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Richard and Eileen Corbin with Westport Resources founder and CEO John Vaccaro.
Westport Resources marks 25 years
Westport Resources hosted a reception and evening of theater Sept. 8 at Westport Country Playhouse to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
The event was attended by staff and clients of the Westport-based wealth management and securities brokerage company.
“Tonight marks a very special milestone for Westport Resources,” company founder and CEO John Vaccaro said in a statement. “It”™s wonderful to celebrate with so many of our loyal clients. We thank them for their business and look forward to the next 25 years.”
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Norwalk Mayor Richard Moccia; aquarium President Jennifer Herring; state Sen. Robert Duff of Norwalk; U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Robert Forrester, president of Newman”™s Own Foundation; and aquarium trustees Sandy Davies of Norwalk and Richard Hokin of Darien. Shark-infested waters in Norwalk
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joined Norwalk officials to launch battery-powered sharks into the “ray touch pool” of The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk as part of a ceremony to kick off a “re-imagining” of exhibits.
The event marked the start of a $4 million improvement project at the aquarium that is set to open in February 2012. It will include a larger shark and ray touch pool and bring additional species of sharks to the site.
Farmington-based Newman”™s Own Foundation and Richard Hokin, Maritime trustee, provided the majority of funds for the work.
Local street ranks high on high-priced list
In a recent study of 40 office markets in North America, Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle listed the most expensive streets for office space ”“ Greenwich Avenue was third.
The study cited as the most expensive streets Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif., with average rents of some $114 a square foot, and Fifth Avenue in New York, with rents of $97 a square foot. Greenwich Avenue was listed with an average office rent of $90 a square foot.
The study analyzed why particular markets demanded such high rents. It found that Greenwich Avenue”™s status as a main thoroughfare for retail and as a center for financial firms and hedge funds landed the mile stretch among the top.
Following Greenwich for fourth and fifth most expensive streets were University Avenue in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., respectively.
FujiFilm gets FDA approval
Stamford-based FujiFilm Medical Systems said its new breast-imaging technology, Aspire HD, has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Aspire HD, a full-field digital mammography system, was designed to provide increased image clarity for greater detail when scanning for potential abnormalities and to assist in a higher percentage of accurate diagnoses.
Fujifilm has more than 8,000 full-field digital mammography systems installed worldwide. The company said it would begin transitioning the new technology to breast-imaging facilities and medical locations immediately.