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Stamford Innovation Week becoming major regional event BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

ith its inaugural edition having surpassed expectations, Stamford Innovation Week is returning this year with even more ambitious plans, according to founder Jonathan Winkel. “Last year we were looking for about 1,000 people to attend and we ended up sell-

ing roughly 2,400 tickets,” he said. “We’d love to say it was the best idea ever, but a big part of it was that these people and companies were already looking for something like this.” Stylized as SiW, the event evolved from the now-defunct Stamford Technology Week, which for several years primarily pitched itself as a must-attend event for developers and designers. When Winkel took over, the

CBRE SEES RENEWED INTEREST IN OFFICE MARKET, SIGNS OF ENCOURAGEMENT IN RETAIL BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN

focus expanded to include entrepreneurs of all stripes, along with students and a wider-ranging number of corporations. This year’s corporate partners and participants range from household names such as Deloitte, NBCUniversal, GE Healthcare and Mastercard to Stamford firms Office Evolution, Half Full Brewery and RPM Raceway. And, in keeping with past tradition, “the week” runs for nine days, from Sept. 19-27, at various locations around the city. “We’re hoping for 5,000 to 7,000 people this year,” Winkel said. “The idea is to expand by 20, 30, even » » STAMFORD

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ob growth, increased leasing activity and slowly improving rental rates are generating renewed interest in office asset investment in Fairfield County, according to CBRE, while the retail market, still struggling in the face of the growing e-commerce effect, is showing encouraging signs of life. The July sales of the Vineyard Vines headquarters at 181 Harbor Drive in Stamford ($33.5 million) and of the Class A office complex at 8-10 Wright St. in Westport ($30 million), featuring all new curtain wall and common areas, reinforce the trend of

well-maintained institutional assets attracting multiple investors, according to the firm. In both cases, pricing exceeded $350 per square foot. High-weighted average lease terms (WALT) are also attracting buyers, as demonstrated by the Wright Street transaction, an off-market deal that CBRE said exceeded seller Marcus Partners’ pricing expectations. CBRE said it is seeing similar interest in 54 Wilton Road in Westport, with a 10-year WALT, and Grand Street Plaza at 150 Grand St. in White Plains, which has a seven-year average. The former property, marketed as Bankside at National Hall, is being redeveloped as a 26,200-square-foot, » » CBRE

No Tolls CT buys billboards to protest highway tolls plan BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

rassroots opposition group No Tolls CT has bought billboards on Interstates 84, 91 and 95 to re-emphasize its disapproval of the still unresolved plan to return tolls to Connecticut’s major highways. “Tell Your Legislators!” the billboards implore. “Vote for Tolls, Lose at the Polls.” No Tolls CT founder Patrick Sasser declined to say how much money was spent on the billboards. The arrival of the signs is the latest chapter in a saga that has essentially been unfolding since Gov. Ned Lamont took office in January. Along with a majority of fellow state Democrats, Lamont

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has supported tolling, primarily as a means of generating much-needed revenue. The pro-tolls side maintains that tolls could bring in some $800 million per year. Republicans and anti-toll protesters have painted tolls as another tax on Connecticut residents. The issue was not brought up

for a vote in this past legislative session, with Lamont promising a special session to consider the issue. That has yet to be scheduled. The original tolls bill as written would have placed no more than 50 gantries roughly every six to seven miles on I-84, I-95, I-91 and Route 15 (The Merritt Parkway).

Drivers using a Connecticut EZ-Pass and a frequent-user discount would have paid roughly 25 to 30 cents per gantry, or 4.4 cents per mile. Another group, Move CT Forward — consisting of the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, the Connecticut Laborers’ District Council and the Connecticut Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, among others — has spent some $900,000 on a pro-tolls television, radio and digital ad campaign. In May, Sasser, a Stamford firefighter, presented Lamont’s office with a stack of petitions containing more than 100,000 signatures from people around the state who are against tolls.

Sales and profits up amid significant pessimism BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

n increased number of Connecticut businesses saw greater sales and profits in 2018, but most business professionals remained pessimistic on the state’s economic climate, according to the 2019 Survey of Connecticut Businesses, produced by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) and the public accounting and business advisory firm Marcum LLP. In a poll of 356 business leaders, 43% reported sales growth in 2018, up from 36% in 2017. This marked the highest percentage reporting sales growth in five years. However, growth numbers

were not as vibrant for smaller businesses with 100 employees or less: 35% reported growth last year; 19% said they experienced a year-over-year decline; and 47% said sales were unchanged from the previous year. Nonetheless, 70% of respondents reported a net profit in 2018, a post-recession high, while 10% said they broke even, down from 18% in 2017, and 17% reported losses, up from 13%. On the subject of hiring, 56% of respondents did not forecast an expansion of their workforce with 23% stating they hoped to add workers. Investment priorities among the respondent companies included employee training (29%), new technology (16%), improve-

RIPCO Real Estate opens first Connecticut office in Greenwich

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BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

IPCO Real Estate has signed a lease for its first Connecticut office — and fifth in the tristate region — at 2 Greenwich Office Park in Greenwich. The company said the new office will allow it to significantly grow its brokerage operations in Connecticut and Westchester County, as well as better serve its landlord and tenant client

ment in property and facilities (15%) and worker recruitment (14%). When asked about the state’s economy, only 11% expect growth next year, down seven points from last year. Eighty-one percent felt the state’s business climate was in decline, up 20 points, and 92% expressed disappointment with the state Legislature’s handling of the economy and job creation. On a national level, 73% forecast U.S. economic growth, down from 85%, and 48% expressed apprehension over the negative consequences of tariffs and trade disputes. The survey was conducted in mid-June through late July with a margin of error of plus or minus 5%.

rosters throughout the region. Throughout the past 28 years, RIPCO has represented national retailers such as Best Buy, Target and Dollar Tree, regional companies like Stew Leonard’s and upstart fitness centers Club Pilates, Orangetheory Fitness and StretchLab. Additionally, the firm has longstanding relationships with owners such as Cedar Realty Trust, Ashkenazy Acquisitions Corp. and Kite Realty. The firm’s other locations are in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jericho, New York, and Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

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Purdue Pharma owners offer to give up company that makes OxyContin BY PAUL SCHOTT Hearst Connecticut Media Group

xyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the local and state governments that have sued the company for allegedly fraudulent marketing of their top-selling pain drug continued on Sept. 10 with efforts to hammer out a comprehensive settlement, but Connecticut’s attorney general said he still was not satisfied with the potential conditions. The Sackler family members who own Purdue have agreed to consider prospective settlement terms in which they would relinquish control of Purdue, and the company would be transformed into a public trust, make a $3 billion cash payout and additionally transfer up to $1.5 billion from the sale of their international prescription-drug business Mundipharma, a source close to the company on Sept. 10 told Hearst Connecticut Media. It was not immediately clear whether that potential framework, which could involve the company filing for bankruptcy with the plaintiffs’ consent, would resolve some or all of the approximately 2,000 lawsuits filed against Purdue by local governments across the country and nearly every state. The source, who could not confirm how long those potential stipulations have been on the table, declined to be named due to not being authorized to speak publicly about the settlement discussions. Despite a flurry of talks in the past few weeks — including a reported $10 billion to $12 billion offer by Purdue last month — no agreement has been reached. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said on Sept. 10 that the “current proposal” did not meet his settlement criteria, although he did not elaborate on which part was unsatisfactory to him. He said he would accept a settlement only if Purdue made a multibillion-dollar payout and also was shut down. He also wants the Sacklers barred from selling prescription opioids. “Connecticut has not agreed to any settlement, and that is no secret,” Tong said in a statement. “I remain steadfast in my view that the Sacklers have to give back the money they took from selling opioids so that we can put it toward solving the problem they created. The current proposal does not do that. This is not the end. There is a long road to go and we are ready for this fight and ready to go the distance.” Any settlement funds “must be put into addiction science, treatment and prevention” and “Purdue and the Sacklers must be held accountable for the resources necessary for long-term recovery and treatment,” Tong also said. The settlement talks have forged ahead, despite the attorneys general of North Carolina and Tennessee warning

their counterparts in an email that settlement talks had deadlocked and that the company was about to file imminently for bankruptcy without a settlement in place. “We have been actively working with numerous state attorneys general and other plaintiffs on solutions that have the potential to save tens of thousands of lives and deliver billions of dollars to the communities affected by the opioid abuse crisis,” Purdue said in a statement on Sept. 8. “Those negotiations continue and we remain dedicated to a resolution that genuinely advances the public interest.” Public bankruptcy court records on Sept. 10 showed no new filings from the Commerical Lending Ad signaled - 09/16/2019 company, but Tong has his intent to continue pursuing Connecticut’s claims against Purdue and the Sacklers if they were to take that course of action. He has

I remain steadfast in my view that the Sacklers have to give back the money they took from selling opioids so that we can put it toward solving the problem they created. The current proposal does not do that.

attributed Purdue’s potential bankruptcy to the Sacklers’ alleged siphoning of billions of dollars from the firm. “This case is about so much more than our legal obligations and litigation strategy. This is about our moral obligation to the victims of the opioid epidemic — families in Connecticut and across the country — and bringing as much justice as we can to them all,” Tong added in his statement. “Purdue and the Sacklers had a real opportunity to begin to make this right and to begin to make restitution to their victims. They started this fire, and they had a chance to help put it out. Instead, they chose to watch it burn.” Purdue has denied Tong’s allegations. Paul Schott is a staff reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media. He can be reached at pschott@stamfordadvocate. com or 203-964-2236.

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Groups in 14 municipalities receiving Neighborhood Assistance Act grants BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

ourteen communities in Fairfield County are among those to receive approval of programs submitted to the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services for inclusion in the 2019 Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) program. The NAA program is designed to provide funding to state-approved community programs conducted by municipal agencies or community nonprofit organizations. The NAA works with businesses to provide a state tax credit for cash contributions made to approved community initiatives. The program is structured so that businesses that make charitable contributions to

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a qualified program are eligible to receive a credit, valued at 60% to 100% of the amount contributed, on their state corporate income tax. The minimum contribution on which a tax credit may be granted is $250 while the maximum contribution that any nonprofit or municipal entity can receive is $150,000. The types of community programs that qualify for the NAA tax credit program include, but are not limited to: energy conservation; employment and training; child care services; neighborhood assistance; substance abuse; open space acquisition; crime prevention programs; and affordable housing development. Thirty-one projects were approved for Bridgeport groups, including: $150,000 to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southwest Connecticut; $150,000 to the Bridgeport

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Neighborhood Trust; and $150,000 to Bridgeport Public Education Inc. Four projects were approved in Brookfield, led by $150,000 to WestCOG Foundation Inc. Nineteen grants were approved for Danbury groups, including: $150,000 to Danbury Animal Welfare Society Inc.; $150,000 to the Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut; and $150,000 to the Women’s Center of Greater Danbury Inc. The Historical Society of Easton received $33,925 while 12 programs in Fairfield were awarded grants, including $150,000 each for Connecticut Against Gun Violence Education Fund Inc.’s ENERGY — To Prevent Gun Violence program and its Community Organization and Information Delivery to At-Risk Residents initiative. In Greenwich, seven grants were made, including $150,000 each to Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, Kids in Crisis Inc. and Young Men’s Christian Association of Greenwich Inc. Grants for three groups in Monroe were approved, including $150,000 to the Monroe Playground Foundation. Thirteen associations in Norwalk received grants, including the Maritime Aquarium ($150,000), Broad River Homes ($100,000) and Human Services Council Inc. ($90,763). Five Shelton groups received grants, led by the Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley ($50,000). Ten Stamford organizations received grants, including $150,000 each to Inspirica Inc. and Mill River Collaborative, and $100,875 to the Stamford Center for the Arts. Two groups in Stratford received grants, including: Sterling House Community Center Inc. ($70,500); and the Perry House Foundation Inc. ($55,000 for its Energy Efficiency and Conservation program) and $25,000 for its Youth Leadership and Elementary School Education initiative. Three Trumbull organizations received grants, led by $150,000 to the Make a Wish Foundation of CT. The Westport Country Playhouse received $65,922, while 12 Wilton organizations were approved for grants, led by $150,000 to Friends of the Norwalk River Valley Trail Inc.

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Homelessness and the wealth gap

do not like visiting the 35 homeless shelters our company operates too often. It’s not because of any issue with the facilities as they consistently rank among the best run in New York state. It’s because seeing and meeting our clients and tenants can sometimes be too painful. Community Housing Innovations, which I co-founded 28 years ago, serves a thousand people each night in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Orange and Dutchess counties. While it’s relatively easy sitting in an office and directing the work of 320 employees, personally confronting the trauma, depression and suffering of whom we serve can be disturbing. While visiting our shel-

ters on Long Island, I met a single mother who had become homeless for the second time, worrying that her two children would lose their places in the Great Neck school system. Her son has succeeded, taking Honors English and sitting on the Great Neck Model United Nations. She fears that his bright future at one of America’s best high schools may be extinguished when all she can afford is an apartment in Hempstead, with its dysfunctional school system and 37% graduation rate. This single mother with two children tearfully recounted how she recently told her other child, a 5-year-old daughter, that she felt like a failure as a mother and hated her life. “Well mommy, my life is

great,” her daughter replied, “and maybe you can share some of my great life and I can share some of yours.” I also met two formerly homeless men, substance abusers released from prison, who have shared a two-bedroom apartment for over 10 years, working and staying sober all that time. They each pay about $400 a month, representing 30% of their income. Both are well into their 60s. When these men entered our program, we required that they be sober and engage with our social worker to stay that way. They remain happy and grateful that we had “saved their lives.” One of the men just had a Stage IV cancer diagnosis and was about to begin chemotherapy. I didn’t have the heart

to tell them that they may become homeless again because of new HUD funding priorities to serve the street homeless. They received affordable housing under different rules that I feel may no longer work in scattered-site suburban settings with a shared housing model. Formerly, we were able to screen our tenants who shared a two-bedroom apartment. New HUD rules prevent us from requiring sobriety before accepting tenants, and we must accept active drug or alcohol users into our suburban apartments. In addition, we may no longer require tenants with severe mental illness to participate in services so they no longer have to engage with our case managers.

It’s hard to face the fact that our model of two men or women sharing a two-bedroom apartment in the community that won a national award in 1999 may no longer work when one tenant trying to turn his life around has to share his home with someone maintaining a drug habit along with the lifestyle that often goes with it. We have a polarized nation of haves and havenots with 1% owning 40% of the nation’s wealth and earning more income than the bottom 90%. Inequality in itself, however, does not explain homelessness. Culture plays a significant role since the overwhelming majority of homeless families are black single mothers with

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State legislators concerned over People’s United’s acquisition of United Bank BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN

People’s United Bank and United Bank, formerly Rockville Savings Bank, rank second and fourth in Hartford County in terms of deposit market share among depository institutions, yielding a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) calculation of 2,799. HHI is a commonly accepted measure of market concentration that is calculated by squaring the market share of each firm competing in a market and then summing the resulting numbers. It can range

from close to zero to 10,000. After the merger, the HHI figure is predicted to increase 152 points. Generally, the legislators noted, when HHI increases between 100 and 200 points, concerns over competitiveness can arise, requiring scrutiny by regulatory authorities. With decreased competitiveness and the increased market power, they said, prices for consumers could increase and consumer choice could decrease. Department of Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez has not commented on the letter. Fairfield County members of the Banking Committee — Co-chair Alexandra Bergstein (D-Greenwich), Andre Baker (D-Bridgeport), Kenneth Gucker (D-Danbury/New Fairfield/ Ridgefield) and Charlie Stallworth (D-Bridgeport) — did not respond to requests for comment. “We look forward to meeting with Mr. Doucette and Mr. Delnicki in the near future to discuss their concerns and share our view regarding the merger,” a People’s United representative told the Business Journal. At the time the transaction was announced, People’s United said it was expected to close during the fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approvals as well as the approval of United Financial Bancorp Inc. shareholders.

technologies, geopolitical trends and various macro-level concepts, with scheduled speakers including state Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner David Lehman and Attorney General William Tong, along with executives from NatWest, IBM, Columbia University and WWE. • Blockchain Day (Sept. 20) at Beta Climbing and Fitness, centered around the future of decentralized data, data privacy and consumer impact. Speakers will include representatives from ConsenSys, Delphi Digital, TradeBlock and RSM International. A demo of the controversial cryptocurrency Facebook Libra, projected to debut in 2020, will be featured. • Hackathon (Sept. 20) at RPM Raceway, where NatWest Markets

and Girls Who Code will focus on how individuals can join forces to help build, support and grow the pipeline of future female engineers in the U.S. • How to Start Food & Beverage Businesses (Sept. 21) at Half Full Brewery, exploring how to start a food truck business, a restaurant, a distribution-based food and beverage business and a direct-to-consumer business. Various other events and tutorials — including a crash course on Python programming — will be held. “Since it’s about personal and professional growth, everyone’s goals are different,” Winkel noted. The ultimate goal, he added, is “to get exposed to knowledge, ideas and skills, to make connections and introductions, and to meet peers outside of your normal routine.”

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wo state legislators on the Banking Committee are voicing concerns about Bridgeport-based People’s United Bank’s pending acquisition of Hartford’s United Bank — though there is little indication that that $759 million deal will not go through. State Reps. Jason Doucette ( D - G l a s to n b u r y/ M a n c h e s t e r) and Tom Delnicki (R-South Windsor) submitted comments to the Commissioner of the state Department of Banking regarding the acquisition, which was announced in July. Doucette is also co-vice chair of the Banking Committee. While the merger would help People’s United Bank increase its presence in the Connecticut and Massachusetts markets and reduce overhead costs, the legislators said they are worried it will have adverse economic impacts in eastern Hartford County due to the high saturation of the two banks in the area. There are 42 People’s United Bank branches and 37 United Bank locations in Hartford County. Of primary concern to the lawmakers is the presence of seven People’s United and 15 United Bank branches in South Windsor, South

Glastonbury, Glastonbury and Manchester. “This merger has the potential to decrease regional competition and eliminate branch locations and jobs,” said Doucette. “We support the growth of Connecticut’s banking industry, but we have an obligation to our districts and the community as a whole to express our concerns over how this merger may impact communities east of the Connecticut River. We ask that these two banking institutions

work to mitigate potential consequences.” “I am very concerned over this,” said Delnicki, a ranking member of the Banking Committee. “This merger will have a tremendous impact in my district, not only from the standpoint of people who utilize these two banks, but also the people that work there. We are reaching a crisis situation in community banking or lack thereof. We must take action in the next session to address this issue.”

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50%, year over year.” And while last year’s SiW focused primarily on Stamford, Winkel said this year’s event is looking to broaden its appeal throughout lower Fairfield County in its ongoing quest to become, as it bills itself, “the region’s premier celebration of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.” Its home page includes directions from Boston, New York City and the region’s major airports. Highlights — many of which are free and open to the public, while tickets to others range from $49 to $199 — include: • FastFWD Innovation & Technology Conference (Sept. 27) at UConn’s Stamford campus, designed to examine markets,

From left: United Bank’s headquarters in Hartford. A People’s United Bank branch in Boston.

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ater this week, Daniel E. Casagrande will receive the 2019 Marvin J. Glink Private Practice Local Government Lawyer of the Year Award from the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA). In this edition of Suite Talk, Business Journal Senior Enterprise Editor Phil Hall speaks with Casagrande about his award-winning work at the Danbury firm Cramer & Anderson LLP and some of his high-profile cases involving zoning and real estate issues. First, congratulations on the award. How did this come about? “I’ve belonged to the IMLA for over 20 years, and it is a premier North American organization that serves people practicing in the area of municipal law. I’ve gone to their conferences and taken advantage of their resources and their website, which is excellent. So, in the course of getting the emails from the organization, I discovered there was this Marvin Glink Award. My partners convinced me to apply for it. And I was like, ‘Come on, it’s like winning the lottery.’ I got some really good letters of recommendation from Mayor Boughton and from Les Pinter, who is the deputy corporation counsel. And they made the mistake of giving it to me.” And this is not your first award. In 2018, didn’t you receive the Connecticut Giant Slayer Award from the Connecticut Law Tribune? “Yes, I got that last year. I’m not used to getting awards and being in this kind of a limelight.” The IMLA award focused on your work as a municipal lawyer. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with this aspect of the profession, what does a municipal lawyer do? “It’s challenging and terrifying at the same time. You’re practicing in a fishbowl. If you hired me as a lawyer, all of our communications would be confidential. For a public entity, you are subject to Freedom of Information laws and unless it is a serious privileged issue, everything you do is on the front page of the paper. “But what I like is that it is kind of like being a litigator, which

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essentially is what I am. It is interesting because every case you have is different and requires you to learn new facts and a body of law. I’ve done a lot of tax appeals for municipalities over the years, which required me to learn how to appraise property — you essentially have to become an appraiser. I’ve done construction contracts and litigation over the years, so you have to learn how a contractor and an owner operate in a complex construction environment. You draft ordinances. I drafted the massage-parlor ordinance and that required me to immerse myself into ordinances all across the country to spot the constitutional issues and come up with a document that is now pending before the Danbury City Council. I do land use, which involves issues about the due process clause, the takings clause and how far government can go in regulating private property. It’s been very fulfilling. I’ve been lucky enough to practice in these various areas while maintaining excellence.” Is this where you initially wanted to focus your career? “When I went to Fordham Law School, all I wanted to do was come back to Danbury and do residential real estate closings. I had no idea what was out there. I was lucky enough to get high marks in the first year of law school. The first year is everything and opens a number of doors. Because of that, I was awarded a clerkship on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for Judge William Mulligan. “The Second Circuit is widely known as the best court in the U.S., other than the Supreme Court. It is right in the center of Manhattan and has a high number of competent lawyers and judges, and it opened my eyes to a world of litigation. I was very interested in criminal law and trial work and after I finished my clerkship, my former professor at Fordham named Charles Stillman offered me a job at his firm. He had a white-collar boutique law firm. We did a lot of securities work and tax work for people. I went there for five years and it was not easy. I was commuting from Connecticut every day, but I got the chance to work with the best litigators in the country.

ipality. That is a very general statement, and it is one of the things that is always a challenge to a municipal lawyer.”

Daniel E. Casagrande. Photo by Phil Hall.

“But I realized pretty early on that I did not like the chaos in Manhattan. I grew up here. My family is here and I love Danbury. After five years, I realized that I had enough. I wanted to live past 40. I came up here and took a job. Cramer is my third firm since I came up from the city and it is, by far, the best firm that I’ve ever worked for.” Is it typical for cities to have outside counsel serving as a municipal lawyer? A large city like New York has an in-house corporation counsel, so they have hundreds of lawyers that work there. And there are some towns in the state that have internal employees of the city. But even in those towns — especially in the larger municipalities — an in-house department is often not sufficient to handle the workload. “In Danbury, I’ve been the outside assistant corporation counsel since 1990. Basically, what I’ve done in working for Democratic and Republican administrations is whatever the in-house folks are not able to do. They will get it out to me and we have the resources to do what is necessary to handle the litigation and assignments.”

You mentioned the massageparlor ordinance. What was the story behind that? “There is a very well-regarded police officer in Danbury named Lt. Mark Williams and he had been investigating allegedly illegal massage parlor establishments. As a result of that, he came to the city and said, ‘It doesn’t work to just arrest the johns or the prostitutes. The prostitutes are really the victims here with the Asian trafficking.’ What he suggested and what I was assigned to follow up on was an ordinance that creates a licensing scheme for the owners of these massage establishments that involves very strict controls over them and basically allows the city to shut them down if they don’t comply with the regulations. That is pending before the City Council and we are hopeful it will pass pretty soon.” You are a former president of the Connecticut Association of Municipal Attorneys. What are some of the top issues facing you and your peers? “One of the perennial issues you face is: who’s the client? Is the client the mayor, the council, the city, the town engineer? Often, you will have different individuals who are going to clash with each other. The general rule is the client is the munic-

What are some of the cases you are working on? “I am representing a private property owner in Bethel who was denied a special permit to do a crematory in an industrial park. The interesting thing about the case was that he goes to the zoning commission in Bethel and says, ‘Can you put a crematory in as a permitted use in the industrial park zone?’ And they said, ‘Sure, we’ll put it in.’ They put it in and gets his engineers and comes in with a site plan and asks for a special permit, and they deny it. It’s like Lucy with the football. I am now representing that person in an appeal to the appellate court. In the other case, I represent a nonprofit group called Rescue Candlewood Mountain and they are fighting a solar project on Candlewood Mountain Road in New Milford that was approved by the Connecticut Siting Council over a year-and-a-half ago, and we’ve been litigating it ever since. That project would involve the clear-cutting of 56 acres of core forest. My clients believe in solar power, but this is the right project in the wrong place.” Are today’s young law school graduates looking to become municipal lawyers? “We just hired a young person out of Quinnipiac and he wants to do land use and environmental work. That’s our bread and butter. We do a huge amount of land use and environmental law. We’re not Hartford and we’re not New Haven, where you can make $150,000 a year. But a lot of young people with their huge amounts of law school debt gravitate to the big firms. We’ve been lucky to attract very talented people.” What advice would you give to young lawyers who want to follow your career example? “My advice would be don’t do it if your only objective is to make money. There are too many graduates out there now chasing too few jobs. Do it because you are really interested in the law. And you have to be passionate about helping people because that’s what we do, helping people.”

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In Brief Fairfield University to build $45 million sports arena

Private equity firm Atlantic Street Capital is based at 281 Tresser Blvd. in Stamford. Photo courtesy ctpost.

STAMFORD PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM COMPLETES NINE-FIGURE FUND

A rendering of the new sports facility.

Fairfield University has announced plans to build an 85,000-square-foot, 3,500-seat convocation center on the current site of Alumni Hall. The $45 million building will be the home of the university’s Division I basketball and volleyball programs, Fairfield Prep’s basketball team as well as concerts and special events for both the school and neighboring community. The facility will also host a broadcast and media center. The building was designed by Essex-based Centerbrook Architects and Planners. Construction is scheduled to begin next spring with a projected 2021 opening.

CONSTRUCTION ON SUNDANCE STORE IN WESTPORT UNDERWAY

Construction on the 3,920-squarefoot Sundance store in Westport is underway, with an opening expected later this year or early next year. Sundance Holdings Group, Robert Redford’s retail brand, signed in January a long-term lease at 69-97 Main St., previously the site of an Ann Taylor store. There are 15 Sundance stores operating around the country, with additional locations in San Antonio, Texas, Seattle and Cincinnati scheduled to open by year’s end. Sundance was founded by Redford as General Store in Utah’s

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Sundance Village in 1969 and published its first catalog 20 years later.

GOV. LAMONT TOUTS SUCCESS OF HEMP-GROWING PILOT PROGRAM

Connecticut has licensed 82 hemp growers, two processors and 21 manufacturers under a new pilot program allowing for the cultivation, harvesting, processing and manufacturing of hemp plants and by-products in the state. There are 294 acres of land being used to grow hemp in Connecticut, according to Gov. Ned Lamont, who made the announcement during a visit in Ledyard to Town Farm, one of the businesses participating in the program. The legislation, Public Act 19-3, was approved in both chambers of the General Assembly by unani-

mous, bipartisan votes and signed into law by Lamont on May 9 with the intent of enacting the program in time for the hemp-growing season. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for licensing the growers and processors, had the program up and running within one week and launched an online portal asking those interested to submit applications for licenses. The pilot program requires the Agriculture Department to study the growth, cultivation and marketing of industrial hemp by licensed entities in Connecticut. In accordance with federal law, the state agency is responsible for ensuring that the production is only taking place at sites certified by, and registered with, the state.

Gov. Ned Lamont, right, speaks with Dylan Williams, left, co-owner of Town Farm, one of the small businesses participating in the state’s recently launched hemp pilot program. Lamont received a tour of the Ledyard farm during a Sept. 5 visit.

Private equity firm Atlantic Street Capital announced it had raised $500 million for its latest fund, with those capital commitments surpassing its $450 million target for the venture. The new Fund IV’s investors include public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, investment advisers, family offices, fund of funds and “financial institutions,” according to Atlantic Street officials. The firm’s preceding investment vehicle, Fund III, was completed in 2016 with $211 million of committed capital. Based in downtown Stamford at 281 Tresser Blvd., Atlantic Street invests in middle market companies with adjusted earnings between $4 million and $15 million. Its 14 portfolio companies include franchisees of the Jimmy John’s and Planet Fitness chains and health care, education, software, retail and transportation-focused firms. So far in 2019, Atlantic Street has made acquisitions and 10 “add-on” investments across its active funds. In May, the firm announced the sale of Alex Apparel Group, a designer of economically priced social dresses and separates sold under the Alex Evenings and SL Fashions brand names. Financial terms of the sale, to Philadelphia-based private equity firm Versa Capital Management, were not disclosed. After acquiring Alex Evenings in 2011, Atlantic Street oversaw the firm’s recruitment of a new CEO and the acquisition of SL Fashions Group. The Alex Evenings and SL Fashions brands are distributed in more than 3,400 department stores and specialty boutiques nationwide.

BIOPHARMA INDUSTRY EXEC ALAN FUHRMAN JOINS SPRINGWORKS THERAPEUTICS BOARD

SpringWorks Therapeutics Inc., a Stamford-headquartered biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines to treat cancer and severe rare diseases, has named longtime industry executive Alan Fuhrman to its board of directors. He will also serve as the chairman of the board’s audit committee. Fuhrman is chief financial officer of Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., a San Diego-based biotechnology company focused on developing novel products for life-threatening infections. He was previously CFO of Mirna Therapeutics, a clinical-stage microRNA company that merged with Synlogic in August 2017, and earlier worked as CFO of Ambit Biosciences, which was acquired by Daiichi Sankyo in 2014. Earlier in his career, Fuhrman was a certified public accountant with Coopers & Lybrand. Fuhrman serves as a board mem-

Alan Fuhrman

In Brief ber of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals and had previously served on the board of Stamford’s Loxo Oncology until its sale to Eli Lilly earlier this year. He was also the chairman of the Loxo Oncology board’s audit committee. Last month, SpringWorks Therapeutics filed a preliminary prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a $115 million initial public offering, with the goal of allocating some of the funds from the offering toward a Phase 3 study of nirogacestat, its lead candidate for treating patients with desmoid tumors, which occur in connective tissue. There are no FDA-approved drugs for such tumors. SpringWorks maintained nirogacestat, as well as three other compounds, when it was spun off from Pfizer about two years ago. Pfizer had been testing the drug for breast cancer patients.

CONNECTICUT AIRBNB HOSTS EARNED $27M THIS SUMMER

Airbnb announced that Connecticut residents who used their services for short-term rentals of their homes earned approximately $27 million in the summer travel season between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. Within Fairfield County, the summer travel season saw 12,400 guest arrivals using Airbnb locations, generating a total host income of $3.6 million. Middlesex County led the state with 23,700

companies: Signature Landscape in Kansas City (Kansas and western Missouri); Columbia Landcare (Central Missouri); Keesen Landscape (Denver); Hillenmeyer Landscape (Lexington, Kentucky); and JML Landscape (Pittsburgh). The company’s services include lawn maintenance, landscaping renovations and property upgrades, and deicing and snow removal during the winter.

guest arrivals and $13.1 million in total host income. The top five origin cities for Connecticut’s Airbnb guests were New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, New Haven and Hartford. The leadership of the state’s lodging industry does not seem perturbed by Airbnb’s presence. In an interview earlier this year with the Business Journal, Ginny Kozlowski, executive director of the Connecticut Lodging Association, pointed to a level playing field created by Airbnb’s revenue agreement with the state’s Department of Revenue Services to collect occupancy taxes on Airbnb stays.

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WILLIS H. STEPHENS JR. JOINS URSTADT BIDDLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., a Greenwich-headquartered real estate investment trust, has appointed Willis H. Stephens Jr. to fill a vacancy on its board of directors. Stephens is a real estate-focused attorney who has been in private practice for 40 years. Since 2007, he has served as the town attorney for Southeast in Putnam County, New York, and played an advisory role in municipal zoning, land use and transactional matters. He also serves as general counsel for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Putnam and Southern Dutchess Counties Inc., and served as a member of the New York State Assembly from January 1995 to December 2006.

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PITNEY BOWES TEAMS WITH BARON ON WEATHER DATA OFFERINGS

Pitney Bowes is partnering with Baron to combine its location-specific weather application program interfaces with the Stamford-based company’s portfolio of business, geographic and industry-specific data. According to the companies, this pact will provide apps to track weather damage as it occurs and provide data to insurance and property and casualty companies, underwriters and shipping and logistics organizations.

IMPERIAL CAPITAL NAMES HEAD OF U.S. CREDIT IN STAMFORD

Longtime finance executive Timothy J. Sullivan has joined Imperial Capital LLC as managing director and head of U.S. Credit, based in Stamford. Sullivan will be responsible for growing Imperial Capital’s existing fixed-income business across multiple asset classes. Sullivan has nearly 25 years of industry experience, most recently as a managing director and head of high yield sales and trading at Jefferies Group LLC. Prior to that, he was a managing director in credit trading at UBS, following positions at Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Imperial Capital provides clients with insights across the entire capital structure of issuers in North America, Europe and in emerging markets.

WESTPORT’S STERLING INVESTMENT PARTNERS TAKES MAJORITY STAKE IN HEARTLAND LANDSCAPING FIRM

Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb.

Sterling Investment Partners, a Westport-based private equity firm, has made a majority equity investment in HeartLand in partnership with the management. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Kansas City, HeartLand was founded in 2016 by Great Range Capital, a private equity firm in Mission Woods, Kansas. HeartLand provides commercial landscape and facilities services through its five regional

Xerox Corp. has signed a 5 1/2year agreement to provide a printing infrastructure for BAE Systems, a global defense, aerospace and security company. According to Norwalk-based Xerox, it will provide analytics software to manage and optimize the print network for the London-based BAE Systems, with the goal of reducing costs and bolstering document security. Xerox will also introduce multifunction printers embedded with the ConnectKey platform and productivity apps to enhance connectivity and productivity.

CONNECTICUT FORECASTS $126.1M SURPLUS GOING INTO FY2020

Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo is projecting a $126.1 million surplus for the state in fiscal year 2020. In offering his forecast via a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont, Lembo noted that fiscal year 2019 year-end adjustments were still being processed and could have a “significant impact” on the final report for that year. Lembo added that he plans to release his preliminary reporting of unaudited operating results for fiscal year 2019 on Sept. 30. In looking ahead to 2020, Lembo said his forecast matched the outlook issued by the Office of Policy and Management, which determined a $15 million decrease from the initial budget plan owing to a deficiency in the nonappropriated adjudicated claims account. Lembo called for budget reserve fund legislation that would mandate a more disciplined approach in setting aside unanticipated revenue windfalls for use against future recessions, thus sparing the need for tax hikes and state program cuts during an economic downturn. — Paul Schott, Phil Hall and Kevin Zimmerman

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Faces & Places Bridgeport for Babies Day

ridgeport for Babies Day took place on Sept. 5 at the Kolbe Education Center as initiatives to improve the health and lives of the city’s mothers and children were recognized by the city. 1. Steve Jakab, president of Bridgeport Hospital Foundation; and Allison Logan, executive director, Bridgeport Prospers/United Way. 2. From left: Carmen Colon, vice president of Bridgeport YMCAs; Maritza Bond, the city of Bridgeport‘s director of health and social services; and Carolyn Vermont, the city of Bridgeport‘s community liaison, discuss Bridgeport Basics. 3. The city of Bridgeport‘s community liaison Carolyn Vermont and director of health and social services Maritza Bond read the city‘s proclamation of “Bridgeport for Babies Day.” 4. From left: Pediatrician Norman Weinberger and Lud Spinelli, Optimus Health Care; Rosa Correa, United Way board of directors; David Kennedy, COO, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County; and Allison Logan, executive director, Bridgeport Prospers/United Way.

CT, NY attorneys general join multistate antitrust probe of Google BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

onnecticut Attorney General William Tong and his New York counterpart Letitia James have joined a bipartisan investigation by 50 attorneys general into whether Google’s business practices have run afoul of state and federal antitrust laws. The coalition plans to probe Google’s dominance of online advertising markets and search traffic. They will determine whether the tech giant’s strategies harm consumers while muscling out competition. As part of the investigation, legal experts from each state will consult with federal authorities to assess competitive conditions for online services. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading the multistate endeavor. “Free and open access to the internet is no longer a luxury — it is a critical component of doing business in the 21st century,” Tong said. “Connecticut has joined with states across the nation in opening an antitrust investigation into whether Google’s business practices have thwarted competition and undermined consumer

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choice, particularly in the online advertising market. We will not prejudge the direction or outcome of this investigation, but are committed to following the facts in whatever direction they take us.” “Google’s control over nearly every aspect of our lives has placed the company at the center of our digital economy,” James said. “But it doesn’t take a search engine to understand that unchecked corporate power shouldn’t eclipse consumers’ rights. That is why New York has joined this bipartisan investigation of Google to determine whether the company has achieved or maintained its dominance through anticompetitive conduct. As with the Facebook investigation we are leading, we will use every investigative tool at our disposal in the Google investigation to ensure the truth is exposed.” James recently announced her own probe into possible antitrust actions by the social media giant Facebook. Joining Attorney General James on the leadership team investigating Facebook are the attorneys general of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and the District of Columbia.

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Sunrise Senior Living readies new facilities in Fairfield, Wilton HUNDREDS OF JOBS TO BE CREATED

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unrise Senior Living, a provider of assisted living and senior housing residences, is expanding in Fairfield County with the upcoming openings of new communities in Fairfield and Wilton. Sunrise of Fairfield will cover more than 66,000 square feet and house 83 units. Sunrise of Wilton will cover more than 75,000 square feet and house 90 units. The new facilities will join a pair of Stamford locations as Sunrise Senior Living’s Connecticut presence. There are more than

325 Sunrise Senior Living communities throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. According to April Johnson, vice president of operations, the company seeks out markets where there is a need for this level of senior housing. “When we look for projects, we want to look for the area where there is opportunity,” she said. “We have a development team that sees where the opportunity is, and we felt the Fairfield and Wilton area was the perfect place to fit our footprint.” Johnson noted the new facilities will be divided between assisted living and memory care, with approximately 25% to 30%

of patients requiring the latter assistance. Each location will provide a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, along with a 24/7 support staff. “We make sure we have a nurse and a care manager around the clock,” Johnson continued. “We have managers on duty here seven days a week. We are bringing about 100 to 150 jobs to the market at both locations.” In Fairfield, the facility is being constructed at a site that was previously an assemblage of a residence and a long-defunct synagogue, while the Wilton site is being built on land that formerly housed a gar» » SENIOR

Artist rendering of Sunrise at Fairfield. Photos courtesy Sunrise Senior Living.

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From top: Artist rendering of Sunrise at Wilton. View of the dining room at Sunrise at Fairfield.

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In each apartment, subtle touches make it easier for the physical needs of many residents, including lights that turn on automatically upon entering the unit and sliding doors that can be opened and closed with a slight finger flick.

building, you feel that.” Johnson pointed out that members of both communities have stopped by to inquire about the progress of the buildings. “It is a natural curiosity,” she said. “When there is a building going up in the area, people knock on the door and ask what is going on.” Sunrise has been holding conversations with potential residents who are familiar with the company’s reputation. “We’re not new to it,” Johnson said. “This is a place where you can move in and not send you anywhere else. We are not sending you to a private caregiver. We always have individualized care to meet everyone’s need.” At the moment, Fairfield and Wilton are the company’s only planned locations in the state. But Johnson said there is the potential for additional facilities in the near future.

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Clockwise from top left: 181 Harbor Drive in Stamford, which sold for $33.5 million in July; 200 Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich, which sold for $67 million in August. Photo by Leslie Yager; Grand Street Plaza at 150 Grand St. in White Plains; and 8-10 Wright St. in Westport, which sold for $30 million in July.

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200 Greenwich is a mixed-use, 62,850-square-foot retail and office property anchored by Saks Fifth Avenue on the ground floor. In addition, real estate agency Compass recently leased the majority of the office space at the property. Nearby 99 Greenwich is leased for 19 years to CVS, a tenant at the property since 1992. “While many institutional investors have followed the crowds toward multifamily and industrial offerings, attractive opportunities to purchase stable, generational, retail assets have been prevalent,” Neuer said. “While years ago, the retail landscape was dominated by REITs and institutional investors, private/family office and 1031 buyers have helped fill the void, recognizing the stability and attractive yield of high-quality retail centers relative to other asset types.”

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Bridgeport Hospital’s Maternity and Pediatric Services Team will host a Community Baby Shower for new and prospective parents Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Beardsley Zoo at 1875 Noble Ave. in Bridgeport. Admission is free for the first 100 people who check in at the Bridgeport Hospital table and $5, including zoo admission, for the next 400 people. All children ages 2 and under will be admitted free. The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 29. Educational tables will offer information on breast-feeding, infant and car-seat safety, infant/prenatal massage and yoga, what to expect during the hospital stay, postpartum depression and more. The Baby Shower was organized by Bridgeport Hospital’s Maternal Child Health Nursing Professional Governance Council. For more, facebook.com/ bridgeporthosp.

First County Bank Foundation has introduced its CommunityFirst Choice Grant Program. During September, members of the community are invited to help the First County Bank Foundation distribute CommunityFirst Choice grants by voting for their favorite participating nonprofit from a list of 14 eligible organizations. The nonprofit receiving the most votes will receive a $5,000 grant. The remaining organizations will receive funds based on votes received. Voting runs through Sept. 30 and can be completed online by visiting firstcountybank.com/communityfirstchoicegrant. The participating nonprofits serving individuals and families throughout the bank’s service area are: · A Better Chance in Darien · Al’s Angels · Breakthrough Options for Families · Circle of Friends · Clothes to Kids of Fairfield County · Filling in the Blanks · Girls With Impact · Kids Helping Kids · Malta House · New Canaan Mounted Troop · Pegasus Therapeutic Riding · Pilot House · SoldierStrong · The Undies Project

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First County Bank’s board of directors recently announced the promotion of Robert J. Granata to chairman and CEO and Willard M. Miley to president and chief operating Officer. Effective Aug. 1, the promotions conclude a planned transition, which was made public with the announced retirement of Reyno A. Giallongo Jr. as chair-

man and CEO. A graduate of the New England School of Banking at Fairfield University, Granata earned his bachelor’s degree from Saint Anselm College. He currently lives in Trumbull with his wife and four sons. Miley started his First County Bank career in 2002 and was most recently promoted to executive vice president, retail

banking division. He serves on the board of directors for the Stamford Public Education Foundation (SPEF) and the Housing Development Fund Inc. Miley earned his bachelor’s degree in business from The University of Bridgeport and graduated from the National School of Banking at Fairfield University and the Connecticut School of Finance and Management.

KEY LEADERSHIP ROLE AT STURGES RIDGE OF FAIRFIELD FILLED Frank Boasorte has been named executive director of Sturges Ridge of Fairfield, a Benchmark assisted living and memory care community in Fairfield that opened last fall. Benchmark is a provider of senior living services in the Northeast. Previously, Boasorte served as a regional director of operations for Benchmark for five years and most recently as vice president of operations for the Northeast region for Milestone Retirement Communities. He also spent 15 years as regional director of operations for Sunrise Senior Living. Originally from Brazil, Boasorte graduated from Sao Paolo University with a master’s degree in business administration and earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing administration from Iona College. Sturges Ridge offers 85,000 square feet of assisted living apartments, memory care suites and spacious common areas, including underground parking, a rooftop patio and apartments featuring “luxury box” views of Fairfield Ludlowe High School football games.

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DiMatteo Group Financial Services of Shelton has planned a free informational seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Il Palio Restaurant at 5 Corporate Drive in Shelton, for former and current United Technologies Corp. (UTC) employees who own highly appreciated shares of the UTC stock fund in their retirement plan. During this dinner event, John V. DiMatteo CFP, of The DiMatteo Group, will discuss the latest updates about the UTC spinoff of Carrier and Otis Elevator as well as the UTC and Raytheon merger. He will also focus on how you can save a significant amount on your taxes if you qualifyfor the net unrealized appreciation strategy. Space is limited. Respond to Diane Lemanski at 203-924-5420 or dlemanski@dimatteofinancial.com for reservations.

GREAT GATSBY TEA AT LMMM The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, which is located at 295 West Ave. in Norwalk, will host a Great Gatsby Tea on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2 to 4 p.m. Chaired by LMMM Trustee Hunter Arton, the program will feature a talk titled “Fashion for a New Era: Clothing the Modern Woman” by Barnum Museum Curator and Clothing Historian Adrienne Saint-Pierre. A feature of the event will be refreshments catered by Best in Gourmet in the extravagant manner of Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s dashing and daring anti-hero. Saint-Pierre will present an illustrated talk about fashion of the teens and 20s. And how it defined “the modern woman.” The program will include a hat contest with prizes, a silent auction and a special drawing. The event is sponsored by AT&T, Bigelow Tea, Cottages & Gardens Publications, King Industries and The M&T Bank Charitable Foundation. All proceeds will benefit the museum’s cultural and educational programs.

THE ALDRICH AND WESTCONN PRESENT SYMPOSIUM ON ART AND WEATHER

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PROMOTION AT HOFFMANN ARCHITECTS Cathy A. DellaValle, a member of the administrative team of Hoffmann Architects — an architecture and engineering firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors — has been promoted to marketing coordinator where she will support business development and marketing efforts across the firm’s three offices. DellaValle joined Hoffmann Architects in 2018 as a part-time administrative assistant. Her responsibilities grew to include greater marketing support as she applied her previous employment experience of more than 20 years of developing marketing communication materials. A full-time marketing coordinator, DellaValle is responsible for the timely and effective production of credentials materials, business development communication, website content, award submissions, interview presentations, promotional items and other marketing materials. She will coordinate among technical staff, the business development team, communications manager and administrative and finance departments to provide marketing support to the entire firm. DellaValle holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Sacred Heart University.

WESTERN CONNECTICUT MILITARY OFFICERS INVITED TO FALL EVENT The Western Connecticut Military Officers Association (WCMOA) invites all former military officers to its fall event at Port 5 on Sept. 18 from 1700 to last call, free of charge for the evening to hear guest speaker RADM Dennis Moynihan, retired, former chief information officer of the Navy. The Western Connecticut Military Officers Association is a nonprofit organization founded in November 1958 and is celebrating its 60th year. Its goals are to stimulate love of country and support and defense of the U.S. Constitution. Its membership consists of women and men who served as officers in all branches of the armed services in both peace and war. For reservations, call 203-615-8397 or WestCTMOA@gmail.com.

Kim Keever, Abstract 10298, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, in partnership with the Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) Meteorology Club, Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences Meteorology program, School of Visual and Performing Arts Department of Art and the New York City/Long Island Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, has organized a one-day, cross-disciplinary symposium investigating the intersection of art and weather on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the

Ives Concert Hall at WCSU. This event is free, but pre-registration is required at wcsu.edu/artweather. There will be a morning and afternoon session and lunch will be available for purchase from WCSU’s Student Center Cafeteria. The symposium is planned in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition titled Weather Report from Oct. 6 to March 29, which will present a group of diverse international artists who reference weather in provocative ways through sculpture, drawing, painting, installation and video.

A diverse range of speakers, including WCBS Radio 880 chief radio meteorologist Craig Allen; forest management researcher Amanda Bunce; and Todd Forrest, the Arthur Ross vice president for horticulture and living collections at the New York Botanical Garden and an advocate for historic trees and forests in urban landscapes and public gardens will be presenting. For more, contact Emily Devoe at 203-438-4519, ext. 140, or edevoe@aldrichart.org.

MICHAEL BOLTON CHARITIES CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF DREAMS The Michael Bolton Charities will present “Chords of Hope” on Saturday, Oct. 12, to celebrate 25 years of dreams realized. This year’s event will honor Igor Tulchinsky, founder, chairman and CEO of WorldQuant. The evening will feature a special performance by Michael Bolton and his band. A cocktail reception and silent auction will kick off the event at 6 p.m. followed by dinner, an awards ceremony, performances and dancing — all starting at 7:30 p.m. This year’s event chairs are Jen Danzi and Alan Oyugi. The presenting sponsor is the Centene Charitable Foundation. Additional sponsors include BMI, Cozy Mattress (Gold); Tom and Pamela Anderson, Connecticut Distributors Inc., Endicott College, Donna & Tommy Febbraio, Justina Pray and Joseph Lockridge (Bronze); Dawn Knief-Compass Real Estate and Tito’s Handmade Vodka (Benefit). For more information, sponsorship opportunities and to purchase tickets, visit The Michael Bolton Charities online at michaelboltoncharities. com/index.php/events/2019-chords-of-hope.

THE BASICS OF STARTING AND SUSTAINING A BUSINESS The Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce and KeyBank will soon be offering its Small Business Development Academy, a seven-week course addressing the basics in regard to starting and sustaining a small business. This program is free and open to all and is made possible by the sponsorship of KeyBank. Topics will include creating a business plan, obtaining financing, bookkeeping and taxes, customer service, insurance considerations and marketing. The kickoff session will be Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Norwalk Inn & Conference Center at 99 East Ave. This session will feature entrepreneur John Barricelli, owner of SoNo Baking Co., located in Norwalk and Darien. A third-generation baker dating back to his great grandfather’s panetteria in Brooklyn, New York, Barricelli graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and went on to cook at such renowned New York City restaurants as The River Café and the Four Seasons Restaurant, as well as The Elms Restaurant & Tavern in Ridgefield. His real passion and innate talent skewed more toward bread-making and the pastry arts, featured on Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and ultimately his own PBS show, “Every Day Baking.” The sessions will continue for the next six weeks, all 6 to 8 p.m. at The Norwalk Inn. The program will culminate with a graduation reception and ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at which time certificates will be presented to those who have completed the program. To register for this program or for more information, contact the Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce at 203-866-2521, email to info@norwalkchamberofcommerce. com, or register online at norwalkchamberofcommerce.com.

SHOP FOR SUCCESS!

Michael Bolton

Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County will host its biannual Shop for Success! Inventory Reduction Sale Sept. 19 to Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 240 Fairfield Ave., on the second floor, in Bridgeport. The organization is cleaning out its closet and opening its doors to the public for two days of shopping for gently loved spring and summer clothing and accessories starting at just $5. All proceeds are to benefit its mission of empowering women. This event offers shoppers the opportunity to find high-end professional apparel at reduced prices. Featured brands include Lafayette 148 New York, Calvin Klein, Tory Burch, J. Crew, Theory, Ann Taylor, Talbots and others. Appointments to shop are suggested as space in the boutique is limited, but not required. Call 203-333-6505

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Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS Commercial 33 Benedict Place LLC, Greenwich, contractor for 33 Benedict Place LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 33 Benedict Place, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $270,343. Filed May 2019.

R. W. Haggerty Pools, Norwalk, contractor for Kelly Janice Gates. Install main drain in swimming pool at 570 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $500. Filed May 2019.

Giannas Contracting LLC, Sherman, contractor for Greenwich Academy. Replace deck at 45 Northfield St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed May 2019.

MH Cohen LP, Greenwich, contractor for MH Cohen LP. Repair doorway at 10 Lewis St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $2,400. Filed May 2019.

Stamford Tent, Stamford, contractor for Nipowin Island LLC. Set up for a private party at 541 Indian Field Road Greenwich. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed May 2019.

Rakoczy Home Improvement LLC, Stamford, contractor for Mill Post Realty LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 130 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $76,000. Filed May 2019.

Giannas Contracting LLC, Sherman, contractor for Greenwich Academy Inc.. Replace deck at 43 Northfield St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed May 2019.

Northeast Tent Productions, Stamford, contractor for John Bate, Sr. Set up for a private party at 105 Cat Rock Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $1,900. Filed May 2019.

Gunn, Philip D. and Laura Gunn, Greenwich, contractor for Philip D. Gunn and Laura Gunn. Remove chimney and install new structural supports at 64 Zacchaeus Mead Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed May 2019.

Northeast Tent Productions, Stamford, contractor for Edward S. Hyman and Caro Hyman. Set up for a private party at 8 Partridge Hollow Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $5,690. Filed May 2019.

Tipermas, Jonathan, Riverside, contractor for Jonathan Tipermas. Construct in-ground swimming pool at 4 Campbell Cottage, Riverside. Estimated cost: $71,000. Filed May 2019.

Alan Party Rentals, South Hackensack, New Jersey, contractor for Greenwich Boys Club Association. Set up for a private party at 4 Horseneck Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed May 2019.

Town of Greenwich Board, contractor for the town of Greenwich Board. Construct ramp to front entrance of school with new lights at 51 Hendrie Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $112,000. Filed May 2019.

Convent of Sacred Heart, Greenwich, contractor for Convent of Sacred Heart. Remodel large room within the school at 1177 King St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed May 2019.

White Birch Farm Inc., Greenwich, contractor for White Birch Farm Inc., Set up for a private party at 941 North St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed May 2019.

Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, contractor for Greenwich Avenue. Perform replacement alterations at 48 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed May 2019. Greenwich Tent Co., Bridgeport, contractor for Belle Haven Club. Set up for a private party at 100 Harbor Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $13,199. Filed May 2019. Magna Construction, Stamford, contractor for GRC Realty Corp. Alter adjacent office space at 600 Steamboat Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed May 2019. Mallorca Custom Pools LLC, Cortland Manor, New York, contractor for Guadalupe Amaris. Install new electric system at 100 Bedford Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed May 2019. Manafort Brothers Inc, Plainville, contractor for 290 Railroad Avenue LLC. Demolish commercial building at 290 Railroad Ave., West Haven. Estimated cost: $146,000. Filed May 2019. McDermott, Robert, Shelton, contractor for 777 W. Putnam Ave. Perform replacement alterations at 777 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $332,000. Filed May 2019. Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to:

Residential 37 Baldwin Farms North LLC, Bronx, New York, contractor for 37 Baldwin Farms North LLC. Construct walls at 37 Baldwin Farms North, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $38,000. Filed May 2019. Alperson Party Rentals, Elmsford, New York, contractor for The Stanwick School. Set up for a private party at 257 Stanwick Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed May 2019. AP Construction Co., Stamford, contractor for Mill Owners Co,. Perform a demolition for structural and architectural design investigation at 340 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $55,000. Filed May 2019. Bridgemohan Neelam Hyder, Greenwich, contractor for Bridgemohan Neelam Hyder. Remove two walls to create openfloor concept at 55 Pemberwick Road, West Haven. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed May 2019. Digesu Building Contractor LLC, Stamford, contractor for Richard Duncan. Renovate kitchen, laundry and mudroom at 7 Grace St., Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $72,000. Filed May 2019. Dwyer, John D., Trumbull, contractor for Abilis Inc. Replace kitchen cabinets, fiberglass shower and change kitchen outlets at 15 Cross Ridge Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed May 2019. Gerrish Hill LLC, Greenwich, contractor for Gerrish Hill LLC. Set up for a private party at 39 Pierson Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed May 2019.

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Henn Pools LLC, Darien, contractor for Laura Beber. Construct spa and required safety barrier at 84 Connecticut Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed May 2019.

Northeast Tent Productions, Stamford, contractor for Riverside Yacht Club Inc. Set up for a private party at 102 Club Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $6,600. Filed May 2019.

Hinduja Anil, Riverside, contractor for Hinduja Anil. Finish basement at 82 Lockwood Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed May 2019.

Pascoe, Karen, Greenwich, contractor for Karen Pascoe. Renovate kitchen and alter master bath at 4 Old Church Road, Unit 7, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $123,454. Filed May 2019.

The Home Depot USA, Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Bernice I. Carroll. Install replacement windows at 37 Bonwit Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $2,160. Filed May 2019.

Piu, Aurelio and Maria Piu, Greenwich, contractor for Aurelio Piu. Finish space above attached garage at 15 Linden Place, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed May 2019.

JTT Construction, Oakland, New Jersey, contractor for JTB Indian 12 LLC. Demolish and rebuild a single-family residence at 12 Indian Drive, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $1,200,000. Filed May 2019.

Portcullis Partners LLC, Cos Cob, contractor for Robert N. Cohen. Replace windows, add master bedroom and bath, install hot air heating and cooling system at 19 Dartmouth Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $337,000. Filed May 2019.

Justin Liegey Construction LLC, Cross River, New York, contractor for Stanley Resor. Renovate bathroom and master closet at 22 Stanwick Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed May 2019. Katchko Construction Services, Stamford, contractor for Anthony C. Hayden and Margo Hayden. Perform replacement alterations at 76 Shore Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed May 2019. Kennelly, John D. and Blanche Y. Kennelly, Cos Cob, contractor for John D. Kennelly and Blanche Y. Kennelly. Create a master bedroom on left side of house at 33 Sundance Drive, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $175,000. Filed May 2019. Kerney, Patrick M., Riverside, contractor for Patrick M. Kerney. Alter master suite, and totally finish attic at 10 Normandy Lane, Riverside. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed May 2019. Lionetti, Michael, Stamford, contractor for 49 Midwood LLC. Construct in-ground swimming pool at 49 Midwood Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed May 2019.

Prutting & Co. Custom Builders LLC, Stamford, contractor for Cat Rock Too LLC, Build a new single-family dwelling at 181 Cat Rock Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $2,500,000. Filed May 2019. Sacripanti, Steven, White Plains, New York, contractor for Cappello Jason & Claire. Remove and replace bathrooms, tile, vanities and fixtures at 425 N. Maple Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $275,000. Filed May 2019. SLS Construction, Greenwich, contractor for Alex L. Samoilescu. Construct an addition over garage, remodel bath and kitchen at 16 Cottontail Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed May 2019. SLS Construction, Greenwich, contractor for Christian Frenes. Renovate front entrance at 235 N. Maple Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $58,000. Filed May 2019. Sound Beach Services Inc., Old Greenwich, contractor for Riverside Yacht Club Inc. Construct slab over paved parking lot at 102 Club Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed May 2019.

Town of Greenwich, contractor for the town of Greenwich.Set up for a private party at 90 Harding Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed May 2019. Town of Greenwich, contractor for the town of Greenwich. Set up for a private party at 100 Arch St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed May 2019. VAS Construction, Darien, contractor for Brian Rutledge. Remove garage to create open porch at 89 Shore Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $28,000. Filed May 2019. Vaz Quality Works LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Perry Lily and Cordon S. Lily. Perform replacement alterations at 58 Winthrop Drive, Riverside. Estimated cost: $9,300. Filed May 2019. Voz Quality Works LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Danielle Simms. Perform replacement alterations at 640 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $3,500. Filed May 2019. White Birch Builders LLC, Greenwich, contractor for 7 ORHL LLC. Replace columns and windows at 7 Old Round Hill Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $95,000. Filed May 2019. Zakhar, Theodore, Norwalk, contractor for Davis S. Robbins and Karen C.Robbins. Remove and reroof at 21 South End Cottage, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $17,000. Filed May 2019.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Lello, Eugene, Fairfield. Filed by Yolanda Barnes, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Nicholas R Nesi, East Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6086414-S. Filed May 24.

Lone Star Repair Service Inc., et al, Stamford. Filed by Reginald Destin, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Blomberg Law Firm LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6088207-S. Filed July 23. Lopez, Veronica, Bridgeport. Filed by Beatriz Perez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cooper Sevillano LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6087909-S. Filed July 12. Omalley, Deborah, et al, Westport. Filed by Isiaka Obisesan, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rodie & Connolly PC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6088745-S. Filed Aug. 9. Wigglesworth, Brianna, Seymour. Filed by Stephanie L Targonski, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Thomas G Cotter, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6086610-S. Filed May 30.

Danbury Superior Court Bower, Dinah, et al, Westport. Filed by Shannon Sady, New Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Guendelsberger Law Offices LLP, New Milford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-196032913-S. Filed Aug. 12.

Facts & Figures City of Danbury. Filed by Carol Daly, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises of the defendant, in a banquet hall, when the table she was sitting at collapsed, causing her injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-19-6032524-S. Filed July 19. Haitsch Construction LLC, et al, Danbury. Filed by Debra Douglas, Redding. Plaintiff’s attorney: G&G Law LLC, Brookfield. Action: The plaintiff and defendants entered into an agreement wherein defendants would remodel the plaintiff’s residence. The plaintiff made payments to the defendants. Despite the payments, the defendants didn’t perform according to the agreement and overcharged the plaintiff and breached the agreement. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-196031448-S. Filed May 20. Moros, Stefan, Bethel. Filed by Phyllis Drake, New Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-196032021-S. Filed July 19. Novella, John, Danbury. Filed by Christopher Eanniello, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fanol Bojka, Waterbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-19-6031342-S. Filed May 16.

Stamford Superior Court City of Norwalk, et al, Norwalk. Filed by Trust Realty Corp., Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ratner Stuart B. PC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff was the owner of a real property in Norwalk. The plaintiff claims a relief against a wrongful assessment of its property for taxation by the defendants. The plaintiff appealed the defendant’s taxation and valuation of the property alleging it was not the percentage of the true and actual value, but was grossly excessive, disproportionate and unlawful. The plaintiff seeks a new evaluation of the property and monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-196041627-S. Filed May 15.

One Hundred Norwalk LLC, et al, Great Neck, New York. Filed by Michelle Velazquez, Darien. Plaintiff’s attorney: Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises of the defendants, when she was caused to fall due to an accumulation of snow and ice, thereby causing her to suffer injuries. The fall was caused by the negligence of the defendants for not keeping the premises safe. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-19-6042938-S. Filed July 30.

Brock, Shantay L. and Ivan Robert Anderson II, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Novus Property Solutions LLC, Westport. Property: 85 Murray St., Norwalk. Amount: $539,000. Filed June 17.

Schlesinger, Anna et al, Derby, Kansas Filed by Marie Mathieu, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berkowitz And Hanna LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-196041533-S. Filed May 10.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 76 New Canaan Ave., Unit 3, Norwalk. Amount: $1. Filed June 12.

Shaikh, Abdulkadar, Stamford. Filed by Rafael Alvarez-Ramirez, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Martinez Alex J. Law Offices LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-19-6042801-S. Filed Aug. 22.

DEEDS Commercial 59 Winfield LLC, Shelton. Seller: Charles Wieniawski, Shelton. Property: 59 Winfield St., Norwalk. Amount: 0. Filed June 10. Alexander Morton House LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Edward Patrick Vingo, Bethany, Property: 70 Taylor Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $380,000. Filed June 18. Alvarez, Carlos, New Canaan. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Irvine, California. Property: 11 Columbine Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $330,000. Filed June 20. Aspesi, Paula A., Norwalk. Seller: 58 Lincoln LLC, Milford. Property: 58 Lincoln Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $410,000. Filed June 20. BGRS Relocation Inc, Scottsdale, Arizona. Seller: Heather Rainey and Megan Abdallah, Norwalk. Property: 9 Wildwood Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $455,000. Filed June 19.

Cuevas, Kevin and Elsa N. Carranza, Norwalk. Seller: BGRS Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: 9 Wildwood Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $455,000. Filed June 19. Dumbauld, Maria A., Norwalk. Seller: 7 Splitrock Road Partners LLC. Norwalk. Property: 7 Splitrock Road, Norwalk. Amount: $570,000. Filed June 13.

Frey, Donald Michael, Rowayton. Seller: 80 1/2 Highland Avenue LLC, Dover, Delaware. Property: 80 1/2 Highland Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $1,525,000. Filed June 17. Lamy, Edward E., Norwalk. Seller: Go Key Realty Consulting LTD, Mount Sinai, New York. Property: 250 Grumman Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $619,950. Filed June 12. Lukiv, Oleh and Yaroslava Kryuchkova, Bethany. Seller: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 71 Aiken St., Unit H12, Norwalk. Amount: $235,200. Filed June 19. McKinnon Living Trust, Wilton. Seller: Donald G. McKinnon and Encarnacion McKinnon. Wilton. Property: 13 Fawn Ridge Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $0. Filed June 13. Miller River Financial LLC, Stratford. Seller: Frank Sforza and Silvia Sforza, Norwalk. Property: 12 William St., Norwalk. Amount: $235,000, Filed June 12. SDF Capital LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Alexander Strommen, Norwalk. Property: 19 Cleveland Terrace, Norwalk. Amount: $160,000. Filed June 21. Trubridge, Amy and Ekuwa Amegor, Norwalk. Seller: Artisan Tile Contracting LLC, Norwalk. Property: 27 McAllister Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $463,500. Filed June 12.

Residential Avellino, Christopher M. and Alexandra P. Avellino, Norwalk. Seller: Angel Estes-Pia, Norwalk. Property: 7 Lakeview Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $381,900. Filed June 21. Baca Rivera, Jose Manuel, Norwalk. Seller: Louise C. Scianna, Wilton. Property: 27 Newfield St., Norwalk. Amount: $367,500. Filed June 21.

Baker, John and Lucy Baker, Norwalk. Seller: Joyce A. Jamison, Darien. Property: 15 Rising Road, Norwalk. Amount: $467,500. Filed June 10.

Fraser, John W. and Amy B. Fraser, Darien. Seller: Pierce O’Neil and Ashley L. O’Neil, Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 3 Harbor Bluff Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $1. Filed June 20.

Pearson, John, Norwalk. Seller: Krishna V. Shah and Vishul R. Shah, Norwalk. Property: 573 Belden Hill Road, Norwalk. Amount: $603,000. Filed June 20.

Barnes, Stephen Nixon and Ana Mariela Barnes, New York, New York. Seller: Sara J. Hilliard, Norwalk. Property: 18 Stonybrook Road, Norwalk. Amount: $389,000. Filed June 19.

Golden, Frederick T. and Gwendolyn R. Golden, Norwalk. Seller: Peter J. Weber and Arieen G. Weber, Stamford. Property: 15 Pine Point Road, Unit 310, Rowayton. Amount: $90,000. Filed June 19.

Pioli, Matthew J. and Michele A. Pioli, Norwalk. Seller: Richard Flory and Lauren Flory, Norwalk. Property: 32 Richmonf Hill Road, Norwalk. Amount: $465,000. Filed June 13.

Begum, Khurshida, Stamford. Seller: James M. Muro, Norwalk. Property: 32 Chestnut St., Norwalk. Amount: $385,000. Filed June 13.

Gonzalez, Mayra and Elizabeth Gonzalez, Norwalk. Seller: Scott D. Bento and Linda A. Bento, Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Property: 41 Harris St., Norwalk. Amount: $475,000. Filed June 11.

Pollak Jr. Wayne N. and Jennifer Pollak, Norwalk. Seller: Joseph Esposito and Nancy Onaitis Esposito, Norwalk. Property: 8 Fairfield Terrace, Norwalk. Amount: $376,000. Filed June 18.

Harding, Jr. Richard B. and Elaine C. Harding, Darien. Seller: Mary B. Pond and Stephen W. Pond, Norwalk. Property: 11 Getner Trail, Norwalk. Amount: $78,000. Filed June 19.

Posson, Blair and Wesley Posson, Norwalk. Seller: Nikolaos Efkarpidis and Tarra Efkarpidis, Norwalk. Property: 304 West Cedar St., Norwalk. Amount: $360,000. Filed June 20.

Hassan, Bilal, Norwalk. Seller: Philip Passero and Marino Passero, Norwalk. Property: 88 Woodward Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $300,000. Filed June 19.

Prince, Anglade and Daphne Jean Louis, Stamford. Seller: Kathleen F. Rorick, Norwalk. Property: 62 William St., Norwalk. Amount: $570,000. Filed June 12.

Klopfer, June L., Norwalk. Seller: Louis M. Klopfer, Norwalk. Property: 36 Burchard Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $1. Filed June 21.

Rosales, Leonel and Wilber O. Escobar, New York, New York. Seller: Kamil Zdunek, Greenwich. Property: Lot 4, Map 8525, Norwalk. Amount: $399,750. Filed June 12.

Bennett, Keith and Marley Bukowski, Norwalk. Seller: Mark F. McDade and Nancy McDade, Westport. Property: 31 Chestnut Hill Road, Norwalk. Amount: $380,000. Filed June 14. Callahan, Jonathan, Norwalk. Seller: Rosalie McCoy, Norwalk. Property: 208 Flax Hill Road, Unit 19, Norwalk. Amount: $180,000. Filed June 19. Caniato, Margaux A., Westport. Seller: William P. Waters and Colleen M. Waters, Norwalk. Property: 67 Cranbury Road, Norwalk. Amount: $580,000. Filed June 11. Castano, Jonathan, Norwalk. Seller: Carol Ann McOwen, Norwalk. Property: 30 Bartlett Manor, Norwalk. Amount: $370,000. Filed June 12. Cornell, Caitlin R. and Colin S. McKeon, New York, New York. Seller: Michael Nikolas, Darien. Property: 35 Vanderbilt Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed June 10. DaSilva, Joseph Alberto and Michelle B. Moya, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: William H. Haughey and Rachel H. Haughey, Estero, Florida. Property: 17 Crooked Trail, Norwalk. Amount: $1,550,000. Filed June 18. Dimitroglou, Dimitrios, Norwalk. Seller: Minas Lialios, Norwalk. Property: 2 Duck Pond Road, Norwalk. Amount: $966,702. Filed June 10. Dormevil, Guyvensky and Christina Dormevil, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Diana V. Harris and Mark A. Harris Jr., Norwalk. Property: 21 Lloyd Road, Norwalk. Amount: $495,000. Filed June 14. Duggins, Ellen S., Norwalk. Seller: Charlotte Sabbagh, Norwalk. Property: 1 Nearwater Road, Norwalk. Amount: $1,800,000. Filed June 12. Espinoza, Alfonso and Carmen Heras Alvarez, Stamford. Seller: John Palacio and Sandra Palacio, Norwalk. Property: 25 Van Buren Ave., Unit 3 (B1), Norwalk. Amount: $305,000. Filed June 18.

Kowalski, Jeremy and Vanessa Kowalski, Stamford. Seller: Gregg M. Kirkman, Norwalk. Property: 11 Naromake Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $401,600. Filed June 17. Libertino, Salvatore and Palmina Libertino, Norwalk. Seller: Norina Chieffalo, Norwalk. Property: 88 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Amount: $370,000. Filed June 10. Livingston, Brian and Michelle Matarese, Stamford. Seller: Daniel Matias and Luis Brea, Norwalk. Property: 2 Vanderbilt Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $503,000. Filed June 18. Luongo, Justine and Kimberly Forte, Norwalk. Seller: Mary C. Pugh, Norwalk. Property: 7 Naromake Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $382,000. Filed June 10. Mandujano, Luis Javier, Norwalk. Seller: Lori Day, Norwalk. Property: 29 Heather Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $380,000. Filed June 10. Mendez, Garrett and Kathleen Mendez, Norwalk. Seller: Anthony L. Deluke, Norwalk. Property: 26 Harris St., Norwalk. Amount: $390,000. Filed June 20. Migliaccio, Antonio, Norwalk. Seller: Jeffrey Lynn and Lisa Lynn, Norwalk. Property: Unit A7, Riverbend Common Condominium, Norwalk. Amount: $245,000. Filed June 21.

Santopietro, Christopher P. and Silvia Santopietro, Norwalk. Seller: Peter Dam Soren, New Canaan. Property: 442 Main Ave., Unit A8, Norwalk. Amount: $436,000. Filed June 17. Thompson, Tanner, Norwalk. Seller: Andrew C. Whittaker and Elizabeth A. Whittaker, West Lafayette, Indiana. Property: 16 Hillside Place, Unit K5, Norwalk. Amount: $325,000. Filed June 17. Vivirito, Michael P. and Allison R. Alter, Trumbull. Seller: Richard A. Sileo and Maria P. Sileo, Norwalk. Property: 50 Valley View Road, Norwalk. Amount: $450,000. Filed June 17. Webb, Nathan and Alexandra Gurka, Norwalk. Seller: Scott A. Olson, Norwalk. Property: 17 Auburn St., Norwalk. Amount: $411,000. Filed June 21. Zapata, Wilson E., Norwalk. Seller: Eduardo Daniel Caceres and Luciana C. Brun, Palm Harbor, Florida. Property: 7 Heather Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $398,000. Filed June 10. Zuniga, Carlos and Teresita Zuniga, Norwalk. Seller: Eduardo Arnao and Carolina Rendon Garcia, Norwalk. Property: 4 Papp St., Unit B, Norwalk. Amount: $299,000. Filed June 14.

Osuba, Carlos M., Norwalk. Seller: Thomas L. Maffucci Sr., Stamford. Property: Unit F2, Oak Hill Condominium, Norwalk. Amount: $278,000. Filed June 21.

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Facts & Figures FORECLOSURES 271 Charles Street Land Trust, et al, Creditor: Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana. Property: 271 Charles St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 13. Aladdin, Regina, et al, Creditor: Santander Bank NA, Lake Zurich, Illinois. Property: 226 Worth St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 13. Blackjack LLC, et al, Creditor: City of Bridgeport. Property: 2-8 Beachview Rear Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 9. Bouknight-Marcus, Gloria, et al, Creditor: Bank of America, Plano, Texas. Property: 115 Mayapple Road, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 27. Jimenez, Roberto, et al, Creditor: US Bank Trust NA, San Diego, California. Property: 26 Split Rock Road, Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 27. Lefrance F., Jean-Charles, et al, Creditor: Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Property: 31 Morton St., Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 23.

Maramkhah, Rashid, et al, Creditor; Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: 37 Soundview Drive, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Sep. 3. Pearson, Stuart R., et al, Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Laurel, New Jersey. Property: 56 Cousins Road, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 30. Samuel, Frank, et al, Creditor: Freedom Mortgage Corp., Fishers, Indiana. Property: 80 Rockton Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 19. Strobe Jr. John J., et al, Creditor: PMJ Capital Corp., San Juan, Puerto Rico. Property: 37 Columbus Place, Unit 10, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed June 12. Valdivia, Roxana M., Creditor: Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, Anaheim, California. Property: 264 George St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 12.

JUDGMENTS Akins, Leon, Stamford. $2,291, in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 178 Seaton Road, Unit 1, Stamford. Filed April 4.

Albir, Eddie, Stamford. $3,004, in favor of Atlantic Credit & Finance, Roanoke, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 711 Hope St., Stamford. Filed May 24. Blue, Creasier Ann, Stamford. $8,430, in favor of First Resolution Investment Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 25 Court St., Unit 7, Stamford. Filed Aug. 21. Godoy, Jose and Delfino Godoy, Stamford. $2,750, in favor of Hoffman Fuel Company of Bridgeport, Trumbull, by Michele E. Bourque, Trumbull. Property: 90 Holcomb Ave. Stamford. Filed Sept. 3. KNB Properties LLC, et al, Waterbury. $275,434, in favor of National Cooperative Bank, Arlington, Virginia, by Ford & Paulekas LLP, Hartford. Property: 3 Old Wagon Road, Stamford. Filed April 12. Lafleur, Yves M., Stamford. $66,726, in favor of American Express National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Mark Sank & Associates LLC, Stamford. Property: 92 Rock Spring Road, Stamford. Filed May 6. McLeod, Troy and Kenisha McLeod, Stamford. $740, in favor of LH Gault & Son Incorporated, Westport, by Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 381 Eden Road, Stamford. Filed June 7.

LEGAL NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received on Friday, September 27 at 4pm at the offices of Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580 (914-698-9275), in care of Suzanne Clary, President. Bids can be delivered to this address at any time in advance of that time and date. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “PALMER TENNIS HOUSE– ROOF and STRUCTURAL REPAIR WORK.” This project includes: structural repair work to the wood framing, and truss, sistering of wood truss members, replacement of sill support, installation of new roofing, and replacement of clapboards. This project is funded by a grant in accordance with the provisions of Public law 113-2 Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Assistance Grant Program for Historic Properties from the National Park Service and administered through the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The grant program supports historically significant properties that require restoration and repair in the wake of severe damage from Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Consistent with New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) commitment, and in accordance with Article 15-A of the New York State Executive Law, contractors are required to ensure that good faith efforts are made to include meaningful participation by Minority and Women-Owned Businesses (MWBE) in the Hurricane Sandy grant program. The intent of the program is to encourage and assist in developing business relationships between Prime Contractors and M&WBE subcontractors and suppliers. All bidders are subject to the terms of the NYS Master Contract for Grants -- Standard Terms and Conditions, which can be found online at http://grantsreform.ny.gov\. Project specifications and drawings are available for viewing on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Jay Heritage Center Visitors Center between 10am and 4pm. They are also available online at https://jayheritagecenter.org/ under Contractors Section at bottom of home page. A refundable deposit of $150 will be required for each hard copy of the bid manual and documents that are requested. A pre-bid meeting/walkthrough is scheduled on Monday, September 9th at 10:00 am at the site at 210 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580 as publicly advertised. Attendance is mandatory. Potential bidders who are unable to attend the walk-through may make appointments by emailing Suzanne Clary at jayheritagecenter@gmail.com. Bids from contractors that have not visited the site will be rejected. Questions can be directed to Etsegenet/Cece Kebede and Stephanie Reinert at Stephen Tilly, Architect, phone: 914-693-8898, fax number: 914-693-4235, and e-mail: cecek@stillyarchitect.com and stephanier@stillyarchitect.com. The Jay Heritage Center reserves the right to reject any and all bids, as well as any incomplete bids.

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Morales, Jose, Stamford. $459, in favor of Hoffman Fuel Company of Bridgeport, Trumbull, by Michele E. Bourque, Trumbull. Property: 70 Dean St., Stamford. Filed Aug. 26. Paul, Grilande M., Stamford. $10,431, in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina, by Rubin & Rothman LLC, Islandia, New York. Property: 70 Dale St., Stamford. Filed April 1. Prieto, Edward, Stamford. $2,819, in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 30 Alpine St., Stamford. Filed April 4. Rivas, Miguel, Stamford. $3,163, in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Livonia, Michigan, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 59 Liberty St., Unit 47, Stamford. Filed Sep. 3. Rodriguez, Jannette, Stamford. $5,100, in favor of Credit Management Corp., Westbrook, by John N. Rich, Westbrook. Property: 44 Euclid Ave., Stamford. Filed Sep. 3. S T Silvers, Stamford. $15,949, in favor of Unifund Corp., Stamford, by Calistro & Airone LLC, Westbrook. Property: 71 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 301, Stamford. Filed April 4. Sherman, John C., Stamford. $12,627, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 455 Hope St., Unit 4F, Stamford. Filed April 29. Smith Young, Anne V., Stamford. $7,598, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Zwicker & Associates PC, Enfield. Property: 407 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Filed April 30. Stebbins, Penelope, Belmont, California, $5,651, in favor of Kathy McBain, Old Greenwich, by the Law Offices of Peter V. Lathouris LLC, Stamford. Property: 43 Ridgeway Drive, Stamford. Filed April 1. Uzar Jr. Anthony, Stamford. $2,912, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 134 Lafayette St., Stamford. Filed Aug. 27. Vilfranche, Ricardo, et al, Stamford. $15,522, in favor of Student Loan Solutions LLC, Rock Hill, South Carolina, by Charles T. Buzek, Norwalk. Property: 22 Leslie St., Unit 9, Stamford. Filed May 20. Zhang, Jun Nan and Aka Alan Zhang, Stamford. $3.904, in favor of Simon Krause. Stamford, by JTHoffman LLC, Stamford. Property: 91 Broad St., Unit 7, Stamford. Filed May 29.

LIENS Federal Tax Liens Filed 5 Star Holdings LLC, 485 Ogden St., Bridgeport. $10,213, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Acevedo, Jose A., 389 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. $319, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Brown, Rowan, et al, 247 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. $210, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Cruz, David, 292 Orchard St., Bridgeport. $356, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. De Luca, Michael A. and Cosimo B. De Luca, 818 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. $50, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Duperval, Lyonel, 343 Pearl St., Bridgeport. $26, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Ellis, Caroline and Louis W. Ellis, 736 Boston Ave. Bridgeport. $199, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Fenwick-Dicks, Mary V., 736 Brooks St., Bridgeport. $34, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Fernandez, Alberto and Petra Fernandez, 700 Brooks St., Bridgeport. $47, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Gomez, Mauro, 355 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. $404, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Grant, Dorothy J., 1139 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. $88, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Grant, Philip, 1069 William St., Bridgeport. $280, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Iglesia de Jesus Cristo Internacional, 1110 William St., Bridgeport. $52, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Lamonthe, Jessyca, 38 Autumn St., Bridgeport. $81, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Maldonado, Dalia and Ralph Maldonado, 1049 William St., Bridgeport. $362, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Pena, Oscar E., 1190 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. $290, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Philoche, Gisele, 1215 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. $121, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Remo Tartaglia Associates LLC, 477 Main St., Monroe. $15, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Sistrunk, Jerry E., 46 Roosevelt St., Bridgeport. $490, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10.

Torres, Dorothy and Jose Quesada, 84 Roosevelt St., Bridgeport. $400, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Welch, Sean, 328 Pearl St., Bridgeport. $60, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, 190 S. Lasalle St., Bridgeport. $330, civil proceeding tax. Filed April 10.

Mechanics’ Liens DeRosa, Mary and Russell Capozziello, Fairfield. Filed by Sullivan Construction Company LLC, by Stephen Sullivan. Property: 233 Old Oaks Road, Fairfield. Amount: $5,775. Filed May 21. Paris, Jr. Alex M. and Denise Cruz, Southport. Filed by US Insulation Corp, Patrick O’Halloran. Property: 231 Woodrow Ave., Southport. Amount: $23,040. Filed June 21. Sunrise of Fairfield Propco LLC, Fairfield. Filed by United Steel Inc., by Lynn Caouette. Property: 1537 Strathfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $117,280. Filed June 28.

LIS PENDENS 108 Evergreen LLC, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Hastings Cohan & Walsh, Ridgefield, for Ridgefield Bank Mortgage Corp. Property: 108 Evergreen St., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed May 16. Barton, Benjamin G., et al, Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for US Bank National Association. Property: 74 Carleton Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 17. Beqir, Treva, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for US Bank National Association. Property: 37 Short St., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 16. CG Developers LLC, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Tower Fund Services. Property: 345 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15. Cobblestone LLC, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for FCM. Property: 1860 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15. Curtin Inc., et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Tower Fund Services. Property: 330 Harral Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed May 15.

Facts & Figures Durate, Maria Ines, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for HSBC Bank USA. Property: 487 Queen St., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 13.

Sumra, Javed, Bridgeport. Filed by Cretella, Fappiano & Monelli PC, Trumbull, for Anthony E. Monelli. Property: Unit 3-E, Embassy Towers Co., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed May 16.

Eaton Investments LLC, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for United Bridge Capital LP. Property: 1736 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 16.

Taff Avenue Property Management LLC, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Tower Fund Services. Property: 59 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15.

LS Holding LLC, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 257 Gregory St., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15.

Toure, Yaya, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA. Property: 480 Woodside Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15.

Maia, Ricardo B., et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Hastings Cohan & Walsh, Ridgefield, for Fairfield County Bank. Property: 73 Oxford St., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 16.

Turkey Point Properties LLC, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Tower Fund Services. Property: 289 Waterview Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15.

McGarvey, Todd, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Tower Fund Services. Property: 1484 Capitol Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15.

Zarzuela, Robert, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Armonk, New York, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Property: 205 Woodrow Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 13.

Oniszko, Maria, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company NA. Property: 113 Evers St., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 16. Rojas, Janet, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Tower Fund Services. Property: 120 Huntington Turnpike, No. 111, Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15. Santiago, Enrique, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Brock & Scott PLLC, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for Park Tree Investments 21 LLC. Property: Lot 1, Briarwood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed May 15. Sobotka, Wojciech, Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for Tower Fund Services. Property: 250 N. Bishop Ave., Unit 41, Bridgeport. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed May 15.

Associate, Global Alternative Premia (Greenwich, CT): Analyze the performance and positioning of investment portfolios. Present portfolio analysis results to product and portfolio teams. Support client relationships by preparing business presentations, conduct new account onboarding, and participate in client meetings. Req’s Bachelor’s degr plus 2 yrs exp. Mail resume to: AQR Capital Management, LLC, ATTN: S. Rao, 2 Greenwich Plaza, Greenwich, CT 06830. Must Ref: DR-AQR-002.

LEASES Doshi, Girish G. and Chitralekha D. Doshi, by John Jordan. Landlord: Putnam Park Apartments Inc, Greenwich. Property: 139 Putnam Park, Greenwich. Term: 31 years, commenced July 31, 2019. Filed Aug. 1. Zhong Hai Corp., by Jiangyan Zhu. Landlord: Sally & Hui LLC, Fairfield. Property: 1795 Post Road, Fairfield. Term: 10 years, commenced Aug. 31, 2019. Filed Aug. 26.

MORTGAGES Cowan, Krista, Bridgeport, by John K. Cohane. Lender: Total Mortgage Services LLC, 185 Plains Road, Milford. Property: 339 Greenwood St., Bridgeport. Amount: $270,655. Filed April 11. Farmassony, Dean J., Bridgeport, by George P. D’Amico. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc., 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 193 Pilgrim Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $156,000. Filed April 11. Fatigate, Jonathan and Andrea Yaffe-Fatigate, Bridgeport, by Descera Daigle. Lender: Loandepot. com LLC, 26642 Townow Center Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 271 Seaside Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $309,294. Filed April 15.

Gerasimov, Pavel S., Bridgeport, by Toni Marie Gelineau. Lender: Home Services Lending LLC, 2700 Westtown Pkwy., Suite 345, West Des Moines, Iowa. Property: 125127 Austin St., Bridgeport. Amount: $245,000. Filed April 15. Hossain, Mohammed Abuk and Rifat Hossain, Corona, New York, by Theresa St. Peter. Lender: McDillon Holdings Inc., 229 Good Hill Road, Weston. Property: 1657 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $241,000. Filed April 15. Hossain, Monir, Bridgeport, by Michael Iakovou. Lender: Quantic Bank, 31-05 Broadway, Astoria, New York. Property: 707-713 Washington Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $149,500. Filed April 11. Loor, Jorge A. and Danielle M. Loor, Bridgeport, by Jaime Rodriguez. Lender: Sikorsky Financial Credit Union, 1000 Oronoque Lane, Stratford. Property: 1530 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $50,000. Filed April 12. Lopez Torres, Segundo J., Bridgeport, by Bill L. Gouveia. Lender: Caliber Home Loans Inc., 1525 S. Belt Line Road, Coppell, Texas. Property: 848 Clarke St., Bridgeport. Amount: $310,400. Filed April 12. Massarella, Alesia, Bridgeport, by Matthew L. Corrente. Lender: Cornerstone Community Credit Union, 1515 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Property: 404 McKinley Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed April 11. Quito, Raul and Lucia Vasquez Zozayas, Bridgeport, by Pedro F. Delgado Jr. Lender: Velocity Commercial Capital LLC, 30699 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village, California. Property: 856 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $168,750. Filed April 15. Suarez, Julio C., Bridgeport, by Anthony Marcotullio. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc., 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 553 W Taft Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $257,600. Filed April 15. Villard, Odette S. and Pierre M. Villard, Bridgeport, by Joan E. Rousseau. Lender: Bridgeport City Employees Federal Credit Union, 45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport. Property: 30 Rosemary Drive, Bridgeport. Amount: $25,000. Filed April 15. Wilhelm, Fernando J., Bridgeport, by Jennifer Brown. Lender: Oceanside Mortgage Co., 55 Main St., Toms River, New Jersey. Property: 50-54 Evers Cottage, Bridgeport. Amount: $238,006. Filed April 11. Yuquilima, Hernan A. and Gladys Yuquilima, Bridgeport, by Charlene M. Pederson. Lender: Caliber Home Loans In., 1525 S Belt Line Road, Coppell, Texas. Property: 120 Summit St., Bridgeport. Amount: $188,000. Filed April 11.

NEW BUSINESSES Alba Eli Grocery LLC, 2839 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Luz del Alba Martinez Jimenez. Filed Aug. 20.

Tababog Construction LLC, 129 Louisiana Ave., Bridgeport 06610, c/o Alessandro Antonio de Oliveira. Filed July 17. Wanderluxe, 340 Brooklawn Ave., Bridgeport 06604, c/o John Hubers. Filed Aug. 22.

Athena’s by Resha, 519 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Chekesha Williams. Filed Aug. 27.

Yong Scholars Family Daycare, 311 Norman St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Tamika Bell. Filed Aug. 20.

BC Fitwear, 2710 North Ave., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Bianca C. Goncalves. Filed Aug. 21.

PATENTS

Bridgeport Brazilian United LLC, 375 Funston Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Glesio DaSilva Ferreira. Filed Aug. 22. D&T Associates, 1471-A Stratford Ave., Bridgeport 06607. c/o Willie Tom McMillian. Filed Aug. 26. Elite Pro Carpentry LLC, 190 Beers St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Leandro de Souza Lopes. Filed Aug. 27. EMA Services, 320 Palmetto Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Edward Michael Arszyla. Filed Aug. 19. First Quality Hardwood Floor LLC, 155 Islandbrook Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Tiago Henrique Borges. Filed Aug. 27. God is Concerned Ministries, 120 Holly St., Bridgeport 06607. c/o Shirley Vereen. Filed July 12. Grill 11, 1020 Brood St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Paul Brown. Filed Aug. 21. JB Mia Bellas Nails LLC, 2855 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Aurora Julissa Castillo Chavez. Filed Aug. 1. LG Contractors LLC, 123 Travis Drive, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Geraldo Jose Dos Santos Filho. Filed Aug. 27. Magical Events Rentals, 11 Benson St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Mariela Caballero. Filed Aug. 23. Noble Used Appliances, 876 Noble Ave., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Orlando Pizarro. Filed Aug. 24. Oliver Home Improvement LLC, 10 Jackson Ave., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Givago Amaral Oliveira. Filed Aug. 27. Rendone, 76 Grove St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Edwin R. Rendon. Filed Aug. 26. Sulamerica Tile LLC, 62 Dande St., Bridgeport 06064, c/o Sustenil Gleidson de Andrade. Filed Aug. 27. Sunflower Family Daycare LLC, 253 Wells St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Shanelle Wilson. Filed Aug. 21. Sunflower Learning Center LLC, 2226 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Shanelle Wilson. Filed Aug. 21.

Anti-bacterial metallo ionomer polymer nanocomposite filaments and methods of making the same. Patent no. 10,405,540 issued to Valerie M. Farrugia, Oakville, California; Barkev Keoshkerian, Thornhill, California; Michelle N. Chretien, Mississauga, Canada. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Bootstrapped application arrangement and application to the unity gain follower. Patent no. 10,404,222 issued to Dimitri Danyuk, Milford, Connecticut; Todd A. Eichenbaum, Oxford, Connecticut. Assigned to Harman, Stamford. Chain terminated polymeric composition, use thereof and method for its preparation. Patent no. 10,400,063 issued to Juergen Kintscher, Hannover, Germany. Assigned to Silgan Holdings Inc., Stamford. Connecting device for a carabiner. Patent no. 10,408,257 issued to Christopher Howse Onthank, Norwalk. Assigned to Nano Pet Products LLC, Norwalk. Cognitive load-driving assistant. Patent no. 10,399,575 issued to Mirjana Spasojevic, Palo Alto, California; Stefan Marti, Oakland, California; Davide Di Censo, Oakland, California; Jamie Elliot Nahman, Oakland, California. Assigned to Harman, Stamford. Differential cylinder balancing for internal combustion engine. Patent no. 10,408,158 issued to Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Ballston Lake. Assigned to GE Global Sourcing LLC, Norwalk. Drapery adornment and securing mechanism. Patent no. 10,406,777 issued to Linherr Hollingsworth, Darien. Assigned to Linherr Hollingsworth LLC, Norwalk. Environment discovery via time-synchronized networked loudspeakers. Patent no. 10,412,532 issued to Levi Gene Pearson, Lehi, Utah. Assigned to Harman, Stamford. Method and system for detecting that an object of interest has re-entered a field of view of an imaging device. Patent no. 10,408,912 issued to Jayant Kumar, Webster; Qun Li, Webster; Edgar A. Bernal, Webster; Raja Bala, Pittsford. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

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Method for providing color and material property options in a three-dimensional object printer. Patent no. 10,406,803 issued to Jeffrey J. Folkins, Rochester; Barry P. Mandel, Fairport. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Multifunction device with selective redaction. Patent no. 10,404,872 issued to Leslie Wynn, Hertfordshire, England; Shane Baker, Hertfordshire, England; Christopher Douglas Olliffe, Hertfordshire, England; Craig S. Phillips, Bedfordshire, England. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Pharmaceutical combinations for treating cancer. Patent no. 10,406,138 issued to Thomas Jorg Mehrling, Basel, Switzerland; Enrique Maria Ocio, Salamanca, Spain. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford. Process for preparing oxycodone compositions. Patent no. 10,407,434 issued to Robert Chapman, Downington, Pennsylvania; Lonn S. Rider, Foster, Rhode Island; Qi Hong, Sharon, Massachusetts; Donald Kyle, Yardley, Pennsylvania; Robert Kupper, East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford. System controller enclosure. Patent no. D859,324 issued to Neil William Burkell, Lawrence Park, Pennsylvania; Wing Yeung Chung, Erie, Pennsylvania; Neil Patrick Bradley, Lawrence Park, Pennsylvania; Michael Kjelson, Erie, Pennsylvania; Ronald Majewski, Lawrence Park, Pennsylvania. Assigned to GE Global Sourcing LLC, Norwalk. Techniques for improving swept sine analyses. Patent no. 10,409,930 issued to Russell H. Lambert. Assigned to Harman, Stamford. Thermoformable overcoat in roll-to-roll format printers for thermoforming applications. Patent no. 10,406,831 issued to Xin Yang, Webster; Mandakini Kanungo, Penfield; Peter J. Knausdorf, Henrietta; Anthony Salvatore Condello, Webster; Jack Thomas LeStrange, Macedon. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Tip clearance measurement of a rotary wing aircraft. Patent no. 10,400,851 issued to Maximilian August Koessick, Stuart, Florida; Michael J. Kostoss, North Branford; Eric Lucien Nussenblatt, Stamford; Justin Thomas, New Haven; Christopher Paul Butler, Frisco, Texas; Brandon Michael Cerge, West Palm Beach, Florida. Assigned to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford. Toners exhibiting reduced machine ultrafine particle (UFP) emissions and related methods. Patent no. 10,409,185 issued to Siddhesh Nitin Pawar, Norwalk; Juan A. Morales-Tirado, Norwalk; Grazyna E. Kmiecik-Lawrynowicz, Fairport; Daniel W. Asarese, Honeoye Falls, New York; Jordan A. Frank, Norwalk. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

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