The 234 Apartment

June 01, 2012 | By TONY BACEWICZ If customer word of mouth is still the best sales tool, the new one- and two- bedroom luxury apartments at Autumn Chase in Ellington may not be vacant for long based on conversations with several long-term tenants. Carl Larson moved from a home in Hebron to his two-bedroom apartment at Autumn Chase 10 years ago where he continues to enjoy his retirement. Autumn Chase was his first stop while on his apartment hunt and he continued comparison shopping in Vernon and Manchester. He returned to Autumn Chase when he could not find anything as attractive. "I really liked the layout of the facility here, and as I looked at other apartments, I liked it more and more," says Larson. Autumn Chase apartment buildings are set back a comfortable distance from West Road in Ellington and are buffered by an expansive green space that includes a pond with a fountain and a small wetland lined with cattails. The complex includes several more ponds, a wel...

With his 2010 Nissan Altima filled to the max with football players, N.C. Central sophomore offensive lineman Nick Leverett could barely make it out of the driveway before he heard metal from the car scraping the ground. That’s what 1,400 pounds of bodies will do to a ride. Week after week this summer, usually on Wednesdays when they didn’t have workouts, N.C. Central’s 14 offensive linemen – who weigh about 260 pounds or more each and call themselves the Hot Boys, would pile into the cars of left tackle Leverett , redshirt junior center Steven Perry or junior right tackle Marley Conley , and make their way to Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet, ready to eat and bond. When they weren’t lifting weights, watching film or in class this summer, the Hot Boys were always together. Sometimes they hung out at the apartment shared by Perry and Leverett, playing video games or watching television. Other times, they went to the movies. Perry’s favorite was “Guardians of the Galaxy 2”; Lever...