By STEVE BIGHAM
Citizen's News
WATERBURY - Naugatuck resident Stephen Burgess took the top prize at recent public speaking contest put on locally by Toastmasters International, which, this year, is celebrating 100 years as an organization that provides a platform for individuals to improve the
Jeffrey Hoffman has been through six business cycles during his career and while the pandemic may have been the most unique, it wasn’t the most challenging, he said.
“The most challenging was going back 30-plus years and the major downturn stemming from the collapse of the stock market in 1987 and then from there the collapse of the real estate market,” said the 70-year-old Hoffman, who is co-chair of the well-known central Connecticut car dealership, Hoffman Auto Group. “All businesses in New England were greatly affected by it.”
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