Bernie had many friends in the community and after the war, realized there was an opportunity to help people purchase their first television set.

He initially sold televisions and radios from his gas station, but as customer demand increased Bernie found the need to expand.

Bernie's was, at one point, New England's largest family-owned Audio, Video, TV, Appliance and Bedding retailer.

[3] Milton Rosenberg continued with Newmark & Lewis until 1990, when he left the company and bought House of TV in Springfield, MA.

Several options were explored for keeping the retail chain open, which included finding a buyer for the company or closing some of the under performing stores.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal went on record to state how pleased he was "with Bernie's cooperative and caring spirit toward consumers.

"[5] During the bankruptcy proceedings, current and former employees were angered to discover the administrators of their 401(k) accounts withdrew funds to cover the termination and wind down of the 401(k) plans.