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Developer back with Darien redevelopment plan

An artist’s rendering of the Corbin Drive East portion of the mixed-use redevelopment proposed by Baywater Properties in Darien.

Hoping for the best

BUT BUSINESS LEADERS ALSO UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRUMP PRESIDENCY

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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ssessing the potential economic and business impact on Fairfield County of the impending Donald Trump presidency is a difficult undertaking for business leaders and experts alike … in no small part because of the conflicting signals the president-elect has sent between the campaign trail and his electoral victory.

“Is it a cause for hope, concern, or see-

ing opportunities? Probably all three,” said Joe McGee, vice president, public policy and programs at The Business Council of Fairfield County in Stamford.

“The word that first comes to mind is ‘uncertainty,’” said Pete Gioia, vice president and economist for the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, based in Hartford.

“Trump made a lot of bold comments during the campaign, but has moderated a lot of that since being elected. How it all translates into affecting business is something we’ll have to wait and see.”

“In general, he’s offered very conflicting viewpoints on a number of issues,” said Khawaja Mamun, associate professor of economics and finance/business economics department chair at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. “He’s been in favor of increasing government spending and in making spending cuts. He’s talked about tax cuts, but for whom hasn’t been entirely clear. On the spending side, he’s promised a bigger and more expensive defense. However, he’s also talked about cutting government spending by closing loopholes.”

One of the biggest bones of contention in the early going has been the future of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, which Trump repeatedly promised to “repeal and replace” during the campaign. Last week, however, the president-elect indicated that he may keep two of the law’s most popular provisions – allowing children of up to age » » Trump, page 6

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BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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arien developer Baywater Properties has returned to Darien town officials with a revised proposal for an ambitious mixeduse downtown development after withdrawing a project application in late September when officials delayed acting on a needed zoning amendment.

Baywater has been working for more than 11 years on the project, designed to make Darien's downtown shopping area more competitive with nearby Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk and Stamford.

The redevelopment project’s focus is the area between the Bank of America building at 1120 Post Road and the Darien post office at 30 Corbin Drive. The developer has proposed to build 66 condominium units, expand retail space from 49,000 to 75,000 square feet, more than double existing office space, from 42,000 square feet to 95,000 square feet, and create a village green along Post Road.

Baywater also intends to construct a two-level underground parking deck, along with two new streets and a service road near Old Kings Highway South to better accommodate traffic.

Buildings facing Post Road would be restricted to just two or three stories in Baywater’s plan, while those on Corbin Drive and the newly planned streets would range from three to five stories, or roughly 55 to 75 feet in height; the tallest building that Baywater initially proposed was 85 feet.

But Darien’s zoning regulations allow only a maximum height of three stories or 45 feet.

Still, Baywater Properties founder R. David Genovese was sanguine about the project’s reception in Darien. “We’ve received hundreds of letters of support and only two or three negative, from people con» » Darien, page 5

Stamford leads state in business growth — but some want more

BY PAUL SCHOTT Hearst Connecticut Media

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y most measures, Stamford stands out among Connecticut’s cities for its economic growth. That profile also attracts intense scrutiny as to whether the city’s economy is reaching its potential.

The debate about the extent of Stamford’s private-sector success has grown more pitched following shifts in recent months in the city’s corporate landscape. To many, Stamford’s record of consistently bringing in and supporting the growth of major firms points to its status as an economic powerhouse. But others see a city that can do more to fulfill its promise.

“We cannot be complacent, and we have no reason to be complacent,” said state Rep. William Tong, D-147, co-chairman of the state’s Commission on Economic Competitiveness, who represents Stamford..

“The fact is we need to chart a new course for job growth that runs through our cities.

Stamford is one of them and definitely the most important city in the state.”

INFLUX OF FIRMS

Established for decades as a major corporate hub in the Northeast, Stamford has landed a number of major arrivals in recent years.

First Five Plus, a state program established at the start of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration in 2011, has played a significant role in recruiting and keeping firms.

Charter Communications, NBC Sports Group and the insurance firm Navigators have all relocated their headquarters to Stamford in the past five years.

Most recently, the state announced last month that Henkel Corp. would move its laundry, home care and beauty care headquarters from Arizona to Stamford. A $20 million loan from the state will support that project.

Another three companies — Deloitte, Pitney Bowes and Synchrony Financial — have committed to expanding their footprints in the city.

“With our Stamford companies, it says location, location and location,” said Catherine Smith, the state’s commissioner of economic and community development.

“Companies want to be out of Manhattan but not so far out of Manhattan that they can’t be there in less than an hour. That’s a critical factor for companies that choose to come to Connecticut. They want to be on the train line.”

Seven of 15 companies participating in

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First Five Plus are in Stamford. No other city has more than one. Together, the Stamford firms have committed to retain some 4,100 jobs and create between 1,300 and 2,600 positions.

The Stamford-based companies are receiving some $117 million in First Five Plus loans and grants, compared with a local investment of about $215 million from those firms.

“The proximity to New York is big,” said Synchrony CEO and President Margaret Keane. “We wanted to commit and the location of Stamford allows us to attract talent from NYC.” After spinning off from GE in 2014, Synchrony has expanded locally with some $20 million in state aid. It employs about 600 at its Long Ridge Road headquarters.

The Stamford contingent could grow by another 100.

Deloitte executives also cite their Stamford office’s location — particularly its proximity to financial services and consumer-industrial products firms — as a major draw. About 1,100 of their employees are based in Stamford, while another 300 are in Hartford. The company’s Connecticut head count could eventually hit 1,650, according to targets tied to its $14.5 million in First Five Plus funding.

“We continue to reiterate how important this state and the businesses in the area are to us,” said Heather Ziegler, Deloitte’s Stamford managing partner. “We continue to try to grow and we are making progress on that growth.”

Compared with the state’s other metropolitan areas, Stamford continues to perform strongly. Its economic growth rate between 2010 and 2015 led all Connecticut cities with more than 100,000 residents, according to a recent state Department of Labor report.

“Stamford survived a very tough recession and it has a high office vacancy rate, but it’s still doing very well,” said Joe McGee, vice president of public policy for The Business Council and co-chairman of the Commission on Economic Competitiveness. “The jobs that Stamford is creating are well-paying jobs.

When you compare Stamford to Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven, Stamford is a beacon of success.”

RECENT TRAVAILS

While Stamford has notched a number of successes, it has also faced setbacks.

Marriott International announced late last month it would lay off 163 Stamfordbased employees at the turn of the year, a move that would represent the first round of local downsizing following its

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September acquisition of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.

Some major financial—services companies have also scaled back locally. Since the beginning of 2015, Royal Bank of Scotland has laid off close to 500 Stamford-based employees.

“Overall this city is not booming,” said Jack Condlin, president and CEO of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce. “At best, we’re holding our own and my concern is there are going to be more layoffs with these larger corporations. What Stamford could use is an injection and infusion of a goodsize corporation coming here, so the outside world could see that Stamford is a place where you want to be.”

LOOKING AHEAD

State officials said that they remain confident in First Five Plus’ effectiveness. The program has enough funding to add several more companies.

“Right now, I feel very comfortable that there are a number of interesting prospects,” Smith said. “We want to make sure these are good investments for the state. And we think Stamford is a great location for a whole variety of companies.”

Business and government leaders agree that the state also needs to improve MetroNorth rail service and reduce congestion on I-95 to make Stamford more attractive.

The Business Council of Fairfield County’s proposals include 30-minute rail service between Stamford and Grand Central Terminal, with that trip now taking about 50 minutes.

Deloitte’s Ziegler said that the layout of the downtown Metro-North station and traffic on the streets around the rail depot should also be tackled. Many of Deloitte’s employees commute from New York City and elsewhere.

“It’s time for some improvements,” Ziegler said. “We need to make some investments because it is not to the level we’d expect and like to have Connecticut and Stamford be as successful as possible.”

Tong wants to see city and state officials set more ambitious goals set for the Stamford’s economic growth.

“We need to do a better job at state and city level,” Tong said. “We need a more concerted effort and more of a focus on marketing Stamford as a destination for large employers and medium and small businesses, as well. There has to be more cooperating and more of a vision laid out about how we will market our city and our region.” pschott@scni.com; 203-964-2236; twitter: @paulschott

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Historical society expects tourism boost from expanded Greenwich campus

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reenwich’s Bush-Holley House is doubly significant in Connecticut history for its importance during the colonial era and as the epicenter of the Cos Cob Art Colony that was credited with driving the American Impressionist movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Greenwich Historical Society, which operates the campus that is home to the Bush-Holley House, is in the midst of an $18.5 million fundraising campaign with a three-pronged goal of campus transformation, expanding educational

and historic preservation initiatives and increasing the society’s endowment.

Peter Malkin, chairman of the Reimagine the Greenwich Historical Society Campaign and chairman emeritus of Empire State Realty Trust in Manhattan, sees economic benefits deriving from the fundraising effort for a site considered a significant source of Fairfield County’s tourism cash flow.

“The existing campus is very limited,” Malkin said. “It attracted 15,000 visitors this year, with one-quarter of them coming from outside of Connecticut. These tourists came to the area and spent their money in the area. Our hope, when we embarked on this campaign, was that the

15,000 visitors per year would be increased to 30,000. Tourists bring revenue and economic impact studies show that the people that come to see tourist sites spend a lot of money in the surrounding area.”

Malkin said the expansion project will also help the local economy by bringing in new construction jobs while aiding state coffers by having additional tax revenues generated by an increased visitor presence.

The campaign has already attracted a trio of elected officials — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei and state Sen. Scott Rantz — and their wives as honorary campaign leaders.

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An ambitious aspect of the project is the restoration of a historic building with an important commercial connection to the area.

“Toby’s Tavern will be restored to its physical appearance in the late 19th century, when it was the gathering place for the artists and writers who worked here,” Malkin said. “Before that, it was the Railroad Hotel between 1850 and 1870. The restored Toby’s Tavern will include a café, a gift shop and the entrance to new archives and two new galleries that are being built on the foundation of two barns that were below Toby’s Tavern.”

Malkin added that the galleries will be divided between a permanent exhibition from the historical society’s art collection and rotating exhibits reflecting the cultural diversity of the region. “We have an exhibition in 2017 that will highlight the role of the Jewish community in Greenwich from the Revolutionary War to the present,” he said.

The Greenwich Historic Society raised $10 million toward its campaign goal in what it called “the initial quiet phase,” with the remainder being sought through public outreach. Anonymous donors have agreed to a dollar-for-dollar match on the first $6.75 million in this period, which Malkin hoped to see completed by the end of the year.

The historical society has received a pair of endowment gifts of $250,000 each, said Malkin, who hopes to see additional endowment contributions through planned giving.

As for the Bush-Holley House itself, designated a national historical site and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Malkin said that it is not undergoing any restorations and will remain operational during construction and renovations on the campus.

Construction has already started on the parking lot, and Malkin estimated the project will go into a wider level of activity in spring of 2017 and end by fall of 2018.

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cerned about traffic, the impact on schools, etc.,” he told the Business Journal in August.

“I’d say it’s a 150-to- 1 ratio in favor.”

Genovese added, however, that discussions with the town’s planning and zoning commission were “not going very well.

They’re not listening to the public for some reason. It’s a very sensitive time.”

The planning and zoning commission continued to waver on the proposed adjustments needed to allow the building heights proposed Baywater. Soon after the board deferred a decision to October, Baywater announced on Sept. 29 that it was withdrawing its application for amendments to the zoning regulations.

Darien Planning and Zoning Chairman Susan Cameron said at that time the town could create its own application for zoning changes in the area. Cameron did not return several calls for comment.

Susan Cator, executive director of the Darien Chamber of Commerce and an outspoken supporter of the Baywater plan, said she hoped a compromise could be reached.

“I think the largest concern for the

community is that if P&Z make changes to the development model, the financial scaffolding is changed and the project may not be able to be done and keep rents low for our small businesses,” Cator said.

“The property could be put up for sale and (then) any developer can do whatever they want with the property if they put in affordable housing” to meet Connecticut housing regulations, “which allows the developer to bypass any local P&Z rules.”

On Oct. 20, when Baywater announced it had filed a revised application for a zoning text amendment that would enable the redevelopment.

"It became clear to us during the deliberations of our request by Darien's Planning & Zoning Commission that the commission was lacking critical information needed to consider our application properly,” Genovese said in a statement.

“Given the requirements of the public hearings process, and the fact that the public hearings had closed for our initial request, the only way for us to properly deliver this information to the commission was to withdraw our original application and re-file the request.”

“We have made significant modifications to the proposed text amendment. We

also realized in recent weeks that in our effort to simplify our presentation of what is arguably the most complicated project to ever be presented to the town of Darien, we did not sufficiently inform the commission of how each of the buildings we would like to build varies in terms of architecture and scale, as well as the key drivers of certain of our requests, such as interior ceiling heights required by the market today.

Our revised application provides details for each of the contemplated buildings.”

Most importantly, Genovese said, his firm has offered a compromise on the height of the development, including the proposed six-story building. “This building, as originally designed, had two wings of four stories each, with a center core of six stories,” he said. “We have modified this building’s design to be of four, five, and four stories. We have adjusted the interior ceiling heights in several of the retail spaces, and we have effectively committed to a specific approach to construction which will enable us to reduce the space required between floors.”

“During this early phase of a project we would not normally make these decisions until further design work was completed,” Genovese noted. “The sum of all

of these changes means that the tallest portion of the largest building proposed is reduced from our initial request of 93 feet, measured from the first floor of the building, to 69 feet (a reduction of 26 percent). During their deliberations, the P&Z Commission members appeared to be comfortable with a maximum building height ranging from 65 feet to 75 feet.

“We hope that these modifications, taken together, will be sufficient for the P&Z Commission to work with us toward an approval so that our formal site plan application can be developed,” Genovese added. “The community support that we have received for our idea has been unprecedented, particularly for a project of this magnitude. It seems clear to us that the people of Darien are very supportive of the concept that we presented, but the devil is in the details.”

The Planning and Zoning Commission is expected to make a decision on the zoning change at its Nov. 29 meeting, although it could again be deferred to January.

“If all goes well, with no delays whatever, it won’t be until 2018 that the project is built,” Genovese told the Business Journal.

“But unforeseen delays could easily postpone completion to 2020.”

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26 to remain on their parents’ plan and preventing insurance companies from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions.

“There was not a great deal of specific policy during the campaign,” said Dr. John Murphy, president and CEO of Western Connecticut Health Network and president of Danbury and New Milford Hospitals. “But he does seem to have softened somewhat.”

While the Wallingford-based Connecticut Hospital Association was content to provide the Business Journal with a carefully worded statement – “In a time of change, Connecticut hospitals remain dedicated to achieving improved access to care, improved quality and safety, and reduced cost. We will work with the new administration to ensure we keep these promises to our patients and communities” – Murphy was willing to go into greater detail.

“If large sections of the ACA are repealed, we can probably expect increased pressure on state governments to figure it out,” he said.

“The challenges will remain much the same – how to create an insurance product that is affordable but doesn’t break the insurance companies’ backs. And I think most employers will still feel a moral obligation to provide some health insurance to their employees.”

Also up in the air are the futures of Medicaid and Medicare. Republicans have for years sought to turn Medicaid into a program run almost entirely by the states – with less federal funding – while Medicare could be changed from a government-run insurance program into a voucher system – again with significantly fewer federal dollars.

In 2015 Trump declared, “I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,” but his president-elect website states that his administration plans to “modernize Medicare, so that it will be ready for the challenges with the coming retirement of the baby-boom generation – and beyond” and to “maximize flexibility for states in administering Medicaid, to enable states to experiment with innovative methods to deliver healthcare to our low-income citizens.”

“There’s no question that overhauling health care will be complicated and untidy,” Murphy said. “But whatever happens, consumers should be assured that we remain as committed as ever to providing care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.”

Meanwhile, on the economic front, McGee said Trump’s promises of rebuilding and improving manufacturing and transportation should be good news for Connecticut. “Strengthening our manufacturing base would be very valuable,” he said, “and improving the whole tristate rail system – particularly the Metro North line, which needs dramatic improvement – is really critical to our economy.”

Gioia agreed about manufacturing and

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transit – “God knows Fairfield County is aware of how important that is” – and said the CBIA hopes that “we won’t see the continued rewriting of regulations every year that we had with President Obama. Whether some of those (business-related) regulations will truly be rolled back remains to be seen.”

He also warned that, while Republicans gained a majority in the U.S. Senate, “it’s not a filibuster-proof majority. For that you need 60 votes, and they’re a long way from that.”

Beginning in January, the Senate will be composed of 51 Republicans, 47 Democrats, and two independents, both of whom caucus with the Democrats.

“During the first hundred days (of the Trump administration), he will be dealing with all kinds of issues,” Gioia said. “Some can be dealt with by executive order, but some regulatory efforts need to have the stamp of Congress on them.”

He warned, however, that the American electorate’s patience when it comes to instituting changes has been demonstrably thin over the past several years. “If the Republicans have not made definitive changes by the midterms (in 2018), and added significant net new jobs, they’re going to be in trouble – and I think they know that.”

On a national scale, John Traynor, executive vice president of People’s United Wealth Management in Bridgeport, said his firm has been expecting the country to experience 2.1 percent growth in 2017; should Trump and Congress spend significant money on improving the nation’s infrastructure, as was promised, “we could see even more momentum.”

He too expressed doubts, however, in the face of Trump’s apparent compromising on some of his campaign promises, such as those surrounding Obamacare. “He’s very good with the broad strokes, but when it’s time to talk details he tends to step back from the rhetoric. He’s good at getting headlines, but it seems he’s not as wedded to a lot of the policies he expressed during the campaign.”

On the negative side, Traynor said that Trump’s talk of renegotiating or “terminating” NAFTA is problematic. “The U.S. has been a leader in increasing global trade

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since the end of World War II,” he said, “and we should never shrink from that role.

Maintaining and increasing fair trade is important, but getting rid of something like NAFTA would certainly be a step backward.”

Imposing tariffs on Mexico and China would also hurt the U.S. in the long run, he said, “That would serve to increase our debt and hurt our fiscal situation.”

Not all in the financial sector view a Trump administration with uncertainty.

“The Trump presidency will clearly benefit the financial services industry,” said Michael Rave, a partner with law firm Day Pitney, whose offices include Stamford and Greenwich. “Say what you will about him, but he understands the industry and the dangers of overregulation. I am optimistic that Trump will focus on the needs of the banking community, and the Trump administration will become a partner, instead of an adversary, of the industry. I believe that his appointees will have the necessary expertise to have a positive effect.”

Meanwhile, Mamun took a cautious view about the new administration tampering with anything that could affect the economy.

“The current state of the economy is good,” he said. “Unemployment is down. Our GDP is doing well, and the Fed is keeping a close eye on inflation. Raising the interest rate would cause a rise in prices, which would slow the economy down.”

Trade-wise, Mamun said, “it would be a disaster if he really takes the protectionist stand he talked about during the campaign.

Renegotiating NAFTA is not a good idea.

Mexico was a low-income economy when it went into effect (in 1994), but they’re in a much stronger position now.”

Mamun also expressed concern over the reported rise in racist incidents since the election. “Racism doesn’t pay – it’s not good for society as a whole,” he said. “Naming someone like Steve Bannon as chief strategist does not send good signals. And Trump’s stance on immigration isn’t encouraging. I hope he calls for harmony, ultimately.”

Those concerns are shared by Muzzafar Chishti, director of the nonpartisan

Migration Policy Institute’s office in New York. “It’s always hard to say what (Trump) really means,” he said. “He started his campaign by saying that all 11.2 million illegal immigrants would be deported on day one, then recently said it would be only those with criminal records, which he put at about 3 million. We do not know where he got that 3 million figure from … it doesn’t mean it’s not true, just that it’s not supported by any facts we’re familiar with.”

Chishti said the institute estimates the illegal population with criminal records to be about 1.9 million, “which includes people with green cards.”

He added that such deportations would be in violation of due process and require hearings before an immigration judge. “This is a system that’s already clogged,” he said.

“There are half a million people waiting for hearings right now. In order to remove all of them, you have to go through that process and appeals, which takes a long time. The resources simply aren’t there. To believe we have the capacity to remove that many people in a very short time doesn’t seem very likely.”

Meanwhile, the University of Connecticut has said it will continue its practice of admitting academically qualified students regardless of their residency status.

Other Connecticut business groups said they would continue to maintain their efforts at establishing a level playing field, regardless of Trump’s rhetoric.

“President-elect Trump has a lot of work ahead of him to help women entrepreneurs,” said Fran Pastore, CEO of The Women’s Business Development Council in Stamford. “In fact, women businessowners are the fastest-growing segment of the economy and need help to grow and thrive. They need policies that will help them succeed, such as more access to capital, increased federal contracting opportunities, and relief from high health care costs.”

Fairfield County’s Community Foundation in Norwalk has created an initiative, Thrive by 25, with the goal of offering all Fairfield County youth the opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency by age 25, regardless of family makeup, school district or ZIP code.

“When reflecting on the recent election we see the hope of our community through the eyes of the future, our youth,” said the nonprofit’s CEO and President Juanita James.

“When young people can secure meaningful jobs that pay a living wage, our whole community thrives. We need our youth to become civically engaged, be aware of the policies that create barriers for their success.

“Thrive by 25 encourages our young people to find constructive ways to get involved with our legislators to influence policy issues that will affect their future. They need to learn how to become civic and community leaders. The response to this election has heightened our sensitivity to the potential impact of Thrive By 25,” she said.

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The workplace law landscape in a Trump presidency

Editor’s note: This analysis was prepared by attorneys at Jackson Lewis P.C., a national workplace law firm.

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resident-elect Donald Trump will assume office on Jan. 20 with a Republican majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. While it is difficult to predict whether the new administration will be able to deliver on Presidentelect Trump’s campaign promises, we can expect significant policy and enforcement shifts. For example, judicial appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts will have significant and far-reaching implications. This analysis focuses on the likely dramatic impact of the Trump administration on workplace law.

COURTS

The U.S. Supreme Court has been oper-

ating with eight justices since the sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. There also are many judicial vacancies on the federal bench. Presidentelect Trump likely will appoint judges more inclined to preserve the strict certification standards for class actions and rein in novel interpretations of laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act — for example, on disparate impact and reasonable accommodation issues.

GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT

Federal agencies increasingly have been aggressive and controversial in their enforcement methods. Under new leadership in the Department of Labor (DOL), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), among others, one can expect a return to traditional, more conservative

theories of discrimination previously recognized by federal courts.

We may see the EEOC ease its systemic discrimination enforcement activity and enforcement position on the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. An important issue to watch is the EEOC’s position on Title VII’s application to LGBT issues.

Corporate diversity and inclusion programs are not likely to be affected by the new administration, as they are driven much more by demographic changes in the population, labor force, and marketplace and risk management considerations and much less by federal law and policy in the short term.

Further, the focus of current controversial regulatory action will change. New DOL leadership may revisit recent DOL proposed or implemented regulations, including those subject to court injunc-

tions. Congress may also now pass legislation to repeal the new DOL overtime rule that raises the salary level for exempt employees effective Dec. 1, and Presidentelect Trump might agree. Ongoing challenges to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) final rules — for example, silica and the electronic recordkeeping rule — may result in settlements that lessen the regulatory impact of the rules.

Aggressive enforcement coupled with significant publicity and fines have been key tools implemented by the current administration. Under new leadership, these agencies may ease back on such aggressive approaches and offer greater cooperation to the employer community as they try to balance the purposes of the law with business realities. » » Workplace, page 8

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EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS

President-elect Trump has announced an intention to undo President Barack Obama’s executive orders, many of which impose significant employment-related prohibitions and requirements on government contractors. The new administration likely will rescind at least some of those executive orders, chief among them the controversial Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order.

In addition, President-elect Trump has stated he will reverse the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) executive actions. It is unclear whether this would only address the enjoined executive relief programs or also include revocation of work authorization documents for currently eligible workers under DACA.

EEO-1 PAY DATA REPORTING

Final rules revising the EEO-1 report to add W-2 earnings and work hours reporting are scheduled to go into effect in early 2018. The new administration may consider rescinding the changes before first reporting is due in 2018 or revising the reporting to ease the burden on employers.

Currently the NLRB has a 2-to-1 Democratic majority, with two vacant seats. Since the president traditionally has had the opportunity to appoint board members to achieve a majority along political lines, the open seats likely will be filled by Trump appointees. This will create a more business-oriented NLRB. A new board with a Republican majority is likely to revisit recent NLRB rules and decisions, including those covering class action waivers; joint employers; inclusion of temporary workers in bargaining units with an employer’s regular workers; quickie elections; expansion of protected concerted activity (for example, its impact on workplace policies); definition of appropriate bargaining units; and status of college/university adjunct faculty, graduate students, and student athletes.

The new board also may not make additional changes the current board would make, such as extending Weingarten rights to nonunion workplaces and making misclassification of employees as independent contractors a separate violation of the National Labor Relations Act. In addition, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act “persuader” regulations, which are currently enjoined, may be revisited.

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SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND DODD-FRANK ACT

During the campaign, President-elect Trump singled out the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 (DFA) as making it impossible for banks to lend money to businesses for the purpose of creating jobs. A repeal of the DFA might encourage Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission to rely more heavily on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 whistleblower provisions and thus mandate that corporate compliance programs, as developed by publicly traded companies, be increasingly robust, providing for greater “self-regulation.” Further SEC enforcement actions regarding confidentiality agreements likely will decrease.

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA)

President-elect Trump has vowed to repeal and replace the ACA. The extent to which this comes to fruition, the timing of any dismantling efforts and the types of replacements that are offered will be of utmost importance to employers.

While there has been much mentioned in broad brush strokes about a full repeal, it is unlikely that that can or will occur.

Alternatives, such as the reliance on private health care savings accounts, marketbased universal coverage and allowing for insurance plans to be offered across state lines have been floated; however, there is

no Republican consensus on what the path away from the ACA will look like.

Employers will be eager to see what is done to change and lessen employer obligations under the ACA but for the meantime, will have to stay the course.

FIDUCIARY RULE

The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule concerning the expanded definition of who is considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code, as well as certain exemptions addressing conflicts of interest, also may be subjected to increased scrutiny in light of the Presidentelect’s opposition to the current administration’s financial initiatives and, more generally, “unnecessary” regulations. It is hard to determine at this point where these types of regulations on fiduciary status and conduct will rank among a long list of priorities for the new administration.

FEDERAL TAX REFORM

President-elect Trump has promised sweeping federal tax reform, including tax cuts for corporations. While the viability of implementing such changes rests with the Republican Congress, the lack of specificity as to what tax reform would look like under the new administration leaves many questions. These questions include how

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E-VERIFY

The new administration may focus on expanding enforcement of existing immigration laws in the workplace, which may include encouraging more employers to use E-Verify under existing law, as well as working with Congress to expand mandatory use of E-Verify. Under current federal law, E-Verify is voluntary for employers, except as mandated by executive order for federal government contractors.

INTERNATIONAL

The new administration may suspend temporarily the issuance of visas to certain countries and regions designated as high risk. President-elect Trump has indicated he will ask the Department of State, Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to begin a comprehensive review of high-risk visa cases to develop a list of regions and countries for which visa issuance will be suspended until a proven and effective vetting mechanism is implemented.

Individuals from countries such as Syria, Iraq, Libya, and other designated high-risk areas, or individuals who have traveled to such countries, will face even longer delays obtaining visas for both short- and long-term travel to the U.S. In addition, global mobility may be affected if the U.S. restricts or delays business visas, resulting in reciprocal treatment by the affected countries.

U.S. companies operating in major European markets and other countries with strong labor interests may encounter increasingly complex labor relations and works council issues, as the U.S. is perceived as more nationalistic and less deferential to local employee protections. Further, there may be increasing pressure from foreign vendors, suppliers, customers, and employees on U.S. companies to certify that they will comply with International Labour Organization standards.

POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS

The new administration is unlikely to continue attempts to prohibit non-compete agreements we have seen from the White House over the past months, at least on a federal level. On a state level, legislatures still may respond to the Obama administration’s “call to action” and introduce measures to curb the use of noncompete agreements, as, for example, has been promised by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The “Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals,” issued by the

Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, is not likely to continue as a priority for the new administration. The guidance promised criminal prosecution of human resource professionals who, for example, enter into “naked” no-poach agreements.

TRADE SECRET PROTECTION

Adding to the bipartisan federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, which provided a civil right of action under the Economic Espionage Act, a new administration may adopt protectionist policies, bringing further enforcement efforts to misappropriation of trade secrets flowing to foreign powers, including to China.

Focused on security and protecting the homeland, the new administration may enhance emphasis on international terrorism investigations, import/export violations, and immigration offenses.

Given his pledge to improve life in inner city areas, we should expect greater resources and attention to be devoted to the prosecutions of criminal activity by violent gangs and an effort to address crimes that affect the daily lives of the residents of America’s cities. *** An important question for many, especially those that operate in multiple states

and must comply with the current patchwork of state laws on data breach and sick leave, for example, is whether a federal law that supersedes state law is likely. With Republicans in control of the executive and legislative branches, that remains to be seen. © 2016 Jackson Lewis P.C. Reprinted with permission. Originally published at www.jacksonlewis.com. Jackson Lewis P.C. is a national workplace law firm with offices nationwide, including Puerto Rico. The firm has a downtown law office and its national operations center in White Plains.

CYBERSECURITY

President-elect Trump has expressed a desire to reduce rather than increase regulation. However, political party hacking and unfavorable email dumps from WikiLeaks, coupled with continued data breaches affecting privacy and public-sector entities, may prompt the new president and Congress to do more. Politics aside, cybersecurity is a top national security concern and it is having a significant impact on private-sector risk management strategies and individual security.

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The long-standing practice of the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL issuing official opinion letters regarding application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) upon which employers rely may make a comeback. In recent years, the DOL had stopped issuing opinion letters, choosing instead to issue less frequent “administrator interpretations” with wider applicability and scope but less specificity.

Two significant administrator interpretations concerned joint employment and independent contractor status under the FLSA. Both have been viewed as clear efforts to expand the rights of workers under the law and place additional burdens on employers. New opinion letters are issued on a variety of topics and could scale back or withdraw the Obama administrator interpretations, permitting employers greater flexibility in using independent contractors and giving business more certainty in expanding through use of franchises.

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The President-elect has been critical of excessive and unnecessary government regulation in such areas as health care, energy and the environment. We may see a decreased investigatory focus in these areas and fewer federal prosecutions of health care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and manufacturers.

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BY FILOMENA FANELLI

What a pitch! Five ways to more effectively reach media

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fter 18 years in the public relations industry, it’s fair to say I’ve seen my share of pitches. Sometimes I’m the one doing the writing, other times I’m critiquing someone else’s letter and, often, I’m the one charged with

picture. The more you can informationgather, the stronger the pitch becomes.

Make it easy for the person you are approaching to say “yes” by fleshing the idea out for him. As an example, if you’re citing a real estate trend, head to the National Association of Realtors website to pull recent reports that tie to the topic at hand, then find several home buyers who are ready and willing to talk about the topic you’re pitching.

explaining to a client what idea has wheels (and what one doesn’t).

For those outside of the communications world, a pitch is a short email or call made to a media outlet to entice it to write or report about a brand, product or service.

It’s an often-used tool to position a client to

KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.

A pitch letter is not to be confused with a press release, media alert or fact sheet. It should be a succinctly shared idea that lets the person you’re emailing know what you have in mind, why it’s relevant and what resources you have handy. A simple link to supporting data will do the trick. You can always forward additional background if there’s interest or include information below your main idea.

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a newspaper, magazine, website, radio or television show and to help the business stand out in a crowded pool of people vying for that same air time or column space. The competition is fierce, so knowing how and when to make an approach — or when not to — can be the difference between success and dead silence.

While no pitch is a shoo-in, here are a few ways you can better your odds:

GATHERING INTELLIGENCE IS INTELLIGENT.

Before pitching, do some deep thinking. What is the story you’re proposing on your client’s behalf and how does it benefit the media outlet’s readers, listeners or viewers? Who is the correct party to approach? If you’d like to propose a story on fashion trends, for instance, you don’t want to email the sports reporter or vice versa. Read up and see who is writing what, do Google or social media searches or head to the ‘contact’ or ‘about’ section of a news outlet’s website.

Favorite topics for pitches are often something that’s new or unusual, a trend or solution. If it’s already been written about or reported on, unless you have something truly intriguing and fresh to add to the conversation, it’s better to stay silent.

GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

Better yet, assemble some information beyond the idea and the brand you’re writing about. Perhaps there is market research to back a trend or a person who can go on record to discuss the issue or another company besides yours that ties into the bigger

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TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

Not all ideas are evergreen, so being mindful of what news is trending can help turn a pitch from blah to ahhhhh. Creatively combining your ideas with what the rest of the world cares about at the moment helps a news outlet meet its audience’s needs.

For instance, if it’s autumn and you are a food or beverage brand, feel free to pack on the pumpkin-related pitches. Is it election season? Research a candidate’s favorite food and invent dishes to interest those that may be hungry for timely but fun food-related news.

REMEMBER: IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU.

This last tip is always one that’s tough to tell clients. Even though we all love our own brands and think we have a brilliant idea — and sometimes we really have something worth talking about — media have many deadlines and responsibilities to juggle and may not always jump on your pitch.

Approaching wisely with solidly developed ideas and allowing them to call the shots means the members of the media will be more apt to consider that next big idea, even if they don’t agree to the first one you present. Like any other relationship, building authentic, lasting connections takes time. Be patient and considerate and don’t take any rejection personally. Trust the process, be a resource and be confident: your day will come.

Filomena Fanelli is the CEO and founder of Impact PR & Communications Ltd., an award-winning regional public relations firm based in Poughkeepsie, and an adjunct professor at Marist College’s School of Communication and the Arts. She can be reached at filomena@prwithimpact.com.

‘Bethel Forward’ revitalization plan swings into action

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ome nine years in the making, Bethel’s plan to revitalize its downtown area is finally underway, with 13 redevelopment projects on the agenda, including several expected to break ground as early as next spring.

The ambitious “Bethel Forward” program — which includes redeveloping more than 200 acres both in the main downtown district and around its train station — grew from a 2007 Plan of Conservation and Development, which sought to identify redevelopment goals, leading in turn to a 2010 feasibility study and, ultimately, a 188-page master plan that was approved in August.

“We wanted to make sure that everyone had an opportunity to review and discuss what we were thinking about,” said Janice Chrzescijanek, Bethel’s director of economic development. “That included not just government, but businesses and residents as well.”

During the research phase, the town determined that housing demand would require adding about 1,000 units and commercial demand would require the

addition of roughly 53,000 square feet over the next 20 years. Bethel has a population of about19,000.

Town officials secured $250,000 for Bethel Forward, consisting of a $100,000 state grant and money from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Miami-based urban renewal firm DPZ & Partners was chosen from among a dozen bids in July 2015 to compile the master plan, with a bid of $234,000.

Key to any plan, most agreed, was developing the 100-plus acres surrounding Bethel’s train station, located in an otherwise fairly deserted area at 13 Durant Ave. “They’re all industrial properties,” Chrzescijanek said, “many of which have been abandoned for some time. They are prime properties for turning into mixed-use developments.”

New railroad crossings connecting the east and west sides of the train station are also planned.

One of the feasibility study’s findings was that “it was very important to include Greenwood Avenue, which is more or less our Main Street,” Chrzescijanek said.

Although only slightly more than a half-mile from the train station, Greenwood — which encompasses a variety of small businesses, restaurants, strip malls and an independent

movie theater — exudes a separate identity from the train station area.

“We did not want to create two downtowns,” Chrzescijanek said. “The plan instead is to create something that’s complementary, not competitive.”

For all that, there are several vacancies along Greenwood, which the town hopes to fill with stores that do not duplicate what is already in place, including a supermarket, bookstore, pizzeria and yoga studio.

One business about to get underway is Broken Symmetry Gastro Brewery, which won residents’ approval at a town meeting two weeks ago to lease what had been the Bethel Cycle shop at the town’s old train station at 5 Depot Place.

The microbrewery’s owners — who include Lisa Tassone, owner of mainstay restaurant La Zingara, and Paul Mannion, owner of the Green Grunion food truck in Danbury — now need to get the necessary permits and licensing to brew and sell their wares, in addition to refurbishing the space, which has remained vacant for about a year.

They hope to open by spring 2017.

Meanwhile, within steps of the existing train station, a 26-unit apartment building called The Grand at Bethel officially opened

on Nov. 14 at 25 Grand St. The project was first proposed in November 2014, gained approval in January 2015, had its groundbreaking in July 2015 and welcomed its first residents in June of this year.

“That’s an example of doing something quickly — and right,” Chrzescijanek said.

Three other industrial-to-residential projects are also within walking distance of the train station. Directly south of the depot is a 6-acre site at 11 Durant Ave., consisting of a warehouse and the home for school buses serving the nearby town of Redding. That property is being developed by Danbury-based Development Asset Group to create 150 apartment units and up to 20,000 square feet of commercial space at a projected cost of $27 million.

Two projects on the west side of the tracks are on Grassy Plain Street — about three acres being turned into 195 mostly residential units encompassing 183,000 square feet at a projected cost of $25 million — and Paul Street, where a 3-acre site is being developed into 150 mostly residential units.

Still pending is the adoption of new zoning regulations to accommodate all this activity, “which we hope to have by the end of this year,” Chrzescijanek said.

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SAMSUNG TO PAY $8B FOR HARMAN IN STAMFORD

In what is reportedly the largest acquisition in the company’s history, Samsung Electronics is acquiring Stamford-based car and audio systems supplier Harman International Industries for $112 per share in cash, or total equity value of about $8 billion.

The South Korean company said it expects the automotive electronics sector to grow to more than $100 billion by 2025, noting that approximately 65 percent of Harman’s $7 billion of reported sales during the 12 months ended Sept. 30 were automotive-related and that its order backlog for the market was approximately $24 billion as of June 30.

“This compelling all-cash transaction will deliver significant and immediate value to our shareholders and provide new opportunities for our employees as part of a larger, more diversified company," said Dinesh Paliwal, Harman chairman, president and CEO. "Partnerships and scale are essential to winning over the long term in

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automotive as demand for robust connected car and autonomous driving solutions increases at a rapid pace."

According to a press release, Samsung is seeking a "long-term growth strategy in automotive electronics and plans to retain Harman’s workforce, headquarters and facilities, as well as all of its consumer and professional audio brands."

The deal, subject to approval by Harman shareholders and regulators, is expected to be completed in mid-2017, after which Harman will be a standalone Samsung subsidiary. The company is expected to remain in Stamford.

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Bankwell has appointed Penko Ivanov as executive vice president, chief financial officer at Bankwell Financial Group and its subsidiary, Bankwell Bank, both headquartered in New Canaan.

The Wilton resident’s most recent roles included serving as CFO for the U.S. operations of Doral Bank, where he created a scalable finance organization to support the rapid growth of several business units from infancy to $3 billion in assets, and as CFO of Darien Rowayton Bank. His resume also includes various accounting and finance positions at PepsiCo Inc., GE Capital and Bridgewater Associates.

Previous Bankwell CFO Ernest J. Verrico Sr., who announced his retirement plans earlier in the year, will remain with the company in an advisory role through the end of January 2017.

DARIEN MIXED-USE PROPERTY SOLD

The fully leased, 5,726 —square— foot mixeduse property at 13 Grove St. in Darien has been sold for $4.9 million to Blackshaw Chriscott LLC. The new owner has appointed Avison Young property manager of the building;

the commercial real estate services firm’s Fairfield/Westchester office in Norwalk, along with its Long Island office, arranged the sale by Day Street Development LLC. The ground floor retail space at 13 Grove is occupied by Le Boudoir, a blow dry and beauty bar, and Darien Butcher Shop. The property’s three rental apartments include hardwood floors, granite counters, highend finishes and French doors.

BRIDGEPORT DELAYS ISSUING ID CARDS

Bridgeport’s plans to issue identity cards to residents is being delayed over concerns the cards could be used by noncitizens for voting or opening bank accounts.

According to a Connecticut Post report, the city’s identity cards could be obtained by both illegal immigrants — the nonprofit Make the Road CT estimates that 20,000 undocumented residents live in Bridgeport — as well as citizens without proper forms of identification, including the homeless.

Similar identification cards have been issued to Hartford and New Haven residents, and the state issued special driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants in December 2014.

Av Harris, a spokesman for Mayor Joe Ganim and a senior adviser for public policy, stated the city is still committed to issuing these cards, but there will be a delay to include new text that will prevent them from being used as identification for

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voter registration. Harris added that the Ganim administration is trying to encourage banks to accept the new cards as legal identification for opening accounts.

“We’re ready to roll these out very soon,” Harris said, adding that Donald Trump’s election on a platform promising the deportation of illegal immigration is not impacting the decision to issue these new cards. “We have to be concerned with acting in the best interests of our community, and undocumented immigrants are definitely part of the fabric of the Bridgeport community. Conflict between municipal, state and federal governments is nothing new in America.”

CO-FOUNDER’S SON NAMED BLUE BUFFALO CEO

Billy Bishop, co-founder of Wilton-based Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc., will become the firm’s new CEO on Jan. 1, replacing retiring CEO Kurt Schmidt. The son of Blue Buffalo co-founder and chairman Bill Bishop, the younger man is currently president and chief operating officer.

“Passing the baton to Billy has always been part of our succession plan,” said Schmidt, who will remain with the company through the transition.

“It’s a real honor to lead the company my family and I founded in the back of a barn many years ago,” Billy Bishop said. “I look forward to continuing our growth and

success for years to come.”

Along with that announcement came word that Blue Buffalo posted third-quarter net sales of $288 million, an 11 percent increase on a year-over-year basis. Net income of $21 million was down 20.6 percent; adjusted income was $45 million, up 32.3 percent. Gross profit increased $24.9 million or 23 percent to $133.2 million.

PATRIOT BANK POSTS NEARLY 30 PERCENT EARNINGS GROWTH

Patriot Bank parent company Patriot National Bancorp Inc. reported a nearly 30 percent increase in third-quarter earnings with net income of $814,000 or 21 cents diluted income per share. The result compared favorably with last year’s thirdquarter figures of $633,000 net income or 16 cents diluted income per share, and with second-quarter 2016’s $582,000 net loss or -15 cents diluted income per share.

For the quarter ending Sept. 30, total assets increased by $31 million, or nearly 5 percent, to $683 million, compared with $652 million on June 30, 2016, and $641 million on Sept. 30, 2015. Net loans totaled $553 million, up 6 percent, on Sept. 30, 2016 compared with $521 million on June 30, 2016 and $491 million on Sept. 30, 2015.

Deposits also grew 5.6 percent, an increase of $25 million over the quarter.

Stamford-based Patriot credited the

results in part to its chairman, Michael Carrazza, who took over as CEO after the August resignation of Kenneth Neilson from that role.

“Our team developed and began implementing initiatives aimed at generating stronger and consistent economic performance, which already proved visible this quarter," Carrazza said. "These value-based, re-engineering disciplines made an immediate difference and are expected to further elevate operating efficiencies and bottom line results. We are looking to make continued strides going forward."

TRUMP EXPECTED TO REPLACE U.S ATTORNEY

Deirdre M. Daly, who in 2014 became the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney for Connecticut, will likely lose that position when Donald Trump assumes the U.S. presidency.

Fairfield resident Daly, who is a Democrat, was appointed to the U.S. attorney post by President Barack Obama; all such appointments are subject to replacement by the nation’s chief executive.

According to the Connecticut Law Tribune, possible replacements for Daly include two former U.S. attorneys in Connecticut: Nora R. Dannehy, a Democrat who served from 2008-10, and Kevin J. O'Connor, who served from 2002-08 and who has been named by

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the Trump organization as an adviser in the replacement of Daly.

Other possibilities, according to the report, include Trump supporter and delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention Steve Bonafonte; attorney and Trump campaign activist Justin Clark; and Martha Dean, who lost the 2010 state attorney general election to Democrat George Jepsen and briefly ran as a Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2014.

Prior to being named U.S. attorney, Daly served as the first assistant U.S. attorney from July 2010 to May 2013. From 1985 to 1997, she was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York.

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THE LIST COMMERCIAL PRINTERS

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

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Robert LaBanca rlabanca@impressionpt.com 2003

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Bill Fishman bill@rapidpressct.com 1979

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High Ridge Printing and Copy Center Inc.

Jon DeCrescenzo Christine DeCrescenzo csr@highridgeprinting.com 1987

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Blackline printing, mounting and binding services, restoration, book binding, fine art reproductions and custom projects

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Print items, including signs, banners, brochures, forms, business cards and additional services, including wideformat scanning and printing, customized promotional items and clothing and 3D design and printing

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Minuteman Press

Peter Sandler stamford@minutemanpress.com 1990

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513 Summer St., Stamford 06905 327-9818 • stamford.minutemanpress.com

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 06469 261-6100 • bullsheadprinters.com

Jesse Trevino jesse@bullsheadprinters.com 1975

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Full-service print shop with USPS contract offering all postal services and postage

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Karyn E. Boczer copy@trepro.net 1971

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

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

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

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

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Tim Cicchese Sean Huban shuban@premieruplink.com 1984

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ASK ANDI

BY ANDI GRAY

Protecting your business from risky clients We just got clobbered by a client who went under, taking our receivables with them. We’ve gone from having tons of money in the bank to being very thin.

Since this was a sizable account, it’s going to be hard to replace.

We want to learn from this experience. What should we have done differently — so we can do it right next time?

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Big clients can help boost the business, but they can also be dangerous. Make sure you have a good handle on what’s going on with every customer. Build in protections for things that might go wrong.

Big clients are tempting. Less sales effort, more sales volume, revenue growth.

It’s all good, right? Wrong. Big clients also can put downward pressure on profits, shift your focus away from building other clients and if they decide to leave, they can leave a big hole behind.

Work on reducing the effort and cost of acquiring new customers. Test to find repeatable marketing campaigns you can rely on to build your sales pipeline.

Document and continuously measure what’s in your company’s sales funnel. Get to the point where, at any time, you can open the floodgates and replace any existing customer without sweating the details.

Assign a point person to every customer. Ask for call reports to insure that someone from your company is regularly talking to every client’s buyers and the people who pay the bills. Build relationships with people who can get the invoices paid.

Put customers on a “red alert” list if invoice aging starts creeping up. Every customer should have a valid credit card

on file, with signed authorization to use it, in case invoices go 60 days past due.

Regularly check the credit of larger and riskier clients and verify that credit cards on file are still valid.

Cut customers off and hold up future work as negotiating leverage to get paid.

Unpaid bills are “sunk cost” — that is, they are worth $0 until a payment is received.

Never let a customer fool you into doing more work in order to get an old bill paid.

Instead negotiate for payment on past due invoices plus money to put towards new orders.

Get control of your business’ financial picture. Build a budget, a cash flow statement and a sales forecast. Get a credit line in place and learn how to use it wisely.

Have a plan to get debt free. If you’re unsure about what to do, ask an expert to teach you.

Cash reserves are any business’ number one protection from things that might go wrong. Three to six months of overhead expenses, set aside in a savings account, will go a long way to keeping your business safe under the worst of conditions. Put away a few dollars every week, to build up reserves.

The finance function of any business requires a lot of different skills. Make sure you have the bases covered. Use outside resources such as accounting, bookkeeping and financial analysis firms to fill in gaps. Transition tasks to internal staff as the business grows Most entrepreneurs are sizable risk takers. Learn to moderate risk-taking. Have someone else in the business who can sound alarms, be a voice of caution, with the clout and stamina to stand up to you when your risk-taking gets out of hand.

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EDUCATION

Student debt a mounting burden for graduates and economy

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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he depth and scope of the student loan debt issue is considerable: approximately 44 million consumers now owe roughly $1.3 trillion in student loans, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with one out of four student loan borrowers past due or in default.

Closer to home, The Institute for College Access & Success ranked the 2015 graduates of Connecticut’s four-year public and private colleges and universities with the third-highest student loan debt level in the nation, with a state average of $34,773. New York ranked 18th, with an average student debt of $29,320 at graduation.

In September 2015, Connecticut became the first state to pass a student loan bill of rights that offers an ombudsman, a servicer licensing requirement and additional consumer protections for student loan borrowers. And while the subject did not occupy much public time during the latter stages of the presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged the issue with a proposal that would speed up the debt forgiveness process by expanding incomebased repayment plan options to include private loans. That option now is only available for federal student loans.

Yet the weight of student loan debt has created agitation across some parts of the economy, most notably in the housing market, where many millennials are not pursuing home ownership due to their financial situations. A recent survey conducted by NeighborWorks America found nearly 30 percent of Americans knew someone that delayed buying a home because of student loan debt, up from 28 percent in a 2015 survey by the organization and from 24 percent in a 2014 survey.

Among survey respondents identifying themselves as potential home buyers, 53 percent with student loan debt said their debt was “somewhat or very much an obstacle to buying a home.” That figure was down from 57 percent in 2015 but higher than the 49 percent rate in 2014.

“With the prices of college tuition and the need for student loans becoming more and more prevalent, it has definitely become

more difficult for the younger generation,” said John Walsh, president of Milford-based Total Mortgage Services. For lenders meeting with prospective millennial customers carrying high student loan debt, the best options are either having a non-occupant co-borrower on the mortgage or advising the borrower to wait until their debt level is lower or eliminated, Walsh added. “This has knocked a lot of people out of the housing market,” he said.

But a number of colleges and universities in the area are working proactively to ensure that their students do not graduate with massive loan debt weighing them down.

The University of Bridgeport sought to keep tuition costs down when it launched its Connecticut Promise program in April that guarantees first-time, full-time freshmen residing in the state will pay no more than $18,500 out of pocket for tuition, fees, and room and board after all scholarships and grants have been applied. An in-state commuting freshman not living on the university’s campus pays no more than $12,000 a year.

Karissa Peckham, associate vice president for enrollment at the University of Bridgeport, viewed the program as a winwin situation for both students and the

school. “When we decided to implement the Connecticut Promise, we had to determine how much it would cost the university,” she said. “We wound up enrolling an additional 100 Connecticut students, which we achieved by letting them know that students had this option. And despite enrolling more students, we are still able to meet our operating needs."

Peckham also noted that the university places a strong emphasis on scholarships and tuition and offers a financial aid appeals process that can enable students to access assistance after the semester begins if a family or personal matter disrupts their fiscal well-being. “When we do our planning each year, the item at the top of the list is how can we continue to help our students,” she said.

Even lower tuitions are available at community colleges and have been a major selling point in attracting students.

“Only 7 percent of our student body has loans,” said Esther Watstein, spokesperson at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport. “And I had to look over that figure two times because that’s amazing. On average, our students with loans average only $5,100 in debt, which would equate

to payments of $52 a month. That’s pretty fantastic.”

Across the border in New York, Mercy College participates in Salt, a financial education program offered by the nonprofit American Student Assistance. The school’s loan default rate is between 3 and 5 percent, far below the national average.

“Everybody has access to it, including employees,” said Andrew Mantell, director of admissions. “You can learn about debt, credit, any part of financial life. It helps you track payments to lenders.”

Fairfield’s Sacred Heart University also uses the Salt program, but it places an emphasis on ensuring the quality of its education will result in well-paying employment or access to prestigious graduate education opportunities.

“Here at Sacred Heart, 95 percent of our undergraduates leave with either a job or an acceptance to continue their education,” said Julie Savino, executive director of university financial assistance. “While the amount of debt from college loans is certainly a concern, our students have a very low default rate that seems to indicate the employment they find allows them to pay the loans back.”

But despite these efforts, at least one financial expert is warning that the student loan debt issue is not evaporating and the proverbial piper will ultimately have to be paid.

“Lending is so easy and students can get loans despite an inability to pay them back,” warned Michael E. Chadwick, president of Chadwick Financial Advisors in Unionville, Conn. “At this point, it is not certain if we are going to deal with it voluntarily. Eventually, we have to deal with it and not have the student loans blow up like mortgages blew up in 2007.”

And Mercy College’s Mantell expressed the hope that more students came to college with a greater understanding of the financial responsibilities ahead of them.

“Students come here very conscious of the concept of debt, but not so much about making money, saving or borrowing,” he said. “Financial literacy in all aspects is never too early to learn — it would be great if that was part of high school, where students could learn about balancing checkbooks and constructing a budget. When they come to college and have to take out loans, it would not be such a shock.”

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Reading, writing and barking

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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longtime professional dog trainer in Newtown has launched The Exceptional Partner Service Dogs, a program to identify, raise and train psychiatric service dogs to be matched – at no cost – with children and adults suffering from psychiatric disabilities.

The twist, explained Abby Hill, who has operated The Exceptional Pet Dog Training LLC for 17 years, is that the nonprofit has teachers in the Newtown school system raising the puppies to educate students and faculty about the process of training a service dog and their role in helping treat some mental health issues.

The program’s first five Labrador puppies – Harry, Blue, Bella, Jake and Taco – are being rotated every three months among educators at Newtown High School, Reed Intermediate and Sandy Hook Elementary School. Although students are not allowed to interact with the 10-month old pups, their mere presence can have a positive effect, Hill said.

“People’s faces just light up when they

see a puppy, even if they’re not ‘dog people,’” Hill said. “Research has shown that endorphins are released when you encounter therapy or service dogs.”

A study at the Department of Education at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany showed that having a dog in the classroom, even without direct physical contact, can promote positive social interaction, increase concentration and reduce stress and anxiety.

As opposed to therapy dogs, which are trained to visit facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, and schools, where people are encouraged to pet and play with the canines, service dogs “are trained to ignore everyone but their handler,” Hill said. “They’re considered to be medical equipment, like an inhaler or wheelchair, and so have public-access rights that therapy dogs don’t.”

Hill’s interest in service dogs was sparked by her mother’s dog, who helps with her bipolar condition. “Businesses will sometimes deny access, but that’s because they don’t know the law,” she said. “That can be upsetting to someone with a psychological disability, just as it would be to someone in a wheelchair

Abby Hill training Noodle.

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being denied entry somewhere.”

Exceptional Partner handlers carry cards explaining the benefits of service dogs, which are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA requires state and local government agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that provide goods or services to the public to make “reasonable modifications” in their policies, practices, or procedures when necessary to accommodate people with disabilities, with service animals falling under that guideline. “Entities that have a ‘no pets’ policy generally must modify the policy to allow service animals into their facilities,” according to the ADA. While the hardest part for most Newtown students has been squelching their desire to pet or otherwise interact with the dogs, Hill noted allergies have been a concern. The solution was to add Noodle, a hypoallergenic Labradoodle.

Launched in January as a nonprofit, Exceptional Partner received its first purebred Labradors from an experienced dog breeder in West Virginia at the recommendation of Assistant Dogs International; the five 8-week-old puppies arrived on March 17 and entered the schools in May. The program was approved by Newtown Superintendent Joseph Erardi, who has been “extremely supportive,” Hill said. “And we’ve seen a lot of students open up and have conversations about their personal concerns and fears with teachers and counselors … which is what we want.”

Hill said that Labs were chosen for their proven success as service dogs, “but any dog can be a service dog, depending on their temperament and ability to be trained.”

A final assessment of the puppies will be done next spring, after which they will be matched with a person with psychiatric disabilities. Hill said she’s already being deluged with requests for adoption, “which is the hard part. A lot of people who are in need want a service dog now, but the whole process can take up to two years.”

Although Hill was one of the first people in the state to become a certified professional dog trainer through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers, she said such accreditation is not necessary to present oneself as a dog trainer – or even a service-dog trainer.

Hill said the cost of adopting, raising, training and providing proper health care for her service dogs for the first two years of their lives prior to placement is approximately $25,000 per animal. For now she is essentially supporting the nonprofit with the income she makes through her regular dog training services, but she is in the process of launching a number of fundraisers, including a GoFundMe page for neutering and spaying. Donations have also been coming in from the puppy raisers’s family and friends, she said.

Housatonic Community College expansion on schedule

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ousatonic Community College’s $37.5 million expansion is on schedule, with the HCC Tower now a recognizable structure, reaching to the street on Lafayette Boulevard in Bridgeport.

Expected to be open to students in March 2017, the tower will add some 46,000 square feet to the college's footprint. The ground floor will include a new welcome center, designed to expedite the registration process and include admissions and business offices, financial aid, new testing labs, a counseling area and new meeting rooms.

The tower will contain two elevators, with its second and third floors featuring classrooms and offices. The third floor will also include new Mac labs and art studios.

Housatonic Community College

The fourth floor will consist mainly of art studios, classrooms, student lounge space with another Mac Lab, and offices.

About 30 percent of the Bridgeport school’s existing Lafayette Hall has been impacted by the construction and has

involved temporarily relocating offices and personnel, according to HCC Facilities Director Richard Hennessey. Much of the art that enhanced Lafayette Hall has been removed for safekeeping during the construction process, although the Burt Chernow Galleries are open and special exhibits are ongoing.

Simultaneously with the building of the tower, structural repairs and sprinkler system updates are taking place in the college's garage; that work is expected to be finished in the late spring of 2017.

The next construction project involves renovations to other areas of Lafayette Hall, including enlarging the library and audio center, adding new science and allied health classrooms and labs, and student lounge areas. That work is expected to be completed in December 2018.

Housatonic’s expansion project began in November 2015. ­— Kevin Zimmerman

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FACTS & FIGURES on the record ATTACHMENTS-FILED Borsk, Jeffrey and John Borsk, Greenwich. Filed by Dominick Angotta. $48,000 in favor of Joseph Palmer and Caroline Barchou, Greenwich.

Property: Plot 18 and 19, Madison Avenue, Greenwich. Filed Nov. 1.

The Rising Sun Co., Norwalk. Filed

by Simon Sumberg. $23,000 in favor of Commerce Street Properties, Norwalk. Property: 5 Talmadge Place, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 26.

ATTACHMENTS-RELEASED Bethel Health & Rehabilitation LLC, et al., Bethel. Released by Meyers, Piscitelli & Link LLP, Avon. $67,500 in favor of The Hartford Provision Co., Hartford. Property: 13 Parklawn Ave., Bethel. Filed Oct. 11.

BUILDING PERMITS

COMMERCIAL 100 Route 37 LLC, contractor for self. Renovate an existing commercial space at 100 Route 37, New Fairfield.

No cost available. Filed Sept. 14.

191 Main Street LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Convert an existing service building into a sales office at 191 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Oct. 26.

365 Cherry LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Renovate the interior of an existing commercial space at 365 Cherry St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed Oct. 27.

A Pappajohn Co., Norwalk, contractor for Merritt 7 Venture LLC. Renovate the first floor of an existing commercial space at 101 Merritt 7, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $70,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

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

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: John Golden c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: (914)694-3600 Fax: (914)694-3680

Blackwell Construction LLC, contractor for High Ridge Office Park LLC. Alter the interior of an existing commercial space on Turn of River Road, Building 1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $700,000. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

McDonalds Real Estate Co., Stamford, contractor for self. Perform interior renovations in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 15 Bedford St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $390,000. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Reidy Contracting Group, contractor for Reckson/Stamford Towers LLC. Alter the back patio attached to an existing commercial space at 680 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Blue Rhino, Bordentown, N.J., contractor for Speedway No. 2404. Add a tank holder to an existing commercial space at 169 North Ave., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $366. Filed Oct. 27.

Noel, Ralph E., contractor for Thomas Sadowski, et al. Renovate the interior of a condominium unit at 237 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 6, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $4,200. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Rex Roofing Company of Stamford Inc., Stamford, contractor for Placidia R. Cassaro. Replace the shingles on the roof of an existing commercial space at 16 Bouton St., Unit 87, Stamford. Estimated cost: $128,366.

Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Chimblo Development & Construction Co., contractor for RV LLC. Improve the cosmetic appearance on the inside of an existing commercial space at 239 Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

City of Bridgeport, contractor for self. Construct a block wall in an existing commercial space at 990 Housatonic Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $0. Filed Oct. 27.

Corporate Construction Inc., New Milford, contractor for 195 Danbury Road Associates LLC. Perform alterations to an existing commercial space at 195 Danbury Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Deluca Construction Co., contractor for Stamford Hospital. Add a mechanical room to an existing commercial space at 1 Hospital Plaza, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Fortney & Weygandt, North Olmstead, Ohio, contractor for MCL Hubbard-Keeler LLC. Perform alterations to an existing commercial space at Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 24.

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

Renovate the interior of an existing commercial space at 2979 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $50,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Gonzalez, Jose L., contractor for the town of Stamford. Perform interior renovations in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 350 W. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Karp Associates Inc., contractor for Vicki K. Comberiati. Remodel the bathroom in an existing commercial space at 73 Harbor Drive, Unit 412, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Stamford, contractor for self. Perform interior renovations in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 151 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $29,600. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Norpost Properties, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchens and bathrooms in an existing commercial space at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 3P, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Norpost Properties, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchens and bathrooms in an existing commercial space at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 3E, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Norpost Properties, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchens and bathrooms in an existing commercial space at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 3G, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Norpost Properties, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchens and bathrooms in an existing commercial space at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 3N, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Norpost Properties, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchens and bathrooms in an existing commercial space at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 13G, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Norpost Properties, Norwalk, contractor for self. Renovate the kitchens and bathrooms in an existing commercial space at 41 Wolfpit Ave., Unit 13H, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Ochonski, Krzysztof, contractor for Hampshire Housing Inc. Renovate the kitchens and bathrooms in an existing commercial space at 100 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Pavarini North East Construction Company Inc., contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC. Alter the interior of an existing commercial space at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 100, Stamford. Estimated cost: $600,000.

Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Pavarini North East Construction, Stamford, contractor for 1 Park Norwalk LLC. Renovate the interior of an existing commercial space at 761 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $48,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Rich-Taubman Associates, Stamford, contractor for self. Install a new wall sign on an existing commercial space at 230 Tresser Blvd., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $4,627. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Rubits, Victor, contractor for Stanhope Condominium. Replace the ceiling of a parking structure in an existing commercial space at 970-970 Hope St., Unit 331, Stamford. Estimated cost: $82,000. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

T J & Son Inc., Danbury, contractor for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. Renovate the lab in an existing commercial space at 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $91,300. Filed Oct. 25.

Tom Quinn Contracting LLC, Fairfield, contractor for T&N Properties LLC. Add a six-unit addition to an existing commercial space at 2838 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $650,000. Filed Oct. 27.

William R. Deickler Contracting, Ridgefield, contractor for Aquila Real Estate Holding Co. LLC. Renovate the interior of an existing commercial space at 4 Prospect St., Ridgefield.

Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Oct. 27.

RESIDENTIAL 1800 Real Estate Associates, Norwalk, contractor for self. Fit out a twofamily residence at 10 Adamson Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000.

Filed Oct. 26.

Ashe, Cashy B., New Fairfield, contractor for self. Alter the interior of an existing single-family residence at 35 Ridge Road, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Oct. 18.

Astrum Solar Inc., Annapolis Junction, Md., contractor for Jerry Petrini.

Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 9 Romindon Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $47,928. Filed Oct. 25.

Avantech Group Corp., Bridgeport, contractor for self. Perform interior renovations in an existing single-family residence at 29 Eric St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Baffo, Angelo, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Add a second floor to an existing single-family residence at 35 Clinton Place, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Bell Atlantic Inc., East Hartford, contractor for self. Perform minor renovations on an existing single-family residence at 128 Mather St., Wilton.

Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 21.

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Perform minor renovations on an existing single-family residence at 128 Mather St., Wilton. Estimated cost: $26,000. Filed Oct. 21.

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Bingham, James F., Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate the interior of an existing single-family residence at 58 Vine Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

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Breakwater Renovation & Design LLC, Middlebury, contractor for Mark Seavy and Joanne Seavy. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence and add new lighting at 88 Soundview Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Busk, Alina and Christopher Busk, Weston, contractor for self.

Add a master bathroom to an existing single-family residence at 27 Calvin Road, Weston. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Oct. 26.

72 West Ave LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Remove the illegal apartment on the second floor of an existing commercial space at 72 West Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

Castullo, Patti and Eva Castullo, New Fairfield, contractor for self.

Add a full bathroom, laundry room and garage to an existing singlefamily residence at 106 Gillotti Road, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Sept. 22.

Aravidis, Theodore, Norwalk, contractor for self. Replace the nonconforming structure in an existing single-family residence at 5 Elm St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

Chandler, Janice and Robert Chandler, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Construct a new single-family residence at 62 Route 39, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Oct. 18.

Arias, Robyn and Andreas Arias, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Legalize a bathroom and four bedrooms on an existing single-family residence at 10 Lake Drive North, New Fairfield.

No cost available. Filed Sept. 21.

Clark Construction of Ridgefield Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Paul Peterson and Erin Peterson. Remodel the hall bathroom and remove the access from the bathroom at 636 Barrack Hill Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $27,784. Filed Oct. 27.

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FIRST COUNTY BANK FOUNDATION GRANTS $25K TO WESTPORT NONPROFITS

MARTIGNETTI JOINS MEDICAL RESEARCH TEAM

From left: Steve Ferguson, associate vice president, business development officer, First County Bank; Jim Wieser, president and CEO, Homes With Hope; Todd Malizia, associate vice president, Westport branch manager, First County Bank; James Marpe, first selectman, Westport; and Reyno A. Giallongo Jr., president of First County Bank Foundation and chairman and CEO, First County Bank.

First County Bank Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Stamford-based First County Bank, recently gave six Westport-based nonprofits a total of $25,000 in grants to support these organizations’ missions to provide needed services to the community. The foundation is celebrating its 15th anniversary, and has awarded grants worth more than $7.5 million since its inception in 2001. The organizations awarded include: Homes with Hope, $10,000 for its emergency shelter for homeless single mothers and their children; Positive Directions, $5,000 for its adolescent behavioral health treatment program; Project Return, $2,500 for its HEAL program, which provides young women in crisis with a nurturing environment to heal; Earthplace, The Discovery Nature Center, $2,500 for its natural history museum, wildlife rehabilitation program, water quality laboratory, afterschool and summer camp programs; Westport Voluntary Emergency Medical Service, $2,500; and United Way of Coastal Connecticut — Westport, $2,500.

Top row, from left, of the research department, laboratory for translational research: Candice Martino, lead technician; Deep Pandya, research associate (bioinformatics) and Sabina Swierczek, lead research associate.

Bottom row, from left: Shiquan He, biostatistician; and John Martignetti, director.

Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN), has named physician-scientist John A. Martignetti, an expert in human genetics and genomic sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, as the network director of the laboratory for translational research at the WCHN Biomedical Research Institute. Under this collaboration, Martignetti’s bedside-to-bench cancer research methodology will be extended to patients of WCHN’s affiliate hospitals to lend more personalized and successful therapeutic strategies. He will work closely with the oncology physicians and research scientists across WCHN to build on their efforts. Martignetti has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College, Columbia University and his medical and doctoral degrees from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

GOOD THINGS HAPPENING

NEW HEAD OF CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AT HCC

John Bonaguro

Housatonic Community College, a two-year public community college in Bridgeport, welcomed John Bonaguro as associate dean of continuing and professional education. Bonaguro most recently served as the inaugural dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He worked closely with business and health care organizations in developing academic programs to meet workforce needs. His experience in higher education spans more than 30 years, including positions at Ohio University and Ithaca College. He holds a doctorate degree in health education from the University of Oregon with a second emphasis on community service and public affairs and both master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Southern Illinois University.

TISON NAMED DIRECTOR OF MARKETING FOR MARITIME

Tina Tison

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, a nonprofit whose mission is to educate visitors about, and to create stewards for, the Long Island Sound, welcomed Tina Tison as its new director of marketing. Her new responsibilities include directing the marketing and communication efforts of the family attraction. Tison joins the aquarium from the Norwalk-based ad agency Media Storm, where she served as its managing director for 10 years. Prior to this, she held vice president positions at both Grey Worldwide and Young & Rubicam in New York. She has a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University and frequently shares her experience as a speaker on industry panels and as a guest lecturer at Fairfield University on the topic of persuasive communication.

22 Week of November 21, 2016 • FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL

UWWC ANNOUNCES $25K RAISED FOR THE PARTNERS FOR ITS FINANCIAL KENNEDY CENTER’S OPPORTUNITY CENTER AUTISM PROJECT United Way of Western Connecticut announced the creation of its Financial Opportunity Center and the partner agencies that will collaborate to provide financial literacy services to the local community. Grants totaling $74,000 will be given to three nonprofits in the region, including: $39,000 to the Women’s Business Development Council to provide services in Danbury, New Milford and Stamford; $20,000 to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center in Stamford; and $15,000 to The Bridge To Independence and Career Opportunities to serve clients in Danbury and New Milford. Additionally, in the spring of 2017, United Way will launch an incentivized savings program for individuals who complete the financial coaching sessions at these three organizations. The savings program will allow participants to deposit regular savings into a special bank account in order to work toward building savings for emergencies and financial goals, including education, housing and transportations. Participants in this program will receive a monetary match toward their savings when they meet defined savings benchmarks. For more, visit uwwesternct.org.

The Kennedy Center, serves 2,400 individuals with disabilities and special needs annually, raised a total of $25,000 from two events to benefit its Autism Project. Established in 2006, The Autism Project provides children and families with information referral and resources, including family support and service coordination, financial assistance, support for children in community activities, wrap-around supports, staff and new services for unmet needs within the community. Its Second Annual Autism SpectRun attracted 150 supporters to Great Hollow Lake, Wolfe Park in Monroe, to participate in a 5K color run, walk and stroll. The event, organized in memory of Emma Genster, a past staff member who served as the services coordinator of the Autism Project, raised a total of $21,500. The Kennedy Center’s second annual soccer tournament, The KCAP CUP, was held at Goooal Sports in Stratford, where high school students Teresa Andres and Katie Rigione organized a noncompetitive indoor tournament. A total of 50 soccer plays helped raise $3,000 for The Autism Project.

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A GRAND HOLIDAY CELEBRATION AT LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS

DALI PROTÉGÉ LOUIS MARKOYA TO EXHIBIT IN FAIRFIELD

DATES NOV. 21 Greenwich United Way is hosting “A.L.I.C.E. in our Community,” a community-wide presentation about the tough choices that our neighbors make each day that are “Asset Limited Income Constrained and Employed,” 11 a.m., Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. To RSVP, call 203-869-2221.

NOV. 25-JAN. 8, 2017 “The Triumph of Intellect” is a self-portrait by Louis Markoya that features a landscape that was mathematically generated and based on another collaboration with Dali in the 1970s.

Toys from the Permanent Collection of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum. Photograph

by Sarah Grote Photography.

Norwalk’s Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is kicking off the holiday season the day after Thanksgiving with its traditional display of trees and decorations, along with a new exhibition, titled “Holiday Splendor at the Mansion: Christmas and New Year’s Celebrations,” curated by Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, opening Friday, Nov. 25 at noon, 295 West Ave., Norwalk. The exhibition will explore the history of the holiday season as it was celebrated by the Lockwood and Mathews families in Connecticut and New York City, where they once resided. The mansion will also display a “Designer Show House of Holiday Trees and Decorations,” featuring traditional trees decorated by interior designers, Victoria Vandamm of Vandamm Interiors; Linda Fontaine of Linda Fontaine Design; and Gail Ingis-Claus. For more, visit lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.

PICTURE THAT APPOINTS NEW BUSINESS LEADER Picture That LLC, an art-consulting firm based in Stamford, welcomed Stacy Lytwyn to lead its business development and communications functions. With 20 years experience in sales, business development and strategic branding, Lytwyn will serve the health care and corporate sector and the educational services industry in the newly expanded global market, as well as the national and regional markets. Picture That sources artwork to enhance the décor of facilities, providing services, including research and design, procurement, placement and installation, custom framing, collection management and art appraisals.

“The Triumph of Intellect,” a new exhibit by Louis Markoya, former collaborator and protégé of Surrealist master Salvador Dali, is running through Dec. 31 at the Bruce S. Kershner Art Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield. In this exhibit, Markoya brings the continuity and evolution of surrealist and nuclear-mystical art to the same venue, with a focus on optical and neural explorations through oil paintings and prints. Show hours are Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more, contact the gallery at 203-256-3155.

OPERATION FUEL ELECTS THREE BOARD MEMBERS Operation Fuel, a nonprofit program based in Hartford that provides emergency energy assistance, year-round, through its statewide network of fuel banks to lower-income working families and individuals, the elderly and the disabled who are in financial crises, appointed three new board members during its annual board of directors meeting. The new members include Chuck Anderson of Avon, a public assistance consultant for the State of Connecticut’s Department of Social Services; Daniel Canavan of Fairfield, a regulatory counsel for UIL Holdings Corp.; and Camilla Jones of East Hartford, a director of social and youth services for the town of Bloomfield. Canavan and Jones previously served on Operation Fuel’s board.

IMETOVSKI JOINS BERCHEM, MOSES & DEVLIN

STAMFORD HEALTH MOVES WILTON PRACTICE Stamford Health Medical Group is relocating its primary care and OB/GYN practice at 396 Danbury Road in Wilton to a new space at 273 Danbury Road, also in Wilton. Additionally, the practice will provide access to specialists rotating through the facility and appointments can be made to consult with physicians regarding breast surgery, orthopedics, cardiology, podiatry, endocrinology and medical oncology services. The expanded facility will also offer several Stamford Hospital services, including a lab draw station, cardiac testing and imaging for mammography, bone density, ultrasound and x-ray.

Desi Imetovski

Berchem, Moses & Devlin PC, a law firm with offices in Milford, Norwalk and Westport, welcomed Desi Imetovski as senior counsel in the business services department, concentrating in the area of affordable housing and community and economic development. Prior to joining, Imetovski served as assistant chief disciplinary counsel for the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, where she ensured attorney compliance with the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct. Prior to this, she owned and managed her own law firm where she represented individuals and businesses in the purchase, sale and refinance of residential and commercial properties for almost 10 years. In her new role, Imetovski will provide legal representation and services to public housing authorities, municipalities and private developers. She is a graduate of Sacred Heart University and the Quinnipiac University School of Law.

Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is hosting The Mansion’s Holiday Exhibit, an exhibit tracing the development of the holiday traditions during the Victorian era in America, noon to 4 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday, Nov. 25 through Jan. 8, 2017, 295 West Ave., Norwalk. For more, visit lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.

NOV. 29 SCORE Fairfield County and co-sponsor the Darien Library are presenting, “WordPress for Business Websites,” a complimentary SCORE small-business workshop, 6-8 p.m. at the Darien Library, 1441 Post Road, Darien. Check-in begins 5:30 p.m. Guest presenters include Jeff Seaver and Jon Dupree.

For more, visit scorefairfieldcounty.org.

SCORE Fairfield County and co-sponsor the South Norwalk branch of the Norwalk Public Library are also presenting, “Copyright Basis for Artists, Photographers and Other Creative Types,” a complimentary SCORE small-business workshop, 6-8 p.m. at the South Norwalk branch, 10 Washington St., Norwalk.

Check-in begins 5:30 p.m.

Guest presenter includes Cliff Ennico. For more, visit scorefairfieldcounty.org.

DEC. 1 The Ridgefield Playhouse is presenting Grammy and Emmy Award-winning vocalist Steven Tyrell, who will perform standards along with a diverse set that includes holiday songs, 8 p.m., 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield. For tickets, call the box office at 203-438-5795.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL • Week of November 21, 2016 23

FACTS Courtland, Alan, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a rear addition to an existing single-family residence at 12 Fox Run, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Oct. 7.

Craftworks Construction LLC, contractor for Arjun Avtar Sethi, et al. Remodel the attic in an existing single-family residence at 8 Doolittle Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,600. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

CT Property Network LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Remodel the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 28 Nolan St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Danbury Mill Condos, Danbury, contractor for self. Remove and replace the roof system on an existing single-family residence at 55 Oil Mill, Danbury. Estimated cost: $30,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Dempster, Craig, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Construct a new pool cabana, bathroom, changing area, kitchen area and living area with a fireplace at 280 Branchville Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $150,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Dibiorsi Roofing, Beacon Falls, contractor for Second Stone Ridge Co-Op. Strip and reroof an existing singlefamily residence at 160-164 Yaremich Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $11,840. Filed Oct. 27.

Durants Tents & Events, contractor for Robert F. Pease and Roseni F. Pease. Add temporary tents to the property of an existing commercial space for a special event at 17 Lilac Lane, Danbury. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Nov. 1.

E&N Associates LLC, Ridgefield, contractor for Mathew K. Foley. Perform minor renovations on an existing single-family residence at 40 Warncke Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Elite Contractors LLC, contractor for Sofia Cyna Mafalda. Raise the roof on an existing single-family residence and add a full bathroom and expand the bedrooms at 8 Skyline Drive, Danbury. Estimated cost: $3,900. Filed Nov. 3.

Ellinghouse, Lillian, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Construct a new single-family residence at 2 Blue Jay Road, New Fairfield. No cost available.

Filed Oct. 3.

Esdras, Joseline and Gabriel Esdras, Norwalk, contractor for self.

Add a basement on the lower level of an existing single-family residence at 42 Valley View Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Evolve Building Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Dana Dunlop.

Remodel the existing first-floor bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 118 Rowayton Woods Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,587.

Filed Oct. 26.

Evolve Building Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Janet Turiel.

Remodel the existing first-floor bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 120 Rowayton Woods Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $8,500.

Filed Oct. 26.

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Knight Grabowski Construction LLC, contractor for John L. Geils, et al. Convert a three-seasons room in an existing single-family residence into a four-seasons room at 21 Bertmor Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $47,000. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Gama, Galdemar, et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Replace the roof on an existing single-family residence at 8 Berges Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Krygar, Robert, Norwalk, contractor for self. Convert an existing attic garage into a living space at 16 Arnold Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Harris, William R., contractor for Christine I. Martins. Add a generator to an existing single-family residence at 196 West Trail, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,500. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

L. Holzner Electric Co., Bridgeport, contractor for the city of Norwalk.

Install beams and supports for a new boat ramp at 10 Seaview Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $220,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Hart Restorations, Newtown, contractor for Stephen Gott. Fit-out an existing single-family residence with a two-car garage, a rear porch, a pool and a spa at 30 1/2 Shorefront Park, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

Lagner Renovations, Wilton, contractor for Thomas H. Crimmins and Laura S. Crimmins. Alter the interior of an existing single-family residence at 114 Sharp Hill Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 21.

Harter, Rachael and Frederick Harter, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a retaining wall to an existing single-family residence at 83 Shortwoods Road, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Sept. 22.

Hoffman, Doug, Norwalk, contractor for Kimberly Kelley. Add stair towers to the roof deck on an existing single-family residence at 3 Ensign Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $460,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Hurley, Navamo, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Perform interior renovations in an existing single-family residence at 438-440 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $2,500.

Filed Oct. 26.

J M Roofing & Siding LLC, Stamford, contractor for Thomas C. Hermes. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 64 Tally Ho Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $16,450. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

JJG Associates LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Betty McGowen. Remodel the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 56 Murray St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Oct. 24.

John Discala Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Aiken Street Development LLC. Construct a new two-family residence at 2 Caryns Way, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $420,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Jonas, Jerrold, Ridgefield, contractor for self. Add a deck with stairs and railings to an existing single-family residence at 80 S. Olmstead Lane, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $300. Filed Oct. 31.

Katz Construction LLC, contractor for Nicholas J. Mancini and Debra L. Mancini. Finish the second-floor bathroom, bedroom, great room and balcony in an existing single-family residence at 10 Wendy Way, Danbury.

Estimated cost: $68,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Lasker, Ronald, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a two-car detached garage to the property of an existing single-family residence at 15 Devonshire Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,600. Filed Oct. 28.

LCP, Fairfield, contractor for Don Deveny. Rebuild a sunroom in an existing single-family residence at 700 W. Jackson Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Lynch, Pat, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a rear deck to an existing single-family residence at 5 Whipotick, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Sept. 21.

Madwed, Bert A., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Fill in an in-ground pool on the property of an existing single-family residence at 34 Malibu Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Mahoney, Carol G., Stamford, contractor for self. Create a changing room, closet and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 73 Wynnewood Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Marvins Construction Inc., Patterson, N.Y., contractor for Daniel Smuckler and Carrie Smuckler. Install a new bathroom in the basement of an existing single-family residence at 63 Holmes Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $7,800. Filed Oct. 28.

Mead, Guy, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Construct a new single-family residence at 60 Rock Ridge Court, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Oct. 13.

Mehler, Kara and Peter Mehler, New Fairfield, contractor for self.

Expand the rear deck on an existing single-family residence at 6 Squantz View Drive, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Sept. 21.

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FIGURES Milano, Joanne and Jim Milano, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a two-story addition to an existing single-family residence at 2 Sugar Maple Lane, New Fairfield. No cost available.

Filed Sept. 28.

Milton Construction LLC, Westport, contractor for Adam Greenlee.

Construct a new superstructure with a three-car garage, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a finished attic and a roof deck at 32 Shorehaven Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1.5 million.

Filed Oct. 24.

NB Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Kelli Miklovich. Add a master bedroom, master bathroom, front dormer, rear dormer, half bathroom and finished basement to an existing single-family residence at 5 Fifth St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $250,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

New England Artisans Remodeling, Norwalk, contractor for Matthew Foskett and Anne Foskett. Construct a new superstructure for a two-car garage at 53 Cove Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Papadopoulos, Nick, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add an entry portico and front siding to an existing singlefamily residence at 20 Cove Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

S&W Building, Norwalk, contractor for Washington Row Preservation. Replace the floor joist and kitchen cabinets in an existing single-family residence at 132 Washington St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Oct. 31.

S&W Building, Norwalk, contractor for Jamie Karper and Chrissie Karper.

Replace the decking on the front porch of an existing single-family residence and replace the columns and roof at 7 Englewood Road, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Salem Ridge Construction Inc., Ridgefield, contractor for Kelly Pikor.

Reconstruct the raised deck and add a new one at 75 Round Lake Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $11,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

Saunders, Jon Irwin, et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Replace a retaining wall on the property of an existing single-family residence at 10 Howes Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,500. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Sergio Ferreira Contracting Corp., Ridgefield, contractor for Dwight Blaha and Amber Blaha. Remove the wall between the living room and dining room in an existing single-family residence and install lighting at 18 Walnut Grove Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $25,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

Pinto, Marie C., Stamford, contractor for self. Add a fence to the property of an existing single-family residence at 69 Ledge Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Sharkey, Jason, Norwalk, contractor for self. Add a dormer to the front of an existing single-family residence to expand a bedroom area on the second floor of an existing single-family residence at 4 Lake St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Purepoint Energy LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Ernesta Corvino. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 14 Little Fox Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Sheila, Robert, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Legalize a pool house on an existing single-family residence at 21 Warwick, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Oct. 6.

R & K Homes LLC, Norwalk, contractor for self. Construct a rear deck attached to an existing single-family residence at 41 Murray St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $5,500. Filed Oct. 25.

Sholas, Steven, Wilton, contractor for Victoria Gullotti-Mazzella. Perform minor renovations on an existing single-family residence at 37 Oak Ledge Lane, Wilton. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Ray’s Construction LLC, Stratford, contractor for Jose Montalvo. Add a deck and carport to an existing single-family residence at 140 Arcadia Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Riga LLC, contractor for Stella Apostolides. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 322 Oaklawn Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,500. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

RNS Carpentry LLC, Shelton, contractor for Joseph Carmelle and Jean Carmelle. Renovate the kitchen and install new lights in an existing singlefamily residence at 47 Ferris Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Sikk, Sigmar, et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate a sunroom in an existing single-family residence at 27 Lenox Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Skyline Solar LLC, Hamilton, N.J., contractor for Christos Perisanidis.

Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 8 Huckleberry Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $38,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Skyline Solar LLC, contractor for Rozanna Antoine, et al. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 50 George St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $28,000.

Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Solar City Corp., Rocky Hill, contractor for Bradd Levin, et al. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 7 MacGregor Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $21,385. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, Calif., contractor for Tim Forcellina. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 6 Betmarlea Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, Calif., contractor for Carlos Aldana. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 32 Donohue Drive, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $19,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, Calif., contractor for Luis Velez and Doris Velez. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 69 Truman St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, Calif., contractor for Dennis Fleischman. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 2 Algonquin Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, Calif., contractor for Michael Rybnick. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 17 Friendly Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, Calif., contractor for Joshua Lander. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 17 Glen Ave., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $42,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, Calif., contractor for Mike Lamont. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 4 Three Seasons Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $24,578.

Filed Oct. 28.

Taconic Builders Inc., Mamaroneck, N.Y., contractor for Fosterhouse LLC. Alter the interior of an existing single-family residence at 122 Olmstead Hill Road, Wilton. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Oct. 21.

THD at Home Services Inc., Atlanta, Ga., contractor for Robert P. M. Price and Susan M. Price. Perform minor renovations on an existing single-family residence at 49 Scarlet Oak Drive, Wilton. Estimated cost: $2,285.

Filed Oct. 27.

THD at Home Services Inc., Shrewsbury, Mass., contractor for Thomas A. Costello, et al. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 14 Northwoods Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,664. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

FACTS THD at Home Services Inc., Shrewsbury, Mass., contractor for Ana Maria Disla. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 37 Maltbie Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,016. Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

THD at Home Services Inc., Shrewsbury, Mass., contractor for Patricia M. Heffron, et al. Replace the windows on an existing single-family residence at 520 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,292.

Filed between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

Thompson, Stephanie M. and Christian Thompson, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Add an inground pool to the property of an existing single-family residence at 5 Weldon Woods Road, New Fairfield.

No cost available. Filed Oct. 18.

TJL Country Homes LLC, Ridgefield, contractor for Christopher McGratty and Stacy McGratty. Remove the existing deck and replace it with a composite decking on stone patio at 56 Ivy Hill Road, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Venico, Ann Marie and Michael Venico, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence at 18 Peaceful Drive, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Sept. 21.

Venico, Ann Marie and Michael Venico, New Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a three-seasons room to an existing single-family residence at 18 Peaceful Drive, New Fairfield. No cost available. Filed Sept. 21.

Vinylume Inc., contractor for Barbara L. Arata. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 40 Bon Air Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $16,847. Filed between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Weston Field Club, Weston, contractor for self. Renovate the bathroom, locker room and update the lighting in an existing single-family residence at 38 Ladder Hill Road South, Weston. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Oct. 24.

White Home Products, Stratford, contractor for William Schwarz. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 143 Rose St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $17,000. Filed Oct. 27.

DEEDS

COMMITTEE DEEDS Zegarra, Mirtha, et al., Norwalk.

Appointed committee: Michael L. Goldman, Norwalk. Property: 7 Kellogg St., Norwalk. Amount: $233,700.

Docket no. FST-cv-14-6022201-S. Filed Oct. 24.

COMMERCIAL 100 Lewis LLC, Chappaqua, N.Y. Seller: Lewis Street Development LLC, Greenwich. Property: 100 Lewis St., Greenwich. Amount: $2.2 million.

Filed Oct. 19.

170 Carrie St. LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Ronald Lundgren, Shelton. Property: 170 Carrie St., Bridgeport. Amount: $190,000. Filed Oct. 24.

18 Great Plain Road LLC, Danbury.

Seller: Wilmot Plain Properties LLC, Scarsdale, N.Y. Property: 18 Great Plain Road, Danbury. Amount: $625,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

19 South End Court LLC, Fairfield.

Seller: Barbara Elliott Maxwell, Greenwich. Property: Lot 6, Map 2728, Greenwich. Amount: $1.1 million.

Filed Oct. 13.

2 Weaver Street LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Catherine M. Brennan and Barbara Brennan Oxer, Greenwich. Property: 2 Weaver St., Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 31.

2022 Magee Avenue LLC, Stamford.

Seller: Michael Kirshbaum, Stamford.

Property: 20 and 22 Magee Ave., Stamford. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 28.

23 Harold Avenue LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Mid Pac Portfolio LLC, Newport Beach, Calif. Property: 23 Harold Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $453,000. Filed Oct. 21.

27 Patterson Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Richard Corneau, Greenwich. Property: 27 Patterson Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $3.8 million.

Filed Oct. 28.

5 Jofran Lane LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Jonathan Evans and Courtney Evans, Greenwich. Property: 5 Jofran Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed Oct. 19.

730 Commerce Drive LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Commerce Properties LLC, Mount Lebanon, Pa. Property: State Street Extension, Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 31.

90 Route 39 LLC, New Fairfield.

Seller: Cap-Ferret Properties LLC, New Fairfield. Property: 90 Route 39, New Fairfield. Amount: $500,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Arlopa Camp LLC, Stamford. Seller: Aaron Glick and Laura S. Sheiman, Fairfield. Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 12K, Stamford. Amount: $426,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

CDE Construction of Danbury LLC, New Fairfield. Seller: Edward Comer III, Brookfield. Property: 19 Albion Road, New Fairfield. Amount: $95,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Coastal Construction Group LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Robert S. Churchill and Ethel P. Churchill, Greenwich.

Property: 10 W. Crossway, Greenwich.

Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Oct. 26.

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CTI Towers Assets II LLC, Franklin, Mass. Seller: Connoisseur Media of Connecticut LLC, Westport. Property: Map 2779, Norwalk. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 24.

CT Property Network LLC, Stamford. Seller: Chester J. Osheske, Norwalk. Property: 28 Nolan St., Norwalk.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Danbury 902 LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Toll CT III Limited Partnership, Newtown. Property: 902 Old Pasture Drive, Danbury. Amount: $284,803.

Filed Nov. 1.

Danbury Foster Street LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Joseph M. Zenevitch, Danbury. Property: 10 Foster St., Danbury.

Amount: $256,000. Filed Oct. 24.

EAI LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 1391 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $142,500. Filed Oct. 26.

EP Realty LLC, Norwalk. Seller: 12 Winfield Street LLC, Norwalk. Property: 12 Winfield St., Norwalk. Amount: $360,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Philadelphia, Pa. Seller: Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 21 Chambers Road, Danbury. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 24.

FIGURES J & G Mac LLC, Danbury. Seller: Nancy J. Bailey, Danbury. Property: 136 Deer Hill Ave., Unit 307, Danbury.

Amount: $85,000. Filed Oct. 27.

JAC LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Patrick Tarantino and Philip Tarantino, Norwalk.

Property: 96 Weaver St., Greenwich.

Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 28.

J.A.R. Associates, Danbury. Seller: Fagioli LLC, Danbury. Property: 4 Starr St., Danbury. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 26.

K2 Realty LLC, Naugatuck. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 139-141 Trumbull Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $140,775. Filed Oct. 24.

Laundry Tree Inc., Suffern, N.Y. Seller: Khan Y LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 316 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $430,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Mason David Wampus LLC, Greenwich. Seller: VIII Riverside LP, Greenwich. Property: Lot B, Map 4817, Greenwich. Amount: $1.6 million.

Filed Oct. 13.

Melrose Square LLC, Thornwood, N.Y. Seller: Avon Investment Co., Stamford. Property: 100 Melrose Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $3.8 million.

Filed Oct. 24.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Rosanne DiGiulio, New Fairfield. Property: 62 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 18.

MH 1 Investments LLC, Livonia, Mich. Seller: Claude Robinson and Winsome Robinson, Bridgeport.

Property: 193-195 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $175,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Freitas Properties LLC, Port Chester, N.Y. Seller: Kenneth J. Foster, Bridgeport. Property: 54 Freeman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $20,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Monty Carleton Street LLC, Darien. Seller: 26 Carleton Street LLC, Greenwich. Property: Lot 35, Map 3285, Greenwich. Amount: $910,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

Goldberg Funding Associates LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Thomas M. Murtha, Newtown. Property: Brushy Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $1.

Filed Oct. 27.

Nemco Limited Partnership, Danbury. Seller: Sally Doan and Jade Pham, Laurel, Md. Property: 91 Balmforth Ave., Danbury. Amount: $325,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Greenwich Avenue Properties LLC, Chelsea, Mass. Seller: 42-44 Greenwich Avenue LLC, Charlotte, N.C. Property: 42-44 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $5 million. Filed Oct. 14.

New England Drive Investors LLC, Stamford. Seller: Camille R. Warmflash, Stamford. Property: Lot 18B, Map 8590, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 25.

Greenwich Avenue Properties LLC, Chelsea, Mass. Seller: 48 Chelsea Avenue LLC, Charlotte, N.C. Property: 46-48 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $5 million. Filed Oct. 14.

Greenwich Avenue Properties LLC, Chelsea, Mass. Seller: Greenwich Putnam LLC, Charlotte, N.C. Property: 2 Greenwich Ave. and 12 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $9 million.

Filed Oct. 14.

II Bleachery Properties LLC, New Milford. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Tempe, Ariz. Property: 25 Padanaram Road, Unit 10, Danbury. Amount: $113,500. Filed Oct. 31.

Noemi B LLC, Stamford. Seller: William Berkoff, Stamford. Property: Tract A-17, Map 6146, Stamford. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 26.

North Broadway Development LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Richard J. Garbarini, Greenwich. Property: 10 Sound Beach Avenue Extension, Greenwich. Amount: $1.4 million.

Filed Oct. 27.

Pacific Investments LLC, Stamford.

Seller: Samuel J. Bernstein and Paul J. Ventura, Stamford. Property: 22 Glenbrook Road Condominium, Unit 102, Stamford. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Pacific Investments LLC, Stamford. Seller: B.I.B. LLC, Stamford. Property: 22 Glenbrook Road Condominium, Units 116, 115 and 311, Stamford.

Amount: $343,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Restart Homes LLC, Yonkers, N.Y. Seller: Citibank NA, O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 132 Pitt St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Rhocel Developments LLC, Wilton. Seller: Matthew D. Nesto and Elizabeth T. Robinson, Wilton. Property: 22 Seeley Road, Wilton. Amount: $305,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Robinson Holdings LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Anthony C. Hayden and Margret B. Hayden, Greenwich.

Property: 76 Shore Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Oct. 21.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 81 Wolfpit Ave., Unit A-9, Norwalk. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 31.

SLG Americas Group LLC, New Fairfield. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, Miami Springs, Fla. Property: 27 Rolf Drive, Danbury.

Amount: $221,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Spaz Property LLC, Bridgeport.

Seller: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, West Palm Beach, Fla. Property: 1822 Noble Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $63,600. Filed Oct. 26.

The Land Trust of Darien Inc., Norwalk. Seller: McPherson Family Limited Partnership, Stamford. Property: Parcel C, Map 11408, Norwalk.

Amount: $500,000. Filed Oct. 26.

The Michaud Group LLC, Shelton. Seller: Frank Zilinyi and Joyce W. Zilinyi, Fairfield. Property: 46 Wheeler Park Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 28.

The Mill Plain Real Estate Group LLC, Danbury. Seller: Varga LLC, Danbury. Property: 60 Mountainville Road, Danbury. Amount: $520,000.

Filed Nov. 1.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Okla. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 61 Southern Blvd., Danbury. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 24.

Vale Builders LLC, Shelton. Seller: William G. Smith, Fairfield. Property: 5 Mellow St., Fairfield. Amount: $390,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Victoria & Adriana LLC, Norwalk.

Seller: 12 Fitch Street LLC, Norwalk.

Property: 12 Fitch St., Norwalk.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 31.

West Avenue Real Estate LLC, Chelsea, Mass. Seller: West Avenue Equity Partners LLC, New York, N.Y. Property: Parcel B-2, Map 12275, Stamford. Amount: $4 million. Filed Oct. 27.

RESIDENTIAL Ahmed, Salman, Norwalk. Seller: Lia Santarsiero, Stamford. Property: 155 Brook Run Lane, Stamford.

Amount: $470,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Ali, Inshan, Bridgeport. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 71-73 Adams St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $70,150. Filed Oct. 25.

Andreoli, Heather, Greenwich.

Seller: Jordan Brodsky, Norwalk.

Property: Unit 405 of Greenwich Gate Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $398,800. Filed Oct. 17.

Andrews, Mary E. and Matthew Andrews, Wilton. Seller: Peter E. Galloway and Jean M. Galloway, Wilton.

Property: Lot 3, Map 2820, Wilton.

Amount: $985,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Antar, Ashley E. and Mark N. Antar, Fairfield. Seller: Christopher T. Pullen and Anne G. Pullen, Fairfield.

Property: 3060 Redding Road, Fairfield. Amount: $625,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Arth, Kimberly A. and Aaron M. Arth, Hong Kong. Seller: Aldo M. Esposito and Mary Kay Esposito, Greenwich. Property: Lot 4, Map 5320, Greenwich. Amount: $3.8 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Asaro, Erica L. and Michael Asaro, Fairfield. Seller: Paulette K. Trueblood, Fairfield. Property: 1230 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.3 million.

Filed Oct. 27.

Aslam, Asia, Bridgeport. Seller: Hampshire House Condominium Association of Unit Owners Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 393 Laurel Ave., Unit 101, Bridgeport. Amount: $50,000.

Filed Oct. 26.

Asllani, Gjylimsere, Stamford.

Seller: Ingrid S. Robbins and Heather Benson, Norwalk. Property: 105 Ledgebrook Drive, Unit 105, Norwalk.

Amount: $255,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Aylward, Gillian and Brian Giordano, Port Chester, N.Y. Seller: Tom O. Syrstad, Norwalk. Property: Lot 7, Map 5021, Norwalk. Amount: $480,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Backman, Thomas, Hamden. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 68 Taylor Road, Bethel. Amount: $223,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Baker, Elizabeth and R. Ford Baker, Greenwich. Seller: Sally Park, Greenwich. Property: 18 Lockwood Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1 million.

Filed Oct. 31.

Baldwin, Toya, Norwalk. Seller: Richard Chang and Heidi L. Chang, Norwalk. Property: 130 Main St., Unit C2, Norwalk. Amount: $298,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

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FACTS Basil, David, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Seller: Frank J. Ponger, Mary Jayne Lonson and Joseph R. Ponger Jr., Greenwich. Property: 36 Valley Road, Greenwich. Amount: $575,000. Filed Oct. 14.

Batista, Taciane D’Angelo and Manuel Batista Jr., New York, N.Y. Seller: 78 Nepas Road LLC, New Canaan. Property: 78 Nepas Road, Fairfield. Amount: $950,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Beg, Zeljka and Stjepan Beg, Stamford. Seller: Stjepan Beg, Stamford.

Property: 850 E. Main St., Unit 301, Stamford. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 27.

Beg, Zeljka and Stjepan Beg, Stamford. Seller: Stjepan Beg, Stamford.

Property: 850 E. Main St., Unit 401, Stamford. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 27.

Beg, Zeljka and Stjepan Beg, Stamford. Seller: Stjepan Beg, Stamford.

Property: 850 E. Main St., Unit 521, Stamford. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 27.

Beg, Zeljka and Stjepan Beg, Stamford. Seller: Stjepan Beg, Stamford.

Property: 850 E. Main St., Unit 523, Stamford. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 27.

Behrens, Diane S. and William P. Behrens, Scarsdale, N.Y. Seller: Bea Kiss, Bridgeport. Property: 350 Grovers Ave., Unit 11D, Bridgeport.

Amount: $325,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Behringer, Samantha, Greenwich.

Seller: Jessica L. Murphy and Andrew H. Walker, Greenwich. Property: 25 Indian Harbor Road, Unit 4, Greenwich.

Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Benik Jr., Joseph V., Danbury. Seller: Russell R. Lajoie and Leslie A. Lajoie, Norwalk. Property: 6 Tower Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $440,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Beninati, Barbara A., Katonah, N.Y. Seller: Mary Pat Simonson, Danbury.

Property: Home Site 190 of Woodland Hills, Danbury. Amount: $275,000.

Filed Oct. 26.

Berkman, Allison B., Stamford.

Seller: Giuliano R. Pagani, Stamford.

Property: Unit 11-L of The Village at River’s Edge Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $432,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Bilangino, Charles, Stamford. Seller: Dean J. Lucente and Kristen A. Lucente, Stamford. Property: 79 Club Road, Stamford. Amount: $747,500. Filed Oct. 28.

Bjernestad, Erin and Charles Bjernestad, Norwalk. Seller: Thomas Materna and Angela Materna, Norwalk. Property: 5 Scott St., Norwalk.

Amount: $666,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Blomberg, Jeffrey A., Stamford.

Seller: Victor A. Cohen and Carol D. Cohen, Stamford. Property: Lot 14, Map 4200, Stamford. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Bock, Brook, Arlington, Va. Seller: Janet E. Rogers, Greenwich. Property: 33 Forest Ave., Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 31.

Borges, Yuliet and Steven C. Borges, Danbury. Seller: Luciano Borges and Patricia Borges, Danbury. Property: 21 Indian Head Road, Danbury.

Amount: $320,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Braunstein, Sara and Seth Braunstein, Westport. Seller: Leticia Vaughn Flam, Westport. Property: 8 Berndale Drive, Westport. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 25.

Brito, Gladys. Bridgeport. Seller: Roselandee Montague, Bridgeport.

Property: 120 Dewey St., Bridgeport.

Amount: $72,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Broderick, Anne Follansbee and Daniel Broderick Danbury. Seller: Peter Mueller and Christine Mueller, Danbury. Property: 33 Aunt Hack Road, Danbury. Amount: $482,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

Brooks, Jessica L. and Gregory Brooks, Norwalk. Seller: Caleb Howland and Patrisha Troy, Norwalk.

Property: 3 Ledgewood Court, Norwalk. Amount: $440,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Brownell, Dana S., Weston. Seller: Gail Rizzo, Weston. Property: 17 White Birch Ridge, Weston. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 28.

Burio, Lorraine, New Fairfield.

Seller: Joseph A. Pottgen, Suffolk, N.Y. Property: 67 Route 39, New Fairfield.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Burritt, Lloyd, Redding. Seller: Lisa Horowitz, Fairfield. Property: 533 Westport Turnpike, Fairfield.

Amount: $201,500. Filed Oct. 26.

Cailor, Tiffani and Corey V. Torrence, Stamford. Seller: Seddik Mohamed Afifi Seddick, Egypt. Property: Unit 11E of Trump Parc Stamford, Stamford. Amount: $680,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Campbell, Mary D., Wilton. Seller: Dale Hollingsworth and Billie Sue Hollingsworth, Wilton. Property: Parcel A, Map 5755, Wilton. Amount: $60,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Cappuccia, Luisa and Gennaro Cappuccia, Norwalk. Seller: Helen Neafsey, Norwalk. Property: Lot A, Map 8779, Norwalk. Amount: $300,000. Filed Oct. 25.

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FIGURES

Charles, Silomene and Job Charles, Stamford. Seller: United States of America. Property: Lot 58, Map 445, Stamford. Amount: $268,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Delaney, Elizabeth N., Stamford.

Seller: Peter Demetros and Helen Demetros, Stamford. Property: 34 Tower Ave., Stamford. Amount: $510,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Chinai, Rujuta and Abhijit Chinai, Stamford. Seller: 50 Development LLC, New Canaan. Property: 50 Chatham Road, Fairfield. Amount: $817,000. Filed Oct. 21.

DeLeon, Yesennia and Nicholas Hernandez, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Anthony Morelli, Joanne Perrault, Ronald Morelli and Francis Carlson, New Fairfield. Property: 1 Silver Hill Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $400,000.

Filed Oct. 11.

Chowdhury, Rita P. and Nupur C. Dutta, Stamford. Seller: Blanca Marin, Stamford. Property: 20 Corbo Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $675,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

Chrowley, Chelsea E. and Matthew B. Leonard, Fairfield. Seller: Leonard Bryant Guffey and Jennifer Ellen Guffey, Fairfield. Property: Lot 48, Map 331, Fairfield. Amount: $393,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

Churiy, Olga, Ridgefield. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Hartford. Property: Lot 34, Map 1703, Danbury. Amount: $105,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Ciucas, Darlenny and Jesse Ciucas, New York, N.Y. Seller: Judy L. Martin, Danbury. Property: 7 Seeley St., Danbury. Amount: $260,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Cofini, Carl M., Greenwich. Seller: John J. Ryan and Nancy Ryan, West Nyack, N.Y. Property: 58 Cambridge Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $760,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Corigliano, Philip F., Bethel. Seller: Gloria N. Bellofatto, Danvers, Mass.

Property: 24 Idlewood, Unit 115, Bethel. Amount: $155,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Cormany, Timothy K., Stamford.

Seller: Carol A. Goldstone, Stamford.

Property: 631 Long Ridge Road, Unit 21, Stamford. Amount: $1.4 million.

Filed Oct. 28.

Damici, Mary T., Bethel. Seller: John M. Main Jr., Bethel. Property: 11 High St., Bethel. Amount: $272,500. Filed Oct. 28.

D’Angelo, Pasqualino and Enza D’Angelo, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Susan J. Wong Cohen, Danbury. Property: Lot 30, Map 5447, Danbury. Amount: $570,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Dasilva, Jose, Danbury. Seller: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Coral Gables, Fla. Property: 7 Hudson St., Bethel. Amount: $160,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Carey, Caroline A. and Michael Horicka, Greenwich. Seller: Ryan V. Hetzer and Tracy M. Hetzer, Norwalk.

Property: Five Mile River, Map 6880, Norwalk. Amount: $715,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Davies, Jason, Stamford. Seller: Gary Geller and Caroline Geller, Palo Alto, Calif. Property: 69 Chatham Road, Stamford. Amount: $550,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Carlacci, Elsy B. and Dante Carlacci, New Fairfield. Seller: Ann Marlene Hagman, New Fairfield. Property: 1 Austin Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $575,000. Filed Oct. 25.

DeDominicis, Veralynn, Tarrytown, N.Y. Seller: 160 Old Dam LLC, Shelton. Property: Parcel B, Map 6492, Fairfield. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 28.

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DelGatto, Amanda Jean and Joshua DeSiena, Rye, N.Y. Seller: Adam T. McNeil and Alison R. McNeil, Greenwich. Property: 66 Richland Road, Unit 3, Greenwich. Amount: $575,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

Del Rosso, Joy Miller and Stephen Joseph Del Rosso, Stamford. Seller: Gerard M. La Rocque and Karen D. La Rocque, Norwalk. Property: 5 Dancing Bear Road, Norwalk. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 25.

Dynia, Joyce, Ridgefield. Seller: Thomas M. Murtha, Newtown. Property: 65 Taunton Lake Road, Newtown. Amount: $247,500. Filed Oct. 27.

Eaton, Steven, Norwalk. Seller: Luis Ortiz and Carmen Ortiz, Bridgeport.

Property: 906-908 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $75,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Egan, Justin A., Fairfield. Seller: Dennis O. Overfield and Joan T. Overfield, Fairfield. Property: 103 Limerick Road, Fairfield. Amount: $747,500.

Filed Oct. 27.

Elam, Michael V., Greenwich. Seller: Salvatore LoCastro, Port Washington, N.Y. Property: Lot 12, Map 2730, Greenwich. Amount: $350,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Elbza, Susan and Scott Morenestein, Greenwich. Seller: 180 Shore Road LLC, Greenwich. Property: 180 Rocky Point Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3.8 million. Filed Oct. 21.

Demarco, Linda, Weston. Seller: Gregory M. Utzig and Lawrence J. Utzig Jr., New Canaan. Property: 235 Millard St., Unit 2C, Fairfield. Amount: $316,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Epstein, Shirley and Matthew Epstein, Norwalk. Seller: Jeffrey T. Becker and Julie K. Becker, Norwalk. Property: 14 Jean Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $532,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Dennis, Mary Jo and Richard Dennis, Yardley, Pa. Seller: Oak Street Design & Construction Inc., Newtown. Property: 42 Great Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $335,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Espinal, Altagracia and Leopoldo Cosme, Danbury. Seller: Eileen M. Brennan, Danbury. Property: 8 Rose Lane, Unit 18-10, Danbury. Amount: $157,000. Filed Oct. 27.

DeOliveira, Ana C. and Ronaldo C. DeOliveira, Brookfield. Seller: Dolores Miller, Newtown. Property: 21 Valley Field Road South, Newtown.

Amount: $153,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Desouza, Flavio, Danbury. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 10 Sil Cam Drive, Danbury.

Amount: $213,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Dimes, Robin, Elizabeth Dimes and Stephen Squire, Stamford.

Seller: Suguru Roy Kimura, Toyko, Japan. Property: Unit 138-2 of Woodside Green Condominium, Stamford.

Amount: $140,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Domingo, Anne Santo and Felipe Santo Domingo, Greenwich. Seller: Vison Development Ltd., Greenwich.

Property: 612 W. Lyon Farm Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million.

Filed Oct. 12.

Dominicus, Sabrina and Carmine Dominicus, Danbury. Seller: Toll CT III Limited Partnership, Newtown.

Property: 26 Winding Ridge Way, Danbury. Amount: $565,155. Filed Oct. 26.

Doyon, Karen and Brian Doyon, Suffield. Seller: Thomas A. Olsen, Norwalk. Property: 5 Woodside Ave., Unit 35, Danbury. Amount: $60,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Drosnes, James, Norwalk. Seller: Kevin M. Gonyo and Jennifer M. Gonyo, Norwalk. Property: 32 Saddle Road, Norwalk. Amount: $600,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Far, Darin and Jennifer Far, Bethany. Seller: Leanne O’Sullivan and Kerry L. O’Sullivan, Fairfield. Property: 920 Burr St., Fairfield. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Fernandez, Edna, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Andrew W. Pascarelli and Kimberly Pascarelli, Southington. Property: Lot 4, Map 983, Danbury. Amount: $372,500. Filed Oct. 24.

Ferrante, Caroline, Fairfield. Seller: Ursula Jablonska, Bridgeport. Property: 3200 Madison Ave., Bridgeport.

Amount: $103,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Ferreira, Jeanette C. and Daniel Vaughn, Norwalk. Seller: Gasper Merturi and Annette Rodriguez, Norwalk. Property: 32 Emerson St., Norwalk. Amount: $439,500. Filed Oct. 24.

Fisco, Kimberly and Noel Fisco, Branford. Seller: Peter F. Maloney and Susan L. Maloney, Fairfield. Property: 111 Queens Grant Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $950,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Fleischer, Susan, Greenwich. Seller: Susan C. Fleischer, Greenwich. Property: Map 2947, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 18.

Flemming, Katelin H. and Shawn W. Flemming, Norwalk. Seller: Shawn W. Flemming and Katelin H. Flemming, Norwalk. Property: Lot 5, Map 7939, Norwalk. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 24.

Flores, Samantha Nicole Das and Romulo Nunes Das Flores, Danbury. Seller: Leslie Jean Morris and Scott Morris, Bethel. Property: 3 Fairchild Drive, Bethel. Amount: $203,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Flynn, Sophia and Michael Flynn, Greenwich. Seller: Jacob A. Simon, Westport. Property: 18 Spicer Road, Westport. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 26.

Ganina, Olga and Vitali Ganina, Carmel, N.Y. Seller: Melanie Radley, Danbury. Property: 9 Country View Road, Unit 37-9, Danbury. Amount: $566,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Garaikoetxea, Julen Santiago and Maria Elena Ortego Saiz, New York, N.Y. Seller: Ashley C. O’Brien and Vincent O’Brien, New Fairfield. Property: 3 Fieldstone Drive, New Fairfield.

Amount: $335,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Gentile, Lori A., New Rochelle, N.Y. Seller: Thomas F. Keough and Sandra M. Keough, New Fairfield. Property: Lot 12, Map 1051, New Fairfield.

Amount: $395,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Gilbert, Cynthia, Greenwich. Seller: Michael Flynn and Sofia Flynn, Greenwich. Property: 69 Riverdale Ave., Unit 502, Greenwich. Amount: $859,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Gomez, Guillermo M. and Valeria Pollak, Greenwich. Seller: James C. Houck, Canada. Property: 7 West Crossway, Greenwich. Amount: $2 million. Filed Oct. 21.

Gomez, Guillermo M. and Valeria Pollak, Greenwich. Seller: James C. Houck, Canada. Property: 7 West Crossway, Greenwich. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Oct. 21.

Grasso, Jacqueline J., Bedford, N.Y. Seller: Rosanna Mascali, Danbury.

Property: 1607 Briar Woods Lane, Danbury. Amount: $273,500. Filed Oct. 26.

Grossbard, Melanie and Seth Grossbard, New York, N.Y. Seller: Andrew G. Nash and Ann G. Nash, Wilton. Property: Parcel A, Map 3652, Wilton. Amount: $810,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Guillaro, Anthony P., Fairfield.

Seller: Laura A. Cammarota, Fairfield.

Property: 2155 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $247,456. Filed Oct. 28.

Gura, Charles T., Westport. Seller: Steven D. Rubin and Benay Beth Rubin, Westport. Property: 52 Meadowview Drive, Westport. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 26.

Halim, Anthony, Norwalk. Seller: Monisha S. Mandal and Shibu Korath, Ashburn, Va. Property: Unit 83 of Sunrise Hill Townhouses, Norwalk.

Amount: $253,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Hardie, Madeleine and Daniel Hardie, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: 14 E. Cushing LLC, Stamford. Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 14E, Stamford.

Amount: $427,000. Filed Oct. 24.

FACTS Harry, Winifred, Bridgeport. Seller: Jaime A. McElhill, Shelton. Property: 333 Vincellette St., Unit 113, Bridgeport. Amount: $105,000. Filed Oct. 24.

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Mejia-Sumler, Amada and Timothy Sumler, Danbury. Seller: Jeremiah Johnson and Nadia Johnson, Bethel. Property: 18 Wooster St., Bethel.

Amount: $319,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Ogilvy, Peter, Westport. Seller: Aaron T. Pisacane and Sharon Levin, Westport. Property: Lot 38, Map 103, Westport. Amount: $680,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Petridou, Limiana, Clear Water, Fla. Seller: Frances Denzel and Patricia Burr, Norwalk. Property: 11 Van Zant St., Unit 3, Norwalk. Amount: $143,333.

Filed Oct. 26.

Ma, Anne Fong, Stamford. Seller: John A. Amarilios, New Canaan. Property: 700 Summer St., Unit 7B, Stamford. Amount: $154,800. Filed Oct. 24.

Miller, Ashley A. and Matthew C. Miller, Stamford. Seller: Palladino Building Inc., Brewster, N.Y. Property: 4 Milltown Road, New Fairfield.

Amount: $550,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Ogunleye, Babtunde, New Rochelle, N.Y. Seller: Suresh Aswani and Anjali Aswani, Tomball, Texas.

Property: 97 Knollwood Drive, Bethel.

Amount: $347,500. Filed Oct. 25.

Petrosino, Gizem Basbug and Matthew A. G. Petrosino, Newburgh, N.Y. Seller: Toll CT III Limited Partnership, Newtown. Property: 925 Old Pasture Drive, Danbury. Amount: $310,731. Filed Oct. 24.

Lacava, Garret, Norwalk. Seller: Walden M. Dillaway, Norwalk. Property: 31 Second St., Norwalk. Amount: $405,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Maconi, Keith W., Stamford. Seller: Richard J. Pollard and Michelle Flynn Pollard, Stamford. Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 9L, Stamford. Amount: $433,500. Filed Oct. 24.

Mocciolo, Jennifer H. and Adam S. Mocciolo, Fairfield. Seller: Mark J. Hawkins, Fairfield. Property: 34 Gormah Road, Fairfield. Amount: $740,000. Filed Oct. 31.

O’Keefe, Karima Itzel and Ryan M. O’Keefe, New Fairfield. Seller: Loretta Lang Finck, Sherman. Property: 11 Holly Drive, New Fairfield. Amount: $265,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Lasita, Ellen M. and Anthony J. Lasita, Bethel. Seller: Jessie L. Latchaw, Reno, Nev. Property: 6 Oven Rock Road, Bethel. Amount: $249,900. Filed Oct. 11.

Madrigal, Tanya and Miguel Perez, Norwalk. Seller: Mildred F. Cutrufello, Hillsboro Beach, Fla. Property: Lot 1, Map 11497, Norwalk. Amount: $380,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Molinaro, Teresa, Bethel. Seller: J. Robert Henry, Newtown. Property: 3 Grove Place, Bethel. Amount: $282,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Oliveira, Diana, Danbury. Seller: Ronimara F. D’Costa, New Fairfield.

Property: 5 Kean Road, New Fairfield.

Amount: $221,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Herrada, Maria R. and Juan M. Terron, Bridgeport. Seller: Lenyn A. Feijoo, Bridgeport. Property: 1135 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $235,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Lau, Manwai and Ming Lou, Stamford. Seller: Nancy Mineo, Danbury.

Property: 93 Park Ave., Unit 1202, Danbury. Amount: $130,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Magenheimer, Laura J., Westport.

Seller: Wayne Levin and Ronald Levin, Palm Beach, Fla. Property: Unit 15 of Crestwood Condominium, Fairfield. Amount: $360,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Montenegro, Rita D. and Angel F. Montenegro, Stamford. Seller: Lorenzo Appice and Maria Appice, Stamford. Property: Lot 170, Map 3725, Stamford. Amount: $770,000.

Filed Oct. 27.

O’Neil, Izabela A. and Christopher F. O’Neil, Beacon Falls. Seller: Lynn E. Detrick and D. Jeffrey Detrick, Newtown. Property: 32 Charter Ridge Drive, Newtown. Amount: $531,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

Heslinga, Paul, Norwalk. Seller: Laura Paturynski Carreiro, Norwalk.

Property: 53 Toilsome Ave., Norwalk.

Amount: $431,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Leavitt, Olga Stavros, Fanwood, N.J. Seller: Brian P. Rooney, Monroe. Property: 10-12 Beacon View Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $317,500. Filed Oct. 31.

Moreno, Yolie, Newtown. Seller: Carol M. Ross, Newtown. Property: 22 Fern Lane, Newtown. Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Orawsky, Frederick, Darien. Seller: Jeremy C. Benson, Newtown. Property: 12 Arrowhead Lane, Newtown.

Amount: $289,900. Filed Oct. 27.

Houghtaling, William J., Fort Worth, Texas. Seller: Rita Ribeiro, Robbinsville, N.J. Property: Unit 18 of Landmark at Golden Hill Condominium, Danbury. Amount: $115,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Lepak, Katharina and John Lepak, Newtown. Seller: Mark F. Bruen, Jennifer F. Bruen and Bethany MacDonald, Newtown. Property: Parcel A, Map 4866, Newtown. Amount: $400,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Mulhall, Larissa Mary and Michael G. Gregory Mulhall, Bethel.

Seller: Timothy P. Draper, Bethel.

Property: 44 Aunt Pattys Lane West, Bethel. Amount: $450,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Owens, Matthew, Norwalk. Seller: Cameron S. Paktinat, Norwalk. Property: 5 Lindenwoods Road, Norwalk.

Amount: $385,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Hurwitz, Terry M. and Jeffrey S. Hurwitz, Warren, N.J. Seller: Thomas J. Maguire and Jane E. Maguire, Beacon Falls. Property: 9 Candlewood Road, New Fairfield. Amount: $765,257. Filed Oct. 17.

Leyva, George H., Newtown. Seller: Parker W. Reardon II and Cynthia R. Reardon, Newtown. Property: 7 Clearview Drive, Newtown. Amount: $340,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Heckert, Amanda and Robert Malone, Fairfield. Seller: CT Invest LLC, Trumbull. Property: Lot 24, Map 1372, Fairfield. Amount: $595,000.

Filed Oct. 26.

Heim, Gail, Stamford. Seller: Anil Kaushik and Niharika Kaushik, Stamford. Property: Unit 8M of The Classic Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $343,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Hendrickson, Theodore, Fairfield.

Seller: John V. Banacowski, Fairfield.

Property: 424-428 Davidson St., Bridgeport. Amount: $285,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Inigo, Tara and Loren Inigo-Santiago, Danbury. Seller: Brett Zucker and Debra Zucker, Danbury. Property: 11 Charlottes Way, Danbury. Amount: $670,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Irwin, Lauren and Robert Lewis Bugbee, Greenwich. Seller: Peter C. Stern and Sue W. Stern, Greenwich.

Property: Winding Lane, Greenwich.

Amount: $5.3 million. Filed Oct. 20.

Jannetty, Megan Leigh and Michael James Jannetty, Stamford.

Seller: Goubin Ou and Jing Deng, Fairfield. Property: 31 Youngstown Road, Fairfield. Amount: $468,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Jarrett, Everald and Monique Beckford, Bridgeport. Seller: Theresa N. Jefferson, Bridgeport. Property: 47-55 Wake St., Bridgeport. Amount: $178,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Kassim, Ameana and Edwin Pabon, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Susan E. Kiselak and Barbara E. Kiselak, Danbury.

Property: 5 Bainbridge Blvd., Danbury. Amount: $318,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Kesselman, Scott, Stamford. Seller: Jeanne Orfinik Boulay and Paul P. Boulay, Fernandina Beach, Fla. Property: Harbor Drive, Unit M-1, Stamford.

Amount: $17,500. Filed Oct. 27.

Khotpanya, Khamphou and Boualiene Khotpahya, Danbury.

Seller: Thomas F. Rowland, Bethel.

Property: 25 Green Pasture Road, Bethel. Amount: $315,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Lutoborska, Magdalena A. and Gareth Mitchell, Stamford. Seller: Lawrence E. Kozlowski, Stamford.

Property: 160 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3A, Stamford. Amount: $545,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Kim, Jane K. and Thomas C. Foran, Westport. Seller: Kevin E. Lord, Greenwich. Property: 4 Beachside Commons, Westport. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Oct. 28.

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Li, Myra and William Li, Danbury.

Seller: Ea Lim and Sansun Meng, Danbury. Property: 11 Scuppo Road, Unit 202, Danbury. Amount: $134,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Ligato, Anthony E., Stamford. Seller: Fred N. Durante Jr., Greenwich. Property: Palmer Hill Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $735,000. Filed Oct. 13.

Lindahl, Margaret and John Lindal, Portland, Ore. Seller: Clifford E. Librach and Miriam C. Librach, Danbury. Property: 65 Deer Hill Ave., Danbury. Amount: $380,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Lord, Kevin E., Greenwich. Seller: Karen Morstad, Greenwich. Property: 20 Ridge St., Greenwich. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Oct. 31.

Loren, Lindsey and John Loren, Fairfield. Seller: Sylvia B. Dahl, Fairfield. Property: 55 Lola St., Fairfield.

Amount: $399,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Luciano, Bernardo, Elmsford, N.Y. Seller: SN Residential Real Estate LLC, New York, N.Y. Property: Parcel 3, Map 8463, Greenwich. Amount: $750,000.

Filed Oct. 12.

Malaguti, Romina Aiello and Joseph Aiello, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Patrick B. Clyde and Meghann Clyde, Danbury. Property: 8 Joes Hill Road, Danbury. Amount: $283,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Manousos, Diana and Brian White, Greenwich. Seller: Magdalena Hutchinson, Greenwich. Property: 29 Angelus Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $760,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Manuli, Maria and Louis Manuli, Greenwich. Seller: SN Residential Real Estate LLC, New York, N.Y. Property: Parcel 2, Map 8463, Greenwich.

Amount: $775,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Maybo, Dana and Michael J. Maduri, Stamford. Seller: Carl Ferraro, Arlington, Va. Property: 404 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Amount: $492,500. Filed Oct. 28.

McBride, Bridget and Kevin McBride, Fairfield. Seller: Gennaro M. Padula and Frances Padula, Fairfield. Property: 103 Ann St., Fairfield.

Amount: $675,000. Filed Oct. 24.

McGruder, Victoria P. and Richard K. McGruder Jr., Norwalk. Seller: Mary E. Galligan, Norwalk. Property: 22 Wallace Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $667,000. Filed Oct. 28.

McLaughlin IV, James C., Brookfield. Seller: Juanita Rose Bok, Danbury. Property: Unit 1303 Pinnacle Way of the Summit at Sterling Woods, Danbury. Amount: $274,000. Filed Oct. 24.

McPhee, Laura M. and John J. McPhee, Darien. Seller: Five Mile Landing LLC, Norwalk. Property: Unit 1 in Five Mile Landing Condominium, Norwalk. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Mungeam, Tracy J., New York, N.Y. Seller: Patrick D. Pfeil and Jessica C. Pfeil, Westport. Property: 28 Washington Ave., Westport. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 28.

Munoz, Carol and Eliseo Munoz, Irvington, N.Y. Seller: Toll CT III Limited Partnership, Newtown. Property: 904 Old Pasture Drive, Danbury.

Amount: $391,034. Filed Oct. 26.

Paiva Jr., Michael, Newtown. Seller: Dauti Construction LLC, New Fairfield. Property: 17 Ardi Court, Newtown. Amount: $222,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Paktinat, Amanda and Cameron Paktinat, Norwalk. Seller: Kevin M. McGann and Elizabeth E. McGann, York, Maine. Property: 380 Olmstead Hill Road, Wilton. Amount: $545,000.

Filed Oct. 21.

Munshani, Suni, Easton. Seller: Roger Marriott, Westport. Property: Parcel B, Map 5860, Westport. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Oct. 26.

Palardy, William Edward, Danbury. Seller: Michelle L. Carvalho, Danbury. Property: 8 South St., Unit 16, Danbury. Amount: $180,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Navarro,Emiliano, Stratford.

Seller: Demetrios Andronikides and Mary Elena Andronikides, Norwalk.

Property: 2 Nutmeg Place, Norwalk.

Amount: $185,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Panos III, Andrew, Mohegan Lake, N.Y. Seller: Michael A. Regan and Jessica Regan, Danbury. Property: 36 Oak Ridge Gate, Danbury. Amount: $264,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Nichols, Stacy W., Daytona Beach, Fla. Seller: Magdalena A. Lutoborska and Gareth Mitchell, Stamford. Property: 641 Summer St., Unit 11, Stamford. Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Papp, Lisa Manolios, Danbury.

Seller: Matthew D. Chenoweth and Susan Salmeri, Danbury. Property: 104 Coalpit Hill Road, Unit D9, Danbury.

Amount: $163,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Nolletti, Magdalane A. and James J. Nolletti Jr., Fairfield. Seller: 16 Chapel LLC, Greenwich. Property: 41 Westview Place, Greenwich. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 12.

Pescosolido, Sarah and William B. Pescosolido, Norwalk. Seller: HSBC Bank USA NA Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 506 Foxboro Court, Norwalk.

Amount: $379,000. Filed Oct. 27.

O’Brien, Ashley C. and Vincent O’Brien, New Fairfield. Seller: Mark E. Patton and Janet L. Patton, Shelton.

Property: 9 Red Fox Court, New Fairfield. Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Petridou, Limiana, Clear Water, Fla. Seller: Catherine Koger, Spring Hill, Fla. Property: 11 Van Zant St., Unit 3, Norwalk. Amount: $71,666. Filed Oct. 26.

Pino, Emily L. and Henry E. Pino, Newtown. Seller: Richard J. Giacin and Charlene M. Giacin, Newtown.

Property: Lot 37, Maps 7548 and 7549, Newtown. Amount: $690,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Pirrello, Nancy J. and Robert L. Pirrello, Bedford, N.Y. Seller: Toll CT III Limited Partnership, Newtown.

Property: 57 Winding Ridge Way, Danbury. Amount: $775,317. Filed Oct. 24.

Plowman, Diane Doane, Massapequa, N.Y. Seller: Organic Growth LLC, Fairfield. Property: 1957-1960 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $950,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Pogorzelski, Andrzej, Stamford. Seller: Arline Holko, Stamford.

Property: 22 Ferro Drive, Stamford.

Amount: $347,429. Filed Oct. 25.

Portillo, Maria Dolores, Bedford Hills, N.Y. Seller: Luigi Alfani and Adele Alfani, Hicksville, N.Y. Property: 55 Mill Plain Road, Unit 5-3, Danbury.

Amount: $215,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Raizaday, Shivani and Ajit Kumar, Norwalk. Seller: Lynette Swanson, Yardley, Pa. Property: 63 Glenrock, Norwalk. Amount: $308,500. Filed Oct. 28.

Ratner, Lorraine and Michael P. Ratner, Indiantown, S.C. Seller: Peter J. Jaggy and Linda Avila Jaggy, Fairfield. Property: 471 Winnepoge Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $577,500. Filed Oct. 28.

Ray, Adam F., Danbury. Seller: Jamie D. Prusak, Bethel. Property: 9 Melillo Ave., Bethel. Amount: $265,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Reci, Mentor, Danbury. Seller: Midfirst Bank, Oklahoma City, Okla. Property: 322 State Route 39, New Fairfield.

Amount: $44,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Ribeiro, Amadeu Carbalhaes and Rafaela Reinhofer Ferreira Franca, New York, N.Y. Seller: Element 12 Long View Avenue LLC, Greenwich.

Property: 12 Long View Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $3.4 million. Filed Oct. 21.

Rizzetta, Katherine R. and Michael P. Renzulli, Norwalk. Seller: Michael A. Renzulli and Norma J. Renzulli, Norwalk. Property: 35 Ellen St., Norwalk. For no consideration paid.

Filed Oct. 25.

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Romano, Gina and Pasquale Romano, Danbury. Seller: Suzanne O’Neil, Bethel. Property: 3 Carriage Drive, Bethel. Amount: $371,250. Filed Oct. 27.

Sia, Pei Chan and Douglas Paul MacShane, Weston. Seller: Laura Ryan, Weston. Property: 5 Pink Cloud Lane, Weston. Amount: $850,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Tuciarone, Steven, New York, N.Y. Seller: John Carr and Mariangela Carr, Norwalk. Property: 4 Spicewood Road, Norwalk. Amount: $420,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Roos, Stamatia and Joshua Roos, Norwalk. Seller: Ana C. Bermudez, Miami Springs, Fla. Property: 5 Fullin Road, Norwalk. Amount: $299,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Sipos, Melissa P. and Thomas C. Fitzgerald, Newtown. Seller: Jeffrey H. Gage and Michelle Ann Russo, Newtown. Property: Parcel 1, Map 4492, Newtown. Amount: $630,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Turner, Jonathan, New Fairfield.

Seller: Rose Mary Walla, New Fairfield.

Property: 13 Flak Lane, New Fairfield.

Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Royce, Allen S., New York, N.Y. Seller: John B. Kennedy and Polly Parker Kennedy, Westport. Property: 4 Partrick Road, Westport. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Sahin, Nadezhda and Mehmet Serkan Sahin, Greenwich. Seller: Joseph O. Podhaiski and Agatha T. Podhaiski, Greenwich. Property: 49 Greenway Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $980,000.

Filed Oct. 17.

Sangphet, Sophea and Phorn Sangphet, Danbury. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 1 Mountainville Ave., Danbury. Amount: $169,000.

Filed Oct. 31.

Santana, Kenia and Raymond Santana, New York, N.Y. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Oklahoma City, Okla. Property: Lot 536, Map of Ball Pond Estates, New Fairfield. Amount: $193,900. Filed Oct. 27.

Sarna, Paridhi and Shivaz Chopra, Stamford. Seller: Timothy Grant, Stamford. Property: 604 Hope St., Unit 5, Stamford. Amount: $517,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Scott-Brown, Latoya and Andre Brown, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: Robert G. Duckworth, Norwalk. Property: 48 Crooked Trail Road, Norwalk.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Selkirk, Patricia A. and George M. Selkirk, Hartsdale, N.Y. Seller: Leonard A. Barden and Janice Mauriello, Danbury. Property: Unit 107 in Lake Place Condominium, Danbury.

Amount: $325,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Sforza, Lora and Steven Cuff, Wilton. Seller: Mary A. Nicholas, Wilton.

Property: Hanford Lane, Map 750, Wilton. Amount: $399,900. Filed Oct. 20.

Shah, Hitesh, Stamford. Seller: Fontaine Lam, Stamford. Property: Unit 226 of Mill River House Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $385,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Sherrick, Elizabeth C. and Steven C. Sherrick, New York, N.Y. Seller: Christopher M. Clark and Nicole H. Clark, Weston. Property: 89 Catbrier Road, Weston. Amount: $995,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Shimamura, Akiko and Ralph Vincent Malvar Achacoso, Stamford.

Seller: Timothy K. Cormany, Stamford.

Property: 67 Newfield Drive, Stamford. Amount: $975,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Sokolow, Cheryl and Daniel W. Rosenberg, Hartford. Seller: Asif A. Malik and Furkan A. R. Kurdia, Easton.

Property: 4 Tiffany Lane, Weston.

Amount: $245,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Sortino, Charles Lawrence, Brookfield. Seller: Ronald Pallisco, Westborough, Mass. Property: 24 Eagle Rock Hill, Unit 157, Bethel. Amount: $175,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Springer, Natacha and Jack Levy, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: 6 Burr Farms LLC, Westport. Property: 6 Burr Farms Road, Westport. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Stepankiw, Melissa, Bethel. Seller: Melissa K. Rath, Redondo Beach, Calif. Property: 104 Coalpit Hill Road, Unit B-4, Danbury. Amount: $168,500.

Filed Oct. 25.

Stern, Kelly and Alexander Stern, Fairfield. Seller: Timothy C. Wilson, Fairfield. Property: 164 Brion Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $330,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Stoutenburg, Mark W., Westport.

Seller: Dennis M. Brown and Lindsay A. Brown, New Canaan. Property: 7 Burlington Court, Norwalk. Amount: $716,500. Filed Oct. 27.

Tammany, Yesenia and David R. Tammany, Newtown. Seller: Sanjaya Singh and Anuradha Singh, Newtown. Property: Lot 35, Maps 6643, 6532 and 6533, Newtown. Amount: $485,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Taylor, Felicity Jane, Norwalk. Seller: Wendy Sosson, West Palm Beach, Fla. Property: 442 Condominium Association, Unit 18, Norwalk. Amount: $440,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Thrane, Patricia, Greenwich. Seller: Thomas Eggenschwiler and Gabriele E. Eggenschwiler, Switzerland. Property: 28 Upland Drive, Greenwich.

Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Oct. 28.

Traenkle, Nicola, Greenwich. Seller: Constance H. Buckley, Vero Beach, Fla. Property: Hobart Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Oct. 28.

Trinidad, Antolin, Norwalk. Seller: John P. Millward and Treva R. Cooke, Norwalk. Property: 12 Emerson St., Norwalk. Amount: $570,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Ucci, Jennifer, Danbury. Seller: Michael Pietropaolo, Danbury. Property: 307 Larson Drive, Danbury. Amount: $283,240. Filed Oct. 26.

Vanauken, Raymond R., New Fairfield. Seller: Chester M. Osiecki Jr. and Donna L. Osiecki, New Fairfield. Property: 14 Eastview Drive, New Fairfield.

Amount: $300,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Ventura, Paul, Stamford. Seller: Judy Zhu Huang, Stamford. Property: 22 Glenbrook Road Condominium, Unit 407, Stamford. Amount: $95,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

Vidal, Francisco, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: Carol J. Tracy and Stephen Tracy, Danbury. Property: Lots 7, 8 and 9, Map 260, Danbury. Amount: $293,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Voga, Rachelle D. and Rhett Voga, Ridgefield. Seller: John M. Hayes, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Property: 16 Warrington Round, Danbury. Amount: $319,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Vought, Victoria, New York, N.Y. Seller: Mary Kathryn Melnick and Keith D. Melnick, Fairfield. Property: Mill Hill Road, Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Oct. 28.

Vozzella, Ann R., Bethel. Seller: RMS Bethel LLC, Stamford. Property: 303 Copper Square, Bethel. Amount: $334,965. Filed Oct. 31.

Walinowski, Jozef and Stanislawa Wrona, Port Chester, N.Y. Seller: Deborah H. Flynn and Robert D. Flynn, Norwalk. Property: 30 Assisi Way, Norwalk. Amount: $395,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Walker, Richard H., Norwalk. Seller: Gordon C. Hewetson, Norwalk. Property: Parcel A, Map 5332, Norwalk.

Amount: $695,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Walsh, Lara L., Norwalk. Seller: Stacy S. Christensen, Norwalk. Property: 140 Rowayton Woods Drive, Norwalk.

Amount: $350,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Ward Jr., Tom S., Greenwich. Seller: Steamboat Road Property LLC, Greenwich. Property: 2 Oneida Drive, Unit C-1, Greenwich. Amount: $10.

Filed Oct. 21.

White, Victoria A. and Kevin A. Bennett, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Seller: Donald R. Hensley, Danbury. Property: 6 Raquel Drive, Danbury. Amount: $330,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Troche, Melinda and Xavier O. Molina, Bridgewood, N.Y. Seller: Alvaro Mesa Sr. and Ana Mesa, Bethel.

Property: 69 Linda Lane, Bethel.

Amount: $322,000. Filed Oct. 17.

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FIGURES Williams, Suzette D., Greenwich.

Seller: William H. Maicon and Joan Paulus, Greenwich. Property: Unit 408 of Greenwich Gate Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $395,000.

Filed Oct. 20.

Debenedetto, Michele, et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dunham, N.C. Property: 1633 Washington Blvd., Apt. 3F, Stamford.

Delinquent common charges. Filed Oct. 25.

Wlodinguer, Alicia and David Kalita, Long Island City, N.Y. Seller: Nadezha Sahin and Mehmet Sahin, Greenwich. Property: Unit 6 of Indian Harbor Condominium, Greenwich.

Amount: $755,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Duran, Maite M., et al. Creditor: Citibank NA, Sioux Falls S.D. Property: 32 Oil Mill Road, Unit 7, Danbury. Delinquent common charges. Filed Oct. 25.

Wong, Herman, Greenwich. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Property: 22 Mead Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Wood, Marsha J. and Thomas L. Wood, Greenwich. Seller: Mary C. Caron, Greenwich. Property: Lot 31, Sheep Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Oct. 28.

Woodard, Janet R., Norwalk. Seller: Ann Muller, Norwalk. Property: 115 Fillow St., Unit 75, Norwalk. Amount: $400,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Hansen, Joseph E., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, San Diego, Calif. Property: 48 The Old Road, Newtown. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 25.

Ines, Philipp, et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, San Diego, Calif.

Property: 249-6 Hamilton Ave., Unit 17, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 25.

Lucsky, Mark, et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Irvine, Calif. Property: 6 Darien Road, New Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 19.

Woyke, John, New Canaan. Seller: Daniel Woyke, Wilton. Property: Lot 2, Map 2708, Norwalk. Amount: $540,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Ricardo, German, et al. Creditor: HSBC Bank USA NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 300 Harlem Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 24.

Yager, Lois and Evelyn Greenberg, Glendale, N.Y. Seller: Evelyn Greenberg, Glendale, N.Y. Property: 59 Carol St., Danbury. For no consideration paid. Filed Oct. 31.

Wanek, Walter J., et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, N.Y. Property: 34 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Nov. 1.

Young, Anna and David J. Eisemann, Sunnyside, N.Y. Seller: Christopher Charlesworth, Stamford. Property: 70 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 5-2E, Stamford. Amount: $214,500.

Filed Oct. 27.

White, Angel Starling and James B. White, et al. Creditor: Asset Acceptance LLC, Danbury. Property: 21 Chambers Road, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 24.

Zhao, Lianying and Hongxi Lan, Stamford. Seller: Robin B. Cohen and Jack E. Cohen, Purchase, N.Y. Property: 1 Strawberry Hill Condominium, Unit 5C, Stamford. Amount: $318,000.

Filed Oct. 28.

FORECLOSURES Almeida-Kennedy, Fatima Karina De, et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust, New York, N.Y. Property: 164 Weeping Willow Lane, Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 25.

Basile, Richard S., et al. Creditor: HSBC Bank USA NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 37 Juniper Road, Lot 10, Bethel. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 12.

Booker, Jeanette, et al. Creditor: First Niagara Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 1577 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport.

Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 20.

Danielson, Deborah M., et al.

Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 44 Crane St., Fairfield.

Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 25.

JUDGMENTS Benedetti, Luiz, Danbury. $1,500 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury,

by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 95 Park Ave., Apt. 8, Danbury.

Filed Oct. 26.

Bud Construction Inc., et al., Stamford. $54,245 in favor of Can Capital Asset Servicing Inc., New York, N.Y., by The Law Offices of Zullo & Jacks LLC, East Haven. Property: Lot 15, Map 11338, Stamford. Filed Oct. 24.

Carretta, Gaettana, New Fairfield. $1,177 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 3 Indian Hill Road, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 31.

Christou, Christalla, Bethel. $2,062 in favor of Orthoconnecticut PC, by Nathanson, Cipriano & Gambardella PC, Hamden. Property: 74 Grassy Plain St., Bethel. Filed Oct. 11.

Clark, Pat, Greenwich. $2,000 in favor of Paul Miller, Portland, Maine,

by Paul Miller, Portland, Maine. Property: 7 Arrowhead Lane, Greenwich.

Filed Oct. 11.

Connor, Michael V., Danbury. $721 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 4 Southview Ave., Danbury.

Filed Oct. 26.

Davies, Andreah, Danbury. $2,276 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 68 Garfield Ave., Danbury.

Filed Oct. 26.

Davis-French, Jean A., Norwalk. $8,157 in favor of Bank of America NA, Denver, Colo., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford.

Property: 3 Valley View Road, Unit 27, Norwalk. Filed Nov. 2.

Dickinson, Heidi, Bethel. $924 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Imaging, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 40 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel. Filed Nov. 3.

Dumont, Alissa, Danbury. $442 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury,

by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 6 Deer Hill Drive, Danbury. Filed Nov. 1.

Duran, Eva, Danbury. $672 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 38 Padanaram Ave., Unit 9, Danbury.

Filed Oct. 26.

Esposito, Frank, Newtown. $929 in favor of Anesthesia Associates of Danbury PC, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 109 High Rock Ridge Road, Newtown. Filed Oct. 24.

Felizardo, Michael, Danbury. $1,134 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif., by London & London, Newington. Property: 31 Purcell Drive, Danbury. Filed Oct. 24.

Ford, Scott, Danbury. $462 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 1 Beaver Brook Road, Unit 24, Danbury.

Filed Oct. 26.

Frazier, Barbara J., Bethel. $7,449 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury,

by Michael J. Simko Jr LLC, Shelton.

Property: 15 Sky Edge Drive, Bethel.

Filed Oct. 17.

Gianakos, Paulette, Danbury. $2,261 in favor of New Milford Hospital, New Milford, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: Pocono Point Road, Danbury. Filed Nov. 1.

Iannaccone, Peter J., Norwalk. $1,111 in favor of Standard Oil of Connecticut Inc., Bridgeport, by Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 23 Cedarcrest Place, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 26.

Jacouzzi, Joseph, et al., Fairfield. $116,477 in favor of Home Choice Senior Care Inc., Westport, by Charles T. Busek, Norwalk. Property: Lot 9, Jennings Road, Fairfield. Filed Oct. 27.

FACTS Killian, John, New Fairfield. $1,849 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 3 Woody Lane, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 31.

Kmilcsik, Margaret, New Fairfield. $1,902 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 1 McIntyre Road, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 31.

Landry, Kimberly, New Fairfield. $426 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 14 Fulton Drive, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 31.

Lefever, Mary E., New Fairfield. $18,330 in favor of Discover Bank, Albany, Ohio, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 9 Middleton Drive, New Fairfield.

Filed Oct. 26.

Rossetti, Ferdinand F., New Fairfield. $1,866 in favor of Jennings Oil Co., Danbury, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 3 Bayview Terrace, New Fairfield.

Filed Oct. 24.

Ruiz, Teresa, Stamford. $1,233 in favor of Stamford Radiological Association PC, Stamford, by Hertzmark Crean & Lahey LLP, Waterbury. Property: 81 Maple Tree Ave., Unit 3, Stamford.

Filed Oct. 24.

Schrag, Mary, Danbury. $4,550 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 88 Starrs Plain Road, Danbury. Filed Oct. 26.

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LIENS

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Barresi, Joseph, 42 Munko Drive, Stamford. $57,111, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Bella, Michele, 17 Richmond Ave., Greenwich. $28,345, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Bernstein, Lesley A., 104 Ritch Avenue West, Apt. 10, Greenwich. $331,155, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 24.

Smith, Sean R., Norwalk. $2,952 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Richmond, Va., by London & London, Newington. Property: 207 Westport Ave., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 26.

Bills Crossroads Inc., 12 Tunxis Hill Road, Fairfield. $4,173, corporate income taxes, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Oct. 31.

Lema, Maria, Danbury. $526 in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 48 Abbott Ave., Danbury. Filed Nov. 1.

Sousa, Jill, Danbury. $2,413 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 10 Chappelle St., Danbury. Filed Oct. 26.

Bonbrisco, Susannah and Michael Bonbrisco, 347 Riversville Road, Greenwich. $72,349, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Matheson, Carol A., Bridgeport. $10,054 in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 106-108 Charles Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Oct. 19.

Strempski, Noreen, Danbury. $2,427 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 41 Lincoln Ave., Danbury. Filed Oct. 26.

Bravo, Presley, 1137 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. $22,313, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Mendes, Antonio, Danbury. $784 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury,

by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 168 Brushy Hill Road, Danbury.

Filed Nov. 1.

Violante, Clara, Danbury. $900 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury,

by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 81 Purcell Drive, Danbury. Filed Oct. 26.

Moran, Heather A. and Jonathan T. Moran, Bethel. $1,536 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 222 Old Hawleyville Road, Bethel. Filed Nov. 3.

Polley, Sandra, Danbury. $721 in favor of New Milford Community Ambulance Corp., New Milford, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 26 Eastwood Road, Danbury. Filed Oct. 26.

Puchalski, Pariss, New Fairfield. $2,797 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 48 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 31.

Reynolds, Patricia C. and John Gerard Reynolds, New Fairfield. $22,053 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by V. Michael J. Simko Jr. LLC, Shelton. Property: Route 39, Map 1883, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 13.

Ribeiro, Candice, Bethel. $560 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury,

by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 22B Diamond Ave., Bethel. Filed Nov. 3.

Ribiero, Edward E., et al., Bethel. $15,101 in favor of The Connecticut Light and Power Co., Windsor, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 22 Diamond Ave., Unit B, Bethel. Filed Nov. 2.

Williams, Maurice S., Bridgeport. $6,286 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 1569 Central Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Oct. 24.

Wyckoff, Lynn, New Fairfield. $3,271 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury.

Property: 1 Pettit St., New Fairfield.

Filed Oct. 31.

Youngblood, Stanley, New Fairfield. $632 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 35 Eastview Drive, New Fairfield. Filed Oct. 31.

LEASES Dimuro Awards LLC, et al., by Robert W. Swertfager. Landlord: The Mill Plain Real Estate Group LLC, Danbury. Property: 60 Mountainville Road, Danbury. Term: 20 years, commenced Oct. 31, 2016. Filed Nov. 1.

Texas Roadhouse Holdings LLC,

by Russell Arbuckle. Landlord: SG Newtown Road Partners LLC, Quincy, Mass. Property: 74 Newtown Road, Danbury. Term: 10 years, commenced June 24, 2016. Filed Oct. 24.

XPO Logistics Inc., by Russell A. Marzen. Landlord: Greenwich American Inc., New York, N.Y. Property: 5 American Lane, Greenwich. Term: 10 years, commenced Sept. 6, 2016. Filed Oct. 13.

Buck, Wendy and John Gehr, 80 Avalon Court, Fairfield. $28,515, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 25.

Goldstein, Stephen, 22 Hillspoint Road, Westport. $36,594, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Gordon, Diane M. and Matthew H. Gordon, 30 High St., Greenwich. $49,428, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 11.

Hanigan, Shan, 8 Norias Road, Greenwich. $21,882, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 25.

Hunt, Christopher W., 19 Stanwich Lane, Greenwich. $33,614, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Istona, Deborah K. and John W. Istona, 3 Valley View Road, Apt. 1, Norwalk. $40,634, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 26.

Jaramillo, Danielly and Jose Rodriguez, 50 Alexander Drive, Greenwich. $36,335, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Kovacs, James W., 40A Fulton Drive, New Fairfield. $2,608, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 17.

Lamotta, Debra A., 113 Wood Ridge Drive, Stamford. $14,682, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 25.

Lee, Larry, 15 Scuppo Road, Unit 1804, Danbury. $10,208, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Lyons, Candi M. and Richard R. Lyons, 92 Rolling Ridge Road, Stamford. $38,535, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 24.

FIGURES Malagisi, John, 19 Russell St., Norwalk. $19,766, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Oct. 26.

Martland, Emel, 50 Saw Mill Road, Unit 14322, Danbury. $13,132, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 31.

McCall, Stephanie and Joseph L. Sorkin, P.O. Box 3253, Stamford. $27,106, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 24.

Mortara, Jason R., P.O. Box 222, Newtown. $4,627, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Nestor, Samantha and Michael Nestor, 8 Humble Lane, Weston. $31,849, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 21.

Norman, Gina A. and Stanley Woodman, 328 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich. $55,376, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Old Post Road Saloon LLC, 554 Old Post Road, Unit 3, Greenwich. $11,423, payroll taxes. Filed Oct. 24.

Patricio, Maria A. and Armenio D. Patricio, 10 High Street Extension, Danbury. $4,403, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Patton, James G., 860 Canal St., Stamford. $20,821, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Romeus, Irlande, 117 Quince St., Bridgeport. $10,625, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 25.

Romeus, Remus, 117 Quince St., Bridgeport. $21,524, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 25.

Slusarz, Frances C. and John J. Slusarz, 16 Tobins Court, Danbury. $9,841, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 31.

Snowden, Peter J., 50 W. Redding Road, Danbury. $386,606, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Stewart, David P., 34 Putnam Green, Apt. D, Greenwich. $266,422, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Trimboli, Anthony, 6 Maurice St., Norwalk. $42,311, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 26.

Weitz, Mardena L., 249 Milbank Ave., Apt. 320, Greenwich. $14,993, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Westport Music Center LLC, 1460 Post Road East, Westport. $11,130, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Oct. 24.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-RELEASED Allen III, Elizabeth F. and Nathan R. Allen, 21 Echo Lane, Greenwich. $270,520, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Allen III, Elizabeth F. and Nathan R. Allen, 21 Echo Lane, Greenwich. $89,076, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 24.

Aristizabal, Freiman A., 9 Lorena St., Norwalk. $6,220, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 26.

Brown, Gordon J., 85 Tall Oaks Court, Stamford. $213,804, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Oct. 25.

Brown, Gordon J., 85 Tall Oaks Court, Stamford. $211,997, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Oct. 25.

Carozza, Janet G. and Alexander Paluch, 20 Linda Lane, Westport. $1.3 million, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Dechellis, Anthony J., 79 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk. $504,847, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 26.

Environmental Care LLC, 15 Greenfarms Road, Westport. $2,040, U.S. return of partnership income.

Filed Oct. 24.

Frattaroli, Mary and Nello Frattaroli, 5 Brook Drive, Greenwich. $67,526, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 11.

Freimour, Beth, 1465 E. Putnam Ave., Apt. 621, Greenwich. $11,855, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Harvison, Denise and Glenn Harvison, 1362 King St., Greenwich. $45,822, a tax debt on income earned.

Filed Oct. 24.

Krasnoff, Charles, 2437 Bedford St., Stamford. $23,622, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Oct. 25.

Krasnoff, Charles, 2437 Bedford St., Stamford. $23,622, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Oct. 25.

Lane, Sean O., 31 Wintergreen Hill Road, Danbury. $24,541, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Oct. 25.

Lane, Sean O., 31 Wintergreen Hill Road, Danbury. $116,954, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Oct. 25.

Martinez, Eder A., P.O. Box 908, Stamford. $29,973, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Oppedisano, Linda J., 4 Tulip St., Trumbull. $21,757, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 25.

Orrico, Thomas, 31 Cos Cob Ave., Greenwich. $25,278, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 11.

Sinnott, John C., 307 R. Hamilton Ave., Greenwich. $55,471, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Sinnott, John C., 307 R. Hamilton Ave., Greenwich. $68,063, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Sussmane, Kenneth S., 23 Sterling Drive, Westport. $36,805, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Sussmane, Kenneth S., 23 Sterling Drive, Westport. $42,195, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

Tennaro, Patrick T., 59 Argonne St., Fairfield. $31,288, civil proceeding tax.

Filed Oct. 25.

Vataj, Marie and Peter Vataj, 30 Quaker Lane, Greenwich. $19,409, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Oct. 24.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-FILED 330 Railroad Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Filed by Brothers and Son Asbestos Removal LLC, Hartford,

by Hector Martinez. Property: 330 Railroad Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $157,208. Filed Oct. 31.

587 Connecticut Storage LLC, Norwalk. Filed by Kiwi II Construction Inc., Murrieta, Calif., by Wayne Woolsey. Property: 587 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $50,221. Filed Oct. 31.

Evans, Aarti E. and Hugh W. Egans, Greenwich. Filed by American Builders and Contractors Supply Co. Inc., West Haven, by Andrew Kennedy. Property: 149 Old Church Road, Greenwich. Amount: $31,870. Filed Oct. 20.

Michov, Diko, Greenwich. Filed by Freddy’s Landscape Corp., Fairfield,

by Silvia Monica Miraballes. Property: 2 Round Hill Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $21,744. Filed Oct. 4.

Summit Properties Group LLC, Newtown. Filed by East Haven Builders Supply-US LBM LLC, East Haven,

by Sharon Saucrer. Property: Parcel 5A, Map 3709, Newtown. Amount: $50,503. Filed Nov. 1.

MECHANIC’S LIENS-RELEASED 151 Milbank LLC, Greenwich. Released by Great Construction Inc.,

by Victor Cukrovany. Property: 151 Milbank Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $58,344. Filed Oct. 31.

698 West Avenue Associates LLC, Norwalk. Released by Nation Electrical Contracting, Stratford, by Robert Mills IV. Property: 698 West Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $6,332. Filed Oct. 26.

Batkin, Annette and Stephen H. Batkin, Greenwich. Released by Greencrete LLC, Branford, by Richard Crosby. Property: 8 Division St., Greenwich. Amount: $33,000. Filed Oct. 18.

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FACTS Brunswick School Holding I LLC, Greenwich. Released by Raymond Goduto Development LLC, by Raymond Goduto. Property: 91 River Road, Greenwich. Amount: $30,000.

Filed Oct. 18.

Domack Restoration LLC, Greenwich. Released by Raymond Goduto Development LLC, by Raymond Goduto. Property: 10 Riverside Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $6,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Poko IWSR Developers LLC, Port Chester, N.Y. Released by Park Plus Inc., Fairview, N.J., by David Tilly.

Property: 93 Wall St., Norwalk. Cost undisclosed. Filed Oct. 27.

Ruth, Carol, Greenwich. Released

by Envirotech Environmental Services of New England Inc., Stratford,

by Gary Stone. Property: 67 Sumner Road, Greenwich. Amount: $11,750.

Filed Oct. 14.

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Sullivan, Laura and Mitch Dickey, Greenwich. Released by Mead Point Partners LLC, Old Greenwich, by David Tilly. Property: The Avenue,

by Frank Anderson, Greenwich.

Amount: $26,988. Filed Oct. 3.

LIS PENDENS Amico, Bruce J., et al., Bethel. Filed

by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 17 Maple Row, Bethel.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $288,000, dated October 2005. Filed Oct. 14.

Androulidakis, Andreas D., et al., Norwalk. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Goshen Mortgage LLC. Property: 73 Devils Garden Road, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $649,999, dated July 2007. Filed Oct. 26.

Beninati, Joseph P., et al., Greenwich. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 42 Mooreland Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $10 million, dated November 2006. Filed Oct. 31.

Berrouet, Geralda A., et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 555 Hope St., Unit 1, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $396,000, dated June 2007. Filed Oct. 25.

Blinebry, Donald R., et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 34 Patriot Drive, Unit A6, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $54,000, dated February 2008. Filed Oct. 24.

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Bowen, Dan J., et al., Stratford. Filed

by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, R.I., for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: Unit 43C of Far Mill River Condominium, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $196,300, dated February 2007. Filed Oct. 26.

Caprio, Marie Sharon and Thomas Edward Caprio, Bethel. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, R.I., for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 12 Apollo Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $368,231, dated February 2008. Filed Oct. 21.

Fera, Robyn A., et al., Danbury.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Wilmington Trust Co., Wilmington, Del. Property: 8 East Drive, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $288,000, dated July 2007. Filed Oct. 31.

Fiorita, Jeb, et al., Greenwich. Filed

by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 9 River Road, Unit 415, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $286,561, dated August 2003. Filed Oct. 3.

Chen, Ho Hong, et al., Greenwich.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 2 Sheldrake Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $938,250, dated November 2009. Filed Oct. 25.

Gagliardi, Vito, et al., New Fairfield. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 51 Rocky Hill Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $317,300, dated May 2011. Filed Oct. 25.

Chiarello, David, et al., Danbury.

Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Property: 25 Bullet Hill Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $275,200, dated August 2006. Filed Oct. 31.

Garrido, Igor B., et al., Norwalk.

Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 3 Dry Hill Court, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $500,000, dated February 2006. Filed Oct. 28.

Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Filed by Collins Hannafin PC, Danbury, for Lakewood Condominium Association Inc., Danbury. Property: 136 Pembroke Road, Unit 11-99, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Oct. 26.

Gehling, Frank C., et al., Norwalk.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 7 Devon Ave., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $205,000, dated June 2004. Filed Oct. 28.

Corner North Water Street LLC, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Murtha Cullina LLP, Hartford, for The Greenwich Bank and Trust Co., Greenwich. Property: Mill and North Water streets, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $925,000, dated April 2006. Filed Oct. 20.

Cruz, Margaret, et al., Stratford.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 60 Keating Drive, Stratford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $387,366, dated April 2009.

Filed Oct. 25.

Dutertre, Dorraine, et al., Stratford. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Bank of America NA, Charlotte, N.C. Property: 345 Marina Drive, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $291,305, dated October 2006. Filed Oct. 25.

Duva-Urena, Rosemary, et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 141 Carol St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $252,200, dated November 2002. Filed Oct. 25.

Geils, Linda M., et al., New Fairfield.

Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, R.I., for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: Lot 2, Map 2545, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $280,000, dated November 2003.

Filed Oct. 20.

Gleaton, Jane, et al., Stamford. Filed

by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 36 Ann St., Stamford.

Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $240,000, dated November 2006. Filed Oct. 25.

Gomez, Maria C., et al., Stratford.

Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 372 Masarik Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $188,300, dated June 2004. Filed Oct. 27.

Gonzalez, Antonio, et al., Norwalk.

Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 27 McAllister Ave., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $344,000, dated April 2005. Filed Oct. 28.

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