Public Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TAKE NOTICE that the Barrett Township Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. at the Barrett Administrative and Recreational Complex, 1200 Route 390, Cresco, PA 18326. The purpose of the meeting will be to consider improvements to the Canadensis area and any other Township business. If you are a person with a disability and require auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Borough at (570) 595-2602 to discuss how your needs may be accommodated.   BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

INVITATION FOR BIDS TAKE NOTICE that the Barrett Township Board of Supervisors invites and will receive sealed bids for paving of the Barrett Administrative and Recreation Complex driveway and parking lots located at 1200 Route 390, Cresco, PA in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Bids will be received until 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 1200 Route 390, Cresco, Pennsylvania 18326. All bids must be submitted upon forms furnished by Barrett Township and returned in a sealed envelope clearly marked “BARC Paving Bid 2024 – Barrett Township.” Faxed bids and bids received after the deadline will not be accepted. Copies of the Contract Documents including detailed specifications may be obtained at the Barrett Township municipal offices at the address listed above. All materials must conform to PennDOT specifications and standards as provided in Publication 408, as amended. Pennsylvania Prevailing wages may apply to this contract depending on the bid amount. The Contract Documents contain requirements addressing prevailing labor wage rates, labor standards, nondiscrimination in hiring practices and related matters. All contractors and subcontractors must comply with the Pennsylvania Public Works Employment Verification Act. The Act requires the contractor to verify employment eligibility through the e-verify program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security as a precondition of being awarded a contract for this project. The Contract Documents contain information regarding the Act. Each bid must be accompanied by a proposal security in the amount of 10% of the amount bid in the form of a certified check, bank cashier's check, or satisfactory bid bond naming Barrett Township as payee. No bid or proposal may be withdrawn before July 11, 2024. The successful bidder must furnish a performance bond in the amount of 100% of the amount of the bid, naming Barrett Township as payee. The successful bidder will also be bound by the terms and conditions of the Contract Documents. The Board of Supervisors will open and read aloud every sealed bid at a public meeting on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 5:30 P.M. and may award a contract immediately thereafter or at a subsequent public meeting, the date and time of which will be announced after bids are opened. The Board of Supervisors will award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder or may reject all bids within 30 days of the date of the bid opening. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, and to waive any defects or irregularities in the proposals. The Board further reserves the right to reject any proposal deemed not to be in the best interest of Barrett Township. By order of the Barrett Township Board of Supervisors

ESTATE NOTICE ESTATE OF KATHERINE A. PRICE a/k/a KATHERINE PRICE, late of Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary 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 her attorney within four months from the date hereof and to file with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County, Forty-third Judicial District, a particular statement of claim duly verified by an affidavit setting forth an address within the County where notice may be given to claimant. Diane Price, Executrix 610 Mill Creek Road Cresco, PA 18326 Lori J. Cerato, Esq. Kelly L. Lombardo, Esq. 729 Sarah Street Stroudsburg, PA 18360 570-424-3506

PUBLIC NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE The Barrett Township Planning Commission will hold regular meetings in 2024 at the Barrett Administrative and Recreation Complex, 1200 Route 390, Cresco, Pennsylvania 18326, on the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 P.M., unless otherwise noted. If you require any special accommodations to attend or participate, please contact the Township at 570-595-2602 at least one business day in advance. WEITZMANN, WEITZMANN & HUFFMAN, LLC By: Deborah L. Huffman, Esq. 700 Monroe Street Stroudsburg, PA 18360 Barrett Township Planning Commission Solicitor P - April 29, 2024

INVITATION FOR BIDS TAKE NOTICE that the Barrett Township Board of Supervisors invites and will receive sealed bids for paving on Pleasant Ridge Road (T-594), High Road (T-635), Low Court (T-634) and Spring Lake Drive (T-409) in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, until 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 1200 Route 390, Cresco, Pennsylvania 18326. All bids must be submitted upon forms furnished by Barrett Township and returned in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Paving Bid 2024 – Barrett Township.” Faxed bids and bids received after the deadline will not be accepted. Copies of the Contract Documents including detailed specifications may be obtained at the Barrett Township municipal offices at the address listed above. All materials must conform to PennDOT specifications and standards as provided in Publication 408, as amended. Pennsylvania Prevailing wages may apply to this contract depending on the bid amount. The Contract Documents contain requirements addressing prevailing labor wage rates, labor standards, nondiscrimination in hiring practices and related matters. All contractors and subcontractors must comply with the Pennsylvania Public Works Employment Verification Act. The Act requires the contractor to verify employment eligibility through the e-verify program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security as a precondition of being awarded a contract for this project. The Contract Documents contain information regarding the Act. Each bid must be accompanied by a proposal security in the amount of 10% of the amount bid in the form of a certified check, bank cashier's check, or satisfactory bid bond naming Barrett Township as payee. No bid or proposal may be withdrawn before May 1, 2024. The successful bidder must furnish a performance bond in the amount of 100% of the amount of the bid, naming Barrett Township as payee. The successful bidder will also be bound by the terms and conditions of the Contract Documents. The Board of Supervisors will open and read aloud every sealed bid at a public meeting on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 8:00 A.M. and may award a contract immediately thereafter or at a subsequent public meeting, the date and time of which will be announced after bids are opened. The Board of Supervisors will award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder or may reject all bids within 30 days of the date of the bid opening. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, and to waive any defects or irregularities in the proposals. The Board further reserves the right to reject any proposal deemed not to be in the best interest of Barrett Township. By order of the Barrett Tow-nship Board of Supervisors

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 5890 CIVIL 2022 I, Nick Cirranello, 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, April 25, 2024 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 pipe, a corner of lands of Louise Groody, from which a stake at the Northeasterly corner of other lands of the Grantees herein, bears South 15 degrees 35 minutes West distant 25 feet; thence by lands of Louise Groody (Bearings Magnetic Meridian of 1943) North 15 degrees 35 minutes East 99.65 feet to a pipe, from which a stone corner at the northwesterly corner of lands of Wallace A. Hay bears North 15 degrees 35 minutes East distant 227.7 feet; thence by other lands of Wallace A. Hay of which this lot was formerly a part; South 67 degrees 10 minutes East (at 134 feet passing a pipe) 157.9 feet to a corner in the center line of the public road leading from Canasensis to Skytop; thence along the center line of the said public road South 31 degrees 50 minutes West 100 feet to a corner; thence by lands of Louise Groody North 67 degrees 10 minutes West 129.55 feet to the place of Beginning.   Tax Code: 01.25.1.53; PIN# 01639903007706.   Being the same property which Matthew Ball, a single person, transferred by Deed dated March 22, 2022 to VRC, LLC and VRC2735, LLC, recorded as book 2605, page 337 in the office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the Monroe County, at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2735 Route 390, Canadensis, PA 18325 The legal owners of this property are VRC, LLC and VRC2735, LLC only. Svetlana Hanover is not the property owner of this real estate, but a defendant named in the underlying confession of judgment.   SEIZED AND TAKEN IN EXECUTION AS THE PROPERTY OF:  VRC, LLC, VRC2735, LLC AND SVETLANA HANOVER   TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST AND CLAIMANTS: 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.   Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, PA Patrick Best, Sheriff's Solicitor Nick Cirranello Sheriff of Monroe County Pennsylvania Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire Advertise: 3/22, 3/29, 4/5/2024

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 1588 CIVIL 2023 I, Nick Cirranello, 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, April 25, 2024 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 pipe on line of land now or late of Charles King which bears South twenty-seven degrees thirty minutes West two hundred eighty-nine feet and South twenty-two degrees West twenty-eight feet from the Northeasterly corner of land of the Granter (Volume 95, Page 510); THENCE South twenty-two degrees West one hundred twenty-eight feet to a pipe on line of land now or formerly of the Seitz Estates; THENCE by the same, North forty-three degrees thirty minutes West one hundred twenty and eight tenths feet to a pipe on line of land of Harold Osborn; THENCE by the same, North twenty-seven degrees thirty minutes East ninety-three feet to a pipe; THENCE by land of the Grantor and about to be conveyed to Charles Costanzo, South fifty-nine degrees fifty-four minutes East one hundred and eighty-three hundredths feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING twenty-six hundredths (0.26) acre exact. BEING KNOWN AS: 115 SQUIRREL LANE F/K/A PLAYHOUSE LANE, MOUNTAIN HOME, PA 18342 BEING THE SAME PREMISES WHICH GERARD MCKENNA, JR, SINGLE BY DEED DATED 10/13/2005 AND RECORDED 10/14/2005 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS IN DEED BOOK 2243 AT PAGE 8452, GRANTED AND CONVEYED UNTO ALICE K. STRUNK, NOW DECEASED, (DATE OF DEATH 2/16/2021) AND CHARLES A. HARRISON, NOW DECEASED, (DATE OF DEATH 1/22/2021), JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURIVIVORSHIP AND NOT AS TENANTS IN COMMON.   PIN #: 01638701168281 TAX CODE #: 01.14.1.30   SEIZED AND TAKEN IN EXECUTION AS THE PROPERTY OF:  The Unknown Heirs of ALICE K. STRUNK Deceased   TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST AND CLAIMANTS: 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.   Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, PA Patrick Best, Sheriff's Solicitor Nick Cirranello Sheriff of Monroe County Pennsylvania Danielle M. DiLeva, Esquire Advertise: 3/22, 3/29, 4/5/2024

ESTATE NOTICE Estate of HARRY ARTHUR LEIBENSPERGER, also known as HARRY A. LEI-BENSPERGER, also known as HARRY LIEBENS-PERGER, late of Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania 18326. LET-TERS OF ADMINISTRATION have been granted to the undersigned who re-quests all persons having claims or demands against the Estate of said Decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the Decedent to make payments without delay to: Deborah K. Martin and Patricia A. Ruth - Co-Administratrixes c/o Joseph J. Velitsky, Esquire Velitsky & Frycklund 49 East Ludlow Street Summitt Hill, PA 18250 P - 3/17, 3/24, 3/31/2024

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BARRETT TOWNSHIP MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ANNUAL AUDIT AND FINANCIAL NEWSPAPER REPORT YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023 ASSETS Cash & investments $ 2,821,934 TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,821,934 LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY LIABILITIES $ 1,789,901 FUND EQUITY 1,032,033 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY $ 2,821,934 REVENUES Taxes $ 2,124,519 Licenses & permits 80,221 Fines & forfeits 7,439 Interest & rents 234,897 Intergovernmental 1,096,537 Charges for services 155,870 Total Revenues 3,699,483 Other Financing Sources 941,175 Total Revenues and Other Financing Sources 4,640,658 EXPENDITURES General government 2,121,356 Public safety and protective inspection 966,621 Highways, roads, streets 786,102 Culture and recreation 185,458 Debt service 1,040 Employer paid benefits and withholding items 261,956 Total Expenditures 4,322,533 Other Financing Uses 33,727 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses 4,356,260 REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES $ 28

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION MEETING TAKE NOTICE that the Barrett Township Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 5:30 p.m., at the Barrett Administrative and Recreation Complex, 1200 Route 390, Cresco, Pennsylvania 18326. The purpose of the meeting is to elect its officers and to make and alter the rules and regulations to govern its procedures in accordance with Section 207 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (53 P.S. § 10207). Immediately after the organization meeting, the Planning Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting to consider any and all business of the Planning Commission. If you require any special accommodations to attend or participate in the public meeting, please contact the Township at least one day in advance at 570-595-2602.   WEITZMANN, WEITZMANN & HUFFMAN, LLC By: Deborah L. Huffman, Esq. 700 Monroe Street Stroudsburg, PA 18360 Barrett Township Planning Commission Solicitor

Blasting Notice Notice is hereby given that the following blasting schedule shall apply for the Bill Barry Excavating Incorporated Quarry (also known as the Cresco Quarry) on Quarry Lane in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pa. Blasting will be conducted during daylight hours between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., at which time guards will be posted to limit access. Horn warning signals for blasting will be as follows: Pre-blast warning: At least one minute but no more than two minutes prior to detonation a warning signal of three blasts, each lasting about five seconds, will be given. Post Blasts: After the blaster-in-charge has determined the blast area is safe, the blaster-in-charge will sound an "all clear"signal, consisting of one long blast, lasting approximately 10 seconds. All horn warnings should be of sufficient power to be heard from a distance of 1,000 feet from the blast site. Certain conditions may cause a blast to be conducted outside the scheduled hours, such as rain, lightning, and other atmospheric conditions, operator safety, or public safety. Bill Barry Excavating Incorporated 174 Quarry Lane Cresco, Pa 18326 Publication Dates L00000000

ESTATE NOTICE Estate of Jane D. Fisk, late of Barrett Township, Monroe County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters Testamentary 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 his/her attorney within four months from the date hereof and to file with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the 43rd Judicial District, a particular statement of claim, duly verified by an Affidavit setting forth an address with the County where notice may be given to Claimant. Akemi Benton Eleanor Keiper 1194 Westerly Parkway State College, PA 16801 or To: John L. Dewitsky, Jr., Esq. 17 N. 6th St. Stroudsburg, PA 18360 Publication Dates L00000000