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Barrett 1
Barrett Township Municipal Building, 993 Route 390, Cresco, PA 18326

Barrett 2
Mountainhome United Methodist Church Annex, 6680 Route 191, Mountainhome, PA 18342

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PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE By virtue of a Writ of Execution issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to 5011 CIVIL 2014 I, Ken Morris, Sheriff of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will expose the following described real estate to be sold at a public online auction conducted by Bid4Assets, 8757 Georgia Ave., Suite 520, Silver Springs, MD 20910 on: Thursday, September 30, 2021 AT 10:00 A.M. By accessing the web address: www.bid4assets.com/monroecountysheriffsales PURCHASERS MUST PAY 10% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR SHERIFF'S COSTS, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER TO BID4ASSETS BY WIRE TRANSFER NO LATER THAN 4:00PM THE DAY AFTER AUCTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL THOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PIECES OF GROUND SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BARRETT, MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: BEING KNOWN AS: RD#1 BOX 47 REES HILL A/K/A 1116 UPPER SEESE HILL ROAD CANADENSIS, PA 18325 PARCEL: 01/7/1/6-1 PIN: 01639803039208 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SEIZED AND TAKEN IN EXECUTION AS THE PROPERTY OF: VICTORIA LYNN VOGEL TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST AND CLAIMANTS: "All Property Owners' Associations (POA) who wish to collect the most recent six months unpaid dues in accordance with their statutory lien under the Uniform Planned Community Act of 68 PA. C.S.A. 5315(b)(2)(ii) must provide the Sheriff's Office at least two weeks before the Sheriff's Sale with written notification of the amount of the lien and state that "such amount is for the past six months prior to the Sheriff's Sale only." Any sale which does not receive such notification from a POA will not be collected at the time of Sheriff's Sale." Prospective bidders must complete the Bid4Assets on-line registration process to participate in the auction. The highest bid plus costs shall be paid to bid4assets, on their website, as the purchase price for the property sold by the Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, PA. A schedule of proposed distribution for the proceeds received from the above captioned sale will be on file in the Office of the Sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of the sale. Distribution in accordance therewith will be made within ten (10) days thereafter unless exceptions are filed within said time. Ken Morris Sheriff of Monroe County Pennsylvania Robert Flacco, Esquire Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, PA Barry J. Cohen, Sheriff's Solicitor PR - Aug 27; Sep 3, 10

PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE By virtue of a Writ of Execution issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to 4730 CIVIL 2020 I, Ken Morris, Sheriff of Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will expose the following described real estate to be sold at a public online auction conducted by Bid4Assets, 8757 Georgia Ave., Suite 520, Silver Springs, MD 20910 on: Thursday, September 30, 2021 AT 10:00 A.M. By accessing the web address: www.bid4assets.com/monroecountysheriffsales PURCHASERS MUST PAY 10% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR SHERIFF'S COSTS, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER TO BID4ASSETS BY WIRE TRANSFER NO LATER THAN 4:00PM THE DAY AFTER AUCTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of land situate in the Township of Barrett, County of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the center line of the public road known as the Upper Seese Hill Road, the southeasterly corner of lands conveyed by Jacob Bruch and wife to Stewart Brush and wife by deed dated July 23, 1929 and recorded in Deed Book Volume 108, page 496, thence by lands of Stewart Brush and wife north five degrees east (at 22 feet passing a pipe) one hundred eighty five feet to a cross cut on a red block; thence by lands of Jacob Brush Estate South eighty three degrees forty five minutes east one hundred twenty nine and twenty seven one hundredths feet to a pipe; thence by lands intended to be conveyed to Jack Brush South nine degrees thirty four minutes west (at 178.05 feet passing a pipe) two hundred one and fifty two one hundredths feet to a point; thence along the center line of the Upper Seese Hill Road North seventy degrees fifty five minutes west fifty feet to a point; thence by the same north seventy nine degrees fourteen minutes west sixty five and eighteen one hundreds feet to the place of beginning. UNDER AND SUBJECT to easement Agreement dated January 18, 1999 between Millicent Haley and Albert E. Haley and Erika Bruschwiler intended to be recorded. BEING THE SAME PREMISES which Wilhelmina Famularo and Pamela Tani by deed dated September 18, 2008, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Monroe and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Record Book Volume 2342, Page 5560, granted and conveyed unto Wilhelmina Famularo and Thomas Castorina. Wilhelmina Famularo departed this life on December 5, 2018. Parcel ID# 01.22.1.18 PIN# 01638804932272 Commonly known as 1182 Upper Seese Hill Road, Canadensis, PA 18325 SEIZED AND TAKEN IN EXECUTION AS THE PROPERTY OF: Thomas Castorina and The Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and all Persons Firms or Associations claiming right, title or interest from or under Wilhelmina Famularo, deceased TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST AND CLAIMANTS: "All Property Owners' Associations (POA) who wish to collect the most recent six months unpaid dues in accordance with their statutory lien under the Uniform Planned Community Act of 68 PA. C.S.A. 5315(b)(2)(ii) must provide the Sheriff's Office at least two weeks before the Sheriff's Sale with written notification of the amount of the lien and state that "such amount is for the past six months prior to the Sheriff's Sale only." Any sale which does not receive such notification from a POA will not be collected at the time of Sheriff's Sale." Prospective bidders must complete the Bid4Assets on-line registration process to participate in the auction. The highest bid plus costs shall be paid to bid4assets, on their website, as the purchase price for the property sold by the Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, PA. A schedule of proposed distribution for the proceeds received from the above captioned sale will be on file in the Office of the Sheriff within thirty (30) days from the date of the sale. Distribution in accordance therewith will be made within ten (10) days thereafter unless exceptions are filed within said time. Ken Morris Sheriff of Monroe County Pennsylvania Jill M. Fein, Esquire Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, PA Barry J. Cohen, Sheriff's Solicitor PR - Aug 27; Sep 3, 10

PUBLIC NOTICE ESTATE NOTICE ESTATE OF Helenmarie Kearney, late of Barrett Township, Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of Administration in the above-named Estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims are directed to present the same, without delay, to the undersigned, or to their attorney within four (4) months from the date hereof, and to file with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Forty-Third Judicial District, Orphans' Court Division, a particular statement of claim, duly verified by Affidavit, setting forth an address within the County where notice maybe given to Claimant. Karen Kearney and James Kearney c/o Mark A. Primrose, Esquire 17 North Sixth Street Stroudsburg, PA 18360 PR - Aug. 27, Sept. 3, Sept. 10