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JOINT Pride of INITIATIVE Shelton

FCBJ this week cHildren’s clotHinG retailer Carter’s will lay off 100 staff in Shelton as it shifts jobs to Atlanta … 2

mediCal pot reGulationS await approval

a new YorK citY financial firm is establishing a credit advisory business in Danbury, where it expects to hire 100 workers … 3

the Company behind one of ameriCa’S moSt iConiC baCkyard paStimeS markS itS 60th anniverSary thiS year ... PAGE 2

tHe citY oF stamFord is updating its master plan for the first time in more than a decade … 7 constrUction on a $102 million pavilion and an expanded emergency department and cancer center is under way at Norwalk Hospital … 11

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An eye on design Samantha knapp determined to enSure tiGer lily’S ContinueS to bloom BY MARY SHUSTACK mshustack@westfairinc.com

tiGer lilY’s is a mainstay in Greenwich’s home-décor circles. But Samantha Knapp has aspirations that go far beyond the stylish 3,700 square feet the home-design studio and custom workshop her family’s longtime business calls home. “We’re just trying to go from local to a little broader customer base,” she said. A snapshot of the past couple of months

gives a telling glimpse into Knapp’s efforts. In late March, she had a booth at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show in Manhattan, a prestigious showcase for the latest in the field. There, Tiger Lily’s booth was filled with one-of-a-kind designs ranging from a geometric-shaped ottoman covered in Mongolian sheepskins to a classic slipper chair boasting hot-pink tufting. In April, she was hosting yet another design lecture at the National Arts Club in » design, page 6

BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

onnecticut regulators are moving forward with plans to implement final rules that will govern the production, distribution and use of medical marijuana. The Connecticut General Assembly passed a bill legalizing the palliative use of marijuana one year ago this month, requiring state officials to submit proposed regulations for approval by July 1. Under Commissioner William M. Rubenstein, the Department of Consumer Protection has led the regulatory drafting process and is currently modifying its recommendations based on a recent public hearing in April. “We have gotten a lot of good reception,” Rubenstein said. “I think we’ve done a good job of designing a system where the product is used only for medical purposes.” If the legislature approves the draft regulations, medical marijuana dispensaries could be up and running in as little as six months, but Rubenstein said it is more likely that distributors would open by the second or third quarter of 2014. If the regulations aren’t approved, the process could take longer. Roughly 550 patients have applied for a registration card with the state. To receive a card, patients must have a doctor’s recommendation, be at least 18 years old, a Connecticut resident and have a debilitating condition such as cancer, glaucoma, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy or one of several other illnesses. » Joint, page 6

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OshKosh B’gone 100 Shelton staff to lose jobs as retailer moves teams to Atlanta BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

hildren’s clothing retailer Carter’s Inc., whose brands include an eponymous line and OshKosh B’gosh, will lay off about 100 of its Shelton employees as part of a consolidation of the Atlanta company’s corporate and administrative departments. Carter’s plans to close its 1 Waterview Drive facility, with layoffs commencing June 30, the company said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act filing with the Connecticut Department of Labor. The company’s Shelton team comprises primarily back-office staff in a range of departments, from accounts

payable to human resources to accounting. The office closing comes as Carter’s is consolidating the bulk of its corporate and management team in Atlanta, where it is building a new headquarters. Carter’s representatives were reached, but were unable to respond with any additional comment or information on the closing prior to press deadline. Michael D. Casey, chairman and CEO, said on an April 25 earnings conference call that most of the company’s key employees on its retail and finance teams who had been based in Connecticut were now working in Atlanta. Carter’s incurred $8 million of charges in the first quarter of 2013 related to its office consolidation initiative, CFO

Richard F. Westenberger said on the earnings call. “We expect that we’ll have additional charges in the upcoming quarters as this initiative moves forward,” Westenberger said. He said the expected cost of Carter’s office consolidation has increased “by several million dollars” and that the total costs are now projected to be between $41 million and $45 million. “Additional costs are due to several very positive factors, including successfully recruiting more of our Connecticutbased employees to Atlanta than we had originally planned, and we’re very happy about that,” Westenberger said. It was not clear how many employees the company had in Connecticut

prior to the consolidation process, nor was it known how many had their jobs moved to Atlanta. The approximately 100 layoffs from the company’s 1 Waterview Drive facility will take about two weeks to complete. Westenberger reinforced the company’s upbeat growth sentiments on the April 25 conference call. “We continue to feel very good about the outlook for the balance of 2013,” he said. “For the full year ... we continue to forecast growth in net sales in the range of 8 percent to 10 percent and growth in adjusted earnings per share of approximately 15 percent. We expect capital expenditures of approximately $200 million for the year.”

Thrown a curve BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

The ability to throw a curveball: It’s what separates the wanna-be’s from the bona fide pitchers. At least until the Mullanys came along. The idea for the first Wiffle ball was conceived in 1953 when David and Stephen Mullany’s father and grandfather, who lived in Fairfield at the time, were experimenting with plastic golf balls in search of the perfect curveball. After perfecting the design, “My grandfather took out a second mortgage and borrowed some money and here we are,” said David Mullany, president of Wiffle Ball Inc., which has been headquartered in Shelton for all but the first six years of the company’s existence. Aside from changes in scale to make way for baseball-, softball- and golf ballsized Wiffle balls (the original Wiffle ball most closely resembles what today is marketed as a junior-sized ball) and a shift from wooden to plastic bats in the early 1970s, the company’s products have undergone remarkably few — if any — changes since the beginning. “The process itself has not changed,” said Mullany, while his father, who at 70 still works a full-time schedule, looked on from the production floor. “The equipment has gotten a lot more sophisticated though.” Each year, “millions and millions” of Wiffle balls are churned out from the Shelton factory that doubles as a corporate headquarters, with the bats made at

David J. Mullany, president of Wiffle Ball Inc., in the company’s Shelton factory and headquarters.

a separate facility to the north of Hartford. Since the Bridgeport Avenue factory opened in 1959, there hasn’t been a single Wiffle ball made elsewhere. Once molded, balls and bats are united at the factory, where they are inspected and prepped for shipment. In addition to reaching consumers across the U.S., Mullany said Wiffle Ball Inc. works with merchants across South America and in Canada, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. The production process is “fairly automated,” Mullany said, which allows the company to get by with a relatively small

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staff. He said that during busy periods, the facility is manned by 15 or 20 employees. “Most people who stop by are thinking, ‘This is it, huh?’ They think we must’ve sold out to a larger corporation. But we’re still here doing it,” Mullany said. “We’re a small company with a big brand name.” And a name worth protecting, he added. “Our trademark over the years has been really important and we protect it vigorously,” Mullany said. “Not just any plastic ball out there gets to be called a Wiffle ball — only if it comes from us. We

spend a lot of time policing the brand. ... It’s something we have to do and take responsibility for pretty seriously.” The family initially had no idea just how fast the business would take off. When sales were just starting to grow, Mullany’s grandfather approached a New York City sales representative for toy brands. “He (the salesman) said, ‘You might get a few years out of it.’ A few years is coming up on 60,” Mullany said. “But at the outset, I don’t think there was a thought that Wiffle would become ‘the’ brand.” Today, Mullany and his brother Stephen, who together run the company, are greeted by tales of backyard epics wherever they go. “And they’ll always have a great story,” Mullany said. All the while, there hasn’t been a serious thought to leaving Shelton, where the company set up its permanent home after a short stint in Woodbridge. “My brother and I grew up in Shelton,” Mullany said. “While we could do this pretty much anywhere, we still have roots in the community.” Aside from one television advertisement that featured New York Yankees star Whitey Ford, the company has never had to take to the airwaves. “I think a product that is honest and gives the consumer value is the best advertising there can be,” Mullany said. “We don’t do any formal advertising ... We’re just here every day churning them out.”

Branching out NewOak Capital expands to Danbury BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

New York City financial services company will be opening an office in Danbury where it will house its new credit and risk solutions consulting business. Aided by a state incentive package, NewOak Capital L.L.C. estimates it will create at least 100 jobs in Connecticut within three years through its NewOak Credit Services L.L.C. subsidiary. Chad Burhance, a NewOak partner and head of solutions, said the group wanted to remain close to its New York headquarters while keeping some distance between it and New York City and the cluster of financial firms in Stamford and Norwalk. That way, he said, NewOak Credit Services L.L.C. can enjoy lower real estate costs and won’t necessarily have to compete for the same talent. “We wanted to move our facility just out of the competitive circle,” said Burhance, who will head up the new credit services unit. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the agreement May 1, stating the company would receive a $3 million lowinterest loan to buy furniture, equipment, make leasehold improvements and provide working capital. The entire project is slated to cost $13 million. NewOak Capital, founded in 2008, is a financial advisory firm that advises global banks, insurance companies, asset owners and regulators. Burhance said the company arose out of the financial crisis and the need for independent, third-party analysis of valuation and risk. “People want another set of eyes on these issues and NewOak has been ready to capitalize on that from day one of the credit crisis,” Burhance said. “Going to Danbury is a big step in realizing that role.” The company has leased 10,000 square feet in the Matrix Corporate Center and expects to create 50 new jobs within its first year. Within three years, the company expects to have at least 100 employees. It may open smaller satellite offices if the need arises, Burhance said. Bruce R. Tuomala, Danbury director of economic development, said the company’s arrival is the latest in a series of recent developments. “NewOak has come at a time when a lot of people are looking into Danbury,

Chad Burhance, NewOak Capital partner

investing in Danbury and we welcome them and that activity,” Tuomala said. “We’re marketplace people. We understand business and want to do everything we can so businesses can stay and thrive here.” Danbury is primarily known for its pharmaceutical, advanced manufacturing and retail industries. But in recent years the city has begun to compete in the financial sector too, Tuomala said. The Danbury labor market area, which includes the city and surrounding suburbs, currently boasts the lowest unemployment rate of any region in the state at 6.6 percent. After a tristate area search for an office location, NewOak decided on the Matrix for a number of reasons, Burhance said. First, the building itself comes with a number of amenities, including a disaster recovery and data backup center. Additionally, the town offers a more affordable cost of living, not only for NewOak’s employees but for the company itself. But overall, Burhance said the state’s support was a major deciding factor. The company also received incentive package offers from New York and other states, but Burhance said Connecticut’s offer appealed directly to them as a midsize company. The other packages available were geared more toward large companies and preventing them from leaving, he said. “This whole (project) wouldn’t have been possible without their initiative and support,” he said. “I think that’s a testament to Connecticut being able to see the bigger picture.”

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f the next “storm of the century” were to hit us next fall, would we be ready? Coming off of back-to-back periods that featured not just one, but multiple debilitating storms (Irene and the Halloween snowstorm in 2011, Sandy in the fall of 2012 and the February blizzard of 2013, dubbed Nemo) there is little evidence to suggest that Fairfield County is prepared for the upcoming hurricane season. Just over six months ago, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano stood before a crowd of reporters in Bridgeport and pledged to help the state’s residents and businesses get back on their feet after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power for millions and wreaked havoc across the towns and cities bordering the Long Island Sound. “We need to begin helping people get back in their homes. We need to be helping communities get restored. We need to make sure the infrastructure of this state is made whole,” Napolitano said. “We understand the urgency of the situation.” But that sense of urgency should remain today. In December, the Connecticut Department of Labor announced it had $610,000 in federal funds that were available to the state’s towns and cities to assist with storm cleanup efforts.

The funds were intended to provide temporary jobs for out-of-work residents who had either never qualified for unemployment benefits or had exhausted them. It’s now been five months and zero municipalities have applied for a share of the funds. The state is now left in the exceedingly rare predicament of having federal dollars that it is unsure of how to spend. Where is the urgency? Last November, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Connecticut’s two primary electric utilities — Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) and United Illuminating (UI) Co. — would face state-mandated performance reviews because more than 10 percent of each utility’s customer base was out of power for more than two days after Sandy struck. Since then, both utilities have asked the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for permission to bump up electric rates to pay for stormdamaged infrastructure. While consumers wait to hear whether their bills will increase, the parent company of each utility has rewarded shareholders with quarterly dividends. And in the meantime, neither utility has been held accountable for its actions (or lack of action) in Sandy’s wake.

THEY SAID IT Elected officials and industry advocates reflect on Senate passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act “The Senate is actually going to vote for a bill.” — Sen. Richard Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, prior to the bill’s passage

“Since online retailers aren’t expected to collect a state or local sales tax on the things they sell, the burden is on customers to report the taxes they owe on each product they buy online at the end of the year. This system is ridiculous and shortchanges states by nearly $23 billion in much-needed revenue each year, and puts giant online retailers at an unfair advantage over smaller local businesses in Connecticut and across the country.”

Where is the urgency? In January, Congress appropriated more than $60 billion toward disaster recovery efforts. Of that, $16 billion was set aside for the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD, in turn, will release the $16 billion to storm-affected regions in three allotments. HUD released the first pool of funds, totaling $5.4 billion, in April, with Connecticut set to get about $72 million. The Malloy administration then drafted a plan for distributing the federal dollars to areas with the greatest need. The draft required the approval of the Connecticut General Assembly, which it got May 7. But again, where is the urgency? We understand that these are complex matters, particularly when it comes to the distribution of federal funds that are limited to very specific uses. But the fact of the matter is, Atlantic hurricane season begins in less than a month and forecasters are projecting multiple major storms. Bureaucracy is slow and predictable; Mother Nature is anything but. It’s time for the state, residents and businesses to show some collective urgency.

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Rubenstein said it is difficult to tell how many more patients will apply for a registration card given that Connecticut is still in the early stages of developing its regulatory model. He also said it’s difficult to tell how many jobs and how much revenue the new industry will generate. However, every indication shows that there will be a lot of interest in producing and distributing the drug to patients, Rubenstein said, adding that producers from other states that

allow the use of medical marijuana have expressed an interest in joining Connecticut’s system. Connecticut is one of 18 states, plus the District of Columbia, that have passed laws legalizing the use of marijuana for certain medical purposes. As of late April, votes to legalize medical marijuana were pending in 10 other states, including New York. Unlike many other states, Connecticut’s system has strived to classify medical marijuana like any other prescription drug, Rubenstein said. “We treat it the same as we treat other controlled pharmaceutical substances, with the same high degree of control,” he

said. “The major challenge is starting an industry from scratch and using a model we have to create ourselves.” Growers will be separate from dispensers and there won’t be any middle men allowed to produce secondary products like brownies and other items. Edibles and tinctures will need to be made directly by the producer, if they are to be sold, under the draft regulations. The state will license only three to 10 producers. Each will be required to establish a $2 million escrow account that the state may seize if its operations are not timely and successful. At the public hearing in late April,

several potential producers warned that the proposed escrow amount may be too high and felt there were not enough protections against the state illegally seizing the account, especially since medical marijuana is still considered illegal at the federal level. Rubenstein said the amount was set at a price that would ensure the program is self-sustaining. “All the state can do is control what it can do,” Rubenstein said. “What we’ve tried to do is create a system that doesn’t attract attention, distributes marijuana for its medical purposes and assure it’s not being used for purposes outside of that.”

turn. The eye jumps from one vignette to another, an artful jumble of centuries and styles, fabrics and textures. “We shop for vintage finds and we bring them in and refurbish them,” Knapp added. She sells them both in-house and online through a variety of sources. A quick glance might yield a Colonialstyle bench or Asian figurine, an anchorthemed Melamine plate or an oversize clock originally used at swimming meets. There are rattan ceiling chairs and quirky sconces and the most formal of European chairs covered in cowhide. “I really don’t like anything to match that well,” Knapp explained. Customers can choose an accent or have an entire room done. A large workshop with all work done on-site is what makes Tiger Lily’s stand out, Knapp says. A sofa in the workroom features not

only a lushly textured fabric but a trim so sleek and slender it’s barely noticeable. But it is, a fine detail that sums up the whole approach here. “This is what makes it go from something anybody can get to what makes it super personal, what nobody else has.” She’s also become an expert at staging, helping create inviting interiors for properties up for sale. “At the end of the day, I’m trying to grow a brand. If you’ve got an idea, I’m down.” And she’s also vocal, as in a provocative blog that traces the ups and downs of the business. Every bit, after all, raises the exposure. “We’re just trying to get people in and excited about what we do.” For more on Tiger Lily’s at 154 Prospect St. in Greenwich, call (203) 629-6510 or visit tigerlilysgreenwich.com.

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Manhattan, where she serves as a co-chair of the Decorative Arts Committee. Knapp also created a room for Housing Works’ Design on a Dime 2013, a fundraising event and design showcase where Tiger Lily’s of Greenwich for Robert Allen presented a playful, creative update on “The Wizard of Oz.” It’s all about getting Tiger Lily’s more exposure, Knapp said, but also sharing the stories behind the designs. “It’s important to me to just make it really personal, that there’s still a real thought behind everything we do.” Catching up with Knapp at the company flagship, a burst of creativity tucked in an industrial corner of town, she talked about this road that finds her mixing an unwavering determination with a clear, artistic vision. And it’s one that’s shared. Tiger Lily’s is a Knapp family affair, a company started by her mother, Betsy Knapp, more than 20 years ago. “She was the original do-it-yourselfer,” Knapp says of her mother. “She’s got an eye.” Knapp’s mother and stepfather, Robert Knapp, are actively involved in the business that outgrew a space on Putnam Avenue a few years ago. Today, Betsy Knapp keeps her finger on client relationships and projects and is a great finder of vintage and antique pieces, with her husband handling everything from the financial side to the day-to-day details. “I’m definitely running my side of the show,” Samantha said. “The diversification that we needed to keep going had to happen.” And that drive seems innate. “None of us are technically ASID or whatever,” Knapp said, referring to credentials of the American Society of Interior Designers. “We’re street designers.”

Samantha Knapp at Tiger Lily’s in Greenwich.

In fact, Knapp came to the business three years ago as a second act. “It’s amazing for me because I’m selftaught,” she explained. “I was a journalist.” Broadcast stints at television stations around the country culminated with a move to WCBS-TV in New York. “I had the dream job,” she said. Six months later, with cutbacks and no contract, she was done. Trying to decide what to do — and not moving forward — her stepfather encouraged her to join Tiger Lily’s, a career switch that still makes her laugh. “I actually failed interior design in Greenwich High School.” Today, there is no shortage of things being accomplished at Tiger Lily’s. There is on-site custom upholstery and furniture design under way. Home accents and accessories fill the showroom, an airy space that includes surprises at every

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BY PATRICK GALLAGHER

Stamford to update master plan

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tamford will update its citywide master plan for the first time in more than a decade as officials look to account for changes and redevelopment across the downtown and the South End. The city and its consultant team, led by Buckhurst Fish & Jacquemart Inc. of New York City, will hold the first of a series of public meetings May 14 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ferguson Library. The city’s chief planner said the process would build off of — rather than overhaul — the 2002 master plan revision by focusing on areas that have experienced the most change in the past 11 years. “I think of this master plan study as focused on the downtown and the South End,” said Norman F. Cole, land use bureau chief for the city of Stamford. “We’re trying to look at the long-range development of the downtown as a really livable neighborhood, not just an office area.” Cole estimated that more than 2,000 new housing units have been built in Stamford since the 2002 revision, with most of those coming in the downtown and South End. “There’s an awful lot of new housing going up and we have a new demographic of young people moving in,” Cole said. “We need to find out if we’re now experiencing new kinds of market pressures and opportunities.” Other specific items Cole hopes the planning team will address include the issue of traffic in the downtown versus the need for pedestrian walkways; a strategy for linking the city’s parks, bike lanes and open spaces; the possible expansion of the Stamford Transportation Center to feature additional commercial and/or residential developments; and the urban transitway that runs east from Atlantic Street to Elm Street and then to East Main Street. Cole said it’s important for the plan to focus on the city as a whole and not just the contentious development issues of the day. He cited the planned construction of an 850,000-square-foot headquarters by Bridgewater Associates L.P. in the South End as an example. “With all the distraction that’ll be going on with some of these other major development issues, it’ll be a challenge,” Cole said. “I do want to hear from the citizenry because it’s one thing to imagine how they’re reacting to this and it’s another thing to actually hear it.” Frank Fish, a principal for Buckhurst

Fish, which does business as BFJ Planning, reinforced Cole’s message that the process wouldn’t harm areas like the city’s northern suburbs. “There are areas where we don’t expect any change and where we don’t think any is necessary,” Fish said, describing northern Stamford as a “beautiful, stable residential neighborhood.” BFJ Planning has worked extensively in Connecticut, shepherding Bridgeport, Danbury, Hartford, Norwalk and Stratford

through similar planning processes as well as advising Blackrock Realty L.L.C. on its plans for the Fairfield Metro Center train station. In addition to the focal points mentioned by Cole, Fish said the year-long master plan revision process would examine infrastructure and policies with an eye on protecting the city against hurricanes and other major weather events. “I think the plan itself has to be around our general policies: growth poli-

cies, preservation policies and plans for the next hurricane — things like that,” Fish said. “We’ll look at Stamford from a regional perspective too. “Stamford has grown from what I’d call a small, fairly local city — maybe like a Danbury or even Waterbury — into a fairly significant regional center that I think many in the real estate community see as a major corporate center with ties to New York City and Connecticut by rail and highway.”

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The U.S. Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act May 6, which looks to allow state and local governments to enforce sales and use tax laws for online purchases. The bill could help Connecticut to collect about $152 million in additional tax revenues, according Sen. Chris Murphy. A parallel bill awaits action in the House of Representatives, where a hearing has yet to be scheduled. Murphy applauded the passage, saying the act will allow Main Street retailers to compete on the same level as outof-state retailers for online sales while allowing states to collect more tax revenues and relieving consumers from having to report what they owe on online purchases.

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maker that has made official its plans to leave the state. Earnings for Sturm, Ruger increased 53 percent in the first quarter of 2013, driven by the growth in gun sales nationwide. The company reported net income of $23.7 million, or $1.20 per share, compared to $15.5 million, or $0.79 per share, in the first quarter of 2012. A dividend of $0.49 per common share will be issued May 24. While the company doesn’t plan to leave Connecticut, it does plan to increase its workforce outside of the state. At the shareholders meeting, Fifer said the company was seeking a third manufacturing facility of about 250,000 square feet in addition to its production facilities in Arizona and New Hampshire. New products made up 35 percent of sales last quarter and Fifer said the company is hiring engineers to further explore new opportunities. “We’ve got some great projects,” he said. “If you’ve got some great engineers that love guns, send them my way.”

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Manufacturing bill advances in Congress BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

egislation inspired by two Connecticut manufacturers is making headway in Washington. Since members of Congress put out a call in March for legislation to help the nation’s manufacturing sector, interest has been swirling around the idea of reinvestment accounts, which feature prominently in a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a New Haven Democrat. The Manufacturing Reinvestment Account Act would allow manufacturers to make pre-tax contributions of up to $500,000 for seven years into a dedicated account. At the end of the term, a 15 percent tax would be assessed, allowing manufacturers to use the saved funds for investments in machinery, facilities and job training. “It originated here, just two guys sitting in Bridgeport and now we have a bill before Congress,” said Jamison Scott, vice president of Air Handling Systems in New Haven. “I think it would have a huge impact.” Hugh McCann, president of Identification Products Corp. in Bridgeport, also helped draft the bill, which is supported by the New Haven Manufacturing Association. If manufacturers saved the maximum amount allowed at 5 percent interest and paid a 15 percent tax rate at the end of seven years, business owners would have about $1 million more than they would in a taxable account, Scott said. The idea is similar to an individual retirement account, or an IRA. Scott, who also serves as the legislative committee chair for the New Haven Manufacturing Association, said he likes to call the saving account an MRA, short for manufacturing reinvestment account.

“There is a manufacturing renaissance going on,” Scott said. “We know it’s not easy to get a bill passed in Congress but it’s really been an exciting process. … This bill is just one of those things that will help as manufacturing continues to grow in this country.”

“It originated here, just two guys sitting in Bridgeport and now we have a bill before Congress. I think it would have a huge impact.” – Jamison Scott

Scott said the lower tax rates would help companies become more efficient and greener, allowing them to grow and create more jobs. Additionally there is a community bank aspect to the bill, which would help generate local reinvestment, Scott said. The bill proposes the so-called MRAs be held in community banks to keep the money off Wall Street and on Main Street, so banks can lend back into the community, he said. Scott and McCann have been working on the bill since 2009 and now both the House Committee on Ways & Means and Joint Committee on Taxation have an interest in the bill. Scott said he has high hopes but realizes it might take more time and several more introductions to get the bill passed. “I’m just a manufacturer here in Connecticut but I’m getting a much better sense of Washington politics,” Scott said. “I’m very passionate about this thing.”

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t least $367 million in federal assistance has been approved to help Connecticut residents, businesses and towns still recovering from Hurricane Sandy, with tens of millions more thought to be on the way. The bulk of those funds are tied to $220 million in flood insurance claims that had been paid through May 3, representing more than 96 percent of the

total National Flood Insurance Program claims in Connecticut following the October 2012 storm. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has set aside about $72 million in Community Development Block GrantDisaster Recovery program funds to assist with rebuilding efforts. Last week, the Connecticut General Assembly approved a draft plan submitted by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that

outlines how the funds should be distributed. The final plan must be submitted to HUD for approval by early June, at which point the funds will become available to the state. The $72 million in block grant dollars represents a tiny slice of $60 billion in disaster relief funding approved by Congress in January. Of the total, $16 billion was set aside for the block grant program, whose principal aims are the restoration of housing, economic revi-

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Norwalk Hospital expansion enters second phase BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

onstruction is under way at Norwalk Hospital for a $102 million expansion of the emergency department, cancer center and ambulatory service center. The project, which will include a 95,000-square-foot structure adjoining the current buildings and 35,000 square feet of renovations, is being billed by the hospital as the largest expansion in its 120-year history. Hospital executives, staff and benefactors broke ground on the Anne P. and Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center May 3 in what represents the second phase of the expansion. The first phase — the addition of more than 200 parking spaces to the hospital’s garage — was completed about a year ago and cost about $20 million. In addition to the construction of a pavilion that will house a lobby and patient registration functions, the project will double the size of the emergency department — which will be renamed the Bauer Center for Emergency Care — and involves upgrades to the ambulatory surgery center and digestive diseases center. The upgraded emergency department will enable the hospital to triage and treat 65,000 patients a year. The current space

was last renovated 15 years ago with the goal of treating 25,000 patients annually; however, it currently treats double that. The hospital’s cancer treatment center, which will be renamed the C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center, is on the opposite side of the campus. As part of the project, the center will be relocated to the new pavilion and completely rebuilt, a hospital spokeswoman said. “We’re already starting groundwork and roadways for the entrance to the new emergency department and the new cancer center, and once that is complete then we’ll start building the new pavilion,” spokeswoman Carol Brennan-Smith said. Brennan-Smith said it would be “business as usual” during the project, with all clinical areas up and running. Turner Construction Co., a global firm headquartered in New York City, is principal contractor on the project that is set to be completed in 2015. The last major addition to the hospital was completed in 1991, with subsequent renovation projects in 2004 and in 2006. Hospital executives recognized the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Family Foundation for its $10 million contribution to the new pavilion, the Whittingham family of Stamford for its $2.5 million contribution and George and Carol Bauer of Wilton for their $2.5 million contribution.

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BY THOMAS KRYWINSKI

Pay or play? Tough calls loom with ACA

ome the start of next year, hundreds of businesses across Connecticut will have to have answered a critical question when it comes to health care – do they want to play or pay? That is the decision so many Connecticut employers will have to make prior to Jan. 1, 2014, the date that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or, as it is more commonly known, “ObamaCare”) takes effect. The PPACA could have a significant impact on Connecticut businesses, which is why the time to start planning — if they haven’t already — is right now. The PPACA is the most significant regulatory overhaul of our nation’s health care system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 and its two main goals are to decrease the number of Americans without insurance and to reduce the overall cost of health care.

Employers and individuals alike will feel its impact, but it is the employers who will face the biggest penalties for choosing not to participate. So with this historic change looming, how can businesses get ready? For starters, there needs to be an understanding as to how the PPACA is being funded. The largest funding mechanisms are a 3.8 percent Medicare contribution tax and a Medicare payroll tax increase from 1.45 percent to 2.35 percent. These are tax increases for those earning $200,000 or more a year (or for joint filers earning $250,000 or more), and they will have a substantial impact on anyone who provides or receives a paycheck. A variety of other smaller excise taxes and tax credits will help to cover the expansive cost of the PPACA. Now, who has to participate? And what happens to those who refuse? Businesses with more than 50 full-

time equivalent employees are the ones that are required to participate in the PPACA. Businesses with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees do not have to participate, and there are no penalties attached if they fail to participate in the PPACA. While the definition and parameters seem simple, the reality is a bit more complicated. For businesses with hundreds, or even thousands, of employees, this will likely not be a concern. But for those small to midsize businesses that are hovering close to the 50 mark with full-time equivalent employees, some key decisions need to be made. Could the PPACA make a company reluctant to hire more employees if those hirings increase the full-time size to more than 50? Will companies seek to change the classification of certain employees to avoid that magic number of 50? And

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what about companies that are on the cusp of that number and want to remain competitive with other such companies? If a rival company with 50 employees is offering a more attractive compensation package than a company with only 45 employees, again, critical decisions will need to be made. Add to that equation the impending creation of the Connecticut health insurance exchange, which is being formed as a result of the PPACA. This is essentially a state-sponsored market where individuals and certain small businesses are able to purchase health insurance. But even if an employee chooses to buy health insurance through the exchange, the employer could still face a penalty for refusing to participate in the PPACA. The penalties attached to the PPACA could prove to be costly. For employers who do not partake in the PPACA and who have 50 or more full-time equivalent employees (even if some of them are enrolled through the exchange) the penalty is $2,000 a year per employee over 30 employees. Simple mathematics indicates that could mean tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in penalties. Penalties also exist for those businesses of 50 or more full-time equivalent employees that do offer health care plans that are deemed unaffordable. Despite offering health care, if these businesses fail to also offer a plan through the PPACA, the penalty is either $2,000 a year for each full-time employee over 30 employees or $3,000 for each full-time employee receiving credits through the state’s health exchange. In these instances, the penalty will be whichever of these two options is less costly to the businesses. Obviously there is a lot for businesses to decide between now and Jan. 1, 2014, and the sooner they reach a decision, the better. They need to collect and organize employee data to determine if they are large enough to be required to participate in the PPACA. It may be helpful for these businesses to create financial models that meet their business needs come Jan. 1 of next year, because by that date, businesses will have to decide if they are going to “play or pay.” Each option could very well have a significant cost attached — it will be up to them to determine which works best for them. Thomas Krywinski CPA, is a partner in the Shelton of�ice of BlumShapiro, a regional accounting, tax and business-consulting �irm with of�ices in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Westport names curator for its art collection

A 1930s Howard Heath painting of Merritt Parkway construction in the Westport art collection.

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ollowing Westport’s legacy of art and civic volunteerism, the town recently created an art curator position to advise the town on its art collection. The town’s collection includes roughly 1,600 paintings, sculptures and other pieces of art, including several federally commissioned pieces from the Great Depression. The Westport Arts Advisory Committee, established in 1997, has advised on how to care for the collection. But after several years, the committee has decided it’s time for someone to devote their full attention to the ensemble by creating visually stunning presentations, caring for the work and increasing its educational value. The position is unpaid. “The collection is incredibly unique,” said Kathleen Bennewitz, the newly appointed curator. “It’s rare for a town and school district to have a collection of this size. It’s a real asset to the cultural community.” Bennewitz has worked as a professional curator and art historian in museums in Texas, Minnesota and Connecticut for several years. In Fairfield County, she has been a member of the Westport Arts Advisory Committee, served as the chairman of the Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection and worked at the Greenwich and Fairfield history centers. “I’m honored to be appointed to this,” Bennewitz said. “It marries my professional background with my love of Westport.” David Rubenstein, co-chairman of the arts advisory committee, said the town has enjoyed a rich history in the arts. “For decades it’s been the home to outstanding artists,” Rubenstein said. “I feel the town is a wonderful place and all of us who serve voluntarily want to enhance it … the consciousness of the arts is quite unique.”

Rubenstein said he was happy to see Bennewitz jump into the job and that the committee is already relying on her tremendously. One month into her new position, she’s already monitored a discussion on the town’s rescued pieces from the Depression and worked on a project with Yale University. Bennewitz said Westport has done an excellent job maintaining its art collection. It’s easy for a turn of the century piece of art to get lost, but for years Westport has kept an inventory of its

entire collection, including information about the artists and medium. A lot of the collection is on display in the town’s schools, town hall and library. Bennewitz said it was time to freshen up the displays to keep people from passing by without so much as a glance. She’d like to incorporate technology, like cell phone apps and virtual exhibits, to keep people engaged and give residents more access to the collection. The schools’ collection is only accessible to students and their parents, but

in late October a public tour will be available, Bennewitz said. She is also looking to partner with teachers, regional museums and other institutions to lend art out and help teachers find relevant pieces to incorporate into their curriculum. “It is definitely a job that has a lot of responsibility and could be appointed to a staff,” Bennewitz said. “But at this point, it’s being done in the spirit of civic responsibility, which has been a long tradition in Westport.”

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From Immigration to Higher Ed: Business Council members meet on policy issues Congressman Jim Himes met with Business Council members and companies involved in the Stamford Innovation Center to hear how the current immigration system is impacting their ability to grow and create jobs. As the immigration issue rises to the forefront on both sides of Congress, Congressman Himes wanted to learn from area businesses the elements to be addressed in the immigration reform bill. The issues identified included inability to find talent, specifically in computer sciences; the limited number of H1B visas currently available (65,000) nationally; accelerating the path for obtaining green cards, and the impact on family including the inability for spouses of visa holders to work here. On the topic of talent need, Business Council human resources management and hiring specialists met with area university deans and career center management on the quality of educational internships and the availability of internship opportunities for college students in Fairfield County. This conversation was the first of a series of initiatives emerging from The Higher Education and Business Leadership Roundtable. Ensuring high quality internships was at the core of the discussion, and participants felt they shared similar insights and values in regards to career

development in the workplace. “Internships need to be quality educational experiences students can relate to their studies,” said Anthony Ciarleglio, Director of Cooperative Education at Western Connecticut State University-and on the value of internships on graduates’ resumes. Participants also acknowledged, however, that differences exist and challenges lie ahead to improve the internship landscape. “There should be a bridge between business and college,” said Doreen Kennedy, VP of Human Resources at Cengage Learning. “We think that to bring in talent at the entry level is a great way to give students a view of the company, and to continue our relationship with them at different levels of employment as they progress. Providing internships is the right thing to do for our community and our students.” Future dialogues will focus on convening those interested in specific topics such as clinical internships/job shadowing, and advanced manufacturing internships and sharing best practices from within the group, around topics such as mentoring, setting student expectations, and assessment of internship experience. For more information on the Higher Education and Business Leadership Roundtable please contact Cynthia Lyon at (203) 359-3220.

Young Professional Events this Spring The Young Professionals Network (YPN), a member initiative of the Business Council of Fairfield County, is a peer-based organization of professionals, aged 24 to 39, who work and/or live in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Our events bring together invited individuals from all kinds of companies located throughout Fairfield County. As the Spring rolls on, we continue to have an amazing schedule of events that will help you have a good time, develop your career, support quality learning for kids, and give back to your community. Sometimes all at once. For real. It doesn’t get better. Event details at www.businessfairfield.com.

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On May 14, YPN has invited Dale Kutnick, senior vice president of Gartner Executive Programs for a discussion on careers and leadership. Dale is a great example of a business leader who has skillfully managed a highly successful career while constantly reinventing his professional self. Leaving Gartner over 20 years ago to co-found META Group, he served as President, CEO and Research Director until Meta was acquired by Gartner in 2005. He currently serves as Senior VP and global head of Gartner’s Executive Programs.

Volunteer and Community Opportunities

On May 18, The Stepping Stones Museum for Children, in partnership with The Business Council’s Young Professionals Network, cordially invites YPN members to the Museum’s 8th Annual Step Out Wine and Food Tasting event. For details visit www. steppingstonesmuseum.org.

On June 8th, Person-toPerson is hosting its first annual clothing drive at the Half Full Brewery. Your clothes could keep a lot of people warm this winter. Bring your coats, hats, scarves, gloves, sweaters, socks, shirts, pants and shoes and toss them into our clothing bin. Then enjoy some food from some wonderful, local food trucks and music! For details visit p2phelps.org.

Wednesday Happy Hours

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faculty of business, government, nonprofit and educational leaders, you will be among accomplished, high performing peers selected from 20 different companies and organizations. The Orientation Session and first program day will be held on May 16 and May 17. For more information on this leadership program visit www. businessfairfield.com or contact Tanya Court at 203-359-3220.

At Happy Hour, we’re strictly social, and now we’re doing it once a week. Come out for networking and a drink Wednesday evenings during the summer at some of the great hotspots in Fairfield County.

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THE LIST

Fairfield County Next list: May 20 Enviornmental Companies

Largest Public Companies

Ranked by 2012 revenue.

Largest Public Companies

Rank

Ranked by 2012 revenue.

1 2 3 4 5

Name, address, phone number Area code: 203 (unless otherwise noted) Website

General Electric Co. 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield 06828 373-2211 • ge.com

Verizon Communications* (Headquartered in New York City) 500 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY 10595 (914) 741-8700 • (800) VERIZON (837-4966) • verizon.com

UBS (Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland) 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford 06901 719-3000 • ubs.com

Xerox Corp. 45 Glover Ave., Norwalk 06856 968-3000 • xerox.com

Diageo

Chief executive officer(s) Year company established

2012 revenue ($ millions)

2011 revenue ($ millions)

2010 revenue ($ millions)

Jeffery R. Immelt 1892

146,785.0

143,484.0

149,248.0

Manufactures commercial and consumer products and business and consumer financial services

Lowell C. McAdam 1983

115,846.0

110,875.0

106,565.0

Global communications, information and entertainment company

Sergio Ermotti 2001

25,443.0

27,788.0

31,994.0

Securities broker and dealer and a proprietary investment activity company

Ursula Burns 1906 (as Haloid Co.)

22,390.0

22,626.0

21,633.0

Manufacturer of office printers, copiers, fax machines

16,804.9

15,952.0

14,632.0

The world's largest producer of alcoholic drinks

Stephen F. Angel 1907

11,224.0

11,252.0

10,116.0

Provides atmospheric gases as well as processed and specialty gases

Ronald M. DeFeo 1986

7,348.4

6,504.6

4,418.2

Manufactures heavy-duty machinery and equipment for construction

Anthony J. Guzzi 1994

6,346.6

5,613.5

4,852.0

Electrical and mechanical construction

William R. Berkley 1967

5,823.6

5,156.0

4,724.1

Commercial property/casualty insurance

Jeffrey H. Boyd 1997

5,247.6

4,343.7

3,072.2

Online "name your own price" travel accommodations

Maggie Wilderotter 1935

5,011.9

5,243.0

3,797.7

Operates telecommunications access lines in 24 states and offers voice and data services over fiberoptics networks

Marc B. Lautenbach 1920

4,904.0

5,122.5

5,260.3

Mailing and postage meters

Michael Kneeland 1998

4,120.0

2,611.0

2,237.0

Rents commercial and construction equipment

Anthony J. Allott 1987

3,588.0

3,509.2

3,071.5

Manufactures metal, plastic and cardboard containers for the food industry

Eric C. Fast 1985

2,579.1

2,500.4

2,219.3

Manufactures variety of engineered industrial products

Robert G. Burton Sr. 1993

1,797.6

1,909.2

1,708.5

Offers both commercial printing services and customized envelopes, labels and forms

David E. Berges 1946

1,578.2

1,392.4

1,173.6

Manufactures advanced structural materials for use in aircrafts, law-enforcement items, recreational products and home goods

Daniel P. Donovan 1995

1,497.6

1,591.3

1,212.8

Distributes home heating oil, propane, natural gas and electricity to retail customers

Robert B. Goergen Sr. 1994

1,179.5

904.4

808.2

Larry Schwartz

(Headquartered in London) 801 Main Ave., Norwalk 06901 229-2100 • diageo.com

(president, Diageo North America)

1997

Praxair Inc.

Terex Corp.

Emcor Group Inc.

W.R. Berkley Corp.

Priceline.com Inc.

Frontier Communications Corp.

Pitney Bowes Inc.

United Rentals Inc.

Silgan Holdings Inc.

Crane Co.

Cenveo Inc.

Hexcel Corp.

Star Gas Partners L.P.

Blyth Inc.

39 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury 06810 (800) 772-9247 • praxair.com 200 Nyala Farm Road, Westport 06880 222-7170 • terex.com 301 Merritt 7, Norwalk 06851 849-7800 • emcorgroup.com 475 Steamboat Road, Greenwich 06830 629-3000 • wrberkley.com 800 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk 06854 299-8000 • priceline.com 3 High Ridge Park, Stamford 06905 614-5600 • frontier.com 1 Elmcroft Road, Stamford 06926 356-5000 • pb.com 5 Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich 06831 622-3131 • unitedrentals.com 4 Landmark Square, Stamford 06901 975-7110 • silganholdings.com 100 First Stamford Place, Stamford 06902 363-7300 • craneco.com 1 Canterbury Green, 201 Broad St., Stamford 06901 595-3000 • cenveo.com 281 Tresser Blvd., 2 Stamford Plaza, Stamford 06901 969-0666 • hexcel.com 2187 Atlantic St., Stamford 06902 328-7310 • star-gas.com 1 E. Weaver St., Greenwich 06831 661-1926 • blythinc.com

Type of business

Manufactures candles, related items and heating fuels sold through home parties, retailers and industrial customers

Source: Information from Yahoo Finance, company websites, annual reports and financial statements. * The Valhalla, N.Y., office is the regional center for Fairfield County.

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SPECIAL REPORT area Growth industries: renewable Energy

Opportunity knocks in Bridgeport

fuel Cell plant will be world’S SeCond-larGeSt onCe Completed

Left: One of five fuel cell plants that will populate a Bridgeport development. Right: FuelCell and Dominion representatives with state and local officials.

BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

t began, in the words of Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, as “a little candle of an idea.” On May 3, FuelCell Energy Inc., Dominion Resources Inc. and numerous public officials participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the largest fuel cell power project in North America and the second largest in the world. “You’re standing in the middle of the largest fuel cell power plant in North America,” FuelCell CEO Arthur “Chip” Bottone proclaimed. “This one particularly works for us, and we’d like to do more of these.” Pomp and circumstance aside, work on the 14.9-megawatt project on Railroad Avenue in Bridgeport is well under way after more than a decade of stalled talks and false starts, with FuelCell and Dominion hoping to have the facility up and running by late 2013 or early 2014. For Bottone, the project — which will supply enough energy to power 15,000 homes — represents the validation of the company’s efforts at promoting fuel cell generation as the future of renewable energy.

The Danbury company, which manufactures all of its fuel cell power plants in Torrington, has built and operates a portfolio comprising 70 megawatts worldwide. FuelCell is in the process of ramping up its production rate by 25 percent to meet the increased demand and has expanded its Torrington staff by 20 percent in the past six months. Its staff of 650 includes 240 workers at its Danbury headquarters and research and development facility, and about 300 workers in Torrington. Bottone said the Bridgeport project would likely open new doors for the company and for fuel cell technology. Previously, all of FuelCell’s plants have been much smaller and are designed to power individual buildings or complexes. The Bridgeport project is among first projects of its scale that will feed power directly to a utility, he said. “This is the first utility-scale project in North America. That’s why this is so important,” Bottone told the Business Journal. “I don’t know if I could put a dollar figure on its impact but I would go as far as to say these are market-maker events.” Having Dominion as the project devel-

oper and financier lends even more credibility to the plant, Bottone said. Dominion is one of the nation’s preeminent energy companies with a portfolio comprising about 27,500 megawatts of generation capacity, but they are just starting to delve into renewable energy technologies. “They’re big, they’ve traditionally not been there, and it was a pretty sizable investment on their part, even by their standards,” Bottone said. “And all of a sudden, I think people look at that and think, they must know something here.” The plant — which will actually be made up of five 2.8-megawatt fuel cell generators and a turbine that will use waste heat to generate additional energy — is Dominion’s first fuel cell project. Dominion has agreed to sell the electricity to Connecticut Light & Power Co. under a 15-year fixed power purchase agreement. The process will also utilize connections with three substations owned by United Illuminating Co. “This is a Connecticut-built clean energy power system … for Connecticut residents,” said Paul Ruppert, senior vice president of generation for Dominion, at the groundbreaking ceremony. “For Dominion, it’s more than that. This power

station is another important step in our efforts to identify and develop opportunities to develop electricity from clean energy sources that are reliable and cost effective.” Bottone said the key to FuelCell’s growth has been making the process more efficient from a cost standpoint. “The real commercialization of the company really began about five years ago, six years ago,” Bottone said. At the time, “We were probably at $10,000 or $15,000 a kilowatt. Those plants you saw there today from a product perspective (cost) about $3,000 (a kilowatt). “It’s a little bit about engineering and a lot about just producing much more than we used to,” Bottone added. Bottone said the cost isn’t likely to continue dropping at that rate, but said, “Our expectation is that we can reduce the cost another 30 percent.” He said the company is firmly grounded in Connecticut. “The intellectual property and the smart people are really what got us here, and that for the most part resides in Connecticut,” Bottone said. “It’s not something you would want to take to a low labor-cost area per say, because the savings really aren’t there.”

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Celebrating women at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists as the 21st century arrives in its second decade, the places women occupy are expanding while traditional roles are being redefined. with this thought in mind, the ridgefield Guild of artists presents “the women,” an exhibit depicting women in relation to politics, religion, fashion, domesticity, adventure, race, the arts, law, health issues, men, religion, and beyond. rGa’s three gallery spaces will be chock-full of images of and references to women by both male and female artists in a wide variety of media, including glass, paint, digital art, graphite, ceramics, fiber, video, wood, encaustic, collage, photography and metal. women as heroes, women as laborers, women as shoppers—all aspects of womanhood, from the mundane to the provocative, are open to exploration here. the exhibition follows up the opening reception may 18 with a series of related events running through june. drop in and be tweaked, cajoled, educated, entertained and awed. exhibition related events include “arttalks: exploring the Creative process,” with curator nancy moore discussing the making of this show and three exhibiting artists speaking about their art and artistic processes. an author lecture and book-signing brings in passionate collector john Cilio to talk about his book “women’s work in wwii: millions of working women break down the barriers of Gender discrimination.” Cilio spent years researching this subject, interviewing women and collecting hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of women at work. the result is a riveting volume of amazing stories and images that will have you shaking your head in wonder at what you didn’t know about this time period. then dancer and performance artist adelka polak, who has choreographed a dance especially for this show, will perform onsite. in june, there are three weekends of artist walk-and-talks, featuring five artists each Sunday exploring the creative process. on june 8 there will be a screening of the film “Surviving” and a talk by filmmaker lori petchers . “Surviving” is a personal documentary about the complex relationship between a daughter (petchers) and her adoptive mother–a holocaust survivor. and finally in june, a “makers’ night” trunk show: women “makers” from this exhibition will be featured along with a variety of objects they’ve created, all for sale, during this festive evening of music, wine and food, making it a great time to buy, or just browse, one-of-a-kind gifts. for more, visit rgoa.org. The mission of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is to support cultural organizations, artists and creative businesses by providing promotion, services and advocacy. For more information, visit CulturalAllianceFC.org or email infoCulturalAllianceFC.org or call 256-2329. For events lists, visit FCBuzz.org.

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The Bruce gets artsy-craftsy once again place may 19 in the lecture Gallery. on may 18 and 19, more than 80 free hands-on craft activities for all artisans will gather for the bruce ages will be offered in the museum’s museum’s 28th annual outdoor Crafts education workshop. festival, held on the museum grounds many exhibiting artists will in Greenwich. juried exhibitors demonstrate their techniques specializing in ceramics, jewelry, throughout the weekend event. the wood, wearable and decorative fiber, festival judges, including jewelry metalwork, leather and paper arts and teacher and author robert dancik and glass, all available for purchase, will former jim henson muppeteer and share their unique talents and crafts at darien art Center teacher heather this nationally recognized event. kahlert, will jury artists vying for the festival features fun, educational $2,500 in cash awards. in addition to activities for children, international cuisine and live music performances. This handsome raku vessel by Richard Foye is among the presenting a wide price range, many goodies you’ll find at the Bruce Museum’s 28th annual exhibitors will offer discounts for on may 18, the main stage will host Outdoor Crafts Festival. bruce museum members. “a unique form of musical gumbo” at the festival, visitors will be able by bern mcwain on guitar. may 19’s main stage will feature the percussive rhythms of the band to join the bruce museum for free admission and receive ubuntu, a crowd favorite from Saratoga Springs, n.y. on both instant discounts both at the festival and in the museum days beginning at 10 a.m., ed wright will play acoustic guitar Store. the festival is held rain or shine at one museum drive. and annalisa ewald will perform on classical guitar, sharing admission is $8; free to nonmembers and children under age the release of her new album, “annalisa ewald live at the 5. admission includes all festival activities plus entry to the factory underground.” a recital by Sono Guitar Studio takes bruce. for more details, visit brucemuseum.org

Art op the darien arts Center is seeking entries from local artists of all ages for its 55th annual art Show & Sale. the show, which has been a tremendously popular darien tradition, will be held june 1 through 8, noon to 5 p.m., at the center’s weatherstone Studio. it’s preceded by an awards reception, 7 to 9 p.m. may 31. a new draw for artists this year is that the winner of best in Show will be given a solo exhibit at town hall in the spring of 2014. also, adult prize-winners will be invited to meet art collectors, gallery owners and daC patrons and board members during a private party featuring their work june 4. entries are welcome in a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing/pastel, mixed media/ printmaking, sculpture, color photography and black-andwhite photography. the juried show, which oﬀers cash awards, is open to darien arts Center students, as well as children and adults who live or work in darien. nonresidents may also enter the show with a donation to the organization.

“Hudson River View” by Sergey Stepanenko, the 2012 Best in Show at the Darien Arts Center’s annual exhibit and sale.

daC will be accepting work at the weatherstone Studio, 2 renshaw road, may 26 and 28. artists may enter up to two pieces of artwork, with an entry fee of $20 per submission for adults and $10 per piece for children. all interested artists are encouraged to preregister online at arts.darien.org.

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY

BUSINESS JOURNAL ATTACHMENTSRELEASED Forlenzo, Karen and John Forlenzo, Shelton. $16,700, in favor of 2000 Simonetti Descendants Trust, by Christina L. Curtiss. Property: 19 Haverhill Road, Shelton. Filed April 25. Nizolek, William J., Stamford. $38,392.28, in favor of Webster Bank, New Haven, by Stan R. Dobrovski. Property: 405 Eden Road, Stamford. Filed April 22. Nizolek, William J., Stamford. $45,000, in favor of Webster Bank, New Haven, by Stan R. Dobrovski. Property: 405 Eden Road, Stamford. Filed April 22. O’Connor, Agnes, Stamford. $126,010, in favor of Wilton Meadows by Angelo Maragos. Property: 54 W. North St., Apt. 214, Stamford. Filed April 24.

BUILDING PERMITS

commErciaL 1 Glendinning Place L.L.C. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 1 Glendinning Place, Westport. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed April 26.

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19 Fort Point L.L.C. Fit-out an ex- rESidENtiaL isting commercial building for 19 Fort Point St., Norwalk. Estimated 3 Valley Heights L.L.C., contractor cost: $10,000. Filed May 2. for 2 Buena Vista L.L.C. Construct a new single-family residence at 2 A-Z Construction, contractor for Buena Vista Drive, Westport. EstiBelimo Air Controls (USA) Inc. mated cost: $500,000. Filed May 2. Lay a foundation for commercial purposes, 33 Turner Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $3 million. AACE Home Improvement L.L.C., contractor for Ratan Sakar. Filed April 22. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 13 W. Wooster St., DanAhmet-Mehmeti, Danbury, con- bury. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed tractor for 598 Danbury Road April 29. L.L.C. Perform external renovations at an existing commercial building, 598 Danbury Road, Ahmadian, Faye. Perform interior Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $2,500. renovations at an existing singlefamily residence, 381 Papere Ridge, Filed April 29. Shelton. Estimated cost: $6,300. Filed April 23. Apple Rehab, Avon. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 172 Rocky Altman, Howard, Norwalk, conRest Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: tractor for Leslie Fumega. Re-roof an existing single-family residence $10,000. Filed April 25. at 68 Quintard Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed April 30. Apple Rehab, Avon. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 45 Maltby St., Amaya General Contractor Shelton. Estimated cost: $35,000. L.L.C., contractor for Rajni Beri. Perform interior renovations at an Filed April 25. existing single-family residence, 16A Fox Den Road, Danbury. EsB&R Associates General Part- timated cost: $5,000. Filed April 22. ners. Perform external renovations at an existing commercial building for tenant at 12 Mill Plain Road, Andre, Maria and Manuel Andre. Danbury. Estimated cost: $3,000. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 40 Newtown Road, DanFiled April 22. bury. Estimated cost: $1,500. Filed April 24. Bethel Danbury Two L.L.C., contractor for Timber Oaks Association. Construct a temporary trailer Archadeck, contractor for Krista office on site, 1 Mannion Lane, and Scott Conry. Perform external Danbury. Estimated cost: $1,292. renovations and alterations at a single-family residence, 45 Maple Filed April 23. Avenue North, Westport. Estimated cost: $19,000. Filed April 26. CBS Construction Inc., contractor for Mutual Security Credit Union. Perform interior renova- Aynayim, Rose. Perform external tions at an existing commercial renovations at an existing singlebuilding, 97 Newtown Road, Dan- family residence, 5 Carlisle St., Norbury. Estimated cost: $6,600. Filed walk. Estimated cost: $6,800. Filed April 29. April 29. City of Norwalk. Replacement ticket booth, 11 N. Water St., Unit G, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $6,800. Filed April 23.

Balitsos, Caron and Stephen Balitsos. Perform interior alterations at a single-family residence, 43 Winding Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed April 29. Bara Construction L.L.C., contractor for Cheryl Toole. Perform external renovations and alterations at a single-family residence, 84 Carol St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $800. Filed April 22.

Bluewater Development L.L.C., contractor for Bluewater Prospect L.L.C. Construct a new single-family residence at 37 Prospect Road, Westport. Estimated cost: $750,000. Filed April 30.

Contracting Advisors Group Ltd., contractor for Ridge Developers L.L.C. Construct a new singlefamily residence, in a townhouse community, 12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Unit 102, Danbury. Estimated cost: $183,600. Filed April 29.

Bodner, James, contractor for Brenda Hamilton. Perform interior renovations at an existing singlefamily residence, 68 Virginia Ave., Unit 24, Danbury. Estimated cost: $6,493. Filed April 23.

COURT CASES

Borise-Flemma Residence. Perform interior alterations at a singlefamily residence, 80 Devils Garden Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $2,527. Filed April 25. Cawthra, Rosina and John Cawthra. Perform external renovations at an existing single-family residence, 18 Laurel Heights Road, Shelton. Estimated cost: $15,520. Filed April 23. Ceccacci, Richard. Perform external renovations at an existing single-family residence, 10 Hamilton Drive, Shelton. Estimated cost: $32,000. Filed April 24. City of Shelton. Re-roof an existing single-family residence at 41 Myrtle St., Shelton. Estimated cost: $39,000. Filed April 24. Coger L.L.C., contractor for David Brooks Jones Estate. Perform interior alterations at a single-family residence, 82 Compo Mill Cove, Westport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed April 24. Cogswell, Morris. Perform external renovations and alterations at a single-family residence, 87 County St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100. Filed May 2. Connecticut Deck Pros L.L.C., Bridgeport, contractor for Rachel and Brian Rogers. Perform external renovations at an existing single-family residence, 34 Madeline Drive, Ridgefield. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed May 1. Contracting Advisors Group Ltd., contractor for Ridge Developers L.L.C. Construct a new singlefamily residence, in a townhouse community, 12 Clapboard Ridge Road, Unit 101, Danbury. Estimated cost: $183,600. Filed April 29.

Makum L.L.C., et al., Stamford. Filed by Raynor Manufacturing Co., Dixon, Ill. Plaintiff’s attorney: Lenore R. Chouinard, Somers. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendant for failing to pay for merchandise and services. The plaintiff is owed $3,802 for services rendered. Filed April 26. Case no. 6034875.

BridGEPort diStrict court

Poseidon Resources L.L.C., et al., Stamford. Filed by Walter Q. Howard, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stephen J. Curley, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this Able Industries Inc., et al. Filed breach-of-contract suit against the by Frank Rejman, et al., Enfield. defendant for withholding distribPlaintiff’s attorney: Christopher utable proceeds from the plaintiff. Meisenkothen, New Haven. Action: Filed May 2. Case no. 6034999. The plaintiff has brought this asbestos litigation suit against the defendant for being exposed to asbestos Suntech of Connecticut Inc., and asbestos-related products while North Branford. Filed by Kelley working for the defendant. The Brothers Hardware Corp., Trumplaintiff claims monetary dam- bull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stephen ages for pain and suffering. Filed F. Donahue, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-ofApril 30. Case no. 6034940. contract suit against the defendant for failing to pay the remainder of Aurora Pump Co., et al., Char- an outstanding balance due. Filed lotte, N.C. Filed by Thomas Bene- May 1. Case no. 6034964. dek, Hamden. Plaintiff’s attorney: Christopher Meisenkothen, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has The Gerson Group L.L.C., et al., brought this asbestos litigation suit New York City. Filed by Signature against the defendant for being Bank, New York City. Plaintiff’s exposed to asbestos and asbestos- attorney: Lenore R. Chouinard, related products while working for Somers. Action: The plaintiff has the defendant. The plaintiff claims brought this breach-of-contract monetary damages for pain and suit against the defendant for failing suffering. Filed April 30. Case no. to pay the principal amount that is due on a term note in the sum of 6034938. $76,868.08. Filed May 1. Case no. 6034982. Callum Corp. Filed by AMS Sales Corp., Plaintiff’s attorney: Brian S. Cantor, Fairfield. Action: The plain- Westport Retail L.L.C., Brooklyn, tiff has brought this suit against the N.Y. Filed by Jennifer Convertibles defendant for $9,636.85 due for Inc., Woodbury, N.Y. Plaintiff’’s atservices rendered, which the defen- torney: Jeffrey M. Sklarz, Glastondant has failed to pay. Filed May 1. bury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract Case no. 6034954. suit against the defendant for reneging on the lease of property. Landau, Alan M.D., et al., Bridge- Filed April 30. Case no. 6034922. port. Filed by the estate of Martin Stiewing, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jason E. Tremont, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff‘s estate has brought this malpractice suit against the defendant for the wrongful death of the plaintiff while in the care of the defendant and has made claims for medical care and treatment expenses. Filed April 29. Case no. 6034889.

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on the record Stamford District Court Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al., Ridgefield. Filed by Marey H. Quay, New Jersey. Plaintiff’s attorney: Marisa A. Belair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose its warning section does not reveal that there is not way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medication. Filed April 26. Case no. 6018107. EGS Group Inc. t.a. Café D’Azur, et al., Darien. Filed by Merchants Advance L.L.C., Jericho, N.Y. Plaintiff’s attorney: Abraham M. Hoffmann, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breachof-contract suit against the defendant for failing to render payment on an outstanding judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $5,787.94. Filed May 2. Case no. 6018170. Maggiore Construction Inc., et al., Norwalk. Filed by Contractors Supply L.L.C., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stephen G. Wilko, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contact suit against the defendant for failing to pay for services amounting to $61,326.54. Filed May 1. Case no. 6018164.

SUPERIOR COURT Eastern Wholesalers L.L.C., Franklin and Coreplus F.C.U., Norwich. Filed by Martin Sedlmeier, New Haven. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Hailey R. Gallant and Daniel S. Blinn, Rocky Hill. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act against the defendant for the fraudulent and malicious conveyance of a vehicle that was previously in an accident and which had been negligently repaired. Filed May 1. Case no. 13cv00632. U.S. 1 Farm Market Inc. and Sangwook Chen, Connecticut. Filed by Jorge Velasquez, New Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: James Bhandary-Alexander, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this Fair Labor Standards Act suit against the defendant who had negligently underpaid the plaintiff for work performed thus violating his rights to be paid minimum wages. The plaintiff claims monetary damages. Filed May 1. Case no. 13cv00634. University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington. Filed by Amy Beck, Terryville. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael John Reilly, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for violation of Americans with Disabilities Act for failing to accommodate the plaintiff in regard to her medical condition, which resulted in her wrongful termination. Filed April 29. Case no. 13cv00618.

QUIT CLAIM

76 Hope Street L.L.C., Fairfield. Seller: 667 Cove Road Inc., New Canaan. Property: Parcel A. Map Baldassare, Michael L., Stam- 3424, Stamford. Amount: $1.1 milford. Seller: Gina Baldassare, lion. Filed April 24. Stamford. Property: 1035 Shippan Ave., Stamford. Amount: $10,000. A&L Real Estate L.L.C., Los AnFiled April 25. geles, Calif. Seller: Arsalan Naderi, Newtown. Property: 3 Serene Way, Desouza, Joao Antonio, Stamford. Newtown. Amount: $175,000. Filed Seller: estate of William W. Davis, April 29. Stamford. Property: 54 W. North St., Unit 404, Stamford. Amount: Abriola, Robert, Norwalk. Seller: $42,500. Filed April 23. Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 7 Blake St., Norwalk. Desouza, Joao Antonio, Stam- Amount: $192,500. Filed April 29. ford. Seller: Joyce L. Davis, Santa Cara, Calif., and Kenneth R. Davis, Stamford. Property: 54 W. North Aleksandrov, Veneta Slavova and St., Unit 404, Stamford. Amount: Lyodmil, Norwalk. Seller: Lindsay M. and James E. Scariati, Trum$42,500. Filed April 23. bull. Property: 4248 Madison Ave., Trumbull. Amount: $294,000. Filed Harmon, Rod, Stratford. Seller: April 29. RBS Citizens Bank N.A., Providence, R.I. Property: 40 Masna Place, Stratford. Amount: $192,500. Alfano, Victoria and Jason R. Alfano, Bronx, N.Y. Seller: LakeFiled April 22. side Development L.L.C., Brookfield. Property: 44 E. Hayestown Keith, Susannah, South Sa- Road, Unit 18, Danbury. Amount: lem, N.Y. Seller: Flagpole Hold- $310,815. Filed April 29. ings L.L.C., Newtown. Property: 101 Castle Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $266,000. Filed April 30. American International Relocation Solutions L.L.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., Patrick Fitzmorris, Monroe. Lopes, Janet G. and Peter J. Mc- Property: 12 Greenfield Hill Road, Cauley, Mount Kisco, N.Y. Seller: Monroe. Amount: $305,000. Filed Ileine and Larry Seim, New Fair- April 16. field. Property: 1 Beaver Brook Road, Unit 26, Danbury. Amount: Annesley, Anne and Michael S. $57,500. Filed April 24. Annesley, Newtown. Seller: Gerri M. and Arnold M. Snow, NewPalais, Donna and Mitchell Pal- town. Property: 22 N. Branch Road, ais, Norwalk. Seller: JPMorgan Newtown. Amount: $487,500. Filed Chase Bank N.A., Plano, Texas. April 30. Property: 2 Hill Top Road, Norwalk. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Antonaccio, Carol and John AnApril 24. tonaccio, Scottsdale, Ariz. Seller: 106 East Elm Street L.L.C., GreenSong, Zhitao, Great Neck, N.Y. wich. Property: 106 to 108 E. Elm Seller: People’s United Bank, N.A., St., Unit 106, Greenwich. Amount: Bridgeport. Property: 8 Windsor $3.4 million. Filed April 25. Place, Norwalk. Amount: $119,000. Filed April 26. Ateaga Penilla, Angelica and Alvaro Areaga and Myriam Penilla, Vetare, Judy Ann and David Nor- Stamford. Seller: Caterina Scicciman, Newtown. Seller: Flagpole tano, Stamford. Property: 47 East Holdings L.L.C., Newtown. Prop- Ave., Stamford. Amount: $340,000. erty: 11 Jo Mar Drive, Newtown. Filed April 24. Amount: $350,000. Filed April 30.

McCormack Masonry and Construction Inc., et al., Norwalk. Filed by Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Plaintiff’s attorney: John P. Regan, Stamford. Action: DEEDS The plaintiff has brought this breach-of-contract suit against the defendant for failing to render monthly payments on a commer- COMMERCIAL cial promissory note that was issued the defendant. The defendant now Castle Hill Real Estate Holdowes the amount of $249,114.58. ings L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Filed April 29. Case no. 6018123. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., Bridgeport. Property: 60 Castle Hill Road, NewNorwalk Hospital, et al., Norwalk. town. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Filed by Ernest Park, Norwalk. April 24. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael A. Stratton, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this product- Castle Hill Real Estate Holdliability suit against the defendant ings L.L.C., New York City. Seller: as the plaintiff has suffered from Bridgeport Roman Catholic Dimedical complications due to med- ocesan Corp., Bridgeport. Prop- RESIDENTIAL ication that he’d been given. Filed erty: 20 Castle Hill Road, NewApril 26. Case no. 6018106. town. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed 25 Grand Street L.L.C., Norwalk. April 24. Seller: U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 25 Grand GTO 947 Hope Street L.L.C., St., Unit 252, Norwalk. Amount: Greenwich. Seller: Consortium $155,100. Filed April 23. Properties and Hope Street L.L.C., Quogue, N.Y. Property: 947 Hope St., Stamford. Amount: $460,000. 56 Richland L.L.C., Greenwich. Seller: Drew Paterson, GreenFiled April 24. wich. Property: 56 Richland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $960,000. Filed April 23.

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Barnes, Elizabeth B. and John P. Barnes, Stamford. Seller: Kelly A. and Marshall C. Phelps, Stamford. Property: 1 Halliwell Drive, Stamford. Amount: $755,000. Filed April 23.

Albanese, Emil P., Norwalk. $1,630.60, in favor of Yale New Haven Hospital Inc., New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 33 Bettswood Road, Norwalk. Filed April 24.

Basaulto, Sandra Vanessa, Monroe. Seller: Maryann and John S. Kratky Jr., Monroe. Property: 22 Gay Bower Road, Monroe. Amount: $205,000. Filed April 26.

AM Painting and Contracting L.L.C. and Anel Montanez, Stamford. $6,025.52, in favor of East Haven Builders Supply, East Haven, by Alfred J. Zullo, East Haven. Property: 137 Wardwell St. and 15 Congress St., Stamford. Filed April 26.

Bevacqua, Elizabeth H. and Christopher M., Fairfax, Va. Seller: Virginia Wentz Berry and Paul R. Berry, Monroe. Property: 149 Lynn Drive, Monroe. Amount: $600,000. Filed April 16.

FORECLOSURES Cappiello, Mary S., James L. and John F. Sr. Creditor: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 1545 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed April 24. Debiase, Stephen A., et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla., 121 Evergreen Drive, Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed April 18. Fantasia, Kristina, Roseann and Samuel J., et al. Creditor: US Bank N.A., Fort Washington, Pa. Property: 556 Windsor Ave., Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed April 22. Moore, Keenan D. and Reginald D., et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Santa Ana, Calif. Property: 1 Laurel St., Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed April 29.

Armas, Maribel B., Stamford. $1,625.40, in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 16 Powell Place, Stamford. Filed April 23. Bacon, Katherine Sumner, Greenwich. $23,524.75, in favor of Tracy and James Young, Greenwich, by Donald B. Powers Jr., Stamford. Property: 10 Eggleston Lane, Greenwich. Filed April 26. Battle, Telly, Danbury. $1,098.08, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 10 Mountainview Road, Danbury. Filed April 25. Blinten, Thomas I., Greenwich. $13,843.58, in favor of American Express Centurion Bank, New York City, by Sara M. Gould, Stamford. Property: 58 Tomac Ave., Greenwich. Filed April 26. Boyd, William M., Stratford. $3,972.68, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 681 Sedgewick Ave., Stratford. Filed April 22.

The Chromium Process Co., et al. Creditor: city of Shelton. Property: 113 Canal St., Shelton. Tax liens. Braga, Dave, Newtown. $3,917.99, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., Filed April 25. San Diego, Calif., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 68 Currituck Road, Newtown. Filed April 29. JUDGMENTS

Acevedo, Paulo, Danbury. $16,692.55, in favor of Patricia Debarros, Danbury, by Kenneth A. Atkins, Judit and Joel Robert, Votre, East Haven. Property: 166 Danbury. Seller: National Residen- Old Brookfield Road, Unit 34-2, tial Nominee Services Inc., Plano, Danbury. Filed April 25. Texas. Property: 12 N. Nabby Road, Danbury. Amount: $370,000. Filed Afsary, Rabaya, Stamford. April 29. $933.35, in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Joseph M. Avedano, Natalia and Fabio L. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 384 Avedano, Danbury. Seller: M. Jan- Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Filed ice and James E. O’Brien, New Fair- April 29. field. Property: 130 Route 39, New Fairfield. Amount: $220,000. Filed April 30.

Burch, Sharon and George Burch, Newtown. $667.81, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 41 Engleside Terrace, Newtown. Filed April 26. Burke, Roy, Stamford. $14,648.18, in favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Canaan. Property: 11 Tuttle St., Stamford. Filed April 22.

on the record CREDITS, CLIENTS AND AWARDS

BRIAN HOMMEL has recently joined Better Packages of ShelON THE GO ton as senior director of national sales and distribution. Hommel will work with the company’s authorized distributors in BOOKS-A-MILLION opened its second location in Con- North America and Canada to help enhance business opportuWEDNESDAY MAY 15 necticut Saturday May 4 in Westfield Trumbull. The Trumbull nities. He holds a master’s degree from Sacred Heart University. Sixth Annual Women in Business Building and Sustaining Chamber of Commerce welcomed Books-A-Million with a Your Business Through Innovation, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Hilton ribbon-cutting ceremony. KARL NOIVADHANA of Brookfield Stamford, One First Stamford Place, Stamford. For informahas been named an independent repre- tion, visit ilovefc.com. sentative for North American Power, an Bridgeport Regional Business Council Open House, 8 to energy-focused company headquartered 9:30 a.m., Trumbull Marriott, 180 Hawley Lane, Trumbull. For in Norwalk. Noivadhana has been a mort- information, call (203) 335-3800. gage consultant with Mortgage Affiliates of America in Danbury. He is the previous FRIDAY MAY 17 founder of the Connecticut Sports Complex in New Milford and president of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council Barnum FestiHometown Mortgage Co. in Wilton. val Whip, Whistle & Watch Luncheon, noon to 1:30 p.m., Bridgeport Holiday Inn, 1070 Main St., Bridgeport. For inforMIA SCHIPANI of Stamford has recently mation, call (203) 335-3800. PRUDENTIAL CONNECTICUT REALTY recently anbeen announced by W2W magazine as nounced the top sales executives in its Norwalk office. advisory board member. Schipani is the TUESDAY MAY 21 BETSY CONTI received the Top Listing Agent Award. vice president of business development Over 40 Females Networking Event, 5 to 7 p.m., Artisan at JAN WOODWARD won the Top Selling Award. for RMS Companies, a real estate develThe Delamar Hotel, 275 Old Post Road, Southport. For inforopment firm headquartered in Stamford. mation, visit over40females.com. Schipani founded the Fairfield/WestchesRACHEL ROBINSON, founder of the Jackie Robinson Founter GO RED Women’s Leadership Breakdation, attended the Fairfield County Bar Association Annual fasts and has facilitated numerous roundLaw Day Lunch Friday May 3 where she was presented the Freetable and panel discussions. Schipani dom Award for her demonstrated leadership to the cause of civil holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Emerson and human rights. College.

NEWSMAKERS

SNAPSHOT

KEVIN BASMADJIAN of North Haven AMERICARES delivered $4.5 million in grants and donated relief supplies to help more than 400,000 storm victims recover from was recently named dean of the School Hurricane Sandy. Over a six-month period, AmeriCares delivered 1.4 million relief supplies and also awarded funds to nonprofit of Education at Quinnipiac University. organizations, including hospitals and clinics, in affected communities. Prior to his appointment at Quinnipiac, Basmadijian taught undergraduate and graduate education courses at Michigan State University and Fairfield University. He holds a doctorate degree from Michigan State University, a master’s degree in English education from Wayne State University in Detroit and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan. ERIC DONNENFELD, founding partner of Ophthalmic Consultants of Connecticut and Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, was named president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Donnenfeld is a graduate of Dartmouth College. ROBERT J. GRANATA of Trumbull was recently promoted to executive vice president and chief credit and risk officer at the First County Bank in Stamford. Granata oversees the bank’s mortgage operations, credit administration and compliance and enterprise risk-management programs. A volunteer delivers a sleeping bag to a Staten Island, N.Y., home without heat. Photo by Alex Ostasiewicz/AmeriCares.

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on the record Christiano, Angela, Greenwich. $2,432.77, in favor of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, by Richard Terry, Hamden. Property: 4 Wellington Court, Greenwich. Filed April 24.

Falconier, Epifano Jr., Stratford. $774.33, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 30 Overland Drive, Stratford. Filed April 19.

Goday, Diana and Rafael, Danbury. $13,425, in favor of Discover Bank, Andover, Mass., by Nathan G. Johnson, Pawtucket, R.I. Property: 12 Wellington Court Drive, Danbury. Filed April 29.

Jansen, Marian, Ridgefield. $23,533.95, in favor of American Express Centurion Bank, New York City, by Sara M. Gould, Stamford. Property: 19 Buck Hill Road, Ridgefield. Filed April 26.

Daniels, Wayne, Stratford. $1,428.47, in favor of Erin Capital Management L.L.C., New York City, by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 34 Cardinal Place, Stratford. Filed April 18.

Farasciano, Nancy, Trumbull. $6,193.44, in favor of Citibank N.A./Sears Gold Mastercard, Sioux Falls, S.D., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 45 Mount Pleasant Road, Trumbull. Filed April 25.

Godon, Luis Angel, Stratford. $3,161.40, in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 12 Howard St., Stratford. Filed April 26.

Johnson, Susan a.k.a. Susan Nicholson, Sandy Hook. $2,283.39, in favor of Yale New Haven Hospital Inc., New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 67 Walnut Tree Hill, Sandy Hook. Filed April 25.

Martin, Rose Ann and Roy Martin Jr., Shelton. $2,291.54, in favor of Griffin Hospital, Derby, by Karen E. Lahey, Waterbury. Property: 77 Maltby St., Shelton. Filed April 24. Matz, Linda B., Trumbull. $858.43, in favor of Great Seneca Financial Corp., Rockville, Md., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 733 Booth Hill Road, Trumbull. Filed April 22.

MJM Development L.L.C., et al., Stamford. $1.9 million, in favor of Jordan, Michael, Stamford. First County Bank, Stamford, by $695.07, in favor of Pailsades Col- Richard Lewis, Stamford. Proplection L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, erty: 17, 165 and 171 Stillwater Ave., N.J., by Robert E. Johnson, East Stamford. Filed April 22. Hartford. Property: 32 Lewis Road, Stamford. Filed April 23. Morales, Yolanda, Stamford. Decarvalho, Marcos, Brookfield. Frascatore, Laurie A., Trumbull. Greco, Anthony J., Stamford. $14,479.71, in favor of Midland $355.71, in favor of Danbury Hos- $2,085.21, in favor of Portfolio Re- $1,072.53, in favor of Cavalry SPV Kalafatis, Anna, Stratford. Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Capital, Bethel, by Robert E. John- covery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph $1,387.54, in favor of Midland lif., by Robert E. Johnson, East son, East Hartford. Property: 147 Va., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Ha- M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., Hartford. Property: 10 Meadow Pocono Road, Brookfield. Filed ven. Property: 4711 Madison Ave., 28 Myrtle Drive, Stamford. Filed by Robert E. Johnson, East Hart- Park Avenue West, Stamford. Filed April 25. Trumbull. Filed April 22. April 22. ford. Property: 755 Success Ave., April 23. Stratford. Filed April 18. Deangelis, Ralph, Westport. $722.90, in favor of Uconn Health Center, John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, by Karen E. Lahey, Waterbury. Property: 40 Old Road, Westport. Filed April 24.

Denotale, Damian, Danbury. $494.90, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 29 Cherokee Drive, Danbury. Filed April 25. Dieobi, Justin A., Newtown. $5,822, in favor of American Express Centurion Bank, New York City, by Sara M. Gould, Stamford. Property: 4 Edgewood Drive, Newtown. Filed April 29. Donofrio, Francesca, Stamford. $1,127.36, in favor of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, by Richard Terry, Hamden. Property: 264 Mill Road, Stamford. Filed April 26. Dormevil, Magalie, Norwalk. $5,759.74, in favor of Yale New Haven Hospital Inc., New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 5 Elton Court, Norwalk. Filed April 23. Durante, Fred N. Jr., Greenwich. $1,258.97, in favor of LF Powers Co. Inc., Waterbury, by Philip H. Monogan, Waterbury. Property: 328 and 334 Palmer Hill Road, Greenwich. Filed April 24. Dwyer, James F., Stratford. $23,263.90, in favor of FIA Card Services, N.A., Newark, Del., by Julie B. Solomon, Albany, N.Y. Property: 36 Harbour View Place, Stratford. Filed April 24. Evangelista, Joanne, Stratford. $1,138.46, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 1255 James Farm Road, Stratford. Filed April 18.

Gonzalez, Rudy, Stratford. Foito, Nancy, Shelton. $176,700, in $2,533.22, in favor of Midland favor of Beverly Marino Exectirx, Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., West Haven, by Steven R. Rolnick, by Robert E. Johnson, East HartHamden. Property: 50 Waverly Ter- ford. Property: 10 Early Ave., Stratrace, Shelton. Filed April 24. ford. Filed April 22.

Gallagher, Brian, Stratford. $968.29, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 946 Cutspring Road, Stratford. Filed April 18.

Greco, Sylvester, Stratford. $3,667.10, in favor of Barclays Bank Delaware, Wilmington, Del., by Julie B. Solomon, Albany, N.Y. Property: 358 Nichols Ave., Stratford. Filed April 24.

Garcia, Manuel, Bethel. $597.16, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 20 Westview Drive, Bethel. Filed April 25.

Griffin, Scott, Newtown. $496.42, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 8 Windy Woods Circle, Newtown. Filed April 26.

Geneus, Elizabeth G., Stratford. $899.50, in favor of LVNV Funding L.L.C., Las Vegas, Nev., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 80 High Park Ave., Stratford. Filed April 18.

Grindrod, Christine, Stratford. $1,085.50, in favor of Palisades Acquisition XVI L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 131 Winfield Drive, Stratford. Filed April 19.

Geriak, Ken B., Stamford. $4,462.21, in favor of Cach L.L.C., Denver, Col., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 62 Gerik Road, Stamford. Filed April 23.

Hardridge, Julie, Redding. $593.56, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 31 Hill Road, Redding. Filed April 25.

Ghosh, Bibek, Newtown. $1,788.22, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 8 Pond View Drive, Newtown. Filed April 26.

Hart, Julia, Stamford. $1,400.50, in favor of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, by Richard Terry, Hamden. Property: 160 Bridge St., Stamford. Filed April 26.

Gillotti, Keith L., Danbury. $1,373.56, in favor of Yale New Haven Hospital Inc., New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 27 Fairmount Drive, Danbury. Filed April 29. Ginyard, Gilber S. Sr., Stamford. $8,618.20, in favor of FIA Card Services, N.A., Newark, Del., by Julie B. Solomon, Albany, N.Y. Property: 95 Liberty St., Apt. B6, Stamford. Filed April 24.

Hodge, Cynthia, Trumbull. $9,699.70, in favor of FIA Card Services, N.A., Newark, Del., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 21 October Lane, Trumbull. Filed April 22. Jackson-Lurry, Tarsheen and Jonathan Lurry, Stratford. $900.14, in favor of GH Occupational Medicine Center, Shelton, by Karen E. Lahey, Waterbury. Property: 245 Oakland Place, Stratford. Filed April 24.

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Kalafatis, Anna, Stratford. $3,829.24, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 755 Success Ave., Stratford. Filed April 18. Kalafatis, Anna, Stratford. $1,145.18, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 755 Success Ave., Stratford. Filed April 18. Keeler, Daniel, Stratford. $10,908.69, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 481 Washington Parkway, Stratford. Filed April 22.

Prather, William C., Stratford. $26,102.87, in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 149 Kenwood Ave., Stratford. Filed April 22. Pryor,Sandra L., Stamford. $10,023.35, in favor of FIA Card Services N.A., Newark, Del., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 87 Crestview Ave., Stamford. Filed April 26. Randolph, Janine Wilks, Norwalk. $5,633.47, in favor of Ford Motor Credit Co. L.L.C., Livonia, Mich., by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 14 Kingsbury Road, Norwalk. Filed April 23. Reis, Ana and Joseph a.k.a. Jose Reis, Shelton. $1,915, in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 2 Shelter Rock Road, Shelton. Filed April 24.

Moura, Noemia A., Stratford. $5,028, in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 1653 North Ave., Stratford. Filed April 22.

Robalino, Mariana, Stamford. $2,976, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 12 Old Mill Lane, Stamford. Filed April 23.

Murray, Antoinette M., Trumbull. $4,347.80, in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 81 Brian Drive, Trumbull. Filed April 29.

Robert, Regina F., Stratford. $4,065.66, in favor of FIA Card Services, N.A., Newark, Del., by Julie B. Solomon, Albany, N.Y. Property: 1586 Main St., Stratford. Filed April 24.

Osmun, Jennifer, Redding. $682.80, in favor of DOPS Anesthesia, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 49 White Birch Road, Redding. Filed April 23.

Robinson, Mary T., Greenwich. $16,115.39, in favor of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, by Richard Terry, Hamden. Property: 23 Home Place, Unit 1, Greenwich. Filed April 24.

Oyugi, Alan, Stamford. $3,838.55, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Kehoe, Elizabeth Anne, Norwalk. Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, $1,264.80, in favor of Greenwich New Haven. Property: 125 West Hospital, Greenwich, by Richard Trail, Stamford. Filed April 23. Terry, Hamden. Property: 85 Roton Ave., Norwalk. Filed April 25. Pendergast, David R., Shelton. $6,996.20, in favor of Sikorsky FiKelemen, Andrew, Ridgefield. nancial Credit Union Inc., Strat$4,587.51, in favor of American ford, by Richard Terry, Hamden. Express Centurion Bank, New York Property: 2 Sorrell Drive, Shelton. City, by Robert E. Johnson, East Filed April 24. Hartford. Property: 17 Ascott Way, Ridgefield. Filed April 26. Pierleoni, Gwen A. a.k.a. Gwen Westfall, Newtown. $2,937.62, in Lagas, Matthew, New Fairfield. favor of Yale New Haven Hospital $5,859.64, in favor of Midland Inc., New Haven, by Nair & Levin Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 13 Fern by Robert E. Johnson, East Hart- Lane, Newtown. Filed April 25. ford. Property: 13 Chestnut Hill Road, New Fairfield. Filed April 25. Placella, Elizabeth, Danbury. $930.60, in favor of Danbury HosMarion, Marylouise, New Fair- pital, Bethel, by Robert E. Johnfield. $1,008.31, in favor of Western son, East Hartford. Property: 7 Connecticut Medical Group, Dan- Fariview Drive, Unit 4, Danbury. bury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Filed April 29. Property: 10 Fox Hollow Road, New Fairfield. Filed April 25.

Ross, Michelle, Stratford. $909.84, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 220 Stonybrook Road, Stratford. Filed April 18. Ruffin, Laura A., Stratford. $1,479.82, in favor of RAB Performance Recoveries L.L.C., Paramus, N.J., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 81 Delaware Drive, Stratford. Filed April 18. Sandin, William, Shelton. $2,782.15, in favor of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, by Richard Terry, Hamden. Property: 22 Cayer Circle, Shelton. Filed April 24. Schanck, Grace M., Norwalk. $3,618.40, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 23 Ivy Place, Norwalk. Filed April 23.

on the record Schoen, Timothy, Danbury. $1,098.94, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 20 Parker St., Danbury. Filed April 25.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSFILED

J & V Stone, 117 Henry St., Stamford. $6,346.18, payroll taxes. Filed April 24.

American Boiler Inc., 214 Benton James, David A., P.O. Box 3472, St., Stratford. $466,152.63, cor- Stamford. $3,618.10, tax debt on Segnit, Thomas, New Fairfield. poration income tax return. Filed income earned. Filed April 24. $4,440.23, in favor of Capital One April 22. N.A., Richmond, Va., by Robert E. Kinkade, Peter, 25 Division St., Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 18 Milltown Road, Unit B, New B&G Marina Inc., P.O. Box 159, Danbury. $37,754.29, tax debt on Norwalk. $5,813.96, payroll taxes. income earned. Filed April 29. Fairfield. Filed April 30. Filed April 23. Sevilla, Carlos E., Trumbull. $1,445.99, in favor of Yale New Haven Hospital Inc., New Haven, by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 22 Marathon Road, Trumbull. Filed April 25.

Ballard, Mark R., 21 Wolfpit Ave., Norwalk. $10,755.38, payroll taxes. Filed April 30.

Bobil Inc. and Dominos Pizza, P.O. Box 1835, New Fairfield. Smart, Allene D., Stratford. $21,580.24, payroll taxes. Filed $1,237.90, in favor of Bridgeport April 29. Anesthesiology, Stratford, by Karen E. Lahey, Waterbury. Property: 115 Braswell Galleries Inc., 20 Pulaski Columbus Ave., Stratford. Filed St., Norwalk. $14,234.95, corporaApril 24. tion income tax return; and payroll taxes. Filed April 30. Smiling, Murray, Stratford. $1,157.85, in favor of Portfolio Re- Chaglasian, Sheila and Andrew covery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Chaglasian, 22 Great Hill Road, Va., by Robert E. Johnson, East Weston. $29,473.56, tax debt on inHartford. Property: 65 Brandon come earned. Filed April 29. Ave., Stratford. Filed April 19. Southland, Lynne, Stratford. $2,351.19, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Robert E. Johnson, East Hartford. Property: 554 North Trail, Unit B, Stratford. Filed April 18.

Ehrsam, Elizabeth and Frederick Ehrsam, 5536 Main St., Trumbull. $40,157, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29.

Finch, Judy and Robert Miller, 127 Lords Highway, Weston. $116,690.21, tax debt on income Svanda, Mark, Newtown. earned. Filed April 29. $1,449.32, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 7 Ev- Gerweck, James R., 156 Fillow St., ergreen Road, Newtown. Filed Norwalk. $23,821.01, tax debt on April 25. income earned. Filed April 30.

LEASES Summer Street Donuts, by Louis Katsos. Landlord: 22 Long Ridge Road L.L.C., Stamford. Property: 22 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Term: 10 years, commencing Feb. 21, 2013. Filed April 26.

LIENS

BROKER’S LIENS Lombardi, Mario, Greenwich. $29,750, in favor of The Relocation Group, by Peter Rosato. Property: 1 Northridge Road, Greenwich. Filed April 25.

Parnas, David S., 40 Old Farm Road, Weston. $121,388.95, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED

Biasetti, Hope, 18 N. Lake Shore Samos, Hugo E. Moon, 127 Grey- Drive, Brookfield. $25,361.62, trust rock Place, Apt. 1709, Stamford. fund recovery penalty and/or excise $60,776.50, tax debt on income taxes imposed. Filed April 29. earned. Filed April 24.

Bowles, Michael, 68 Rippowam Savits, George, 4 Hudson Drive, Road, Stamford. $5,368.46, tax debt New Fairfield. $3,218.17, trust fund on income earned. Filed April 24. recovery penalty and/or excise taxes Larsen, Diane and Robert Lars- imposed. Filed April 23. Burr, Richelle E. Shering, 7 en, 14 Mohawk Drive, Trumbull. Greenknoll Drive, Brookfield. $14,417.23, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29. Savits, George, 4 Hudson Drive, $1,312.83, tax debt on income New Fairfield. $624.32, tax debt on earned. Filed April 29. income earned. Filed April 23. Lawler, Judith and Lawrence S. Criscuolo, Joseph M. Jr., 45 Pert Lawler, 21 Putnam Green, Unit 21B, Greenwich. $25,523.23, tax Saxe A Phone Service L.L.C., P.O. St., Trumbull. $5,720.43, tax debt debt on income earned. Filed Box 4124, Stamford. $26,137.11, on income earned. Filed April 22. April 22. tax debt on income earned. Filed April 24. Criscuolo, Joseph M. Jr., 45 Pert St., Trumbull. $4,151.93, tax debt Mace, Constance, 5 Elm St., Apt. 2, Norwalk. $37,711.13, tax debt on Sethi, Sangeeta, 69 Taconic Road, on income earned. Filed April 22. income earned. Filed April 30. Greenwich. $5,537.06, trust fund recovery penalty and/or excise taxes Epley, Helen L. and Michael J. imposed. Filed April 22. Epley, 32 Conant Road, Ridgefield. MAJ Enterprises Inc., 1092 Hope $31,933.30, tax debt on income St., Stamford. $27,335.64, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Stepping Stone Farm Inc., 20 earned. Filed April 22. Filed April 24. Mopus Bridge Road, Ridgefield. $222,059.15, payroll taxes. Filed Erickson, Earl, P.O. Box 262, MonApril 22. roe. $58,068.81, payroll taxes. Filed Markowitz, Edward, 10 HayesApril 22. town Road, Apt. 20, Danbury. $79,464.55, trust fund recovery Vizi, Martin, 13 Ravencrest Drive, penalty and/or excise taxes im- Bethel. $58,924.49, tax debt on inErickson, Earl, P.O. Box 262, Monposed. Filed April 23. come earned. Filed April 23. roe. $8,243.07, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 22. McCarthy, James, 11 Adirondack Trail, Easton. $605,450.58, tax debt FEDERAL TAX LIENSErickson, Earl, P.O. Box 262, Monon income earned. Filed April 22. PARTIAL RELEASE roe. $15,825.33, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 22. McCarthy, James L. and Stravos Guerrero, Monica M. (only), M. Ganias Irrevocable Trust, 214 46 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Benton St., Stratford. $1.2 million, $27,341.74, tax debt on income Etienne, Nancy Metayer, 50 Glenbrook Road, Apt. 4E, Stamford. tax debt on income earned. Filed earned. Filed April 24. $12,274.35, tax debt on income April 22. earned. Filed April 24.

Gerweck, Karen E. and James R. Gerweck, 156 Fillow St., Norwalk. $262.60, tax debt on income Morelli, Jennifer and Joseph Moearned. Filed April 30. relli, 44 Rocky Point Road, Old FEDERAL TAX LIENSGreenwich. $10,523.42, tax debt on REFILE NOTICE income earned. Filed April 22. Glickman, Vanessa C. and John H. Glickman, 543 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. $67,342.02, tax debt on Murphy, Ryan, 4 Hoover Ave., Polak, Inna and Leonid Poincome earned. Filed April 22. Stamford. $8,788.16, tax debt on lak, 2 Windrose Way, Greenwich. $43,510.23, tax debt on income income earned. Filed April 24. earned. Filed April 22. Glickman, Vanessa C. and John H. Glickman, 21 Putnam Green, Napoleone, Pietro, 16 Sheehan Unit 21B, Greenwich. $320,585.97, Ave., Norwalk. $19,339.61, tax debt Polak, Leonid, 2 Windrose Way, Greenwich. $42,510.23, tax debt on tax debt on income earned. Filed on income earned. Filed April 30. income earned. Filed April 22. April 22. O’Halloran, Lisa and Justin Grant, Abiola J. and Joshua E. O’Halloran, 1314 Shippan Ave., Grant, 28 Ash Circle, Trumbull. Norwalk. $291,657.06, tax debt on $15,748.65, tax debt on income income earned. Filed April 30. earned. Filed April 22.

Imbrogno, Dana and Daniel R. Murray, 18 Woodridge Lane, New Fairfield. $31,160.73, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 23. Kramers Recycling Used Auto Parts & Auto Body Inc., 11 Old South Ave., Stratford. $50,385.36, corporate income-tax return. Filed April 22. Kuhar, Susan J. and Paul E. Kuhar, 341A Hamilton Ave., Stamford. $9,187.21, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 24. Larsen, Diane and Robert Larsen, 12 Tersana Drive, Easton. $13,803.97, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29. Larsen, Robert, 12 Tersana Drive, Easton. $18,770.06, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29. Lauer, Michael, 7 Dwight Lane, Greenwich. $2.5 million, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 22. Lauer, Michael, 7 Dwight Lane, Greenwich. $42,864.72, trust fund recovery penalty and/or excise taxes imposed. Filed April 22. Main Cleaner L.L.C. and Yang Seung Mok, 1040 Barnum Ave., Stratford. $3,023.39, return of partnership income and payroll taxes. Filed April 22. Miller, Maria E. (only), 5 Kearn Road, New Fairfield. $22,263.46, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29. Murray, Daniel R., 18 Woodridge Lane, New Fairfield. $31,160.73, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 23.

Febles, Ianthony J. II, 66 Cedar Crest Place, Unit 1, Norwalk. Pastore, Robert, 78 Stone$7,813.21, tax debt on income hedge Drive South, Greenwich. earned. Filed April 30. $42,658.72, trust fund recovery penalty and/or excise taxes imForbes, Sophia A., 12 New- posed. Filed April 22. town Road, Unit 5C, Danbury. $10,362.22, tax debt on income Phils Main Roofing L.L.C., 26 earned. Filed April 29. Fitch St., Norwalk. $10,996.95, payroll taxes. Filed April 23. Hawkins, Trice W., 29 Coalpit Hill Road, Unit 1, Danbury. $9,596.33, Prater, Cullen, 106 Shorefront tax debt on income earned. Filed Park, Norwalk. $4,862.35, tax debt April 29. on income earned. Filed April 30. Hurto, Krystyna and Boguslaw Hurto, 25 Center Terrace, Stamford. $10,256.05, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 24.

Ramalho, Jonathan, 110 Reut Drive, Stratford. $4,866.42, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 22.

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on the record Reyes, Gregorio, 66 Stephen St., Stamford. $8,802.27, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 24. Ridgefield Overhead Doors L.L.C., P.O. Box 928, Ridgefield. $10,159.99, return of partnership income; payroll taxes. Filed April 22. Ridgefield Overhead Doors L.L.C., P.O. Box 928, Ridgefield. $7,716.36, payroll taxes. Filed April 22. Rosado, Ruth L. and Rodalfo J., 43 Noahs Lane Extension, Norwalk. $42,192.77, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 23. Rupert Lopez, Luz E., 51 Lake Ave., Second floor, Trumbull. $5,640.34, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29.

MECHANIC’S LIENSFILED

Total Green L.L.C., Monroe and Julianne and Roneil D. Icatar, Weston. Filed by Builder Services Group d.b.a. Fairfield Insulation and Building Products, Norwalk, Amec Construction L.L.C. and by Joseph McCurdy. Property: 75 SG Stamford L.L.C., Stamford. Catbrier Road, Weston. Amount: Filed by O&G Industries, Southing- $9,500. Filed April 24. ton, by Paul J. Patch. Property: 68 Clinton Ave. and 75 Tresser Blvd., Stamford. Amount: $6,260.89. Wahl L.L.C., Greenwich. Filed by Filed April 29. Rings End Inc., Darien, by John P. Regan. Property: 22 Stillman Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $17,258.04. Fluskey, Sonya L. and Selena R. Filed April 25. Sawtelle; and Silvestri Group L.L.C., Danbury. Filed by Salvatore Plumbing L.L.C., Danbury, by Paul Salvatore. Property: 4 Darrell Road, MECHANIC’S LIENSDanbury. Amount: $6,038.20. Filed RELEASED April 29. FPG Norden DC L.L.C. and Amec Construction L.L.C., Norwalk. Filed by O&G Industries, Southington, by Paul J. Patch. Property: 10 Norden Place, Norwalk. Amount: $28,257.84. Filed April 26.

Blanchette, Joanne and Glenn Blanchette, Monroe. Filed by G&H Paving L.L.C., Shelton, by Ricky Marini. Property: 42 Old Fawn Hill Road and 48 Pinto Lane, Monroe. Amount: $9,700. Filed April 18.

Sabia, David, P.O. Box 112002, Stamford. $7,412.98, tax debt on FPG Norden DC L.L.C. and Rayincome earned. Filed April 29. con Construction L.L.C., Norwalk. Filed by O&G Industries, LIS PENDENS Villalta, Ron, 28 Oxford St., Nor- Southington, by Paul J. Patch. walk. $51,102.14, tax debt on in- Property: 10 Norden Place, Nor- 300 Wilson Avenue L.L.C., et al., walk. Amount: $274,732.73. Filed come earned. Filed April 23. Norwalk. Filed by Edward N. LeApril 26. rner, Westport, for Ajay Construction L.L.C., Norwalk. Property: 310 Villani, Robert, 26 Stone Wall Drive, Stamford. $18,167.63, tax Norwalk Alf Property L.L.C., Wilson Ave., Norwalk. Action: to debt on income earned. Filed Norwalk and Callahan Inc., foreclose on a mechanic’s lien. Filed Bridgewater, Mass. Filed by Builder April 24. April 24. Services Group d.b.a. Fairfield Insulation and Building Products, by Joseph McCurdy. Aarons, Letizia R. and Michael FEDERAL TAX LIENS- Norwalk, Property: 73 Strawberry Hill Ave., D., et al., Bethel/Danbury. Filed Amount: $7,578.00. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for WITHDRAWAL AFTER Norwalk. Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., LewisApril 26. ville, Texas. Property: 19 Tucker St., RELEASE Unit 708, Bethel/Danbury. Action: Norwalk Center L.L.C. and FPG to foreclose a delinquent mortgage Callands, Kermet, 51 Schuyler Norden DC L.L.C., Norwalk. Filed in the original principal amount Ave., Apt 8G, Stamford. $11,778.78, by O&G Industries, Southing- of $400,000, dated June 2007. Filed tax debt on income earned. Filed ton, by Paul J. Patch. Property: 10 April 23. April 24. Norden Place, Norwalk. Amount: $274,732.73. Filed April 29. Alagna, Sondra and Timothy Callands, Kermet, 15 Victory Lapak, Danbury. Filed by ChrisSt., Apt. 4, Stamford. $15,488.59, Peterson, Agnes, Stamford. Filed topher K. Leonard, Danbury. for tax debt on income earned. Filed by Bloxam Enterprises L.L.C. d.b.a. Sheridan Commons Association April 24. Professional Restoration systems Inc., Danbury. Property: 2 Sheriand Professional Carpet Systems, dan St., Unit 401, Danbury. Action: Seymour, by Amy Prihoda. Prop- to foreclose a statutory lien on this Lucero, Maria and Antonio, erty: 64 Wallacks Drive, Stamford. unit. Filed April 30. 57 Soundview Ave., Stamford. Amount: $4,459.78. Filed April 24. $20,433.14, tax debt on income earned. Filed April 29. An, Claudia Seung and Michael Schneider, Victoria, Sherman. M. An, Trumbull. Filed by Kristen Filed by Jada Electrical L.L.C., East Boyle, Hartford, for HSBC Bank Haven, by Jason Vartuli. Property: USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 10 Orchard Beach Road, Sherman. 39 Raven Road, Trumbull. Action: Amount: $5,400. Filed April 24. to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $228,800, dated July 2004. Filed April 30.

Chacua, Flor and Oscar, Stamford. Filed by Paul Lewis Otzel, Milford, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 86 Myrtle Ave., Unit 1, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $201,600, dated August 2004. Filed April 25.

Andrea, Anastasia and Aleksander Andrea, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 100 to 102 Ferris Ave., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $384,400, dated December 2006. Filed April 29.

Bobcock, Kathleen and George Bobcock, et al., Stratford. Filed by Amanda Tiernan, West Warwick, R.I, for Pennymac Loan Services L.L.C., Moorepark, Calif. Property: 93 Woodcrest Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $302,000, dated March 2007. Filed April 26.

Arias, Miriam E. and Ricardo V. Arias, et al., Danbury. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for Everbank, Islandia, N.Y. Property: 28 to 32 Starr Ave., Unit 11, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $183,571, dated July 2009. Filed April 29.

Bouchard, Deborah, et al., ShelMORTGAGES ton. Filed by Peter G. Kruzynski, Shelton, for Tamarac Ridge Condominium Association Inc., Shelton. Commercial Property: 37 Cherry Blossom Trail, Shelton. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed April 23. Great Plain L.L.C., Danbury, by Naresh Singh. Lender: Union Savings Bank N.A., Danbury. PropBruzinski, Chris D., New Fairfield. erty: 2 Great Plain Road, Danbury. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for Amount: $280,000. Filed April 24. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 12 Hampton Road, New Fairfield. Action: to foreclose Winthrop Woods Developments a delinquent mortgage in the origi- L.L.C., Shelton, by David Evans. nal principal amount of $252,000, Lender: Fairfield County Bank, dated January 2009. Filed April 26. Ridgefield. Property: 1025 North Ave., Stratford. Amount: $200,000. Filed April 25. Camelot Motel of Stratford L.L.C., et al., Stratford. Filed by David A. Slossberg and John P. DiManno, Milford, for MB Financial NEW BUSINESSES Bank N.A., Chicago, Ill. Property: 1500 South Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage. 53 William Street Condominium Association, 53 William St., StamFiled April 19. ford 06902, c/o Luis E. Hernandez. Filed April 12. Campana, Margaret A. and Dan- AAR L.L.C., 15 Bayview Ave., Noriel Campana, et al., Stamford. walk 06854, c/o Oleh Lukasevych. Filed by Stephen A. Certilman, Filed April 11. Stamford, for Schuyler Condominium Inc., Stamford. Property: 51 Shuyler Ave., Unit 3D, Stam- Achieve Character Through ford. Action: to foreclose on unpaid Training, 639 Summer St., Unit 15, common charges and assessments. Stamford 06901, c/o Eva A. MaldoFiled April 26. nado. Filed April 2.

Arias, Rocio, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 296 Main Ave., Unit 25, Norwalk. $230,400, dated December 2006. Filed April 23. Arnold, Catherine A. and James J. Arnold, Danbury. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 12 Oak Ridge Ave., Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $314,250, dated June 2007. Filed April 23. Baringer, Jennifer K., et al., Stamford. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount Laurel, N.J. Property: 148 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $291,650, dated December 2005. Filed April 23. Barron, Jennifer L. and Robert J., et al., Stamford. Filed by Dennis R. LaVette, Hartford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 130 Crystal Lake Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $500,000, dated February 2005. Filed April 29.

Catino, Nicholas P. and Kristen M. Madden, et al., Stamford. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 112 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $239,900, dated November 2005. Filed April 23.

Chacho, Luis A., Danbury. Filed Beauvoir, Raphaelle and An- by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for toine Canrobert, et al., Strat- OneWest Bank F.S.B., Pasadena, ford. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Calif. Property: 13 Purcell Drive, Jr., Bridgeport, for Far Mill River Danbury. Action: to foreclose a deCondominium Association Inc., linquent mortgage in the original Stratford. Property: 32 Happy principal amount of $342,000, datHollow Circle, Unit 32B, Strat- ed December 2006. Filed April 23. ford. Action: to foreclose on an association lien. Filed April 22.

Acme Networking Group, 992 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06905, c/o Steven J. Samela. Filed April 16. Advance Pty. Management, 155 Waterbury Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Raul Villacis and Walde Valdez. Filed April 29. Agencia Hispana Express, 159 Stillwater Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Juan R. Silva. Filed April 19. AH Boat Repair, 33 Winfield Court, Norwalk 06855, c/o Antonio Hernandez. Filed April 11. All Natural Lice Removal Service, 14 Banquo Brae Road, Brookfield 06804, c/o Renee Bento. Filed April 23. All-USA Sewer & Drain, 40 Standish Road, Apt. 9E3, Stamford 06902, c/o Muharem Morina. Filed April 9.

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on the record Alliance Real Estate Consultants C.M.A. Equipment, 66 Courtland L.L.C, 218 Cedar Heights Road, Hill St., Stamford 06906, c/o David Stamford 06905, c/o Jodi B. Gutier- Ryan. Filed April 15. rez. Filed April 30.

Diaz Construction, 928 Washington Blvd., Unit PMB 18, Stamford 06901, c/o Romeo De Jesus Diaz. Filed April 12.

Hazel’s Vacuum Service and L.C. Landscaping, 21 Hazel St., Cleaning, 970 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Aaron MazarStamford 06903, c/o Norton Hazel. iegos. Filed April 1. Filed April 8.

MKR Sales Inc., 123 Harbor Drive, Unit 509, Stamford 06902, c/o Susan Pitkin-Rudnick and Mitchell Rudnick. Filed April 19.

Callalily Studios, 105 Fifth St., Annette Hadarik Design, 77 Win- Stamford 06905, c/o Cara Gilbride. Ed’s Carpentry, 89 Van Buskirk field St., Unit 11, Norwalk 06855, Filed April 18. Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Edison c/o Annette Hadarik. Filed April 22. Rojas. Filed April 17.

La Pizza Fritta, 1139 Long Ridge Hechodesign, 311 Greens Farms Road, Stamford 06903, c/o River- Moises Landscaping, 38 West Road, Westport 06880, c/o Peggie bank Ventures L.L.C. Filed April 30. Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Manuel A. Shore. Filed April 26. Moises Quituizaca. Filed April 26.

Carlos Cleaning, 54 Rose Park Aragon Services, 94 Liberty St., Ave., Apt. 6, Stamford 06902, c/o EJ Cleaning Services, 40 Parker Stamford 06902, c/o Jose Aragon. Carlos Orallana. Filed April 15. Ave., Stamford 06906, c/o Edith JuFiled April 17. rado. Filed April 8.

Law Offices of Ying Stafford, 9 Holistic Life Coaching Services, Davenport Drive, Stamford 06902, Morris Home Improvement, 590 55A Chapel St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Ying Stafford. Filed April 22. Canaan Road, Stratford 06614, c/o c/o Caitlin Hayes. Filed April 23. Serane Morris. Filed April 24.

Carola Cleaning, 22 Fenway St., Artcraft Repair, 115 Pocono Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Carol J. Gon- Electric Connection, 14 Brook Brookfield 06804, c/o Gary Billing- zalez. Filed April 12. Run Lane, Stamford 06905, c/o sley. Filed April 24. Vincent Cortese. Filed April 23.

Lawyersforless.net, 6 Garden Ideaworks, 25 Forest St., Suite 5D, Place, Greenwich 06830, c/o PatriStamford 06901, c/o Edwin Cobb. cia A. DeWitt. Filed April 25. Filed April 16.

Celebrity Cuts Co., 57 West Ave., Attentive Home Care Services, Stamford 06902, c/o Vinson E. 160 Fairfield Ave., Unit 3, Stamford Ford. Filed April 9. 06902, c/o Frantz Jeannite. Filed April 23. Champion Entertainment, 29 Sorset Lane, Stamford 06907, c/o Avanti Limousine Service, 15 E. Vanessa and Jeffrey Champion. Putnam Ave., Suite 363, Greenwich Filed April 22. 06830, c/o Als Limousine Service. Filed April 29. Charles Hiravy Estimating, 31 Norvel Lane, Stamford 06905, c/o Beautiful Nails Spa at Delamar, Charles Hiravy. Filed April 22. 500 Steamboat Road, Greenwich 06830, c/o Maria Camacho. Filed Chriskay, 4 Avenue C, Norwalk April 25. 06854, c/o Beatriz Roman. Filed April 25. Bells Corner Gift Shop, 26 Belltown Road, Stamford 06905, c/o Commercial Plumbing & HeatJesus Medina. Filed April 18. ing, 375 Hope St., Unit 1, Stamford 06906, c/o Fernando Aguilar. Filed Beyond IT Support, 64 Wall St., April 23. Unit 301, Norwalk 06850, c/o Kathryn and James Burshtein. Filed Computer Training Solutions, 39 April 19. Denise Place, Stamford 06905, c/o Roslyn Kaplan. Filed April 10. BH Charter Oak Construction L.L.C., 53 Barholm Ave., Stamford 06907, c/o Hysni Bajrami. Filed Craig R. Mayer Tools, 67 Highview Ave., Stamford 06907, c/o April 29. Craig R. Mayer. Filed April 15. Bluewing 360, 4 Kimberly Drive, Westport 06880, c/o Bluewing360 CSX Systems Management, 210 Woodridge Drive South, Stamford L.L.C. Filed April 25. 06902, c/o Monica Christie. Filed April 1. Brenda Tyson Motivational/ Inspirational Speaker, 48 Taylor Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Brenda Damoa, 506 Main St., Trumbull 06611, c/o Keum Soo Ko. Filed Tyson. Filed April 24. April 19.

Lima Electircal Improvement, Interim Healthcare of Fairfield 640 High Ridge Road, Stamford County, 1177 High Ridge Road, 06905, c/o Fabio Lima. Filed Stamford 06905, c/o Home Health- April 12. care of Fairfield County L.L.C. Filed April 18. Los Pablanos Restaurant, 212 Erwin Morales Painting, 35 Westport Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Southfield Ave., Stamford 06902, J Garcia Landscaping, 27 Ryan Hubba Luncheonette L.L.C. Filed c/o Erwin Morales. Filed April 3. Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Jorge Gar- April 29. cia. Filed April 17. Elite Tree and Landscape, 929 White Plains Road, Unit 106, Trumbull 06611, c/o Zachary Kline. Filed April 26.

First Contact Consulting, 46 Prospect St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Fulika Cassell. Filed April 29.

Music Mania Disc Jockeys, P.O. Box 239, Monroe 06468, c/o Denise A. and Mark S. Pastor. Filed April 29. My Eye Shoppe L.L.C., 650 Main Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Michelle Clement. Filed April 12. NDCHS Class 1978, 10 Ann St., Trumbull 06611, c/o Linda M. Shea. Filed April 23.

Lydia Gonzalez Herbal Life Con- Netscalebackup, 20 Highgate J&J Odarby & Co., 801 Main Ave., sultant, 490 Sherwood Place, Apt. Road, Trumbull 06611, c/o Brian Norwalk 06851, c/o Diageo Ameri- C20, Stratford 06615, c/o Lydia Pyxispoint L.L.C. Filed April 26. cas Supply Inc. Filed April 15. Gonzalez. Filed April 22.

G-2 Education, 20 Dean St., Unit 2, Stamford 06902, c/o Xun Zheng. Jack’s Window Cleaning, 175 Mag Builders Construction Co., Filed April 1. Blueberry Lane, Stratford 06614, 20 Magnolia Ave., Apt. 1, Norwalk c/o Jack Jaime. Filed April 19. 06850, c/o Mario A. Gonzalez. Filed April 30. Gio Handy Man General Landscaping, 15 Park St., Norwalk Janmar Cleaning & Janito06851, c/o Ricardo Giovanni Sa- rial Plus, 5 Alton Road, Stam- Match Wed, 800 Connecticut Ave., calxot Pelico. Filed April 18. ford 06906, c/o Juan Patto. Filed Third floor, Norwalk 06854, c/o April 24. Weld Media L.L.C. Filed April 23.

New Americans Project/Centro De Nuevo, 440 Bedford St., Stamford 06901, c/o Philip Berns. Filed April 8. New England Media Group L.L.C. d.b.a. SH Arcade Center, 228 Arcade Center, Suite 120, Newtown 06470, c/o Andy Clure. Filed April 30.

Goodwill Collectibles, 91 Strawberry Hill Ave., Suite 1128, Stam- Janmar Cleaning & Janitorial Max’s Best Bootcamp, 78 Triangle ford 06902, c/o Sharon R. Ballin. Plus, 150 Lockwood Ave., Apt. 1, St., Unit 1-2, Danbury 06810, c/o Norwalk Food Corp., 5/7 WashFiled April 1. Stamford 06902, c/o Marcial Flores. Maximillian Barry. Filed April 25. ington St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Reynaldo Sanchez. Filed April 23. Filed April 24. Green Way Landscape L.L.C., 25-A Peace St., Danbury 06810, c/o Jeannie Rentals, 11 Norden Jose Dias Moreira. Filed April 25. Place, Norwalk 06855, c/o Jeannie Thompson. Filed April 29.

H.T. Landscaping, 82 Warren St., Stamford 06902, c/o Hector Torres. JPS Magic Painting & Home Filed April 12. Improvement, 2 Purchase St., Danbury 06811, c/o Juan Almonte. Filed April 29. Habtemicael Transportation, 93 Richards Ave., Unit 503, Norwalk 06854, c/o Alem Habtemicael. Filed Kenny Rodgriguez Painting, 155 Brotherly Love Association, 32 April 19. W. Cedar St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Orlando Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Daydream, 18 Daisy Farm Road, Kenny Rodriguez. Filed April 15. Norwalk 06851, c/o Christopher Isaac Rene, Jean Merina, Daniel Harbor View Auto Sales L.L.C., Priston and Jean Walson Cedan. Mateo. Filed April 18. 115 Jefferson St., Stamford 06902, Koko Fitclub of Monroe, 447 Filed April 3. c/o Jorge R. Camacho. Filed April 26. Monroe Turnpike, Monroe Daydream Events by Nephtalie 06468, c/o Bench Press I L.L.C. C.M. Maintenance L.L.C., 1353 Day, 125 Dale St., Stamford 06902, Filed April 26. Hatters Pizza L.L.C., 73 PadanHigh Ridge Road, Stamford 06903, c/o Nephtalie Day. Filed April 2. aram Road, First floor, Danbury c/o Charles J. Kanapaska. Filed 06811, c/o Constancio Garcia Konedu Home Care L.L.C., 5 April 11. Quiroz. Filed April 25. Myrtle St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Carie C. Jones. Filed April 24.

McLaren Engineering Group, 100 Snake Hill Road, West Nyack, Outta-Sight Promos, 6 Avon N.Y. 10994, c/o McLaren Technical Lane, Stamford 06907, c/o Phillip A. Magalnick. Filed April 22. Services Inc. Filed April 8. MI Consulting, 200 Henry St., Pastime Grille, Seaview Ave., NorUnit 3405, Stamford 06902, c/o Mi- walk 06851, c/o Valerie A. Weed Purell. Filed April 10. chael Irving. Filed April 10. Michael Summa Junior Inter- Pat & Son Trucking, 19 Ridgeway club, 888 North St., Greenwich St., Stamford 06907, c/o Patricio 06831, c/o Michael Summa. Filed Trujillo. Filed April 22. April 23. Peak Academy Inc d.b.a. NewMike’s Woodworking, 3 E.Wall town Reach, 21 The Boulevard, St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Michael Newtown 06470, c/o Lindsey Carley. Filed April 30. Germano. Filed April 15. Miramar Contractors, 23 Laurel Pearl Productions, 3 Monika St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Christian Lane, Brookfield 06804, c/o Lisa Reiss. Filed April 25. Cerna. Filed April 26.

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on the record Photography by Larj, 66 Alvord Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Larianne L. Tide. Filed April 29.

Quaker Building, 54 Danbury Road, Ridgefield 06877, c/o Yekaterina Shalnova. Filed April 26.

Pinto Pools Inc., 14 Larkin St., Ramos Masonry, 117 Oaklawn Stamford 06907, c/o Peter Pinto Jr. Ave., Stamford 06905, c/o Eugenio Filed April 1. Ramos. Filed April 4.

Sasha Healthier4U, 181 Castle Drive, Stratford 06615, c/o Sasha Louverture. Filed April 24.

Stamfordsalads.com, 789 E. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Christopher Laria. Filed April 4.

Rangel & Son Home Improve- Seraphin Ed, 300 Tresser Blvd, ment Service, 96 Lockwood Ave., Unit 9M, Stamford 06901, c/o So- Sunny’s Plumbing Co., 57 West Stamford 06902, c/o Otto Leonel phia Edward. Filed April 10. Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Vinson E. Rangel Ramirez. Filed April 12. Ford. Filed April 9.

Plimpton & Hills, 92 Research Drive, Stamford 06906, c/o Asco P & H Supply Co. Filed April 30.

Seraphin’s Auto Tires, 124 Rock RDC Group, 200 Broad St., Apt. Spring Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Sunshine Trucking, 12 Belltown 2248, Stamford 06901, c/o Lorena Seraphin Junior Jean. Filed April 22. Road, Apt. 6B, Stamford 06905, c/o Crockett. Filed April 26. Volodymyr and Lyubov Melnyk. Filed April 4. Shoreline Developmental LearnRed’s Carpentry, 89 Van Buskirk ing Group, 70 Iroquois Road, Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Edison Stamford 06902, c/o Nicole Querze Sweeney Real Estate, 1177 High Rojas. Filed April 22. and Lauren See. Filed April 9. Ridge Road, Suite 242B, Stamford 06905, c/o SSC L.L.C. Filed April 16. Ripka’s Beach Café and Dugout, Smart Elect FS L.L.C., 6 Genoa Calf Pasture Beach, Veteran’s Park, St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Aftab M. Norwalk, c/o Ripka Clyde. Filed Choudhry. Filed April 12. Tangela Sings, 360 Connecticut April 22. Ave., Suite 118, Norwalk 06854, c/o Tangela and Sharon Smith. Filed Sondview L.L.C., 251 Ely Ave., April 11. Riverbank Productions, 77 Norwalk 06854, c/o Vincente MoBlackberry Drive, Stamford 06903, rel. Filed April 25. c/o Ruskin Capital Co. L.L.C. Filed Tatanya’s Heart, 3B Hyatt Ave., April 24. Norwalk 06850, c/o Tatyana TeleSosa’s Contracting L.L.C., 5 Ridge leyko. Filed April 16. Road, Stamford 06901, c/o Hector Sosa. Filed April 19. Tax Doctor, 110 Wild Duck Road, Stamford 06903, c/o Abe Tatosian. Filed April 22.

Primary Mortgage Services, 961 Long Ridge Road, Stamford 06902, c/o William Pitt Mortgage L.L.C. Filed April 22. Promotional Sweepstakes Group, 800 Connecticut Ave., Third floor, Norwalk 06854, c/o Marketing Drive L.L.C. Filed April 23. Pushpin Press, 209 Long Ridge Road, Danbury 06810, c/o Martha Rhodes. Filed April 29.

PATENTS

Dual metal and dual dielectric integration for metal high-K FETs. Patent no. 8,436,427 issued to Michael P. Chudzik, Danbury; Wiliam K. Henson, Beacon, N.Y.; Rashmi Jha, Wappingers Falls, N.Y.; Yue Liang, Beacon, N.Y.; RavikuTRD Consulting, 600 Hope St., mar Ramachandran, Pleasantville, Apt. 9, Stamford 06907, c/o Toby N.Y.; and Richard S. Wise, NewRoberts. Filed April 19. burgh, N.Y. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Ultra Stores No. 4523, 74 Broad Armonk, N.Y. St., Dept. 889, Stamford 06901, c/o Ultra Stores Inc. Filed April 25. Method and system of enabling intelligent and lightweight Vayda Architecture and Designs, speech to text transcription 26 Avenue C, Norwalk 06854, c/o through distributed environment. Patent no. 8,438,025 issued David Vayda. Filed April 29. to Amarjit S. Bahl, Brookfield; Dalia Massoud, Naugatuck; Dikran Villa Crest Commons Condo- S. Meliksetian, Danbury; Chen Shu, minium Association, 177 West Oakville; Michael Van Der Meulen, Ave., Unit 8, Stamford 06902, c/o Woodbridge; and Nianjun Zhou, Brett Lynas. Filed April 15. Somers, N.Y. Assigned to Nuance Communications Inc., Burlington, Mass. Village Cleaners, P.O. Box 8022/1 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfield 06812, c/o Peter H. Collins. Filed Molten carbonate fuel cell April 26. cathode with mixed oxide coating. Patent no. 8,435,694 issued to Abdelkader Hilmi, Danbury; and Weld Drive, 800 Connecticut Ave., Chao-Yi Yuh, New Milford. AsNorwalk 06854, c/o Weld Media signed to FuelCell Energy Inc., L.L.C. Filed April 17. Danbury.

Sealmaster Driveway Repairs, 9 Sundaze Tanning, 242 East Ave., Cold Spring Road, Stamford 06905, Norwalk 06855, c/o Marta Choro- Too Multikargo, 346 Main Ave., c/o Barney E. Ziko. Filed April 22. manski and Magdalena Marczak. Norwalk 06851, c/o Globo Envios Filed April 15. Two L.L.C. Filed April 30.

Plimpton & Hills, 30 Federal Road, Danbury 06810, c/o Asco P & H Supply Co. Filed April 29.

Potter’s Players, 31 Sherwood Place, Greenwich 06830, c/o Lindsay Potter. Filed April 22.

Time To Go Limousine Service L.L.C., 65 Glenbrook Road, Unit 6D, Stamford 06902, c/o Alcides Rodriguez. Filed April 4.

West Side Painting Co., 57 West Taxes 321, 110 Wild Duck Road, Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Vinson E. Stamford 06903, c/o Abe Tatosian. Ford. Filed April 9. Filed April 22.

Oxygen separation module and apparatus. Patent no. 8,435,332 Gervase Christie, Amherst, N.Y.; David M. Reed, Richland, Wash.; Wetzel & Co., 147 E. Rocks Road, Jerrine L. Neff, Williamsville, N.Y.; Teks To Go, 64 Wall St., Unit 301, Norwalk 06851, c/o Fredric Wetzel. and Arthur C. Selover, Tonawanda, N.Y. Assigned to Praxair TechnolNorwalk 06850, c/o Kathryn and Filed April 11. ogy, Inc., Danbury. James Burshtein. Filed April 19. Wilbert Barber Machine, 68 WinThe Dental Team, 109 Federal field St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Jose R. Road, Brookfield 06804, c/o Steven Espinoza Gomez. Filed April 22. G. Reiss DDS. Filed May 1. William Street Condominium The Fisherman, 26 Monroe St., Association, 53 William St., StamApt. 4K, Norwalk 06854, c/o Harry ford 06902, c/o Jorge Ulloa. Filed Francois. Filed April 22. April 12. The Mailbox Doctor, 25 Deerwood Court, Norwalk 06851, c/o Brenna Lusardo. Filed April 10.

Wilson Memorial Church of God in Christ, 164 Richmond Hill Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Bishop Charles Brewer and Deacon Christopher Whitley. Filed April 5.

The MVP Makers, 6 Avon Lane, Stamford 06907, c/o Phillip A. Magalnick. Filed April 22. XCEL Cleaning Services L.L.C., 85 Riverside Ave., Apt. G4, Stamford 06905, c/o Fabiano Basile. The Ram Group, 40 Warshaw Filed April 5. Place, Stamford 06902, c/o RAM Affiliates L.L.C. Filed April 4.

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ith the tax well running dry, now is not the time to open the state spending spigot wider.

But that’s the paradox facing state lawmakers and taxpayers as the latest projections for the next two fiscal years show revenues falling $500 million short of earlier projections. According to the state’s latest report, revenues will fall short by $259 million for fiscal year 2014 and by $229 million in fiscal year 2015, mainly due to expectations of weaker personal income and sales tax receipts. The problem is, budget proposals from both Governor Malloy and the Appropriations Committee increase state spending by close to 10% over the biennium—and they don’t account for the latest shortfall estimates. Both proposals are based on the assumption that the legislature will change the state’s constitutional spending cap to allow for spending increases. If the spending cap changes aren’t adopted, says the Appropriations Committee co-chair, the committee’s budget is over the cap by $500 million. Balancing a new state budget is now a much more difficult task for policymakers as the legislature heads for adjournment on June 5.

While the proposed budget numbers just don’t work, additional tax increases would only further weaken Connecticut’s economy—with a jobless rate stuck at 8% and fewer than half of those who lost their jobs in the recession back at work. That’s why it’s ironic—and unfortunate—that with revenues declining, the proposals push state spending even higher and seek to change the rules to enable budget increases. State spending has soared 153% over the past 20 years, far outpacing household income, the inflation rate, and Connecticut’s population growth. Lawmakers should move in a different direction. More than ever, they need to set more realistic budget priorities, fund only those programs with proven track records, and lean the cost of delivering public services. There’s no better economy-driving, job-creating program available to lawmakers than delivering a balanced budget that doesn’t increase taxes or extend those due to expire. That economic boost would create additional tax revenues needed to offset future deficits. ➤ Read more at gov.cbia.com

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ith under a month left in the 2013 legislative session lawmakers are still considering proposals that increase the costs and reduce access to healthcare. A recently drafted amendment to HB 6612 modifies the payments process to out-of-network doctors in a way that will weaken physician networks at a time when having robust networks are a widely-held priority under federal healthcare legislation. Typically, insurers are able entice physicians to join a network by having more efficient payment procedures. At the same time, insurers help keep costs in check by negotiating rates with their in-network physicians. This amendment, however, would give doctors less of an incentive to join a network which will not only weaken networks but also bypass those cost-checks and instead lead to cost increases. Similarly, HB 6431 adds to the problem of rising healthcare costs by exempting cooperative healthcare arrangements from state antitrust law that protects consumers against certain entities forming monopolies and wielding too much power over price. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposed a very similar bill raised last year, saying the legislation would lead to higher costs and decreased access in Connecticut. By exempting physicians from state anti-trust law, HB 6431 puts the interests of physicians above patients. Interestingly, Connecticut’s attorney general advised legislators that even if the state exemption were to be adopted, federal antitrust law would still apply. Reducing the price of health insurance will increase access, yet the legislature is still considering measures to increase the cost of healthcare. When will it end? ➤ Read more at gov.cbia.com

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