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Born and raised in Armonk, Kristin Muller can't remember a time when she couldn't swim. The youngest of four children, sports were such art of the family's life that Muller [...]

You might say that all the world's a stage to Jessica Lyon, account services manager with marketing and public relations firm Co-Communications. Based in Mount Kisco, N.Y., the company serves [...]

Patricia L. Ritchie, president and chief executive officer of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, never imagined shed find herself sleeping in tents in Chinese farmyards, scrambling over rocks on her [...]

It was an idea no one thought would ever take flight. Yet they hoped it could when first uttered among friends at an alumni gathering of Bridgeport's PAL Cadets Drum [...]

Of the many business people involved in the numerous community projects designed to help enhance Bridgeport, Philip Kuchma of the commercial construction company Kuchma Corp. is unique in that he [...]

Brian Sherwood isn't afraid of hard work. As a project director for a branch of the market research firm TNS Global in White Plains, N.Y., he does what he has [...]

Peggy Doepper says she is not, has never been and will never be a sports enthusiast. As the president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage for Connecticut [...]

Paul Sheffer, owner of the 1-year-old Lafayette Deft & Grill in Bridgeport, was in college majoring in political science and economics when he fell in love with cuisine while studying [...]

Peter Sutton has high aspirations and high standards. When he joined Greenwich's Bruce Museum of Arts and Science three years ago as its chief executive officer and executive director he [...]

It has been a long time since Carlos Viveros left Mexico to settle in Connecticut. In 1968 he set out for the Northeast from his native Pachuca, the capital of [...]

Although he never dreamed that someday he would be part owner of a baseball team, in a way n Paul is today right where he belongs. The former airline captain [...]

Connecticut--with its scenic countryside, quiet corners and welcoming shoreline--appeals to Irish-born Madeleine Lamberton. A 20-year veteran of the real estate sales industry, Lamberton has spent two-and-a-half years working as sales [...]

Not many people can say they are living their passion. Fewer can say they hunched a successful business at 22. Even fewer can say that the business they launched at [...]

Passions are something Brenda Brinz VanDeWeghe knows about. As a vice president in the wealth management and trust division of People's Bank at its headquarters in Bridgeport, VanDeWeghe helps clients [...]

In 1980, Jorgen Hjorth read an ad in the Fairfield newspaper that would ultimately change his life. Special Olympics was looking for volunteers and something about the ad spoke to [...]

Sharon Massafra makes other people's quality of life a priority in all aspects of her own life. After years of working within the hospital setting of the healthcare industry in [...]

A sense of community is a large part of what drives the decisions made by Emil Albanese, owner and chief executive officer of aE&t Worldwide Insurance. With 14 total years [...]

It is rarely stage fright that draws someone to the world of theater. That was just the thing, however, that lured dentist Dr. Brad Shwidock Stamford onto the stage. Shwidock, [...]

As the senior vice president of marketing and community relations for the United Way of Eastern Fairfield County, Andrea Kovacs rarely encounters a dull moment. In fact, after eight years [...]

Some people are just blessed to make a living at what they love. Decorative painter Cherril Kolesik is among those who do. Born to create, Kolesik spent years teaching young [...]

Since 1985, Dick Commer's full-service advertising agency, The Ad Works Inc., has served the creative, marketing and promotional needs of the retail and hospitality fields and other consumer-oriented businesses from [...]

Larry Frenock, general manager of Stamford Theater Works for the past one-and-a-half years, is a natural born performer. Having just celebrated his 25th anniversary as a member of Actors' Equity [...]

Dr. Mike Summerer, chief medical officer at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport since 2000, is a cardiologist by training. The Michigan native has worked however in hospital administration for [...]

In 1976, Mickey Herbert was thrilled to be a final candidate for what he considered the opportunity of a lifetime. The offer to head up a new health maintenance organization--Physicians [...]

When Clodomiro Falcon relocated from his homeland of Venezuela to Bridgeport to finish his M.B.A. in the '80s, he never dreamed he would remain in Connecticut to someday launch what [...]

Tony Vuozzo of AMC Technology seems to value quality of life. With a master's degree in occupational safety and health, 15 years ago Vuozzo founded AMC Technology, a Stratford-based environmental [...]

Matt DeAngelis is happy to call himself a serial entrepreneur. He founded two businesses in the past year alone: The Dean Group (a small-business consulting company) in Monroe and Yankee [...]

Gregg Dancho, director of Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, appreciates the simpler things in life. He lives near where he grew up and has worked at the same place since [...]

Tim Bishop and Bruce Jackson started their law practice, Bishop & Jackson L.L.C. in 2000, but this was not the first time--or way--in which they had worked together. Today, the [...]

Herman Gibson took over as president of Ragefield's Hamilton mortgage in 1995 and in two years doubled the size of the company that serves residential and commercial customers with mortgage [...]

It is not unusual on a nice spring Saturday for Judy Haskins-Conde and her father, John Haskins, to head up to Vermont just to have lunch. For the assistant vice [...]

Jeff Blumenfeld, president of Rowayton-based public relations and special events firm Blumenfeld and Associates Inc. and editor and publisher of the newsletter 'Expedition News,' says owning your own company gives [...]

Situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, the former French colony Haiti is today by most accounts the poorest country in the Western [...]

PAULA BARAKET remembers it well. At age 20, the first vacation Paula would take on her own landed her in Rome, Tuscany, Florence, Pisa and the Amalfi Coast in Italy. [...]

One Bridgeport business owner's long-held passion for aviation has helped take his business to new heights. A/V Davey Audio Visuals is an AV rental, sales, installation, staging and video production [...]

Commercial and industrial photographer Roger Salls of Stratford likes the spice of life. A professional photographer since 1974, this affable Ohio-born business owner seems to see things at work and [...]

For 14 years, Paul Timpanelli has served as president and chief executive officer of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, a business membership association that manages the chambers of commerce for [...]

Harold Fischel, founder and chairman of the real-estate development company Fischel Properties, makes it a rule to do business close to home. Since the business was established in 1970, Fischel [...]

For Peter F. Hurst Jr., founder, chairman and chief executive officer of The Community's Bank in Bridgeport, success is as much about community as it is about good business. The [...]

There are as many sides to the hobbies of Jack Condlin, president of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, as there are to Condlin himself. The Boston-area native is as gregarious [...]

At 75, Charles Urstadt, chairman and chief executive officer of Greenwich-based Urstadt Biddle Properties, considers himself middle-aged. 'I tell people I plan on living until I am 150,' says the [...]

Wayne Wirth, Louisiana native and vice president of management and construction at Urstadt Biddle Properties, has discovered the sweetness of success in a hobby that began years ago as a [...]

The article reports on the appointment of Kristin Muller as pool director of Armonk's Anita Louise Ehrman Recreation Center in New York. Muller previously served as assistant pool director of the Lewiston Town Pool in 2001 and as pool director of the Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut in 2002 and 2003.

Profiles business owner Guy Paniccia and his plans to march in the parade at the Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Professional endeavors of Paniccia; Impact of Paniccia's effort on the participation of his old friends and co-alumni; Personal satisfaction felt by Paniccia on his social efforts.

This article focuses on businessman, Philip Kuchma. Of the many business people involved in the numerous community projects designed to help enhance Bridgeport, Philip Kuchma of the commercial construction company Kuchma Corp., is unique in that he can call Bridgeport his hometown. The Kuchma Corp., constructed the heliport on the roof of St. Vincent's Hospital, and a new building in Greenwich for People's Bank and a rectory and office building for St. Jude's Church are among its current projects. One of its original commissioners. Kuchma is proud of the summer concerts they were able to help make possible on city green space.

Focuses on the Local Legends League created by soccer enthusiast Brian Sherwood to offer a level of competition for serious soccer player in Connecticut. Teams included in the league; Goal that the league will be funded through advertising sponsorship; Amount of fund raised for charity organizations Sterling House and the Boys and Girls Club of Brideport.

Profiles Paul Sheffer, owner of Lafayette Deli & Grill restaurant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Personal background; Career history; Major accomplishments; Predilections.

Profiles Ken Paul, retired airline captain of U.S. Airways. Career history; Level of business experience; Length of service.

Profiles Leslie McIntyre-Tavella, founder of Norwalk, Connecticut-based staffing firm McIntyre Group Ltd. Career highlights; Business philosophy; Management practices.

Profiles Brenda Brinz Vandeweghe, vice president in the wealth management and trust division of People's Bank at its headquarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Identification of the passions of clients as they reate to their estate planning goals; Sharing of love for pet cats; Recommendation for research on type of cat suitable to the lifestyle of the pet owner.