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/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/A hot topic: Stafford resident questions need for $1.2 million pumper/tanker truck

By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service As a 60-year member and former chief of the Stafford Fire Department, David Vicary knows a thing or two about the volunteer firefighting business. Speaking at Monday night’s Stafford Town Board meeting, which attracted about 40 residents, Vicary said he thinks the fire company …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Town of Stafford/Audit shows capital projects were not properly monitored and some project costs exceeded authorized amounts

Information provided- State Comptroller Thomas D. DiNapoli Town of Stafford – Capital Projects (2024M-17) Issued Date July 12, 2024 [read complete report – pdf]  Town of Stafford – Capital Projects (2024M-17) (ny.gov) Audit Objective  Determine whether the Town of Stafford (Town) Town Board (Board) properly authorized and monitored capital project …

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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/Stafford/Town Board opts out of cannabis licensing, retail dispensaries and on-site consumption establishments

In a printed notice dated November 16, 2021 and posted on the window at the Stafford Town Hall, A motion made by Councilman Donald Mullen and seconded by Ronald Panek, to hold a Special Town Board Meeting on November 22, 2021 in regards to Local Law #2 pursuant to Cannabis …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Write-In Candidate for Stafford Town Board will challenge Panek and Duyssen in November election

Cathy Worthington has been a taxpayer in the town of Stafford for 24 years. She says her dealings with the Town of Stafford lack transparency and communication. “It’s terrible,” says Worthington. This past June she became fed up with the lack of response she received from the Stafford Town Board …

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