2019.”

FIRST COUNTY BANK FOUNDATION GRANTS $20,500 TO FAIRFIELD NONPROFITS First County Bank Foundation in Stamford recently awarded Fairfield-based nonprofit groups a total of $20,500 in grants to their mission to provide needed services in the local communities. Since its inception in 2001, First County Bank Foundation has awarded individual grants worth more than $8.5 million “First County Bank Foundation is proud to support community-based nonprofit groups, which supply essential services such as food, shelter and educational programs to those in the communities they serve,” said Reyno A. Giallongo Jr., president of First County Bank Foundation.

The nonprofit organizations receiving First County Bank Foundation grants in 2018 include The Fairfield Museum and History Center for professional development courses

First County Bank Foundation presents Pilot House Special Needs with a grant for its daytraining program.

for teachers, Friends of the Fairfield Public Library for The Work Place JOBS series, Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc. to support those transitioning from homelessness to affordable housing, Pilot House Special

Needs for day-training programs for those with special needs and Fairfield Theatre Co. to provide low or no cost music and theater classes and for their vocational and financial literacy training programs.

SANTA ENERGY ENDOWS THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE

Bridgeport-based Santa Energy recently presented The Center for Family Justice Inc. with a three-year grant to underwrite a dedicated room for law enforcement officers. The center is headquartered in Bridgeport.

CFJ’s law enforcement suite was formally renamed the Santa Energy Law Enforcement Room during a recent breakfast reception at CFJ attended by dozens of police officers and community leaders who work closely with the nonprofit.

As Connecticut’s first Family Justice Center, CFJ works to give victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence and child abuse access to the many comprehensive services they need in one safe place.

This includes access to police officers who can offer its clients professional advice and investigate reports of violence and abuse.

The Santa Energy Law Enforcement Room will be used by detectives and police officers from Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull, who routinely work on site at CFJ to offer assistance to victims of trauma and abuse.

“Santa Energy recognizes the critical role of our regional law enforcement teams in supporting the incredibly important work of the Center for Family Justice protecting those in need,” said Tom Santa, president and CEO of Santa Energy.

Debra A. Greenwood said the generous gift from Santa Energy helps make it possible for CFJ to fulfill its goal of being able to quickly connect its clients with law enforcement officers empowered to help them in an environment where they are receiving other supportive services.

NEW MILFORD WELCOMES HABITAT FAMILY Neighbors, co-workers, public officials, clergy and Housatonic Habitat volunteers recently gathered in New Milford to welcome the latest Housatonic Habitat for Humanity family to their new home in which they will move very shortly.

The project was completed with the support of thousands of hours from Housatonic Habitat volunteers and generous contributions from many local businesses.

New homeowners Matt and Keri worked as Housatonic Habitat volunteers over the past several months to complete their sweat-equity hours. “We are so appreciative of all that everyone has done and can’t express our gratitude enough,” Keri said. Theirs is the second of three homes Housatonic Habitat has built in New Milford; Habitat is currently looking for its third first-time homebuyer.

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Facts & Figures Rzasa, Joseph, Shelton, contractor for self. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 75 Rock Ridge Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $1,500. Filed Oct. 18.

Vincent, Jean, Shelton, contractor for self. Repair fire damage to an existing single-family residence at 115 Toas St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $125,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Samuelson Construction Co Inc., contractor for Ability Beyond Disability. Convert a garage into bedrooms in an existing single-family residence at 12 Tamanny Trail, Danbury. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Donna Ventrice. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 37 Riverview Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,008. Filed Oct. 17.

Shorefront Construction LLC, contractor for Anthony Gagliardo.

Remodel the kitchen and mudroom in an existing single-family residence at 2225 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $69,500.

Filed Oct. 11.

Southern New England, contractor for Concetta M. Lakvaitis.

Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 45 Arbor Drive, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $6,718. Filed Oct. 11.

Southern New England, contractor for Magdalen K. Canning. Replace the patio door on an existing single-family residence at 1452 Melville Ave., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $4,550. Filed Oct. 11.

Southern New England, contractor for Colin P. Coolidge and Annie D. Coolidge. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 131 Dunham Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $9,596. Filed Oct. 11.

Southern New England, contractor for Hollis Bufferd. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 32 Hulls Highway, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $12,475.

Filed Oct. 11.

Southern New England, contractor for Richard B. Sloat and Jody C. Sloat. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 70 Stevenson Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $8,493. Filed Oct. 11.

Sunrun Inc., contractor for Dachenhausen. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 28 Quarry Ridge Road, Monroe. Cost undisclosed. Filed Sept. 25.

Trinity Heating & Air Inc., contractor for Kelly R. Kernaghan and Simon Kernaghan. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 191 High Meadow Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $11,986. Filed Sept. 28.

Vangele, Lynn Winnik, Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a new threecar attached garage to an existing single-family residence and convert a garage into a mudroom at 308 Colonese Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed Sept. 27.

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Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Jeremy King.

Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 7 Pheasant Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Adrianne Arbelaez. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 30 Kettle Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 18.

WBG Holdings LLC, contractor for Mark M. Goldberg. Replace the kitchen cabinets in an existing single-family residence at 40 Winding Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Wiacek, Diane C. and Chester M. Wiacek Jr., Shelton, contractor for self. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 170 Meadow St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed Oct. 17.

YDMG Home Improvement LLC, contractor for Michael Biehl.

Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 38 Chandlers Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $11,500. Filed Oct. 5.

Zakhar, Theodore, contractor for Gloria A. Dominick. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 30 Deerfield St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,800. Filed Oct. 5.

Zimnock, Kazmierz, Shelton, contractor for self. Install solar panels on the roof of an existing single-family residence at 470 Huntington St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Oct. 16.

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

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Air & Liquid Systems Inc., et al., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Filed by William Stringham, Natick, Massachusetts. Plaintiff’s attorney: Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this product liability suit against the defendants alleging that he was forced to be exposed to asbestos fibers and materials manufactured by the defendants during the course of his work. The defendants failed to advise the plaintiff of the dangerous characteristics of asbestos and failed to provide a safe working environment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, punitive and exemplary charges and such other relief as this court may deem proper. Case no. FBT-CV186080185-S. Filed Oct. 29.

Allstate Insurance Co., Hartford.

Filed by Lisa James, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Bloomenthal & Trow LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6080186-S. Filed Oct. 29.

Amclyde, et al., St. Paul, Minnesota. Filed by William Stringham, Natick, Massachuetts. Plaintiff’s attorney: Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this product liability suit against the defendants alleging that he was forced to be exposed to asbestos fibers and materials manufactured by the defendants during the course of his work. The defendants failed to advise the plaintiff of the dangerous characteristics of asbestos and failed to provide a safe working environment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, punitive and exemplary charges and such other relief as this court may deem proper. Case no. FBT-CV18-6080183-S. Filed Oct. 29.

Capitol Court Condominium Association Inc., Orange. Filed by Rodica Chis, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on 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. FBT-CV18-6080288-S. Filed Nov. 1.

Delacruz Services LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Colleen Wright, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, 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-CV18-6080302-S. Filed Nov. 2.

Laba Contracting LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC, Fort Worth, Texas. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sette & Parnoff PC, Hamden. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit note provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $33,367 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s, court costs and such other and further relief as the court deems necessary and proper.

Case no. FBT-CV18-6080282-S. Filed Nov. 1.

El Coquito LLC, Bridgeport. Filed

by Loyda E. Figueroa, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on 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. FBTCV18-6080294-S. Filed Nov. 1.

Next Health LLC, Hartford. Filed

by Stonedale Group LLC, Bedford, New Hampshire. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ignal, Napolito & Shapiro PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a consulting services provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $70,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no.

FBT-CV18-6080210-S. Filed Oct. 30.

Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Lawrence Jenkins Jr., Monroe. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, 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. FBTCV18-6080285-S. Filed Nov. 1.

K&P Services LLC, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Legend Advance Funding II LLC, New York, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Evans, Feldman & Associates LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for merchandise received. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $11,290 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment.

The plaintiff claims money damages, attorney’s fees, prejudgment interest, statutory interest and court costs. Case no. FBT-CV18-6080154-S. Filed Oct. 29.

Northeast Builders Supply and Home Centers LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Paul Philip Cheney and Dawn Cheney, Milford.

Plaintiffs’ attorney: McEnery Price Messey & Sullivan, Milford. 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-CV18-6080236-S. Filed Oct. 31.

Vision Center Associates LLC, Milford. Filed by Juanita Alston, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bershtein, Bershtein & Bershtein, Hamden. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she fell on a stool 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 did not take sufficient precautions to make the stool less hazardous. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV18-6080287-S. Filed Nov. 1.

Stamford Superior Court Cain Management Inc., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Elizabeth Schemera, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Wocl Leydon LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on an icy surface owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to place sand on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FSTCV18-6038674-S. Filed Oct. 30.

Diiorio Brothers Contracting Inc., Stamford. Filed by AMF Construction Services LLC, Norwalk.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Ury & Moskow LLC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for the removal of concrete and brick. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $194,715 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s fees, court costs and such other and further relief as may be required. Case no. FST-CV186038697-S. Filed Oct. 31.

First Student Inc., et al., East Hartford. Filed by Nathalie Jean-Louis, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berkowitz & Hanna LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FST-CV186038722-S. Filed Nov. 2.

M. Rondano Inc., Norwalk. Filed

by Albert J. Cocco, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Goldman, Gruder & Woods LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he was hit by a car owned by the defendant and driven by an employee of the defendant 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. FST-CV18-6038692-S. Filed Oct. 31.

Facts & Figures Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Evelin Luna, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Michael R. Corsello LLC. 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. FST-CV18-6038726-S. Filed Nov. 2.

Rebel Interactive Group LLC, Southington. Filed by Marmadon Holdings LLC, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stockman O’Connor PLLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to deliver software pursuant to the contract specified by the defendant. The defendant allegedly failed to turn over the source code. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, compensatory damages, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees, punitive damages and court costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6038712-S. Filed Nov. 1.

The Morganti Group Inc., Danbury. Filed by PC Richard & Son LLC, Farmingdale, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zangari, Cohn, Cuthbertson PC, 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 products delivered and installed.

The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $28,816 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, prejudgment interest, court costs and such other and further relief as the court shall deem equitable. Case no. FSTCV18-6038678-S. Filed Oct. 30.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT Life Insurance Company of North America. Filed by Sara Alcalde-Querozola, Norwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cicchiello & Cicchiello, Norwich. Action: The plaintiff has brought this disability suit against the defendant alleging that she was disabled and prevented from working for her company. Her insurance company, the defendant, allegedly denied her long-term disability benefits to which she claims she is entitled to. The plaintiff claims contract damages, costs, benefits and attorneys’ fees. Case no. 3:18-cv-01802-WWE. Filed Nov. 1.

Milkcraft West Hartford LLC, Hartford. Filed by Michael Santos, Hartford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Lemberg Law LLC, Wilton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employment law suit against the defendant alleging that it failed to pay him proper time and a half for overtime worked. The plaintiff claims unpaid damages, liquidated damages, attorney’s fees, costs, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no.

3:18-cv-01814-MPS. Filed Nov. 2.

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Orion Manufacturing LLC, Mystic. Filed by the trustees of The New England Carpenter Health Benefits Fund. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gould Killian LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employee retirement suit against the defendant alleging that it was delinquent in its payment to the retirement funds. The plaintiff claims unpaid contributions, liquidated damages, attorney’s fees, costs, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no.

3:18-cv-01799-RNC. Filed Oct. 29.

130 Westover Road Development LLC, Stamford. Seller: Gustavo Arteta and Maria Elena Fernandez-De-Cordoba, Stamford.

Property: 130 Westover Road, Stamford. Amount: $435,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts. Filed by William F. Elliott III, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Colleen Nichairmhaic, Unionville.

Action: The plaintiff has brought this insurance suit against the defendant alleging that he was under the defendant’s insurance coverage. The defendant allegedly failed to compensate for the plaintiff’s damaged water pipe on his property. The plaintiff claims damages, costs, interests and such other and further relief as may be justified in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01798JAM. Filed Oct. 31.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Benivegna, Anthony, et al., Danbury. Appointed committee: Christopher P. Norris, Danbury. Property: 159 Lake Place South, Danbury.

Amount: $486,131. Docket no. DBDCV17-6023413-S. Filed Oct. 9.

Daniels, Marian V., et al., Norwalk. Appointed committee: Richard N. Petrucci, Stamford. Property: 1 Linden St., Unit A7, Norwalk.

Amount: $85,000. Docket no. FSTCV17-6033577-S. Filed Oct. 16.

Gloria, Julio Metzker, et al., Fairfield. Appointed committee: Robert F. Frankel, Stratford. Property: 42 Ridgeley Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $238,000. Docket no. FST-CV176068081-S. Filed Oct. 17.

Palmer, Joseph Scott, Danbury.

Appointed committee: Daniel W. O’Grady, Danbury. Property: 2 Marldon Road, Danbury. Amount: $191,000. Docket no. DBD-CV146016185-S. Filed Oct. 10.

105 Conyers LLC, Vero Beach, Florida. Seller: Joel M. Kaye, Greenwich. Property: Lot 31, Map 5970, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 12.

11 Highgate Road LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Highgate General Partnership, Greenwich. Property: Lot 34, Map 3181, Greenwich. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 11.

70 Grumman Avenue LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Richard J. Trudel, Norwalk. Property: 70 Grumman Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $320,000. Filed Oct. 24.

ABC Real Estate Investors LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 138 Mona Terrace, Bridgeport. Amount: $78,500.

Filed Oct. 23.

Ashlar Historic-Restoration LLC, Ridgefield. Seller: Avenue Corner LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 13761382 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 23.

Benchmark Trading Ltd., Bridgeport. Seller: Park Royal of Bridgeport Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 2600 Park Ave., Unit 3B, Garage Space 25, Bridgeport. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Lord and Peter Company Inc., Bridgeport. Seller: Eric Yat Fung Cheng, Milford. Property: 602 Union Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Ninja Republic LLC, New Canaan.

Seller: AMS Fitness Associates, Danbury. Property: 38 Mill Plain Road, Danbury. Amount: $2.6 million.

Filed Oct. 11.

NYCT Management LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Hui Mei Chen, Bridgeport. Property: 621 Washington Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000.

Filed Oct. 26.

Oliveira Realty LLC, Trumbull.

Seller: 1959 E. Main Street LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 1957-1959 Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $26,666. Filed Oct. 29.

Pasato Properties LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Samira Properties LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 488-490 Center St., Bridgeport. Amount: $147,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Proprius Realty Inc., Newtown.

Seller: David C. Michaels and Diane J. Christine, Fairfield. Property: 4610 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield.

Amount: $236,000. Filed Oct. 11.

SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck, New York. Seller: Holder Rental Management LLC, Bridgeport.

Property: 290 Palisade Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Secure Residential LLC, Stratford. Seller: Martha B. Enright and Linda S. Gring, Fairfield. Property: Godfrey Road, Fairfield. Amount: $381,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Benchmark Trading Ltd., Bridgeport. Seller: Robert Marino, Seymour. Property: 2600 Park Ave., Unit 8V, Bridgeport. Amount: $40,000. Filed Oct. 12.

SPAZ Property LLC, Bridgeport.

Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carrollton, Texas. Property: 134 Gardner Drive, Bridgeport.

Amount: $190,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Fulton Properties LLC, New York, New York. Seller: Kensington Enterprise LLC, Great Neck, New York. Property: 351 Park St., Bridgeport. Amount: $86,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Trestle Homes LLC, Rye Brook, New York. Seller: Santa Nick LLC, Stratford. Property: Lot 3, State Street, Bridgeport.

Amount: $144,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Garlind Associates LLC, Danbury. Seller: Catherine Conicelli, Danbury. Property: 12 Albert Road, Danbury. Amount: $30,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Trinity Washington Village Four Phase Two Limited Partnership, Boston, Massachusetts.

Seller: Trinity Washington Village Phase Two Limited Partnership, Boston, Massachusetts. Property: Unit 1 in Washington Village Four Phase Two Limited Partnership, Norwalk. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 11.

JFC New Canaan 1 LLC, New Canaan. Seller: Janice Bouton, Kathryn Gilleaudeau, Pamela Haas, Debra Lyon and Gail Tubridy, New Canaan. Property: Main Street, New Canaan. Amount: $560,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Keystone Place at Wooster Heights LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana. Seller: J.A.R. Associates, Danbury. Property: 66 Wooster Heights Road, Danbury. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Oct. 15.

Trinity Washington Village Nine Phase Two Limited Partnership, Boston, Massachusetts.

Seller: Trinity Washington Village Phase Two Limited Partnership, Boston, Massachusetts. Property: Unit 2 in Trinity Washington Village Phase Two Limited Partnership, Norwalk. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 11.

Turkey Point Properties LLC, Lawrence, New York. Seller: Jerome C. Brown, Bridgeport. Property: 265-F in Edgemoor Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $125,000. Filed Oct. 25.

RESIDENTIAL Agortsas, Nia, Fairfield. Seller: Ilyas Uyar and Cevdet Uyar, Fairfield. Property: 204-206 High St., Fairfield. Amount: $468,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Amaya, Jonathan F., Bethel. Seller: Kelli Ann Boucher, Danbury. Property: 157 Shelter Rock Road, Unit 60, Danbury. Amount: $189,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Andrews, Shaquaisha A., Bridgeport. Seller: Luis Carrena, Bridgeport. Property: 323 Seaver Circle, Bridgeport. Amount: $253,400.

Filed Oct. 11.

Aschar-Sobbi, Lynette and Roozbeh Aschar-Sobbi, Fairfield.

Seller: Matthew G. Polk and Kelsi C. Polk, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Property: Lots 115 and 116, Map 172, Fairfield. Amount: $320,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Benedetto, Michael A., Shelton.

Seller: Sarah F. Martin, Shelton.

Property: 47 Algonkin Road, Shelton. Amount: $202,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Bennett, Victoria E. and Raymond D. Fagan, Darien. Seller: Natalie A. Venon, Glen Falls, New York. Property: Unit 23 of Rowayton Yacht Club, Norwalk. Amount: $14,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Bernstein, Patricia, Sanford Bernstein and David Bernstein, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: William F. DeForge and Wendy B. DeForge, Norwalk. Property: Parcel 5, Map 7487, Norwalk. Amount: $565,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Black, Peggy A. and David A. Black, Bethany. Seller: Steven Infield and Karen Infield, Danbury.

Property: 86-88 Forty Acre Mountain Road, Danbury. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 11.

Borsy, Monika, Bayside, New York. Seller: Yuriko Harashima, Pound Ridge, New York. Property: 2435 Bedford St., Unit 7A, Stamford.

Amount: $475,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Braine, Sophia and Matthew Braine, Norwalk. Seller: Laura E. Joyce, Norwalk. Property: 53 Ledgebrook Drive, Unit 8-6, Norwalk.

Amount: $315,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Buckley, Mark, Waterbury. Seller: Doretta Olivet and Lynn Memola and Rudiann Everett, Danbury.

Property: 1304 Sienna Drive, Danbury. Amount: $231,000. Filed Oct. 15.

FCBJ

Burke, Kristen M., Hamden. Seller: Tina Pinto, Norwalk. Property: 172 Gillies Lane, Unit 3-6, Norwalk.

Amount: $305,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Callard, Helana, Ledyard. Seller: Kelvin Chong Kim Yuan and Dan Jin, South Salem, New York. Property: 15 Scuppo Road, Unit 1401, Danbury. Amount: $250,476. Filed Oct. 10.

Campbell, Kyle W. and Julie Leung, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Tedeus Potkay and Ursula Potkay, New Fairfield. Property: 3 Laurelwood Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $520,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Canaan, Tara and Jonathan Canaan, Port Jefferson Station, New York. Seller: David Trent Lewis and Sulaxmi Sasha Lewis, Norwalk.

Property: 17 Redcoat Road, Norwalk. Amount: $589,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Carlson, Raymond L., Stratford.

Seller: Chehab Realty Development LLC, Stamford. Property: 130 Lenox Ave., Unit 16, Stamford. Amount: $329,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Caron, Mary Jane and Mark Caron, Trumbull. Seller: Timothy D. Hochadel, Shelton. Property: Lot 22, Map 1223, Shelton. Amount: $357,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Casatelli, Elizabeth and Bradley A. Zach, Stamford. Seller: Inger Ruffels, Stamford. Property: Lots 4 and 5, Map 159, Stamford. Amount: $617,750. Filed Oct. 16.

Castillo, Danae and Devon Dewan, Danbury. Seller: Darryll E. Dewan, Hope Ranch, California. Property: 5 Oak Lane, Danbury. Amount: $149,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Champagne, Mirtau C. and Coldy Charles, Stamford. Seller: Melinda A. Philbrook, Norwalk.

Property: Riverside Cemetary, Norwalk. Amount: $326,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Chan, Nina L. and Yuk U. Chan, Fairfield. Seller: Bryna J. Theriot and Jason C. Theriot, Fairfield. Property: 4013 Park Ave., Unit 9, Fairfield.

Amount: $311,500. Filed Oct. 12.

Chang, Jenny, Danbury. Seller: Dean Demott and Kerri Demott, Tampa, Florida. Property: Unit 63 of Summerset Condominium, Danbury. Amount: $205,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Collardo, Angel and Fior Collardo, Danbury. Seller: Elton S. Passos and Karina Passos, Danbury. Property: 4 Chelsea Drive, Danbury.

Amount: $595,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Conte, Jaclyn and Tommaso Conte, Stamford. Seller: Sharad Sukhani and Shelly Sukhani, New Canaan. Property: 1334 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $478,000.

Filed Oct. 5.

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Facts & Figures Cooper, Elizabeth and Courtenay Sicre, Fairfield. Seller: Mark Hintsa and Moira Hearne Hintsa, Fairfield. Property: Map 6106 Bronson, Fairfield. Amount: $2 million.

Filed Oct. 11.

Cruz, Carlos O., Easton. Seller: Sandra Lowe, Norwalk. Property: 26 Prospect St., Unit F-6, Norwalk.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Curillo, Ana L., Danbury. Seller: Luis Curillo, Danbury. Property: 40 Mabel Ave., Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 17.

Curillo, Luis E., Danbury. Seller: Luis Curillo, Danbury. Property: 44 Pembroke Road, Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 17.

Damas, Jose A. Ruiz and Carmelo A. Marin, Bridgeport. Seller: Joseph Mammone, Bridgeport. Property: 251 Alexander Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $185,500. Filed Oct. 10.

Dando, Jose, Corona, New York.

Seller: Taing Enterprises LLC, Shelton. Property: 1095 Wayne St., Bridgeport. Amount: $277,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Duah, Gabiel K., Stamford. Seller: Peter C. Reynolds and Amy Reynolds, Stamford. Property: 77 Glenbrook Road, Unit 404, Stamford.

Amount: $321,500. Filed Oct. 15.

Dunkely, Michele, Phelicia M. Hackett, Glendon A. Hackett and Natasha I. Hill, Bronx, New York.

Seller: Huei-Chi Wen, Stamford.

Property: 52 Derwen St., Stamford.

Amount: $580,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Dupa, Mila B., Norwalk. Seller: Susan A. Laramie and Vincent Laramie, Norwalk. Property: 14 Elmwood Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $394,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Elvir, Jose O., Norwalk. Seller: MHA Yale Street LLC, Bridgeport.

Property: 33 Yale St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $180,000. Filed Oct. 29.

Enriquez, Rosa C. Ortiz and Vincente Pina, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Connecticut Housing Service LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 62-66 Vine St., Bridgeport. Amount: $215,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Ephie Jr., Ben, Redmond, Washington. Seller: Daniel W. Scinto and Penny Michitsch, Estero, Florida.

Property: 252 Harlem Ave., Unit A2, Bridgeport. Amount: $70,000. Filed Oct. 22.

Espinal, Yanira, Bronx, New York.

Seller: Alberto Santos and Deliris Santos, Bridgeport. Property: 215 Cottage St., Bridgeport. Amount: $144,000. Filed Oct. 29.

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Finegan, Deann L., Ridgefield.

Seller: George M. Bernard, Danbury.

Property: Long Ridge, Map 546, Danbury. Amount: $315,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Kalmus, Mitchel E., Brookfield.

Seller: Angel O. Collardo and Fior D. Collardo, Danbury. Property: 61 Hillandale Road, Danbury. Amount: $349,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Munhoz, Jouberth Henrique, Bridgeport. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 1 Dayton Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $220,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Robertson, Analisa, Norwalk.

Seller: James B. Robertson and Barbara A. Robertson, Stamford. Property: 80 Country St., Unit 7, Norwalk.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Sicinski, Ellen J. and Mark J. Sicinski, Ridgefield. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 7 Putnam Lane, Danbury.

Amount: $503,989. Filed Oct. 10.

Fox, Nicholas S., Norwalk. Seller: Nicholas S. Kantor and Lauren R. H. Kantor, Norwalk. Property: 2 West Ave., Unit 8, Norwalk. Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Kostrzewa, Susan and Howard Crisp, New Canaan. Seller: Bette J. Chachkes and Jacob T. Chachkes, New Canaan. Property: 68 Indian Waters Drive, New Canaan.

Amount: $882,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Nelson, Neisa T., Bridgeport. Seller: Exa Philogene and Vesta Philogene, Bridgeport. Property: 73-75 Herkimer St., Bridgeport. Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Robinson, Vanessa, Irvington, New York. Seller: Corine Scott Washington Street LLC, Trumbull.

Property: 110 Washington St., Unit 202, Norwalk. Amount: $159,500.

Filed Oct. 12.

Siddiqi, Ahmad, Milford. Seller: Clarisse N. Thomas, Norwalk. Property: Unit 704 of Foxboro Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $429,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Francella, Karen and Anthony Francella, Greenwich. Seller: Sheridan Liongson and Thelma Liongson, Greenwich. Property: Lot 9, Map 2755, Greenwich. Amount: $912,500. Filed Oct. 11.

Greenwood, Basil, Norwalk.

Seller: Basil Greenwood, Norwalk.

Property: 47 Ponus Ave., Norwalk.

For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 5.

Gulati, Anita, Westport. Seller: Diane Decillis Johnston, Westport.

Property: 32 Drumlin Road, Westport. Amount: $665,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Hew, Kok W. and Mee N. Quek, Brewster, New York. Seller: Bluestone Investors LLC, New Fairfield.

Property: 5 Madeline Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $180,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Hopkins, Edward J., Madison.

Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 49 First St., Fairfield.

Amount: $216,300. Filed Oct. 12.

Iadanza, Cosmo and Wei Li Iadanza, Stamford. Seller: John J. Boone and Esther Boone, Norwalk.

Property: 168 East Ave., Norwalk.

Amount: $485,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Iannitti, Victoria E. and Justin R. Petrie, Norwalk. Seller: Ann Balauera, Norwalk.

Property: 4 Hill Court, Unit 4B, Norwalk. Amount: $290,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Imran, Maria and Imran Masood, Fairfield. Seller: Shahzad Masood Mir and Asma Shahzad Mir, Norwalk. Property: 6 Blake St., Norwalk. Amount: $598,900. Filed Oct. 17.

Iskander, Daniel H., Danbury.

Seller: Anastasia Damalas, Danbury. Property: 166 Old Brookfield Road, Unit 18-2, Danbury. Amount: $153,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Jabbonsky, Valerie and Lawrence Jabbonsky, Norwalk. Seller: Gerald B. Wright and Linda A. Wright, Fairfield. Property: 687 Valley Road, Fairfield. Amount: $535,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Jha, Vinay and Rupa Goyal, New Canaan. Seller: Walter M. Stearns and Megan G. Stearns, New Canaan.

Property: 15 Jelliff Mill Road, New Canaan. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 10.

FCBJ

Kovachi, Debra and William Kovachi, Fairfield. Seller: Gregory Katz and Bea Sennewald, united Kingdom. Property: 106 French St., Fairfield. Amount: $460,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Lee, Lelia, Greenwich. Seller: Katherine Somers and Angela Somers, Greenwich.

Property: 40 W. Elm St., Unit 4M, Greenwich. Amount: $624,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Lescoe, Shevaun and Peter Lescoe, Greenwich. Seller: Belle Holdings LLC, Greenwich. Property: 361 Shore Road, Greenwich. Amount: $4.2 million. Filed Oct. 12.

Lifrieri, Patrick J., Danbury. Seller: Stephen R. Schneider, Danbury.

Property: 48 Tucker St., Danbury.

Amount: $362,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Lukes, Monica and Timothy Lukes, Greenwich. Seller: Matthew Cirino and Myly Nguyen, Greenwich. Property: Lot 11, Map 4364, Greenwich. Amount: $1.7 million.

Filed Oct. 9.

MacDonald, Erin, Greenwich.

Seller: John W. Boraski and Patricia A. Boraski, Greenwich. Property: Talbot Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $400,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Manta, Laura Anne, Bridgewater.

Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Danbury. Property: 822 Center Meadow Lane, Danbury. Amount: $330,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Marchese, Christopher, Danbury. Seller: Dream Development LLC, Danbury. Property: 58 Judith Drive, Danbury. Amount: $630,778.

Filed Oct. 10.

Memoria, Mariana and Felipe Memoria, New Canaan. Seller: Willis Mills House LLC, New Canaan.

Property: Parcel 29, Map 5615, New Canaan. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Oct. 11.

Molaver, Nikki, Shelton. Seller: Joseph L. Benanto and Lucille A. Benanto, Shelton. Property: Lot 14 on Broc Estates, Shelton. Amount: $305,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Moses, Damien F., Bronx, New York. Seller: Joao Bras and Maria F. Bras, Bridgeport. Property: 94 Locust St., Unit 96, Bridgeport.

Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Neville, Bonnie, New Fairfield.

Seller: Pella Properties LLC, New Fairfield. Property: 11 Birch Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $205,000.

Filed Oct. 9.

Rodriguez, Johnny, Norwalk. Seller: Ethan Properties LLC, Norwalk.

Property: 33 Ponus Ave., Norwalk.

Amount: $332,500. Filed Oct. 16.

Nunez, Carlos D. Rivera, Danbury. Seller: Marie E. Siefring, Danbury. Property: Unit 77 in Ridgewood Condominium, Danbury.

Amount: $117,500. Filed Oct. 11.

Rodriguez, Veronica and Robert N. Rodriguez, Bridgeport. Seller: Julio C. Mendoza, Bridgeport. Property: 1140 Norman St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $176,000. Filed Oct. 22.

Ollefen, William Van, Bridgeport. Seller: Susan Henrique, Groton, New London. Property: 3200 Madison Ave., Unit C27, Bridgeport.

Amount: $130,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Roldan, Celina and Julio Roldan, Bridgeport. Seller: Cosmo Iadanza, Bridgeport. Property: 37 E. Kensington Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $239,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Olsen, Carey Scott, Bethel. Seller: Jeri C. Martin, New Fairfield. Property: 24 Lloyd Ave., New Fairfield.

Amount: $229,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Rose, Dolores, Weston. Seller: Ellen Dunn, Norwalk. Property: Unit 27 in Strathmore Lane, Norwalk.

Amount: $425,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Perez, Jessica P. and Juan C. Vazquez Salazar, Danbury. Seller: Jorge Sousa, Danbury. Property: 40 Harrison St., Danbury. Amount: $305,910. Filed Oct. 16.

Ruggiero, Chelsea and Alexander Ruggiero, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Sandra Buttery, Stamford. Property: 35 Ogden Road, Stamford. Amount: $453,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Perez, Nancy and Cesar A. Perez, Bridgeport. Seller: Yang Yue, Bridgeport. Property: 172 Dekalb Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $165,750.

Filed Oct. 9.

Poulos, Carrie J. and James A. Poulos, Danbury. Seller: Elizabeth Bresnan, Danbury. Property: 38 Warrington Round, Danbury.

Amount: $385,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Rafael, Manuel, Bridgeport. Seller: Tina Rafael and Alzira Capela, Bridgeport. Property: 1345-1347 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $90,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Ragone, Rachel A. and Timothy J. Sampio, Bridgeport. Seller: Catherine G. Milke, Stamford. Property: 3388 Madison Ave., Unit 8, Bridgeport. Amount: $190,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Riggs, Heidi Eddy and Douglas A. Riggs, Scottsdale, Arizona. Seller: Stephen C. Curley and Ann H. Curley, Wilton. Property: 145 Sier Hill Road, Wilton. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 3.

Rippo, Lauren and Matthew Walter Jablonski, New Fairfield.

Seller: Jadzia Jablonski, New Fairfield. Property: Lot 14, Map 872, New Fairfield. Amount: $335,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Ryan, Robin, Fairfield. Seller: Paula E. Conte, Norwalk. Property: 100 Katona Drive, Unit 2A2, Fairfield.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Sadlier, Kasmira and Richard Sadlier, New Milford. Seller: Patrick O’Mara, Patterson, New York. Property: Lots 7943, 7944, 7945, 7946 and 7947, New Fairfield. Amount: $260,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Sapp, Corey V., Bronx, New York.

Seller: Jessica Tavarez, Bridgeport. Property: 386-388 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $175,000. Filed Oct. 22.

Saquipulla, Segundo M. Mayancela and Jorge Rodas, Danbury. Seller: Marcos M. Silva, Danbury. Property: 17 Park Place, Danbury. Amount: $455,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Scalafani, Patricia A. and Joseph A. Felice, New Rochelle, New York.

Seller: Joseph Ho and Lisa Yoo, New Canaan. Property: Parcel 5, Map 2048, New Canaan. Amount: $2 million. Filed Oct. 11.

Seltzer, Freda and Wayne J. Seltzer, Las Vegas, Nevada. Seller: Wayne J. Seltzer, Las Vegas, Nevada. Property: 105 Glen Drive, New Canaan. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 16.

Silverman, Ryan, Norwalk. Seller: Loralee Bailesteros, Henderson, Nevada. Property: 184 Gillies Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Solano, Ross M., Manhattan, New York. Seller: Philip G. Williamson and Wanqin Williamson, Danbury.

Property: 20 E. Pembroke Road, Unit 3, Danbury. Amount: $192,000.

Filed Oct. 15.

Subramaniam, Nadakumar, Norwalk. Seller: Amit S. Deshpande, Baltimore, Maryland. Property: 115 Fillow St., Unit 54, Norwalk.

Amount: $270,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Sullivan, Ashley and Robin Brooksbank, Norwalk. Seller: Richard Lewis and Andrea Baum Walker, Stamford. Property: 31 Eversley Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $392,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Taccone, Natalia and Joseph Taccone, Norwalk. Seller: Michael Balchius and Amy Balchius, Norwalk. Property: 19 Clara Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $460,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Taylor, Tina Teknio, Shelton.

Seller: Kelly E. Friedman, Shelton.

Property: 3 Grace Lane, Shelton.

Amount: $497,500. Filed Oct. 19.

Tormey, Leanne, Stamford. Seller: Corinne Josette Fauchon, Greenwich. Property: 1465 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 203, Greenwich. Amount: $315,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Vaz, Elizabeth J. and Clifford J. Vaz, Scarsdale, New York. Seller: Melissa L. Tischler, Greenwich.

Property: 48 Spring St., Unit 8, Greenwich. Amount: $900,000.

Filed Oct. 12.

Verapaz, Maritza and Joseph Mammome, Bridgeport. Seller: Anthony S. Samperi and Elissa E. Samperi, Fairfield. Property: 66 Rutland Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $274,000.

Filed Oct. 11.

Vizeltir, Diana and Samuel Vizeltir, Staten Island, New York. Seller: Shajadra Franklyn, Bridgeport.

Property: 327 East Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $114,000. Filed Oct. 29.

Villalobos, Jessica M. and Alexander Villalobos, Danbury. Seller: Diane E. McCoy, Danbury. Property: 230 Great Plain Road, Danbury.

Amount: $470,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Facts & Figures Wallace, Tyra, Bridgeport. Seller: Aline Fernandes and Mauredson M. Oliveira Fernandes, Bridgeport.

Property: 302 Park St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $212,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Williams, Gary, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 761 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $65,000. Filed Oct. 22.

FORECLOSURES Bettes, Jonathan B., et al. Creditor: Ditech Finacial LLC, South Houston, Texas. Property: 800 Clinton Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 18.

Caleb, Wilson, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 59 Voight Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default.

Filed Oct. 11.

Castelino, Marita T., Danbury. $549 in favor of Fairview Condominium Association Inc., Watertown, by Pilicy & Ryan PC, Watertown. Property: 18 Fairview Drive, Unit 18B, Danbury. Filed Oct. 18.

Dunbar, Donna M., Norwalk. $406 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 7 Lufberry Lane, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 18.

Edelmann, Maura M., Danbury. $853 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 12 Cel Bret Drive, Danbury. Filed Oct. 15.

Edelmann, Maura M., Danbury. $744 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 12 Cel Bret Drive, Danbury. Filed Oct. 15.

New England Hardwood Wholesalers LLC, et al., Bridgeport. $57,550 in favor of People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport, by Benanti & Associates, Stamford.

Property: 15 Oxford St., Bridgeport.

Filed Oct. 11.

Peterson, Monica, New Fairfield. $841 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 3 Black Thorn Drive, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 17.

Pierre, Bernadine, Bridgeport. $1,323 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 665 Burnsford Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Oct. 26.

Rodriguez, Camilo, Danbury. $1,202 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 26 Wildman St., Danbury. Filed Oct. 18.

Chang, Alfredo, et al. Creditor: HSBC Bank USA NA, Bridgeport.

Property: 16 Manor Road, Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 11.

Gerard, Carney, Fairfield. $11,945 in favor of American Express National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Zwicker & Associates PC, Enfield.

Property: 29 Alden St., Fairfield.

Filed Oct. 11.

Daniels, Carrie A., et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, Greenville, S.C. Property: 250 N. Bishop Ave., Unit 22, Bridgeport.

Delinquent common charges. Filed Oct. 18.

Gray, Carolyn L., Stamford. $98,972 in favor of Stamford Acquisition I LLC, Stamford, by Goldman Gruder & Woods LLC, Norwalk.

Property: 28 Catoona Lane, Stamford. Filed Oct. 10.

Deforest, Richard F., et al. Creditor: Federal National Forest Association, Beaverton, Oregon. Property: 203 Cloverhill Ave., Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 10.

Grehn, Elaine, Danbury. $1,053 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 29 Dana Road, Danbury.

Filed Oct. 17.

Valcourt, Cynthia, Norwalk. $524 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 12 Yankee Doodle Court, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 18.

Jean, Lucner, Creditor: Keybank NA, Plano, Texas. Property: 63 Hedge Brook Lane, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 11.

Hand, Andrea, Danbury. $700 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: Pocono Point Road, Danbury. Filed Oct. 18.

Walker, Jason A., New Fairfield. $2,233 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 6 Shad Blow Road, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 17.

Keating, Joseph, et al., Danbury. $3,634 in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 109 W. Wooster St., Danbury. Filed Oct. 18.

Wright, Shelley, Danbury. $12,004 in favor of Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, New York, New York,

by Michalik, Bauer, Silvia & Ciccarillo LLP, New Britain. Property: 45 Grand St., Unit 11, Danbury. Filed Oct. 15.

Madar, Hajnalka, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California.

Property: 94 Wedgewood Place, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 12.

Rendon, John, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 351 Gurdon St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 18.

Steinberg, Shirley, et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Irvine, California. Property: 100 Waterville Road, Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 15.

Voss, Vincent, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 55 Powell Place, Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 10.

JUDGMENTS Antoinette, Tanzella E., New Fairfield. $23,000 in favor of Right at Home of Greater Fairfield County, Trumbull, by John A. Cassone, Stamford. Property: 5 Darien Road, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 17.

Limberti, Monica, Shelton. $15,566 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by London & London, Newington. Property: 136 Country Place, Shelton. Filed Oct. 17.

Martinez, Julio, Danbury. $2,747 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 25 Padanaram Road, Unit 88, Danbury. Filed Oct. 15.

McGarty, Donna Jean, Norwalk. $784 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 44 Ward St., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 18.

Rosalita, Rosalio, Danbury. $2,278 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 11 South Ave., Danbury.

Filed Oct. 15.

Trigueros, Edna, Danbury. $1,197 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 47 Olive St., Danbury.

Filed Oct. 15.

LIENS FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Archer, Dale and Daniel Archer, 55 Byram Terrace Drive, Unit A, Greenwich. $57,633, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 1.

Becker, Laura R. and Thomas K. Lawlor, 60 Taylor Place, Fairfield. $49,999, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Clavette, Carl J., 27 Coalpit Hill Road, Danbury. $27,761, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 15.

Hite, Christopher D., 72 Belltown Road, Stamford. $39,295, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Lavine, David S., P.O. Box 1420, Fairfield. $4,224, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Manca, Lisa A. and Keith A. Manca, 7 Wentworth Drive, Fairfield. $60,847, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 12.

Nafziger, Naomi, 25 Reymonds Road, Danbury. $24,750, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 12.

Phipps, Darnee A., 70 Forest St., Apt. 12C, Stamford. $14,153, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Silva, Vanusa Da and Jose De Oliveira, 164 Shelter Rock Road, Apt. A, Danbury. $87,021, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

Strand, Phyllis A. and Charles A. Strand, 515 West Ave., Apt. 462, Norwalk. $37,107, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Venanzi II, Dzhuliana and Eugene T. Venanzi II, 127 Greyrock Place, Apt. 1512, Stamford. $22,967, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

Yale, John G., 15 Pecksland Road, Greenwich. $11,047 a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 9.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-RELEASED Air Specialist Inc., 18 Mill Plain Road, Danbury. $29,186, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Oct. 15.

Ida Publishing Company Inc., 282 Railroad A, Greenwich. $5,867, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Oct. 10.

Lippman, Jodi and Lance F. Lippman, 18 Pilgrim Drive, Greenwich. $109,018, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

Mchale, Bartholomew J., 22 Annjim Drive, Greenwich. $118,425, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

New England Air Systems LLC, 88 Taylor St., Danbury. $34,783, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Oct. 10.

Ortiz, Frances E. and Theodore L. Thomas, 11 Meeting Grove Lane, Fairfield. $38,529, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Raviele, Philip P., 12 Wyndover Lane, Greenwich. $33,043, property taxes. Filed Oct. 10.

Repay, Sandra A., 61 Kyles Way, Shelton. $28,646, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 15.

Scanlon, Scott A., 19 Stanwich Lane, Greenwich. $68,002, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

Tibball, Megan K. and Jeffrey S. Tibball, 78 Greenbriar Road, Fairfield. $22,933, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Tibball, Megan K. and Jeffrey S. Tibball, 78 Greenbriar Road, Fairfield. $13,162, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Arias, Aurora, 24 Judson Circle, Shelton. $18,378, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED

Cosentino, Bileen M. and Andrew J. Consentino, 26 Dartmouth Road, Greenwich. $267,309, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

Howard Paving Company Inc., et al., Shelton. Filed by O&G Industries Inc., Torrington, by Timothy G. Goss. Property: 6 Armstrong Road, Shelton. Amount: $49,482. Filed Oct. 15.

Dougherty, Mary C. and Sean O. Dougherty, 11 Merwin St., Apt. 508, Norwalk. $20,582, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 16.

Griffin, William, 137 Far Mill St., Shelton. $28,770, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 15.

Halloran, Genevieve P. and Stephen M. Halloran, 296 Fleming Lane, Fairfield. $112,340, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 12.

Howard Paving Company Inc., et al., Shelton. Filed by O&G Industries Inc., Torrington, by Timothy G. Goss. Property: 2-4 Armstrong Road, Shelton. Amount: $49,482.

Filed Oct. 15.

Stamford Phase Four JV LLC, Boston, Massachusetts. Filed by Verdi Construction Company LLC, Bethel, by Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, Hartford. Property: 1011 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed Oct. 10.

LIS PENDENS Andrade, Nelson, Bridgeport.

Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 845847 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Bazin, Margaret, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 751-755 E. Main 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. 26.

Belus III, John, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 330 Goldenrod Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $117,367, dated July 2008.

Filed Oct. 18.

Bete Investments LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 827 North Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 24.

Black, Michael, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 225 Orland 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. 19.

Campbell, Christopher C., et al., Norwalk. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 9 Twilight Place, Norwalk.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1.5 million, dated March 2007. Filed Oct. 10.

Campbell, Christopher, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 65-73 Center St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 10.

Hedges Jr., Michael W., 14 Marlow Court, Greenwich. $50,785, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 10.

Hernandez, Jorge B., 31 Eastview Drive, New Fairfield. $48,163, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 9.

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Facts & Figures Citibank NA, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 75-77 Concord St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 10.

Citibank NA, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 106 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 10.

Collins, Harrell, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 3788 Main St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Custodio, Daniel A., et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 41 Aunt Hack Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $224,800, dated December 2014.

Filed Oct. 9.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 72 Carleton Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 10.

Ebay Wanted Inc., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 1794-1796 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 12.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport.

Property: 116-118 Livingston Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 10.

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Ferris, Lipton Sydney, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 1005-1007 State St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Krajnak, Igor, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 185 Island Brook Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Figueroa, Rene, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 123-135 Pixlee Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Laroche, Marc, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 39-45 Harral Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Flejter, Konrad, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 122 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. 10.

Lucsky, Michael F., et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Property: 13 Brush Drive, New Fairfield.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $263,000, dated November 2003. Filed Oct. 9.

G&G Properties LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Lendinghome Marketplace LLC. Property: 1635 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $100,700, dated May 2017. Filed Oct. 11.

Garba, Rachid, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 36-38 Wayne St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Garcia, Karen, et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Seiger, Gfeller Laurie LLP, West Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 84 Ball Pond Road, New Fairfield. Action: to request a judgement of quiet title. Filed Oct. 10.

JSS Enterprises LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport.

Property: 3788 Main St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

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Morris, Edwin, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. Property: 81-83 Freemont St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $73,641, dated August 2014. Filed Oct. 11.

Munroe, Donald, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 1158 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Nicholas Investments LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport.

Property: 336 Salem St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Preslar, Wesley M., et al., Fairfield. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1535 Congress St., Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $562,500, dated September 2006.

Filed Oct. 10.

Rhee, Howard S., et al., Fairfield.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 840 Flintlock Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $837,000, dated March 2013. Filed Oct. 10.

Sagastume, Salvador, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport.

Property: 762-764 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Salgado, Miguel A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 31-33 Carroll Court, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

Sanderson, Maria, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Rosenberg, Miller, Hite & Morilla LLC, Stratford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 557-559 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport.

Action: to foreclose on a statutory lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Oct. 10.

SRJR LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed

by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport.

Property: 1300-1304 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 12.

Torres, Antonio, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland.

Property: 180 Daniels Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $231,369, dated June 2007. Filed Oct. 11.

Veale, Daniel S., et al., Norwalk.

Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland.

Property: 34 Stuart Ave., Unit 5, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $217,200, dated September 2005. Filed Oct. 9.

Watts, Raquel, et al., Bridgeport.

Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: Lee Avenue, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $82,100, dated October 2002. Filed Oct. 25.

Zamri, Abdul Waheed, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 805-807 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the owner by the city of Bridgeport and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 10.

MORTGAGES 133-137 High Park Avenue LLC, Trumbull, by Antonio Verdame.

Lender: Kalida LLC, Stratford.

Property: 56 Marcel St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $81,600. Filed Oct. 10.

1553 Seaview Avenue LLC, Bridgeport, by Luis Vaz. Lender: BJD Investors LLC, Shelton. Property: 1553 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $125,000. Filed Oct. 15.

5 Star Holdings LLC, New Rochelle, New York, by Louis A. Alfonso. Lender: LendingOne LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 1264-1266 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $171,500. Filed Oct. 10.

Black Rock Yacht Club, Bridgeport, by Robert J. Smithe. Lender: Westport National Bank, Westport.

Property: 80 Grovers Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $758,358. Filed Oct. 10.

Center Street Property LLC, Shelton, by Matthew Calandro.

Lender: Liberty Bank, Middletown.

Property: Center Street, Shelton.

Amount: $410,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Ninja Republic LLC, New Canaan,

by James A. Bonheur. Lender: JES Biscayne Properties LLC, Greencroft. Property: 72 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $2.8 million.

Filed Oct. 11.

Ninja Republic LLC, New Canaan, by James A. Bonheur. Lender: Berkshire Bank, Glastonbury. Property: 38 Mill Plain Road, Danbury.

Amount: $2.8 million. Filed Oct. 11.

Proprius Realty Inc., Newtown,

by Stephen William Riccitelli. Lender: Sachem Capital Corp., Branford.

Property: 4610 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Amount: $452,000.

Filed Oct. 11.

SBM Main LLC, Brooklyn, New York, by Michael Fried. Lender: Readycap Commercial LLC, Irving, Texas. Property: 2445 Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1.2 million.

Filed Oct. 18.

SDF Capital LLC, New Rochelle, New York, by Nikon Limberas.

Lender: LendingOne LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 290 Palisade Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $102,650.

Filed Oct. 10.

Stamford Realty Partners LLC, Stamford, by Leon Cloni. Lender: Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Plano, Texas. Property: 20 Myrtle Ave. and 909 and 917 E. Main St., Stamford.

Amount: $7.5 million. Filed Oct. 10.

Trestle Homes LLC, Rye Brook, New York, by Ajal Venkatapur.

Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 1001 State St., Bridgeport. Amount: $114,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Twenty-Two Forty-Four West Putnam Avenue LP, Stamford,

by Michael Gray. Lender: Bankwell Banks, New Canaan. Property: 2244 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $2 million. Filed Oct. 5.

WC McBride Realty Management LLC, Trumbull, by Willie C. McBride Jr. Lender: State of Connecticut. Property: 169-175 Williston St., Bridgeport. Amount: $490,000.

Filed Oct. 19.

NEW BUSINESSES 1 Linden St. Co., 1 Linden St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Louis Zazzarino.

Filed Oct. 16.

Autumns Tales, 11 Seminole Drive, Danbury 06811, c/o Allison Sammel.

Filed Oct. 17.

Cramer Consulting, 20 Primerose Court, Norwalk 06854, c/o Joseph J. Cramer. Filed Oct. 18.

Fairfield County Foot Surgeons, 4 Colony Place, Norwalk 06855, c/o Harris Greenberger. Filed Oct. 16.

Floating Angels, 2600 Park Ave., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Ewind Banjamin. Filed Nov. 1.

Four Decades Roofing, 1000 Lafayette Blvd., Suite 1100, Bridgeport 06604, c/o Vinny Delmaro. Filed Oct. 23.

Heavenly Providers LLC, 1071 William St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Jessica Currion and Maria Velez.

Filed Oct. 29.

JC Pro Painting LLC, 100 Lincoln Blvd., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Joao Alves Costa. Filed Oct. 26.

JWR Carpentry, 58 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield 06812, c/o Richard Helbock. Filed Oct. 11.

Mildred’s Cleaning Service, 10 Franklin St., Danbury 06810, c/o Orfa S. Sarchez. Filed Oct. 10.

Montanez Tree Service, 437 Berkshire Ave., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Edwin Montanez. Filed Oct. 24.

Facts & Figures Pine Crest Cleaning Services LLC, 309 Madison Terrace, Bridgeport 06610, c/o Tiago D. Pinheiro.

Filed Oct. 31.

SI Group, 4 Mountainview Terrace, Suite 200, Danbury 06811, c/o Addivant USA Holdings Corp. Filed Oct. 16.

Stefanimals, 97 Park Ave., Unit 46, Danbury 06810, c/o Stefanie Johannsen. Filed Oct. 17.

Xtreme Play, 38 Mill Plain Road, Danbury 06811, c/o James A. Bonheur. Filed Oct. 17.

Secure revisioning auditing system for electronic document files. Patent no. 10,129,032 issued to David R. Vandervort, Walworth, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk.

Charge control agent-silicone oils and uses therof. Patent no.

10,126,672 issued to Varun Sambhy, Pittsford, New York; Juan A. Morales-Tirado, Henrietta, New York; Santokh S. Badesha, Pittsford, New York; Richard E. Partch, Hannawa Falls, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk.

PATENTS

Intermediate transfer members. Patent no. 10,125,218 issued to Jin Wu, Pittsford, New York; Lin Ma, Pittsford, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Method and apparatus for establishing a secure communication link between a mobile endpoint device and a networked device. Patent no. 10,129,743 issued to Mark A. Bortnem, Newberg, Oregon; Robert C. Carroll, Newberg, Oregon; Jeffrey A. Bray, Sherwood, Oregon. Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk.

System for conveying objects from a nested stack of objects to a printer for printing. Patent no.

10,124,614 issued to Michael F. Leo, Penfield, New York; Wayne A. Buchar, Bloomfield, New York; Brendan C. Casey, Webster, New York; Daniel J. McVeigh, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Contamination-proof imaging member cleaning device and method. Patent no. 10,124,576 issued to Jack T. Lestrange, Macedon, New York; Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta, New York; Anthony S. Condello, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Color-shift pigments for three-dimensional printing.

Patent no. 10,124,530 issued to Jin Wu, Pittsford, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Furniture system recliner assembly with sled rails. Patent no. 10,123,621 issued to Shawn Nelson, Darien; David Underwood, Norwalk; Brian Kuchler, Stamford.

Assigned to The Lovesac Co., Stamford.

Tip attachment. Patent no.

D832,703 issued to James Brown, Armonk, New York. Assigned to Biomed Packaging System, Inc., Norwalk.

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