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Deeds recorded
Beaver MeadowsMary S. Schmitt to Jennifer Kotch Steber, 1385 Roundhead Drive, Weatherly, property on Tamaqua Street, $82,500.Jim ThorpeJKL Realty, LLC, to Patrick J. Walsh, 170 Behrens Road, Jim Thorpe, property at 101 Center St., $150,000.Joseph R. Hydro to Joseph R. Hydro, 152 Woodside Drive, Jim Thorpe, property at 152 Woodside Drive, $1.Kidder TownshipRaymond Kaminski to Karen T. Hanni, Loris, S.C., property at 705B Wychewood Road, $1.LehightonBetty J. Scherer to Kyle D. Scherer, 35 Third Ave., Lehighton, property at 35 Third Ave., $1Mahoning TownshipBank of New York Mellon to Dean J. Slonaker, 123 Mauch Chunk St., Lehighton, property at 123 Mauch Chunk St., $27,299.Packer TownshipJohn P. Galvin to Kristine J. Caldwell, 62A Packer Drive, Weatherly, 4.72 acres, $1.PalmertonAlice C. Krayowski to Dorothy Eberts, 627 Lehigh Ave., Palmerton, property at 627 Lehigh Ave., $70,000.Penn ForestTownshipPeter Kaplan to Daniel J. Rawleigh, 43 Yellow Run Road, Jim Thorpe, property at 43 Yellow Run Road, $105,000.Eugene Carl Haug to Lori A. Figueroa, Parlin, N.J., Lot V1527, Section V, Towamensing Trails, $70,000.Tax Claim Bureau of Carbon County to Northeast Investment Group, Inc., Fort Myers, Fla., 10 transactions, properties along Parker Trail, $843.50, along Penn Forest Trail, $913.50, Lot 1779, Section 4, Towamensing Trails, $863.50, properties along Rhododendron Trail, $858.50, along Porter Trail, $772.50, along Pawnee Trail, $846, two parcels along Old Stage Road, $925.50 each, along Petrarch Trail, $925.50, and along Nathan Way, $925.50.Josephine A. Geiger to Joseph E. Schembari, Allentown, property at 159 Penn Forest Trail, Albrightsville, $89,900.Prothonotary'sreportA total of 236 cases were started in February in the office of Carbon County Prothonotary Joann M. Behrens, according to a monthly statistical report released by the officeholder. A breakdown of the cases is as follows:Civil actions, 27; custody complaints, 14; district justice appeals, 5; divorce complaints, 15; ejectment complaint, 1; mortgage foreclosure complaints, 15; protection from abuse petitions, 23; quiet title action, 1; judgments, 129; miscellaneous cases, 5; and stipulation/waiver of liens, 1.The office staff also received and processed 72 applications for U.S. Passports.Behrens' financial report shows $24,713.89 was generated last month as follows: prothonotary's fees, $20,626.28; interest income $6.48; custody fees; $400; data processing fees, $3,631.13; PFA Surcharge, $25; and PFA Surcharge, Sheriff, $24.The prothonotary also remitted $2,546.90 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Revenue, representing state fees collected locally, and $42 to the Administrative Offices of the Pennsylvania Courts, this being surcharges on new custody cases in accordance with Act 119 of 1996.Another $874.92 was deposited in the Prothonotary's Automation Fund for future use in automating the office.