40-YEAR EMPLOYEE REWARDED

As a thank-you for 40 years of dedicated service, Hoffman Auto Group co-chairmen Jeffrey and I. Bradley Hoffman presented corporate secretary Phyllis Keyes with a new Lexus ES 350. Keyes is the fifth employee to receive a vehicle from the company for 40 years of service. In her 40-year tenure, Keyes has been an office manager, controller and assistant finance director. The Hoffman Auto Group started in 1921 with a Ford franchise in East Hartford. It now offers 10 brands at locations in New London, Simsbury and East Hartford.