Groundhogs and woodchucks are the same. They are largest animal in the squirrel family, can stand on their hind legs & can weigh over 10 pounds. They need to keep chewing to wear down their always growing teeth. They eat mostly plants, including clover, alfalfa, and dandelions - up to a pound or more a day. They live...

This week, Page Bueckers scored her 2000th point in just 102 games - the fastest UConn player to ever do this, and she was named the Big East Player of the Week. Aubrey Griffin is back from injury, and Sarah Strong was the high scorer, she was named the Big East Freshman of the week again. Every UCONN...

"Outstanding and dedicated are only 2 of the many excellent qualities we experienced. Our goal was achieved in finding the perfect property/Lot acreage for building our new home! Even with our out-of-state location, Liane Lombardi's continual communication provided many lot/land listings that suited our preferences. From the beginning of our search to the actual sale, the process was...

To All Our Clients, thank you for your loyalty and your confidence in working with us throughout the years! As a testament to her commitment to professional excellence, Broker Liane Lombardi has received the 2025 Five Star Professional Real Estate Award for the 8th time, including the past 7 years. Five Star Professional undertakes a thorough research process...

For the greater Hartford housing market, compared to November 2023, November 2024’s single family housing inventory remained basically the same with only a 0.1% increase, but the condo inventory increased 15.1%. November 2024’s median sales prices also increased over November 2023 … 3.6% for single family homes and 20.9% for condos. Increasing inventory is leading to more transactions...

At Borden-Lombardi Realty, we love college sports, including Every UCONN Sport (UCONN = the alma mater of both brokers), especially basketball, and University of Georgia football (Bulldogs), who just won the SEC championship game in overtime and will compete for the national championship! The UCONN men’s basketball team is great and the UCONN women’s basketball team is undefeated...

99% of all CT businesses are small businesses, this is more than 360,000 local businesses! Many motivated and hard working small business owners appreciate your loyalty every day of the year, and especially Saturday, 11/30/24 when you are shopping for gifts and other services. Borden-Lombardi Realty is a small business, in operation since 1996. We help people with...

Our world-famous race will have ~11,000 registrants … Olympians, world class runners, and many more have run in this World Athletics Label Road Race, with a ~4.7 mile course starting and finishing on Main Street. Many sponsors and approximately 400 volunteers also participate, with Town of Manchester support. There are runners and walkers, and many cheering homeowners and...

A 3 day outdoor harvest feast in Plymouth, MA in 1621 began what we call Thanksgiving. At this feast, the English settlers were outnumbered by the natives from the Wampanoag Tribe, who brought most of the food. The menu included mostly venison (deer) and there were no mashed potatoes. Today, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes,...

The US Treasury Department, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is requiring many companies to report their company owners into a secure and non-public database (called Beneficial Ownership Information Report/BOIR), which only takes a few minutes. The required reporting was created to help the government protect our economic and national security, as corporate anonymity can put law abiding businesses...

Veterans Day, November 11th is a US national holiday, honoring veterans of the armed forces. The observance originated in 1919 on the first anniversary of the 1918 armistice that ended World War I and it is often remembered by the burial of an unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. In Canada, Britain, Australia, and France,...

Very importantly, you’ll want to work with a real estate broker who understands the probate process. As probate real estate specialists, we work with executors/administrators - who have an extensive list of obligations - and will let you know what to expect and what is required in this difficult process, as there are very specific steps which need...