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Developer Building & Land Technology Corp. has submitted a revised application to rezone its 205

McGee Ave. property as a boatyard after reaching a new land-swap agreement with Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia.

The revised plan, which calls for a 6-acre boatyard at 205 McGee Ave. to replace the former 14-acre South End boatyard, will allow the city to move forward in its review of the proposed 850,000-square-foot future headquarters of hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates, Pavia said.

“I believe I have negotiated a deal which brings tremendous value to our city,” Pavia said. “With the soon-to-be filed applica-tions, the city’s review process … can now commence.”

Under the agreement, the city would grant Harbor Point developer BLT the license to 2.4 acres of city-owned land adja-cent to 205 McGee Ave. and a 4,000-square-foot strip of land that separates the prop-erty from the water, in exchange for com-mitments by BLT to invest $5 million in an expanded city animal shelter and in improvements to Stamford’s Czescik and Cummings marinas.

If approved by the requisite city boards, the plan would allow for the construc-tion of a 6-acre boatyard that could pro-vide winter storage for more than 480 boats of all sizes. That in turn would allow for the construction of Bridgewater’s $750 million future headquarters on the site of the former South End boatyard, known as

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THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE has yet to inform Connecticut manufacturers which programs and contracts may be impacted by the automatic budget cuts that went into effect March 1 with the sequester.

Officials of United Technologies Corp. and subsidiaries Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Pratt & Whitney — the region’s larg-

est defense contractors — had previously warned that the cuts could lead to hun-dreds, if not thousands, of jobs lost.

Offering his apologies, U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy visited the state’s largest defense manufacturers late March, including Sikorsky’s Stratford headquar-ters where he held a press conference.

“There is no way to tackle our enor-mous debt and deficit without cutting defense spending,” Murphy said. “I am

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Prince Harry’s visit expected to spur interest in poloBY JENNIFER BISSELL

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News over the royal polo match in Greenwich is about to stirrup a new wave of attention on the

sport and the Greenwich Polo Club is ready to saddle up.

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is scheduled to play a match May 15 for a charity event at the club. And though the event is by invita-tion only, the club has been inundated with emails and phone calls about the event and the venue.

“We’re getting a tremendous amount of response,” said Leighton Jordan, man-aging director of the Greenwich Polo Club. “It’s been really positive.”

The club, established in 1981, is inter-nationally recognized as one of the best places to play polo and is considered the place to play high-goal polo in the Northeast. The club was founded by Peter Brant, an avid polo player and owner of three arts and culture mag-azines, including Interview. Brant will play against the prince in the match and

has previously played Prince Charles in Florida and England.

Since the royal cup news broke late March, the number of phone calls the club receives has increased 200 percent, Jordan said. Companies are looking to become sponsors and others are gain-ing interest in the club’s own charities it partners with, including the Boys and Girls Club and The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, founded by the late actor Paul Newman. Proceeds from the royal match will go to Sentebale, co-founded by Prince Harry, which helps support children in Lesotho.

“When you have the royals play at any place, it gives it notoriety, it’s a great honor,” said Peter Rizzo, CEO of the United States Polo Association. “The princes are good polo players. They love the game, their father loves the game. It sets a good tone for the sport.”

Rizzo previously ran the U.S. Open Polo Championship games at The Greenwich Polo Club in the ’90s.

Some of the best games in polo are played in Greenwich, said Rizzo, who expects interest in the sport to pick

up with the royal game. Polo is one of the oldest recorded sports in history and dates back as far as Alexander the Great. The first games in the U.S. were played in and around New York City in 1876 and its popularity has been increasing within the last decade, espe-cially among high school- and college-age teams, he said.

Though the public won’t be able to

attend the royal match, Jordan said the club has open events throughout June and two matches in July and September. It costs $40 by the carload to attend.

“It’s the best polo you’re going to find in the country during the summer months,” Jordan said. “When you come to Greenwich Polo Club, you’re seeing the best of the best — the best players, the best teams, the best animals.”

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Connecticut lawmakers approved bipartisan gun legislation April 3 that calls for new restrictions on

guns and ammunition magazines, new school security measures and addition-al mental health provisions.

The bill includes universal back-ground checks on firearm sales, expand-ed bans on assault weapons and the sale of large-capacity magazines and the cre-ation of a dangerous-weapon offender registry, among other provisions.

An additional 100 gun models would be added to the list of banned assault weapons and the sale of ammunition magazines would be limited to those that can hold 10 or fewer rounds.

“I have been clear for weeks that a ban on the possession and sale of high-capacity magazines is an important part of our effort to prevent gun violence – simply banning their sale moving for-ward would not be an effective solu-tion,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in a statement April 1. “We cannot lose sight of our ultimate goal – improving public safety for all of our residents, including our children.”

A bipartisan task force comprising three working groups of state legislators drafted the bill.

During the floor session, Connecticut Democrats tweeted, “It’s access to the weapons of war that can kill mass amounts of children or adults. That’s the essential issue.”

Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and discussions over gun control began, gun manufactur-ers have sold thousands of guns more than usual, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

The NSSF, which is based in Newtown, counts nearly every major U.S. gun

manufacturer among its members. The group opposes the new legislation, citing it will do nothing to curb crime and that there isn’t enough emphasis on mental health issues, said Jake McGuigan, NSSF government-relations director.

Last month gun sales increased 26 percent year over year, McGuigan said. And in just the two days before the leg-islation was signed, more than 2,000 modern sporting rifles were sold.

Employees at Stamford Tactical L.L.C. were hesitant to say how many more guns than usual were sold at the store last week, but said customers weren’t just buying guns that would be banned in the future. At 5 p.m. April 3, a steady stream of customers was coming into the store and the phone wait time to reg-ister guns was at four and a half hours. One customer said it normally takes 15 minutes to get through.

With the stricter laws, McGuigan said it was likely gun manufacturers would consider leaving the state, especially those that would be making banned products, though they would be allowed to under the law. McGuigan said some customers have told Connecticut gun manufacturers that they won’t buy from them as long as they’re headquartered in

an “anti-gun” state.“It’s very hypocritical of this legisla-

ture and this governor to exempt manu-facturing in the state, but ban the civilian product,” he said. “If they think they’re doing the right thing, why would you allow manufacturing in the state?”

Some of the largest gun manufac-turers in the country call Connecticut home, including Colt’s Manufacturing Co. L.L.C., O.F. Mossberg & Sons Inc. and Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. Industry repre-sentatives said they contribute $1.3 bil-lion annually to the state’s economy.

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“IT’S ACCESS TO THE WEAPONS OF WAR THAT CAN KILL MASS AMOUNTS OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS. THAT’S THE ESSENTIAL ISSUE.”

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After searching for a job for five months, Norwalk resident Alan McCormick said he’s feeling pretty

depressed.“I’ve never not been able to get a job

right away by word of mouth,” he said. “I’ve never not had the next opportunity under way.”

A freelance video editor, McCormick said one of his longtime clients had recently stopped using his services, spur-ring a wakeup call after he couldn’t find a

replacement. He might be a “wicked fast” Avid video editor, he said, but not every-one uses that software.

“The job market has gotten very slim,” McCormick said. “I think I might have specialized myself into a corner.”

Economic indicators nationwide may be looking up, but for the unemployed, it’s still an uphill battle. Among the 325 peo-ple attending a Norwalk job fair March 28, many expressed feelings of hopelessness and the need for either more education or a career change.

Of the 121,200 jobs lost during the recession, about 42 percent have been

recovered, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor. The rate of recov-ery is now ahead of the 1990s recession, but still behind the growth rate after the 2000 recession.

Connecticut lost 5,700 jobs from January to February, but the state’s unem-ployment rate decreased a tenth of a per-centage point to 8 percent, according to the Labor Department. Since 2011, about 44,300 have left the workforce.

After applying for more than 100 jobs, McCormick said he thinks his best bets at the career fair were at the limo and car service booths.

“At this point, any job will do,” he said.With the promise of 80 open positions

advertised by employers at the fair, 926 people registered for the event, spon-sored by FairfieldCountyJobs.com. About a third showed up.

“It’s not for a lack of trying,” said Mike Wiston, CEO of AllCountyJobs.com.

Wiston said he hopes the bulk of those who didn’t attend found jobs elsewhere, but said it was likely some may have been intimidated and decided not to go.

“It’s an art for the employer to politely size people up,” he said. “You want to go

through and see as many people as pos-sible.”

About 85 percent of the employers who attended FairfieldCountyJobs.com’s job fair in the spring reported hiring or being in the process of hiring someone they met at the fair, according to the group. But applicants say there’s still a lot of competition.

Marie Lisa Louis was a receptionist for a Connecticut company for 12 years when the company filed for bankruptcy and laid her off. Unemployed for eight months, Louis said she’s looking for another administrative job but losing hope. She’s enrolled in computer classes at Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now – a community action agency – but still hasn’t found a job. She’s been offered one, a much lower paying job, out of the 40 she’s applied to.

“I miss getting up, dressing up and going to work,” Louis said. “I’m a people person. I miss going to work.”

Louis said if she didn’t find a job with-in the next week, she planned to enroll in Norwalk Community College to become a nurse. However, she said she wasn’t sure how’d she pay for the schooling.

Unemployed in an unhappy, uphill battle to fi nd work

Job seekers line up to speak with employers at a Norwalk job fair.


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BY GREG BROWN

The following column by Motorola Solutions Inc. CEO and Chairman Greg Brown first appeared March 26 in the McClatchy-Tribune News Service publica-tions. The author is chairman of Business Roundtable’s select committee on immi-gration.

As Washington debates how to fix America’s immigration system, the time has come for realistic solutions that will both strengthen national security and boost economic growth.

Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs, believes immigration reform is essential for creating a healthy economy.

Overhauling our immigration sys-tem will place more resources toward enforcement, produce a more dynamic and skilled labor force, and enable busi-nesses to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. Reform can help accelerate our economic recovery and, as a result, encourage hiring. Here’s how:

Business requires certainty – a pre-dictable environment in which to plan and make investment decisions.

That means the law must be consis-tently enforced and legal immigration channels must function properly. Border controls and immigration law enforce-ment must be strengthened and an employment verification system should ensure that each new worker is legally authorized to live and work here.

The current federal system, E-Verify, has improved but is still vulnerable to fraud and identity theft.

The federal government should bear the responsibility for maintaining the database behind this electronic system, making sure it’s reliable, accurate and guards against fraud. Employers, then, must bear the responsibility of checking every new hire in that system.

Looking ahead, all Americans would benefit by welcoming those who would come here legally to work and contribute to our economy.

Today, the visa system prevents many foreign-born scientists, engineers and other highly educated professionals from working in the United States. Faced with a shortage of temporary high-skilled visas and 6- to 10-year waits for employment-based green cards, foreign graduates of U.S. universities are taking their talents

elsewhere. Wouldn’t it be better to have them working for us?

Consider that immigrants or the chil-dren of immigrants founded 40 percent of U.S. Fortune 500 companies. Almost 25 percent of engineering and technol-ogy companies founded here from 2006 to 2012 had at least one foreign-born founder. Across America, these compa-nies employed about 560,000 workers and generated $63 billion in sales in 2012.

Sadly, our broken immigration system now deprives the nation of too many young, educated hard-working people who can represent the best of America, our entrepreneurial spirit.

At the same time, no workable legal visa exists for employers to fill jobs that are essential and do not require a high school degree — like service personnel at hotels, restaurants and in other sectors.

Despite high U.S. unemployment, for a variety of reasons these jobs may go unfilled as small businesses struggle to grow without these essential workers. Without practical visa programs, immi-

grants are, in effect, encouraged to enter the country illegally.

Skeptics often say that all business wants is a steady supply of low-wage workers. Bringing the current 11 million undocumented immigrants into the legal workforce means that current workers no longer will have to compete with undocu-mented workers willing to accept below-market wages. Ultimately, wages will go up.

Of course, those who came or stayed here in violation of the law must face consequences — admitting their wrong-doing, paying a fine and undergoing a criminal background check. Those who qualify would have the chance to work, learn English and earn their citizenship.

This newly legal workforce will be more mobile, able to move to different regions and jobs as the labor market demands. This new labor dynamism also will add to local economic growth, pro-ducing higher wages.

With support from both political par-ties and the president, realistic solutions for our broken immigration system are within sight — solutions that will improve U.S. competitiveness, add jobs and drive growth. The stronger economy that results will benefit all Americans.

“SADLY, OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM NOW DEPRIVES THE NATION OF TOO MANY YOUNG, EDUCATED HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO CAN REPRESENT THE BEST OF AMERICA, OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.”

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With hopes of raising its national profile, Fairfield University last month named Donald E.

Gibson as the new dean of the Charles G. Dolan School of Business.

Gibson, the interim dean of the busi-ness school for nearly two years, has been a faculty member at the univer-sity for 12 years as a management profes-sor and chairman of the management department. As the dean of the School of Business, Gibson said he hopes to con-tinue the school’s “impressive growth” and steer it toward becoming one of the nation’s best business schools.

A leading expert on organizational behavior, Gibson’s research interests include organizational role models, anger and aggression in the workplace and individual emotional management in organizations.

Considering his new role and inter-ests, the Business Journal recently spoke to Gibson about anger and what employ-ers should consider when an employee is upset.

Dealing with anger in the workplaceBusiness Journal: What does it

mean if someone is expressing anger at work?

Gibson: “Expressing anger is a signal that something is wrong in a workplace and needs to be addressed. Often, anger arises from feelings of inequity: the notion that a person is feeling treated unfairly. Other causes are when a per-son’s goals are blocked or when a work-er has a conflict with another worker.”

What can a workplace gain from it?

“About half the time, people believe that their expressions of anger lead to positive results. Expressing anger can draw attention to a situation that needs fixing or an injustice that needs to be addressed. Having anger expressed can be uncomfortable, but it may be bet-ter than suppressed anger, which may emerge in less beneficial ways, such as through aggression or violence.”

How can a manager effectively respond to anger?

“The key for managers is to treat anger expressions from a problem-

solving approach — anger is a signal that something’s wrong and needs to be addressed. This may be dif-ficult, but manag-ers need to avoid responding to anger with anger, which typically

only escalates the conflict. In respond-ing to a worker’s anger, managers should try delaying tactics (‘counting to ten…’) to calm the situation down and address the person’s anger in a quiet neutral area to help focus on the prob-lem not the person.”

What are appropriate ways for employees to show their emotions in general?

“My research shows that the most effective expressions of anger are controlled. Controlling emotions allow others to see that you’re angry, but to also show that you are exhibit-ing control. This is what is expected in professional environments, even if

it may be difficult. A key point about “appropriateness” is that there may be subtly different ‘rules’ for men expressing anger than for women. Women tend to be judged more nega-tively when they express anger than men are.”

What are bad ways to express and react to anger?

“Out-of-control anger is not likely to be sanctioned in the workplace, unless you’re the boss. If you’re the boss, expressing a lot of out-of-con-trol anger can create a toxic work-place and long-term negative results.”

What should businesses really know about anger at work?

“Anger is a commonly felt emotion, and workplaces — with their dead-lines difficult teammates, authority hierarchy (bosses and subordinates) — are designed to produce anger. The key is not avoiding or suppress-ing anger, either in yourself or oth-ers, but rather, trying to deal with it professionally, as an opportunity for problem-solving.”

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a proponent of a smaller defense going forward, but it has to be done on a more rational basis than the cuts in sequestra-tion.”

To express his support for the indus-try, Murphy said he wanted to apolo-gize for the “dangerous and draconian” budget cuts in military defense, which Congress could have avoided had a grand bargain been reached. Out of the $85 billion sequester budget reduction, $42.7 billion was cut in defense spend-ing, a 7.9 percent cut.

“Eight percent is too much too quick-ly,” Murphy said. “It has consequences both on the military readiness of this country and for our civilian base.”

Murphy said Sikorsky was in a better position compared with other manu-facturers because of its “superior” and “indispensable” aircraft. Though it is possible the government could break its multi-year contracts with the company, Murphy said it was unlikely, especially considering the discount it gets from buying in bulk.

Sikorsky spokesman Paul Jackson said the company still didn’t know how the budget cuts would affect them, but that, at the very least the company was anticipating immediate effects on air-craft delivery times with the furlough of plant employees hired through the Defense Contract Management Agency.

Military contracts make up 50 per-cent of Sikorsky’s contracts, with inter-national and commercials sales making up the remaining half, Jackson said. But moving forward, the company plans to

increase its sales outside of the military, he said.

“It’s softening,” Jackson said of the military contracts. “We see it declining.”

As the sequester takes effect and the U.S. government readies more military cuts, Murphy also said manufacturers, like Sikorsky, will need to increase their efforts to sell abroad.

“One of the keys moving forward is for our entire defense base to sell more globally,” Murphy said, mentioning how the move would strengthen smaller manufacturers. “That’s good news for our local supplier base.”

In the fourth quarter of 2012, even before the sequester hit, there was a

massive reduction in military contracts, seen throughout the supply chain, Murphy said.

“We’ve already seen orders slow down for small defense suppliers,” he said.

Moving forward, Murphy said he’d like to see more certainty come out of the federal government, especially for the sake of the businesses that depend on it for contracting. Without certainty, Murphy said the economy can’t recover.

“There’s a nervous energy here because people aren’t sure what sequestration will mean,” Murphy said. “Government should stop lurching from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis.”

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy addresses reporters at Sikorsky headquarters. Photo courtesy of Sikorsky

A federal grand jury has indicted Michael Steinberg, considered to be among the most senior

portfolio managers of SAC Capital Advisors L.P., with conspiracy to com-mit securities fraud and four counts of securities fraud.

Prosecutors allege Steinberg, who has worked for SAC Capital since 1997 and its Sigma Capital Management unit for the past 10 years, participated in an insider trading scheme involving 2008 and 2009 trades in shares of Dell Inc. and Nvidia Corp.

Steinberg, who was arrested March 29 at his Park Avenue apartment, pleaded not guilty to the charges in a court appearance later that day.

SAC Capital, a Stamford hedge fund with more than $14 billion in assets under management, and founder Steven A. Cohen have not been charged with wrongdoing in the case.

Just two weeks ago, Sigma Capital settled charges of insider trading with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for nearly $14 million. While Sigma Capital did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement, it had been charged with allegedly trad-ing on nonpublic information obtained through an analyst about the quarterly earnings of Dell and Nvidia.

Jon Horvath, the analyst accused of providing the information on Dell and Nvidia, recently pleaded guilty to charges of insider trading. As part of his plea deal, Horvath implicated Steinberg, according to court docu-ments.

A lawyer for Steinberg issued a statement saying that his client “did absolutely nothing wrong” and that Steinberg was “caught in the cross-f ire of aggressive investigations of others.”

Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that Steinberg “was anoth-er Wall Street insider who fed off a corrupt grapevine of proprietary and confidential information cultivated by other professionals who made their own rules to make money.”

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Brewer’s Yacht Haven, which has been dismantled by BLT.

“There has been a great deal of dis-cussion and deliberation about the boat-yard, or should I say, the absence of the boatyard,” Pavia said. “I’m pleased to announce that we now have a plan to re-establish a working boatyard in Stamford.”

Pavia and BLT went back to the draw-ing board after an independent review commissioned by the city deemed a December plan for a 3.6-acre boatyard at 205 McGee Ave. as insufficient due to lack of winter boat storage space and a lack of available storage for boats longer than 30 feet.

BLT last week submitted a revised

application to the Stamford Zoning Board to classify its 205 McGee Ave. property, including the 2.4 acres of city land, for use as a boatyard.

“To satisfy our consultants’ request for additional space, I have negotiated a license agreement with BLT,” Pavia said. The report was drafted by Bermello Ajamil & Partners Inc., based in Miami.

The licensing agreement will be presented to the city’s Planning Board, Board of Finance and Board of Representatives for approval, said Laure Aubuchon, Stamford’s director of eco-nomic development.

A cease and desist order brought by the Stamford Zoning Board against BLT for its premature dismantling of the South End boatyard remains in effect.

Norman F. Cole, the city’s Land Use bureau chief, said the order was issued

because BLT “had demolished the for-mer boatyard and had not submitted a plan to re-create it on the original site or somewhere else.”

Whether the new plan resolves the need for the cease and desist order “will be part and parcel of (the zoning board’s) review of this 205 McGee application,” Cole said, adding that the board likely wouldn’t act the application on until at least its April 22 meeting.

In response to concerns over BLT’s dismantling of the former South End boatyard prior to a replacement being designated, Aubuchon said “We are working on the best way to assure that this remains a working boatyard.” She said the licensing agreement did not constitute a land grant; rather, that it would have an initial term and subse-quent renewal periods.


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Inc. in Norwalk, for a conversation about leading and growing her software com-pany, which provides cloud-based soft-ware and services for event management professionals.

Scheller: Leonora, you’ve received multiple awards for entrepreneurial leadership. What would you say is the toughest part about leading a com-pany?

Valvo: “I would say for me, it’s the responsibility to the people who invest their time in being part of your company. In some weird way, everybody who works here is like one of my kids. These are people who have said, ‘Yeah, I believe in you. I believe in this company, the prod-uct, what we’re doing and so I’m going to invest my time.’ Time is the most valuable resource people have, so if somebody works here for one year or ten years, that’s time you can’t get back, so we need to make sure that we do right by them and that it is time well spent.”

How would you describe your com-pany’s core values?

“We have three. Care, growth and play. The philosophy being that caring about your colleagues, your custom-ers, yourself and your work, is going to make us successful. Your personal growth as a human being will impact us in terms of the company and its suc-cess. And we feel it’s really important that we play together. Our people just enjoy each other’s company, an out-come we have and continue to work hard to achieve.”

How has your leadership style evolved over the years?

“I would say I was probably more of a micromanager in the past because it was hard for me to not know every-thing that was going on. Today I have become pretty balanced in terms of evaluating situations and being able to pretty objectively look at what’s going on, whether it’s how a customer is react-ing to us, or with conflict between peo-ple in the company, or in creating the required alignment between the board and the company. These new aspects

of leadership are a direct result of our growth stage making it possible to step back a little bit more from that day-to-day, have-to-know everything, have to be involved in everything interaction, and really trust this incredible group of people that I’ve brought together.”

You’re listed as one of Connecticut’s fastest-growing companies. What unique challenges come with run-ning a fast-growth company?

“From my point of view it feels the same to me. I feel like I’ve always worked just as hard as I’m working now. But the stakes are higher, the strategy is more challenging in terms of getting that right, the way the business needs to be structured to manage the growth.”

What do you look for in leaders?“First of all, we look for them to be

‘pink’ or ‘pinkable.’ For us that means we look for people who can empathize with the customer. It’s probably one of the key most important characteristics of people who come here. The baseline is that they know their business, they know the job and they have the skills, but we need people who can really

step back to see the situation or chal-lenge from the customer’s perspective. As a technology company, it’s a little bit more challenging because our custom-ers are not technologists. They don’t care about our vernacular. They don’t care about our road map. They care if this is going to help them get their job done at their moment of greatest need.”

You’ve done a lot of hiring lately. How do you hire here?

“It was initially so much of a chal-lenge for us that it occurred to me that we had to do something completely dif-ferent. I created a recruiting program where we bring college graduates in to spend a week with us. Each day they work with different department heads – marketing, sales, support and they learn what a day in a life looks like in our kind of high-tech, high-growth company. It amounts to a whole day of interactive interviewing with these kids and they don’t think of it as an interview because they’re having a blast. They love being here in the company. We’ve hired about six or seven people from this program, which I am really excited about.”

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Once upon a time, the Wells Fargo wagon was “a-comin’ down the street” bringing salmon, curtains

and even a bathtub.The wagon lives on of late only in

revivals of “The Music Man” and in ad campaigns, replaced in order by the gas engine, the jet engine and the search engine. Yet with a stated presence in one in three American homes, holding one in four American mortgages, and as the No. 1 small business lender nationally, Wells Fargo Bank N.A. nonetheless clings to a down-home, service-oriented attitude and boasts more than half of the U.S. businesses it supports through loans are within two miles of a Wells Fargo retail store or ATM outlet.

“How a business’ cash is impacted, its sales, its distribution – you really have to know your client’s business inside and out,” said Ronald Coccaro, Wells Fargo’s Shelton-based New York and Connecticut region senior vice president and business banking area manager.

“Helping with cash flow, for example, we’re good at that.”

“Longer terms, smaller down payments and improved cash flow — that’s the power of our Small Business Administration leadership status,” John Cole said. Cole is Wells Fargo’s execu-tive vice president and business banking area manager for the tristate region, based in Summit, N.J.

“We have a lot of tools in the tool belt,” Coccaro said. He sampled from Wells Fargo’s 84 different lines of busi-ness services, citing in-house payroll ser-vices: “There’s no third party — a huge advantage,” he said.

“Fraud protection and treasury man-agement,” said Cole, itemizing two of those advantages.

Coccaro and Cole deal with busi-nesses in the $2 million to $20 million annual revenue range. Their street-lev-el views were reinforced a recent cool March morning when they arrived at the Business Journals with statistics (expect-ed from bankers) and a font of enthusi-asm (only partly expected from bank-ers). “I love to tell our story,” Cole said.

That story in the business arena is increasingly being told and sold by Wells Fargo’s business sales officers (BSOs). “They are 100 percent dedicated to new businesses,” Cole said, noting BSO num-bers have climbed in the tristate area from three in 2011 to 14 today, with six of those operating exclusively under Coccaro in New York and Connecticut.

“A lot of their job is the hard work of calling on clients and offering services,” Cole said. “They pound the pavement and get the brand out there, reaching clients and working in communities we otherwise might not have the time or capacity to reach. And when we work in these communities we grow.”

Cole said, “Many of our existing cli-ents recommend us because they’re sat-isfied with the Wells Fargo experience.”

Wells Fargo folded North Carolina-based Wachovia into its company in January 2009, significantly expanding its New York and Connecticut presence. It calls its centers “stores” and maintains 31 in Westchester, 21 in Fairfield County, and another seven in Dutchess, Putnam and Ulster counties.

Though rebounding, the region’s overall economy remains in post-reces-sion flux. “We have just completed our quarterly survey with Gallup,” Cole said, referencing the national pollsters. “The results demonstrate we’re in a period where small business confidence is still finding its way. Cautious optimism, but not universal optimism; some businesses are still trying to navigate the economy and regulatory uncertainty. I just spoke with three small business owners last week and they are seeing huge upward pressure on health care. Health care is one area where we’re helping small busi-nesses get a grip.”

The WellsOne Commercial Card is another service on the rise. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo had already rolled it out on the West Coast in the ’90s, but its addition to the Wells Fargo regional offerings is both new and cause for businesses in New York and Connecticut to take notice.

With approval, the WellsOne card-holder has the freedom to strike a sub-stantial deal on the spot, eliminating the cash-flow glitches that might otherwise subvert the agreement. A construction yard is blocked by construction material, for example; a project failed. The owner of the construction yard has every incen-tive to clear his yard and lays it on the line: “Take it away for a dime on the dol-lar.” What that owner does not want to

hear is, “Let me get back to you.”“A commercial card like this — allow-

ing a customer to pay suppliers quickly — allows a business person to take advan-tage of a supplier, to create immediate discounts and not worry about the cash flow until the card bill arrives,” said Cole. “It’s a really powerful cash management service.”

“It is highly customizable,” said Coccaro of the WellsOne Commercial Card. “It is a loan product, so the user must qualify. What it does, for example, is to give a business owner the freedom through a sales force — even internation-ally — to pursue both smaller and larger deals.”

Wells Fargo conducts a quarterly sur-vey in conjunction with Gallup Polling Inc. “The most recent results demon-strate we’re still in a period where small business confidence is still finding its way,” Cole said. “But we’ve moved past the banking industry trauma of ’08, well beyond. We’re focused on grow-ing businesses and taking advantage of new opportunities. I recently spoke with three different business owners who said they are seeing huge upward pres-sure on health care. We’re helping them get a grip.”

Both Cole and Coccaro focus on busi-nesses with between $2 million and $20 million in annual revenue. But with 84 different services offered — plus sub-sets — their bank seeks to zoom in on the specific needs of a business demo-graphic. “Our practice-finance group offers unique expertise,” Coccaro said. “They specialize in physicians, optom-etrists, veterinarians and dentists. Our equipment-finance group specializes in any kind of equipment, from truck purchases to MRI machines. We either finance with a loan or we arrange leas-ing options.”

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At left, John Cole, Wells Fargo executive vice president and business banking division manager, and Ronald Coccaro, Wells Fargo senior vice president and business banking area manager.

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“Just a warning this time.” Beads of sweat on your face are reflected in the officer’s mirror sunglasses.

“Next time it’ll cost you $150.”You have not been caught speeding.

The crime: Dispensing plastic bags in the village of Larchmont, N.Y., after Oct. 1: “Bag ’em, Danno.”

The Sound Shore community last month joined the growing ranks of municipalities that have moved to ban disposable plastic bags.

Four years ago, Westport became the first town in Connecticut to enact a plastic bag ban, and despite some ini-tial lobbying against the proposal, First Selectman Gordon Joseloff said the change has proved successful.

“I think it’s been very successful – I haven’t heard any squawks from resi-dents or store owners,” Joseloff said. “It’s almost like wearing a seatbelt now. I think it’s pretty normal for Westporters that when they go shopping, there aren’t plastic bags.”

In his February budget presentation, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called for the state to devote nearly $1 billion in loans and grants over the next two years toward reducing pollution in Connecticut’s waterways and the Long Island Sound and cleaning up city sewage systems.

Joseloff said it’s difficult to determine the environmental impact of Westport’s plastic bag ban, but added, “Every little step helps.”

“It’s hard to measure the impact of one town adopting the measure but … I don’t see plastic bags blowing on beach-es or elsewhere, so that’s a good sign,” he said. “It’s a small step … if Larchmont enacts it (the ban), people will see that it’s no big deal.”

Larchmont has now signed onto a concerted, growing effort to rid the region of disposable plastic bags.

An arc of communities around the Sound – including Mamaroneck, N.Y., where a plastic bag ban kicked in April 1, Rye, N.Y., and Westport – has already embraced a plastic bag-less shopping environment.

Other New York towns and villag-es, including Tuckahoe, Pelham and North Castle are also exploring bans, according to the Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE), a 28-year-old advocacy group with six regional offices, including in White Plains, N.Y., and Hamden, and which boasts 80,000

members.“Plastic bag bans have proven suc-

cessful in every municipality where it has been enacted, by decreasing plastic litter and increasing the use of reusable bags,” said Jordan Christensen, a CCE program coordinator. “Since the village of Mamaroneck passed the disposable bag ban last summer, we have seen more people with reusable bags and more stores promoting BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) behavior, which goes a long way toward protecting local waterways and open spaces. Globally, waterfront com-munities have been leading this move-ment in order to protect the beaches, estuaries and oceans that their residents rely on.”

June Park, a principal for 31 years of June and Ho’s on Purchase Street in Rye,

has endured the town’s plastic bag ban since May 2012 with few issues.

“I really have not seen a big change,” Park said. “Rye allowed for vegetables and fish and we still use a few for ice cream so the moisture does not tear the paper bag.

“A lot of our customers already came with their own bags, like you see in Europe where they do not give bags,” she said. “With the ban there is even a greater realization. Really the only prob-

lem for us was that I had printed a lot of plastic bags with our name; they’re all upstairs now.”

“The bottom line is, it does not affect me,” said Pat Corcoran, principal at Arcade Booksellers, also on Purchase Street. “People in general are more aware of the environmental impact of plastic,” he said. “This ban was a step in the right direction. I might get a request and I tell customers plastic bags are not permitted anymore.”

Plastic bag bans gain steam along Sound


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First, the obvious: On the most basic level, a business cannot sur-vive over the long term without

being profitable.But when it comes to building con-

sistent profits, there are myriad vari-ables and key business drivers that come into play.

Previous installments of the CEO Evolution series have touched on the need for CEOs and top executives to constantly be developing a business strategy, while entrusting day-to-day operations and the monitoring of those key drivers to the management team.

But in order for managers to keep tabs on their staff’s productivity and for executives to form a strategic plan based on indicators like revenues, cus-tomer growth, sales leads and inventory turnover, a comprehensive data report-ing system must be in place.

Here, I will discuss some of the challenges and important features of a strong reporting system:

READABILITYA 20-page report crammed with sta-

tistics and numbers will not accomplish the objective, which is to communicate certain key data to your management team in a powerful manner.

Keeping it simple and clean will allow you to focus on your company’s five or six most important business drivers.

KEY TRENDSFor my monthly operations meeting,

I have one sheet for each of my manag-ers that reports things like the current monthly sales compared with the pre-vious year, current year-to-date sales compared with the previous year, gross profit for the month and year-to-date, cash receipts for the month and year-to-date and total customer balances that are 60-plus and 90-plus days due.

In addition to comparing an indi-vidual or a location’s sales with prior periods, it’s important to include the percentage and dollar amount by which sales increased or decreased. It may be subtle, but it communicates the direc-tion the office and those responsible are heading.

It is also important to create reports that identify issues before they become major problems. For instance, I sepa-rate the amount of receivables that are over 60 days past due with those that are over 90 days past due.

Finally, on a quarterly basis report-ing should be more in-depth, with the objective of viewing trends over a three- to five-year period and address-ing longer-term strategies.

COMPARABILITYOne of the most difficult tasks is ana-

lyzing the individual segments of a busi-ness and quantifying their progress.

If your operations include generat-ing sales out of multiple locations, then the first place to start is a profit and loss analysis by location. But that alone is not enough.

Many companies with multiple loca-tions have important functions being performed by the corporate office, or headquarters, on behalf of all the oper-ating locations. While functions like purchasing, IT, marketing, accounting and customer service might be central-ized at the corporate office, their costs should be factored into the expenses for the respective operating locations.

Comparing sales from each operat-ing location may seem logical, but that too can present pitfalls. A problem loca-tion — which usually means lower sales or tighter margins — may be taking a disproportionate share of executive and management time.

Why would something like that need to be considered and detailed? Because if the poor-performing location is tak-ing up valuable executive time, other, more profitable locations may not be getting the attention that could be spent on further expansions and product development.

Another important consideration is the separation of acquisitions, new hires and other factors that will affect comparability with prior periods. All

reporting must identify the impacts of these changes so you are comparing apples to apples.

LABOR COSTSThe cost of salaries and benefits

cannot be overlooked as a key business driver.

Service-based companies that bill for time, such as law and accounting firms, require most of their employees to complete daily time sheets, which in turn can help to track profitability and utilization by employee.

Most companies don’t follow this practice, but more should consider it.

CEO EVOLUTION BY MARK FAGANwith Patrick Gallagher

Developing a business driver reporting system

IN ORDER FOR MANAGERS TO KEEP TABS ON THEIR STAFF’S PRODUCTIVITY AND FOR EXECUTIVES TO FORM A STRATEGIC PLAN BASED ON INDICATORS LIKE REVENUES, CUSTOMER GROWTH, SALES LEADS AND INVENTORY TURNOVER, A COMPREHENSIVE DATA REPORTING SYSTEM MUST BE IN PLACE.

Your workforce is your most expensive asset, but you can’t manage what you can’t measure.

Instituting a straightforward, time and reporting system that tracks employee time to complete activities and projects will go a long way in mak-ing a company’s workforce more effi-cient and give you a better understand-ing of what everyone is doing.

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What is the second most popular social network after Facebook? No, it’s not Twitter or LinkedIn.

I admit it; I was also surprised to discov-er it’s Google+.

Since its announcement in June 2011, many critics, including much of the press have declared themselves unimpressed by the product and cer-tainly not Google’s answer to Facebook. While they liked certain features about Google+ such as hangouts, they were largely unimpressed by the service that many reviewers declared a failure.

Yet, according to a 2013 study by GlobalWebIndex, Google+ now has more than 343 million active users and is growing quickly. In contrast, Facebook has more than 700 million active users and is accessed by 51 percent of Internet users at least once per month. Google+ with access by 25 percent of Internet users at least once per month is second, ahead of Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Advertisers have also noticed this substantial Google+ activity and audi-ence. According to a STRATA survey,

interest in Google+ by ad agencies is up 25.7 percent. More importantly, Google+ came in a distant second to Facebook but ahead of Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest for brand management.

Social connections are created in Google+ primarily through the use of circles. There are two general purposes behind these circles: relationships and interests. Circles are unique to Google+ and allow you to segment and group people into any number of circles. You can also add people to multiple circles.

One of the most useful aspects of Google+ is hangouts. Using hangouts, you can have up to a total of 10 people in a video chat. In fact, for my mastermind meetings, we just switched from Skype to Google+ largely because of the video bandwidth limitations we encountered with Skype; in short, we couldn’t share video connections in Skype.

Although there are some really inter-esting and powerful features in Google+, what makes it so powerful is its inter-connection with Google’s other products. This is a really powerful advantage that

Google continues to enhance and exploit. By remaining within the Google platform of products, you can greatly enhance your search engine optimization (SEO) and utilize its applications while still being able to reach people on other social media platforms. The seamless integra-tion of Google+ hangouts with YouTube, for example, allows people to stream through a hangout directly into YouTube. This allows you to bypass the 10-per-son chat limit while taking advantage of YouTube’s streaming capabilities. Best of all, it’s all free. I expect that this powerful and evolving solution — that also benefits Google — will become very popular by the end of this year once several techni-cal (i.e. mainly audio and video) compo-nents are improved. (Supposedly, Google is devoting significant resources towards its resolution.)

Re-examining the GlobalWebIndex results mentioned above further depicts the value of these cross-product inter-actions. Besides reporting that 25 per-cent of Internet users used Google+ at least once monthly, it also reported that

21 percent used YouTube on a month-ly basis. Although you can’t add them together (which would be 46 percent) because of an assumed large overlap of users, it does indicate the strong pres-ence and pervasiveness of Google prod-ucts and services and the power of their interconnection.

Interestingly, about the only point all three debaters at Westfair Communication’s recent social media event could agree upon was the domina-tion of the Internet and social media by a few large companies. Looking directly at Google+ and the plethora of products and services that Google offers — and how several of them affect SEO — it’s easy to understand why the panelists’ agree-ment on this topic was so strong and why Google+ has such a bright future.

Bruce Newman is the president of wwWe-bevents.com, a division of The Productivity Institute L.L.C. in Carmel N.Y. He is a social media guru and a specialist on webinar creation and promotion. He can be reached at [email protected].

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The Ad Works Inc.4 Gorham Ave., Westport 06880454-2388 • dickcommer.com

Dick [email protected]

1986

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28 a a a a Copywriting WND

Blumenfeld and Associates Inc. 1281 E. Main St., First floor, Stamford 06902655-1600 • blumenfeldpr.com

Jeff [email protected]

1980

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100 a a a a a a PublicityCW-X Performance ApparelLake Havasu Visitors BureauSpartan Race

Branagan Communications Consultants L.L.C.*19 Creamery Road, New Milford 06776(860) 210-0149 • branagancommunications.com

Barbara [email protected]

1993

10

100 a a a a a a a a a Public relations

Business Women's Forum (BWF) IMTI-Industrial Management & Training InstituteWaterbury Regional Chamber

Catalyst Marketing Communications Inc. 2777 Summer St., Suite 301, Stamford 06905348-7541 • catalystmc.com

Charles [email protected]

1994

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public relationsWND

Co-Communications*2 Forest Park Drive, Farmington 06032(860) 676-4400 • cocommunications.com

Jessica [email protected]

1997

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Integrated marketing

communications

MetroHartford AllianceConnecticut Association of NonprofitsConnecticut Association of Public School Superintendents

Creative Concepts♦Fairfield and New York City(866) 475-5191 • creative-conceptsllc.com

Valorie [email protected]

2003WND 90 a a a a a a a a a a a

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Bigelow TeaEcoverThe Children's Aid Society in New York City

E.R. Becker Company Inc.16 Betts Place, Norwalk 06855852-8077 • erbeckercompany.com

Ellie [email protected]

1991

1WND

15 a a a a a a a a aOnline/inbound

marketing

iCopyright.comSignature GroupF-O-R-T-U-N-E Franchise Corp.

HEH Associates Inc.^300 Danbury Road, Wilton 06897761-8766 • hehassociates.com

H.E. Heydt [email protected]

1979

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Alstom PowerICSA Software North AmericaNew York Medical College

James P. O'Toole Consulting^1 W. Norwalk Road, Darien 06820655-8689

James P. O'Toole [email protected]

2001

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Con EdisonArc of WestchesterJones L.L.P.

MaxEx Public Relations L.L.C.102 Alton Road, Stamford 06906323-4185 • maxexsposure.net

Linda [email protected]

1997

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Cb5 Barcelona Restaurant GroupBarcelona RestaurantsRizzuto's Restaurant Group

Michael J. London & Associates^15 Lake Ave.,, Trumbull 06611261-1549 • mjlondon.com

Michael J. [email protected]

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Direct ImpactAntinozzi & AssociatesHurwitz, Sagarin, Slossberg & Knuff L.L.C.

NetSage Marketing Inc.16 Hemlock Trail, P.O. Box 35, New Fairfield 06812746-6645 • netsagemarketing.com

Gillian [email protected]

2002

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50 a a a a a a a Strategy consultingOdessey LogisticsRoula RoboticsModern Plastics

ShellMar Consulting44 Hiram Hill Road, Monroe 06468257-6684 • shellmarconsulting.com

Shelly Marr [email protected]

1999

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Barlett Tree ExpertsMMR Construction Inc.Vision Dynamics

Strategy+Communications21 Brierbrook Lane, Weston 06883226-6156 • strategypluscommunications.com

Randy [email protected]

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Stamford Innovation CenterTandberg DataArchion

Walsh Public Relations303 Linwood Ave., Fairfield 06824292-6280 • walshpr.com

Greg [email protected]

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Wild RepublicZiggy & Friends Inc.Fashion Angel Enterprises

Write For You55 Bible St., Cos Cob 06807561-5331 • write-for-you.com

Susan W. [email protected]

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SPECIAL REPORT Marketing / Branding

BY PATRICK GALLAGHER

[email protected]

The year was 2008 and E*TRADE Financial Corp. realized it needed to change its marketing approach

if it hoped to draw new investors to its equities trading platform.

The unexpected savior? A talking, tech-savvy baby.

“What had happened was, E*TRADE no longer had success with their mes-saging that you could get rich,” said Ari Halper, executive creative director of the nearly 100-year-old Grey New York adver-tising and public relations firm. “They no longer had success with their messaging that your broker is a schmuck. So they needed to find something else that was compelling to people.”

With social media and new technolo-gies rapidly changing the ways com-panies are able to connect with their customers, Halper and Horn Group Inc. founder and CEO Sabrina Horn said a successful marketing, advertising or public relations campaign still revolves around a strong message and a holistic strategy. Horn Group was named the nation’s top tech PR firm in 2011.

The two New York City marketing and communications executives shared their insights and offered critiques of area companies’ advertising cam-paigns recently at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, at an event hosted by the Business Journals.

The common denominator of any successful campaign, Halper said, is a

great idea. “Great ideas are never going to go

away,” Halper said. “It doesn’t matter that the digital medium is becoming so com-plicated and it’s constantly changing and innovating – it still starts with an idea, and great ideas will always win.”

Halper’s team at Grey New York conceived of the now-famous E*TRADE baby, which was first featured in an ad spot during the 2008 Super Bowl, after discovering that E*TRADE’s biggest inhibitor was fear.

“We discovered that there was fear,” Halper said. “People thought, ‘I can’t do this myself, it’s too complicated, I don’t have time, I’m going to lose my life sav-ings, I just want someone else to handle it,’ and that was what was inhibiting people from investing with E*TRADE.”

The solution was to show that the E*TRADE platform was so easy to use “a baby could do it.”

“So here you’ve got 1,000 new accounts a day, safety in numbers and it’s easy – so easy a baby could do it,” Halper said. “And with that, you struck a chord with people and it became a very massive success.”

Halper and Horn warned, though, that a marketing campaign can no lon-ger be focused around advertisements alone.

“For us, it’s PR, it’s social, interactive and even advertising, with measurement always being in the middle,” Horn said. “And for us, social is like air: it’s not the shiny new object anymore – it’s baked into every single program that we sell.”

Horn said she favors the notion of “thinking in 3-D.”

Pointing to Michelangelo’s David, Horn said, “He was constructed out of a giant block of marble, and when the front of his knee was being created, it was always in anticipation of what the back of the knee would look like. That’s 3-dimensional thinking.”

While the E*TRADE baby was a hit in 2008, now “virtually everything has changed in the advertising industry,” Halper said.

With the growth of social media and

digital tactics, “Now we’re expected to do everything,” he said. “Every single media channel you could possibly be in, you’re expected to have these fully robust integrated campaigns to get your message out in a seamless fashion and not miss a beat in any of them.”

However, the principles behind any strong campaign are unchanged, Halper said.

“Consumer insights, great strategies, great foundations – again, it’s never going to change,” he said. “Another one is that

you’ve got to keep it simple: one mes-sage, very clear, don’t try to cram too much in.”

And finally, don’t fall into the trap of saying what you want to say at the expense of what consumers want to hear, Halper said.

“That, to me, is one of the biggest mistakes that advertisers and agencies make, when they’re too focused on the message they’re trying to put out there as opposed to thinking about, OK, what’s going to get through to the consumer.”

Marketing at the speed of light

2008 IS OLD HAT IN THE WORLD OF PR AND ADS

“GREAT IDEAS ARE NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY.”

— Ari Halper

Ari Halper


ASK ANDI BY ANDI GRAY

LAST FALL WE ALMOST MISSED OUT ON A TRADE SHOW THAT ALL OF OUR CLIENTS

AND COMPETITORS GO TO. WHEN WE WERE THERE WE DIDN’T DO VERY WELL AT SETTING OURSELVES APART. NOW THE SPRING SHOWS

ARE UPON US AND I WANT TO BE SURE OUR FIRM IS REPRESENTED. CAN YOU HELP?

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Build a list of target

shows. Investigate who goes and why. Define goals and decide who to send. Figure out how your company can stand out at each show. Review results every month, post show, to ensure you get what you want.

Don’t just focus on the shows you go to for your own industry. That’s like being in a room full of competitors and hoping a prospect will pick you. The odds aren’t in your favor.

Build an expanded list of possible shows by asking customers where they go. Do research on your target market’s trade show preferences. Put the data into a spreadsheet organized by show. Winnow it down as you find out who goes where and why.

If you want to talk to senior financial people, search on the Internet for CFO trade shows. Looking to sell to IT people? Search for IT trade shows. There are also

trade show and conference directories to look through for ideas on shows that attract your target market.

Contact event organizers and people who have gone to shows before. Here’s a list of questions to ask:

• Can non-industry companies like ours attend events; any restrictions?

• Are there opportunities for compa-nies like ours to speak or sit on a panel?

• How about hosting or sponsoring an event?

• Were shows well attended last year? Was the advertised target market there?

• Is a list of attendees available before the show? Or after?

• Do attendees have time to meet with vendors?

If you’re considering exhibiting: • What should an exhibitor expect to

pay for access to attendees?• How many days / hours is an exhibi-

tor likely to have with show attendees?• Where is the trade show floor locat-

ed? How far is that from the event reg-istration desk? How far from where the main events are happening?

• What percent of attendees typically visit the trade show floor?

Whether you’re speaking, attending or exhibiting, you can create visibility. Develop a thought leadership theme for each show. Brainstorm what makes your company special. Use social media, hand-outs and scripts for people walking the floor to get your point across. Press hard to get speaking and panelist opportunities that make your company stand out.

Set goals for each show: Number of contacts, number of deals, information gathering and visibility. Review potential trade shows to see which ones fit your company’s goals. Match potential pay-off with cost. Decide where to go. Select who to send from your company based on likely show attendees. Your sales and customer service people should be with their clients and prospects. Send market-ing people to gather intelligence. Resist the temptation to go just because you’re the owner.

Be organized. Plan to arrive early and stay late. Bring lots of business cards. Compile a list of contacts and what they need next, to use for post-show follow up.

Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., strategyleaders.com, a busi-ness-consulting firm that specializes in helping entrepreneurial firms grow. She can be reached by phone at (877) 238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Please send it to her via email at [email protected].

Trade shows require your due diligence


The mission of the Bridgeport Theatre Company is to “lead a culturally diverse collective of local artists to provide a quality, accessible and a� ordable theater arts experience for the community, by the community.” With a group of committed artists working together toward this common goal, it is amazing how two and one-half years can pass in the blink of an eye. And for the members of Bridgeport Theatre Company, what a charmed two and one-half years it has been. Now in the thick of our third season, this little organization, comprised of artists who are of the community that they serve, has made some big leaps forward. The company has brought Greater Bridgeport diverse, high-quality o� erings with productions of “Rent,” “Doubt,” “The Laramie Project,” “Seussical,” “Hairspray,” “Dracula,” “A Christmas Carol” and many more. Bridgeport Theatre Company continues to honor its commitment to have a positive e� ect on the community. After a successful inaugural year, we are in plans for our second summer of BTC Jr., our children’s theater program, which gives children of all backgrounds a chance to come together to create a piece of theater under the guidance of trained theatrical professionals.

This season also granted us the opportunity to partner with other cornerstone Bridgeport institutions, including the Downtown Cabaret Theatre and the United Congregational Church of Bridgeport, which hosted two of our season productions, as well as BTC Jr. Our partnership with local artists continues to thrive, resulting last season in a full-scale world premier production of the rock musical “Suburban Decay.”

To close out our 2012/13 season this spring, we will be presenting a bright-neon hit show great for the whole family, “The Wedding Singer,” running May 24-June 9. There is no better introduction to the Bridgeport Theatre Company family — or no better way to continue your support for our mission than seeing a show. Help BTC remain a positive force in the revitalization of the

Bridgeport community. Visit bridgeporttheatre.org to learn more or to purchase tickets.

Eli NewsomArtistic director Bridgeport Theatre CompanyMember, Cultural Alliance of Fairfi eld County

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Culture of Fairfi eld County

FCBuzz Goes Live at the Westport Country Playhouse for its “2013 Season Kicko� Block Party,” April 13, 4 to 7 p.m.

The free block party will have food and fun, with special ticket o� ers and a look at the playhouse’s backstage experience.

“To celebrate our 2013 season, we’re throwing open the doors to the theater and o� ering self-guided tours, special insight into this year’s fi ve productions and fun games and activities for adults and kids alike,” said Jennifer McCool, playhouse community engagement coordinator.

Three local food trucks — Skinny Pines Pizza, LobsterCRAFT, and Christophe’s Crepes — will be on-site, along with Beaver Beer, which will provide a free tasting of

its brews, while Shake Shack o� ers complimentary custard. Special box o� ce promotions will include a savings of $10

o� single tickets to any of the 2013 season’s fi ve productions. Also, subscriptions to any 2013 season fi ve-play matinee performances will be $100. These discounts will be available only during the kicko� event.

Westport Country Playhouse’s new season features A.R. Gurney’s “The Dining Room,” a witty and heartfelt story of the American family and its vanishing traditions, set in the most singular of rooms, where people gather, meals are eaten, conversations begin and generations converge, April 30 – May 18; “The Show-O� ” by George Kelly, a funny, surprising and moving story of a family thrown into in upheaval when the youngest daughter becomes engaged to a brash loudmouth, June 11 – 29; “Loot,” a wickedly funny send-up of larcenous, lascivious behavior among the English middle class by master of British farce Joe Orton, July 16 — August 3; the world premiere of “Oblivion,” a touching, funny and very modern tale of parents, children and the gulf that sometimes exists between them, Aug. 20 – Sept. 7; and John Murray and Allen Boretz’s “Room Service,” a madcap American farce about a producer and his ragtag bunch of actors, who try to raise money for a Broadway show as they scramble to evade their hotel bill, Oct. 8 — 26.

For more information or tickets, call the box o� ce, (888) 927-7529 or visit westportplayhouse.org.

LIVE FROM WESTPORT, IT’S THE COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE

The Westport Country Playhouse hosts its “2013 Season Kickoff Block Party” April 13.

Works by artists aged 15 through 39 will be featured in “40 Under 40,” a juried exhibition at the Rowayton Arts Center in Norwalk April 7-28.

The juror of the exhibitions is Mark Macrides, a Loft Artists Association board member who has taught art at the New Canaan Country School for 25 years. Says Barbara Murphy, the exhibit chair: “Exhibitions in which a juror selects both the artwork to be displayed and the award winners provide opportunities for artists of all ages but can be especially signifi cant for younger artists. RAC initiated ‘40 Under 40’ last year to encourage younger artists who may not have access to many venues for exhibiting their work.”

Four of the artists juried into the exhibition will discuss their inspiration, process and art during ATRAC, a free evening of art talk that begins at 6:30 p.m. April 17. Following

the discussion, attendees can view additional works by the artists and talk informally with them during a reception in RAC’s upstairs studio.

“Whether you’re an artist or just want to learn more about how artists think and create, you’re invited to join a conversation during ATRAC,” says ATRAC co-chairman Joel Flora, who will moderate the discussion. “The purpose of ATRAC is to help acquaint the public and fellow artists about the unique way that individual artists think about the world around them. Their unique vision stems from the connection between the eye, brain and hand. Artists can reveal the world in a way that we may never have considered. In addition, the artists may gain new insight into how their visual imagery is perceived by others.”

For more, call 866-2744 or visit rowaytonartscenter.org.

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY

BUSINESSJOURNAL

Items appearing in the Fairfi eld 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.

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Hallas, Tom, contractor for Di-ane Fekete. Perform interior reno-vations at an existing single-fam-ily residence, 42 Woodcrest Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed March 26.

Hernandez, David. Perform ex-ternal renovations at an existing single-family residence, 125 Clo-ver St., Stratford. Estimated cost: $2,950. Filed March 26.

J.C. Renovations, contractor for Mike Takacs. Add a two-story addition to an existing single-family residence, 105 Sheffi eld Drive, Stratford. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed March 21.

Jonnie Enterprises, Southington, contractor for Maghi and John Evans. Repair storm damage to a single-family residence, 5 Glen-dale Circle, Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed March 15.

Kloter Farm Inc., Ellington, con-tractor for Kim and Martin Min-er. Construct an accessory build-ing at a single-family residence, 10 Stonewall Lane, Ridgefi eld. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed March 18.

Koziloski, Mark. Perform ex-ternal renovations at an existing single-family residence, 190 Mat-thew Drive, Stratford. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed March 28.

LA Barnaby, contractor for Jack Guckert. Re-roof an existing sin-gle-family residence, 509 River-dale Road, Stratford. Estimated cost: $13,000. Filed March 19.

LA Barnaby, contractor for Wil-liam Jack. Re-roof an existing sin-gle-family residence, 330 Second Hill Lane, Stratford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed March 19.

LA Barnaby, contractor for Cali-fornia Condominium Associa-tion. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 40 California St., Stratford. Estimated cost: $96,400. Filed March 19.

ATTACHMENTS-FILED

Woodworth, William, Green-wich, $300,000, in favor of Dar-lene and Martin R. Shaw by Louis J. Bonsage, Greenwich. Property: 39 W. Brother Drive, Greenwich. Filed March 15.

ATTACHMENTS-PARTIAL RELEASE

Eastside Development Asso-ciates L.L.C., Stamford, $1.2 million, in favor of The Mor-ganti Group, Danbury and Thomasson-Stevens L.L.C., Bradenton, Fla. Property: 850 E. Main St., Unit 302, Stamford. Filed March 20.

ATTACHMENTS-RELEASED

Aiello, George, Bethel, $43,000, in favor of The Ring’s End Inc., Darien. Property: 9 Kellogg St., Bethel. Filed March 18.

BANKRUPTCIES

12 CDT L.L.C., 12 Cambridge Drive, Trumbull. Chapter 11, fi led March 11, 2013, case no. 13-50347. Assets: $1 million to $10 million. Liabilities: $1 mil-lion to $10 million. Creditors: Nick Nicholas, $100,000; town of Trumbull, $96,437; town of Trumbull Fire District, $14,911; JPMorgan Chase Bank, $9,941; Bishop, Jackson & Kelly L.L.C., $7,042; Braunstein & Todisco P.C., $6,705; Trumbull WPCA, $5,733; and Park Bridge Financial L.L.C., disputed. Type of busi-ness: corporation. Debtor’s attor-ney: Stephen P. Wright; Goldman, Gruder, Woods L.L.C., Trumbull.

All the Best Wines L.L.C., 650 Main Ave., Norwalk. Chapter 7, fi led March 12, 2013, case no. 13-50349. Assets: none given. Li-abilities: none given. Creditors: Anthem, AT&T, Atlantic Systems Inc., CDI, City Carting & Recy-cling, Connecticut Deptartment of Revenue Services, Connecti-cut Light and Power, Debt Alert, DiChello, Drinx, Eder Brothers Inc., Heartland Payment Systems, M&P, Opici, Optimum, Sharpe Hill, Slocum, Sprint, T. Edwards, The Hartford, UPS, Wine Bow and Yankee Gas.

BUILDING PERMITS

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Fourth Merritt Seven. Fit-out an existing commercial building for Millward Brown, 401 Merritt 7, Third and fourth fl oors, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1.05 million. Filed March 19.

Malkin Construction, Stamford, contractor for First Stamford Place L.L.C. Perform interior renovations at an existing com-mercial building, First Stamford Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $138,000. Filed March 18.

Olympic Construction, contrac-tor for 110 Lenox L.L.C. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 110 Lenox Ave., Second fl oor, Stamford. Estimated cost: $110,000. Filed March 15.

Pavarini New England, Stam-ford, contractor for Reckson, A Division of SL Green. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 750 Wash-ington Blvd., Ninth fl oor, Stam-ford. Estimated cost: $198,000. Filed March 18.

PMJ Property Investment L.L.C. New tenant, One Stop Insurance Agency L.L.C., 180 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 19.

Poko Builders L.L.C., contrac-tor for One Morningside Country Club Inc. Fit-out an existing com-mercial building for 1 Morningside Drive North, Westport. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed March 18.

Pustola & Associates, Nau-gatuck, contractor for I. Park Norwalk L.L.C. Perform addi-tions and alterations at an existing commercial building, 761 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $740,000. Filed March 20.

Quality of Living Builders, con-tractor for Darien Boat Club. Re-pair storm damage at an existing commercial building, 135 Pear Tree Point Road, Darien. Estimat-ed cost: $30,000. Filed March 21.

Saugatuck Construction, Stam-ford, contractor for Reckson, a division of SL Green. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 101 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed March 18.

Signature Construction, Stam-ford, contractor for Two Stamford Plaza Owners L.L.C. Perform interior alterations at an existing commercial building, 281 Tresser Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed March 20.

Town of Stratford. Perform in-terior renovations at an existing commercial building, 550 Pat-terson Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 20.

Tuchy A.V. Inc., contractor for Birchwood Country Club Inc. Perform interior renovations at an existing commercial building, 25 Kings Highway South, West-port. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed March 19.

Wilson, John R., Stamford, con-tractor for Elvin L.L.C. Perform additions and alterations at an existing commercial building, 205 Greenwich Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,500. Filed March 15.

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A&S Home Improvement, con-tractor for Sharon Joseph. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 507 Reitter St., Strat-ford. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed March 26.

American Homes Development & Bayview Development, con-tractor for Ralph Grasso. Con-struct a new single-family resi-dence, 152 Circle Drive, Stratford. Estimated cost: $120,000. Filed March 12.

Bellete, Goitom, Stamford, con-tractor for 29 Douglas Avenue L.L.C. Construct a new single-family residence, 29 Douglas Ave., Unit B, Stamford. Estimated cost: $334,000. Filed March 19.

Bellete, Goitom, Stamford, con-tractor for 29 Douglas Avenue L.L.C. Construct a new single-family residence, 29 Douglas Ave., Unit 1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $340,000. Filed March 19.

Bellete, Goitom, Stamford, con-tractor for 29 Douglas Avenue L.L.C. Construct a new single-family residence, 29 Douglas Ave., Unit 2, Stamford. Estimated cost: $346,000. Filed March 19.

Benedetto, Stanley, contractor for Shirley Piccirillo. Perform in-terior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 2336 Bar-num Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 19.

Bosler, Heiko. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 28 Cheshire St., Stratford. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed March 27.

Castro, Carlos, contractor for Jose Siranaula. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 85 Coolidge Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed March 20.

Chin, Cheung Yuen. Construct a new two-family residence, 5 Burnwood Ave., Stamford. Es-timated cost: $654,940. Filed March 15.

Connelly, Roger, contractor for Patricia and John Grace. Repair storm damage to a single-fam-ily residence, 14 Meadowbrook Road, Darien. Estimated cost: $105,000. Filed March 19.

D’Amico, Ronald. Perform in-terior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 44 River Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $45,440. Filed March 20.

Dickerson, John. Perform interi-or renovations at an existing sin-gle-family residence, 1140 Beaver Dam Road, Stratford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed March 19.

Digiorgi Roofi ng, contractor for Ed Campanik. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 402 Pat-terson Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $9,435. Filed March 19.

Digiorgi Roofing, contractor for Chuck Chiodo. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 2567 Broadbridge Ave., Strat-ford. Estimated cost: $13,979. Filed March 22.

DJ’s Roofi ng, contractor for Lin-da Sanfratello. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 882 Wil-coxson Ave., Stratford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed March 22.

Duggan, Ralph. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family residence, 26 Lark Spur Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $42,000. Filed March 19.

Emerson, Seth, contractor for Lois and Robert Mitchell. Re-roof an existing single-family residence, 274 Second Ave., Strat-ford. Estimated cost: $3,400. Filed March 19.

Executive Craftsman, Southing-ton, contractor for Andy Vanecke. Perform interior renovations at an existing single-family resi-dence, 123 Harbor Drive, Unit 611, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,500. Filed March 21.


on the recordPreferred Guest Resorts L.L.C., et al., Winter Park, Fla. Filed by: Olga Voytovych, Stamford. Plain-tiff ’s attorney: Sergei Lemberg, Stamford. Action: The plain-tiff has brought this suit against the defendant for its repeated violation of the Telephone Con-sumer Protection Act by using an automated telephone dialer system to place calls to the plain-tiff ’s cellphone. The plaintiff claims monetary damages and a trial by jury. Filed March 22. Case no. 13cv00394.

U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y. Filed by Liz Ferrari. Plain-tiff ’s attorney: Joanne S. Faulkner, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1978 as a debt collection agency. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 22. Case no. 13cv00395.

Williams & Fudge Inc., et al., Rock Hill, S.C. Filed by Vanessa Rodrigues, Hamden. Plaintiff ’s at-torney: Sergei Lemberg, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for violation of the Fair Debt Collec-tion Practices Act of 1978 and the invasion of the plaintiff ’s personal privacy. The plaintiff claims statu-tory damages. Filed March 22. Case no. 13cv00396.

DEEDS

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1726 Barnum Avenue L.L.C., Stratford. Seller: Denise D’Addario Weed, Covington, La. Property: 1726 Barnum Ave., Stratford. Amount: $70,000. Filed March 12.

25 Edgmarth Hill Road L.L.C., Westport. Seller: Charles J. Brady, Westport. Property: Lot 10, Map 3726, Westport. Amount: $920,000. Filed March 21.

337 Wayne Street L.L.C., Trum-bull. Seller: Rose I. Garcia, Bridge-port. Property: 123 Sunshine Cir-cle, Bridgeport. Amount: $33,000. Filed March 20.

8 Waverly Road L.L.C., Darien. Seller: Melanie Ann Branca, Darien. Property: Lot 37 and 38, Map 341, Darien. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed March 18.

886 Hope Street L.L.C., Stam-ford. Seller: Joann Miller Real Estate L.L.C., Stamford. Property: 886 Hope St., Stamford. Amount: $735,000. Filed March 20.

COURT CASES

BRIdgEpORt dIstRICt COuRt

Citimortgage Inc., Urbandale, Iowa. Filed by William Rotunno, Trumbull. Plaintiff ’s attorney: James R. Winkel, Milford. Ac-tion: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for its failure to record and pro-vide a valid release of a mortgage. The plaintiff is entitled to collect monetary damages for every week that a valid release of mortgage was not filed on the land records after the expiration of the 60-day grace period. Filed March 25. Case no. 6034114.

General Electric Co., et al., Gro-ton. Filed by James Brautigam, Groton. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Am-ilty L. Arscott and Melissa M. Ri-ley, Groton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for exposure to asbes-tos and asbestos-related products while in the employ of the defen-dant. The plaintiff is now suffer-ing from lung cancer as a result of being exposed to the asbestos-related products. Filed March 22. Case no. 6034111.

Marix Servicing, Phoenix, Ariz. Filed by Paula Santos, Stratford. Plaintiff ’s attorney: James R. Win-kel, Milford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for its failure to record and provide a valid release of a mortgage. The plaintiff is entitled to collect monetary damages for every week that a valid release of mortgage was not filed on the land records after the expiration of the 60-day grace period. Filed March 25. Case no. 6034116.

Phouc Long Budhist Temple of Connecticut Inc., Bridgeport. Filed by the WPCA of the city of Bridgeport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Russell D. Liskov, Bridgeport. Ac-tion: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for failing to pay $783.82 payment, which was due. The plaintiff claims monetary damages. Filed March 21. Case no. 6034092.

Principle Marketers Inc. d.b.a. The Boat Locker, Westport. Filed by John J. Bainton Jr., Nor-walk. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Jaclyn Petrozelli Bainton, Norwalk. Ac-tion: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a breach of employment contract. Filed March 22. Case no. 6017653.

R Merced Realty L.L.C., Bridge-port. Filed by the WPCA of the city of Bridgeport, Plaintiff ’s attorney: Russell D. Liskov, Bridgeport. Action: The plain-tiff has brought this suit against the defendant for failing to pay the sum of $1,365.24, which was due. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 20. Case no. 6034029.

Vernon Computer Leasing Inc. d.b.a. Vernon Computer Source. Filed by Reed Elsevier Inc. Lexis-nexis Division, Plaintiff ’s attor-ney: Steven A. Sugarmann, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the de-fendant who had entered into an agreement with the plaintiff for online research services. The de-fendant has benefited from receiv-ing services without having made payment for them. The plaintiff claims monetary damages. Filed March 27. Case no. 6034242.

W&M Properties 3 L.L.C., Bridgeport. Filed by the WPCA of the city of Bridgeport, Plain-tiff ’s attorney: Russell D. Liskov, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for failing to pay the sum of $1,096.74 due as pay-ment. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 20. Case no. 6034069.

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Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by James Moran, Larksville, Pa. Plain-tiff’s attorney: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warning section, which states that there is no way to reverse the an-ticoagulant effects of the medica-tion. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000. Filed March 26. Case no. 6012033.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Jerra Ault, Mattoon, Ill. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for prod-uct liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warning sec-tion that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medication. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in ex-cess of $15,000. Filed March 26. Case no. 6012032.

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Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Shelby Powell, Metairie, La. Plain-tiff ’s attorney: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for prod-uct liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warning sec-tion that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medication. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in ex-cess of $15,000. Filed March 20. Case no. 6017631.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by James A. Wardlow, South Bend, Ind. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the de-fendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warning section that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagu-lant effects of the medication. The plaintiff claims monetary dam-ages in excess of $15,000. Filed March 27. Case no. 6017709.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Jeraldine Skaggs, Martha, Ky. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warn-ing section that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medication. The plaintiff claims monetary dam-ages in excess of $15,000. Filed March 27. Case no. 6017708.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Hazel Hudson, Hephzibah, Ga. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warn-ing section that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medication. The plaintiff claims monetary dam-ages in excess of $15,000. Filed March 27. Case no. 6017707.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Timothy Everin, Old Lyme. Plain-tiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warning section that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medi-cation. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 27. Case no. 6017706.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Donald Buckley, Salisbury. Plain-tiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warning section that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medi-cation. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 27. Case no. 6017704.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Joan Cox, Southbury. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to disclose a warning section that states there is no way to reverse the anticoagulant effects of the medication. The plaintiff claims monetary damages. Filed March 27. Case no. 6017705.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Phar-maceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Harry Benigni, Walling-ford. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the de-fendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to dis-close a warning section that states there is no way to reverse the an-ticoagulant effects of the medica-tion. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 27. Case no. 6017703.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Nancy Fitzgerald, Las Vegas, Nev. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the de-fendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to dis-close a warning section that states there is no way to reverse the an-ticoagulant effects of the medica-tion. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 22. Case no. 6017660.

Boehringer, Ingelheim Pharma-ceuticals Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Robert Thompson, Henderson, Nev. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Marisa A. Bellair and Steven J. Errante, New Haven. The plaintiff has brought this suit against the de-fendant for product liability of Paradaxa and its failure to dis-close a warning section that states there is no way to reverse the an-ticoagulant effects of the medica-tion. The plaintiff claims mon-etary damages. Filed March 22. Case no. 6017658.

Law offices of Gary I. Cohen; Marci Elizabeth Finkelstein and Gary I. Cohen, Fairfield. Filed by Paul Greenan, Stam-ford. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Paul Greenan, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this mal-practice suit against the defen-dants’ as representation of the plaintiff in divorce proceedings. The defendants are in violation of the CRPC and any applicable standard of care. The defendant is negligent of a breach of contract and a breach of contractual duty of good faith, fair dealings and in-tentional misrepresentation. Filed March 21. Case no. 6017645.

Safeco Insurance Co. of Amer-ica. Filed by Lisbet and Richard Holt, Norwalk. Plaintiff ’s attor-ney: Larry F. Ginsberg, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the defendant for a breach of contract as their insurance premiums were paid up to date and the defendant had failed to send an insurance adjuster to assess the damage in a timely manner and for its fail-ure to pay the estimated amount of damages. Filed March 22. Case no. 6017661.

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Knowledge Learning Corp., Stratford. Filed by Hittie and Don-ald Lee a.p.o. D.J., Stratford. Plain-tiff ’s attorney: Diane Polan, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this suit against the de-fendant to redress the deprivation of rights, breach of contract, neg-ligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiff claims monetary damages. Filed March 25. Case no. 13cv00401.

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on the recordCain, Juliet, Darien. Seller: David Heissenbuttel, Wilton. Property: 32 Haviland St., Unit 305, Nor-walk. Amount: $175,000. Filed March 20.

Cannizzaro, Jennifer and Sean, Stamford. Seller: Barbara C. and David L. Glinka, Stamford. Prop-erty: 31 Black Twig Place, Stam-ford. Amount: $760,000. Filed March 18.

Carino, Angela, Patrick and Pe-ter, Greenwich. Seller: Donna L. Colucci, Greenwich. Property: 27 Orchard St., Greenwich. Amount: $780,000. Filed March 19.

Carrena, Christopher L. and Luis, Easton. Seller: Linda E. Lindsay, Waterbury and Alan D. Eldridge, Hollis, N.H. Prop-erty: 447 Queen St., Bridgeport. Amount: $40,000. Filed March 19.

Carrena, Elizabeth and Luis, Easton. Seller: Hilda Gonzalez, Milan, Mich. Property: 387 to 389 Dover St., Bridgeport. Amount: $21,000. Filed March 18.

Chiffert, Catherine and Netha-nel Sherzer, New York City. Seller: Katherine S. and David O. Hussey, Greenwich. Property: 28 Wood-land Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $625,000. Filed March 13.

Colon, Maria D. and Ismael Jr., Bridgeport. Seller: Eleanor and Anthony Scrimenti, Bridgeport. Property: 214 Robin St., Bridge-port. Amount: $184,900. Filed March 19.

Colucci, Donna and Robert, Cos Cob. Seller: Sheila M. Welsh, Stamford. Property: 102 Clover Hill Road, Stamford. Amount: $527,500. Filed March 19.

Conlon, Jennifer A. and Pat-rick J., Brookfield. Seller: Tracey and Edward Santulli, Brookfield. Property: 20 Lyndenwood Drive, Brookfield. Amount: $680,000. Filed March 21.

Considine, Victoria R. and Blake J., New York City. Seller: Nicole M. Thelen, Westport and John A. Thelen, Trumbull. Property: 17 Whitney St., Westport. Amount: $824,500. Filed March 15.

Cordts, Sandra and Albert, Westport. Seller: River Stone Construction L.L.C., Fairfield. Property: 1 Red Coat Road, West-port. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 21.

B.F.M. II L.L.C., Bethel. Seller: 82 Greenwood Avenue L.L.C., Charlestowns, R.I. Property: 98 Greenwood Ave., Bethel. Amount: $279,900. Filed March 22.

Black Rock Investments L.L.C., Bridgeport. Seller: Catherine P. Olsavsky, Bridgeport. Property: 28 Cherry Hill Drive, Unit 1A, Bridgeport. Amount: $65,000. Filed March 25.

Bobolink Land Holdings L.L.C., Greenwich. Seller: 27 Bobolink Lane L.L.C., Vero Beach, Fla. Property: 27 Bobolink Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $4.5 mil-lion. Filed March 15.

Bridgeport Construction and Management L.L.C., Bridgeport. Seller: Sabino Acevedo, Bridge-port. Property: 144 to 146 Whit-tier St., Bridgeport. Amount: $77,250. Filed March 19.

Cos Como L.L.C., Cos Cob. Sell-er: Long Valley L.L.C., Rye, N.Y. Property: 95 Valley Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed March 14.

DRAC L.L.C., Darien. Seller: Ce-celia C. Ruggles, Redding. Prop-erty: 23 to 29 Goodsell Hill Road, Redding. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed March 25.

JGM Development L.L.C., Beth-el. Seller: Wooster Street Corp., Bethel. Property: 93 Wooster St., Bethel. Amount: $167,500. Filed March 19.

JLG Builders Corp., Norwalk. Seller: Kelley A. Connors and Ju-lien M. Jarreau, Lot 1, Map 7082, Norwalk. Amount: $260,000. Filed March 20.

June Breeze L.L.C., Miami, Fla. Seller: Sandro Cvecich, Stamford. Property: 485 June Road, Stam-ford. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed March 18.

Marlitz L.L.C., Bridgeport. Seller: Lynn A. Condon, West Redding and Sandra A. Schmidlin, Shel-ton. Property: 50 Birdseye St., Unit 104A, Stratford. Amount: $116,000. Filed March 15.

MCP Medical L.L.C., Boston, Mass. Seller: Cross Street Medi-cal Building L.L.C., New Canaan. Property: 40 Cross St., Norwalk. Amount: $13.3 million. Filed March 18.

MK South Dakota L.L.C., Sioux Falls, S.D. Seller: Michael Kras-nerman, Greenwich. Property: 7 Partridge Hollow Road, Green-wich. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed March 14.

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Fay, Allen M., Bethel. Seller: Flag-pole Holdings L.L.C., Newtown. Property: 29 Fairview Road, Brookfield. Amount: $294,900. Filed March 19.

Goncalves, Limoeira; and Mar-cia and Anderson P. Silva, Dan-bury. Seller: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 1 Union Ave., Unit 1, Danbury. Amount: $127,000. Filed March 18.

Page-Fort, Nicole, Blackrock. Seller: Real Estate Holdings L.L.C., Ridgefield. Property: 26 W. Hillside Ave., Stratford. Amount: $420,000. Filed March 18.

Twai, Maher, Stamford. Seller: Michael O. Feldman, Stamford. Property: 105 Richmond Hill Ave., Unit 4, Stamford. Amount: $33,000. Filed March 20.

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11 Linda Lane L.L.C., Branford. Seller: Mary Ellen Quirk and Donn E. Smith, Darien. Property: 11 Linda Lane, Darien. Amount: $1.07 million. Filed March 13.

Ableman, Aimee M. and Mark D., Norwalk. Seller: Erika J. and Thomas E. Luthy, Norwalk. Property: 35 Hunt St., Norwalk. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 18.

Agarwal, Subhash and Madan, Stamford. Seller: Barbara Ben-said, Stamford and Joan Ragona-Suarez, Fernandina Beech, Fla. Property: 24 Lindstrom Road, Unit 2, Stamford. Amount: $283,000. Filed March 22.

Alesi, Matthew J., New Fairfield. Seller: Carol B. Nuro, Cos Cob. Property: 163 South St., Unit 3, Danbury. Amount: $86,000. Filed March 11.

Andrade, Carlos, Milford. Sell-er: Kelley A. and James Skaarva, Bridgeport. Property: 16 Ac-tion Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $118,000. Filed March 25.

Anthony, Marcia, Stratford. Sell-er: Edward Mackowski, Stratford. Property: 800 Prospect Drive, Stratford. Amount: $355,000. Filed March 19.

Antigua, Julibert, Stratford. Sell-er: Steven R. Spafford, Stratford. Property: 275 Bunnyview Drive, Stratford. Amount: $262,500. Filed March 11.

Antrobus, Nancy and Andrew, Fairfield. Seller: Janine and Jo-seph Beaudet, Fairfield. Prop-erty: 135 Parkwood Road, Fair-field. Amount: $845,000. Filed March 18.

Barnett, Lauren and Jordan, Westport. Seller: Kathleen M. Flynn and Robert J. Parisi, Fair-field. Property: 6 Hitchcock Road, Westport. Amount: $834,000. Filed March 25.

Basile, Fabiano, Stamford. Seller: Mary Scharf, Stamford. Property: 85 Riverside Ave., Unit G4, Stam-ford. Amount: $255,000. Filed March 19.

Bastian, Javier, Stamford. Seller: Bruno V. Vassone, Darien. Prop-erty: 37 Richmond Place, Stam-ford. Amount: $302,000. Filed March 18.

Bates, Martin, New York City. Seller: Jennifer J. Falconer, Man-chester, Mass. Property: 75 Range Road, Wilton. Amount: $665,000. Filed March 18.

Bento, Susan M., Fairfield. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust, Coppell, Texas. Property: 358 McKinley Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $113,400. Filed March 19.

Beshara, George, Stratford. Sell-er: Edward Mackowski, Stratford. Property: 30 Repko Circle, Strat-ford. Amount: $395,000. Filed March 20.

Bosanko-Cera, Roberta L. and Thomas J. Cera, New York City. Seller: Susan and Robert J. Rich-ardson, Greenwich. Property: 67 Bowman Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed March 18.

Bosler, Heiko, Milford. Seller: Fed-eral National Mortgage Associa-tion, Washington, D.C. Property: 28 Cheshire St., Stratford. Amount: $135,000. Filed March 22.

Brancata, Deborah, Westport. Seller: Elizabeth Principe, Mon-roe. Property: 50 Aiken St., Unit 385, Norwalk. Amount: $215,000. Filed March 20.

Brown, Robert W., Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Seller: LNV Corp., Pla-no, Texas. Property: 1 Maple Lane, Danbury. Amount: $191,348. Filed March 18.

Brown, Tamara, Danbury. Seller: Bethel Danbury II L.L.C., White Plains, N.Y. Property: 57 Tucker St., Unit 2707, Danbury. Amount: $325,408. Filed March 20.

Burch, Jennifer and Casey J., Derby. Seller: Kathryn A. and Rob-ert C. Steele, Stratford. Property: 56 Horace St., Stratford. Amount: $270,000. Filed March 22.

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Cosgrief, Bevin C. and Stuart W. III, New York City. Seller: Nancy and Andrew Antrobus, Fairfield. Property: 5 Woodcrest Road, Fairfield. Amount: $569,000. Filed March 18.

FORECLOSURES

Arias, Ryan Alexander, et al. Creditor: Green Tree Servicing L.L.C., Tempe, Fla. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 16E, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 18.

Blanchette, Leanne and Jeffrey, et al. Creditor: U.S Bank N.A., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 6 Cherry Lane, Brookfield. Mort-gage default. Filed March 19.

Brown, Sandra M. Creditor: Midfirst Bank, Oklahoma City, Okla. Property: 110 McGrath Court, Stratford. Mortgage de-fault. Filed March 11.

Delazerda, Jorge E., et al. Credi-tor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Fred-erick, Md. Property: 7 Elm St., Unit 2, Norwalk. Mortgage de-fault. Filed March 18.

Denaut, Michael, et al. Creditor: Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Mo. Property: 25 Hudson Drive, New Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed March 18.

Evans, George, et al. Creditor: BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P., Fort Worth, Texas. Property: 60 Lawn Ave., Unit 47, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed March 18.

Farhat, Rita S. and Charles B. Creditor: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 27 Crows Nest Lane, Unit 19H, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed March 19.

Guido, Jean; and Brian and Ma-ria V. Tagliarino, et al. Creditor: U.S Bank N.A., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 200 Greystone Road, Bridgeport. Mortgage de-fault. Filed March 19.

Lapresa, Fabian, et al. Creditor: Quorum Federal Credit Union, Lake Zurich, Ill. Property: 180 Turn of River Road, Unit 4C, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed March 18.

Lawlor, Christine M. and James R. Creditor: Household Realty Corp., Brandon, Fla. Property: 4 Elizabeth Road, Danbury. Mort-gage default. Filed March 12.

Martinez, Alex Rafael A., et al. Creditor: Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Coral Gables, Fla. Prop-erty: 604 Ogden St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed March 19.

Monteiro, Diane, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Freder-ick, Md. Property: 56 Greenfield Drive, Bridgeport. Mortgage de-fault. Filed March 19.

Ortega, Norma, et al. Creditor: U.S Bank N.A., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 33 Irving Ave., Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed March 20.

Person, Takeeya C., et al. Credi-tor: Benchmark Municipal Tax Serivces Ltd., Bridgeport. Prop-erty: 734 Brooks St., Bridgeport. Foreclosure on tax liens. Filed March 18.

Rockenbach, Adriano J. Credi-tor: Banco Popular North Amer-ica, Rosemont, Ill. Property: 79 Juniper Road, Unit 3, Bethel. Mortgage default. Filed March 14.

Toth, Alison. Creditor: American Home Mortgage Acceptance Inc., Melville, N.Y. Property: 11 Cherry Lane, Bethel. Mortgage default. Filed March 18.

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Central Mortgage Co., Little Rock, Ariz. Seller: Tamera S. Fisher Byun, Danbury. Property: 31 to 33 Newtown Road, Dan-bury. Amount: $115,500. Docket No. DBD cv096001600-S. Filed March 14.

Nationwide Advance Mortgage Co., Bridgeport. Seller: Wilma Lopez, Bridgeport. Property: 122 Asylum St., Bridgeport. Amount: $50,250. Docket No. FBT cv126028055. Filed March 25.

Rua, Adam, Stratford. Seller: Francis Lieto, Stratford. Property: 73 to 75 Stonybrook Road, Strat-ford. Amount: $101,000. Docket No. FBT cv106013043-S. Filed March 20.

JUDGMENTS

Acevedo, Paulo R., Danbury, $5,079.75, in favor of Waterside Financial Inc., Cheshire, by Scar-lett A. Tracey. Property: 6223 Ava-lon Valley Drive, Danbury. Filed March 18.

Alexis, Ginette, Danbury. $2,538, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Bethel, by Holly Nelen, East Hart-ford. Property: 2 Ashley Court, Danbury. Filed March 21.

Ally, Rayman, Stamford. $1,194.64, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 1095 Hope St., Unit B, Stamford. Filed March 21.

Antous, Thomas J., Danbury. $2,212.96, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Bethel, by Holly Nel-en, East Hartford. Property: 18 Balmforth Ave., Danbury. Filed March 18.

Arron, Stanley, Bridgeport. $2,622.29, in favor of Capital One N.A., Glen Allen, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 3323 Old Town Road, Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Arroyo, Elena, Bridgeport. $3,282.12, in favor of Atlantic Credit & Finance Inc., Roanoke, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hart-ford. Property: 95 Ohio Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Astudillo, Efren A., Bridgeport. $926.53, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 830 Noble Ave., Bridge-port. Filed March 18.

Bank of America N.A., Danbury. $5,047.23, in favor of Timber Oak Association Inc., Danbury, by Or-der of Court. Property: 18 Pauld-ing Terrace, Unit 404, Danbury. Filed March 19.

Barnes, Karen, Danbury. $2,455.34, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Prop-erty: 12 Wood St., Danbury. Filed March 11.

Barth, Audra Dieder, Newtown. $1,594.90, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 254 Berkshire Road, Newtown. Filed March 15.

Barton, Michelle, Bridgeport. $1,046.60, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 238 Lenox Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Black, Steve T., Bridgeport. $600, in favor of Palisades Acquisition XVI L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., by Holly Nelen, East Hart-ford. Property: 821 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Bonilla, Miguel, Bridgeport. $905.26, in favor of Palisades Ac-quisition XVI L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 279 Horace St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Bonner, Donna, Brookfield. $792.94, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 34 Christian Lane, Brookfield. Filed March 22.

Boyd, Roy, Bridgeport. $1,104.74, in favor of Palisades Acquisition XVI L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., by Holly Nelen, East Hart-ford. Property: 101 Arthur St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Boyd, Tatiane V., Bridgeport. $10,617.98, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Jo-seph M. Tobin, New Haven. Prop-erty: 980 Lindley St., Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Brito, Elid, Bridgeport. $4,438.08, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 236 Pilgrim Place, Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Canada, Gerald, Bridgeport. $1,785, in favor of Bridgeport Radiology Associates, Bridgeport, by JoAnn C. Silvia, New Britain. Property: 101 Robert St., Bridge-port. Filed March 20.

Coleman, Lionel, Bridgeport. $5,910.15, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Ca-lif., by Holly Nelen, East Hart-ford. Property: 175 Seltsam Road, Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Connell, Barry, Bethel. $1,002.10, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Dan-bury. Property: 29 Benedict Road, Bethel. Filed March 22.

Costallos, Diane, Newtown. $928.41, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 76 Eden Hill Road, Newtown. Filed March 15.

Cote, Gordon, Stratford. $5,079.15, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 40 High Park Ave., Stratford. Filed March 14.

Cottrell, Richard J., Redding. $9,712.48, in favor of U.S. Equi-ties Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Canaan. Property: 3 Packer Brook Road, Redding. Filed March 21.

Debruyn, Arthur P., Bethel. $937.70, in favor of Pailsades Col-lection L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., by Holly Nelen, East Hart-ford. Property: 2 Honey Hollow Road, Bethel. Filed March 14.

Deleon, Roberto, Danbury. $5,219.78, in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates L.L.C., Nor-folk, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 49 Park Ave., Danbury. Filed March 21.

Demers, Dean A., Sandy Hook. $5,109.41, in favor of RAB Per-formance Recoveries L.L.C., Paramus, N.J. , by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 13 Pole Bridge Road, Sandy Hook. Filed March 22.

Demers, Joseph, Newtown. $3,752.44, in favor of JP Magu-ire Associates Inc., Waterbury, by Abraham M. Hoffmann, Trum-bull. Property: 43 Bears Hill Road, Newtown. Filed March 15.

Devlin, Yvonne C., Stratford. $256.93, in favor of Portfolio Re-covery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hart-ford. Property: 165 Carol Road, Stratford. Filed March 14.

Elam, Eleanor, Bridgeport. $1,100, in favor of Advanced Radiology Consultants L.L.C., Trumbull, by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 176 Lawrence St., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Elcsics, Sander, Norwalk. $2,070.88, in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Jo-seph M. Tobin, New Haven. Prop-erty: 282 Grumman Ave., Nor-walk. Filed March 18.

Ellis, Louis W., Bridgeport. $2,107.35, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 736 Boston Ave., Unit 2, Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Ellison, Catherine A., Wilton. $21,959.35, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Jo-seph M. Tobin, New Haven. Prop-erty: 38 Mountain Road, Wilton. Filed March 18.

Eriquez, Susan M., Brookfield. $349, in favor of Western Con-necticut Medical Group, East Syr-acuse, N.Y., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 236 Whis-conier Road, Brookfield. Filed March 22.

Estes, Melissa L., Danbury. $4,075.63, in favor of Equable Ascent Financial L.L.C., North-brook, Ill., by Julie B. Solomon, Albany, N.Y. Property: 9 Ventura Ave., Danbury. Filed March 20.

Ettinger, Catherine, New Fair-field. $563.08, in favor of Dan-bury Hospital, Danbury, by Rob-ert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 3 High View Terrace, New Fairfield. Filed March 22.

Fernandes, Christina, Bridge-port. $1,462.98, in favor of Pre-cision Recovery Analytics Inc., Hawthorne, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 367 Queen St., Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Fox, David F., Stamford. $3,418.78, in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Jo-seph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 27 Northill St., Unit 3F, Stamford. Filed March 21.


on the recordBoland, Bruce W., 15 In-dian Spring Road, Rowayton. $24,656.68, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Bromberg, Cathy L. and Marc S., 14 Mary Violet Road, Stamford. $71,519.24, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Brushworks Inc., P.O. Box 878, Bethel. $15,828.34, payroll taxes. Filed March 18.

Caffeine Media Inc., 149 Wolfpit Road, Wilton. $101,822.19, pay-roll taxes. Filed March 18.

Carter, Mary A. and John T., 160 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport. $9,138.42, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Chocopolgie L.L.C., 12 S. Main St., Norwalk. $23,473.53, payroll taxes. Filed March 18.

Connecticut Electrical Inc., 24 East Ave., Unit 274, Wilton. $13,823.40, payroll taxes. Filed March 18.

Davis Tree and Logging, 724 Redding Road, Redding. $8,495.64, payroll taxes. Filed March 25.

Doral Farm Homeowners As-sociation, 25 Crescent St., Stam-ford. $43,542.98, payroll taxes. Filed March 18.

Flynn, Harry L., 276 Silvermine Ave., Norwalk. $13,085.56, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 25.

Gadtuala, Yaduandran, 33 Al-bin Road, Stamford. $31,499.92, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Gilbert, Gavin, 16 Sheenamere Road, Darien. $185,593.91, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Glickman, Vanessa C. Pessal, 543 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. $837,190.27, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Godfrey Cemetery Maintenance L.L.C., 4 Briarwood Drive, Sher-man. $5,847.10, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed March 19.

Gubner, Corwin, 90 Ridgecrest Road, Stamford. $625,668.56, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Franchi, Cecilia, New Fairfield. $784.90, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 3 Char-coal Ridge Road, New Fairfield. Filed March 22.

Francis, Juliette E., Bridgeport. $531.45, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 359 East Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Gambita, Salvatore, New Fair-field. $1,666.31, in favor of Pre-cision Recovery Analytics Inc., Hawthorne, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 7 Donna Drive, New Fairfield. Filed March 19.

Globokar, Edward, Stamford. $5,000, in favor of the city of Stamford, by James F. Simon, Stamford. Property: 70 New England Drive, Stamford. Filed March 19.

Gonzalez, Angel, Bridgeport. $918.24, in favor of Palisades Ac-quisition XVI L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 550 Clarke St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Guzman, Wilson, Danbury. $656.96, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, East Syracuse, N.Y., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 11 Golden Hill Lane, Danbury. Filed March 21.

Hacharita, Maria, Bridgeport. $934.68, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 1150 Hancock Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 19.

Henriques, Joaquim, Danbury. $4,528.64, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 59 Garfield Ave., Dan-bury. Filed March 11.

Hoesten, Patricia, Newtown. $1,514.98, in favor of DOPS An-esthesia, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 46 Underhill Road, Newtown. Filed March 25.

James, Eva O., Bridgeport. $930.08, in favor of Palisades Ac-quisition XVI L.L.C., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 286 Brooks St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Keough, Kimberly, Bethel. $9,497.83, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 30 Reservoir St., Bethel. Filed March 22.

Kiernan, Yvelisse and Theodore, New Fairfield. $829.90, in favor of Bright Beginnings Inc., New Fair-field, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 18 Orehill Road, New Fairfield. Filed March 22.

Kirby, Abram, Bridgeport. $402, in favor of Bridgeport Radiology Associates, Bridgeport, by JoAnn C. Silvia, New Britain. Property: 144 Harral Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Laracuente, Jacqueline, New Fairfield. $802.63, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Prop-erty: 3 Cameron Road, New Fair-field. Filed March 22.

Lee, Marticia, Bridgeport. $813.45, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 366 Remington St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Lindblom, Lynda, Newtown. $619.90, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Robert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 10 Sunnyview Terrace, Newtown. Filed March 25.

Lucey, Una, Danbury. $599.17, in favor of Danbury Hospital, Beth-el, by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 50 Abbott Ave., Dan-bury. Filed March 11.

Macdaniel, Floyd, Stratford. $2,003, in favor of Portfolio Re-covery Associates L.L.C., Norfolk, Va., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Ha-ven. Property: 9 Holmes St., Strat-ford. Filed March 18.

Macri, Ralph, Redding. $26,553.40, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Prop-erty: 79 Dayton Road, Redding. Filed March 25.

Marano, Joann T., Brookfield. $654.67, in favor of Centurion Capital Corp., Rockville, Md., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Prop-erty: 46 Homestead Lane, Brook-field. Filed March 21.

Marini, Antoinette T., Bridge-port. $604.61, in favor of Feder-ated Retail Holdings Inc., Ma-son, Ohio, by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 410 Flint St., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Marion, Marylouise, New Fair-field. $1,129.70, in favor of Dan-bury Hospital, Danbury, by Rob-ert L. Peat, Danbury. Property: 10 Fox Hollow Road, New Fairfield. Filed March 22.

Martinez, Yolanda, Stratford. $1,331.75, in favor of U.S. Equi-ties Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Canaan. Property: 231 Connors Lane, Stratford. Filed March 21.

Masala, Donatien N., Bridgeport. $783.70, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 253 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 20.

Masheck, Walter, Fairfield. $5,351.32, in favor of Cavalry SPV I L.L.C., Valhalla, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 23 Eastfield Drive, Fairfield. Filed March 18.

McCloud, Barbara, Bridgeport. $1,888.94, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 809 Platt St., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

McGarvey, Yvonne M., New Fairfield. $4,025.44, in favor of U.S. Equities Corp., South Salem, N.Y., by Linda Strumpf, New Ca-naan. Property: 6 Yale Drive, New Fairfield. Filed March 19.

McGuinness, John B., Brook-field. $529.56, in favor of Capi-tal One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Prop-erty: 33 Beverly Drive, Brookfield. Filed March 21.

McGuinness, John B., Brook-field. $977.62, in favor of Centuri-on Capital Corp., Rockville, Md., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 46 Homestead Lane, Brookfield. Filed March 21.

McNamara, Nicole and Keith, Norwalk. $126,366.42, in favor of City National Bank, Los An-geles, Calif., by Jeffrey T. Beatty, Guilford. Property: 21 Chatham Drive, Norwalk. Filed March 18.

McPherson, Anthony, Bridge-port. $1,367.05, in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, New Haven, by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 115 Cloverhill Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Montero, Adele and Jose, Strat-ford. $1,112.80, in favor of Bridgeport Anesthesiology, Strat-ford, by Karen E. Lahey, Water-bury. Property: 60 Masna Place, Stratford. Filed March 11.

Morales, Alvaro, Bridgeport. $5,590.34, in favor of Midland Funding L.L.C., San Diego, Calif., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 585 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Morales, Alvaro, Bridgeport. $558.84, in favor of Atlantic Cred-it & Finance Inc., Roanoke, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 585 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Moss, Gwen R., Stratford. $1,654.58, in favor of Cach L.L.C., Denver, Col., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 236 Hamilton Ave., Stratford. Filed March 18.

Moya, Nancy, Bridgeport. $1,308.23, in favor of Precision Recovery Analytics Inc., Haw-thorne, N.Y., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 297 Broad-bridge Road, Bridgeport. Filed March 19.

Murphy, Edward III, Bridgeport. $1,024.37, in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, New Haven, by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 405 Hollister Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 21.

Oliver, Nitra C., Bridgeport. $946.50, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 95 Bedford Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Pagello, Laura, Greenwich. $7,131.18, in favor of Discover Bank, Andover, Mass., by Nathan G. Johnson, Pawtucket, R.I. Prop-erty: 11 Grey Rock Drive, Green-wich. Filed March 19.

Palacios, Urania, Bethel. $9,858.19, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Ben-jamin P. Mann, Enfield. Property: 58 Whippoorwill Road, Bethel. Filed March 25.

Palmer, Kathy D., Bridgeport. $784.99, in favor of Capital One N.A., Richmond, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 107 Yacht St., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Patrick, James, Bridgeport. $649.76, in favor of Capital One N.A., Glen Allen, Va., by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 1741 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

Peart, Stanley, Stamford. $6,726.98, in favor of Cach L.L.C., Denver, Col., by Joseph M. Tobin, New Haven. Property: 95 Lafay-ette St., Unit 9, Stamford. Filed March 21.

Phang, Juliette a.k.a. Juliette Smith, Bridgeport. $1,687.37, in favor of Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, by Holly Nelen, East Hartford. Property: 74 Yacht St., Bridgeport. Filed March 18.

LEASES

St. Vincent’s College Inc., by Christopher Given. Landlord: 2660 Main L.L.C. Property: 2660 Main St., Bridgeport. Term: 10 years, commencing Feb. 13, 2013. Filed March 25.

Wheelock Street Capital L.L.C., by Lawrence Settanni. Landlord: Steamboat Road Associates L.P. Property: 660 Steamboat Road, Greenwich. Term: five years, com-mencing March 7, 2013. Filed March 14.

LIENS

fEdERAL tAX LIEns-fILEd

Arjumand Shah An L.L.C., 143 Clapboard Ridge Road, Dan-bury. $21,762.58, payroll taxes and quarterly tax returns. Filed March 12.

Barry, Alan M., 5 Shelter Rock Road, Danbury. $37,286.35, pay-roll taxes. Filed March 19.

Barry, Alan M. and Barry Chil-dren Trust, 5 Shelter Rock Road, Danbury. $37,286.35, payroll tax-es. Filed March 19.

Barry, Alan M. and Barry Child-rens Trust, 5 Shelter Rock Road, Danbury. $37,286.35, payroll tax-es. Filed March 19.

Barry, Alan M. and Maximil-lian J., 11 Scuppo Road, Unit 107, Danbury. $37,286.35, payroll taxes. Filed March 19.


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Gubner, Jodi and Corwin, 90 Ridgecrest Road, Stamford. $293,195.63, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Haga, John E., 7 Capitola Road, Danbury. $2,695.42, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Hayes, Monica R. and Andrew W., 4 S. Stanwich Road, Green-wich. $85,404.94, tax debt on in-come earned. Filed March 18.

Hines, Colleen and Stephen, 230 Bedford Road, Greenwich. $382,362.62, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Iljuskin-Numa, Kati and M. E. Numa, 23 Cove Ave., Norwalk. $64,577.88, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 25.

John Patrick Inc., 26 Chambers Road, Danbury. $27,644.40, pay-roll taxes. Filed March 12.

Kelly, William P., 291 Newtown Turnpike, Weston. $155,860.52, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Koones, Sheri J. and Robert, 522 North St., Greenwich. $16,152.92, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Martino, Tami M., 226 Lone-town Road, Redding. $9,079.70, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 25.

Mindlin, Lev M., 20 Bruce Park Ave., Apt. 3, Greenwich. $24,369.27, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Murphy, Francis X., 50 Lafay-ette Place, Apt. 2I, Greenwich. $3,281.24, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Murphy, Kathryn M., 137 Hol-low Tree Ridge Road, Apt. 923, Darien. $67,554.58, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Pratt, Karen M. and Robert, 27 Honey Hill Road, Norwalk. $9,234, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 25.

Rae, Lynn L. and Bruce D., 137 Hollow Tree Ridge Road, Apt. 2223, Darien. $31,539.85, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Rising Sign Co. Inc., 50 Com-merce St., Norwalk. $4,632.85, failure to file, or file correct infor-mation returns. Filed March 18.

Sanchez, Jose M. and J.B. Sarmiento, 31 Spring Hill Ave., Norwalk. $5,624.60, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Smith, Pauline and Richard P., 10 Windy Hill Road, Wilton. $66,670.49, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Zajkowski, Robert M., 395 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. $215,642.14, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

fEdERAL tAX LIEns-REfILE nOtICE

Pasternack, Mariana, 3 Old Mill Road, Westport. $4,515.02, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

fEdERAL tAX LIEns-RELEAsEd

A to A Studio Solutions Ltd., 47 Euclid Ave., Stamford. $10,931.69, payroll taxes. Filed March 18.

Benbow, Dave, 110 Kent Ave., Bridgeport. $9,659.05, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Blumenfeld, Jon, 36 Oak St., Westport. $17,422.42, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Davis, Gloria J. and William R., 83 Morgan St., Apt. 8B, Stamford. $11,195.21, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Dee, Steven G., 15 Ellsworth Ave., Apt. 2, Danbury. $5,186.84, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Dovale, Linda P. and Alfredo M., 194 Franklin Extension, Danbury. $3,766.55, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Driscoll, Gary J., 95 Park Ave., Apt. 7, Danbury. $9,081.27, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Dujack, Cynthia S., 30 German-town Road, Danbury. $6,248.95, payroll taxes. Filed March 12.

Fracker, Laura, 34 Greenbriar Lane, Newtown. $5,094.29, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 25.

Francis, Titus J. Jr., 206 Seaside Ave., Apt. 2, Stamford. $8,054.84, tax debt on income earned; un-derpayment of income tax. Filed March 18.

Giulanos Music Center L.L.C., 351 Post Road, Darien. $2,340.83, payroll taxes. Filed March 18.



Jones, Michael D., 10 Clapboard Ridge Road, Apt. 41L, Danbury. $11,183.25, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Juste, Jean J., 60 Pacific St., Bridgeport. $5,844.88, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Matthews, Teresa, 41 Farm St., Danbury. $7,751.10, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Miron, Alexis B., 23 Kha-kum Wood Road, Greenwich. $155,275.46, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Nicholas, Laura F. and Richard W., 38 Kellogg Hill Road, Weston. $191,162.87, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Pagan, Miguel, 63 Tina Circle, Bridgeport. $124,821.41, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 21.

Persan, Lynne M., 49 Bigelow Road, New Fairfield. $28,705.31, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 19.

Peterson, Todd J., 20 Winthrop Drive, Riverside. $191,737.85, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Purcell Moving Corp., 7 Brook-side Place, Westport. $928.53, payroll taxes. Filed March 18.

Rabb, Terry L., 1426 Stratford Ave., Stratford. $5,835.28, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Ramalho, Jonathan, 110 Reut Drive, Stratford. $17,890.88, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 11.

Rasing, Brenda F. and Servilland M., 19 Lakeview Ave., Danbury. $5,595.66, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Sackaroff, Howard, 1301 Eaton Court, Danbury. $30,181.97, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

Son, Ra and Phuoc, 2 Vista St., Danbury. $14,216.28, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 12.

Wahler, Allan R., 5 Dover Road, Westport. $49,614.42, trust fund recovery penalty and/or excise taxes imposed. Filed March 18.

Wilson, Lisa, 10 Pondmore St., Norwalk. $44,467.87, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 25.

Zhunio, Rosa C. and Victor A., 36 Town Hill Ave., Danbury. $8,003.14, tax debt on income earned. Filed March 18.

MECHAnIC’s LIEns-fILEd

7 New Street L.L.C. and John Farley, Danbury. Filed by SPM Maintenance & Construction L.L.C., Bethel, by Desmond Rus-tici. Property: 7 New St., Danbury. Amount: $8,200. Filed March 11.

Avellanet, Alexis M. and Nicho-las P. Moura, Fairfield. Filed by Owen Associates L.L.C., by Jeffrey Bonaventura. Property: 1084 Fairfield Beach Road, Fair-field. Amount: $34,222.83. Filed March 18.

Carey, Casey and RAM Con-struction, Stamford. Filed by Milan’s Expert Renovation L.L.C., Norwalk, by Milan Pribelsky. Property: 4 Dogwood Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $33,555. Filed March 15.

Dapuzza, Peter and RAM Con-struction, Stamford. Filed by Milan’s Expert Renovation L.L.C., Norwalk, by Milan Pribelsky. Property: 196 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $27,000. Filed March 15.

Devco Associates L.L.C., Green-wich. Filed by GPG, Stamford, by Kai Uwe Young. Property: 24 Car-oline Place, Greenwich. Amount: $21,351. Filed March 20.

Drinkal, Timothy and RAM Construction, Stamford. Filed by Milan’s Expert Renovation L.L.C., Norwalk, by Milan Pribel-sky. Property: 12 Wahneta Road, Greenwich. Amount: $13,300. Filed March 15.

Duranko, Elizabeth and Jon E., Westport. Filed by Jerome J. Kijek, Stamford, by Joseph J. Ca-palbo II. Property: 5 Garden Lane, Westport. Amount: $8,025. Filed March 25.

Highland HC L.L.C., Newtown. Filed by Caldwell & Walsh Build-ing Construction Inc., Newtown, by Mark Principi. Property: 123 to 125 S. Main St., Newtown. Amount: $284,884.01. Filed March 22.

Highland HC L.L.C., Newtown. Filed by Earthmovers Inc., Dan-bury, by Edward J. Killian III. Property: 123 S. Main St., New-town. Amount: $164,888.55. Filed March 14.

Schlanger, Lorraine, Westport. Filed by Phils Main Roofing, Norwalk, by Philip Tavella. Prop-erty: 5 Berkley Place, Westport. Amount: $2,195. Filed March 26.

MECHAnIC’s LIEns-RELEAsEd

Highgrove Condominium L.L.C., Stamford. Filed by Hunter Roberts Construction Group L.L.C., by John Alcanti. Property: 70 Forest St., Stamford. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed March 18.

Ilo Enterprises L.L.C., Dan-bury. Filed by The Ring’s End Inc., Darien, by Kelvin Tyler. Property: 64 ½ Bells Lane, Dan-bury. Amount: $39,835.36. Filed March 18.

Ilo Enterprises L.L.C., Danbury. Filed by Ring’s End Inc., Darien, by Kelvin Tyler. Property: 64 ½ Bells Lane, Danbury. Amount: $43,000. Filed March 18.

LIS PENDENS

1032 Post Road East L.L.C., Westport. Filed by Peter J. Royer Hartford, for RBS Citizens Bank N.A., New London. Property: 1032 Post Road East, Westport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the original princi-pal amount of $2.1 million, dated March 2007. Filed March 15.

Adams, Eric T. and Gloria A., et al., Stamford. Filed by Kevin Casini, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 14 E. Walnut St., Stamford. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the origi-nal principal amount of $155,000, dated November 1998. Filed March 20.

Ahmed, Farkan; Mohammed N. Hoque; Mohammed Alam; Noor Banu and Noor Begum, et al., Stamford. Filed by William W. Ward, Stamford, for Stamford Water Pollution Control Author-ity, Stamford. Property: 37 to 39 Southfield Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien. Filed March 21.

Alcaide, Margarita and Santos P. Escobar, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Adrienne Roach, Hart-ford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York City. Property: 1310 to 1312 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose a delinquent mortgage in the origi-nal principal amount of $270,500, dated May 2006. Filed March 20.


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PATENTS

Articulating clip applier car-tridge. Patent no. 8,403,946 is-sued to Kenneth Whitfi eld, North Haven; and Csaba L. Rethy, Fair-fi eld. Assigned to Covidien L.P., Mansfi eld, Mass.

Articulating endoscopic sur-gical clip applier. Patent no. 8,403,945 issued to Kenneth H. Whitfi eld, North Haven; and Csaba L. Rethy, Fairfi eld. As-signed to Covidien L.P., Mans-fi eld, Mass.

Closed loop postage meter-ing system. Patent no. 8,407,156 issued to Robert A. Cordery, Danbury; Murray D. Martin, Ridgefi eld; Leon A. Pintsov, West Hartford; and Frederick W. Ryan Jr., Oxford. Assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford.

Dual frequency hub mounted vibration suppressor system.Patent no. 8,403,643 issued to William A. Welsh, North Haven. Assigned to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford.

Intelligent interactive mail opening tracking method and system. Patent no. 8,407,153 is-sued to Raymond G. Mather, Southbury. Assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford.

Method and apparatus for de-termining a game series com-prising a plurality of individu-ally selectable wagering games.Patent no. 8,403,744 issued to Jay S. Walker, Ridgefi eld; Robert C. Tedesco, Fairfi eld; James A. Jo-rasch, New York City, N.Y.; Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington; and Ste-phen C. Tulley, Monroe. Assigned to IGT, Reno, Nev.

Online mail processing system and mobile device application therefor. Patent no. 8,407,155 issued to Jesse G. Greco, Nau-gatuck. Assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford.

Quote/order processing in elec-tronic market system. Patent no. 8,407,116 issued to Stuart Ser-kin, Fairfi eld; and Peter Marytn, Ridgewood, N.J. Assigned to The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc., New York City, N.Y.

Alvarado, Jose O., et al., Strat-ford. Filed by Kyle J. Auty, Mil-ford, for the town of Stratford. Property: 186 Otis St., Stratford. Action: to foreclose on a sewer use lien. Filed March 14.

Alves, Bridget and Mario, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Walter M. Spader, North Branford, for American Tax Funding L.L.C., Ju-piter, Fla. Property: 102 Ruth St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose past due tax liens. Filed March 18.

Appenteng, Stephanie L. and Kofi , et al., Redding. Filed by Loren M. Bisberg, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust, trustee, Los Angeles, Ca-lif. Property: 134 Gallows Hill Road, Redding. Action: to fore-close a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $580,000, dated October 2004. Filed March 25.

MORTGAGES

COMMERCIAL

886 Hope Street L.L.C., Stam-ford, by Prakash B. Wadhwani. Lender: Stamford First Bank, Stamford. Property: 886 Hope St., Stamford. Amount: $551,250. Filed March 20.

Ernest J. Gentile Realty, Cos Cob, by Victoria DeLuca. Lender: Fairfi eld County Bank, Ridgefi eld. Property: 1075 E. Putnam Ave., Riverside. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 15.

House of Grace Ministries Inc., Danbury, by Brenda Soldan. Lender: JHT Holding L.L.C., Danbury. Property: 117 Triangle St., Danbury. Amount: $180,000. Filed March 18.

Marfam Investments Inc., Bridgeport, by Lena Marke-tos. Lender: Community Bank, Bridgeport. Property: 1310 to 1318 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $15,000. Filed March 18.

MCP Medical L.L.C., Boston, Mass., by William McAvoy. Lend-er: Washington Trust Co., West-erly, R.I. Property: 40 Cross St., Norwalk. Amount: $9.2 million. Filed March 18.

Construction

Day Street Development L.L.C., Greenwich, by Albert Orlando. Lender: First Bank of Greenwich, Cos Cob. Property: 13 Grove St., Unit B, Darien. Amount: $2 mil-lion. Filed March 14.

NEW BUSINESSES

Advanced Ophthalmology of Connecticut, 1455 E. Putnam Ave., Old Greenwich 06870, c/o Peter Laforte MD PC. Filed March 18.

Angelo’s Landscape Service, 88 Grassy Plain St., Bethel 06801, c/o Angel Espinoza. Filed March 22.

ARS77 L.L.C. d.b.a. 77SGD, 327A Hamilton Ave., Greenwich 06830, c/o Salmanov Rakhnian. Filed March 13.

Atlantida Bay, 9 Eden Drive, Unit 11, Danbury 06810, c/o Andrei Boutsev. Filed March 20.

Century Fine Art, 606 Post Road, Unit 502, Westport 06880, c/o Adam O’Donnell. Filed March 12.

CFB Speciality Services, 15 Johns Road, Brookfi eld 06804, c/o Frank J. Brattisani. Filed March 22.

Compass Point Eguine, 40 Side-cut Road, Redding 06896, c/o Caitlin Graaf. Filed March 19.

Cross Ministry, 30 Quaker Ridge Road, Bethel 06801, c/o Lyle R. Wahlberg. Filed March 25.

DCH Employee Emergency Re-lief Fund, 955 Route 9 North, South Amboy, N.J. 08879, c/o Rita P. Campanile. Filed March 7.

DCH Teen Safe Driving Foun-dation, 955 Route 9 North, South Amboy, N.J. 08879, c/o Rita P. Campanile. Filed March 7.

Don’s Windows, 470 Ferry Blvd, Unit 1H, Stratford 06615, c/o Donald C. Feltenberger. Filed March 14.

Douglass Vanderhorn Archi-tects, 31 E. Putnam Ave., Green-wich 06830, c/o Douglass Vander-horn. Filed March 11.

Ella Jewell Foundation, 47 Wood Road, Redding 06896, c/o Kristin and Robert McGuinness. Filed March 18.

Far Mill Crafts, 25 Happy Hollow Circle, Unit D, Stratford 06614, c/o Bridget Greci. Filed March 22.

Flaconny Real Estate L.L.C. d.b.a. Capital Real Estate Part-ners, 28 Charcoal Ridge Road West, New Fairfi eld 06812, c/o Joseph M. Perun. Filed March 13.

Franzvideo Production, 86 Myr-tle Ave., Apt. 16, Stamford 06902, c/o Pawel Frankowski. Filed March 18.

Frates Wines & Liquors, 1937 Boston Post Road, Darien 06820, c/o Jeffrey R. Frate. Filed March 22.

FRSM General Contractor, 1543 Broadbridge Ave., Stratford 06615, c/o Franklin Salinas. Filed March 12.

Gamestop & Movies 2, 67 New-town Road, Danbury 06810, c/o Gamestop Inc. Filed March 14.

Gamestop 4641, 877 Post Road East, Westport 06880, c/o Michael Nichols. Filed March 15.

NOTICES

nOtICE Of LEVy And sALE Of REAL EstAtE

14 Deerfi eld Road, L.L.C., Scars-dale, N.Y. Outstanding levies: $3,620.48. Filed by Adam J. Co-hen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 7 Ithaca Road, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fair-fi eld Public Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

14 Deerfi eld Road, L.L.C., Scars-dale, N.Y. Outstanding levies: $3,376.61. Filed by Adam J. Co-hen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 5 Hewlett Road, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fair-fi eld Public Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

14 Deerfi eld Road, L.L.C., Scars-dale, N.Y. Outstanding levies: $7,995.10. Filed by Adam J. Co-hen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 7 Hewlett Road, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fair-fi eld Public Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

14 Deerfi eld Road, L.L.C., Scars-dale, N.Y. Outstanding levies: $4,516.51. Filed by Adam J. Co-hen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 14 Deerfi eld Road, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fair-fi eld Public Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

Anderson, Ida and Henry, Es-tates of, Fairfi eld. Outstanding levies: $1,287.20. Filed by Adam J. Cohen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 3 Dayton Road, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fairfi eld Public Library Commu-nity Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

Bickett, Karin; Ulrich P. Woelm; Diane Eckard and Adolf F. Thaler, Germantown, N.Y. Out-standing levies: $6,463.23. Filed by Adam J. Cohen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 174 Shortwoods Road, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fairfi eld Pub-lic Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

Cunningham, William E., Reno, Nev. Outstanding levies: $11,429.45. Filed by Adam J. Co-hen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 27 Eastview Drive, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fair-fi eld Public Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

Finch, Barry, Ridgefi eld. Out-standing levies: $13,381.31. Filed by Adam J. Cohen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 47 Beaver Bog Road, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fairfi eld Pub-lic Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

Johnson, Corinne J. and Chris L., Fairfield. Outstanding lev-ies: $47,593.24. Filed by Adam J. Cohen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 58 Lake Drive South Circle, New Fairfield. Place of sale: New Fairfield Pub-lic Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfield. Filed March 14.

Kusterer, Jeannette P., New Milford. Outstanding levies: $15,989.05. Filed by Adam J. Co-hen, Bridgeport, (203) 330-2230. Property: 196 Route 39, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fair-fi eld Public Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

Savage, Roland T., Fairfi eld. Outstanding levies: $13,238.23. Filed by Adam J. Cohen, Bridge-port, (203) 330-2230. Property: 11 Forest Lane, New Fairfi eld. Place of sale: New Fairfi eld Pub-lic Library Community Room, 2 Brush Hill Road, New Fairfi eld. Filed March 14.

REsALE CERtIfICAtEs

River View Terrace Association Inc., Stamford, can be obtained from Richard Gretsch, 76 Maple Tree Ave., Unit 8, Stamford 06906. Filed March 12.

Spring Willows Condominium Association Inc., Stamford, can be obtained from Mary Canta-dino, 76 Maple Tree Ave., Unit 5, Stamford 06906. Filed March 12.


Business ConneCtions

Economy

Hangover Follows New Year’s Jobs Party

What January gave, February took back. While the New Year brought reason to celebrate, the release of the latest monthly

jobs report restores Connecticut’s economic headache.

The Connecticut Department of Labor says the state lost 5,700 jobs in February. That news follows the addition of 6,400 jobs (revised from the initial report of 4,700 jobs) the previous month.

And while the unemployment rate slipped one-tenth of a percentage point to 8%, it appears the state again has fallen off the national economic recovery pace.

Connecticut Business & Industry Association economist Pete Gioia called the report “disappointing,” noting that job losses were spread across most sectors and labor market areas.

“It’s very disappointing—we really have a very negative report here,” Gioia said. “It points to the real need for policymakers to do everything they can to help businesses grow jobs here.”

Over the past 12 months, Connecticut has added just 2,400 new positions—a troubling number given economic activity in other parts of the country.

The state has recovered just 40% of the 121,000 jobs lost during the 2008-2010 recession.

Just two major sectors added jobs in February—government added 900 positions while manufacturing gained 400 jobs, the sector’s third consecutive increase.

Professional and business services lost 2,400 jobs for the month, pulling back from a gain of 4,800 positions in January.

Education and health services dropped 2,300 jobs, followed by financial activities (-700), leisure and hospitality (-500), trade, transpor-tation, and utilities (-300), information (-100), and construction (-100).

Danbury and Norwich-New London were the only labor market areas to add jobs in February; the former gained 300 jobs, the latter 100.

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford lost 2,500 positions and Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk shed 2,400 jobs. New Haven dropped 1,700 jobs and Waterbury lost 300.

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IssuEs & PolIcIEs

Committees Range Far and Wide for Anti-Business Bills

Numerous workplace-related measures making it much harder and more

costly for Connecticut employers to operate successfully in the state have been approved by legislative committees this year.

Among other things, the proposals expand eligi-bility for workers’ compensation and unemploy-ment compensation, mandate higher wages, and create steeper administrative hurdles.

Here is what the business community faces as the legislative session moves forward and the measures move to other committees:

Workers’ Compensation

Two proposals will expand eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits. HB 6556 allows employees to make new “sick building” illness claims and makes it hard for employers to challenge them. SB 823 enables employees to pursue workers’ compensation claims for psychological injuries that are unrelated to a physical injury.

SB 907 creates an administrative nightmare because it makes it nearly impossible for an employer to produce the necessary paperwork needed to challenge or reduce a workers’ comp claim.

But SB 1074, with modifications, would help stop workers’ compensation medical costs from going through the roof.

Unemployment Compensation

The Labor Committee approved SB 188, which allows out-of-work teachers to collect benefits while they pursue additional schooling— instead of being “available for work” or “look-ing for a new job,” two basic requirements for receiving unemployment benefits.

New penalties were approved. SB 909 penal-izes the false unemployment claims of individu-als—but also hits employers in cases where the Department of Labor pays out benefits and the affected businesses did not participate in the claims process.

Connecticut needs to encourage entrepre-neurs and business startups, but HB 6451 nips at their heels by penalizing employers if they fail to register with the DOL for unemployment

compensation purposes within 30 days of starting or acquiring a business. The commit-tee also approved a 10% to 15% penalty for employers if they “willfully” fail to declare wage payments on their quarterly reports.

HB 6452 requires all employers to electronical-ly file their quarterly unemployment tax returns.

Wages and Benefits

As the state struggles with economic recov-ery, state policymakers should be looking for ways to ease the high cost of doing business in Connecticut so that employers can create more jobs.

It’s a message that was lost in the Labor Com-mittee, as the group approved a two-stage minimum wage hike (SB 387) that will reduce, not increase entry-level jobs; and a standard wage bill (HB 5756) that will discourage com-panies from doing business with the state.

A bill requiring employers that directly deposit employee paychecks to electronically tag the wages in order to identify them in the event of a wage garnishment by an employee’s creditors also requires payroll processors to purchase software upgrades, train employees, and incur liability in the event these wages are misidentified (SB 906).

More Leaves

Employers are already dealing with the costs, disruptions, and administrative burdens of mandatory paid sick leave. This year, the Children’s Committee created yet another leave--parental leave (HB 6501)—that man-dates up to eight hours per year for employees to attend their children’s (or grandchildren’s) qualified school-related activities.

The Labor Committee also approved a study to explore how to pay employees who are out on family or medical leave (HB 6553)

Income Tax Withholding

The Labor Committee also adopted SB 1032 which will help employers by making Con-necticut’s withholding tax policy consistent with those in neighboring states.

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