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Home owners Charles Wintrub and Tammy Davis with Zuul, the family pet in Stamford.

An exterior photo of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

The sitting room at 35 Verplank Ave. in Stamford.

Charles Wintrub stands in his dream kitchen at his Verplank home (exterior on left) on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

Home owners Charles Wintrub and Tammy Davis on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An exterior photo of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An exterior of the backyard of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of the dining room of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of the guest bedroom of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of the master bedroom of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of the guest bathroom of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of the third floor bedroom of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of bathroom of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of a finished basement at 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

A early 1920's fire extinguisher, original to the home at 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

An interior view of a sitting room of 35 Verplank Avenue on Friday, July 19, 2017 in Stamford, Connecticut.

Couple converts Shippan Point colonial into house of their dreams

STAMFORD It started with an oven and quickly escalated.

Tammy Davis and Chuck Wintrub did not expect remodeling their kitchen to accommodate a fancy new appliance would mean the beginning of a full renovation to their turn-of-the-century Verplank Avenue home.

But thats how these things often go.

Now, eight years after turning the Shippan Point colonial into their dream house, Davis and Wintrub are happily doing it all over again in Boulder, Colo. The couple is moving out west to be near their son and his wife, who are expecting their first child in the fall.

Id rather be with grandchildren, Wintrub said. We can build another home of our dreams.

At the onset of their real estate hunt nearly 20 years ago, the couple initially set their sights on North Stamford, where Wintrub was raised. They were not expecting to fall in love with a 1910 house a block from the lapping shore.

Shippan has that effect on people, and its easy to see why.

Here the lot is flat, the neighbors are fabulous and theres only one way in, which I think builds a community, he said.

The couple undertook some early renovation projects, like finishing the basement into a comfy den for their two sons, who were 9 and 10 when the family moved across town in 1998.

What was cool is that all their friends would come over and hang out here. They were great kids and we knew exactly what they were up to, Wintrub said.

No, we knew exactly where they were, Davis corrected.

We had a sense of what they were up to, her husband said. They were good kids.

The basement has a built-in refrigerator and shelves, not to mention a wine cellar for the adults and and a cut-out under the stairs for Fido. Or in this case its Gozer, the familys last dog.

Their current pooch, Zuul (Ghostbusters figures heavily into the family narrative) prefers the yard, a flawlessly manicured third of an acre where Davis and Wintrub have hosted several outdoor movie nights. Guests were invited to viewings of Chinatown and To Kill a Mockingbird under the stars, the salty breeze from the water cooling them on balmy summer nights.

We would have people come in their PJs and bring a lawn chair, Davis said.

The interior of 35 Verplank is just as conducive to entertaining. With twin ovens and six burners, the Bluestar range that launched their renovation is used to cook for upward of 30 guests. A wall-mounted TV overlooks the 12-foot granite island. Theres a formal dining room with speakers tucked into the ceiling.

I love to cook. Thats my hobby, said Wintrub, chairman of Stamford-based Catalyst Marketing. We love to do Sunday night dinners. When I cook all day, I like to watch football, so we set the kitchen up around me being able to cook and watch football.

The upstairs guest bedroom opens onto one of two second-floor porches. The one off that room is the cocktail porch, while the one off the master suite is for drinking coffee, the couple likes to say. When the trees are barren, the shoreline is visible from the upper stories. The couple had a front-row seat for Hurricane Sandy rolling in back in October 2012, drinks in hand.

Wintrub and Davis will cherish these memories when they leave their five-bedroom, five-bathroom, 4,400-square-foot home, on the market for $1.45 million, and move into dream house No. 2.

Standing in his perfect kitchen, once a porch, and scratching the dogs head, Wintrub said simply, Dreams change.

eskalka@stamfordadvocate.com

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Radnor >> After complying will all the requirements and passing a new inspection on Monday, Margaret Kuos in Wayne reopened its doors. Larry Taltoan, Radnor Township health inspector, ordered the well-known Chinese eatery closed after it failed an inspection last week. At that time, owner Margaret Kuo said that they would work with authorities to take care of any problems.

Everything is back to normal, her husband, Warren Kuo, said on Tuesday. He said they have met with employees and now everybody is on the same page.

Its our heart and soul, Warren Kuo said about the Chinese restaurant which is marking its 15th anniversary in Wayne this year. There is no absentee management.

He insisted that there were no rodents or roaches in the restaurant.

A July 31 letter from David Earwood with Modern Exterminating & Termite Co. stated: After doing a thorough inspection of the property, it is my professional opinion that there is neither a rodent or pest infestation at this location.

Also, May and June receipts from Wilson Pest Control found the sanitation at the site was good.

Asked via email about the finding by an outside contractor that there were no rodents present in the restaurant, Taltoan had no comment.

The Kuos own two other restaurants, Margaret Kuos in Media and Mandarin in Malvern. Margaret Kuo has received many awards for her cooking over the years. She is known for her authentic Peking duck recipe and both Taiwanese and northern Chinese cuisine. The Wayne restaurant also has a traditional Japanese sushi bar upstairs.

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Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ: ITRN) and ServiceMaster Global Holdings (NYSE:SERV) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitabiliy, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceMaster Global Holdings has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ituran Location and Control and ServiceMaster Global Holdings, as provided by MarketBeat.

Ituran Location and Control currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.97%. ServiceMaster Global Holdings has a consensus price target of $43.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.95%. Given Ituran Location and Controls stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than ServiceMaster Global Holdings.

Profitability

This table compares Ituran Location and Control and ServiceMaster Global Holdings net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Dividends

Ituran Location and Control pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. ServiceMaster Global Holdings does not pay a dividend. Ituran Location and Control pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.1% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of ServiceMaster Global Holdings shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ituran Location and Control and ServiceMaster Global Holdings top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings has higher revenue and earnings than Ituran Location and Control. Ituran Location and Control is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceMaster Global Holdings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Ituran Location and Control

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. is a provider of location-based services, consisting of stolen vehicle recovery (SVR), fleet management services and other tracking services. The Company also provides wireless communication products used in connection with its location-based services and various other applications. Its operations consist of two segments: location-based services and wireless communications products. Its location-based services segment consists of its SVR and tracking services, fleet management and value-added services consisted of personal locater services and concierge services. Its wireless communications products segment consists of short and medium range two-way machine-to-machine wireless communications products that are used for various applications, including automatic vehicle location (AVL) and automatic vehicle identification. It primarily provides its services, as well as sells and leases its products in Israel, Brazil, Argentina and the United States.

About ServiceMaster Global Holdings

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. is a provider of essential residential and commercial services. The Company operates through three segments: Terminix, American Home Shield and the Franchise Services Group. Its portfolio of brands includes Terminix, American Home Shield, ServiceMaster Restore, ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic and AmeriSpec. The Terminix segment provides termite and pest control services in the United States. The American Home Shield segment provides home warranty plans that cover the repair or replacement of components of up to 21 household systems and appliances, including electrical, plumbing, central heating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, dishwashers and ovens/cook tops. The Franchise Services Group segment consists of the ServiceMaster Restore (disaster restoration), ServiceMaster Clean (janitorial), Merry Maids (residential cleaning), Furniture Medic (cabinet and wood furniture repair) and AmeriSpec (home inspection) businesses.

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Four Mount Prospect yards are due for work as part of a village program aimed at reducing flooding.

Village trustees July 20 approved spending a maximum of $116,236 for the 2017 Backyard Drainage Program.

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EAST ALLEN TWP., Pa. - East Allen Townships first proposed commercial warehouse moved closer to final approval Thursday night, but a list of conditions must be met and a court appeal resolved before the project can advance.

Supervisors unanimously voted to grant preliminary conditional approval for VerTek Construction Management to build a 450,000-square-foot warehouse on 42 acres at Airport Road and Route 329.

VerTek representatives agreed to sign a list of 15 conditions, including paying a fee in lieu of donating land for open space, signing an agreement holding the township harmless against claims of damage from downstream property owners, completing highways improvements as required by the township and the state Department of Transportation and taking responsibility for the storm sewer system.

Before the vote on preliminary conditional approval, the board accepted three waiver requests from the developer, all related to the design of four detention ponds and water discharge. Because the ponds will exceed the townships depth requirements, VerTek, as a safety measure, will install split rail fencing with wire mesh around the four ponds.

While the boards action was for a 35-foot-high warehouse, VerTek wants to extend that to 48 feet. According to solicitor Joseph Piperato III, Vertex is challenging in county court the Zoning Hearing Boards May decision denying a variance to exceed the height requirement.

VerTek plans to build its warehouse on land thats zoned commercial. Warehouses are allowed there as a conditional use, but the townships ordinance limits them to 35 feet in height.

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Q: Its summer here in New England, and right now Im worried about the heat. However, it feels like Ill turn around and winter is suddenly here. What types of windows are effective in both hot and cold weather?

A: When you live in a climate like New England, you get the best of all seasons. If you are someone who loves variable temperatures and weather, youre in the right place. But this can make it difficult to determine how to properly insulate your home for all kinds of weather.

Windows to consider for a cooler and warmer home

According to the Department of Energy, heating and cooling accounts for 48 percent of energy use in the home. The good news is that there are types of windows specifically designed to keep your home both cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, and save you money on energy billsat the same time. These windows are engineered with various technologies in the form of gases, glazing and more.

Choose energy-efficient gases to insulate your home

Window insulation is one of the most important aspects of temperature regulation. Without it, your window is simply filling a hole in the wall. One of the best ways to insulate your windows is with argon or krypton gas. These gases are both denser than air and theyre designed tomaximize the thermal efficiency of the window while slowing heat transfer.

Not only do gases help insulate your home, but spacers are another important component.These separate the sheets of glass to improve insulation quality and they also insulate the pane edges. While spacers vary by design, the best spacers will also help with condensation and heat loss.

Opt for vinyl window frames for better thermal resistance

The Department of Energy indicates that vinyl frames are perhaps the most-efficient frame material on the market, outperforming wood and aluminum frames. High-quality vinyl frames are engineered with pure virgin polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with ultraviolet light stabilizers. The best vinyl window frames contain a larger portion of titanium dioxide than lower-quality replacement windows.

The best types of windows for cold and warm climates will include insulation within the vinyl frames as well. Vinyl frames are designed with hollow cavities that may be filled with an insulating foam during the manufacturing process. This is key to getting the best thermalresistance possible.

Include low-e glazing for UV protection

An application of low-e will also help keep your home more comfortable. While an important purpose of low-e glass is to prevent the suns rays from fading your flooring and furnishings, it can also help keep yourhome cooler since it helps block out the sun.

Preventing summer and winter condensation

Even though hot and cold air are a concern, youll also need to keep condensation in mind. Air holds varying amounts of vapor and moisture during the year, which results in condensation.

Summer condensation is typically found on the exterior of the window, while winter condensation is found on the inside of the window.Although condensation isnt always a problem, you dont want it making its way into your home.

This can lead to issues such as moisture damage, wood rot on interior frames and even mold and mildew growth.

According to Berkeley Lab, a national laboratory system supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, air meeting with energy-efficient windows is less likely to be cooled to its dew point temperature. This is because the inside surface temperature remains higher during cold weather, which reduces the likelihood of indoor condensation.

Condensation is most likely to form at window spacers and frames, since these are typically two of the least insulated areas of the window. However, you can avoid this situation by choosing newer materials for these components, which are designed to prevent condensation.

On the most energy efficient windows, indoor air humidity must be nearly 70 percent before condensation will form -- even if the outdoor air temperature is as low as minus-30 degrees Fahrenheit.

Energy Star-rated products are the best types of windows in New England.When youre investing in replacement windows, always be on the lookout for a Most Efficient Energy Star certification distinction. The products deemed Most Efficient exceed the standard Energy Star requirements.

-- Stephanie Vanderbilt, owner of Coastal Windows & Exteriors, would love to answer any questions that will help you make your home beautiful, warm, safe and energy-efficient. Do you have other home improvement questions she can help answer? Ask her atsvanderbilt@mycoastalwindows.com or call at 978-304-0495.

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CITY OF HUDSON, WIADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Hudson in the City Hall at 505 Third Street, Hudson, Wisconsin, until Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 10 a.m., at which time Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following:Phase 1 City Hall Window ReplacementIn general, Work consists of the following: Furnish all labor, materials and equipment necessary for a complete window replacement of all 3rd floor exterior windows as described in the bid documents.All bidders may view the bid documents on the city website at http://www.ci.hudson.wi.us or request a copy from the City of Hudson. Bidding Contractors are encouraged to attend a pre-bid walk through scheduled for Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 10 a.m.Any bids shall be submitted in an opaque envelope, on the forms provided, and marked with the name and address of the bidder. If the bid is sent through the mail, or other delivery system, the sealed envelope shall be enclosed in a separate envelope marked with the notation "BID ENCLOSED" and addressed to the City Administrator located at 505 Third Street, Hudson, WI 54016.A Bid shall be accompanied by Bid security made payable to Owner in an amount of 10% percent of Bidder's maximum Bid price and in the form of a certified check or bank money order or a Bid bond on the form, included in the Bidding Documents, issued by a surety meeting the requirements of the General Conditions of the Contract.The Owner reserves the right to retain the deposits of the 3 lowest bidders for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids. No Bids may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids.The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, waive or not waive any informalities in the bids received and to accept any proposal which they deem most favorable to the interest of the Owner.Devin Willi, City AdministratorCity of Hudson, Wisconsin_____________________________________ (Pub. 08/03/17) WNAXLP