Business

Wallingford Sonic Drive-In Breaks Sales Record

July 26, 2010

Wallingford Sonic Drive-In Breaks Sales Records This past Saturday, July 24th, the Wallingford Sonic Drive-In held a one day Special Grand Opening event from 6 AM to midnight. I figured this event would be well attended, even packed to the gills. It seems I was right. Today, everyone who is signed up for Sonic’s email [...]

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Update on Construction of Wallingford Sonic

June 22, 2010

I just wanted to post a little update regarding the progress of the Wallingford Sonic Drive-In construction. Back on May 17th I attended the ground breaking ceremony for the new restaurant, and at that time the site looked like this: Lots of bare ground and nothing really going on. So, yesterday I drove by and [...]

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Harriman Real Estate, LLC Welcomes Laura Ritter!

May 25, 2010

Harriman Real Estate, LLC Welcomes Laura Ritter! Back in August of 2009, Pat had the good fortune of helping Laura Ritter buy a condo in Southbury. The transaction was an easy one as most home sales go, and Pat and Laura hit it off right away, becoming friends and keeping in touch via phone, e-mail [...]

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Sonic of CT Breaks Ground for New Wallingford Drive-In

May 17, 2010

Sonic of CT Breaks Ground for New Wallingford Drive-In Well, whatever speculation there might have been about the coming of Sonic to Wallingford is officially over. At 3PM Monday afternoon, dignitaries from Sonic, the Mesite family and local government gathered together for a ground breaking ceremony to herald the coming of the long-awaited eatery. Robert [...]

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Harriman Real Estate, LLC Welcomes Paula Eisner!

May 4, 2010

Harriman Real Estate, LLC Welcomes Paula Eisner! The weather is turning nice. The Tax Credit is history, except for qualified military personnel. Baseball is in full swing, the NHL and NBA are in full play-off mode and the NFL just held their draft. Can there be any better news than all this? YOU BET! Hot [...]

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Wallingford Sonic Drive-In Closer to Reality

May 4, 2010

Wallingford Sonic Drive-In Closer to Reality Today on their Facebook page, Sonic of CT posted some news that is sure to please the hungry multitudes that have been waiting with bated breath for the popular eatery to open. According to their post, owner and developer Robert Mesite plans to break ground for the new restaurant [...]

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Are the Utility Companies Duping the Public?

February 23, 2010

[Ever since we had our home energy audit done back in November, we’ve gotten several more solicitations from companies offering to do one for us, and only charge us $75. Luckily, since we are Wallingford residents our energy audit cost us nothing, as the cost was covered by the town. As we’ve said before, energy [...]

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New Credit CARD Act Takes Effect Today

February 22, 2010

The new Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD) goes into effect today and is meant to end many of the abusive practices that credit card companies have been using for years to gouge their customers. According to the law, nasty tricks like hiking interest rates on existing balances and exorbitant penalty rates will [...]

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Wallingford PZC Approves CT’s First Sonic Drive-In

February 8, 2010

Wallingford PZC Approves CT’s First Sonic Drive-In The meeting at Wallingford’s Town Hall tonight was approaching the 2 hour mark. Many questions were posed by the commission to the applicants, some seemingly more than once. Residents spoke their minds about the proposal, both for and against it, and even though every question was answered and [...]

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Mortgage Rate Update 12/11/09

December 13, 2009

This week’s economic news was mixed for mortgage markets. A speech from Fed Chief Bernanke pushed mortgage rates lower early in the week, but weak results in the Treasury auctions caused them to turn higher again later in the week. In the end, mortgage rates finished with little net change. Despite a stronger than expected [...]

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