The Mindful Mastery Project, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania, empowers underserved youth through comprehensive support in health, wellness, academics, career readiness, and life skills. For more information, please contact Executive Director Akita Donald at akita@mindfulmasteryproject.org.
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
Urban Design/Planning – Regional community development and historic preservation organization requests Qualifications relative to the following: 1) urban design, 2) mapping and graphics, 3) land use integration 4) public space and public transit related improvements, 5) individuals available for assignment, 6) working with multiple stakeholders and the public and building consensus, 7) minority and women-owned businesses participation, and 8) method and/or rates of compensation.
Within thirty days of first publication of this notice, firms/individuals should send Qualifications as outlined above to: Young Preservationists Association, 700 River Avenue, Suite 318, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Final Due Date: Friday May 2, 2025.
PROFESSIONAL
Economic development organization is requesting qualifications from:
Solar Engineering Firms-
Qualifications relative to the following should be discussed:
Solar canopy design and engineering, rooftop solar design and engineering, turnkey EPC experience, NACEP Certification, local experience in the City of Pittsburgh, knowledge of public and private financing, personnel available for this assignment, working in a team environment, and method and hourly rates of compensation.
RFQ’s are due 14 days from the date of this publication and 3 copies should be mailed to: NSIDC, 700 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
PUBLIC NOTICE
OPENING OF WAITING LIST
Effective Monday, April 14, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. until Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 3:00 p.m., the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) will be accepting pre-applications online ONLY for the following Project Based Voucher Site Based Community:
- New Pennley Place – (1, 2 and 3 bedroom units only) – 5601 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.
Not all households will be eligible for the specific bedroom size units listed, as the age, gender, relationships and number of household members affect the number of bedrooms for which a household is eligible. Income and eligibility restrictions of the Housing Choice Voucher Program apply. Pre-applications for the above community will be accepted online ONLY at www.hacp.org and can be submitted from any computer, laptop or smartphone with internet access. No pre-applications will be accepted before 8:00 a.m., Monday, April 14, 2025, or after 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Printed pre-applications will not be available at any of the HACP properties or offices.
Position on the waiting list will be determined based upon the date and time the completed pre-application is accepted by the on-line system.
Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations to submit a pre-application can contact the HACP’s Disability Compliance Office at 412-456-5282.
Additional information is available by contacting the HACP Occupancy Department at 412-456-5030 or by visiting our website at www.hacp.org.
This event is for Project Based Vouchers for New Pennley Place ONLY and is completely separate from the HACP Housing Choice Voucher and Low Income Public Housing Programs.
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP
BY: CHRISTOPHER A. DeNARDO, PA I.D. NO. 78447
SAMANTHA GABLE, PA I.D. NO. 320695
STEVEN PALMER, PA I.D. NO. 334553
LESLIE J. RASE, PA I.D. NO. 58365
HEATHER RILOFF, PA I.D. NO. 309906
KEVIN T. TONCZYCZYN, PA I.D. NO. 332616
ELIZABETH L. WASSALL, PA I.D. NO. 77788
JOSEPH L. LoCASTRO, IV, PA I.D. NO. 314973
985 OLD EAGLE SCHOOL ROAD, SUITE 514
WAYNE, PA 19087
TELEPHONE: (610) 278-6800
E-MAIL: PAHELP@LOGS.COM
LLG FILE NO. 23-068862
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2020-2, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee
PLAINTIFF
vs.
Thierno Sow, known Heir of Darlene D. Hopkins, deceased
Jerome Fuller, known Heir of Darlene D. Hopkins, deceased
Charles Fuller, known Heir of Darlene D. Hopkins, deceased
Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Darlene D. Hopkins, deceased
DEFENDANTS
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
CASE NO. MG-23-000988
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
TO: Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or under Darlene D. Hopkins, deceased
7967 Aber Road
Verona, PA 15147
THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOSULY RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY, THIS IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, BUT ONLY ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY.
Your house (real estate) at: 7967 Aber Road, Verona, PA 15147 is scheduled to be sold at Sheriff’s Sale on May 5, 2025 at 9:00AM, in Allegheny County, Fourth Floor, Gold Room, Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA to enforce the court judgment of $105,640.43 obtained by Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2020-2, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee (the mortgagee) against you. As a result, a writ of execution has been issued in the amount of $112,989.96.
NOTICE OF OWNER’S RIGHTS
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS SHERIFF’S SALE
To prevent this Sheriff’s Sale you must take immediate action:
The sale will be cancelled if you pay back to the mortgagee the back payments, late charges, costs, and reasonable attorneys fees due. To find out how much you must pay, you may call: (610) 278-6800.
PLEASE NOTE a Schedule of Distribution will be filed by the Sheriff on a date specified by the Sheriff not later than thirty (30) days after sale.
Distribution will be made in accordance with the schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within 20 days after the filing of the schedule.
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP
BY: CHRISTOPHER A. DeNARDO, PA I.D. NO. 78447
SAMANTHA GABLE, PA I.D. NO. 320695
STEVEN PALMER, PA I.D. NO. 334553
LESLIE J. RASE, PA I.D. NO. 58365
HEATHER RILOFF, PA I.D. NO. 309906
KEVIN T. TONCZYCZYN, PA I.D. NO. 332616
ELIZABETH L. WASSALL, PA I.D. NO. 77788
JOSEPH L. LoCASTRO, IV, PA I.D. NO. 314973
985 OLD EAGLE SCHOOL ROAD, SUITE 514
WAYNE, PA 19087
TELEPHONE: (610) 278-6800
E-MAIL: PAHELP@LOGS.COM
LLG FILE NO. 19-064271
USAA Federal Savings Bank
PLAINTIFF
vs.
Unknown Heirs, Successors, assigns and all Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right,Title or Interest from or Under Alex McSorley, deceased
Arthur McSorley, Known Heir of Alex McSorley, deceased
Beth Tarantini, Known Heir of Alex McSorley, deceased
Meghann Sowko, Known Heir of Alex McSorley, deceased
Christina Bellissimo, Known Heir of Alex McSorley, deceased
DEFENDANTS
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
CASE NO. MG-20-000019
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
TO: Unknown Heirs, Successors, assigns and all Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right,Title or Interest from or Under Alex McSorley, deceased
407 Longview Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146
THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOSULY RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY, THIS IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, BUT ONLY ENFORCEMENT OF A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY.
Your house (real estate) at: 407 Longview Drive, Monroeville, PA 15146 is scheduled to be sold at Sheriff’s Sale on May 5, 2025 at 9:00AM, in Allegheny County, Fourth Floor, Gold Room, Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA to enforce the court judgment of $166,640.91 obtained by USAA Federal Savings Bank (the mortgagee) against you. As a result, a writ of execution has been issued in the amount of $173,663.36.
NOTICE OF OWNER’S RIGHTS
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS SHERIFF’S SALE
To prevent this Sheriff’s Sale you must take immediate action:
The sale will be cancelled if you pay back to the mortgagee the back payments, late charges, costs, and reasonable attorneys fees due. To find out how much you must pay, you may call: (610) 278-6800.
PLEASE NOTE a Schedule of Distribution will be filed by the Sheriff on a date specified by the Sheriff not later than thirty (30) days after sale.
Distribution will be made in accordance with the schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within 20 days after the filing of the schedule.
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, on December 04, 2015, a certain mortgage was executed by JOANN HERRLE and NORBERT HERRLE, as mortgagor in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS MORTGAGEE AS NOMINEE FOR SYNERGY ONE LENDING, INC. DBA: RETIREMENT FUNDING SOLUTIONS, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County in Mortgage BK-M VL-45914 PG-354 or INSTRUMENT #2015-92594 (“Mortgage”); and
WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 1613 Shawmut Drive Glenshaw, PA 15116, parcel number 0435-C-00112-0000-00(“Property”); and
WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner NORBERT HERRLE died on 03/02/19. By operation of law title vests solely in JOANN HERRLE and NORBERT HERRLE is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. JOANN HERRLE died on 04/04/24 intestate and is survived by no known heirs. ;and
WHEREAS, the Property was owned by JOANN HERRLE & NORBERT HERRLE by virtue of deed dated 9/12/2003 and recorded 9/19/2003 in Book 11791 Page 332 or Instrument#2003-32713 ;and
WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on 2/15/2022 in BK-M VL-55885 PG-66 or INSTRUMENT #2022-13647, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as JOANN HERRLE died on 04/04/2024 and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and
WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of 12/10/2024 is $200,421.80 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable;
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 06/28/2012 in Misc. Bk-DE, Vl-14933, Pg 17, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on 05/01/2025; at 10:00 AM at at the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder:
File No: 122-002224
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in the Township of Shaler, County of Allegheny and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being Lot No.7 in the Shawmut Oaks Plan No.1, as recorded in the Department of Real Estate Office for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in Plan Book Volume 82, Pages 6 and 7 inclusive.
PARCEL NO. 435-C-112
BEING the same premises which Joann M. Benson, widow, now known as Joann Herrle, by Deed dated 09/12/2003 and recorded 09/19/2003 in the Department of Real Estate Office of Allegheny County in Deed Book Volume 11791, Page 332, granted and conveyed unto Joann Herrle and Norbert Herrle, wife and husband.
0435-C-00112
The sale will be held 05/01/2025; at 10:00 AM at the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $200,421.80 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.
The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $200,421.80 as of 12/10/2024, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.
There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.
When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.
The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.
If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.
There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.
KML LAW GROUP, P.C.
Foreclosure Commissioners
(215-825-6305)
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, on December 31, 1997, a certain mortgage was executed by PAUL BRIM JR. and SHIRLEY BRIM, as mortgagor in favor of UNITY MORTGAGE CORP DBA THE REVERSE MORTGAGE COMPANY as mortgagee and was recorded in Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County in Mortgage Book 17202 Page 646 (“Mortgage”); and
WHEREAS, the Mortgage encumbers property located at 1024 Parsonage
Street Creighton, PA 15030, parcel number 0960-F-00260-0000-00(“Property”); and
WHEREAS, Mortgagor/Record Owner PAUL BRIM JR died on 03/29/14. By operation of law title vests solely in SHIRLEY BRIM and PAUL BRIM JR is hereby released of liability pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1144. Mortgagor/Record Owner SHIRLEY BRIM died on 10/27/22 and Letters Testamentary were granted to Jamie Cutright on 12/16/22 by the Register of Wills of Allegheny County, File No.: 02-22-8059. ;and
WHEREAS, the Property was owned by PAUL BRIM JR. & SHIRLEY BRIM by virtue of deed dated 6/27/1995 and recorded 7/27/1995 in Book:09503 Page:206 ;and
WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), pursuant to an assignment recorded on 11/26/2012 in Book M VL 41765 Page 403 Instrument # 2012-117260, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Mortgage (paragraph 9 (a)(i)), as SHIRLEY BRIM died on 10/27/2022 and that upon the death the entire principal balance becomes due and owing, and that no payment was made, and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice; and
WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of 12/27/2024 is $116,739.20 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable;
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, l2 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 29, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure
Commissioner, recorded on 06/28/2012 in Misc. Bk-DE, Vl-14933, Pg-17, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, notice is hereby given that on 05/01/2025; at 10:00 AM at outside the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 all real property and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public action to the highest bidder:
ALL those certain lots or pieces of ground situate in the Township of East Deer, County of Allegheny and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being part of Lot No. 37, all of Lot No. 38 and part of Lot No. 39 in the Creighton Plan of Lots laid out by John B. Ford, said Plan being of record in the Recorder’s Office of Allegheny County in Plan Book Volume 11, page 185, and more particularly as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the line of a 31 ½ foot street known as Parsonage Street, which point is 7 feet east from the division line between Lots Nos. 39 and 40, said point being also the northeasterly corner of a strip of ground now or formerly of Walter Usiadek, et ux., By deed of record in Deed Book Volume 3109, page 667; thence along the line of Parsonage Street in a northeasterly direction, a distance of 66 feet to a point on the line of land now or formerly of Walter Komosinski; thence in a southerly direction on a line parallel to the division line between Lots Nos. 36 and 37 a distance of 120 feet to an alley; thence along said alley in a westerly direction, a distance of 66 feet to a point on the line of land now or formerly of Walter Usiadek, et ux.; thence in a northerly direction along the line of land now or formerly of Usiadek, which line is parallel to the division line between Lots Nos. 39 and 40, a distance of 120 feet to a point on the line of Parsonage Street at the place of beginning.
BEING designated as Block and Lot No. 960-F-260.
The sale will be held 05/01/2025; at 10:00 AM at outside the Main Entrance of the Allegheny County Courthouse located at 436 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $116,739.20 plus interest, costs and other charges through the sale date. Ten percent (10%) of the highest bid is the deposit required at the sale.
The amount that must be paid to HUD by the mortgagors or someone acting on their behalf so that the sale may be stayed is the total delinquent amount of $116,739.20 as of 12/27/2024, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.
There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.
When making their bid, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling ten percent 10% of the Secretary’s bid as set forth above in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of ten (10%) percent must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within thirty (30) days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.
The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for fifteen (15) days, and a fee will be charged in the amount of $150.00 for each fifteen (15) day extension requested. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.
If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder’s deposit will be forfeited, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.
There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein.
KML LAW GROUP, P.C.
Foreclosure Commissioners
(215-825-6305)
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT BOROUGH OF AVALON
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
DERIVED FROM THE 2024 ANNUAL AUDIT AND
FINANCIAL REPORT (DCED-CLGS-30)
| SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 2024 | SUMMARY STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 |
| Assets and Other Debits | $11,470,637 | Revenues | $6,890,345 |
| Liabilities and Other Credits | $3,105,090 | Expenditures | $6,188,413 |
| Fund and Account Group Equity | $8,365,547 | Excess (Deficit) of Revenues over Expenditures | $701,932 |
| Total Liabilities, Other Credits, and Fund and Account Group Equity | $11,470,637 | Fund and Account Group Equity: Beginning of year | $7,663,615 |
| End of year | $8,365,547 | ||
The Borough’s financial statements and accompanying auditor’s report may be examined at the Borough’s Office.
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