GENESEE COUNTY/Attorney: Stafford Town Board has ‘hunted Pontillo down for eight years’

(File photo) Left-James Pontillo with wife Laura at a Town Board meeting earlier this year. (Right-Former Stafford Trading Post building) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service The lawyer for James Pontillo, owner of the former Stafford Trading Post at Routes 5 and 237, has come out on the offensive, claiming …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Town of Stafford attorney ‘encouraged’ after latest court session over the former Stafford Trading Post

(File photo) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service The dispute between the Town of Stafford and James Pontillo, owner of the former Stafford Trading Post at Routes 5 and 237, could be approaching its resolution. A settlement is within reach, said David Roach of DiMatteo Roach & Kelly of Warsaw, …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Pontillo proves that he can pay for repairs to bring former Stafford Trading Post up to code but ‘vacancy’ issue in question

(File photo) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service UPDATED – Oct. 18 at noon with additional comments from attorneys (in italics). The attorney representing the Town of Stafford in legal proceedings against James Pontillo, owner of the former Stafford Trading Post on Route 5, on Thursday says he needs to …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Stafford/Attorneys looking for James Pontillo to submit ‘scope of project’ to show fire code compliance

File photo By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service Attorneys for the Town of Stafford and for James Pontillo reached an agreement in Genesee County Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon that requires Pontillo to hire an architect to define the “scope” of a project to bring the 134-year-old former Stafford Trading …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Stafford/Supreme Court justice gives Pontillo until September 5th to move toward inspection

Attorney David Roach makes a point while speaking to James Pontillo following Genesee County Supreme Court appearance on Thursday morning. Gene Sinclair, Town of Stafford code enforcement officer, is at right. (Photo by Mike Pettinella) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service Genesee County Supreme Court Judge Diane Y. Devlin on …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Pontillo urges Stafford Town Board to heed what its residents are saying

James Pontillo and his wife, Laura (photo by Mike Pettinella) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service The people have spoken and now it’s up to the Stafford Town Board to listen to them. That’s the message conveyed at Monday night’s town board meeting by James Pontillo, owner of the former …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Town Board taking Pontillo to court over former Stafford Trading Post

By Mike PettinellaVideo News Service Just like the name of James Pontillo’s limited liability company, the plight of the former Stafford Trading Post certainly is “the talk of the town.” On Sunday afternoon, Pontillo invited Alecia Kaus, publisher of Video News Service, and this reporter to tour the inside of …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Stafford/Pontillo said he requested building permits again, Stafford Town supervisor says ‘I don’t know if he did’

File photos/Julie Carasone- James Pontillo (left) at the last Stafford Town Board meeting July 8, 2024 with Town Supervisor Robert Clement(left) and Deputy Supervisor/Councilperson Ron Panek (right) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service The owner of the former Stafford Trading Post at the corner of Route 237 and Route 5 …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Owner of former Stafford Trading Post building seeks board cooperation to complete outside work

(Photo/Julie Carasone) By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service A week after finding that the historic Odd Fellow Lodge and former Stafford Trading Post at the corner of Route 5 and 237 had been broken into, building owner James Pontillo (above photo) appeared at Monday night’s Stafford Town Board meeting. Link …

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GENESEE COUNTY/The Sheriff’s Office is investigating after the vacant historic Odd Fellow Lodge was broken into and vandalized on Friday night

According to Genesee County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Ryan DeLong, the Sheriff’s Office has opened a criminal investigation after the historic Odd Fellow Lodge at Rt. 5 and Rt. 237 was broken into. According to building owner James Pontillo, he arrived at the property on Friday evening and found several doors …

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