Nineteen area properties held by the Schuylkill County Tax Claim Bureau were sold according to a judicial (court order) sale and will now be returned to the tax rolls. Properties were sold to the following:

Watermelon Realty, LLC, Schuylkill Haven, two properties owned by Francis M. Houser, one east of Clamtown Road, West Penn Township, for $5,100.Watermelon Realty, LLC, Schuyhlkill Haven, property on Clamtown Road, both West Penn Township, $4,000.Sonia Santiago, Brooklyn, N.Y., building only on lease ground known as 21 Spirit Court, West Penn Township, owned by Barbara E. Johnson, for $5,000.House Flex, LLC, Mount Carmel, property at 234 E. High St., Coaldale, owned by Matthew F. Cichon, for $1,000.Joseph Sword, 20 Tamanend Road, Tamaqua, property at 4 E. High St., Coaldale, owned by Peter A. Kupec Jr., for $580.Locust Valley Partners, LLC, property at 728 Brockton Mountain Drive, Barnesville, owned by Parick Foley, Joseph Foley, and Mary Foley, for $700.Bobbin Joe Smith, McAdoo, property at 223 Rear E. Washington St., McAdoo, owned by Theresa A. Benko, $4,000.Locust Valley Partners, LLC, Barnesville, property at 210 S. Ferguson St., Shenandoah, owned by Dolores Shoup, $780.Locust Valley Partners, LLC, Barnesville, property at 127 N. Gilbert St., Shenandoah, owned by Edward Ticky, Joseph Tickey, John Ticky, and Amelia Bickauskas, for $795.Blackstone Funding, LLC, Orwigsburg, property at 417 Clay St., Tamaqua, owned by Gary L. and Rhonda M. Kunkel, for $1,500.Christine Estremera, 347 E. Union St., Tamaqua, property on East Union Street, Tamaqua, owned by Gerald W. Couch and Susan L. Kromer, for $1,900.Sonia Santiago, Brooklyn, N.Y., property at 108 Schuylkill Avenue, Tamaqua, owned by Howard L. and Jennifer L. Boyer, for $2,550.Joseph D. Gulden, 384 State Road, Barnesville, property at 33 Greenwood St., Tamaqua, owned by Kevin Horan, for $1,915.Sean Hegarty, 123 W. Broad St., Tamaqua, property at 18 E. Spruce St., Tamaqua, owned by Harold J. and Licia Schock, for $980.East Pines, LLC, East North Port, N.Y., property on Tuscarora Drive, North Union Township, owned by William A. and Rosemarie M. Frederick, for $770.Shenandoah Fish and Game Protective Association, 395 Ferndale Road, Zion Grove, North Union Township, property at 392 Ferndale Road, owned by John A. A. Jones, $3,000.Christopher G. Bolish, 53 N. Eighth St., Mahanoy City, property at 211 Chestnut St., Schuylkill Township, $2,500.Ronald J. Kuperavage, 739 Broad St., Tuscarora, Schuylkill Township, property at 817 Seneca St., Schuylkill Township, owned by John J. and Agatha D. Bashago, for $646.40.Suzanne E. Perry, Bethlehem, property at 2048 Main St., Gilberton, property of Jeffrey Winnick, $805; and property at 2400-2402 Main St., Gilberton, owned by Jeffrey E. Paskey, for $550.