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Connecticut among worst states for funding retiree benefits

FCBJ TODAY A return to the most elegant economic development in American history – the New England town green … 2 St. Vincent’s debuts new M.D. business model … 3 Gold coastal property: onetime UST HQ in Greenwich reportedly in new hands … 5

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onnecticut was among the four worst states in 2010 for funding its employees’ retirement benefits, according to a recent study by the Pew Center on the States. The gap between what states promised to pay and what they had actually set aside was

at least $1.38 trillion in 2010. In Connecticut, the state government was short $48 billion. “It’s been a fiscal challenge for states for a number of years,” said David Draine, a Pew senior researcher. “It’s been a decade in the making as policymakers kicked the can down the road.” Since 2010, however, many changes have been made to Connecticut’s funding plans. A few years from now, things may look different.

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Waiting game Victims await payout from BP spill BY JENNIFER BISSELL

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Rx Connecticut: ACO mission accomplished for PriMed … 16

“It still has a little bit of a ‘smells like cumin’ connotation to it,” the co-owner of Green & Tonic said. Alongside his spouse and co-founder Cai, Pandolfino hopes to establish their new health food eatery nationally on the expectation the

obert Murray, a Newtown resident for 33 years, was a marketing and sales executive for a shrimp business in Louisiana when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the biggest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and killing 11 workers. The catastrophe has blown his life apart as well. “My life has been turned upside down as a result of the BP spill,” Murray said. “I’ve been out of work for almost a year and a half. It’s been very stressful.” The effects of the spill have been far-reaching. More than two years later, Connecticut residents and attorneys are still involved in what is one of the largest legal battles ever. The Deepwater Horizon settlement in March dictated that all businesses and individuals who lost income were entitled to collect for economic and physical losses. Eight billion dollars has been set aside for claims. But the case is ongoing, and there is no cap

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In May, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced that the state had reduced its total liability for retiree health care benefits by roughly 40 percent, and in February the state enacted several significant changes to its pension plans, both ways to help close the funding gap. Under his plan, pensions will be fully funded by 2032. “It’s a solvable problem,” Draine said. “There are solutions (states) can pursue. But if they wait, it will become an unmanageable

BY ALEXANDER SOULE

casoule@westfairinc.com In describing his new quick-service eatery focused on energy-boosting, nutritional fare, Jeff Pandolfino says he favors the phrase “plantbased diet” at the expense of the word “vegan.”

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A walkway runs through it

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n mid-July off the beaten path at the Georgetown crossroads of Redding and Wilton, crews poured concrete for new sidewalks, between a little restaurant row and the red brick hulk of the old Gilbert & Bennett mill building, which fronts a proposed village. Build a sidewalk and they will come, say some. At a Hartford forum sponsored by the Partnership for Strong Communities, a succession of planners highlighted the key role modest walkways played in the ultimate success of their projects, ranging from a brackish Madison pond with broken-down school buses buried in its muck to lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City anchored by its esplanade along the Hudson River. In between are myriad small examples

of success in Fairfield County – each one owing its heritage to New England’s traditional town greens, according to Stanton Eckstut, architect and senior principal at the New York City-based EE&K unit of Perkins Eastman, who led the development of Battery Park City and who said the towngreen concept infuses itself into many of EE&K’s projects across the nation. “The public space is about quality, not quantity,” Eckstut said. “This esplanade is only 70 feet wide. … It is now one of 13 monuments, according to The New York Times, in New York City (with) the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park and all – 70 feet. So think quality, not quantity. “If we could (develop) one Main Street, like (in) every Connecticut town and one town green – we’d be doing great,” Eckstut said. “That’s all we’re trying to achieve in all these developments and you are the people who have all these in place.”

The Hartford-based Connecticut Main Street Center, which last month hired former Norwalk project manager Jack Burritt as its downtown development director, adheres to a similar strategy for its 60-some municipal members. In the recession-muddled stretch between the summers of 2007 and 2010 and June 2010, the organization’s “designated Main Street programs” saw an 18 percent net increase in jobs and a 62 percent increase in private investment in their downtowns. Of course, it does not always work – in the early 1970s, New London converted its downtown State Street into the cobblestone “Captain’s Walk” closed to traffic. The pedestrian mall failed to find favor as a downtown magnet and within two decades the city scuttled the idea and reopened it to vehicle traffic. Cars have their place in any successful downtown project, according to Robert Lane, a senior fellow with the New York City-based Regional Planning Association, who highlighted the redevelopment of the Glenbrook and Springdale neighborhoods of Stamford as examples of projects with a flexible development plan that made for a more successful project – and one that includes cars. If cars have a place downtown, however, planners agree that they cannot be the focus – and for that approach to succeed, the stations and experience must be a draw. Connecticut is plowing billions of dollars into Metro-North, a “CTfastrak” rapid-bus service for Hartford and its western suburbs; and a proposed high-speed rail line from New Haven to Springfield, Mass. “We need to make the CTfastrak work,” said Ben Barnes, secretary of the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management and a Stratford resident. “I’ve got to convince all my colleagues around the office who live in West Hartford that it’s okay to take the bus to work … Some of them have been resistant, I will tell you.” Eckstut suggested commuter resistance to mass transit is usually more a function of distaste with available facilities and their environment, rather than the thought of leaving cars behind. “Everywhere we go in America, transit is a second-class experience – a secondclass market,” Eckstut said. “First-class drive; second-class take buses. The idea is, ‘No, no. We’re going to transform the image, the standard, the marketing. We’re going to make it a great public place.’” If building quality transit facilities costs more upfront, Eckstut said the investment pays for itself, both in generating activity and in long-term maintenance costs.

He said the most important element of the EE&K-designed Gateway Center intermodal transit center in Los Angeles is a lack of concrete, with stone, brick and bronze elevating both the aesthetics and ability of the station to hold up to the wear and tear of the ages. “It’s meant to last forever and it’s also meant to be a first-rate marketing address for riders to have the best possible experience, and for development to be attracted here,” Eckstut said. “The federal government went along with our value engineering because we demonstrated it would cost less money over 30 years if we built in a way that did not have concrete and we did not constantly have to maintain, tear it apart, rip it up, rebuild, etc.” “Typically all of the economics here are about creating value,” Eckstut added. “In all our large projects … I’ve never seen money be the determinant of what to do or not to do. … You can have great visions but they have to be pragmatic visions, otherwise that’s where people lose interest right away and you lose your credibility.” Madison architect Duo Dickinson noted it’s not always easy to establish credibility up front. He was behind Madison’s efforts a quarter-century ago to recreate its downtown around a neglected pond, a process that began with a $10,000 challenge to a quartet of landscape designers to come up with the best option. The contest was won by a predecessor company to what today is Devore Associates in Fairfield; while its initial ideas were not implemented, Dickinson said the exercise helped Madison into a mode of taking a fresh look at the forgotten pond, resulting in first a walkway that ultimately encouraged additional development and in time, a new train station (over the years, the walkway itself has fallen into disrepair for lack of dedicated funding for upkeep). Regional Planning Association’s Lane said towns should invest upfront on a single focal point – done right, private investment will follow. “First of all, fix up the public ‘realm,’” Lane said. “Before you get to the stage where you sort of figure out all the kinds of buildings you want to do … try to get rid of the utilities (wires) or at least rationalize them; and then build great sidewalks. “Then over time you can begin to promote with the right kind of zoning the sort of in-fill development that will want to follow this great public realm,” Lane added, describing the process of developing vacant or underused parcels within existing urban areas that are already largely developed. “Count on that for being the driver.”

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he CMO title in Dr. Tom Raskauskas’ previous job stood for chief medical officer, but it might as well have been chief marketing officer given how the Michigan transplant is spending his days in Bridgeport. St. Vincent’s Medical Center has created a new physician-hospital organization dubbed St. Vincent’s Health Partners, which will increase reimbursements for doctors that get good clinical results, and increase doctors’ leverage in negotiating contracts with insurance carriers. Physicians own 50 percent of St. Vincent’s Health Partners, with St. Vincent’s Medical Center owning the other half. The board is chaired by Dr. George Goldfarb, president of the medical staff at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, with the Bridgeport hospital part of Ascendent Health.

“One of the things our organization is hopefully going to provide is some assistance to doctors that want to stay independent in this crazy world of health reform and increased regulation.” Raskauskas is CEO of St. Vincent’s Health Partners, having previously served as chief medical officer of Meridian Health Plan, a multistate HMO in Michigan with some 300,000 people under its umbrella. St. Vincent’s Health Partners dubs itself a physician-hospital organization or PHO, and is not pioneering the concept. PHOs date back more than two decades and Danbury Hospital’s was the first to trigger an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, in 1995, with DOJ allowing the PHO concept to stand but serving notice it would come down hard on any price fixing or other monopolistic behavior. The St. Vincent’s move comes even as Shelton-based PriMed and other physician groups form their own accountable care organizations or ACOs, under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act, which similarly look to provide better reimbursements for

doctors who perform well under the federal Medicare program. Raskauskas cites statistics suggesting 38 percent of all medical spending dissipates in various wasteful procedures or processes. “If you see 10 different doctors, you are going to get 10 different treatments,” Raskauskas said. “Some are better and some are worse, but they all get paid the same.” An OB-GYN physician who has delivered by his estimate more than 3,000 babies, Raskauskas has signed up 150 doctors to date, but he says the sheer number is less important than building an organization that features a broad array of primary care doctors and physicians. Doctors have to pay up front to join, so it is clear that they do see this as their best option. “I went into a doctor’s office (in midJuly) to introduce myself and discuss the concept,” Raskauskas said. “I feel that I gained his trust because he joined that day. … He’s a primary care (doctor) and wants to stay independent, and one of the things our organization is hopefully going to provide is some assistance to doctors that want to stay independent in this crazy world of health reform and increased regulation.” And those that see their reimbursements suffer because they do not hit the quality of care marks specified under the plan? “They will be paid less,” Raskauskas said. “Unless they don’t start understanding all the quality metrics and how health reform is coming, one of two things is going to have to happen: either they need to change the way they practice or they’re going to lose contracts and go out of business.” “It’s a shared vision on where we all think health care is going, and they want to be part of that vision,” Raskauskas added. “They want to create their future rather than sitting on the sidelines and having it forced upon them.”

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‘Patient safety must be a reflex’

xcerpted testimony of Jean Rexford, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Connecticut Center for Patient Safety, to the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging and member Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “Preventable adverse events contributed to the deaths of as many as 950 Medicare beneficiaries last year in Connecticut alone. These 950 deaths occurred in Connecticut hospitals – this statistic does not include preventable deaths in our nursing homes or private homes, nor does it include the non-Medicare population. Another 22,000 patients acquired infections while they were treated in health care facilities and almost all of these were preventable. Three separate recent reports in 2010 and 2011 found that at least one in four patients are harmed while hospitalized and the financial costs are staggering. Nationally, hospital-acquired infections cost our economy as much as $45 billion, while patient falls in hospitals and nursing homes in 2005 alone added another $34 billion in costs. Behind each statistic there is a name, a family, a story of sorrow; for some it’s medical bankruptcy, for others, it is unemployment. But for all patients harmed by the health care system, there is physical and emotional pain, a profound broken trust and disbelief that while being treated they had been harmed by preventable medical errors. The Connecticut Center for Patient Safety was formed in 2005 to be the voice of consumer patients. We are determined not to be forgotten collateral damage in a terribly broken health care system. Today, we are joined by other advocacy groups in a national patient safety movement. Loosely organized through Consumers Union Safe Patient Project, we work together to promote patient safety, improve quality and protect patient rights. In Connecticut we are working with another patient focused advocacy group – Code Jump Start. We are trying to shine a spotlight on the need to put the patient first and foremost in this vast medical industrial complex and the regulatory agencies that have in the past not always had patients’ interests in mind. “We began our work with hospital infec-

tions. When I learned in 2005 that there were just two infections reported across 31 hospitals in Connecticut, I knew that it was a good issue to tackle. We were told by hospitals executives with whom we spoke that most infections were ‘expected,’ which revealed to me a fundamental gap between consumer and medical facility perspectives. I can assure you that no health care consumer ‘expects’ to visit a licensed medical facility and acquire a deadly infection as a result of receiving care. It was not difficult to amass stories of patients and families and what had happened to them when they had acquired an infection. Keith lost his job.

“While we have worked hard to collaborate with hospitals to get a seat at the table to solve the patient safety epidemic, we concurrently faced obstruction by the industry’s powerful and well-funded lobbyists serving profit motives first. We realized we had to think more creatively and decided that nurses make an enormous difference in the quality of care and keeping patents safe.” Mary’s infected hip replacement put her in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. We brought these stories to our legislature – and legislators added their own stories. Twenty-six states now have legislation requiring public reporting of hospitalacquired infections and the federal government paid attention. There is an impressive nationwide effort to begin to address infections and needless suffering and costs. But think of the individuals who have died and their families loss because medical facilities were slow to react without legislative intervention. We have learned over the years that legislation has limitations. ... Health care consumers will never get all that we want or all that we deserve. There is absolutely no road map for the consumer patient safety movement and only meager funding for advocates. When funding is awarded for patient safety improvements in the clinical

setting, there is seldom a requirement for consumer representation on medical facility commissions, panels and workgroups studying patient safety innovation and quality improvement. Most funded endeavors exclude patient voices altogether. While we have worked hard to collaborate with hospitals to get a seat at the table to solve the patient safety epidemic, we concurrently faced obstruction by the industry’s powerful and well-funded lobbyists serving profit motives first. We realized we had to think more creatively and decided that nurses make an enormous difference in the quality of care and keeping patents safe. We started an outreach program to nursing schools. Collaborating directly with providers, instead of institutions, seemed a far more positive way to work. Our nursing education program has been successful and continues to grow. Some doors have now opened and we regularly participate in state and national efforts; however, there is much work to be done to bring awareness to an issue that for too long has been accepted by the medical community, overlooked by regulators, unknown to the vast majority of the general public and unsuspecting patients, and out of the realm of consumer protection. Without transparency and accountability, patients will continue to be harmed by medical facilities that tolerate errors at a rate unheard of in other safety sensitive industries. We are eager to work with medical facilities and the health care system and have just recently begun collaborating with innovators that welcome our participation. … Islands of excellence … have begun to take shape and make progress, but why aren’t these islands the norm instead of the exception? Several years ago, the federal government launched the Partnership for Patients. This was an important initiative for health care providers but it took two years before patients and patient advocates were even invited to Washington to participate. But then we were told not to come. There was no money – no money for the patients. We were sadly an afterthought. Patients and patient safety must be a reflex. Only when we become an equal partner will we begin to see safe patient-centered care.”

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Former UST HQ has new owner The Greenwich office building that once housed UST Inc. and later hedge funds reportedly has a new owner in Torchlight Investors L.L.C. The Wall Street Journal reported that Torchlight Investors L.L.C. has quietly seized control of the former UST headquarters at 100 West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, five years after the building was purchased by Antares Investment Partners and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and overhauled for occupancy by financial services firms. Reports first surfaced in March of New York City-based Torchlight’s plans to take control of the building by converting existing debt into equity. Previously known as ING Clarion Capital, Torchlight has invested $34 million of its own money in the building. The building is 95 percent leased today.

Gluten-free bakery moving to Stratford El’s Kitchen, a gluten-free snack food manufacturer, will be moving its operations from Weston to a larger space at 300 Benton St. in Stratford. The company had limited space in its old location and was outsourcing parts of its pro-

duction process. Now with 3,000 square feet of space, all of the company’s manufacturing and distribution will be housed in one place. Angel Commercial L.L.C. assisted in the search.

Moving co. unpacks in Newtown A New York-based moving company is taking Pitney Bowes Inc.’s former distribution facility in Newtown following the property’s sale and subsequent lease. Clancy Moving Systems Inc., a 90-yearold moving and storage company with a Stamford location, is leasing the facility, saying it will help it expand its customer base. An entity called CB Brookfield spent $4.8 million for the 155,000–square–foot building at 7 Edmond Road., or $31 a square foot. Tower Realty Corp. represented CB Brookfield, with Cushman & Wakefield handling negotiations on behalf of the seller Pateley Associates. The property totals nearly 18 acres at Exit 10 off Interstate 84. Clancy did not immediately state how many people it expects to employ at the facility, which will operate as a moving and storage warehouse. The company is based in Patterson, N.Y. “The property was well received by the market, with interest from several different buyers,” said Frank Brown, a senior director with Cushman & Wakefield, in a written statement. “We priced 7 Edmond

Road to be an excellent value for a potential buyer and, indeed, it was sold within six months.”

Norwalk office changes hands Fairfield-based Edgewood Capital Advisors bought a three-story office building in Norwalk and is planning an overhaul, while retaining Cushman & Wakefield as the leasing agent. The building at 488 Main Ave. totals 36,000 square feet. Former owner HB Nitkin Group of Greenwich spent just over $7 million in 2007 for the property, whose tenants today include the intellectual property law firm Grimes & Battersby L.L.C. Edgewood also owns 65-69 East Ave. in Norwalk.

HealthPlanOne expands in Shelton HealthPlanOne L.L.C. is expanding in Shelton where it is based, taking more than 8,000 square feet of space at 1000 Bridgeport Ave. HealthPlanOne operates an online health insurance brokerage. The company was represented by Cresa. The office building at 1000 Bridgeport Ave. is owned by Abbey Road Advisors and the Praedium Group, which are both in Westport.

Connecticut foreclosure activity jumps In the first half of 2012, Connecticut had among the sharpest increases in foreclosure activity of any state, according to new data from RealtyTrac, even as filings nationally were down 11 percent from levels a year earlier. Connecticut foreclosures were up 23 percent compared to the first half of 2010, trailing only Indiana (32 percent), Pennsylvania and South Carolina, with Florida rounding out the five states with the biggest increase. On a percentage basis, Nevada had the highest rate of foreclosure activity, at about 1.8 percent of all housing units under foreclosure.

Greenwich Prime renews in Stamford Greenwich Prime Trading Group L.L.C. renewed its lease for about 5,000 square feet at First Stamford Place in Stamford, with the company providing outsourced trading services. Owned by New York City-based Malkin Properties, First Stamford Place totals more than 800,000 square feet of space across three buildings. Greenwich Prime was founded in 1993 as a division of Furman Seitz Prime Trading Group, and became an independent entity in 2001. – By Jennifer Bissell and Alexander Soule

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WAITING — From page 1

Agostinho Ribeiro, the lawyer in Danbury who is representing parties who lost income from the BP oil spill.

STARTUP — From page 1

concept will reach a tipping point with mainstream consumers. Green & Tonic has locations in Greenwich and Darien, offering coldpressed juices and vegetarian dishes catering to those with an active healthy lifestyle – or seeking a way to ease into it. Jeff and Cai Pandolfino launched a home-delivery service in 2010, having previously run Plum Pure Foods, a catering business with a Cos Cob café, which they sold in 2008. “After selling (Plum), I found myself overweight – lack of energy, all of the trappings of working too much and not eating right and exercising,” Jeff Pandolfino said. “I spent the next three years or so really digging deeper into nutrition and how foods affect the body, and how it really was a catalyst for an active lifestyle.” Between then and the launch of Green & Tonic, the Pandolfinos ran Greenline Ventures, which offered strategic planning consulting to operators of high-end food businesses. Cai Pandolfino’s work experience also includes stints with Le Pain Quotidien and Cosi, which both have

on what BP may have to pay out. The settlement didn’t include federal or local governments and not all the claimants involved in the March settlement have received payments. Murray said he has filed more than 670 documents to receive compensation, but hasn’t received anything since the settlement was reached. Business and individuals are eligible to receive up to two and half times their losses and those involved in the shrimp industry are entitled to up to eight times their losses. So far Murray said he’s received less than 10 percent of what the settlement says he’s entitled to. Agostinho Ribeiro, an attorney based in Danbury, is encouraging any businesses or individuals that may be entitled to payments to file their claims, even if they’re far away, in Connecticut, for instance. “It’s a historic settlement, but it’s complicated,” Ribeiro said. “The settlement was over 1,300 pages.” Murray hired Ribeiro to represent him, but he’s not the only one. St. Pete Beach, Fla. is the first municipality to file a claim against BP, in what many speculate will turn into another class action lawsuit for city governments.

Attorney Ronnie Penton, who was the lead litigator in the BP class action, was hired to represent St. Pete Beach and chose as co-counsel Ribeiro, of Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith. Ribeiro has been named one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Connecticut” for the past two years and is most known for his pro bono work representing victims of 9/11 attacks. Ribeiro said he expects more cities affected by the oil spill to come forward in the coming weeks. “St. Pete Beach didn’t have oil on its shores but it suffered because of the stigma,” Ribeiro said. “Like many other coast cities, they suffered a direct and dramatic economic impact from the oil spill, including loss of hotel occupancy, taxes, parking revenues, utility revenues and many secondary and tertiary benefits that come from tourism outside of the direct benefit of taxes.” “It’s an incredible opportunity to assist in protecting the rights of municipalities or even individuals that still need legal counsel,” he said. Ribeiro said businesses looking for compensation have until Oct. 1 to file claims and that he expects the municipality settlement to be reached within two years.

Fairfield County locations. Her husband’s resume lists time with Pret A Manger, a natural food restaurant with a multitude of New York City locations, but none in Connecticut. “Fast forward to this (past) fall – one of our very good home-delivery customers and I happened to be on the train back from the city,” Jeff Pandolfino said. “He and I struck up a conversation and said, ‘You know, what are you doing with this brand? We need to supercharge this. … I think we should build some stores and really offer more.’” The “go” moment came in November with the decision to make a concept out of it. “As we drive around Fairfield County, and particularly in Greenwich where we live, there’s no place to go and get something that is really nutritionally focused to eat,” Pandolfino said. “There’s lots of great restaurants, there’s lots of great takeout places, but there was no place to go get something that was being true and being kind of real … in a quick-service format. “I think it hasn’t hit a tipping point yet,” Pandolfino added. “I think that there has been a convergence of a couple of things in Fairfield County with the consumer.

There are a couple of wonderful documentaries out there that people have seen: “Fork over Knives,” “Food Matters,” “Fat Sick and Nearly Dead.” These documentaries have kind of opened people’s eyes a little bit.” Longer term, Pandolfino envisions Green & Tonic in large markets nationally, perhaps through unspecified partnerships. In the same vein that the creators of Chelsea Piers saw potential on a grand scale for a sports entertainment complex in the heart of Fairfield County and its population of educated, active residents, Green & Tonic’s proprietors see the region as a suitable starting line for their startup business. And they ultimately see the company on a grand scale themselves, to include a footprint in major markets nationally, possibly through unspecified partnerships. “I want to be seen as the leader in this, in the quick-service industry – kind of like Pret A Manger as a leader in what they do, like a Pain Quotidien in what they do … There’s a gap in people’s eating day and we’re trying to be that ‘third place’ – I think Starbucks did it masterfully 20 or 30 years ago. We used to work and we’d go home. … Now Starbucks has come along and has become that third place in our life.”

CONNECTICUT — From page 1

crisis. The sooner they do something, the easier it will be.” Malloy says his plan will save taxpayers roughly $19 billion over the next two decades. For retiree health care plans, employees now have higher copays, increased service requirements and must pay into an insurance trust fund, among other things. For employees’ pensions, there are new caps on salaries and cost of living adjustments and new hybrid pension plans for employees to pay into to receive accrued earnings. “For more than 20 years, the state relied on a series of gimmicks to hide the fact that our finances were a mess,” said Malloy in a statement proposing the pension changes in January. “These tricks set us on a path that will require the state to contribute more than $4 billion in one fiscal year – four times our current payment – to fully fund the system if we stayed with the current plan. It was a pie-in-the-sky approach to future planning that has a real effect on the way we do business today.” In the last three years 44 states have made substantial changes to their policies, said Ron Snell, a pension policy specialist for the National Conference of State Legislatures. Many of the states have made changes similar to Connecticut’s. As for the other six states, they have either made changes or are making them now. But will it all work? Snell says it’s hard to tell. “A lot of the problems plans currently face is due to the economy,” Snell said. Investments haven’t held up and finances have been undermined because of it. “Whether or not what [states] are doing is adequate, is going to depend on what happens in the future with the economy … it’s impossible to say.”

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nother grueling tax season has passed, and it was more difficult than the previous one. Thanks to increased disclosure filing requirements for Schedule D, brokerage statements that came later than usual and the mere fact that there was an extra day due to leap year made this year’s season seem longer and much more of a challenge. It’s great to have it behind us, but now is the time – believe it or not – to start looking toward next year. There are several key tax provisions that have expired this year, as well as others that will expire after Dec. 31. With the presidential election, the chance of getting changes made before November is unlikely. The provisions that expired Dec. 31, 2011 will certainly hit most taxpayers in their wallet if they are not extended another year. The largest tax provision would be the higher Alternative Tax Exemption or AMT patch. In 2011, a taxpayer filing a joint return was allowed an AMT exemption amount of $74,450. Without an extension of this tax provision, that same AMT exemption amount would decrease to $45,000, which is of course a tremendous drop. And with an AMT tax rate of 26 percent, this could cost taxpayers approximately $7,500, as well as increase the number of taxpayers affected by the AMT.

the Bush tax cuts, which would eliminate the lower income tax rates. Currently, the highest tax rate is 35 percent, but will increase to 39.6 percent with the expiration of these tax cuts. In addition, the 15 percent maximum tax rate for long-term capital gains would be eliminated and increased to 20 percent. Finally, qualified dividends currently taxed at 15 percent would be taxed at ordinary income rates that could be as high as 39.6 percent. The bottom line is this – without legisla-

tion to keep these tax rates, people should expect to see higher tax bills in 2013. In addition to tax rates increasing, the repeal of the personal exemption and itemized deduction phase-outs will be back. So not only will people pay a higher rate, but they will not have the same deductions as in the past, increasing their taxable income. Finally, the tax rates for estate and gift taxes will increase. Currently, the maximum tax rate is 35 percent, but this will rise to 55 percent.

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Also expiring would be the larger exemptions and the ability for a surviving spouse to take the late spouse’s unused exemption. So buckle your seat belt for 2012 – this will be a wild ride. Especially if those in charge in Washington, D.C. don’t extend many of these important tax provisions. Thomas Krywinski is a certified public accountant and partner in the Shelton office of BlumShapiro. He can be reached at tkrywinski@blumshapiro.com.

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Several other popular tax breaks that have expired are direct IRA payouts to charity, the Research and Development Tax Credit, the college tuition deduction and the write-off of $250 of supplies for teachers. In addition, for taxpayers who live in low- or no-income tax states, the use of state sales tax as an itemized deduction has expired. But that is what has already expired. The bigger issue lies with the tax provisions that will expire at the end of December. These issues need to be addressed before they expire and will play a role in a President Barack Obama’s and Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s respective campaigns. The biggest issue looming is the sunset of

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IN BRIEF

Wells Fargo settles discrimination suit

protracted legal battle. The San Franciscobased bank said the mortgages in question were primarily originated by independent mortgage brokers. As of July 13, the company discontinued funding mortgages that were originated, priced and sold by independent mortgage brokers through its mortgage wholesale channel, which represents 5 percent of its current home mortgage volume.

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Denying culpability, Wells Fargo is paying $175 million to settle federal allegations it discriminated against more than 4,000 The former CEO of Latex International black and Hispanic borrowers between was sentenced to nearly six years in pris2004 and 2009, possibly more depending on for embezzling $1.7 million from the on any transgressions uncovered as part of After a short delay following Facebook Shelton-based bedding manufacturer and an internal investigation. Inc.’s problematic initial public offering failing to pay taxes. The U.S. Department of Justice said it of stock, Kayak Software Corp. is ready to U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill was the second largest fair lending settle- push ahead with its own IPO in mid-July, ordered Kevin Coleman, now a 51-yearment in its history. filing plans to raise as much as $88 million old resident of Waseca, Minn., to pay full Wells Fargo denied wrongdoing and with shares priced between $22 and $25. restitution to Latex International, as well DDI-1062 DMtoCTthe 7.375x7.125-BW:DDI-1062 DM CT 7.375x7.125-BW 12/21/11 3:33asPMup Page 1 said it agreed settlement to avoid a Kayak’s search engines help travelers to $450,000 to cover the company’s

legal fees and other costs. Prosecutors did not immediately state whether Coleman had assets to cover the restitution; he spent much of the money on jewelry, a car and other luxury items. Coleman also owes $1.4 million in back taxes and associated interest and penalties.

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Frontier gets $72M Frontier Communications is getting $72 million from the Federal Communications Commission to accelerate broadband across rural areas. With the funding, the company pledged to provide broadband service to roughly 93,000 additional households in 14 of the 27 states it serves, which does not include Connecticut despite it being based in Stamford. The FCC provided the funds through its Connect America Fund, which was established to help provide Internet access to 18 million Americans who live in areas that lack it. Nationally, Frontier provides broadband to nearly 80 percent of households in its territories. In the last two years, it has invested more than $1.5 billion into rural networks in the United States.

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Connecticut Light & Power Co (CL&P) filed a $300 million plan to trim tree branches from the vicinity of electric wires, strengthen poles and upgrade circuits. The Northeast Utilities subsidiary filed the plan with the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. “This infrastructure hardening plan is a key part of our efforts to improve CL&P’s emergency preparedness and response,” said Bill Quinlan, CL&P’s senior vice president of emergency preparedness, in a prepared statement. “We are confident that this investment will benefit our customers by improving the day-to-day reliability of our system and making it less vulnerable to outages due to extreme weather.”

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The United Way of Western Connecticut made Kimberly Morgan its permanent CEO, after a nationwide search that produced 130 candidates. Morgan had been chief operating officer of the Danbury-based organization and interim CEO replacing Michael Johnston, who left to lead the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford. “We received many highly qualified

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applicants for this position over the last five months, from both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors,” said Jim Schmotter, president of Western Connecticut State University and chairman of the United Way’s search committee, in a prepared statement. “In addition to her years of experience, Kim has a deep knowledge of the needs in our community.” Morgan lives in New Fairfield.

Hedge funds still skidding As of June, hedge funds globally were in their longest skid since 2008, according to an index maintained by Eurekahedge Ltd. Fairfield County is a major center for hedge funds, including Stamford-based SAC Capital which this month launched a reinsurance company in Bermuda with $500 million in initial capital. Hedge funds posted negative returns a fourth straight month, Eurekahedge reported, but remain up for the year at 1.3 percent.

Elections heat up in 2012 More Connecticut General Assembly seats are being contested heading into this fall than at any period since at least 1998, according to Secretary of State Denise Merrill. Just 32 of the 187 seats in the Connecticut General Assembly lack an opposition candidate as of July, Merrill said, compared to 54 seats that were unchallenged in 2010. Democrats dominate the Connecticut General Assembly and statewide offices. In Connecticut Senate races, five of 36 contests lack a major party candidate, while in the Connecticut House of Representatives, only 27 of the 151 district races are uncontested. In 2008, public campaign financing for Connecticut General Assembly races became available for the first time through the Citizen’s Election Program.

Banks taking in more corporate cash Short-term corporate cash is increasingly moving toward banks, according to a new study, with bank deposits now accounting for 51 percent of short-term balances – up from just 23 percent at the height of the last economic cycle in 2006. Corporate cash stashed in banks is at the highest level in seven years tracked by the Association for Financial Professionals and RBS, which has a large office in Stamford. The AFP Liquidity Survey was

completed in May, with respondent senior finance and treasury executives primarily from companies with at least $2 billion in revenue. Companies are continuing to increase cash balances, with 41 percent of survey respondents reporting that their organizations held greater cash balances during the first quarter of 2012 than in the first quarter of 2011. Fewer than three in 10 indicate their organizations reduced cash and short-term investment balances during that same period. More than three-quarters of respondents indicate that safety is the most important short-term investment objective for their organizations, with just 21 percent indicating their most important cash investment policy objective is liquidity. – Jennifer Bissell and Alexander Soule

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Think you know where your property line is? BY ELLEN MALMON

lanning on renovating or adding on? Buying a new property? Hiring a surveyor to create an accurate and complete record of your property can be an essential investment. An accurate and complete survey can save you time, money and a wheelbarrow of grief. A survey could be the most important piece of paper you may ever own. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration. The deed to your house, passport, driver’s license, marriage certificate – these are all important, but a survey of your property?

If you are developing your property, an inaccurate or incomplete survey can cause project delays and create costly and unwanted surprises. Think you know where your property line is? Are you sure? A proper survey will show which side of the property line that neighbor’s fence is on, who’s tree it really is and document easements that can affect your ability to develop your property. An accurate survey will allow you to know the area of your lot, which can affect the size of additions and new construction that you may engage in.

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All in the details You may already have what is known as a “plot plan” of your property. This is not the same as a survey. A plot plan typically shows the footprint of the house and its location on the site and often not much else. A survey is far more detailed and contains elements essential to getting through the zoning permit process, usually the first step in a construction project. A complete survey will show measured property lines (expressed in “metes and bounds”), significant topography easements, site utilities, additional structures such as garages and sheds, wells, septic fields, stone walls, large trees and landscape elements such as rock outcroppings. This requires not only careful study of the property directly at the site, but research into town records to make sure nothing is overlooked, especially elements such as wetlands, environmental restrictions and easements.

Good vs. bad Inaccuracies and missing information can lead to unwanted delays in the design and permitting process. The zoning approval process is a critical element in a project schedule – having a design rejected because of incomplete site information can add weeks or months to a project as well as a flat-out rejection. They can also lead to the need for costly changes in the design. Adam Hoffman of Godfrey-Hoffman Associates in North Haven relates the following story illustrating the consequences of a poorly executed survey. The original surveyor did an incomplete job recording the topography of a site. The house was built and the driveway as designed was found to be much steeper than the code allowed. In addition, the surveyor neglected to include space for a 4 percent maximum grade at the garage to prevent cars from “bottoming out.” Since the house was already constructed, the owner had no choice but to install a serpentine driveway that took up a large and unsightly portion of the front yard. Could the owner have sued the surveyor? Yes, but the original surveyor had no insurance. The owner’s chances of recouping anything were slim and he was left with an unattractive and devalued property. In another example Hoffman cites, an inaccurate survey was used to build a house. It was later found that the property lines were placed incorrectly and a corner of the site was located in the middle of a public roadway. The owner wanted to take out a mortgage on his property but no bank would accept him as a result. The owner had the option to wait for three years for the boundary lines to qualify as “pre-existing non conforming” (something usually applicable to older properties), but the long wait wouldn’t guarantee he could still obtain favorable mortgage rates.

As an architect, I have dealt with homeowners reluctant to spend the money on a survey. One property owner wanted to build a house in the middle of a large piece of land, far from any setbacks. As a result, he was convinced he could do without a survey until it was time to submit plans for permit. Without a drawing showing the topography of the area for the new house however, we were unable to do more than guess at the relationships of the grade levels to the first floor and walkout basement. We didn’t obtain accurate topographic information until further down the line, which led to time-consuming changes in the drawings, adding delay to the project. In addition, only by precisely locating the new house in relation to the road were we able to obtain accurate pricing from contractors for the cost of the new driveway.

Finding a good surveyor Some surveyors depend on real estate attorneys to provide title information. Hoffman tells another story about a major retailer that wanted to build a new store. When Hoffman went to stake out the site, he walked the property and noticed a well-used path traversing the property. This path was not shown on any drawing on file. Under many local laws, such paths, if old enough can fall under “adverse possession or a prescriptive easement” and disallow development of the site. Wanting to avoid delays and legal fees, the retailer is looking for another location. On another commercial project, during a thorough title search, Hoffman discovered a previously unnoticed easement in the location for a new addition. The owner had several options: negotiate for the revision of the easement or submit the project to a redesign. Either way, money and time will need to be spent to rectify the situation. Architects, real estate attorneys, Realtors, all can be good resources. Check with the Better Business Bureau to check for any complaints. Ask for references. Find a wellestablished firm that is unlikely to go out of business. Verify that they have insurance. Most importantly, don’t necessarily go with the cheapest option. A proper survey takes time and expertise. Your property is your investment. A proper survey is one of the most valuable tools you can have when it comes time to build, add or renovate. Ellen Malmon is owner of Ellen Malmon Architecture L.L.C. in Redding. She can be reached at ellen@ellenmalmon.com.

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Baker doesn’t keep any secrets about her recipe for success

BY FIONA STAVROU

hen Pitney Bowes Inc. managers examined Michelle Jaffee’s application for its Small Business Makeover contest in 2011, they immediately saw a recipe for success. “We saw Michelle was a great baking producer with a lot of potential for growth,” said Justin Amendola, vice president of global visual strategy for small entrepreneurial businesses at Stamford-based Pitney Bowes. In a makeover contest designed to help

small businesses gain momentum in the transition phase of growth, Jaffee’s project couldn’t be more fitting. Jaffee started her baking company, Sweet & Simple, just three years ago. A mother of three children under 10 at the time, she already had plenty on her plate. But when she received cooking lessons for her 30th birthday in 2009, she felt the pull of baking and never looked back. Jaffee explained she had baked sporadically her whole life, but “I was baking so much after that class it was all I wanted to do with my free time.” After learning that under Connecticut law foods produced in the home cannot be sold to the public, Jaffee found commercial kitchen space to rent in December 2009. She began seeking out wholesalers to sell her products, making cold calls and appearing at their headquarters with merchandise to show off. She built up her following through Facebook and an email list, which ended up being what attracted Pitney Bowes’ judges. “We were impressed that she had already completely engaged in social media in a huge way,” Amendola said. So the Pitney Bowes makeover built on her strengths. She was granted access to a year’s counsel from the experts and several software solutions, including the company’s pBsmart communications platform to include QR codes and email solutions, among others.

Jaffee’s business card has a small QR code, which can be scanned onto smartphones, tablets or other gadgets. Within seconds links appear to the Sweet & Simple website, Twitter account, Facebook page, online shopping options and email list. “It’s a way to enjoy business in a different way,” Jaffee said. “I enjoy talking about baking whether it’s on Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest.” After the Pitney Bowes makeover, Jaffee’s connections through Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest will reach more people than ever before. But she’s careful to ensure that connections made over the Internet don’t become distant and anonymous. She keeps the small business atmosphere of the company by ensuring the personal connections made between her and her clients stay sacred. “Part of the process I value most is giving the products to my family and friends and seeing they love it. It keeps the whole thing personal,” she said. The company’s newfound Internet savvy doesn’t end with social media. “My main focus right now is developing my ecommerce sight; whether it’s summer camp care packages or back-to-school-in-thefall packages, Mother’s Day, wedding favors, all those things … you can buy it on the site,” she explained. The site allows customers to ship products, find the nearest store and look up ingredients. A high – quality baker may be reluctant to

reveal what goes on behind kitchen doors, but Jaffee explained, “That’s what differentiates me – I’m willing to say what specific ingredients I use. I wanted to keep it personal in that way. It might be all natural but other companies aren’t saying where the eggs came from, what specific flour they’re using or what butter.” Jaffee uses all-natural ingredients, with no preservatives. However, quality doesn’t come without a price. “I really try to use ingredients that I use at home, so they’re a little more expensive – they’re at the high end of the range,” Jaffee said. “I’m catering to somebody who has some discretionary income to spend on a treat, but wants something great, something all natural and is willing to pay for it.” Jaffee says it’s important to know your customers, what they want to buy and what their goals are. When she first won the contest, Jaffee spoke with SmallBizLady blogger and author Melinda Emerson. Emerson has 40,000 followers on Twitter and in the words of Jaffee is “a force of nature.” “She spoke to me very upfront – asking me how do I talk to my customer, who is my customer and what do they want,” Jaffee said.“She really helped me focus on who my customer is and helped me tighten up my online identity. It’s made me more confident and I can now eliminate certain stores that just wouldn’t be right for my product and focus on stores that are appropriate for my product.”

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LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

THE LIST HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES

FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEXT LIST: JULY 30 INSURANCE AGENCIES

Home Health care Agencies

Listed alphabetically. Type(s) of insurance accepted

Bethel Visiting Nurse Association Inc. 70 Stony Hill Road, Bethel 06801 792-0864 • bethelvna.org

Care Alternatives of Mid Hudson II Corp.* 15 Railroad Ave., Kingston, NY 12401 (845) 338-4600

Compassionate Care Companions 175 Jefferson St., Fairfield 06825 374-2273 • jhe.org

Connecticut Home Health Care Inc. 12 Cambridge Drive, Trumbull 06611 374-4555 • connecticuthomehealthcare.com

Constellation Health Services 14 Westport Ave., Norwalk 06851 (800) 860-6656 • constellationhs.com

DanielCare L.L.C. 188 North St., Stamford 06901 569-4900 • danielcare.com

Grasmere by the Sea Adult Day Services 1 Post Road, Fairfield 06824 365-6470 • jhe.org

Masonicare Home Health Care and Hospice 33 N. Plains Industrial Road, Wallingford 06492 (888) 482-8862 • masonicare.org

Personalized Home Care Ltd. of Connecticut 500 Summer St., Suite 401, Stamford 06901 348-8488

Regional Hospice and Homecare of Western Connecticut 405 Main St., Danbury 06810 702-7400 • regionalhospicect.org

Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association 90 E. Ridge St., Ridgefield 06877 438-5555 • ridgefieldvna.org

The Roy and Aline Friedman Home Care Agency 175 Jefferson St., Fairfield 06825 396-1136 • jhe.org

Senior Choice at Home 175 Jefferson St.,Fairfield 06825 365-6491 • jhe.org

Solutions at Home Jewish Home Lifecare ** 104 W. 29 St., Eighth floor, New York City 10001 (212) 273-2564 • solutionsathome.org

Stratford Visiting Nurse Association Inc. 88 Ryders Lane, Stratford 06614 375-5871 • stratfordvna.org

Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Southwestern Connecticut 1266 E. Main St., Stamford 06902 276-3000 • vnhcsw.org

Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County P.O. Box 489, Wilton 06897 (800) 898-HOME • visitingnurse.net

Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut 765 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport 06604 366-3821 • vnsct.org

Waveny Home Healthcare 3 Farm Road, New Canaan 06840 594-5249 • waveny.org

Western Connecticut Home Care Inc. 4 Liberty St., Danbury 06810 792-4120 • danburyvna.org

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Geriatric care management, HealthMonitor technology IV therapy, advanced wound care and wound vac, home telemonitoring, maternal and newborn care, PT (prothrombin ratio)/INR (international normalized ratio) testing

Home to the Richard L. Hospice Residence in Stamford, bereavement counseling, pastoral care, medical social work Bereavement counseling; blood pressure, cholesterol, memory and stroke risk screenings; geriatric care management; live-in care; home telehealth; pediatric physical rehabilitation; wellness programs

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SPECIAL REPORT Eldercare

A PALS unit being installed to a home giving care to a senior.

Inside a PALS unit in Farmington.

Housing boomers Businesses look to meet the demand for senior living solutions BY JENNIFER BISSELL

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y 2030, the number of Americans over 65 years old is projected to double to 70 million people, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. With the elderly population growing at a rapid rate and living longer, an increasing number of seniors are in need of care at home. Some are able to bring services into their own houses, while others are moving to senior living complexes or in with their children. Watching the aging trend, businesses are taking note. The Engel Burman Group has developed eight luxury assisted-living rental communities on Long Island and recently has started moving north into Westchester County, building in Armonk and White Plains. Jan Burman, president of The Engel Burman Group, said their developments have been received well by the community. They’ve seen a high demand for units and each building has nearly 100 percent occupancy. In the next two years, Burman said it’s likely the group will start expanding into Fairfield County. But while senior housing has performed strongly for a real estate market through the recession, growth has slowed

nationwide, especially in comparison with how fast the boomer generation is getting older. In the late 1990s, roughly 55,000 new developments were opening every year, while fewer than 14,000 opened in 2010, according to data from the American Seniors Housing Association. “It is performing reasonably well,” said David S. Schless, president of the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA). “But what you actually see is very little new construction.” Still, senior housing occupancy rates continue a “modest” improvement in the words of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry, with NIC reporting an estimated 88.4 percent rate in the first quarter, up 0.8 percent from a year earlier. The national occupancy rate reached its nadir in the first quarter of 2010, at 87.1 percent. Annual rent growth for seniors housing was 1.2 percent in the first quarter, unchanged from a year earlier but off from the 1.6 percent year-over-year growth recorded in the fourth quarter of 2011. “The slowdown in the pace of annual rent growth speaks to the challenges that a number of operators have been experiencing in achieving rental rate increases,” Chuck Harry, director of research and analysis for Annapolis, Md.-based NIC, said in a statement.

With a sluggish economy, ASHA’s Schless said developers can’t find the capital to build and many families haven’t been able to afford the housing either. As a result, more families have delayed the move or haven chosen to have the parents live with their children. For this group, Meriden-based Practical Assisted Living Solutions (PALS) has entered the marketplace. Selling first-floor home modules to add to caregivers’ houses, the units make room for parents moving in. Each unit comes with handicap accessible furnishings and acts like a home remodeling or addition. “With medical advancements, people are getting older,” said Alison Rhodes-Jacobson, PALS CEO. “But they’re outliving their money.” Rhodes-Jacobson said senior living can cost $7,000 a month in the area, which is too much for the average person to afford. The PALS addition, which Rhodes-Jacobson said adds value to a home, costs roughly $85,000 to install over roughly eight weeks. Plus customers can sell back the unit for roughly 50 percent of the cost after they no longer need it. “This is just a tsunami,” she said. “It’s going to affect all of us.” – Alexander Soule contributed to this report.

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ratcheted up the pressure on HealthBridge, joining union members on the picket line in Newington a day after the National Labor Relations Board rapped the New Jersey-based company for what the NLRB said were unfair labor practices. Workers have also gone on strike at HealthBridge facilities in Danbury, Stamford, Westport and Milford.

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accruing for pension benefits in the 2010 fiscal year, with its plan at an $86 million shortfall as of March 2011. Its CEO testified it would not survive without outside assistance and investment. The hospital adds more than 400 active beds to the 1,000 Yale-New Haven has, including 40 beds for pediatric care at affiliate Bridgeport Hospital. Yale NewHaven has considered building a new “bed tower” to accommodate demand, but said St. Raphael is a more cost-effective way to add capacity, and plans to spend $130 million over the next five years on the campus, while extinguishing debt and meeting pension obligations among other moves.

Nursing program gets grant Fairfield University School of Nursing received a grant for $12,500 from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The funding will be used to support nurse practitioner programs in order to increase the future workforce of primary care nurse practitioners. Last year the university received the same grant through the HRSA’s Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship program for roughly $20,500.

Conn. OKs merger The Connecticut Department of Public Health approved Yale-New Haven’s takeover of the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven. The Hospital of St. Raphael lost money between 2005 and 2009 and stopped

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he Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging is teaming up with three area hospitals to apply for the new Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP), which would dispatch nurses into the field to assist seniors with medical and lifestyle issues after they leave the hospital. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is awarding $500 million nationally under the Care Transitions Program, which was authorized under the Affordable Care Act to cut down on the rate of hospital readmissions – estimated at one in five seniors heading back to the hospital within a month, at a cost of $26 billion a year. Under the existing Medicare home health benefit program, seniors can get coverage for skilled nursing in the home for up to two months for any single “episode of care” in CMS parlance.

“The median cost for home health services in Connecticut was $21 an hour, just $2 above the national average. Home health care services have risen at an annual 1 percent inflation rate over the past five years; Genworth and CareScout attributed the flat prices in part to increased competition and a favorable labor market.” Norwalk Hospital, Stamford Hospital and St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport along with the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging are vying for CCTP funding under the program, which will address both transitions to skilled nursing facilities as well as to seniors’ residences, which have skilled nurses and home health aides. That latter group is coming under intense pressure in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding most components of the Affordable Care Act, according to an analyst with Stamford-based CRT Capital. “With the Supreme Court’s decision leaving the bulk of reform in place, home health companies cannot expect to get

relief from the nearly crushing pressure on volumes from the face-to-face and therapy assessment portions of that law,” wrote CRT analyst Sheryl Skolnick, in a note to clients cited by The Wall Street Journal. Despite the increased burdens posed under health reform, the number of home health care agencies nationally spiked 20 percent last year, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, with MedPac advising Congress. Today, the National Association of Home Care and Hospice has 33,000 members total, including its chairman Robert J. Simione who runs Simione Healthcare Consultants L.L.C. in Hamden, with its specialties include advice on mergers and acquisitions. The trade group held its annu-

al financial management conference last week in Dallas, with changes to the Medicare home health benefit at the top of the agenda. In a 100-page study published in April by Genworth Financial Inc. and CareScout, the companies found there was no change in the cost of home health care nationally between 2011 and 2012. The median cost for home health services in Connecticut was $21 an hour, just $2 above the national average. Home health care services have risen at an annual 1 percent inflation rate over the past five years; Genworth and CareScout attributed the flat prices in part to increased competition and a favorable labor market. Ranked by total annual expenditures,

Connecticut’s median cost of a home health care worker was second lowest in the Northeast after New Jersey, though still well above the U.S. median of $43,500. The cost for community adult day health care services was $19,000 in Connecticut, higher than most Northeast neighbors. Those figures compared with a median private nursing room in Connecticut totaling $149,000 on an annualized basis, with the annual rate of increase at more than 4 percent. With other states, Connecticut is experimenting with a Money Follows the Person pilot program that targets available dollars to less-expensive settings such as homeand community-based care.

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For 90 years, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has been providing a wonderfully wild experience through education, conservation, research and recreation programs. Consistently ranked as one of Connecticut’s top tourist attractions, the zoo welcomes more than 280,000 visitors annually with education programs that reach an additional 50,000 students each year. Situated on grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmstead of Central Park fame, the zoo is home to more than 300 animals representing North and South America. Today, the Connecticut Zoological Society, with assistance from the city of Bridgeport and state of Connecticut, operates the zoo year-round. Our Zoomobile brings zoo animals and educational programs to communities across the state. To celebrate our 90th birthday, visitors can enjoy the “90 Days of Summer,” which continue through Labor Day. Daily promotions include reduced admission, $1 carousel rides and much more. Our special summer animal exhibit features giant tortoises, “Professor” and “Skipper” weighing in at 416 and 537 pounds each. These gentle giants are only here for the summer, so don’t miss them. Famous for getting everyone involved, Chris Rowlands will be at the zoo for two limited engagements from July 26-31 and Aug. 3-10. Rowlands brings animals to life through kidfriendly songs, dance, puppets and colorful props that teach and inspire young people. Throughout August, Rainforest Reptiles Shows features exotic crawlers, unusual slithers and fascinating creepers. Meet “Fred,” a 7-foot alligator and visit the Zoo Reptile Trailer, a mobile exhibit featuring 40 live animal displays. Join us all year long as we celebrate 90 years as Connecticut’s only zoo. Gregg Dancho Zoo Director Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Member, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County

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One of America’s most distinguished playwrights, Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally, will be honored at “The Full McNally: A Celebration of the Writing and Works of Terrence McNally,” presented by Westport Country Playhouse at the theater’s annual fundraising gala Sept. 24. Hosting the tribute will be actors Tyne Daly and Richard Thomas, who have appeared in McNally plays – Daly in “Master Class” and Thomas in “Unusual Acts of Devotion” and “The Stendhal Syndrome.” Proceeds will benefit Westport Country Playhouse, its work on stage, with schools and throughout the community. “Terrence is the only truly great American playwright who has written successfully for the dramatic as well as the musical stage,” said Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. “It’s such an honor for us to be able to do this for him, especially since the co-hosts of the gala are two stars who have been influential in bringing Terrence’s work to the stage in mesmerizing performances.”

A cocktail party will begin at 5:45 p.m. followed by performances by Broadway Friends of the Playhouse at 7 p.m. Dinner with the evening’s stars will be at 8:30 p.m. A silent auction will be ongoing throughout the evening. Attire is festive; black tie optional. Gala tickets range from $250 to $2,500. Benefactor level, at $2,500 per person, includes a cocktail party, highestpriority seating at performance, post-performance dinner with the evening’s stars and an invitation to a Benefactor Preview Party at a private home in early September. Patron level, at $1,000 per person, includes a cocktail party, priority seating at performance and post-performance dinner with the evening’s stars. Supporter level, at $250 per person, includes a 6:30 p.m. champagne toast followed by the performance. A limited number of supporter tickets are available. Corporate sponsorship packages are available. For more gala information, contact Kathryn Gloor at 227-5137, ext. 122, or email kgloor@westportplayhouse.org.

Mystery artworks Signed, Sealed & Delivered, the popular fundraising art sale and event for collectors and enthusiasts, returns to Silvermine Arts Center Oct. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served at a special private collector’s party featuring more than 500 4” x 6” original works of art in all media. An element of mystery adds to the fun; the artist’s signature is on the back, visible only after purchase. Be one of the first to participate in this special sale of small works of art by Silvermine

Guild artists, faculty and well-known friends, to benefit Silvermine’s public programs, gallery exhibits, outreach programs and lectures. In addition to all works available at $50 (buy 3 and get the 4th free), there will be a silent auction on special selected works of art. Advanced reservations are required to attend this private showing and sale. Tickets are $35 a person. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit silvermineart.org.

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on the record Geller, Brian, New York City, contractor for 411 West Putnam Avenue Associates. Perform inteThe following petition was filed in rior alterations at an existing comU.S. Bankruptcy Court, Bridge- mercial building, 411 W. Putnam port. Chapter 11 indicates the filer Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: intends to submit a plan of reorga- $125,000. Filed May 17. nization to the court. Chapter 7 indicates a liquidation of assets. Landis Partners Inc., Greenwich, contractor for Gateway Park AssoGregorio’s L.L.C., 9 Robertsville ciates. Construct an addition at an Road, Colebrook. Chapter 11, filed existing commercial building, 777 July 6, case no. 12-51282. Assets: less W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Estithan $50,000. Liabilities: $100,000 mated cost: $72,000. Filed May 24. to $500,000. Creditors: Thomaston Savings Bank, $281,350; Patterson Oil Co., $24,455. Type of business: Landis Partners Inc., Greenwich, limited liability company. Debtor’s contractor for Mason Associates. attorney: Ronald I. Chorches, Law Perform interior renovation at an Office of Ronald I. Chorches L.L.C., existing commercial building, 35 Mason St., Greenwich. Estimated Wethersfield. cost: $59,400. Filed May 31.

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Lavender Associates. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 37 North Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed June 20.

535 Connecticut Avenue L.L.C. Fit out an existing commercial space for tenant Operations Inc. at 535 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed June 12.

TMP Realty Associates L.L.C. Fit out an existing commercial space for a restaurant tenant at 70 N. Main St., No. 3, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed June 21.

E. L. Wagner Company Inc., Bridgeport, contractor for Natale Demunynck and Yoav Weigenfeld. Install an in-ground pool and enclosure at an existing singlefamily residence, 82 Doubling Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: Turner, Michael, Middletown, $80,000. Filed May 28. contractor for Winnipauk Village. Perform exterior renovations to multifamily housing at 71 Aiken St., Hobbs Inc., New Canaan, contracNorwalk. Estimated cost: $330,000. tor for Kerry and Charles Tyler. Construct additions and perform Filed June 19. alterations at an existing singlefamily residence, 26 Pheasant Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $1.5 million. Filed May 24.

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Aquino Brothers, Cos Cob, contractor for Meghan and William Kies. Construct an addition at an existing single-family residence, 19 Meadow Drive, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed May 21. Banks Brothers Services, Cos Cob, contractor for Jennifer and Garrett Cronin. Perform exterior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 1 Turner Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed June 16.

MG St. Davids L.L.C. Fit out an existing commercial space for tenant Panera Bread at 650 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $575,000. Cambridge Builders Inc., New Filed June 20. Canaan, contractor for Sophia and Timothy Hartch. Construct an addition at an existing single-family Cebulski Construction Com- Norwalk Hospital. Perform in- residence, 25 Flagler Drive, Greenpany Inc., Bridgeport, contractor terior renovations at an existing wich. Estimated cost: $120,000. for Greenwich Housing Author- commercial building, 34 Maple St., Filed May 17. ity. Perform interior renovations Norwalk. Estimated cost: $260,000. at public housing, 20 Brookside Filed June 11. Cebulski Construction CompaDrive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: ny Inc., Bridgeport, contractor for $75,000. Filed May 30. Permit Me Please, New Milford, Douglas Schwartz. Perform interior contractor for SLG 500 W. Putnam. renovations at an existing singlePerform interior alterations at an family residence, 23 Tomac Ave., existing commercial building, 500 Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: Items appearing in the Fairfield W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Esti- $125,000. Filed May 29. County Business Journal’s On The mated cost: $151,000. Filed May 15. Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken.

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Coscia Construction L.L.C., Quality Roofing Systems, West Shelton, contractor for Jean KaiHaven, contractor for TA2 Row- ser. Construct a new single-family ayton L.L.C. Re-roof an existing residence at 6 Shorehaven Road, commercial building at 137 Roway- Norwalk. Estimated cost: $830,000. ton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: Filed June 14. $53,000. Filed June 19. RMS Construction, Stamford, contractor for Hotel Zero Degrees of Norwalk. Construct a foundation for a hotel and garage at 353 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $350,000. Filed June 22.

Design Builders & Remodeling, Ridgefield, contractor for Jim Humphrey. Construct an addition at an existing single-family residence, 87 Spring Hill Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed June 20.

Kerschner Development Co., Norwalk, contractor for Echo Valley L.L.C. Construct a new singlefamily residence at 59 Old Rock Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $225,000. Filed June 22. Kilpatrick Construction L.L.C., Old Greenwich, contractor for Venkatesh Durvasula. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 39 Indian Hill Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $225,000. Filed May 25.

Manganiello, Ronald. Construct an addition at an existing singleHoffman Contracting L.L.C., family residence, 13 Sammis St., New Canaan, contractor for Joan Norwalk. Estimated cost: $250,000. Mann. Construct an addition at Filed June 12. an existing single-family residence, 69 Oneida Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed May 30. Mantz Construction L.L.C., Bridgeport, contractor for Carol Henderson. Construct an addition J. J. Greco Builders, Cos Cob, at an existing single-family resicontractor for Marissa and Frank dence, 1 Cedarwood Drive, GreenCapocci. Construct an addition at wich. Estimated cost: $250,000. an existing single-family residence, Filed May 18. 2 Dorset Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $109,000. Filed June 22. Meenan Brothers Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for JenJeff Scalise Building Contractor, nifer and Mark Botzykowski. ConDarien, contractor for Belle Car- struct a new single-family residence riglea L.L.C. Construct a new sin- at 70 Richmond Hill Road, Greengle-family residence at 7 Carriglea wich. Estimated cost: $1 million. Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: Filed May 22. $1.8 million. Filed May 18. JKS Contractors Inc., Wilton, contractor for Gael and Emile Bacha. Perform exterior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 23 Bailiwick Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed May 31. John E. Muhlfeld Inc., Newtown, contractor for Jacqueline and John Quigley. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 25 Mountain Wood Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed May 31. JTR Construction, Wilton, contractor for Heidi and Christopher Keelips. Construct a new singlefamily residence at 2 Compass Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $700,000. Filed June 20.

Paschalidis, Leonard. Perform alterations and renovations at an existing single-family residence, 106 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed June 12. Per J. Thompsen, Greenwich, contractor for Elizabeth and Mark Ronda. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 301 Shore Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $85,000. Filed May 15. Sabato, Joseph. Construct additions and perform renovations at an existing single-family residence, 3 Cross Ridge Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $220,000. Filed May 25. Sound Beach Partners L.L.C., Stamford, contractor for Lois and Bryan Kelly. Construct a new single-family residence at 66 Indian Head Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $2.5 million. Filed May 21. Stahl, Aaron, Greenwich, contractor for Joan and Richard Nedoszytko. Construct an addition at an existing single-family residence, 12 Caroline Place, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed May 16.

Tavello, Rockne. Construct a new single-family residence at 144 ParNew Canaan Building & Remod- trick Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: eling, New Canaan, contractor for $400,000. Filed June 14. Jayne and Christopher Day. Perform renovations at an existing single-family residence, 17 Edgewood Vulliez, Margaret and Julian Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: Vulliez. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family $77,000. Filed May 30. residence, 321 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed NPK Building Corp., Greenwich, June 12. contractor for Jee-Sun and David Han. Construct a new single-family residence at 628 Lake Ave., Green- Water’s Edge Pools, Stamford, wich. Estimated cost: $3.2 million. contractor for William Dawson Jr. Install an in-ground pool and enFiled May 23. closure at an existing single-family residence, 48 Keofferam Road, Orum, Sarah and William Orum. Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: Perform interior renovations at an $60,000. Filed May 22. existing single-family residence, 361 N. Maple Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed May 14. Weinstein, Dina and Richard Weinstein. Install an in-ground pool and enclosure at an existing Pascale, Laura and John Pascale. single-family residence, 25 KeConstruct a new single-family nilworth Terrace, Greenwich. Estiresidence at 21 Lincoln Ave., Green- mated cost: $65,000. Filed May 29. wich. Estimated cost: $700,000. Filed May 23.

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on the record Carvel at Black Rock Turnpike, Shelton. Filed by People’s United Bank, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Benanti & Associates, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff alleges that it is the owner of a February 1999 business credit note issued in its favor by the defendant and that $8,677 relating to that note B&R Construction Services remains outstanding and past due L.L.C., et al., Glen Bernie, Md., et from the defendant despite real. Filed by Penn Millers Insurance peated requests for payment by the Co, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Plaintiff ’s plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks repayattorney: Law Offices of Stuart G. ment of all outstanding amounts Blackburn, Windsor Locks. Ac- plus interest, costs and reasontion: The plaintiff alleges that the able attorneys’ fees. Filed June 11. defendant’s negligent operating Case no. CV126028037. procedures damaged its insured’s premises and effects to the extent of $95,524, for which the plaintiff Custom Ceramics L.L.C., et al., was obliged to reimburse its in- Seymour. Filed by People’s United sured. The plaintiff seeks recovery Bank, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorof amounts paid to its insured, in ney: Benanti & Associates, Stamits role as subrogee for the insured, ford. Action: The plaintiff alleges plus interest, costs and reason- that it is the owner of a businessable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 7. credit note issued by the defendant Custom Ceramics, for which Case no. CV126028004. payment was guaranteed by a codefendant, and that $1,410 relating BAC Homes Loans Servicing to that note remains outstanding L.P., et al., Hartford, et al. Filed by and past due from the defendants Jane Oliver, et al., Milford. Plain- despite repeated requests for paytiff’s attorney: Harlow Adams & ment by the plaintiff. The plaintiff Friedman P.C., Milford. Action: seeks repayment of all outstanding The plaintiff alleges that the de- amounts plus interest, costs and fendants failed to provide a timely reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed release of her mortgage within June 8. Case no. CV126028023. 60 days subsequent to repayment and that she is therefore eligible to receive the statutory penalty of up Hemingway Custom Cabineto $5,000 that applies in such cases. try L.L.C., Bridgeport. Filed by The plaintiff seeks a court order Heidi and Edward Mascolo, Fairawarding her the statutory penalty field. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mahaney of up to $5,000 plus applicable costs Geghan & Sullivan, Waterbury. and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed Action: The plaintiffs allege that, despite their agreed payment, the June 7. Case no. CV126028005. work performed by the defendant in connection with a May 2011 home Best Restaurant Equipment improvement contract between the Company Inc., et al., Stratford, et parties was not performed to special. Filed by Yellowbook Inc., King fications and caused the plaintiffs of Prussia, Pa. Plaintiff’s attorney: to incur a financial loss and to sufThomas L. Kanasky, Bridgeport. fer emotional stress. The plaintiff Action: The plaintiff alleges that seeks damages in excess of $15,000 prior to the date of this action it plus applicable costs and reasondelivered goods and/or services able attorneys’ fees. Filed June 6. to the defendant Best Restaurant Case no. CV126027997. Equipment, for which payment was guaranteed by a co-defendant, and that $7,897 relating to those deliv- M&M Roofing & Siding Co., eries remains outstanding and past Bridgeport. Filed by Nationwide due from the defendants despite re- Mutual Insurance Co., Columbus, peated requests for payment by the Ohio. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Ofplaintiff. The plaintiff seeks repay- fice of John P. Calabrese, Rocky Hill. ment of all outstanding amounts Action: The plaintiff alleges that the plus interest, costs and reason- defendant’s negligent operating able attorneys’ fees. Filed June 8. procedures extensively damaged its insured’s premises and effects, for Case no. CV126028019. which the plaintiff was obliged to reimburse its insured. The plaintiff seeks recovery of amounts paid to its insured, in its role as subrogee for the insured, plus interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 8. Case no. CV126028020.

Court Cases

Bridgeport Superior Court

New Country Motor Cars of Greenwich Inc., Hartford. Filed by Raul Mendez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jonathan E. Spodnick, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff alleges that he fell while visiting the defendant’s premises as the result of an unsafe condition arising from negligence on the part of the defendant, its agents and employees, which caused him to suffer serious and painful injuries and to incur substantial medical expenses. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $15,000 plus applicable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 8. Case no. CV126028022. Oberhand DDS, Jason, et al., Trumbull, et al. Filed by Lashalla Wells, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Meehan Meehan & Gavin, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff alleges that the defendants have been guilty of professional malpractice specifically in connection with their negligent treatment of her during an extraction procedure, which caused her to suffer serious, painful injuries and to incur substantial medical expenses. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $15,000 plus applicable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 8. Case no. CV126028026. Trinity College, Hartford. Filed by Rafael Sanchez, New York City. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael P. Foley Jr., Cheshire. Action: The plaintiff alleges that he was struck by a baseball while visiting the defendant’s premises as the result of an unsafe condition arising from negligence on the part of the defendant, its agents and employees, which caused him to suffer serious and painful injuries and to incur substantial medical expenses. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $15,000 plus applicable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed Jan. 12. Case no. CV126028001.

Danbury Superior Court

Bank of America N.A., et al., Charlotte, N.C., et al. Filed by Timber Oak Association Inc., Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Collins Hannafin Garamella Jaber & Tuozzolo, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff alleges that the defendant has accumulated unpaid common charges of $2,913 relating to its unit in the plaintiff’s condominium development. The plaintiff seeks repayment of all outstanding amounts plus interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees, including without limitation by means of foreclosure on the defendant’s unit subject to interests of senior secured creditors. Filed June 15. Case no. CV126009728.

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company L.L.C., Hartford. Filed by Ana Dacosta, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Ribeiro & Smith, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff alleges that she fell while a business invitee on the defendant’s premises as the result of an unsafe condition arising from negligence on the part of the defendant, its agents and employees, which caused her to suffer serious, painful injuries and to incur substantial medical expenses. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $15,000 plus applicable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 18. Case no. CV126009729.

Connecticut Laminates & Millwork Inc., Brookfield. Filed by Berkley Net Underwriters, Hamilton Square, N.J. Plaintiff’s attorney: Donald H. Tamis, Seymour. Action: The plaintiff alleges that it provided business insurance coverage to the defendant during the period from February 2010 to February 2011 and that $10,049 of related premiums remains outstanding and past due from the defendant despite repeated requests for payment by the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks repayment of all outstanding amounts plus interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 15. Case no. CV126009715.

Stamford Superior Court

Ecco Energy L.L.C., et al., Danbury. Filed by General Supply & Services Inc., Berlin. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bradley Lewis Croft, Boston, Mass. Action: The plaintiff alleges that prior to the date of this action it delivered goods and/or services to the defendant and that $252,759 relating to those deliveries remains outstanding and past due from the defendant despite repeated requests for payment by the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks repayment of all outstanding amounts plus interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 19. Case no. CV126009746.

Palace View Housing L.P., et al., Hartford, et al. Filed by the estate of Henry Wikalls, Sherman. Plaintiff’s At Home Stores L.L.C., Water- attorney: Ventura Ribeiro & Smith, bury. Filed by Connecticut Light Danbury. Action: The plaintiff al& Power Co., Berlin. Plaintiff’s at- leges that the decedent Henry Witorney: Law Offices of Alexander G. kalls was scalded in a shower on the Snyder L.L.C., Waterbury. Action: defendant’s premises as the result of The plaintiff alleges that prior to the an unsafe condition arising from date of this action it delivered goods negligence on the part of the deand/or services to the defendant fendant, its agents and employees, and that $10,813 relating to those which caused him to suffer serious, deliveries remains outstanding painful injuries and ultimately unand past due from the defendant timely death, while accumulating despite repeated requests for pay- substantial medical expenses. The ment by the plaintiff. The plaintiff plaintiff seeks damages in excess of seeks repayment of all outstanding $15,000 plus applicable costs and amounts plus interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 18. Case no. CV126009730. June 13. Case no. CV126009687.

Rockybrook Woods Condominium Association Inc., et al., Greenwich, et al. Filed by Robin Cotler, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Berkowitz Law Firm L.L.C., Stamford. Action: The plaintiff alleges that she fell while visiting premises owned or otherwise under control of the defendants as the result of an unsafe condition arising from negligence on the part of the defendant, their agents and employees, which caused her to suffer serious, painful injuries and to incur substantial medical expenses. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $15,000 plus applicable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 5. Case no. CV126014260. Shawn’s Lawns Inc., Stamford. Filed by Welby Brady & Greenblatt L.L.P., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Welby Brady & Greenblatt L.L.P., Stamford. Action: The plaintiff alleges that as a result of its June 2003 engagement by the defendant legal fees of $54,929 remain outstanding and past due from the defendant despite repeated requests for payment by the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks repayment of all outstanding amounts plus interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 5. Case no. CV126014265.

Charles W. Grimes, et al., Darien. Filed by William Mooar, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Murtha Cullina L.L.P., Stamford. Action: The plaintiff alleges that the defendant’s false representations regarding international business connections caused him to participate in several failed ventures, involving substantial expenditures of time and capital that ultimately produced a substantial financial loss for the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $15,000 plus applicable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed Summer High L.L.C., et al., Stamford. Filed by Hasina and MohamJune 6. Case no. CV126014286. med Haque, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Evans Law Offices L.L.C., D&D Fine Homes L.L.C., Darien. Stamford. Action: The plaintiffs alFiled by Fogarty Knapp & Associ- lege that the plaintiff Mohammed ates Inc., Stamford. Plaintiff’s attor- Haque fell while visiting premises ney: William A. Meehan, Wilton. owned or otherwise under control Action: The plaintiff alleges that it of the defendants as the result of conducted an October 2011 em- an unsafe condition arising from ployment candidate search for the negligence on the part of the defendefendant and that $6,381 in related dants, their agents and employees, placement fees remain outstanding which caused her to suffer seriand past due from the defendant ous, painful injuries and to incur despite repeated requests for pay- substantial medical expenses. The ment by the plaintiff. The plaintiff plaintiff seeks damages in excess of seeks repayment of all outstanding $15,000 plus applicable costs and amounts plus interest, costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 5. Case no. CV126014263. June 5. Case no. CV126014264. Eighty-Five Pond Mill L.L.C., Fairfield. Filed by Joseph Oppedisano, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Perkins & Associates, Woodbridge. Action: The plaintiff alleges that he fell while visiting the defendant’s premises as the result of an unsafe condition arising from negligence on the part of the defendant, its agents and employees, which caused him to suffer serious, painful injuries and to incur substantial medical expenses. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $15,000 plus applicable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Filed June 5. Case no. CV126014261.

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U.S. District Court Back Bone L.L.C., et al. Filed by United Central Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: James C. Graham. Action: claim filed in connection with a citizenship question. Filed June 27. Case no. 12CV00943. Connecticut Natural Gas Inc., et al. Filed by Connecticut Independent Utility Workers Local 12924, et al. Plaintiff’s attorney: J. William Gagne Jr. Action: claim filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Filed June 29. Case no. 12CV00961.

on the record Credits, Clients and Awards

Newsmakers

CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT, a local nonprofit mental health resource, has received a $12,000 grant from the First County Bank Foundation, headquartered in Stamford, to support emergency mobile psychiatric services for children and adolescents in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan.

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ROHIT BHALLA has been named Stamford Hospital’s new vice president, quality and chief quality officer. Most recently, Bhalla was at Montefiore Medical Center for a decade, where he served as chief quality officer and previously as medical director, quality management. He is also associate professor of clinical medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 “Developing Your Personal Brand,” a SCORE workshop, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Norwalk Police Station, 1 Monroe St., Norwalk. To register, call 831-0065 or email scorenorwalk.org.

MONDAY, JULY 30 Ladies Who Launch Cocktail Party, 6 to 8 p.m., Citibank, 175 Elm St., New Canaan. For information, call 803-9591.

ELLEN KIERNAN of New Canaan, has been appointed senior director of the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund at Purchase College, SUNY. Most recently, she served as director of alumni relations at Manhattan College. Kiernan is a graduate of New York University, College of Arts and Science.

Snapshot THE FIRST COUNTY BANK FOUNDATION recently recognized three high school seniors as winners of the Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award. Each person received a $5,000 scholarship.

From left, Rick Zaremski, Sherry Perlstein and Mark Rosenbloom. Credit: Photos courtesy of the Child Guidance Center.

PATRICK DOHERTY, a certified financial planner with Danbury-based Reby Advisors, has been awarded Certified in Long-Term Care, a professional degree in the field of long-term care,. The program is independent of the insurance industry and focuses on providing financial service professionals the tools needed to meet their client’s longterm care needs.

LEVETT ROCKWOOD P.C. in Westport has been recognized as a leading Connecticut law firm by Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which selects a handful of firms for inclusion in its highly regarded directory of business lawyers. The 2012 edition of this preeminent international legal directory also honored individual lawyers in all of Levett Rockwood’s primary practice areas: corporate/mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation and health care. From left, Claire Linegar, Darien High School; Rey Giallongo, chairman and CEO, First County Bank; Isaiah Mohammed, Academy of Information Technology & Engineering; Katherine Harris, president and chief operating officer, First County Bank; Kate Donohoe, Westhill High School; and Richard Taber, former chairman and CEO, First County Bank and current bank board of directors member.

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on the record Connecticut Natural Gas Inc., et al. Filed by Robert Eubanks, et al. Plaintiff’s attorney: J. William Gagne Jr. Action: claim filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Filed June 26. Case no. 12CV00939. Coreplus Federal Credit Union, et al. Filed by John Deane. Plaintiff’s attorney: John Deane pro se. Action: claim filed under the Civil Rights Act. Filed July 2. Case no. 12CV00966. D&H Management Services L.L.C., et al. Filed by Bethany Mariani, et al. Plaintiff’s attorney: Greg J. Kirschner. Action: claim filed under the Fair Housing Act. Filed June 25. Case no. 12CV00930. Ferguson Enterprises Inc., et al. Filed by New England Reinsurance Corp. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark K. Ostrowski. Action: claim filed in connection with a declaratory judgment. Filed June 28. Case no. 12CV00948. Florists Mutual Insurance Co. Filed by Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Beck S. Fineman. Action: claim filed in connection with a declaratory judgment. Filed June 29. Case no. 12CV00955.

Ray Weiner L.L.C. Filed by American Management Services Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Kenneth J. Krayeske. Action: claim filed in connection with a contract matter. Filed June 28. Case no. 12CV00947.

HSAK Properties L.L.C., Fairfield. Seller: Northend Associates L.L.C., Easton. Property: 4367 Main St., Unit 5, Bridgeport. Amount: $340,000. Filed June 25.

Cittadino, Kelli and Kyle Cittadino, Stamford. Seller: Gail Mitnik, Greenwich. Property: 31 Windy Knolls, Greenwich. Amount: $620,000. Filed June 21.

Prendergast, Carol, Bridgeport. Seller: Janis Rossman, Stratford. Property: 153 Breakers Lane, Stratford. Amount: $262,500. Filed June 20.

Kadymama L.L.C., Greenwich. Staples Inc. Filed by Geoff Barry. Seller: Mary and George Pavarini, Plaintiff’s attorney: James V. Saba- Greenwich. Property: 183 Byram tini. Action: claim filed in connec- Ashore Road, Greenwich. Amount: tion with a petition for removal of $12 million. Filed June 15. an existing action under the Civil Rights Act to an alternative venue. Filed June 26. Case no. 12CV00936. Old Greenwich Gables L.L.C., Vero Beach, Fla. Seller: Joseph Rogers, Old Greenwich. Property: Unit Watermark Environmental Inc., 27, Old Greenwich Gables, Old et al. Filed by Pettini Contracting Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Corp. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark Filed June 18. E. Block. Action: claim filed under the Miller Act. Filed June 29. Case no. 12CV00952.

Dave, Amisha and Ashish Dave, Ridgefield. Seller: Valerie and Liam Fuller, Bethel. Property: 11 Raven Crest Drive, Bethel. Amount: $502,500. Filed June 1.

Palardy, William, et al. Creditor: Rahman, Khalida and Kazi Rah- GMAC Mortgage L.L.C. Property: man, Danbury. Seller: Marcella and 89 Payne Road, Bethel. Mortgage John Fazio, Bethel. Property: 6 Far default. Filed June 19. Horizons Drive, Bethel. Amount: $340,000. Filed June 11.

WMC Mortgage L.L.C., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas D. Goldberg. Action: claim filed in connection with breach of contract. Filed June 25. Case no. 12CV00933.

WMC Mortgage L.L.C., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Great American Insurance Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas Group Inc., et al. Filed by U.S. D. Goldberg. Action: claim filed in Plumbing Mechanical & Fire Pro- connection with breach of contract. tection Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Filed July 2. Case no. 12CV00969. Edward C. Taiman Jr. Action: claim filed in connection with a contract dispute. Filed June 27. Deeds Case no. 12CV00942. Hamilton Greens L.L.C., et al. Filed by Branch Banking & Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eric C. Edson and Scott M. Hamilton. Action: claim filed in connection with registration of a foreign judgment. Filed July 3. Case no. 12CV00967. Kowalsky Brothers Inc. Filed by the trustees of the I.U.O.E. Local 478 Annuity Fund, et al. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas M. Brockett. Action: claim filed in connection with labor/management relations. Filed June 27. Case no. 12CV00941. Lowe’s Home Centers Inc., et al. Filed by Allan Kriemelmeyer. Plaintiff’s attorney: Joseph J. Arcata III. Action: claim filed in connection with personal injury. Filed June 27. Case no. 12CV00945.

Hull, Carly and Stephen Hull, Bethel. Seller: Deborah Johnson, Bethel. Property: 6 Kingswood Drive, Unit 88, Bethel. Amount: Angalakuditi, Malik and Napur $305,500. Filed June 15. Angalakuditi, Danbury. Seller: Bethel Danbury Two L.L.C., White Plains, N.Y. Property: 2 Hopkins Makarla, Priva and Anirudh Court, Bethel. Amount: $477,104. Makarla, Bethel. Seller: Cirmon Development L.L.C., Bayville, N.Y. Filed June 13. Property: 38 Vail Road, Bethel. Amount: $458,000. Filed June 7. Barfod, Ayoe and Jonas Warming, Cos Cob. Seller: William Bouton III, Hartford. Property: 22 Pond Marcus Sandra and Benjamin Place, Cos Cob. Amount: $796,500. Marcus, Stamford. Seller: Karen and Thomas Lamonica, Painted Filed June 19. Post, N.Y. Property: 34 Benenson Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1 milBattaglia, Beth and Peter Brown, lion. Filed June 18. Stratford. Seller: Joyce and Bernard Fabro Jr., Stratford. Property: 18 Nightingale Park, Stratford. Marder, Dominique and William Marder, Riverside. Seller: Bruce Amount: $256,000. Filed June 19. Willey, Greenwich. Property: 2 Verona Drive, Riverside. Amount: Bruckenthal, Marie and David $1.2 million. Filed June 15. Bruckenthal, Bethel. Seller: Janine and Matthew Sneed, Danbury. Property: 4 Sampson Terrace, Beth- McGowan, Peter, Cos Cob. Seller: el. Amount: $340,000. Filed June 4. Chitra and Ennala Ramcharandas, Greenwich. Property: 9 Cliff Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.2 million. Carey, Dana and Casey Carey, New Filed June 5. York City. Seller: BNY Mellon N.A., New York City. Property: 4 Dogwood Lane, Greenwich. Amount: Metinko, Kathleen and Jan Kniffen, Greenwich. Seller: Eric $2.2 million. Filed June 19. Einhorn, Stamford. Property: 19 Boulder Brook Road, Greenwich. Carroll, Melinda and Brian Car- Amount: $3.2 million. Filed June 19. roll, Greenwich. Seller: Margot and James Mabie, Greenwich. Property: Lot 9, Greenwich town map 937, Minopoli, Karen and Anthony Greenwich. Amount: $1.6 million. Minopoli, Stratford. Seller: Marilyn Vuozzo, Shelton. Property: 9 Filed June 19. Shoreline Drive, Stratford. Amount: $350,000. Filed June 14. Chiafari, Rosalie and Anthony Chiafari, Fairfield. Seller: Toll CT II L.P., Newtown. Property: 14 O’Gara, Michelle and John Wildwood Circle, Bethel. Amount: O’Gara III, New York City. Seller: Lisa and David Steigerwald, Old $573,913. Filed June 11. Greenwich. Property: 12 Lockwood Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 Chittala, Manoja and Bose Ko- million. Filed June 15. sanam, Danbury. Seller: Bethel Danbury Two L.L.C., White Plains, N.Y. Property: 15 Bainbridge Blvd., O’Sullivan, Tammy and Daniel Bethel. Amount: $428,200. Filed O’Sullivan, Greenwich. Seller: Margie and James Shaughnessy, Walnut June 18. Creek, Calif. Property: 240 Overlook Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $3.4 million. Filed June 18.

Residential

Windjammer Landing Company Ltd. Filed by Sherry Steiner-Silver. Plaintiff’s attorney: Adam J. Blank. Action: claim filed in connection with personal injury. Filed July 3. Case no. 12CV00971.

Commercial 14 Indian Chase L.L.C., Greenwich. Seller: Nancy Marshall and Alexander Sareyan, Greenwich. Property: 14 Indian Chase Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed June 20. 190 North Street II L.L.C., Greenwich. Seller: Robin and Kenneth Kencel, Greenwich. Property: 190 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $11.5 million. Filed June 15. BNY Mellon N.A., New York City. Seller: Carolyn Holcombe, Riverside. Property: 20 Church St., Unit A64, Greenwich. Amount: $690,000. Filed June 20.

Devco Associates L.L.C., Greenwich. Seller: George Durney, Portillo Landscaping Inc., et al. Greenwich. Property: 24 CaroFiled by Ramiro Medrano, et al. line Place, Greenwich. Amount: Plaintiff’s attorney: Peter D. Goselin. $325,000. Filed June 20. Action: claim filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Filed June 25. Case no. 12CV00934.

Higbie, Gina, Greenwich. Seller: Caroline and Michael Salbaing, trustees, Cos Cob. Property: 27 Valleywood Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed June 18.

Henault, Donald, et al. Creditor: Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Property: 89 Riverview Place, Stratford. Mortgage default. Filed June 8.

Judgments

Rattanavaraporn, Monchaya and James McCarthy, Greenwich. Seller: Debra and Ricky Biagi, Greenwich. Property: 168 Henry St., Greenwich. Amount: $740,000. Filed June 19.

Arpie, Kerry and Joseph Arpie, Stratford. $999 in favor of Petro Inc., Melville, N.Y., by Gerald S. Knopf. Property: 380 Rockwell Ave., Stratford. Filed June 11.

Rawls, Carol and John Rawls, Lexington, Ky. Seller: Alexander Watts, Redding. Property: Redding town map 1095, Redding. Amount: $435,000. Filed June 19.

Bagoly, Bonnie, Stratford. $270 in favor of Bridgeport Anesthesia, Bridgeport, by Joseph P. Latino. Property: 1 Alfred Court, Stratford. Filed June 8.

Schilling, Melissa and Brian Sharp, Bethel. Seller: Susan and Michael Josephs, Bethel. Property: 25 Turkey Plain Road, Bethel. Amount: $445,000. Filed June 6.

Cabrera, Luis, Bridgeport. $5,415 in favor of Cuda & Associates L.L.C., New Haven, by Carolyn Futtner. Property: 135 Granfield Ave., Bridgeport. Filed June 21.

Schmidt, Angelia and Robert Schmidt III, New York City. Seller: Nancy Rohinsky and Gregory Pappas, Greenwich. Property: 21 Mimosa Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $880,000. Filed June 18.

Dawes, Taryn, Stratford. $5,080 in favor of Credit Management Corp., Madison, by John N. Rich. Property: 214 Boswell St., Stratford. Filed June 20.

Slaughter, Sarah and James Slaughter, North Haledon, N.J. Seller: Bethel Danbury Two L.L.C., White Plains, N.Y. Property: 7 Hopkins Court, Bethel. Amount: $465,000. Filed June 5.

Dorvelus, Ruth, Bridgeport. $2,772 in favor of Santa Energy Corp., Bridgeport, by Janine M. Becker. Property: 727 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport. Filed June 21.

Fontana, Kathleen, Stratford. $476 in favor of John Garofalo, Worden, Jennifer and Michael Norwalk, by Robert L. Peat. PropWorden, New Canaan. Seller: Di- erty: 106 Pine St., Stratford. Filed anne and Robert Scott, Old Green- June 20. wich. Property: 2 Kernan Place, Old Greenwich. Amount: $2.3 million. Fotinopoulos, Nick, Bethel. Filed June 19. $22,615 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., Richmond, Va., Zhang, Hao and Yun Zhou, by Stephen A. Wiener. Property: 10 Greenwich. Seller: Beverly Hartley, Whippoorwill Road, Bethel. Filed Stamford. Property: 14 Wynnwood June 7. Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed June 20. Georgetown Redevelopment Corp. and Georgetown Land Development Company L.L.C., Foreclosures Redding. $65,088 in favor of Crosskey Architects L.L.C., Hartford, by George M. Purtill. Property: 20 N. Bairakatis, Joseph, trustee, et al. Main St., Redding. Filed June 7. Creditor: HSBC Bank USA N.A., trustee. Property: 100 Cross Highway, Redding. Mortgage default. Georgetown Redevelopment Filed June 13. Corp. and Georgetown Land Development Company L.L.C., Redding. $65,088 in favor of CrossGallagher, Theodore, et al. Credi- key Architects L.L.C., Hartford, by tor: Timber Oak Associates Inc. George M. Purtill. Property: 1 N. Property: 11 Paulding Terrace, Unit Main St., Redding. Filed June 18. 454, Danbury. Delinquent common charges. Filed June 8.

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on the record Mechanic’s Liens—released

Hall, Nicole, Stratford. $1,555 in favor of RAB Performance Recoveries L.L.C., Paramus, N.J., by Stephen A. Wiener. Property: 65 Avo St., Stratford. Filed June 18.

Salmon, Carleen, Bridgeport. $6,281 in favor of FIA Card Services N.A., Denver, Colo., by Joseph F. Agnelli III. Property: 824 Kossuth St., No. 826, Bridgeport. Hocap Corp., Fairfield. Filed by Filed June 21. Guttman Realty L.L.C., New York Justo, Keith, Stratford. $4,361 in City, by Audrey R. Longo. Propfavor of Discover Bank, New Al- Sanon, Gary, Stratford. $1,257 erty: 309 North Ave., Bridgeport. bany, Ohio, by Kevin M. Hughes. in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, Amount: $172,629. Filed June 21. Property: 156 Fairview Ave., Strat- Bridgeport, by Nair & Levin P.C. ford. Filed June 19. Property: 1151 James St., Stratford. Filed June 18. Lis Pendens Laprade, Daniel, Stratford. $710 in favor of Bridgeport Anesthesia, Bridgeport, by Joseph P. Latino. Property: 201 Castle Drive, Stratford. Filed June 11. Lennanechimbo, Tracy, Bethel. $591 in favor of Ridgefield Diagnostics, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat. Property: 36 Garella Road, Bethel. Filed June 15.

Singletary, Hayward, Bridgeport. $1,105 in favor of Griffin Hospital, Derby, by Karen E. Lahey. Property: 45 Grandview Ave., Bridgeport. Filed June 21. Sithivong, Kim, Stratford. $4,098 in favor of RAB Performance Recoveries L.L.C., Paramus, N.J., by Stephen A. Wiener. Property: 483 Columbus Ave., Stratford. Filed June 18.

Lukachik, Lucie, Bridgeport. $12,770 in favor of Cuda & Associates L.L.C., New Haven, by Carolyn Usman, Malik, Bridgeport. Futtner. Property: 123 Overland $17,997 in favor of the University of Ave., Bridgeport. Filed June 21. Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, by Nair & Levin P.C. Property: 232 Maplewood Ave., First Martinez, Ruthann and Freddie floor, Bridgeport. Filed June 21. Martinez, Stratford. $11,728 in favor of the Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, by Karen E. Leahy. Velez, Moses, Stratford. $4,394 in Property: 535 Barnum Avenue Ex- favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., tension, Stratford. Filed June 12. San Diego, Calif, by Stephen A. Wiener. Property: 14 Eleanor St., Stratford. Filed June 18. Medelja, Branko, Greenwich. $6,563 in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Leases Stephen A. Wiener. Property: 308 Rippowam Road, Greenwich. Filed June 18. AutoZone Northeast Inc., by Brian Campbell. Landlord: 300 North Ochoa, Martha, Stratford. $7,493 L.L.C. Property: 300 North Ave., in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., Bridgeport. Term: 10 years, comSan Diego, Calif., by Stephen A. mencing Oct. 1, 2013. Filed June 21. Wiener. Property: 605 Woodend Road, Stratford. Filed June 18.

Liens Federal Tax Liens – filed

Pavon, Jose, Stratford. $635 in favor of Radiology Associates of Hartford, Hartford, by Joseph P. Latino. Property: 101 Jackson Ave., Stratford. Filed June 11. Premiere Flooring Systems Inc., 54 Danbury Road, No. 167, RidgePerry, Luanna, Bethel. $491 in fa- field. $42,907, Federal unemployvor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, ment tax, FICA and employee by Robert L. Peat. Property: 45 withholding tax. Filed June 18. Granite Drive, Bethel. Filed June 20.

Mechanic’s Liens-filed

Pfau, Kevin, Bethel. $11,146 in favor of Wells Fargo Financial Connecticut Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, by Gary J. Greene. Property: 30 Plum- Pang, Hong and Sheldon Pang, trees Road, Bethel. Filed June 7. Greenwich. Filed by Line Design L.L.C., Bronx, N.Y., by Kalin Kresnitchki. Property: 18 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $99,835. Filed June 18.

Calvar, Dominga, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Christopher J. Smedick, Milford, for the town of Stratford. Property: 273 Garibaldi Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on the property to recover delinquent The following filings indicate a legal municipal taxes. Filed June 19. action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to Ciccotelli, Peter, et al., Bridgeport, the property listed. et al. Filed by Walter M Spader Jr., North Branford, for Tower Lien Albertson, Nicholas, et al., Red- L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. Property: ding, et al. Filed by Bendett & 113 Milne St., Bridgeport. Action: McHugh P.C., Farmington, for to foreclose on the property to reCitimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. cover delinquent municipal taxes Property: 116 Seventy Acre Road, assigned to the plaintiff for collecRedding. Action: to foreclose a de- tion. Filed June 25. linquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $686.812 datCooper, Mary, et al., Stratford, ed December 2008. Filed June 20. et al. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Jr., Bridgeport, for Far Mill River ConBank of America N.A., et al., dominium Association Inc., StratCharlotte, N.C., et al. Filed by ford. Property: 25 Happy Hollow Christopher K. Leonard, Danbury, Circle, Unit 25C, Stratford. Action: for Timber Oak Association Inc., to foreclose on the unit to recover Bethel. Property: Unit 404, Timber delinquent common charges due Oak, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on the association. Filed June 14. the unit to recover delinquent common charges due the association. Cosgrove, Joan, et al., Bridgeport, Filed June 12. et al. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Jr., Bridgeport, for Lexington House Boulware, Willie, et al., Bridge- Condominium Association Inc., port, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Bridgeport. Property: 30 Stevens Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Bank St., Unit 106, Bridgeport. Action: to of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. foreclose on the unit to recover deProperty: 149 Birdseye St., Bridge- linquent common charges due the port. Action: to foreclose a delin- association. Filed June 21. quent mortgage in the original principal amount of $224,315 datCourbron, Richard, et al., Strated June 2008. Filed June 25. ford, et al. Filed by Nicole R. Fernandes, Armonk, N.Y., for Wells Brault, Jennifer, et al., Stratford, Fargo Bank N.A., trustee, Bloomet al. Filed by O’Connell Flaherty ington, Minn. Property: 92 Brew& Attmore L.L.C., Hartford, for ster St., Stratford. Action: to foreHSBC Bank USA N.A., trustee, close a delinquent mortgage in Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 54 Melville the original principal amount of St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a $272,000 dated January 2007. Filed delinquent mortgage in the original June 11. principal amount of $153,750 dated December 2003. Filed June 15. Dailey, Prince, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Walter M Spader Jr., Burns, Estate of Ann, et al., North Branford, for Tower Lien Bethel, et al. Filed by Mark A. Sank, L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. Property: Stamford, for Juniper Ridge Con- 69 Lee Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to dominiums Inc., Bethel. Property: foreclose on the property to recover Unit 1, Juniper Ridge Condomini- delinquent municipal taxes asums, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on signed to the plaintiff for collection. the unit to recover delinquent com- Filed June 25. mon charges due the association. Filed June 13.

Dalhouse, Ericka, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Jr., Bridgeport, for Lexington House Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 30 Stevens St., Unit 308, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on the unit to recover delinquent common charges due the association. Filed June 21.

House, Holly, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Amanda Tiernan, West Warwick, R.I., for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: 1585 Main St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $84,000 dated May 2007. Filed June 11.

Douglas-Seawright, Melanie, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Law Office of Martha Croog L.L.C., Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., trustee, Bloomington, Minn. Property: 75 Pinehurst Road, Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $203,410 dated March 2007. Filed June 13.

Hurley, Jennifer, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for U.S. Bank N.A., trustee, Minneapolis, Minn. Property: 360 Burritt Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $234,000 dated March 2006. Filed June 13.

Eggers, Steven, et al., Greenwich, et al. Filed by Robert A. Ziegler, Plainville, for Retained Realty Inc., New York City. Property: 39 Doubling Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $3 million dated September 2007. Filed June 20.

Jordan, Nhrai, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Vincent J. Averaimo, Milford, for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: Federal Arms Condominium, Unit 209G, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $90,300 dated January 2006. Filed June 25.

Halchak Jr., Daniel, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Christopher J. Smedick, Milford, for the town of Stratford. Property: 100 Bunnell Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on the property to recover delinquent municipal taxes. Filed June 14.

Kallenga, Odette, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 223 Soundview Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $247,000 dated August 2007. Filed June 11.

Harmon, Darryll, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 30 Wakeman St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $242,250 dated September 2005. Filed June 21.

Kaplan, S. Dorothy, et al., to foreclose on the property to recover delinquent municipal taxes, et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh P.C., Farmington, for U.S. Bank N.A., Minneapolis, Minn. Property: 35 Delwood Road, Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $324,000 dated August 2005. Filed Hernandez, Angel, et al., Stratford, June 20. et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for PNC Bank N.A., Pittsburgh, Pa. Property: 2441 Lester, Christopher, et al., StratBroadbridge Ave., Stratford. Action: ford, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert to foreclose a delinquent mortgage Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Bank in the original principal amount of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. of $188,000 dated June 2007. Filed Property: 3699 Broadbridge Ave., June 14. Unit 118, Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of Hoff, Larry, et al., Greenwich, et al. $88,755 dated August 2003. Filed Filed by the Law Office of Martha June 19. Croog L.L.C., Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York City. Property: 25 Lincoln Lisere, Gorverns, et al., BridgeAve., Old Greenwich. Action: to port, et al. Filed by Bendett & foreclose a delinquent mortgage in McHugh P.C., Farmington, for the original principal amount of Bank of America N.A., Char$900,000 dated August 2006. Filed lotte, N.C. Property: 789 Platt St., June 18. Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $237,981 dated August 2008. Filed June 25.

on the record Rosemond, Marie, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Ocwen Loan Servicing L.L.C., West Palm Beach, Fla. Property: 78 Hale Terrace, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $224,050 dated October 2008. Filed June 25.

Strauss-Cassel, Michael, et al., Greenwich, et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh P.C., Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 12 Sherwood Ave., Greenwich. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1.5 million dated July 2004. Filed June 20.

Sanna, Emanuel, et al., Greenwich, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Onewest Bank F.S.B., Pasadena, Calif. Property: 25 Havemeyer Lane, Old Greenwich. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $860,000 Patel, Shash, et al., Bridgeport, dated April 2008. Filed June 15. et al. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Jr., Bridgeport, for Villa Maria Condominium Association Inc., Bridge- Santos, Madeline, et al., Bridgeport. Property: 28C Enid St., Unit port, et al. Filed by Bendett & 24, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose McHugh P.C., Farmington, for on the unit to recover delinquent JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., common charges due the associa- Columbus, Ohio. Property: 100 tion. Filed June 21. Oliver St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of Perez, Harry, et al., Bridgeport, et $185,491 dated November 2002. al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson Filed June 25. P.C., Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 1490 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to Scheckter, James, et al., Redding, foreclose a delinquent mortgage et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh in the original principal amount P.C., Farmington, for HSBC USA of $204,225 dated May 2006. Filed Bank N.A., trustee, Buffalo, N.Y. June 21. Property: 16 Dayton Road, Redding. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original Pizarro, Daniel, et al., Bridgeport, principal amount of $1.1 million et al. Filed by Walter M Spader Jr., dated February 2007. Filed June 14. North Branford, for Tower Lien L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. Property: 57 Smith St., Bridgeport. Action: to Skok, Charlene, et al., Bridgeport, foreclose on the property to recover et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh delinquent municipal taxes as- P.C., Farmington, for GMAC Mortsigned to the plaintiff for collection. gage L.L.C., Horsham, Pa. ProperFiled June 25. ty: Foxledge II Condominium, Unit 7, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the origiQuinteros, Carolina, et al., nal principal amount of $185,000 Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Hunt dated October 2005. Filed June 21. Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: Maple Street Con- Smiling Jr., Murray, et al., Stratdominium, Unit 706, Bridgeport. ford, et al. Filed by Christopher J. Action: to foreclose a delinquent Smedick, Milford, for the town of mortgage in the original principal Stratford. Property: 65 Brandon amount of $155,050 dated Febru- Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreary 2008. Filed June 25. close on the property to recover delinquent municipal taxes. Filed June 14. Rindos, John, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Amanda Tiernan, West Warwick, R.I., for Deutsche Bank Spinelli, Paul, et al., Bridgeport, National Trust Co., trustee, Los et al. Filed by David Carlson, PawAngeles, Calif. Property: 455 Sto- tucket, R.I., for The Bank of New nybrook Road, Stratford. Action: York Mellon, New York City. Propto foreclose a delinquent mortgage erty: 587 Brooks St., Bridgeport. in the original principal amount of Action: to foreclose a delinquent $208,000 dated March 2007. Filed mortgage in the original principal June 11. amount of $270,300 dated June 2004. Filed June 21.

Telfer, Dionne, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh P.C., Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 643 Soundview Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $140,000 dated October 2004. Filed June 25.

McCoy, Patrick, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh P.C., Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York City. Property: 215 McKinley Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $188,800 dated June 2005. Filed June 13.

Otero, Efrain, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 448 Hawley Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $244,100 dated April 2008. Filed June 25.

McKnight, William, et al., Bethel, et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh P.C., Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York City. Property: 74 Sunset Hill Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $42,500 dated September 2005. Filed June 19.

Paradise, Craig, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Christopher J. Smedick, Milford, for the town of Stratford. Property: 90 Reut Drive, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on the property to recover delinquent municipal taxes. Filed June 14.

McNeary, Francis, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Bendett & McHugh P.C., Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 24 Patterson Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $181,500 dated November 2007. Filed June 14. Mejia, Yuderkis, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by John J. Ribas, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority of the city of Bridgeport. Property: 836 William St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on the property to recover delinquent fees for municipal water and sewer service. Filed June 25. Michels, Wade, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 987 Nichols Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $196,800 dated March 2007. Filed June 12. Nicholson, Oston, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by O’Connell Attmore & Morris L.L.C., Hartford, for HSBC Bank USA N.A., trustee, Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 406 Park St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $138,400 dated November 2004. Filed June 21. Nubin, Hercules, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Walter M Spader Jr., North Branford, for Tower Lien L.L.C., Wilmington, Del. Property: 261 Davenport St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on the property to recover delinquent municipal taxes assigned to the plaintiff for collection. Filed June 25. Olds, Kristi, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Christopher J. Smedick, Milford, for the town of Stratford. Property: 1925 Elm St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on the property to recover delinquent municipal taxes. Filed June 14.

Rodriguez, Carmen, et al., Bridgeport, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Minneapolis, Minn. Property: 65 Price St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $182,700 dated January 2008. Filed June 25.

396 Greenwich L.L.C. and 36 Elm L.L.C., Greenwich, by Joseph Baratta. Lender: Greater Hudson Bank N.A., Monroe, N.Y. Property: 396 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $685,000. Filed June 18.

Creative Hands Handyman Services L.L.C., 1584 North Ave., 89 Riverdale Associates and Lee Stratford 06614, c/o Marcellus Harrison Corbin, trustee, Green- Catchings. Filed June 8. wich, and White Plains, N.Y., respectively by Joel Lever and Lee Corbin. Lender: People’s United Cyrus Home Improvement, 78 Bank, Bridgeport. Property: 55 Old Wilbur Peck Court, Greenwich Post Road, No. 2, 80 Riverdale Ex- 06830, c/o Edwin Guerrero. Filed tension and 132 Pecksland Road, May 29. Greenwich. Amount: $40 million. Filed June 15. The Dawn, 1229 Main St., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Delores Laws. Filed First Choice Property Manage- June 19. ment 101 L.L.C., Stratford, by Linden Higgins. Lender: The Bank DeJesus’ World Wide Services of Southern Connecticut, New L.L.C., 426 E. Main St., Bridgeport Haven. Property: vicinity of Grand 06608, c/o Blanca DeJesus. Filed Street, Walter M Spader Jr. Amount: June 21. $170,000. Filed June 25.

Treadwell, Michael, et al., Redding, et al. Filed by Richard Lewis, Stamford, for First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 12 Howes Lane, Redding. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $354,000 Partridge Hollow Property L.L.C., New York City, by Carter dated June 2004. Filed June 18. Simonds. Lender: PNC Bank N.A., Pittsburgh, Pa. Property: Lot 1, Van Patten, Michael, et al., Greenwich town map 6591, GreenGreenwich, et al. Filed by Robert wich. Amount: $3 million. Filed A. Ziegler, Plainville, for Retained June 18. Realty Inc., New York City. Property: 58 Riverside Ave., Greenwich. Action: to foreclose a delinquent New Businesses mortgage in the original principal amount of $380,000 dated October The Business Journal is not respon1998. Filed June 18. sible for typographical errors contained in the original filings. Velez, Danny, et al., Stratford, et al. Filed by Hunt Leibert Jacobson P.C., Hartford, for Citimortgage A&S Signs, 2365 Main St., BridgeInc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 22 port 06606, c/o James Archibald. Rose St., Stratford. Action: to fore- Filed June 20. close a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of AB Electrical Contractor, 123 $267,900 dated August 2007. Filed Bronx Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o June 11. Anthony Brown. Filed June 18.

Mortgages

Application Systems Group, 11 Fox Run Road, Redding 06896, c/o 124-130 Mason Street Partners, Harvey Mains Jr. Filed June 13. Greenwich, by Craig Stapleton. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Stamford. Property: 124 Mason St., Banksville Nursery School Inc., Greenwich. Amount: $4.9 million. 954 Lake Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Mary Basso. Filed May 31. Filed June 21. 124-130 Mason Street Partners, Greenwich, by Craig Stapleton. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Stamford. Property: 124 Mason St., Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed June 21. 30 Harold Street L.L.C., Cos Cob, by Antonio DiPaolo. Lender: The Greenwich Bank & Trust Co., Greenwich. Property: 30 Harold Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $180,000. Filed June 19.

Chiropractic and Nutrition of Greenwich, 11 Maple Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Jennifer Hake DC. Filed June 12.

Elton Dias Home Improvement, 36 Comly Ave., Greenwich 06831, c/o Elton Dias. Filed May 24. Embley Home Care, 437 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Andrea Cameron. Filed June 14. Empire Auto Sound No. 2, 109 Mill St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Orlando Perez. Filed May 31. Enhanced Finishes, 55 Acton Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Felix Costa. Filed June 20. Fairfield County Safe Wash, 11 Bote Road, Greenwich 06830, c/o James Jagodzinski Jr. Filed June 12. Graystone Group Advertising, 2710 North Ave., Suite 200, Bridgeport 06604, c/o George Bailey. Filed June 14. Greens Nail Corp., 1068 North St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Anna Limb. Filed June 13.

Greenwich Republican Women’s Forum, 9 Tod’s Driftway, Old Beth Caregivers and Helpers, Greenwich 06870, c/o Carol Du1700 Boston Ave., Bridgeport cret. Filed May 30. 06610, c/o Elizabeth Janus. Filed June 19. Group MRH L.L.C., 17 Tory Road, Riverside 06878, c/o Michael HarCanales Sports, 1910 Boston Ave., ris. Filed June 1. Bridgeport 06610, c/o Pablo Canales. Filed June 18. Harke Strategic Communications Inc., 56 Binney Lane, Old Carolina Guimarey Studio, 272 Greenwich 06870, c/o Kimberly Brewster St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Sushan. Filed June 1. Carolina Guimarey. Filed June 19. Chartstone L.L.C., 300 Tanglewood Road, Stratford 06614, c/o Damon Petraglia. Filed June 12.

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Jonas Design Build L.L.C., 65 Stanwich Road, Greenwich 06830, c/o John Zukauskas. Filed June 12.

on the record Justin’s Painting L.L.C., 186 Berkshire Ave., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Diomedes Urbaez. Filed June 19.

Turq, 4 Weston Hill, Riverside 06878, Compression garments with heel c/o Susan White. Filed May 29. elevation. Patent no. 8,216,165 issued to: Sundaram Ravikumar, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.; Guy Osborne, Win This Market, 36 Zaccheus Trumbull; Vikram Ravikumar, BriLara Partners, 116 Mason St., Mead Lane, Greenwich 06831, c/o arcliff Manor, N.Y.; and Timothy J. Greenwich 06830, c/o Thomas To- Denene Jensen. Filed June 13. Nolan, South Salem, N.Y. relli. Filed May 23. Wyandanch Capital, 357 Sound Lopez Landscaping, 15 Scofield Beach Ave., Old Greenwich 06870, St., No. 2, Cos Cob 06807, c/o Feli- c/o Douglas Lee. Filed May 17. ciano Lopez. Filed May 22.

Controlling sheet synchronization in a digital printing system. Patent no. 8,219,002 issued to: Andrew J. Bonacci, Webster, N.Y.; Zels L.L.C., 118 Greenwich Ave., Jonathan B. Hunter, Marion, N.Y.; PK Collection, 208 W. Lyon Farm Greenwich 06830, c/o Leonid Vayn- David M. Kerxhalli, Rochester, N.Y.; and David R Kretschmann, Drive, Greenwich 06830, c/o Susan berg. Filed June 15. Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Cocke. Filed June 19. Corp., Norwalk. Polish Platter, 336 Granfield Ave., Patents Bridgeport 06610, c/o Robert Puchalski. Filed June 18. Apparatus for forming an image, and corresponding methPreferred Choice Professional ods. Patent no. 8,217,975 issued to: Services, 1940 Main St., Stratford Robert J. Kleckner, Pittsford, N.Y.; 06615, c/o Toni McLean. Filed Patrick Yasuo Maeda, Mountain View, Calif.; and Martin, W. Pepe June 12. Henrietta, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Project Improv, 1042 Broad St., No. 403, Bridgeport 06604, c/o AnBack-to-back package acthony Republicano. Filed June 18. complishing short signal path lengths. Patent no. 8,218,329 isR Lawn Service, 1067 Capitol Ave., sued to Harry J. McIntyre, Webster, Apt. 2, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Luis N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Rivera H. Filed June 19. Riverside Systems, 43 Riverside Lane, Riverside 06878, c/o Anthony Sangiovanni. Filed June 22.

Belt installation and removal guide. Patent no. 8,216,100 issued to Steven J. Fiore, Hilton, N.Y. and Brian J. Perry, Bloomfield, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Royal Fried Chicken Fish and Chips, 1010 North Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Mohammed Asif. Carbon dioxide purification apparatus. Patent no. 8,216,351 isFiled June 19. sued to Minish Mahendra Shah, East Amherst, N.Y. and Henry EdSAJ Public Relations, 48B ward Howard, Grand Island, N.Y. Rodwell Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Assigned to Praxair Technology, Suzanne Jones. Filed June 20. Danbury. Sam and Hank’s Creamery, 163 Clear marking material printTaconic Road, Greenwich 06831, ing to compensate for pile height c/o Sam Spector. Filed June 14. differential. Patent no. 8,218,155 issued to Gregory Joseph Kovacs, Signature Stitches, 454 Gordon Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Carol Corp., Norwalk. Nunley. Filed June 18. Cocktail shaker-shaped foil Sparky Metal, 141 Forestview pouch. Patent no. D663,216 issued Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Juan to Ryan Paul Considine, Darien and Maria Considine, Darien. Soto. Filed June 18. St. Michael Delivery Service L.L.C., 63 Riverdale Ave., Apt. 2, Greenwich 06831, c/o Sindy Quintero. Filed June 21.

Collateral damage coverage for insurers and third parties. Patent no. 8,219,425 issued to Bruce Bradford Thomas, Trumbull and Lester Ware Preston, Darien.

Curl-free flexible-imaging member and methods of making the same. Patent no. 8,216,751 issued to Yuhua Tong, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Glucocorticoid mimetics, methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions and thereof. Patent no. 8,212,040 issued to: Younes Bekkali, Danbury; Rajashehar Betageri, Bethel; Mario G. Cardozo, San Francisco, Calif.; Thomas A. Gilmore, Salem, Mass.; Christian Hanke Justus Joachim Harcken, New Milford; Thomas Martin Kirrane, Danbury; Daniel Kuzmich, Danbury; John Robert Proudfoot, Newtown; Doris Riether, New York City; Hidenori Takahashi, LaGrangeville, N.Y.; David S. Thomson, Ridgefield; Ji Wang, Amherst, Mass.; Renee M. Zindell, New Milford; and Hossein Razavi, Danbury. Assigned to Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield.

Interactive device capacity mimic and system override. Patent no. 8,218,174 issued to Keith L. Willis, Customer replaceable unit with Rochester, N.Y. and Marc J. Krolchigh-voltage power supply. Pat- zyk, Spencerport, N.Y. Assigned to ent no. 8,217,974 issued to Jerome Xerox Corp., Stamford. E. May, Pittsford, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Invisible ink compositions. Patent no. 8,216,354 issued to Gabriel Dispensing applicator for fluids. Iftime, Canada. Assigned to Xerox Patent no. 8,215,859 issued to Jack Corp., Norwalk. W. Kaufman, Merrick, N.Y. and James Brown, Armonk, N.Y. As- Light-emitting product. Patent signed to Biomed Packaging Sys- no. 8,215,790 issued to: Bryan L. tems Inc., Norwalk. Hesse, Guilford; John Rotondo, Trumbull; Michael L. O’Banion, Double postcard pressure seal Westminster, Md.; Joseph Paul, form construction. Patent no. Thomaston; and David Mathieu, 8,215,538 issued to Darvin R. Colchester. Assigned to The GilBethke, Forest Lake, Minn. As- lette Co., Boston, Mass. signed to Moore Wallace North America Inc., Stamford. Meta-document and method of managing. Patent no. 8,219,904 Electrosurgical-stapling appa- issued to James Shanahan, France ratus. Patent no. 8,216,236 issued and Gregory Grefenstette, France. to Russell Heinrich, Madison and Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Frank J. Viola, Sandy Hook. Assigned to Tyco Healthcare Group Method and system for providL.P., Mansfield, Mass. ing contract-free “pay-as-yougo” options for utilization of Fuser member having composite multifunction devices. Patent no. outer layer. Patent no. 8,219,013 is- 8,215,548 issued to: Shanmuga-nasued to: Carolyn Moorlag, Canada; than Gnanasambandam, Webster, Yu Qi, Canada; Qi Zhang, Canada; N.Y.; Warren Kleiman, Fairport, Sandra J. Gardner, Canada; Gordon N.Y.; Jack Douglas Jenkins Jr., TuSisler, Canada; Guiqin Song, Can- alatin, Ore.; Dennis C. DeYoung, ada; and Nan-Xing Hu, Canada. Webster, N.Y.; Russell Neville, TuAssigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. alatin, Ore.; and Ashok Murthy, Tualatin, Ore. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Method and system for using overlay manifests to encode differences between virtual machine images. Patent no. 8,219,592 issued to: Bowen L. Alpern, Peekskill, N.Y.; Glenn Ammons, West Chester, Pa.; Vasanth Bala, Rye, N.Y.; Todd W. Mummert, Danbury; Darrell C. Reimer, Tarrytown, N.Y.; and Arun Thomas, Charlottesville, Va. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y.

Pattern formation employing self-assembled material. Patent no. 8,215,074 issued to: Charles T. Black, New York City; Timothy J. Dalton, Ridgefield; Bruce B. Doris, Brewster, N.Y.; and Carl Radens, LaGrangeville, N.Y. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y.

Personalized virtual goods holiday or event calendar. Patent no. 8,219,454 issued to Jonas Karlsson, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Method for elevating prolactin Corp., Norwalk. in mammals. Patent no. 8,217,000 issued to: Frederique Menzaghi, Rye, N.Y.; Michael E. Lewis, West Pillow. Patent no. D663,149 issued Chester, Pa.; and Derek T. Chalm- to Marty Cohen, Ridgefield. Asers, Riverside. Assigned to Cara signed to IdeaVillage Products Inc., Wayne, N.J. Therapeutics Inc., Shelton. Process to fabricate a metal highK transistor having first and second silicon sidewalls for reduced parasitic capacitance. Patent no. 8,216,907 issued to: Leland Chang, New York City; Jeffrey W. Sleight, Ridgefield; Isaac Lauer, Mahopac, N.Y.; and Renee T. Mo, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Assigned to InternaMethod of tracing data collec- tional Business Machines Corp., tion. Patent no. 8,219,979 issued Armonk, N.Y. to Jeaha Yang, Stamford. Assigned to International Business MaPromotion processor and chines Corp., Armonk, N.Y. management system. Patent no. 8,219,445 issued to Roland D. Tai, Methods and composition for Cos Cob. Assigned to Advanced cleaning a heat-transfer system Marketing Systems L.L.C., having an aluminum compo- Stamford. nent. Patent no. 8,216,383 issued to: Bo Yang, Ridgefield; Aleksei V. Gershun, Southbury; and Pe- Purifying carbon dioxide uster M. Woyciesjes, Woodbury. ing activated carbon. Patent Assigned to Prestone Products no. 8,216,344 issued to: Nick Joseph Degenstein, East Amherst, Corp., New Zealand. N.Y.; Minish Mahendra Shah, East Amherst, N.Y.; and Bernard Networked media recording. Thomas Neu, Lancaster, N.Y. AsPatent no. 8,219,636 issued to: signed to Praxair Technology Umashankar Velusamy, Tampa, Inc., Danbury. Fla.; George Hughes, Wesley Chapel, Fla.; and Chris Helbling, Norreactor with walk. Assigned to Verizon Pat- Radial-flow ent and Licensing Inc., Basking movable supports. Patent no. 8,216,343 issued to: Mark William Ridge, N.J. Ackley, East Aurora, N.Y.; Cem E. Celik, Grand Island, N.Y.; Jeffery Optical multipass cell for repeat- John Nowobilski, Orchard Park, ed passing of light through the N.Y.; and James Stanley Schneider, same point. Patent no. 8,218,139 Akron, N.Y. Assigned to Praxair issued to Milan Milosevic, Westport Technology Inc., Danbury. and Violet Milosevic, Westport. Method for manufacturing solid-ink sticks with an injection-molding process. Patent no. 8,216,505 issued to Terry Alan Smith, Aurora, Ore. and Edward Francis Burress, West Linn, Ore. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Part-sensing horn. Patent no. 8,215,359 issued to Robert D. Jalbert, Mountain Top, Pa. and John J. Ablamsky Jr, Waterbury. Assigned to Branson Ultrasonics Corp., Danbury.

The Tattoo Shop, 1749 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Susan Guliuzza. Filed June 15.

Reimageable and reusable medium and method of producing and using the reimageable and reusable medium. Patent no. 8,216,765 issued to: Kentaro Morimitsu, Canada; Tyler Norsten, Singapore; Gabriel Iftime, Canada; Peter M. Kazmaier, Canada; and Guerino Sacripante, Canada. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

on the record Resource-management profiles. Patent no. 8,218,177 issued to Lewis J. Lazarus, Torrance, Calif. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Sports-based interactive wagering game with variable odds. Patent no. 8,216,043 issued to Rick Perrone, Darien and George Stadnik, New York City. Assigned to Tournament One Rotary knife-cutting systems. Corp., Stamford. Patent no. 8,215,533 issued to Frank J. Viola, Sandy Hook and Eric J. Taylor, Middletown. Assigned Sterile-surgical adaptor. Patent to Tyco Healthcare Group L.P., no. 8,216,250 issued to: Joseph P. Mansfield, Mass. Orban III, Norwalk; S. Christopher Anderson, San Francisco, Calif.; Roman Devengenzo, Santa Clara, Self-emulsifying granules and Calif.; Bruce M. Schena, Menlo solvent-free process for the prep- Park, Calif.; Michael Prindiville, aration of emulsions therefrom. Menlo Park, Calif.; Thomas G. Patent no. 8,211,604 issued to: San- Cooper, Menlo Park, Calif.; and tiago Faucher, Canada; Rina Carli- William A. Burbank, Sandy Hook. ni, Canada; Joo T. Chung, Webster, Assigned to Intuitive Surgical N.Y.; Fumii Higuchi, Canada; Shi- Operations Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. gang Qiu, Canada; Allan K. Chen, Canada; Edward Graham Zwartz, Canada; Michael Steven Hawkins, Structure and method for moCanada; Brian J. Andaya, Ontario, bility enhanced MOSFETs with N.Y.; and Joseph L. Leonardo, unalloyed silicide. Patent no. Penfield, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox 8,217,423 issued to: Yaocheng Liu, Corp., Norwalk. Elmsford, N.Y.; Dureseti Chidambarrao, Weston; Oleg Gluschenkov, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Judson Solid-imaging objective and as- R. Holt, Wappingers Falls, N.Y.; sembly technique for small-scale Renee T. Mo, Briarcliff Manor, sensor applications. Patent no. N.Y.; and Kern Rim, Yorktown 8,218,254 issued to: Jane L. Bareau, Heights, N.Y. Assigned to InterNeedham, Mass.; James D. Milks, national Business Machines Stamford; Nidia A. Alvez, Wolcott; Corp., Armonk, N.Y. and Teresa M. Lupien, Stamford. Assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc., Southborough, Mass.

Surgical instrument with indicator. Patent no. 8,215,530 issued to Keith L. Milliman, Bethel. Assigned to Tyco Healthcare Group L.P., Mansfield, Mass. Synthetic peptide amides. Patent no. 8,217,007 issued to: Claudio D. Schteingart, San Diego, Calif.; Frederique Menzaghi, Rye, N.Y.; Guangcheng Jiang, San Diego, Calif.; Roberta Vezza Alexander, San Diego, Calif.; Javier Sueiras-Diaz, La Jolla, Calif.; Robert H. Spencer, New Hope, Pa.; Derek T. Chalmers, Riverside; and Robert Zhiyong Luo, New City, N.Y. Assigned to Cara Therapeutics Inc., Shelton. System and method for automatic adjustment of streaming-video bit rate. Patent no. 8,218,657 issued to Michael Spilo, Greenwich. Assigned to Netgear Inc., San Jose, Calif. System and method for producing and arranging sheet material for use in a mailpiece inserter. Patent no. 8,215,629 issued to: Michael R. Ifkovits, Danbury; Russell W. Holbrook, Southbury; and Edward M. Ifkovits, New Fairfield. Assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford.

System for automatically generating queries. Patent no. 8,219,557 issued to Gregory T. Grefenstette, France and James G. Shanahan, Pittsburgh, Pa. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Telecommunications enclosure box employing mounting brackets for supporting components providing communicative connection of remote multimedia equipment. Patent no. RE43,502 issued to: Robert C. Baxter, Warwick, R.I.; William G. Sobieski, Guilford; Dale D. Martin, East Lyme; and Steven O. Fournier, Southington. Assigned to Hubbell Inc., Shelton.

Systems and methods for navigation within a branched structure of a body. Patent no. 8,219,179 issued to: Jenelle M. Ganatra, Eagleville, Pa.; Juerg Tschirren, Iowa City, Iowa; and John T. Garber, Westport. Assigned to Vida Diag- Tissue stop for surgical instrunostics Inc., Iowa City, Iowa. ment. Patent no. 8,215,532 issued to Stanislaw Marczyk, Stratford. Assigned to Tyco Healthcare Systems and methods for tandem Group L.P., Mansfield, Mass. printing and print job scheduling. Patent no. 8,218,987 issued to: John A. Strossman, Webster, N.Y.; Unit-dose cartridge and dry Aaron M. Sanders, Fairpoint, N.Y.; powder inhaler. Patent no. Steven G. Service, Rochester, N.Y.; 8,215,300 issued to: Solomon S. Gregg A. Bonikowski, Rochester, Steiner, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; Trent N.Y.; Ronald W. Bogert, Webster, A. Poole, South Amherst, Mass.; N.Y.; and Donald James Van Tyne, Per B. Fog, Bedford Hills, N.Y.; West Henrietta, N.Y. Assigned to Roderike Pohl, Sherman; Michael Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Crick, Middlebury; and Robert Feldstein, Yonkers, N.Y. Assigned to MannKind Corp., Valencia, Calif.

Variable fault tolerance methods and systems to support an intervention-by-choice strategy for production ink-jet architectures. Patent no. 8,218,164 issued to Kristine A. German, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Variable gloss-fuser coating material comprised of a polymer matrix with the addition of alumina nano fibers. Patent no. 8,216,661 issued to: Matthew M. Kelly, Webster, N.Y.; David J. Gervasi, Pittsford, N.Y.; Alan Richard Kuntz, Webster, N.Y.; and Rebecca M. Hainley, Portland, Ore. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Water-in-oil in-water emulsions of hydroxamated polymers and methods for using the same. Patent no. 8,216,534 issued to Franklyn A. Ballentine, Stamford and Morris Llewellyn, Stratford. Assigned to Cytec Technology Corp., Wilmington, Del.

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State Falls in Annual Business Rankings

NBC released its annual business ratings earlier this month. Connecticut did not fare well, falling into the bottom 10 states overall.

The business news cable outlet looked at a range of categories in developing America’s Top States for Business 2012, including business costs, economy, infrastructure, workforce, business friendliness, and access to capital. Connecticut ranked 44th overall, down from 39th last year. The state finished ahead of only Nevada, Mississippi, Alaska, West Virginia, Hawaii, and Rhode Island, which ranked last for the second consecutive year. Texas ranked first overall, with Virginia, last year’s top state, falling to third place behind Utah. North Carolina and North Dakota filled out the top five.

(30); New York (34); Maine (35); Vermont (39); New Jersey (41); and Rhode Island.]

economy ranked first, followed by North Dakota, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas.

Among the 10 categories, Connecticut’s biggest decline was in the quality and availability of its workforce, falling from 33rd to 40th. The category also assessed union membership and government sponsored workforce training and development programs.

As for the cost of doing business? Connecticut was rated the fifth worst state, ahead of only New York, California, Massachusetts, and Hawaii. Kentucky led this category, followed by Arkansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Iowa.

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The workforce rating supports the growing concern among Connecticut businesses—particularly manufacturers—about the state’s shrinking pool of qualified job applicants.

Over the last 12 months, n 21-30 the state has pursued a Top States for Business 2012 number of initiatives aimed Connecticut ranked 44th in CNBC’s annual at addressing long-term ratings, falling six places from 2011. workforce development and training issues, including financial incentives. Nonetheless, this remains an area that requires continued focus and resources.

[At 19th overall, New Hampshire was the highest-rated state in the Northeast, followed by Massachusetts (28); Pennsylvania

The state’s economy ranked 40th among all states, a modest improvement from 2011, when it was 44th. Wyoming’s

Among the other categories considered in the CNBC report, Connecticut: f Fell one place to 12th for quality of life (First? New Hampshire); f Tied for 43rd with Maryland for infrastructure and transportation (Texas); f Ranked 18th for technology and innovation (New York); f Climbed one spot to second for K-12 and higher education (New York, again); f Jumped seven spots to 33rd for business friendliness (South Dakota) f Finished in a tie for 15th with Minnesota for access to capital (California); f Rated 48th for cost of living, ahead of only Alaska and Hawaii (Oklahoma) ➤ Read more at gov.cbia.com

Family Business

CBIA Launches New Program for Family Owned Businesses

onnecticut’s largest business organization has launched an innovative new program designed to support and grow the state’s thousands of family-owned businesses.

Although family-run businesses account for 50% of U.S. gross domestic product and generate 60% of the country’s jobs, problems specific to family dynamics mean just 30% of family-owned businesses survive into a second generation.

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s Family Business Program, sponsored by First Niagara Bank, J.H. Cohn LLP, and Reid and Riege PC, offers business leaders a forum for discussing and solving problems such as succession planning, legislative issues, ethics, and more.

“The program will provide Connecticut-based family businesses with the opportunity to brainstorm, network, and discuss both business and family issues with others who have ‘walked the walk’ of working in a family business,” says Mary Fitzgerald, president of Acme Wire Products Co., Inc., in Mystic.

“Thousands of businesses in Connecticut are family-run,” says CBIA economist Peter Gioia. “In reality, we’ve been consistently serving CBIA members that are family-owned on a wide range of traditional business issues, but not necessarily with a focus on the unique elements that family ownership and/or management add to the equation.”

“There are times when getting an outside perspective from someone in a similar dynamic can offer you a fresh insight that you might not have realized in your day-to-day family or business dealings. That applies to everyone, whether they are first-generation founders or second- or third-

generation family members.” The program will include three to four meetings a year. To ensure business leaders throughout the state have an opportunity to attend, the same topic will be discussed on different days in Hartford County, Fairfield County, and New London County. “Family-run businesses are the backbone of American commerce and industry,” says John Santa, president of Santa Consulting and former president of Santa Energy Corporation in Bridgeport. “The way in which they add the most value to their owners and community is when they intelligently navigate that vulnerable passage from generation to generation of ownership.” ➤ Read more at cbia.com

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y now you’ve probably driven down Route 9A in Hawthorne and seen the sign outside of the Color Group Building. Don’t call the cops – but there are now four additional businesses under the familiar sawtooth roof. We’ve been accused of collaborating with one another. Yes, we’re collaborating and there is nothing criminal about it – in fact it works like a charm. We recently completed a catalogue for a large Westchester packaged food distributor. We designed it, photographed it, produced it, and printed it. All without ever sending anything out of our cells at 168 Saw Mill River Road.

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The hottest new hamburger franchise in the County “The Westchester Hamburger Company” has a truly distinctive neon sign over their front door that was also created and produced by the collaborators at Color Group. We invite you to take advantage of our wild bunch. We’re not handcuffed together but we are very close and as you can see, we do work very well together. Whatever your project may be, the collaborators at Color Group will get it done for You. We’ll be keeping an eye out for you – don’t leave town without checking in with us.

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