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Dominion, FuelCell to build continent’s largest fuel cell plant in Bridgeport BY PATRICK GALLAGHER

pgallagher@westfairinc.com After more than a decade of talks and “15 to 20” failures, Bridgeport officials unveiled a deal that will allow for the construction of one of the continent’s largest fuel cell plants on a 1.7-acre plot of cityowned land. Dominion Resources Inc. will partner with FuelCell Energy Inc. of Danbury to build a 14.9-megawatt (MW) fuel cell power plant on land Dominion has leased from the city at 1366 Railroad Ave., the companies and city officials announced Dec. 14. According to Dominion, the facility

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Trumbull promotes development through new tax measure BY JENNIFER BISSELL

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hrough a tax measure passed in November, the town of Trumbull is hoping to lure businesses with the promise of new incentives for developments on properties zoned for commercial uses. “We’re not your typical bedroom community by any shot,” said Edward Lavernoich, director of the town’s office of economic and community development. “We have a pretty significant business space. We’d like it to be more. The thought is, ‘How can we make ourselves more competitive?’” The ordinance allows for the town to match the state’s lowest real estate taxes as a way to attract and encourage businesses to invest in either new or substantially rehabilitated real estate development projects. The program sets up requirements for administrative procedures, record keeping and project criteria, all of which didn’t exist before. If projects increase a prop-

erty’s value by between $500,000 and $3 million, a company is given a 30 percent discount on its property taxes for two years. If the project increases the land’s value by more than $3 million, a 30 per-

“If we could get one multimilliondollar business real project every year, I would say this town would do very well economically and financially.” – Edward Lavernoich

cent discount is awarded for five years. “Say a property was assessed at $10 million and you increase the value by

another $10 million,” Lavernoich said. “Instead of paying taxes on $20 million, it will be $17 million. … We think that makes our tax rates competitive. You don’t have to give the whole store away. You’re granting a break to a business that is likely to be one of your best paying customers.” Previously a project had to exceed $15 million in order to be considered for a tax incentive, which Lavernoich said he found no justification for in his research. While state tax incentive programs like Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s First Five and Next Five initiatives aim to attract businesses and create new jobs, Lavernoich said there is a minimal emphasis on creating jobs through Trumbull’s business tax incentive program. Instead, it’s about improving the commercial real estate market, he said. Even if a business leaves at the end of its two- or five-year term, the town has already benefited, he said. “The investment is made and the investment is made in the town,” Lavernoich said. “Companies come and go, but to have an ever-increasing

improvement in your commercial and industrial building stock, you’ll always be attractive to new companies, even if you lose old ones.” There have been no applications to receive incentives since the ordinance was passed, but Lavernoich said just getting one multimillion-dollar real estate project a year would significantly improve the town, both economically and financially. “Trumbull has spent a lot of time developing a master plan,” said Karen M. DelVecchio, executive director of the Trumbull Chamber of Commerce. “Being suburban, you want economic development, but you want it to make sense.” DelVecchio said she was very supportive of the ordinance, saying it will help the town grow the parts of its real estate it wants. “The program makes us more competitive and attractive,” she said. “The people in town, over the last 40 years, have done a good job keeping the character of the town but still promoting business growth where it makes sense.”

NEWS IN BRIEF UTC completes $3.46B deal

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has completed a $3.46 billion sale of Milton Roy Co., Sullair Corp. and Sundyne Corp. — which together made up the company’s Hamilton Sundstrand industrial products unit — to BC Partners and The Carlyle Group. Hartford-based UTC announced the closing of the deal Dec. 13, with the company saying proceeds would help to finance UTC’s July acquisition of Goodrich Corp., valued at $16.5 billion. Separately, UTC Chairman and CEO Louis Chênevert told investors and analysts at a Dec. 13 meeting that he expects 2012 earnings of $5.32 per share, with the company previously projecting annual earnings of between $5.25 and $5.35 a share. Chênevert also said the company projects 2013 earnings of between $5.85 and $6.15 a share, which would represent year-over-year growth of between 10 and 16 percent. Sales are projected to rise 10 to 12 percent in 2013 to between $64 and $65 billion.

Pitney Bowes wins $32M USPS contract

Pitney Bowes Inc. has been awarded a six-year contract by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to provide support and maintenance of its network of postal meters, the Stamford-based company said Dec. 13. The contract, which is worth up to $32 million, also calls for Pitney Bowes to provide systems and support for the U.S. Joint Military Postal Command in its U.S. and international operations.

Report: Retail hiring strong in November

According to a report from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, retailers added 465,500 seasonal workers last month, the most ever for the month of November. The net gain in retail employment achieved in November surpassed the previous record set in 2007, when retail payrolls grew by 465,400 workers during the month of November, according to Challenger. Job gains were up 21 percent from

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the 383,700 seasonal workers hired by retailers a year ago, the report states. Retail employment has grown by a total of 610,700 in October and November, up 19 percent from 512,600 in the same twomonth period a year ago. “Despite all of the uncertainty, all the talk of fiscal cliffs, the widespread damage to retail epicenters on the East Coast by Hurricane Sandy and the continued growth of e-commerce, retailers are hiring holiday workers in record numbers,” said COO John A. Challenger in a statement.

New York officials select bridge contractor

The New York State Thruway Authority awarded a $3.142 billion design-build contract for the construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge Dec. 17 to a consortium of Fluor Enterprises Inc., American Bridge Co., Granite Construction Northeast Inc. and Traylor Brothers Inc. The consortium, named Tappan Zee Constructors, outbid Tappan Zee Bridge Partners, a joint venture of Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. and Tutor Perini

Rendering of the planned Tappan Zee Bridge replacement.

Corp., which proposed a $3.99 billion project, and Kiewit-Skanska-Weeks Joint Venture, with a high bid of $4.059 billion. Including administrative, environmental and other costs, New York state officials project a total price tag of about $4 billion for the project, compared to early 2012 estimates of about $5.2 billion. Selected as the best value among the three competing proposals, the consortium’s bid not only was the lowest price but also had the shortest project completion time — 5 years, 2 1/2 months — and the least environmental impact on the Hudson River, with approximately 951,000 cubic yards of dredging. – Sam Barron, Patrick Gallagher, and John Golden

Report: Arts, culture worth $653 million BY JENNIFER BISSELL

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onnecticut nonprofits working in the arts and culture industry help generate $653 million in annual economic activity, according to a recent study. Americans for the Arts, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit dedicated to advancing the arts, conducted the study to assess the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry in roughly 180 regions and communities nationwide. Connecticut arts organizations generate roughly 84 percent more direct expenditures and 47 percent more jobs compared with the median in similar regions. The arts in Connecticut sustain 18,314 full-time jobs and $463 million in resident household income, according to the study. “The arts have a much higher impact here than they do in most other places,” said Kip Bergstrom, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), one of the organizations that commissioned the study. “It might not be that visible. But it’s there.” The idea of the arts as an economic engine is nothing new to the DECD, Bergstrom said. About a year ago, the department announced it would realign its art grants around the concept of the arts as a way to make the state’s communities more vibrant and interesting places to live and work. Unlike most other industries, the arts leverage a significant amount of eventrelated spending, such as paying to park a car, purchase dinner and pay for a babysitter back home, according to the study. As a result, an individual spends $23.10 on average outside of the cost of attendance when going to an arts event. The study concludes that an investment in the arts is an investment in jobs, tourism and government revenue. Connecticut state and local governments earn approximately $59 million a year from the arts. Accompanying the study, earlier this month the DECD forwarded $2.6 million in art grants to the general assembly for approval. The list of about 140 projects ranges from small performances at school workshops to year-long projects using art to reach out to disadvantaged populations. Some $343,000 will go to projects in Fairfield County.

“Connecticut inspires art; I think it always has,” Bergstrom said. “Many towns and villages started out as art colonies. We are a muse, if not the muse for many artists. Maybe they have one foot in New York and another in Connecticut, but they have inspiration in our places. It helps them create. That’s why the artists are here.” With more than $150,000 in state grants this summer, the Bridgeport Arts & Cultural Council (BACC) successfully launched two programs – City Canvases and B2 – which brought in at least 6,000 participants, said Jaimee Moxham, BACC events manager. City Canvases, an event that took place across seven different cities, including Bridgeport, projected digital shorts for 12 weeks onto downtown buildings to attract more visitors, while B2 is a free ongoing art and cultural program, featuring music, dance and play performances, Moxham said. Up to 400 vendors, musicians and artists have participated in the events since July, Moxham said, bringing more people into spaces they normally wouldn’t go. “You’re inviting people to places that would normally be vacant or unattractive,” Moxham said. “It draws people there and makes it a safer place. If you have more people in your space, it makes it comesalive. It makes people want to come.” Moxham said the events have been slowly growing and that the council would like to more seamlessly collaborate with the rest of Bridgeport’s restaurants and retail stores in the future. “It seems like (the programs) have definitely put a boost into something that had been brewing for a while, but now it’s starting to bubble out into other communities,” Moxham said. “We’re thinking eventually it will have more momentum and be more popular.”

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t’s time to move beyond rhetoric. We need to sit down and have a common sense discussion and move in a reasonable way. “We need action.” That was Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat and avid hunter, speaking Dec. 17 on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” If that wasn’t clear enough, here’s what Joe Scarborough, the show’s host, had to say about the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown: “From this day forward, nothing can ever be the same again. We’ve said this before: after Columbine, after Arizona, after Aurora, after so many other numbing hours of murder and massacre. But let this be our true landmark: Let Newtown be the hour after which, in the words of the New Testament, we did all we could do to make all things new. Politicians can no longer be allowed to defend the status quo. They must instead be forced to defend our children.” Scarborough, a Republican who represented Florida’s panhandle from 1995 to 2001 in the House of Representatives, continued, saying, “Though entrenched special interests are going to try to muddy the cause in the coming days, the cause of this sickening mass shooting, like the others, is no longer a mystery to commonsense Americans. And blessedly, there are more common sense Americans than there are special interests, even if it doesn’t always seem that way. “I am a conservative Republican who received the NRA’s highest ratings over four terms in Congress. I saw this debate over guns as a powerful symbolic struggle between individual rights and gun control. … (But) We must give no more ground. … I choose life and I choose change … and for the sake of our children, we must do what’s right.” Both Manchin and Scarborough, while he was still in Congress, received “A” ratings from the National Rifle Association for their gun control records. On the Dec. 17 broadcast, Manchin even admitted he had just recently returned from a hunting trip with his family. But, he said, nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of one’s children. “Every child should have a safe place in their life,” Manchin said. In the past, that safe haven might have been a child’s school, but “now that’s been taken away,” he said.

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And it’s true. It could’ve been any state or city or town. It could’ve been a movie theater or a military base, a shopping mall or just outside the Empire State Building. Incomprehensibly, it was a school, in a quiet New England town. We might never know Adam Lanza’s motives for doing what he did. We may never know whether he gave any indication of his plans to anyone in his life. But if we are to go by previous tragedies such as this one, there were signs, however subtle. We are our brother’s and our sister’s keepers and it’s as important as ever to embrace a shared responsibility for the well-being of our family, friends, colleagues and those closest to us. If we’re able to do that, then 20 beautiful first-graders and the heroic teachers and staff who cared for them did not die in vain.

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Murphy, Himes topped opponents in PAC contributions

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McMahon and Sen.-elect Chris Murphy, McMahon outspent her Democrat opponent 4 to 1. But when it came to donations, Murphy raised nine times the amount of money McMahon did, according to a data analysis by the Fairfield County Business Journal. Murphy received roughly $7.7 million in individual donations and roughly $1.4 million from organizations including political action committees (PACs). McMahon, on the other hand, raised $1.1 million in individual donations and didn’t receive any donations from PACs. The race was the second-most expensive 2012 senate race in the nation,

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y now, the fact that Linda McMahon spent nearly $40 million of her own money on a failed 2012 campaign for U.S. Senate is old news. But campaign finance data released earlier this month by the Federal Election Commission shows a much more complete picture of the race for U.S. Congress in Connecticut, including who and which organizations donated to the Senate and House of Representative campaigns during the last two years. In the race between Republican

according to the Center for Responsive Politics. “A candidate has to establish a base of name familiarity,” said Ronald Schurin, a political science professor at the University of Connecticut. “For a challenger, that means you have to spend a lot more money than an incumbent. It used to be at least half a million.” But in the case of McMahon versus Murphy, Schurin said McMahon likely had greater name recognition from her lead position at World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. “Obviously spending more didn’t work,” he said. “It was an overkill effect. How much more did you need to hear from her? She got her message out there. Murphy came in a little late in the game but achieved the threshold, which made it a fairly comfortable victory for him.” In terms of money, the race for Connecticut’s U.S. 4th Congressional District seat was considerably tighter. To secure a third term, Rep. Jim Himes spent roughly $1.9 million on his campaign, which was 35 percent more than Republican challenger Steve Obsitnik spent on his own campaign. Incumbents who spend more money

on a campaign tend to fare worse, Schurin said. He noted that although Himes has now been in two tight races as a Democrat running in a Republican district, he had previously been named a top spender from his 2010 election, spending approximately $3.5 million. “If you’re an incumbent, you don’t have to spend more if you’re not in a tight race,” he said. “But this year he was able to pare back apparently.” Himes raised nearly $2 million in individual donations and about $1 million from PACs. In comparison, Obsitnik raised $1.3 million from individuals and $51,000 from PACs. About 250 PACs donated to Himes’ campaign, including many prominent banking, investment and insurance companies. PricewaterhouseCoopers, UBS, Travelers Insurance, JPMorgan Chase and Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Ernst & Young, Deloitte, and others each donated $10,000, the highest amount allowed, to Himes’ campaign. In contrast, roughly 20 PACs donated an average of $2,500 to Obsitnik’s campaign. Nearly all of those were Republican Party PACs, as opposed to corporate affiliate PACs like those that donated to Himes.

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Cohen, SAC thrive despite scrutiny BY PATRICK GALLAGHER

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t began with Richard Choo-Beng Lee. Since October 2009, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed 175 insider trading actions involving more than 400 individuals and entities for trading activities. These activities resulted in more than $875 million in illicit profits, with many of the recent charges involving so-called expert networks, which connect traders and analysts with sources employed by publicly traded companies. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who has been a central figure in the prosecution of many high-profile securities fraud cases, frequently describes insider trading as “rampant” within the financial services industry. Including Lee, at least six individuals charged by the SEC in insider trading schemes since mid-2009 are former employees of Stamford hedge fund giant SAC Capital, with a seventh SAC Capital employee named but not charged with wrongdoing in a January 2012 case. The charges include the largest-ever insider trading case brought by the SEC, which implicates former SAC Capital employee Mathew Martoma and independent medical consultant Sydney Gilman in an alleged $276 million scheme. Despite the federal scrutiny surrounding several of its former employees, SAC Capital and its billionaire founder Steven A. Cohen have not been charged with any wrongdoing. However, Cohen and SAC Capital have not altogether escaped the attention of investigators. Founded two decades ago with $25 million in assets, SAC Capital today manages $14 billion in assets, while Cohen has seen his personal fortune grow to nearly $9 billion, making him one of the five or six wealthiest hedge fund managers in the country, according to Forbes. SAC Capital, which is known for the high trading volume executed by its various funds, has delivered average annual returns of 30 percent since its establishment. In 2011, while the industry as a whole experienced average returns of negative 5 percent, SAC Capital funds saw average returns of 8 percent. In November 2010, SAC Capital told its investors that it had received an “extraordinarily broad” subpoena from federal regulators, but no charges ensued. In the days following the Martoma charges, Cohen reportedly told investors

participating in a Nov. 28 conference call that SAC Capital recently received a formal Wells notice from the SEC, indicating that civil securities charges could be forthcoming. SAC Capital spokesman Jonathan Gasthalter declined to comment on the reports. The first of the post-Great Recession securities fraud cases against a former SAC Capital employee was launched in 2009. In the 1990s, Lee worked at New York City brokerage firm Needham & Co. alongside Raj Rajaratnam, infamous for his conviction in an insider trading scheme surrounding The Galleon Group, a hedge fund he helped to found. Lee’s next stop was the Stamford hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors L.L.C., where he worked from 1999 to 2004 before founding his own hedge fund, Spherix Capital, in 2008. In October 2009, Lee pleaded guilty to charges that he participated in an insider trading scheme after leaving SAC Capital. According to court documents, Lee agreed as part of his plea deal to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a nationwide crackdown by the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC on individuals and firms suspected of passing and/or trading on nonpublic information, according to multiple published reports. Through those discussions, Lee is said to have shared information with investigators about alleged illegal activities he witnessed while with SAC Capital. In a subsequent case, Noah Freeman and Donald Longueuil pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges in February 2011, admitting to participating in an insider trading scheme while employed at SAC Capital, according to court documents. At a press conference coinciding with the charges, Bharara said “We are not talking simply about the occasional corrupt individual — we are talking about something verging on a corrupt business model, for the defendants seem to have taken the concept of social networking and turned it into a criminal enterprise.” Among the other cases involving current or former SAC Capital employees, Robert Feinblatt, founder of New York City-based Trivium Capital Management, was charged by the SEC in January 2011 with participating in an insider trading scheme after he left SAC Capital, where he was employed until 2002. Jon Horvath likewise pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges this past September, admitting to engaging in insider trading activities while employed

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Diamondback Capital Management, based at 1 Landmark Square in Stamford, announced Dec. 6 that it would close down.

by Sigma Capital Management, an SAC Capital subsidiary. Horvath was charged as part of a larger scheme that involved employees of Diamondback Capital Management L.L.C., based in Stamford and founded by three former SAC Capital employees; Level Global Investors L.P., based in Greenwich and also founded by former SAC Capital employees; Whittier Trust Co., based in California; and the Manhattan office of Neuberger Berman. The remaining two individuals who were charged as part of the latter scheme and who had yet to plead guilty, Todd Newman, a former Diamondback portfolio manager, and Anthony Chiasson, a former Level Global portfolio manager, were found guilty of securities fraud Dec. 17 for a scheme that involved nonpublic information about Dell Inc. and Nvidia Corp. SAC Capital employee Michael Steinberg was named in court documents corresponding to the scheme as a participant, but has not been charged with any wrongdoing. With the Dec. 17 verdicts, Newman and Chiasson “join the ranks of highlevel investment fund managers who are being made to answer for their extraordinarily bad risk-reward analysis about

what is right and what is wrong,” said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in a statement after the ruling was handed down. “Like scores of privileged professionals before them, Newman and Chiasson are finding out the hard way that the opportunity cost of gaining an illegal edge in the market is the loss of one’s liberty,” Bharara said. SAC Capital has not been alone in facing questions from regulators over its trading activities. Diamondback Capital Management, which had assets of more than $5 billion as recently as two years ago, announced Dec. 6 that it would close down after experiencing a larger-than-anticipated pullout of clients’ funds. The firm’s assets have declined since a 2010 raid by the FBI as part of a larger insider trading investigation. Though Diamondback was never charged with wrongdoing, the firm in January agreed to pay $9 million to settle insider trading charges brought by the SEC Jan. 18, entering into a non-prosecution agreement as part of the settlement. Including requests by investors to withdraw $520 million in funds, Diamondback’s assets have reportedly declined to $1.45 billion.

State manufacturers get high marks in study BY JENNIFER BISSELL

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onnecticut’s manufacturing sector is at the head of the class, according to The Connecticut Economy, a quarterly report produced by the University of Connecticut. The report ranked Connecticut’s manufacturing industry sixth in the nation, with the sector garnering a grade of “A-” on the A-F scale. “It’s still a vital industry for Connecticut, despite the fact that we’ve lost half the jobs we had in that industry in just 20 years,” said Steven Lanza, executive editor of the quarterly report, whose Winter 2013 edition was released Dec. 12. “We think of manufacturing as this dying industry with fewer and

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will be the largest fuel cell power plant in North America. The plant will be owned and operated by the Richmond, Va., energy giant through subsidiary Dominion Bridgeport Fuel Cell L.L.C., with FuelCell Energy contracted to design, manufacture, install and manage five 2.8 MW fuel cell generators that together will be able to power the equivalent of 15,000 homes. “It was absolutely crucial that the project be developed,” said David Kooris, director of Bridgeport’s office of planning and economic development. “We felt very strongly in the city’s desire to be on the front line in the green-energy revolution.” At the Dec. 14 announcement, Mayor Bill Finch said he never thought the development — which city officials had discussed on and off since the late 1990s — would move forward. “This project died 15 to 20 times,” he said. Dominion said it expects the project to cost between $70 million and $80 million to develop, with construction expected to begin immediately and the plant on schedule to be fully operational by the end of 2013. FuelCell Energy, which to date has installed or is under contract to install a total of 300 MW of fuel cell-powered generators, said it expects to earn about $56 million from the construction and installation of the five generators and approximately $69 million over the course of a 15-year management and maintenance contract reached with Dominion for the facility. Additionally, FuelCell Energy said it expects the project to result in the creation of about 160 jobs. “In terms of the jobs aspect, what we’ve

fewer factories operating … that’s just not the case.”

“Even as we’ve seen a steady decline in jobs, we still have a dynamic industry.”

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Lanza, also an economics professor at UConn, ranked all 50 states based on their manufacturing industries’ income, said is that it will either sustain or create 160 jobs over the life of the project, which is 15 years,” said Kurt Goddard, vice president of investor relations of FuelCell Energy. “That’s production jobs at our manufacturing facility in Torrington, it’s service jobs … and it’s local subcontracting jobs.” Dominion will sell the electricity produced by the plant to Connecticut Light & Power under a 15-year fixed power purchase agreement. The process of arranging connections between the plant and three area substations owned by United Illuminating Co. is already under way, the companies said. Dominion will lease the property on Railroad avenue from the city for a 25-year period, with options for two 25-year extensions. As part of the agreement, Dominion will own the plant itself, while the city will continue to own the property. While the agreement is officially a lease, Kooris said it resembles a sale, with Dominion agreeing to an initial lease payment of $286,825 and to annual payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) of $250,000 over the first 17 years of the lease. After the first year, subsequent lease payments will be “nominal,” Kooris said, estimating Dominion would pay about $5 a year. The PILOT agreement was approved by the Bridgeport City Council Dec. 10. Because the property is in a designated redevelopment area, the City Council was not required to approve the lease agreement, Kooris said. The Connecticut Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA), which falls under the umbrella of Connecticut Innovations, has also approved an undisclosed incentive package for the developers.

output, employment, productivity, technological sophistication and marketentry “churn.” Compared with 1969, there are roughly 303,000 fewer manufacturing jobs in Connecticut today, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. However, manufacturing job loss and employment has seemed to stabilize, Lanza said. Adjusting for industry-wide trends, employment in Connecticut is actually about 5 percent, or 8,000 jobs, above the trend line, he said. In comparison with other states, Connecticut ranks well as it offers relatively high-paying jobs as a result of a fairly high concentration of high-tech companies, Lanza said. The 2011 average annual wage was $76,000, which was 26

percent higher than the state’s all-industry average of $61,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the future of the industry is reliant on more high-tech manufacturing, the state is well positioned to keep moving in the right direction, Lanza said. If global economic conditions improve and economies begin to grow and import more manufacturing goods, Lanza said the state’s future looks “reasonably bright.” “The companies that leave are those that can’t find a market for their product anymore,” Lanza said. “But you also have these new firms coming in with new technologies and new jobs for the Connecticut economy. Even though we’ve seen a steady decline in jobs, we still have a dynamic industry.”

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State approves online wagering on horse races BY PATRICK GALLAGHER

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he state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) approved a request Dec. 11 by Sportech Venues Inc. to market an online platform for betting on horse races to Connecticut residents 18 and older. However, Malloy administration officials said last week that the approval does not signal an end to a statewide prohibition on online gambling. Sportech, headquartered in New Haven, operates Winners, a chain of 15 off-track betting facilities in Connecticut, including locations in Norwalk, Bridgeport, Milford and New Haven. The company is a division of Londonbased Sportech Plc. As the only company licensed by the DCP to conduct off-track betting in Connecticut on horse racing, greyhound racing and jai alai, Sportech previously was licensed to take bets over the phone. Sportech, a publicly traded company, said the online platform represents an enhancement to the company’s existing phone wagering system and expects to launch it by April 2013.

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William M. Rubenstein, commissioner of the DCP, said his department’s approval of Sportech’s online wagering platform “is not a policy shift; it’s just the addition of a new technology.” Rubenstein said the current regulations on off-track betting “permit betting by telephone, and we have extended that to include technologies that are available through the Internet. … Current statute and regulations permit that, so there’s no

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change.” Andrew Doba, director of communications for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, said the governor is not looking to expand Internet gaming. “It’s not something he’s looking to pursue,” Doba said. “This is really a technological modification more than anything.” Asked whether Malloy would expand online gambling in Connecticut as a means of shoring up state revenues, Doba said a loosening of online gaming rules is not under consideration. Through its 15 venues and telephone service, Sportech handled about $184 million in horse racing wagers during the state’s 2011 fiscal year, which ran through June 30, 2011, according to DCP data. That represents a falloff compared with previous years, DCP data show. In the state’s 2010 fiscal year, Sportech handled slightly less than $191 million in wagers, and in the 2009 fiscal year, the company handled more than $205 million in wagers. Of the $205 million in off-track wagers handled by Sportech during the state’s 2009 fiscal year, the state collected about $4.2 million or 2 percent of all wagers in

revenues, while municipalities that were home to Sportech venues collected about $3.4 million, or 1.7 percent, in revenues. Data on state revenues from off-track betting is not available for subsequent years. Despite being licensed to conduct wagering on greyhound races and jai alai, Sportech has not conducted any greyhound wagering activities in Connecticut since the state’s 2006 fiscal year or any jai alai wagering activities in Connecticut since the 2002 fiscal year. Jennifer Conning, a spokeswoman for Sportech, said the company views the addition of an online off-track betting platform in Connecticut as “a positive,” but declined to speculate on how the change could impact the company’s revenues. “We view it as a positive for customer service and usually, if you provide better customer service you should see improved results … but we’re not putting any figures on it at this time,” Conning said. She said Sportech already has the technology to implement a web-based off-track betting platform, adding that now it is a matter of customizing its existing platform for its Winners chain.

Banker finds business potential in iconic benches By Tarice L.S. Gray

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s a teenager, Peter Hovey discovered he had a deep passion for a rare piece of furniture. “I lived in Old Westbury, Long Island. That suburb was into fox hunting, shooting, and golf — things affiliated with old English tradition,” the owner of Club Fenders L.L.C. said. With that culture, he was introduced to fireside benches, which he found in some of the homes he visited in his youth. But the history lesson and growing appreciation for the old English benches wouldn’t prove useful for some time. Hovey ventured into the world of finance, splitting 20 years between Bank of Westminster and Bank of America before opening his own business consulting firm, NetWork Capital Consultants.

strap financially until I had proof of concept,” he said. “I didn’t want to compete head-on with established products or services or in the field of next-generation technology.” Hovey assembled a team in Connecticut to make the fireside benches, which he describes as three-sided backless benches that frame the fireplace hearth. The team includes Chris Bowan, an artisan custom blacksmith in Woodbury, Giorgio’s Upholstery in

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Norwalk and Harbur Architectural Woodworking in Ridgefield. So far, Club Fenders has remained a small company. Hovey said he has managed to sell 10 benches within a price range of $1,000 and $2,500, but intends to expand his brand. The lack of competition is healthy for his business, he believes, and claims his company is one of the only ones that can make custom iconic Britishinfluenced fireside benches. “The big advantage is we are close to

(the) customer so we can work out the design features,” he said. Still, marketing has been a challenge. “(Fireside benches) don’t exist for a lot of people. And it’s not a one size fits all,” he said. These are things he is “working on all the time.” The overall lack of knowledge is not a deterrent for him, though, and he intends to forge ahead. “We are encouraged. As the (popularity of the benches) spreads, I will have a robust company.”

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Become profitable by predicting the future I keep getting into cash crunches. I’ve been paying off loans. Sales look good. But now it looks like I might have spent too much on improvements and I’m wondering if my contracts are as profitable as I thought they were. What should I do? Thoughts of the Day: Know you’re not alone. Cash is king. Figure out the difference between invoicing, cash coming in, expenses and cash going out. Get an accurate picture and keep a lid on the extras. Most business owners have a hard time predicting and managing cash flow. There are things you can do to see things more clearly. First and foremost, prioritize cash reserves. Don’t pay off loans too quickly. I know interest on deposits is close to zero and interest charged for credit card debt and bank loans is much higher. Keep the company safe if things go wrong by having extra cash on hand. Until then, think of

loan interest as a cost of doing business. Putting $1 toward cash reserves as you put $1 toward paying down debts allows you to accomplish a little bit of both. Keeping track of cash flow is very different from looking at what’s on a Profit and Loss (P&L) statement. The P&L might show your company has a great net income, when the actual cash picture is much less rosy. Changes to accounts receivable and accounts payable, bank account and loan principal balances can all impact cash without showing up on the P&L. Look for cash flow shortfalls. List immediate and upcoming expenses. Realistically plan out customer payments. Add up old bills waiting to be paid. Compare money coming in and going out. If you see shortfalls coming, you can do a few things. If you have extra capacity, sell into it. Cut back on unneeded expenses. Ask employees to use vacation when you’re slow. If you have to invest in equipment and materials well in advance of getting paid by clients, talk to your vendors about spreading out payments.

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Term out credit lines. Make sure every contract is profitable by including the cost of financing. Many times owners accelerate spending at year end in order to save on taxes. Forget it. There’s no telling what might happen in the first quarter. And you’re not going to save that much on taxes by tying up precious funds paying for expenses you didn’t need to make. If you’re tight on cash already, trying to save a few tax dollars by spending three or four times what you’re going to save makes no sense. Make sure you have a good handle on accounts receivable. When you’re tight on cash it’s possible your clients might be in the same boat. That means they’re juggling who to pay and who to delay. Make sure your company gets paid sooner rather than later. Have a good accounts receivable system. As soon as invoices go out, call the client’s accounting department to verify they received the bill. Find out how long they take to process checks and hold

them to it. Focus on collecting accounts that are over 45 days past due. If someone needs to authorize payments, email invoices directly to that person. Agree on how long they’ll take to approve the bill. Better yet, set terms in your contract that define approval and payment timing. That gives you something to go by when it comes time to collect. Be willing to be pushy and demanding. Don’t relax with existing customers. They can hold back funds just like new customers do. Looking for a good book? Try “Guide to Cash Management: How to Avoid a Business Credit Crunch” by John Tennent. Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., strategyleaders.com, a business consulting firm that specializes in helping entrepreneurial firms grow. She can be reached by phone at (877) 238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Please send it to her, via email at AskAndi@StrategyLeaders.com or by mail to Andi Gray, Strategy Leaders Inc., 5 Crossways, Chappaqua, N.Y. 10514. Visit AskAndi.com for an entire library of Ask Andi articles.

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Ranked by number of houses listed in 2010. Listed alphabetically in event of tie.

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Residential Real Estate Brokers

Rank

Ranked by number of houses listed in 2011. Listed alphabetically in event of tie. Name, address, phone number Area code: Website

Better Homes & Gardens/Rand Realty

Westchester Real Estate Inc.**

John J. Lease Realtors

RE/MAX Benchmark Realty Group

Higgins Group Real Estate

Keller Williams NY Realty

Grand Lux Realty Inc.

Prudential Douglas Elliman Westchester

Realty Executives - Williams-Sykes Realty

1 N. Broadway, Suite 120S, White Plains, NY 10601 (914) 328-0333 • randrealty.com 484 White Plains Road, Second floor, Eastchester, NY 10709 (914) 961-5510 • homesny.com 5020 Route 9W, Newburgh, NY 12550 (845) 565-2800 • johnjleaserealtors.com 100 Commerce Drive, Suite 105, New Windsor, NY 12553 (845) 565-0004 • remax-benchmark-ny.com 27 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 504-5005 • higginsgroup.com 120 Bloomingdale Road, Suite 101, White Plains, NY 10605 (914) 437-6100 • westchesterkw.com 428 Main St., Armonk, NY 10504 (914) 273-9688 • grandluxrealty.com 101 King St., Chappaqua, NY 10514 (914) 238-3988 • elliman.com 266 Titusville Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 (845) 485-9960 • dutchesscountyhouses.com

Prudential Centennial Realty

North Country Sotheby's International Realty

Mark Seiden Real Estate Team

Century 21 Schneider

Realty Seven Inc.

Round Hill Partners

Independent Realty Group

Hegarty & Company Real Estate Inc.

Settlers & Traders Real Estate Co.

Esther Ingber Realty

Dwyer Agency of Mahopac

Not Ranked

4 Chase Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 (914) 723-5225 • prudentialcentennial.com 39 King St., Chappaqua, NY 10514 (914) 238-2090 • northcountrysir.com 1238 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 (914) 762-2200 • homeman.net • sellingmyhomesucks.com • wlshomesearch.com 255 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605 (914) 345-3550 • c21schneider.com

250 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 762-5548 • realtyseven.com

189 Mason St., Greenwich, CT 06830 (203) 861-0050 • roundhillpartners.com 499 Federal Road, Suite 20A, Brookfield, CT 06804 (203) 740-2452 • candlewoodlakeproperties.com 166 Whisconier Road, Brookfield, CT 06804 (203) 775-8353 • hegartyrealestate.com 215 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06880 (203) 226-0000 • settlers.com 12 Keri Lane, New Hempstead, NY 10977 (845) 354-6060 579 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541 (845) 628-3555

Prudential Connecticut Realty 860 N. Main St. Extension, Wallingford, CT 06492 (860) 571-7000 • prudentialct.com

Top local executive(s) Contact (bold) Email address Year company established

Realtor ® firm

Number of licensed agents in county

Number of offices in county

Price ($) and location of most expensive single-family house sold in 2011 (rounded)

Yes

5,217 (includes Hudson Valley, N.Y.)

773 (includes Hudson Valley, N.Y.)

24 (companywide)

4.4 million Pearl River, N.Y.

Yes

728

202

3.475 million Bronxville, N.Y.

Yes

542

123

640,000 Newburgh, N.Y.

Yes

523

745,000 Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Yes

480

450

4.75 million Greenwich, Conn.

Yes

451

105

4.45 million Bedford, N.Y.

Yes

413

2.6 million Armonk, N.Y.

WND Gabe Pasquale 1968

Yes

300

150

5.7 million Bedford, N.Y.

Matt Willliams realexec@mac.com 2002

Yes

255

630,000 East Fishkill, N.Y.

Mark Nadler info@prucent.com 1981

Yes

197

WND

Yes

180

5.5 million Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Yes

121

1.4 million Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.

Yes

More than 100

657,500 Thornwood, N.Y.

Yes

100

1.888 million Wilton

Yes

WND

Yes

1.3 million New Fairfield, Conn.

Yes

660,000 Brookfield, Conn.

Yes

800,000 Westport

Yes

335,000 Thiells, N.Y.

Yes

WND

450

8.6 million Greenwich, Conn.

Matt Rand Rosemarie Glasel matt.rand@randrealty.com 2001 Gail Fattizzi Gail Fattizzi info@homesny.com 2003 John Lease Ken Davies kendavies@johnjleaserealtors.com 1938 Janet Delgado Vicki Moschiano remax@hvc.rr.com 1991 Jason Kinard Jason Kinard jkinard@higginsgroup.com 1998 Justine Aiello Justine Aiello kwjustine@gmail.com 2006 Michael F. Levy Michael Levy michael.levy@grandluxrealty.com 2006

Michael Norton Michael Norton michael.norton@northcountrysir.com 2011 (under current ownership) Mark J. Seiden Amy Seiden info@homeman.net 2003 Brad Schneider, Subomi Macaulay Sherry Schneider ofc@c21schneider.com 2004 Peg Koellmer Owner/broker Peg Koellmer homes@realtyseven.com 1978

Renee Gallagher and Joanna Erb Mona Beerman info@roundhillpartners.com 1993 Ellen Cavallo Buccitti Ellen Cavallo Buccitti ellen@candlewoodlakeproperties.com 2005 John F. Hegarty John F. Hegarty jwilliams@hastingsrealestate.com 1949 Michael Calise Sally Palmer sales@settlers.com 1976 Esther Ingber Esther Ingber esthie4@optonline.net 1983 Kevin B. Dwyer Kevin B. Dwyer kevinbdwyer@msn.com 1927 Candace Adams Bob and Richelle Ward rward@prudentialct.com 1997

Questions or comments, call (914) 694-3600, ext. 3005. Note: This list is compiled from companies that responded to our questionnaire. To be included on future lists please email Afrey@westfairinc.com. ** Westchester Real Estate Inc. is made up of the following companies: Billingsley Realty, Bronxville-Ley Real Estate, ERA Insite Realty, Four Seasons Real Estate Center, Hudson Homes L.L.C., Peter J. Riolo Real Estate, Prudential River Towns Real Estate, Stiefvater Real Estate Inc. and Tri-Crest Realty Inc. NA Not available. WND Would not disclose.

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Businesses ready to celebrate this holiday season BY JENNIFER BISSELL

jbissell@westfairinc.com

ore than eight in 10 businesses are planning year-end holiday festivities this year, up from about two thirds of businesses that had holiday parties a year ago, according to two recent surveys. A survey of more than 100 U.S. companies conducted by New York City executive search firm Battalia Winston found that 91 percent of respondents were planning to hold a holiday party this year. According to the survey, roughly 40 percent of events will be held at restaurants, 29 percent at offices and the remaining events split among hotels, county clubs and other venues. All survey respondents said the scale of their party would be the same as previous years. In a separate tally, outplacement and workplace consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, based in Chicago, found that about 83 percent of companies have scheduled a year-end holiday celebration, up from 68 percent in 2011. Of the roughly 100 human resources executives surveyed by Challenger, 10 percent said their companies were holding a holiday party after one or more years without a party as a result of the economic downturn. Nicole Griffin, executive director of the Connecticut Restaurant Association, said end-of-the-year corporate celebrations are a big boost for the restaurant industry. “It’s absolutely a big time of the year,” Griffin said. “We’re still in a down economy and restaurants do rely on that endof-the-year revenue.” Over the last four years, Griffin said restaurants have felt corporations holding back, both by spending less and having fewer parties. The percentage of companies having parties has decreased every year since 2006, making this year’s turnaround the first increase in four years, according to the survey. Most respondents to the Battalia Winston survey said their office was having a party either to build employee morale, celebrate 2012 as a good year, show employees and clients they’re

optimistic about next year or simply because it’s a tradition and they like to host parties. “We’re definitely seeing companies, small and large, get back out for the holiday season,” Griffin said. “Companies are out again, celebrating the holidays and taking their employees out with them.” Of the companies queried by Battalia Winston that said they are not planning a party this year, the majority of respondents said it was either because the employees were geographically far

apart, didn’t want a party or were being rewarded in a different way, such as vacation time or a destination trip. At The Loading Dock, a large private event venue in Stamford, Creative Director Mimi Sternlicht said the venue’s bookings have remained the same this year as last. Half of all the clients this year are repeats and the amount of money companies are spending on the parties is about the same, Sternlicht said. “In some ways it’s a just a celebration for the companies’ employees,” said

Sternlicht. “If they had a good year, now’s the time to show it. If it wasn’t a good year, it’s a way to say ‘we appreciate your work.’” Sternlicht recommended keeping parties less than four hours long and trying to make the experience as interactive as possible, utilizing buffets and unrestricted lounge seating. “It’s really about building relationship and having great music and great food,” Sternlicht said. “It’s good business and the employees also really feel good about it.”

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Exploring the past, imagining the future The Fairfield Museum is one of the most dynamic and exciting museums I have ever directed. We are all about creating experiences that make history personal, engaging and meaningful and in so doing, strengthening people’s connections to the world around them. To increase the vibrancy of our museum, we recently introduced a new marketing theme – Explore the Past, Imagine the Future-- which will enable us to broaden our audiences and cultural diversity even more. Our location, which is part of the historic footprint of the Fairfield Town Green, makes us easy to find and experience. Through our new, self-guided walking tours, visitors from all over Fairfield County, the tristate area and often, as far away as California or Hawaii, can savor the rich history that Fairfield has to offer. And we invite anyone with a hunger for history or a desire to trace family roots to visit our exhibitions or our one-of-a-kind research library. Right now, we are showcasing a wonderful exhibition, “Promise of Freedom,” which celebrates the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and is a perfect adjunct to the new “Lincoln” movie. The exhibition highlights rare Abraham Lincoln-signed copies of the Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. “Promise of Freedom” also features other fascinating documents, paintings, images and artifacts that narrate this decisive moment in the quest for human freedom. With the holidays upon us, our “Holiday Express” model train exhibit is captivating and delighting train lovers of all ages. Miniature trains travel the rails around a huge Christmas tree and through tiny villages filled with bright lights and holiday colors. The museum’s collections and geneaological archives make us one of the most valuable historical and humanities resources in southwestern Connecticut. Our exhibitions attract more than 15,000 visitors annually and our educational programs annually serve more than 5,000 students. We remain committed to providing a range of diverse experiences to those of all socioeconomic levels, particularly allowing as many students as possible to participate in all that our vibrant museum has to offer. To find out more about the museum, our exhibitions and programs, please visit our website at fairfieldhistory.org.

Michael Jehle Executive director

The mission of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is to support cultural organizations, artists and creative businesses by providing promotion, services and advocacy. For more information, visit CulturalAllianceFC.org or email infoCulturalAllianceFC.org or call 256-2329. For events lists, visit FCBuzz.org.

FCBUZZ Do more than step at Stepping Stones this holiday season

Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk is a place to be at yuletide.

’Tis the season to be jolly at Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk. Slip and slide on the new sock skating rink, climb inside a life-sized play igloo, take festive train rides (additional fee, weather permitting)

and enjoy caroling, decorative snowme, and the Celebrations Maze. During the winter break, Dec. 2631, celebrate Russia. Each day brings a new hands-on craft activity that explores Russian culture. Space is limited, on a firstcome, first-served basis. A materials fee may apply. Stepping Stones Museum’s mission is to broaden and enrich the educational opportunities for children ages 10 and under and enhance their understanding of the world. The museum seeks to create an environment that inspires lifelong learning and supports parents, caregivers and educators as facilitators of children’s explorations. Holiday Happenings is sponsored by First Niagara Bank Foundation. For more, visit steppingstonesmuseum.org.

Print it This holiday season, the Greenwich Arts Council’s The show brings together more than 60 works by Bendheim Gallery hosts “Prints: Another Look -- From 35 different artists. Many of these are no longer Modern to Contemporary.” This in circulation and are seldom unique exhibition identifies the current made available to the viewing resurgence of the printmaking media public. Each print plays a key in terms of comparing developments role in today’s art world and to the “classic” period of modern represents one of a variety of printmaking in the ’70s and ’80s. techniques. The original prints by well-known As with other Bendheim print modern and contemporary artists shows, this one will offer the were organized by GAC’s gallery whole community an opportunity Chairman Dorianne Samuels, a to view works by internationally widely recognized expert on prints, recognized artists, while making of the works in the Greenwich Arts choice prints available for and Bendheim Gallery Curator One Council’s new print show. Tatiana Mori, in collaboration purchase by area collectors. with the Center for Contemporary The exhibit runs through Jan. 10 Printmaking, Dorianne Hutton Fine Arts, Jim Kempner at the Greenwich Arts Council, 299 Greenwich Ave. For more, visit greenwicharts.org. Fine Arts and independent curator Benjamin Ortiz.

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BUSINESS JOURNAL BANKRUPTCIES Lolita L.L.C., 230 Mill St., Greenwich. Chapter 11, filed Dec. 13, case no. 12-52228. Assets: $0 to $50,000. Liabilities: $100,001 to $500,000. Creditors: Ammirati Inc., Aquarion, Best Mexican Foods, Borrus & Co. P.C., Brescombe Barton Inc., BTU Systems L.L.C., CBCS, CL&P Credit Collection, Classic Wines Inc., Commercial Auditors, CT Natural Gas Corp., Dairyland, Depatment of Revenue Services, Department of Treasury, Direct Energy Services, DNS Services, Down East Seafood, Drinx Unlimited Inc., Ecolab Pest Elimination, Encon Heating & AC, Falvey Linen and Uniforms, Finocchio Brothers of Greenwich, Globe Equipment Co., H20 Services L.L.C., HVAC Tech Inc., J. Bruce Sussman, JPMorgan Chase N.A., Main Street Wholesalers, Monarch Seafood, Pagano’s, Sonnys Produce, State of Connecticut Department of Revenue Services, Sysco Connecticut L.L.C., Tax Collector Town Hall, The Volakos Law Firm, Trimark United East, U.S. Foods, Verizon, W.B. Mason, Windham Professional and Zurich North America. (Dollar value was not disclosed,) Type of business: corporation. By: Jody Pennette.

Red Lulu L.L.C., 128 Washington St., Norwalk. Chapter 11, filed Dec. 13, case no. 12-52229. Assets: $50,001 to $100,000. Liabilities: $100,001 to $500,000. Creditors: Action Computer Systems, Alarm King Inc., Ammirati Inc., Best Mexican Foods, Brescombe Barton Inc., Christopher T. Bonante, City Carting and Recycling, city of Norwalk Connecticut Tax Collector, Classic Wines Inc., Connecticut Natural Gas Corp., Dairyland, Davila General Contracting LPG, Drinx Unlimited Inc., Eco Lab Inc., Ecolab Pest Elimination, Encon Heating & AC, Falvey Linen and Uniforms, Fred’s Services, Globe Equipment Co., Hartley & Parker Ltd. Inc., Longfords Ice Cream Ltd., Main Street Wholesale Meat, Monarch Seafood, New Mass Media Inc., Pagano’s, Peter O. Marrion, South Norwalk Electric and Water, SNEW, Social Security Administration, Sonnys Produce, State of Connecticut Labor Department, Sysco Connecticut L.L.C.; Ted Pella Inc., The Hartford, The Heating and Cooling Co., The Plumbing Artisans, TR Sono Partners, TransClean, US Foods and Yankee Gas. (Dollar value was not disclosed.) Type of business: corporation. By: Jody Pennette.

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COMMERCIAL 3 to 11 Forest Street KKE L.L.C. Perform additions and alterations at an existing commercial building, 11 Forest St., New Canaan. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Dec. 6.

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33 Glover Avenue Partners L.L.C. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 901 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Dec. 7. Buy & Fix Home Improvement L.L.C., Bridgeport, contractor for Vaughn Family Dentistry. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 2 Corporate Drive, Suite 102, Trumbull. Estimated cost: $4,735. Filed Dec. 11. Caldwell & Walsh, Sandy Hook, contractor for Exit 9 L.L.C. Reduce to core, 1 Blachley Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $67,000. Filed Dec. 4.

Coastal Wall L.L.C., Orange, contractor for Kleban Day Street L.L.C. Construct a new commercial building, 1015 Boston Post Road, Darien. Estimated cost: $1.02 million. Filed Dec. 7.

To Code Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Sara Stockman. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 307 Curtis Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $96,250. Filed Dec. 7.

Edgewood Partners L.L.C. Lay foundation for commercial RESIDENTIAL purposes, 31 Edgewood Road, Darien. Estimated cost: $50,000. American Carpet South Inc., Filed Dec. 10. Passaic, N.J., contractor for Robert Ulrich. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family J&J Akoury Construction Inc., residence, 230 New Canaan Ave., Fairfield, contractor for Westfield Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,339. Shopping Town. Fit-out an exist- Filed Dec. 7. ing commercial building for Fruity Swirls Frozen Yogurt, 5065 Main St., Trumbull. Estimated cost: Anderson, Mark. Perform interior $156,800. Filed Dec. 7. renovations at an existing singlefamily residence, 40 Flying Cloud Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: Jan Drywall Corp., Bedford Hills, $16,000. Filed Dec. 4. N.Y., contractor for Big Bertha L.L.C. Perform additions and alterations at an existing commercial Arduini, Leda and Nocola. Perbuilding, 4 Cherry St., New Ca- form additions to a single-family naan. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed residence, 305 Daniels Farm Road, Dec. 7. Trumbull. Estimated cost: $2,000. John L. Simpson Co., Bridgeport, Filed Dec. 10. contractor for Darien Joint Ventures. Perform interior alterations at an existing commercial building, Broadbent Inc., Trumbull, con454 Boston Post Road, Darien. Esti- tractor for Mark Bilger. Perform mated cost: $177,000. Filed Dec. 7. interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 141 Putting Green Road, Trumbull. Estimated Nizzardo, Stephen, contractor cost: $26,000. Filed Dec. 11. for Stratford Development Co. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 555 Carpentry Unlimited Inc., StamLordship Blvd., Stratford. Estimat- ford, contractor for Eleanor Baldwin. Perform alterations at an existed cost: $50,000. Filed Dec. 10. ing two-family residence, 41 Green Ave., New Canaan. Estimated cost: Nosal Builders, Durham, contrac- $62,000. Filed Dec. 6. tor for town of Stratford. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 900 Long- Carpentry Unlimited Inc., conbrook Ave., Stratford. Estimated tractor for Irving Goldblum. Perform interior renovations at an cost: $216,000. Filed Dec. 7. existing single-family residence, 76 N. Lake Drive, Stamford. Estimated RD Scinto Inc., Shelton, contrac- cost: $56,000. Filed Dec. 7. tor for Urstadt & Biddle. Fit-out an existing commercial building for Jade, 25 Old Kings Highway North, Casanova Remodeling, WaterDarien. Estimated cost: $10,000. bury, contractor for Frank Parlatore. Re-roof an existing singleFiled Dec. 7. family residence, 164 Barnum Terrace, Stratford. Estimated cost: RD Scinto Inc., Shelton, contrac- $8,300. Filed Dec. 7. tor for Urstadt & Biddle. Fit-out an existing commercial building for Fair Fitness, 25 Old Kings High- Cheungs Realty L.L.C. Perform way North, Darien. Estimated cost: renovations in an existing condominium unit, 1 to 7 Agresta Terrace, $87,000. Filed Dec. 7. Stratford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Dec. 10.

CT Masonry, West Haven, contractor for Joseph Kalson. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 225 Quenby Place, Stratford. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed Dec. 4. DeCarlo, Jason. Raise roof of an existing single-family residence, 21 Sunflower Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Dec. 6. DioGiorgi Roofing and Remodeling, Beacon Falls, contractor for Sheila Nieves. Repair roof of an existing single-family residence, 214 North St., Trumbull. Estimated cost: $3,177. Filed Dec. 6.

GA Construction, Stamford, contractor for George Abad. Repair water damage to a single-family residence, 106 Caarter Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $128,000. Filed Dec. 7. Geppert, Piotr. Perform additions to a single-family residence, 103 Comstock Hill Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed Dec. 6. Goldbach, George, contractor for Donald Guggenheim. Perform renovations at an existing single-family residence, 250 James Farm Road, Stratford. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed Dec. 5.

DJ’s Roofing, Stratford, contractor for Aires Mourao. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 10 Grissom Drive, Stratford. Estimated cost: $4,600. Filed Dec. 5.

Gozer Holdings. Construct a new single-family residence, 2 Stone Wall Lane, Sherman. Estimated cost: $415,000. Filed Dec. 6.

EDR Home Renovations, Stamford, contractor for Saeed Miller. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 164 Daniels Farm Road, Trumbull. Estimated cost: $27,000. Filed Dec. 6.

Hemmingway Construction, Greenwich, contractor for Philip Welt. Add a two-story addition to an existing single-family residence, 157 Mountain Wood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $128,000. Filed Dec. 4.

Ingraham, Robert. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 18 Forest Hill Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed Dec. 6.

Fairfield County Exteriors, Stratford, contractor for Bill Green. Repair roof of an existing singlefamily residence, 9 Stratford Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Dec. 7. Falaguerra, Emanuel. Repair roof of an existing single-family residence, 600 Cutspring Road, Stratford. Estimated cost: $4,734. Filed Dec. 11. Farquharson, Peter, contractor for Jeffrey Bowes. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 1 Clover Leaf Farm South, Sherman. Estimated cost: $19,000. Filed Dec. 7.

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Arch Insurance Co., Philladelphia, Pa., and Carlson Construction L.L.C., Bridgeport. Filed by Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, N.J. Plaintiff’s attorney: MarFox Hill Builders, Darien, con- tin A. Clayman, Simsbury. Action: tractor for James Tobin. Repair The plaintiff alleges that it entered water damage to a single-family into a contract with the defendant to residence, 150 Davenport Drive, provide labor and materials. The deStamford. Estimated cost: $122,600. fendant has failed to pay the plaintiff the outstanding sum of $46,921.01 Filed Dec. 6. which is due. Filed Dec. 11. Case No. 6031999.

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on the record Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., et al., Brea, Calif. Filed by Alam and Almin Hodzic, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Dov Braunstein, Watertown. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a breach of contract as it failed to release the plaintiff’s mortgage in a timely manner, which is still not released. The plaintiff claims monetary damages. Filed Dec. 11. Case No. 6032022. Regenstein, Steven D.D.S., et al., Westport. Filed by Nicole Dinapoli, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Richard T. Meehan Jr., Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff alleges a case of malpractice against the defendant who it is believed is not listed with the Secretary of State or the Department of Health. The defendant provided a treatment regime, which had caused the plaintiff pain and discomfort. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000. Filed Dec. 10. Case No. 6031981. The Good Sheperd Chrstian Church, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by People’s United Bank, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Paul A. De Genaro, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a breach of contract as it failed to make monthly installments. The plaintiff seeks restitution for damages. Filed Dec. 10. Case No. 6031984.

DANBURY DISTRICT COURT Washington International Insurance Co., Schaumburg, Ill. Filed by Cathleen Huse Burns, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Randall J. Carreira, Bridgewater. Action: The plaintiff alleges to have used the services of the defendant, which gained confidential banking information from the plaintiff and solicited funds, which it promised to pay back. To date the funds have not been returned and as a result the plaintiff had sustained monetary damages. Filed Dec. 10. Case No. 6011185.

Marquis Masonry L.L.C., Marlborough. Filed by the trustees of the Connecticut Laborers’ Health Fund, et al., West Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas M. Brockett, East Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a breach of contract as the defendant entered into a collective bargaining agreement that covers employees who work in Connecticut. The defendant failed to pay the contributions to the plaintiff, which has caused the plaintiff monetary damages. Filed Dec. 14. Outerstuff Ltd., New York City. Case no. 12cv01755. Filed by Lumivisions L.L.C., Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Anthony D. Truglia Jr., Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit DEEDS against the defendant for a breach of contract as it procured the services of the defendant to construct COMMERCIAL a custom staircase of stainless steel and glass. The plaintiff has not received payment for services Atlantic Center @ Stamford Starendered. The plaintiff claims tion L.L.C., Greenwich. Seller: monetary damages. Filed Dec. 7. Clayton L. Adams, Stamford. PropCase No. 6016457. erty: address was not disclosed, Stamford. Amount: $205,000. Filed Dec. 6. Michael Pietrzak d.b.a. Top Notch Carpentry & Remodeling, Danbury. Filed by Peter L. Polidoro Jr., Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Donald B. Powers Jr., Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a breach of agreement in that he failed to complete the project according to agreed-upon terms. The plaintiff seeks a judgment for damages in excess of $15,000. Filed Dec. 12. Case No. 6016504.

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A Better Way Wholesale Auto Inc., Naugatuck. Filed by Kelly Duval, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sergei Lemberg, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a breach of contract and common law fraud. The plaintiff claims monetary damages and a trial by jury. Filed Dec. 11. Case no. 12cv01734. Artee Collections Inc., et al., Hudson, Mass. Filed by Roth Fabric Inc., Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stephanie Dellolio, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for false advertising, unfair competition and deceptive acts and practices. The plaintiff has been damaged by the acts of the defendant and claims monetary damages and a trial by jury. Filed Dec. 10. Case no. 12cv01733.

QUIT CLAIM Aishman, Kyoko, Greenwich. Seller: Rebecca Marsh Shuttleworth, Wyndmoor, Pa. Property: 630 Steamboat Road, Unit 1C, Greenwich. Amount: $885,000. Filed Dec. 4. Dear, Victoria and David I., Westport. Seller: Real Estate Holdings L.L.C., Ridgefield. Property: 5 Guard Hill Road, Westport. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Dec. 5. DeMarchis Family Holdings L.L.C., Shelton. Seller: Christine M. Maritnello, Shelton. Property: 60 DeMarchis Drive, Shelton. Amount: $15,000. Filed Dec. 6. Henvy, Elisabeth C. and Daniel J., Bethel. Seller: Real Estate Holdings L.L.C., Ridgefield. Property: Map 12492, Danbury. Amount: $130,000. Filed Dec. 6.

Horta, Nancy F. and Robert C. Meade, New Fairfield. Seller: First C C O IV Woody L.L.C., West- Niagra Bank N.A., New Haven. port. Seller: Joseph Giglio, New- Property: 5 Musket Ridge Road, town. Property: 12 Woody Lane, New Fairfield. Amount: $315,000. Westport. Amount: $825,000. Filed Dec. 11. Filed Dec. 4. Colby D L.L.C., Newtown. Seller: Monica A. Feraco, Danbury. Property: 6 Golden Hill Road, Unit 11, Danbury. Amount: $135,000. Filed Dec. 3. Hubbard Avenue Associates L.L.C., Stamford. Seller: The Missionary Sisters of Mother of God Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. Property: 114 Hubbard Ave., Stamford. Amount: $900,000. Filed Dec. 3.

Keane, Charles P., Stamford. Seller: Mary Katherine Herman, Stamford. Property: 27 Belltown Road, Stamford. Amount: $105,000. Filed Dec. 4. Lewis, Stephen R., Stamford. Seller: Nieves Acosta, Stamford. Property: 54 W. North St., Apt. 109, Stamford. Amount: $78,000. Filed Dec. 6.

Opal Investment Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. Seller: Eastern Savings Palma, Elmer, Danbury. Seller: Bank, Hunt Valley, Md. Property: Zheng & Wong L.L.C., Danbury. 3 Clason Place, Danbury. Amount: Property: 26 and 30 Pandanaram $195,000. Filed Dec. 3. Road, Danbury. Amount: $640,000. Filed Dec. 5. Pasquale, A. Razzano Jr., Norwalk. Seller: Valerie C. Ackerman, Shay Homes L.L.C., Darien. Seller: Norwalk. Property: 17 Carlin St., Indian Spring L.P., Greenwich. Norwalk. Amount: $24,520. Filed Property: 24 Stillman Lane, Lot 30, Dec. 10. Greenwich. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Dec. 5. The Housing Authority of the city of Stamford, Stamford. Seller: Sir-4 Smicap L.L.C., Westport. Rippowam Corp., Stamford. PropSeller: Gisela D’Angelo, Westport. erty: 0 Stillwater Ave., Stamford. Property: 4 Smicap Lane, Westport. Amount: $100,000. Filed Dec. 6. Amount: $400,000. Filed Dec. 6.

C & G of Groton Inc., et al., Groton. Filed by PML Clubs Inc., Myrtle Beach, S.C. Plaintiff’s attorney: Garrett S. Flynn, West Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a federal service mark infringement, unSTAMFORD fair competition and false designaDISTRICT COURT tion of origin under the Trademark Act of 1946. The plaintiff demands that the defendant be restrained Intelliview Technologies Inc. from using the service mark, which Filed by Reed Elsevier Inc., Plain- includes the words Gold and Club. tiff’s attorney: Robert M. Singer, Filed Dec. 11. Case no. 12cv01738. Toko Corp., New York City. Seller: Hamden. Action: The plaintiff has John Iannitto, Greenwich. Propbrought this suit against the defenerty: Lot 34 and 35B, Map 8613, dant for a breach of contract. The Greenwich. Amount: $8 million. plaintiff demands monetary damFiled Dec. 6. ages in excess of $15,000. Filed Dec. 11. Case No. 6016488.

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Xiao, Jiwei, Higland Park, N.J. Seller: Jeanne Edelen, Bridgeport. Property: 37 Rowsley St., Apt. 6, Bridgeport. Amount: $112,000. Filed Dec. 10.

RESIDENTIAL

Bailey, Prudence Cameron and John C., Darien. Seller: Tiffany and Brian J. Van Elslander, Darien. 7 Oakwood Lane L.L.C., Green- Property: 100 Long Neck Point wich. Seller: Conor C. and Mi- Road, Darien. Amount: $3.5 milchael J. Flynn, Greenwich. Prop- lion. Filed Dec. 3. erty: 7 Oakwood Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Dec. 3. Barbara P. and James E. Bliss, Cos Cob. Seller: Joan and Richard A. 19 Pintail Lane L.L.C., Green- Stone, Cos Cob. Property: 37 Sunwich. Seller: Marie-Therese Fennel, dance Drive, Cos Cob. Amount: Greenwich. Property: 19 Pintail $875,000. Filed Dec. 3. Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Dec. 3. Belhabib, Abdellah, Norwalk. Seller: Tanya M. Horton, Norwalk. 31 Orchard L.L.C., Stamford. Property: 65 Ferris Ave., Norwalk. Seller: John E. Houle, Stamford. Amount: $275,000. Filed Dec. 6. Property: 31 Orchard St., Stamford. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 3. Bellantoni, Antonio, Greenwich. Seller: Jevney Muskus, Greenwich. Acuna, Julian A., Norwalk. Seller: Property: 95 Connecticut Ave., Rigoberto Cordero, Westport. Greenwich. Amount: $925,000. Property: 34 N. Taylor Ave., Nor- Filed Dec. 6. walk. Amount: $220,000. Filed Dec. 4. Blanchard, Susan M. and Joseph F., Bridgeport. Seller: Bridgeport Adams, Pamela Kirwin and Rob- Rehab Fund IV L.L.C., Scarsdale, ert Mark, Norwalk. Seller: Susan R. N.Y. Property: 60 Roslyn Terrace, and Glenn M. Wallberg, Norwalk. Bridgeport. Amount: $179,000. Property: 381 Chestnut Hill Road, Filed Dec. 10. Norwalk. Amount: $934,500. Filed Dec. 6. Blando, Jason M., Stratford. Seller: Yolanda Collazo and Jeffrey ALF Building L.L.C., Stamford. R. Stoddart, Stratford. Property: Seller: William DeLeo, Dania 252 Reed St., Stratford. Amount: Beach, Fla. Property: 492 to 494 $164,000. Filed Dec. 7. Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 3. Boston Avenue Supportive Housing L.L.C., Bridgeport. Seller: Alhabal, Lisa and Hisham, Liaquat Ali, Bridgeport. Property: Bridgeport. Seller: Sonya Sholo- 806 to 810 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. micky, Bridgeport. Property: Amount: $155,000. Filed Dec. 10. 266 Woodrow Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $110,000. Filed Dec. 6. Brisch, Joseph A., Shelton. Seller: Thomas J. Welch, executor, ShelAlmeida, Lisa, Shelton. Seller: Iris ton. Property: 15 Earl St., Shelton. A. Desilets, Shelton. Property: 224 Amount: $180,000. Filed Dec. 10. Sunwood Drive, Shelton. Amount: $220,000. Filed Dec. 10. Bulter, Gwendolyn and Oliver, Danbury. Seller: Melanie M. Rener, Altomaro, Kathleen M. and Danbury. Property: 189 Southern Robert P., Stamford. Seller: Fran- Blvd., Danbury. Amount: $225,000. ces Colandro and F. Kevin Pat- Filed Dec. 6. terson Casey, Stamford. Property: 45 Cambridge Road, Stamford. Bunting-Feary, Dina L. and SteAmount: $426,000. Filed Dec. 3. phen S. Feary, Norwalk. Seller: Harry W. Rilling, Norwalk. PropAMSCAN Inc., Elmsford, N.Y. erty: 98 Gillies Lane, Unit 144, Seller: Kelley and Scot Lametto, Norwalk. Amount: $418,000. Filed Newtown. Property: 49 Mile Hill Dec. 4. Road South, Newtown. Amount: $620,126. Filed Dec. 11. Capolino, Brooke and Anthony, Stamford. Seller: Debra A. and Anstett, Eileen C. and Michael Frederick R. Scheer Jr., Bethel. C., Bethel. Seller: Toll CT II L.P., Property: 7 Redwood Drive, Bethel. Newtown. Property: 2 Briar Ridge Amount: $423,000. Filed Dec. 6. Drive, Bethel. Amount: $572,535. Filed Dec. 12. Cardenas, Luis O., Danbury. Seller: Carol B. Bourgault, Glouchester, Mass.; and Roy T. Bourgault, Danbury. Property: 48 Pleasant St., Danbury. Amount: $316,000. Filed Dec. 3.

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Reynolds & Rowella L.L.P., an accounting firm with offices in Ridgefield and New Canaan, recently announced that three new associates have joined the firm.

Laura Jacob, president of Pro Way DeMark A. Thompson of Cheshire velopment, recently won two state awards was recently promoted to executive vice to support small business growth and sucpresident/provost at Quinnipiac Univercess by the Sam’s Club Giving Program and sity. Previously, Thompson was senior vice national nonprofit SCORE. The grant will president for academic and student affairs provide Pro Way Development with access at Quinnipiac and before that, he was dean and travel to a two-day educational event of the school of business. Thompson has to help the company implement strategies a bachelor’s degree in economics/finance to grow its business. Jacob has a bachelor’s from Bentley College, an MBA from Westdegree in psychology from the University ern New England University and a doctorof Toronto and a master’s degree in industrial relations from ate in economics from Georgia State University. Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Murphy Brothers Contracting recently received four 2012 Home Builders Industry (HOBI) awards, including the Best Custom Home award for a Greenwich-built home. Murphy Brothers was given the awards at this year’s annual HBRA-CT Awards ceremony, attended by more than 600 building-industry professionals.

Michael S. Rosten was recently elected Operation Hope’s board chairman for the 2013 fiscal year of the Fairfield-based nonprofit organization. Rosten has served From left, Diana S. Santos, Jessica L. Cipriano and Patrick F. Ference. as an Operation Hope board member for the past four years and has represented Diana S. Santos joined as a senior associate in the Operation Hope in a professional volunRidgefield office. She has seven years’ accounting experiteer capacity for 18 years in the acquisition ence and is a pledge member of the CT-CPA. and development of the agency’s affordable Jessica L. Cipriano CPA, joined the firm’s audit dihousing portfolio. He has a Bachelor of Arts vision in the New Canaan office. She holds a master’s dedegree from Williams College and a Juris Doctorate degree from gree in accounting and is a member of the American InCornell University. stitute of Certified Public Accountants and the CT-CPA. Patrick F. Ference has a Master of Science degree in accountancy and is actively pursuing CPA certification. He is in the firm’s New Canaan office.

Snapshot From left, Michael Murphy of Murphy Brothers Contracting; Paul Marchese; George LaCava, HBRA of CT chairman; Vincent Hackett of Murphy Brothers Contracting; Joanne Carroll, publisher/editor of Connecticut Builder; Gzim Gashi; and John Conte.

The Bridgeport Regional Business Council (BRBC) recently hosted a ribbon cutting to welcome BookKeeping Express to Fairfield. A locally owned company, BookKeeping Express is focused on supporting the small business community with the goal of partnering with local businesses to provide bookkeeping services that have flexible pricing.

Total Mortgage Services L.L.C. in Milford recently received the Inc. Hire Power Award, a new awards series that spotlights companies that are generating the most new jobs. Over the past three years, Total Mortgage created 75 new jobs and now has more than 120 employees, ranking third among Connecticut firms on the list.

From left, Helen McKee, BRBC; Robert Sember, CT PTAP; John Rockwell, Business Services Brokerage; Richard Landino, owner of BookKeeping Express; Scott Wich, Clifton, Budd & DeMaira; Lisa Labella, BRBC; Paul Macari, Earthlink Business; and Kat Richardson, BRBC.

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on the record Catrona, Emily C. and Joseph A., Stamford. Seller: Wiliam E. Durand, Stamford. Property: 160 Knickerbocker Ave., Stamford. Amount: $505,000. Filed Dec. 3. Chavannes, Andrella, West Hemstead, N.Y. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif., Property: 259-26 Sixth St., Bridgeport. Amount: $30,750. Filed Dec. 10. Chazoor, Vincent, Ontario, Canada. Seller: U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 715 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $94,500. Filed Dec. 10.

Damien, John, Trumbull. Seller: Julio M. Gloria, Fairfield. Property: 278 to 280 Federal St., Bridgeport. Amount: $139,000. Filed Dec. 10. Dewey, Leah Rose and Nathaniel A., Newtown. Seller: Mark Giglio, Newtown. Property: 25 Scudder Road, Newtown. Amount: $246,000. Filed Dec. 4. Ferrigon, Scherell and Roland Thomas, Bridgeport. Seller: Rosa L. Alvarado, Stratford. Property: 285 Wiklund Ave., Stratford. Amount: $190,000. Filed Dec. 5. Ferris-Atkinson, Jennifer and Robert Atkinson, Stamford. Seller: Judith T. and Robert A. D’Andrea, Danbury. Property: 50 Joes Hill Road, Danbury. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 3.

Chiappardi, John, Norwalk. Seller: S. Gregory Goomrigian, Norwalk. Property: 5 Dairy Farm Road, Norwalk. Amount: $330,000. Filed Dec. 6. FM Investments, Norwalk. Seller: Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Choudhri, Nicole and Ihsan, Coral Gables, Fla. Property: 127 Stamford. Seller: Lori and Scott to 131 Harbor Ave., Norwalk. Church, Darien. Property: 42 Amount: $205,000. Filed Dec. 10. Greenwood Ave., Darien. Amount: $932,500. Filed Dec. 3. Forster, Sheri L. and Peter A., Norwalk. Seller: Susan A. Snyder, Chow, John T., Guttenberg, N.J. Norwalk. Property: 209 Sunrise Hill Seller: RMS Stone L.L.C., Stam- Road, Norwalk. Amount: $314,900. ford. Property: 18 Stone Ave., Unit Filed Dec. 7. 3, Greenwich. Amount: $582,800. Filed Dec. 5. Gallichio, Lisa K. and Richard D., Redding. Seller: BCSS Maple Coleman, Letitia and Geoffrey L.L.C., Newtown. Property: 68 MaS., Trumbull. Seller: Elaine K. and ple Ave., Bethel. Amount: $300,000. Donald J. Marvin, Monroe. Prop- Filed Dec. 12. erty: 18 Gaylor Drive, Monroe. Amount: $545,000. Filed Dec. 3. Gill, Jane, N. Salem, N.Y. Seller: Doreen Velda Greenan, Danbury. Corsi, Elena and Aurelio Aviles, Property: 1301 Larson Drive, DanShelton. Seller: Michele J. Dewet bury. Amount: $275,500. Filed and Peter E. Petrino, Shelton. Prop- Dec. 4. erty: 27 Soundcrest Drive, Shelton. Amount: $220,000. Filed Dec. 6. Glenn, Leslie, Stamford. Seller: Daniel J. Sileo Jr., Stamford. PropCreatura, Sheila, Westport. Seller: erty: 2289 Bedford St., Unit G3-3, Marilyn and Ronald B. Koenig, Stamford. Amount: $17,500. Filed Westport. Property: 8 Onion Hill Dec. 3. Road, Westport. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Dec. 6. Gonzalez, David, Hawthorne, N.Y. Seller: Rebecca Lee Williams, New Crespo, Maria L., Shelton. Seller: Fairfield. Property: 7 Fulton Drive, Shawna L. and Vincent A. Vallillo, New Fairfield. Amount: $190,000. Shelton. Property: 18 N. Princeton Filed Dec. 6. Drive, Shelton. Amount: $465,000. Filed Dec. 7. Gosine, Gyan K, Bridgeport. Seller: Andrea and Junio S. Filguerra, NorCurran, John P., Norwalk. Seller: walk. Property: 52 Devils Garden Digna Beramendi, Norwalk. Prop- Road, Norwalk. Amount: $285,000. erty: 57 Osborne Ave., Norwalk. Filed Dec. 10. Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 10. Guinet-Oerth, Carla and Brian Dabrowski, Grzegorz, Stratford. T. Oerth, Stamford. Seller: Jolanta Seller: the secretary of Housing Rusruaczek, Stamford. Property: 27 and Urban Development, Wash- Standish Road, Unit 3, Stamford. ington, D.C. Property: 62 Ryan Amount: $141,000. Filed Dec. 3. Ave., Stratford. Amount: $51,000. Filed Dec. 10.

Hallet, Anna and Edward J., Brookfield. Seller: Lisa and James M. Brown, Brookfield. Property: 12 Spruce Drive, Brookfield. Amount: $317,000. Filed Dec. 5.

Kapteina, Jennifer and Christopher, Trumbull. Seller: Antoinette Baker, Trumbull. Property: 109 Old Dike Road, Trumbull. Amount: $359,900. Filed Dec. 11.

Tuccinardi, Holly C. and Michael, et al. Creditor: BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P., Fort Worth, Texas. Property: 47 Givens Ave., Stamford. Judgment of foreclosure has passed. Filed Dec. 5.

Harvey, Kristina L. and Gregory D. Kryder, Westport. Seller: Faith Schache, Westport. Property: 54 Maple Avenue South, Westport. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Dec. 7.

Keleher, Rachel, Fairfield. Seller: Diane Lizio, Bridgeport. Property: 105 Pearsall Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $338,000. Filed Dec. 6.

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Hayes, Nancy B. and Thomas C., Ossining, N.Y. Seller: Sharon K. and John C. Nobert, Bethel. Property: 81 Sunset Hill Road, Bethel. Amount: $594,500. Filed Dec. 7.

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Headley, Courtney, Bridgeport. Seller: Kristine L. Graf and Peter J. Haikio, Monroe. Property: 68 Hammertown Road, Monroe. Amount: $435,000. Filed Dec. 3.

FORECLOSURES

Drumm, Fred Jr. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust, Heizler-Mendosa, Alissa D. and trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. PropMichael Mendosa, Island Park, erty: 140 to 142 Old Boston Post N.Y. Seller: Danielle R. and Boyd Road, Danbury. Judgment of foreA. Feltman, Newtown. Property: 3 closure has passed. Filed Dec. 3. Bobcat Lane, Newtown. Amount: $625,000. Filed Dec. 10. Gonzalez, Anarvaez and Jose Alberto Roman. Creditor: NationHernandez, Carmelita and Ra- star Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, mon Huertas, Yonkers, N.Y. Seller: Texas. Property: 40 Mabel Ave., Nelson Carvalho, Danbury. Prop- Danbury. Judgment of foreclosure erty: 13 Clariann Drive, Danbury. has passed. Filed Dec. 3. Amount: $320,000. Filed Dec. 3. Hildalgo, Nancy Reyes, Bridgeport. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif., Property: 224 Remington St., Bridgeport. Amount: $16,000. Filed Dec. 10.

Montenergro, Luis. Creditor: Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Chicago, Ill. Property: 22 Locust Ave., Danbury. Judgment of foreclosure has passed. Filed Dec. 10.

Restrepo, Patricia and Dairo Rojo, et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Hughes, Thomas R., Stamford. Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Seller: Palmer Hill Partners L.L.C., Property: 75 Cos Cob Ave., Unit 6, Stamford. Property: 77 Have- Greenwich. Judgment of foreclomeyer Lane, Unit 306E, Stamford. sure has passed. Filed Dec. 6. Amount: $549,500. Filed Dec. 5. Hurst, Nisha and Brian, Greenwich. Seller: 487 North Street L.L.C., Stamford. Property: 487 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $4.7 million. Filed Dec. 5.

Riverside Office 321 to 329 L.L.C. Creditor: Lehman Brothers Bank F.S.B., New York City. Property: 321 to 329 Riverside Ave., Westport. Judgment of foreclosure has passed. Filed Dec. 5.

Jimenez, Marcelino J., Danbury. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Property: 10 E. Franklin St., Unit A-1, Danbury. Amount: $45,100. Filed Dec. 3.

Rzadkowski, Rafal J. Creditor: Bank of America N.A., Plano, Texas. Property: 1 Walter Ave., Unit 29, Norwalk. Judgment of foreclosure has passed. Filed Dec. 4.

Kang, Elizabeth and Sangho Kim, Bridgeport. Seller: Argos Property Management L.L.C., Shelton. Property: 56 Wordin Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $180,000. Filed Dec. 6.

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Dodson, Thomas, Bridgeport. $1,002 in favor of Bridgeport Radiology Association, Bridgeport, by Jeffrey T. Schuyler, New Britain. Property: 759 Norman St., Bridgeport. Filed Dec. 6.

Eckert, Glenn A., Norwalk. $5,967.68 in favor of Citibank N.A., Sioux Falls, S.D., by Stephen A. Allen, John, Bridgeport. $592 in Wiener, East Hartford. Property: 27 favor of Bridgeport Radiology As- Saddle Road, Norwalk. Filed Dec. 7. sociation, Bridgeport, by Jeffrey T. Schuyler, N. Britain. Property: 83 Deforest Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Frascatore, Laurie, Trumbull. $2,752.05 in favor of Cavalry SPV Dec. 6. I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by William L. Marohn, New Haven. Property: Angeloni, Debra, Redding. 4711 Madison Ave., Trumbull. Filed $860.03 in favor of Danbury Diag- Dec. 12. nostic Imaging, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 160 Bruce, Newtown. Sunset Hill Road, Redding. Filed Gervais, $4,351.30 in favor of Midland Dec. 10. Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Stephen A. Wiener, East HartAquino, Kim, Trumbull. ford. Property: 3 Philo Curtis Road, $11,794.09 in favor of American Newtown. Filed Dec. 4. Express Centurion Bank, New York City, by William L. Marohn, New Haven. Property: 1166 Dan- Giovanni, Marianne, Trumbull. iels Farm Road, Trumbull. Filed $889.34 in favor of Asset Asseptance L.L.C., Warren, Mich., by Dec. 12. William L. Marohn, New Haven. Property: 17 Lobsterback Road, Atkinson, Argentina, Norwalk. Trumbull. Filed Dec. 12. $2,448.33 in favor of GE Capital Retail Bank, Kettering, Ohio, by Julie B. Solomon, Albany, N.Y. Prop- Hughes, Joann and Torians, Norerty: 9 Broadview Terrace, Norwalk. walk. $5,094.90 in favor of Credit Management Corporation, MadiFiled Dec. 7. son, by John N. Rich, Madison. Property: 94 Day St., Norwalk. Filed Bajraliu, Alberta, Newtown. Dec. 7. $10,633.56 in favor of FIA Card Services N.A., Wilmington, Del., by Julie B. Solomon, Albany, N.Y. Laconte, Thomas N., Stratford. Property: 8 Charlie’s Circle, Sandy $10,149.15 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Co. L.L.C., Livonia, Mich., Hook. Filed Dec. 13. by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 785 to 787 Light St., StratBlanchard, Kenneth E., Dan- ford. Filed Dec. 4. bury. $6,964.15 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Stephen A. Wiener, East Hartford. Libertino, Guiseppe, Norwalk. Property: 197 Stadley Rough Road, $19,169.12 in favor of Citibank N.A., Sioux Falls, S.D., by Stephen Danbury. Filed Dec. 3. A. Wiener, East Hartford. Property: 34 Catherine St., Norwalk. Filed Bruen, Steven aka S.J. Bruen Dec. 7. Building Contractor, Sherman. $10,739.25 in favor of ABCO Superior Supply Corp., Long Island Louzada, Elaine T. and MarcosaCity, N.Y., by Howard E. Kantro- lem, Danbury. $2,770 in favor of vitz, Hamden. Property: 34 Smoke Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by V. Ridge Drive, Sherman. Filed Dec. 4. Michael Simko Jr. L.L.C., Shelton. Property: 4 Moody Lane, Danbury. Filed Dec. 3. Carino, Gabriel G. Jr., Sherman. $17,976.84 in favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Mannion, Karen, Danbury. $1,700 Strumpf, New Canaan. Property: 3 in favor of Insight Counseling L.L.C., Ridgefield, by Robert L. Jane Lane, Sherman. Filed Dec. 4. Peat, Danbury. Property: 150 Westville Avenue Extension, Danbury. Champagne, Laurie and Scott, Filed Dec. 3. et al., Monroe. $3,198.49 in favor of Brescombe Barton Inc., New Haven, by Stuart A. Margolis, New Haven. Property: 324 Stanley Road, Monroe. Filed Dec. 4.

on the record McFarland, John, Monroe. $4,055.21 in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Stephen A. Wiener, East Hartford. Property: 106 Swendsen Drive, Monroe. Filed Dec. 7. Morgenthaler, Deborah, Stamford. $3,052.45 in favor of Cach L.L.C., Denver, Col., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 12 Dagmar Place, Stamford. Filed Dec. 3. Mosessian, Robert, Sandy Hook. $8,191.53 in favor of American Express Centurion Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Benjamin P. Mann, Enfield. Property: 43 Bradley Lane, Newtown. Filed Dec. 7.

Ruiz, Julio, Stamford. $4,412.89 in favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Canaan. Property: 981 Grand St., Bridgeport. Filed Dec. 6. Schneider, Kim, Newtown. $1,634.29 in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by William L. Marohn, New Haven. Property: 17 Settlers Lane, Sandy Hook. Filed Dec. 11. Shah, Mohammad, Danbury. $10,773.18 in favor of Discover Bank, Salem N.H., by Raymond G. LeFoll, Rocky Hill. Property: 39 Topstone Drive, Danbury. Filed Dec. 6.

Nguyen, Thang Q., Danbury. $55,820.97 in favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Canaan. Property: 28 Tobins Court, Danbury. Filed Dec. 3.

Simoulidis, Despina, Norwalk. $16,094.68 in favor of Trump Taj Mahal Associates, Atlantic City, N.J., by Thomas L. Kanasky Jr., Bridgeport. Property: 50 Winfield St. and 234 East Ave., Norwalk. Filed Dec. 5.

Oliver, Cherease aka Cherease Johnson, Norwalk. $7,688.96 in favor of Yale New Haven Hospital Inc., New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 28 Frances Ave., Norwalk. Filed Dec. 4.

Simso, David W. Jr., Danbury. $6,445.63 in favor of Discover Bank, Salem N.H., by Raymond G. LeFoll, Rocky Hill. Property: 29 Cedar St., Danbury. Filed Dec. 6.

Valerio, Matilde, Stamford. $7,262.05 in favor of Fairfield County Federal Credit Union, Stamford, by Robert C. Lubus Jr., Waterbury. Property: 42 Schuyler Ave., Stamford. Filed Dec. 3. Whitmeyer, John S., Trumbull. $1,005.50 in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, New Haven, by Nair & Levin P.C., Bloomfield. Property: 72 Hilltop Drive, Trumbull. Filed Dec. 6. Wolf, Martin, Norwalk. $75,362.06 in favor of TD Bank, New Haven, by Lucas B. Rocklin, New Haven. Property: 33 Midrocks Drive, Norwalk. Filed Dec. 5.

LIENS

FEDERAL TAX LIENSPARTIAL RELEASE Delorenzo, Stephanie A., 147 Boggs Hill Road, Newtown. $9,910.95, tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 11.

Delorenzo, Stephanie A., 147 Spencer, Wendy L., Danbury. Boggs Hill Road, Newtown. Ouellette, Robert, Bridgeport. $5,000 in favor of Cach L.L.C., $64,164.59, tax debt on income $849 in favor of Bridgeport Radi- Denver, Col., by William L. Ma- earned. Filed Dec. 11. ology Association, Bridgeport, by rohn, New Haven. Property: 6 Jeffrey T. Schuyler, N. Britain. Prop- Roger Ave., Danbury. Filed Dec. 6. erty: 135 Carnegie Ave., Bridgeport. FEDERAL TAX LIENSFiled Dec. 6. St. Pierre, Kellie A., Danbury. RELEASED $8,300.29 in favor of Target NationPettway, Debra, Bridgeport. al Bank, Minneapolis, Minn., by $1,285 in favor of Associates Neu- Stephen A. Wiener, East Hartford. Cabrera, Michele and Armando, rologist Southern Connecticut, Property: 19 E. Pembroke Road, 1 Butternut Lane, New Fairfield. $1,670.76, tax debt on income Fairfield, by Jeffrey T. Schuyler, New Danbury. Filed Dec. 3. earned. Filed Dec. 7. Britain. Property: 60 Bassick Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Dec. 6. Strenaski, Lisa, Danbury. $699.47 in favor of Western Connecticut Cody, George, 501 Lake Ave, Raymond, Selina, Danbury. Medical Group, Danbury, by Rob- Bridgeport. $62,247.34, tax debt on $384.96 in favor of Danbury Hos- ert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 21 income earned. Filed Dec. 10. pital, Bethel, by Stephen A. Wiener, Topstone Drive, Danbury. Filed East Hartford. Property: 231 Stad- Dec. 3. Cody, George, 501 Lake Ave, ley Rough Road, Danbury. Filed Bridgeport. $38,312.10, tax debt on Dec. 3. Stewart, Roger, Danbury. income earned. Filed Dec. 10. $6,450.32 in favor of Cavalry SPV Rodriguez, Milagros, Monroe. I, L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph Conger, J. Dianne and Robert D., $1,992.69 in favor of Cavalry SPV M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 28 61 Philo Curtis Road, Sandy Hook. I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by William Parkway Terrace Drive, Danbury. $16,310.91, tax debt on income L. Marohn, New Haven. Property: Filed Dec. 3. earned. Filed Dec. 11. 327 Fann Hill Road, Monroe. Filed Dec. 11. Trafford, Deborah A. and Guy Jr., Conger, Robert D., 61 Philo Curtis Bethel. $12,689.82 in favor of Dis- Road, Sandy Hook. $132,338.89, Ruiz, Julio, Stamford. $4,412.89 in cover Bank, Salem, N.H., by Ray- tax debt on income earned. Filed favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South mond G. LeFoll, Rocky Hill. Prop- Dec. 11. Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, erty: 43 Ridgedale Road, Bethel. New Canaan. Property: 1095 Lind- Filed Dec. 6. ley St., Bridgeport. Filed Dec. 6.

Cragan, Andrea S. and Geoffrey S., Darien. Filed by Preferred Air LIS PENDENS Systems Inc., Danbury, for work done by Pinnacle Homes L.L.C., by Anthony J. Biasetti. Property: 6 Agosti, Paul G., et al., Easton. Dellwood Road, Darien. Amount: Filed by Mario Arena, Hartford, Contracting Advisors Group $8,305. Filed Dec. 5. for Deutsche Bank National Trust, Ltd., 60 Old New Milford Road, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. ProperSuite 1F, Brookfield. $15,107.46, ty: 90 Marsh Road, Easton. Action: Hauptman, Amy and Brian, to foreclose a delinquent mortgage payroll taxes. Filed Dec. 5. Easton. Filed by The Willis Pool in the original principal amount of Co. L.L.C., Woodbury. Property: $317,000, dated December 2003. Lippman, Kenneth, 9 Woods End 40 Lobdell Lane, Easton. Amount: Filed Dec. 12. Lane, Westport. $15,228.68, trust $9,539.61. Filed Dec. 7. fund recovery penalty and/or excise taxes imposed. Filed Dec. 10. Alvarado, Guadalupe V., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Steven G. Berg, MECHANIC’S LIENSNorwalk, for Nob Hill CondominManeros Realty Inc., 41 Valley ium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Road, Cos Cob. $11,064.54, payroll RELEASED Property: 67C Mencel Circle, Unit taxes. Filed Dec. 3. 238, Bridgeport. Action: to foreChulack, Yelena and Alexander, close on unpaid common charges SE Minor & Co. Inc., P.O. Box 92, Greenwich. Filed by Cunningham and assessments. Filed Dec. 10. Greenwich. $105,286.35, payroll Supply Inc. West Hartford, by Glenn M. York. Property: 38 Long- Anderson, Alfred K., et al., Stamtaxes. Filed Dec. 3. borne Lane, Greenwich. Amount: ford. Filed by Mario Arena, Hart$1,844.77. Filed Dec. 5. ford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Tiso, Mary, P.O. Box 667, Old Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 258 Greenwich. $16,137.40, tax debt on Gerard-Marie, Jennifer, West- Hamilton Ave., Stamford. Action: income earned. Filed Dec. 3. port. Filed by Solar Innovations to foreclose a delinquent mortgage Inc., Pine Grove, Pa., by Gretchen in the original principal amount Zarro, Helaine and Francis, 5 Lynn. Property: 7 Hitchcock Road, of $336,000, dated May 2003. Filed Farview Farm Road, Redding. Westport. Amount: $3,920.97. Filed Dec. 6. $442,845.25, tax debt on income Dec. 7. earned. Filed Dec. 10. Behn, Jean R., et al., Bridgeport. Lauretti Construction Contrac- Filed by John J. Ribas, Bridgeport, Zarro, Helaine and Francis, tor L.L.C., et al., Forestville. Filed for Pleasant Bay Association Inc., 46 Grouse Lane, Dorset, Vt. by Bouchard Construction L.L.C., Bridgeport. Property: 150 Beach$20,907.83, tax debt on income Bethel, by Steven Dunn. Prop- view Ave., Unit 288, Bridgeport. Acearned. Filed Dec. 10. erty: 8 Church Hill Road, Redding. tion: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 6. Amount: $4,000. Filed Dec. 10. Conger, Robert D., 61 Philo Curtis Road, Sandy Hook. $21,282.40, tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 11.

Zarro, Helaine and Francis, 10 Long Meadow Road, Redding. Pang, Hong Chan and Sheldon, $220,304.97, tax debt on income Greenwich. Filed by Danbury Wiearned. Filed Dec. 10. nair Co., Brookfield, by Alex Halas. Property: 18 Stanwich Road aka Zarro, Helaine and Francis A., 17 Brookridge Drive, Greenwich. 10 Long Meadow Road, Redding. Amount: $26,483.99. Filed Dec. 3. $344,852.02, tax debt on income earned. Filed Dec. 10. This week’s Records Sec-

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487 North Street L.L.C., Stamford. Filed by Rocco V. D’Andrea Inc., Riverside, by Leonard D’Andrea. LEASES Property: 487 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $41,248.37. Filed Dec. 5. Alto Management L.L.C., by Mark Hallis. Landlord: Salesone L.L.C. Property: Lot B and C, Map 3107, Norwalk. Term: 20 years, commencing March 29, 2012. Filed Dec. 10.

Boyd, Robin and Donald Barry, Greenwich. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 39 Mohawk Lane, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage, $2.5 million, dated February 2008. Filed Dec. 5. Brown, Lawrence D. and Elaine E., et al., Monroe. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerboxer, Hartford, for GMAC Mortgage L.L.C., Fort Washington, Pa. Property: 649 Wheeler Drive, Monroe. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage, dated May 2006. Filed Dec. 5. Bucci, Tricia aka Tricia Ann Mulvaney, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Jr., Bridgeport, for Livingston House Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 183 Livingston Place, Unit 9, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on an association lien. Filed Dec. 10.

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on the record Burnes, Nikole D., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Jo-Ann Sensale, Farmington, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 521 Glendale Ave., Unit G, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $145,000, dated August 2007. Filed Dec. 6.

Clayton, Aronette L. and Ivan J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for GMAC Mortgage L.L.C., Fort Washington, Pa. Property: 150 Village Lane, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $215,952, dated September 2010. Filed Dec. 10.

East Haven Builders Supply - US LBM L.L.C., Westport. Filed by Bruce L. Elstein, Bridgeport, for East Haven builders Supply-US LBM L.L.C., East Haven. Property: 47 Woodside Ave., Westport. Action: to foreclose a certain mechanic’s lien in favor of the plaintiff. Filed Dec. 7.

Giometti, Ana Paula and Allen De Oliveira, Danbury. Filed by Vincent M. Marino, Orange, for Autumn Ridge Condominium Assocaition Inc., Danbury. Property: 157 Shelter Rock Road, No. 25, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 3.

Maksimowska, Agnieska, Bridgeport. Filed by John J. Ribas, Bridgeport, for Kingsbury Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 73 Kingsbury Road, Unit 10, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 10.

Butler, Wayne Douglas, Bridgeport. Filed by Walter M. Spader, North Branford, for Tower Lien L.L.C., Jupiter, Fla. Property: 280 Hilcrest Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a tax lien held by the plaintiff, against real property. Filed Dec. 6.

Costantini, Sebastian, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: 118 Wade St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $235,800, dated July 2004. Filed Dec. 10.

Enriques, Susana, Danbury. Filed by Anthony J. DiPerrio, Danbury, for Rectory Condominium Association Inc., Danbury. Property: 23 Franklin St., Unit 11, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges and assessments. Filed Dec. 5.

Green Mountain Properties L.L.C., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Louis C. Zowine, Bridgeport, for Richard J. Sharnick. Property: 1098 and 1140 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $480,000, dated January 2009. Filed Dec. 10.

Mallory, Monica and Thomas, et al., Danbury. Filed by Vincent M. Marino, Orange, for Autumn Ridge Condominium Assocaition Inc., Danbury. Property: 157 Shelter Rock Road, Unit B-11, No. 21, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 3.

Carcamo, Ondina E. and Saul Reyes, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Mark A. Piech, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 64 Prince St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $164,000, dated September 2006. Filed Dec. 10.

Falco, Adele M., et al., Shelton. Craumer, Ernest and Carolyn, Filed by Carl J. Cicchetti, Wateret al., Greenwich. Filed by Haldan bury, for Sunwood Condominium E. Connor Jr., Old Greenwich, for Association Inc., Shelton. Property: Daniel O’Brien, Greenwich. Prop- 353 Papere Ridge, Shelton. Action: erty: 35 Duncan Drive, Greenwich. to foreclose on unpaid common Action: to foreclose on a judgment charges. Filed Dec. 6. lien against the defendant. Filed Dec. 6. Federal National Mortgage Association, Washington, D.C. Filed Da Conceicao, Marcos, et al., by William W. Ward, Stamford, Danbury. Filed by Michael A. Ce- for Sunrise Hill Association Inc., ccorulli, Danbury, for Still River Norwalk. Property: Aiken St., Unit Glen Association Inc., Danbury. 134, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose a Property: 1 Edgewater Circle, Unit lien held by the plaintiff, against real 11, Danbury. Action: to foreclose property. Filed Dec. 7. a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 6. Fredette, Allison R., et al., Shelton. Filed by Carl J. Cicchetti, WaterDeFillipo, Andrene and Patrick, bury, for Sunwood Condominium et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Karen J. Association Inc., Shelton. Property: Lucien, Hartford, for Citimortgage 403 Papere Ridge, Shelton. Action: Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 986 to foreclose on unpaid common Thorme St., Bridgeport. Action: to charges. Filed Dec. 6. foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $247,000, dated August 2006. Filed Froehlich, Nathalie and Marc S., Danbury. Filed by Gregg A. Dec. 10. Brauneisen, Danbury, for Barclay Commons Unit Owners AssociaDeleg, Miguel P. and Juan No- tion Inc., Danbury. Property: 1 E. villo, Danbury. Filed by Jeffrey M. Hayestown Road, Unit 3, Danbury. Knickerboxer, Hartford, for One- Action: to foreclose a statutory lien West Bank F.S.B., Pasadena, Calif. on this unit. Filed Dec. 3. Property: 82 Davis St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal Gavela, Maria and Robert F. Seramount of $292,500, dated August ricchio, et al., Stamford. Filed by Taryn D. Martin, Plainville, for Re2006. Filed Dec. 3. tained Realty Inc., New York City. Property: 520 Hope St., Stamford. Diaz, Candida, et al., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent Filed by John J. Ribas, Bridgeport, mortgage in the original principal for Kingsbury Condominium As- amount of $235,000, dated June sociation Inc., Bridgeport. Prop- 2008. Filed Dec. 3. erty: 73 Kingsbury Road, Unit 9, Gay, Lavoughn, et al., Bridgeport. Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose Filed by Adam L. Avallone, Farma statutory lien on this unit. Filed ington, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Dec. 10. Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 220 Woodrow Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $216,601, dated September 2007. Filed Dec. 10.

Carey, Marquita and Cornelius, Danbury. Filed by Amy L. Harrison, Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York City. Property: 1 Ridge Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $318,700, dated April 2005. Filed Dec. 5. Carroll, Marita R. and Patrick David, Stratford. Filed by Robert F. Frankel, Stratford, for People’s United Bank, Bridgeport. Property: 169 Raven Terrace, Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $25,000, dated October 2006. Filed Dec. 5. Champagne, Joseph, Danbury. Filed by Michael R. Kaufman, Danbury, for Newtown Savings Bank, Woodbury. Property: 10 Crown St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $215,000, dated May 2008. Filed Dec. 5. Chiarello, Laurie and David, et al., Danbury. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for OneWest Bank F.S.B., Pasadena, Calif. Property: 25 Bullet Hill Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $275,200, dated August 2006. Filed Dec. 4. Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Filed by Mark A. Sank, Stamford, for Lockwood Gables Association, Stamford. Property; 127 Lockwood Ave., Unit 4, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a lien held by the Plaintiff, against real property. Filed Dec. 6.

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Harvey, Michelle M., et al., Monroe. Filed by Kevin M. Casini, Hartford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 44 Hiram Hill Road, Monroe. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage, dated May 2005. Filed Dec. 10. Hoque, Mohammed, Norwalk. Filed by Mario Arena, Hartford, for Green Tree Servicing L.L.C., Rapid City, S.D. Property: 60 Lexington Ave., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $313,500, dated March 2008. Filed Dec. 4. Horn, Renae A. and David J., et al., Newtown. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 45 Hoseye Coach Road, Newtown. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage, dated March 2008. Filed Dec. 4. Izaguirre, Rigoberto, et al., Stamford. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerboxer, Hartford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 62 Elmbrook Drive, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $400,000, dated December 2005. Filed Dec. 5. Lacerda-Araujo, Melissa and Robinson, Araujo, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Erika L. Mascaro, Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York City. Property: 444 Braodbridge Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $212,000, dated April 2004. Filed Dec. 10.

Matthews, Monique C. and Paul D., Danbury. Filed by Erik Loftus, East Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: 21 Mendes Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $324,000, dated June 2006. Filed Dec. 4. Mazurek, Jane and John Harrison, et al., Norwalk. Filed by Alan P. Rosenberg, West Hartford, for Rowayton Woods Condominium Association Inc., Norwalk. Property: Unit 133 Rowayton Woods Condominium, Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges. Filed Dec. 10.

Mitola, Jessica L. and Shawn S., Shelton. Filed by Anne R. Hoyt, Hartford, for HSBC Bank USA N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 1004 Howe Ave., Shelton. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $216,000, dated December 2006. Filed Dec. 6. Mocarski, Melissa E. and Jerry A., et al., Monroe. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for U.S Bank N.A., trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 44 Lorraine Drive, Monroe. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage, dated May 2005. Filed Dec. 5. Moore, Toby R., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Steven G. Berg, Norwalk, for Embassy Towers Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 10N, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges and assessments. Filed Dec. 10. Morales, Cleuza C. and Emeterio, Danbury. Filed by Amy L. Harrison, Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 14 Third St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $292,000, dated November 2007. Filed Dec. 6.

McClure, Richard V., Bethel. Filed by Amy L. Harrison, Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 28 Fleetwood Ave., Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $252,000, dated April 2003. Filed Dec. 5.

Mrdelja, Vanessa and Branko, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Amy L. Harrison, Farmington, for Bank of America N.A., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 30 Rippowam Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $980,000, dated June 2008. Filed Dec. 5.

McCone, Dorothy and William, et al., Monroe. Filed by Bruce L. Elstein, Bridgeport, for East Haven builders Supply-US LBM L.L.C., East Haven. Property: Redcoat Lane, Monroe. Action: to foreclose a certain mechanic’s lien in favor of the plaintiff. Filed Dec. 10.

Mulligan, George E., Stratford. Filed by Mario Arena, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 429 Housatonic Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $242,672, dated June 2010. Filed Dec. 7.

McMichael, Carolyn E. and Tommy Sr., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for Household Realty Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Property: 3 Marshall Ave., Trumbull. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $314,767, dated March 2007. Filed Dec. 10.

Munoz, Veronica J. and Daniel E., Stamford. Filed by William W. Ward, Stamford, for Cove View Manor Association Inc., Stamford. Property: Unit A2, Cove View Manor, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a lien held by the Plaintiff, against real property. Filed Dec. 6.

Melendez, Sofia, et al., Stamford. Lasch, Janine K. and Edward G., Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, New Fairfield. Filed by Erika L. for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mascaro, Farmington, for OneW- Mo. Property: 54 Myrtle Ave., Unit est Bank F.S.B., Pasadena, Calif. 3, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a Property: 11 Hopewell Road, New delinquent mortgage, dated April Fairfield. Action: to foreclose a de- 2007. Filed Dec. 5. linquent mortgage, dated November 2007. Filed Dec. 7.

Music, Biserka and Halim, et al., Stamford. Filed by Kristen Boyle, Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 250 Culloden Road, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $407,100, dated October 2010. Filed Dec. 6.

on the record Nedder, Charles, et al., Stamford. Filed by Tamar T.J. Blazer, Stamford, for Bedford Towers Condominium Association Inc., Stamford. Property: 444 Bedford St., Unit 5P, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges. Filed Dec. 3. Nino, Ludys, et al., Stamford. Filed by Tamar T.J. Blazer, Stamford, for Bedford Towers Condominium Association Inc., Stamford. Property: 444 Bedford St., Unit 3D, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges. Filed Dec. 3.

Rozin, Leon, et al., Stamford. Filed by Karen J. Lucien, Hartford, for PNC Bank N.A., Pittsburgh, Pa. Property: 5 Valley View Drive, Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $556,000, dated July 2003. Filed Dec. 5.

Scott, Rosetta, Trumbull. Filed by Amanda Tiernan, West Warwick, R.I, for Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: 64 Bunker Hill Drive, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $452,000, Piroscafo, Daniel M., et al., dated March 2007. Filed Dec. 12. Bridgeport. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerboxer, Hartford, for Household Realty Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Sedaliu, Merita and Sedali, et Property: 563 Glendale Ave., al., Newtown. Filed by Michael R. Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a Kaufman, Danbury, for Newtown delinquent mortgage in the origi- Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: nal principal amount of $153,061, 8 Tilson Lane, Newtown. Action: dated August 2006. Filed Dec. 10. to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $450,000, dated June 2007. Filed Quezada, Angel S., et al., Dan- Dec. 10. bury. Filed by Anne R. Hoyt, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Property: 8 Scuppo Seferides, Parthena and GeorRoad, Unit 2, Danbury. Action: to gios, Norwalk. Filed by James foreclose a delinquent mortgage W. Donohue, Farmington, for in the original principal amount Deutsche Bank National Trust, of $143,920, dated October 2005. trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. PropFiled Dec. 6. erty: 33 Sention Ave., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal Robles, Diana and Israel, et al., amount of $350,000, dated SepStratford. Filed by Loren M. Bis- tember 2004. Filed Dec. 4. berg, Farmington, for Connecticut Housing Financial Authority, Bridgeport. Property: 15 Harding Shaham, Barbara, Stratford. Filed Ave., Stratford. Action: to foreclose by Franklin G. Pillicy, Watertown, a delinquent mortgage in the origi- for Deerfield Woods Condominnal principal amount of $184,110, ium Association Inc., Stratford. dated May 2008. Filed Dec. 4. Property: 3699 Broad Bridge Ave., Unit 313, Stratford. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges. Rojas, Otilia and Helberth, Filed Dec. 7. Bridgeport. Filed by Steven G. Berg, Norwalk, for Nob Hill Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Shypula, Agnes A., et al., BridgeProperty: 55C Mencel Circle, Unit port. Filed by Walter M. Spader, N. 248, Bridgeport. Action: to fore- Branford, for American Tax Fundclose on unpaid common charges ing L.L.C., Jupiter, Fla. Property: 19 and assessments. Filed Dec. 10. Primrose Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a tax lien held by the plaintiff, against real property. Filed Rozin, Leon, et al., Stamford. Filed Dec. 10. by Adrienne Roach, Hartford, for Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, Cleve- Silva, Barbara and Fortunata land, Ohio. Property: 5 Valley Belardinelli, et al., Bethel. Filed View Drive, Stamford. Action: to by Anne R. Hoyt, Hartford, for foreclose a delinquent mortgage in Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, the original principal amount of Md. Property: 3 Hawleyville Road, $250,000, dated April 2008. Filed Bethel. Action: to foreclose a deDec. 3. linquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $328,000, dated December 2004. Filed Dec. 6.

Souffrant, Florette and Vernand, et al., Stamford. Filed by James W. Donohue, Farmington, for Connecticut Housing Financial Authority, Bridgeport. Property: 22 Cantwell Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $343,400, dated November 2008. Filed Dec. 4. Torres, Alex, et al., Stamford. Filed by Tamar T.J. Blazer, Stamford, for Bedford Towers Condominium Association Inc., Stamford. Property: 444 Bedford St., Unit 7M, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common charges. Filed Dec. 3. Travis, Denise M., et al., Brookfield. Filed by Gregg A. Brauneisen, Danbury, for Mill River Views Association Inc., Brookfield. Property: 793-11 Federal Road, Brookfield. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 6. Varrone, Diane B. and John J., et al., Trumbull. Filed by Robert A. Pacelli Jr., Bridgeport, for Woodland Hills Homeowners Association Inc., Trumbull. Property: 1203 Woodland Hills Drive, Unit 1203, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on an association lien. Filed Dec. 10. Vazquez, Maria J. and Carlos A., et al., Danbury. Filed by Gregg A. Brauneisen, Danbury, for Candlewood Terrace Condominium Association Inc., Danbury. Property: 2A Ives St., Unit 31, Danbury. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 6. Wakeman, Betty and Kevin, et al., Bethel. Filed by Adam L. Avallone, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: 5 Mill Brook Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $440,000, dated June 2006. Filed Dec. 12. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Frederick, Md. Filed by John J. Ribas, Bridgeport, for Georgetown Arms Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 45 Stevens St., Unit 1E, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a statutory lien on this unit. Filed Dec. 6.

Wheeler, Melody A. and Dale M., et al., Stratford. Filed by Jeffrey M. Knickerboxer, Hartford, for Suntrust Mortgage Inc., Richmond, Va. Property: 213 Adams St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $150,000, dated June 2003. Filed Dec. 5.

7 Oakwood Lane L.L.C., Greenwich, by Robert T. Kaiser. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 7 Oakwood Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed Dec. 3.

72 Camp Avenue L.L.C., Stamford, by Burt M. Hoffman. Lender: Connecticut Community Bank N.A. Williams, Glen J., et al., Shelton. d.b.a. The Greenwich Bank and Filed by Carl J. Cicchetti, Water- Trust Co., Greenwich. Property: bury, for Sunwood Condominium 72 Camp Ave., Stamford. Amount: Association Inc., Shelton. Property: $4.2 million. Filed Dec. 3. 132 Spring Glen, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on unpaid common Alto Management L.L.C., Norcharges. Filed Dec. 6. walk, by Mark Hollis. Lender: Connecticut Community InvestWilliams, Katherine and Barton ment Corp., Hamden. Property: Jennings, New Canaan. Filed by Lot B and C, Map 3107, Norwalk. Mark A. Piech, Farmington, for Amount: $826,000. Filed Dec. 10. Household Realty Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Property: 13 Charles Place, New Canaan. Action: to foreclose BDQ L.L.C., Bayside, N.Y., by Joel a delinquent mortgage, dated May Berger. Lender: Webster Bank, New Britain. Property: 319 Boston Post 2008. Filed Dec. 4. Road, Darien. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Dec. 3. Wilson, Marjorie and Dalton Miller, et al., Easton. Filed by Kevin M. Casini, Hartford, for The Bank Boston Ave. Supportive Housing of New York Mellon, trustee, New L.L.C., Litchfield, by Ted Lazarus. York City. Property: 58 Rock House Lender: Southport Secured LendRoad, Easton. Action: to foreclose a ing Fund I L.L.C., Southport. Propdelinquent mortgage in the origi- erty: 810 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. nal principal amount of $850,000, Amount: $145,000. Filed Dec. 10. dated January 2007. Filed Dec. 11. Boston Ave. Supportive Housing L.L.C., Litchfield, by Ted Lazarus. MORTGAGES Lender: Southport Secured Lending Fund I L.L.C., Southport. Prop103 Greenwich Avenue L.L.C., erty: 810 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Greenwich, by Thomas Torelli. Amount: $340,000. Filed Dec. 10. Lender: First Niagra Bank N.A., Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 103 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. Amount: C C O IV Woody L.L.C., Westport, by David Vynerib. Lender: Savings $1.3 million. Filed Dec. 3. bank of Danbury, Danbury. Property: 12 Woody Lane, Westport. 24 Stony Hill Road L.L.C., Bethel, Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Dec. 4. by Anthony W. Cirone Jr. Lender: Union Savings Bank N.A., Danbury. Property: 24 Stony Hill Road, Cove House L.L.C., Stamford, by Bethel. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Adam S. Wahler. Lender: Webster Bank, New Britain. Property: 47 Dec. 12. Euclid Ave., Stamford. Amount: $700,000. Filed Dec. 3. 31 Orchard L.L.C., Stamford, by Steven Sciaretta. Lender: Webster Bank, Waterbury. Property: 31 ESA P. Portfolio L.L.C. and ESA Orchard St., Stamford. Amount: P. Portfolio Operating Lease Inc., Charlotte, N.C., by A.J. Agar$400,000. Filed Dec. 3. wal. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., New York City. Property: 1 40 Bauer Place Extension L.L.C., Batterson Park Road, Farmington; Stratford, by Paul Falzone. Lender: 945 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton; 340 Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Tolland Turnpike, Manchester; 366 Property: 40 Bauer Place Extension, Bee St., Meriden; and 400 Main Westport. Amount: $860,000. Filed Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $2.5 billion. Filed Dec. 7. Dec. 6.

FM Investments, Norwalk, by Jason Milligan. Lender: Sophie Holdings L.L.C., New Canaan. Property: 127 Harbor Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $400,000. Filed Dec. 10. Hubbard Avenue Associates L.L.C., Stamford, by Goitom Bellete. Lender: The Missionary Sisters of Mother of God Inc., Philladelphia, Pa. Property: 114 Hubbard Ave., Stamford. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 3. Kolich Brothers L.L.C., Stamford, by Anthony G. Kollich. Lender: Stamford First Bank, Stamford. Property: 79 Lolly Lane, 16 Noble St. and 37 Grant Ave., Stamford. Amount: $360,000. Filed Dec. 4. MCM Properties L.L.C., by Michael J. Smeriglio III. Lender: Connecticut Community Bank N.A. d.b.a. The Greenwich Bank and Trust Co., Greenwich. Property: 23 Benedict Place, Greenwich. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 3. Royal Apartments L.L.C., Brooklyn, N.Y., by Esther Singer. Lender: The First Bank of Greenwich, Cos Cob. Property: 59 to 69 James St., Bridgeport. Amount: $700,000. Filed Dec. 10. Shay Homes L.L.C., Darien, by Sean Shay. Lender: Indian Spring L.P., Greenwich. Property: 24 Stillman Lane, Lot 30, Greenwich. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Dec. 5. Village Square Inc., Bethel, by Gregory Steiner. Lender: Union Savings Bank N.A., Danbury. Property: 401 and 405 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe. Amount: $4 million. Filed Dec. 3.

NEW BUSINESSES Art of Shaving, 7 Backus Ave., Unit G204, Danbury 06810, c/o Todd Brisky. Filed Dec. 10. Azteca Meat Market L.L.C., 522 Pequonock St., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Elizabeth, Basilio and David Vazquez. Filed Dec. 12. Bonchose, 129 Weed Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Dalhinsce Joint and Jonathan Santiago. Filed Dec. 7.

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on the record C-Town, 45 North St., Danbury Dump It, 33 Ranson St., Stamford 06810, c/o Danbury Food Corp. 06902, c/o Robert Delgado. Filed Filed Dec. 3. Dec. 9. Cavanna JR Roofing Co., 470 Glenbrook Road, Apt. 2G, Stamford 06906, c/o Peter Anthony Cavanna. Filed Dec. 5. Cavanna JR. Roofing L.L.C., 470 Glenbrook Road, Apt. 2G, Stamford 06906, c/o Peter Anthony Cavanna. Filed Dec. 5. Crunch Fitness, 110 Barnum Ave., Stratford 06614, c/o CF Stratford L.L.C. Filed Dec. 4. CT Best Handyman, 96 Pequot Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Daran Britt. Filed Dec. 3. CT Block Party, 26 Newtown Turnpike, Westport 06880, c/o BCause Foundation Inc. Filed Dec. 4. DG Sports and Entertainment, 25 Point O’Woods Road South, Darien 06820, c/o Donald L. Gorski. Filed Dec. 3. Drew’s Carpentry and Handyman Service, 9 Carleton St., Greenwich 06830, c/o Gary David Drew. Filed Dec. 5.

Final Draft Marketing, 375 Greenwich Ave., Unit 6, Greenwich 06830, c/o John Stewart. Filed Dec. 5.

Eatalia, 143 Post Road East, Westport 06880, c/o JDS Global Inc. Fit Pro Trumbull, 25 Lindeman Filed Dec. 10. Drive, Trumbull 06611, c/o ECP-PF CT Operations Inc. Filed Dec. 10.

Fraud mitigation through avatar identity determination. Patent no. 8,332,913 issued to Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va.; Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va.; Jenny S. Li, Danbury; James W. SeaHolly Danger, 450 Westover Road, Kleban Greenville L.L.C., 1300 man, Falls Church, Va. Assigned to Stamford 06902, c/o Holly D. An- Post Road East, Westport 06880, International Business Machines c/o Wilton Shopping Center L.P. Corp., Armonk, N.Y. ger. Filed Dec. 3. Filed Dec. 7. Greenwich Point Wealth Management, 245 Mill St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Robert Estevez and James Ionatowich. Filed Dec. 10.

Kleban Fairfield L.L.C., 1300 Post Road East, Westport 06880, c/o Wilton Shopping Center L.P. Filed Dec. 7.

Eco Maids, 477 Glenbrook Road, Stamford 06906, c/o AJM Earth Flooring Solutions, 263 Wilton Home Services of New Canaan, Enterprises L.L.C. Filed Dec. 3. Road, Westport 06880, c/o N. Rich- 72 Grove St., New Canaan 06840, Kleban Newington L.L.C., 1300 ard Sheppard. Filed Dec. 5. c/o Juliana McKenna. Filed Nov. 27. Post Road East, Westport 06880, c/o Wilton Shopping Center L.P. Elderly Caregiver L.L.C., 260 Filed Dec. 7. Main St., Danbury 06810, c/o Delia Flying Colors Home Improve- Irma’s Wellness Center, 29 S. Isaacs. Filed Dec. 5. ments, 13 Southview Ave., Dan- Main St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Irma bury 06811, c/o Steven Totilo. Filed Mendez. Filed Dec. 5. This week’s Records SecDec. 3. tion contains 35 more Elite Café, 1 Finley St., Norwalk New Businesses on West06850, c/o Adabelle Cohen and Jose Gaytan General Contractor, Carlos Palacio. Filed Dec. 10. Gibson Construction, 113 West- 49 Warren St., Stamford 06902, c/o faironline.com through wood Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Jose Gaytan. Filed Dec. 5. our membership program. Rodger Gibson. Filed Dec. 6. Essential Exec, 1455 Washington Blvd., Apt. 335, Stamford 06902, c/o King Buffet of Stamford Inc., 48 Noelle Gross. Filed Dec. 5. Google and Information Inc., Sixth St., Stamford 06906, c/o Shan 50 Weston St., Hartford 06120, c/o Chen. Filed Dec. 4. PATENTS Google. Filed Dec. 11. Everyday Jewels, 6 Wildcat Road, Darien 06820, c/o Elise Young and Kleban Battenkill L.L.C., 1300 Electrical connector and a methRyann Price. Filed Dec. 4. Google Comparison Inc., 50 Post Road East, Westport 06880, od for manufacturing same. PatWeston St., Hartford 06120, c/o c/o Wilton Shopping Center L.P. ent no. 8,328,578 issued to Louis R. Csak, Old Greenwich. Assigned to Google. Filed Dec. 11. Filed Dec. 7. Fabulous Eve, 17 Duncanson St., Lex Products Corp., Shelton. Apt. 3, Stamford 06905, c/o Yolette Florian John and Marckenson Google Data Inc., 50 Weston St., Kleban Day Street L.L.C., 1300 John. Filed Dec. 7. Hartford 06120, c/o Google. Filed Post Road East, Westport 06880, Dec. 11. c/o Wilton Shopping Center L.P. T:Filed 7 inDec. 7.

Photography assistant and method for assisting a user in photographing landmarks and scenes. Patent no. 8,332,429 issued to Herve Poirier, Meylan, France; Florent Perronnin, Domene, France; and Mario Agustin Jarmasz, Meylan, France. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Solution recommendation based on incomplete data sets. Patent no. 8,332,343 issued to Ming Zhong, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Tong Sun, Penfield, N.Y.; Michael D. Shepherd, Ontario, N.Y.; Alan T. Cote, Walworth, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Systems and methods for determining print revenue behavior. Patent no. 8,332,250 issued to John C. Handley, Fairport, N.Y.; and Jeffrey R. Earl, Pittsford, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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