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...

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...

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...

The Borden-Lombardi Realty brokers are both UCONN grads and very optimistic about UCONN'S basketball season! Last night (10/18) was “First Night”, the fun first practice. Much preparation and hard work is needed, but the UCONN Men can win it all again and the UCONN Ladies can be the next champs. Preparation and hard work never scared us, if...

To all in the storm areas, we hope that you are uninjured and stay safe from the storms - including the debris and storm surge - and that you get some rest after this long and frightening experience. If you are in Florida and need immediate assistance, please visit RotaryFL.org for resources. For other needed assistance, you may...

A seller client - whose home is under contract - told me that she and her son had found gold! I jokingly said “Great, is there any left over for me?” Then she said “Liane, the gold is you and your husband helping me to prepare my home for sale!“ Words like that make the extra work we...