Ads for The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Superior Court Berkshire County in Pittsfield, MA

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS BERKSHIRE, SS. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2676CV00228 David M. Levenfeld and Deborah Rivel, Co-Trustees of The D&D Lakeside Trust, Plaintiffs Vs. Pauline Ketcham Smith, and the Heirs and Representative of Pauline Ketcham Smith and Ronald F, Smith, and the Heirs and Representative of Ronald F. Smith and Thomas H. Smith Defendants GREETING: WHEREAS, a suit has been begun against you, entitled as above, wherein the plaintiffs seek, among other things, that the defendants or anyone claiming through them be forever restrained and foreclosed from making any adverse claim to the title of the plaintiff in certain property known as 0 Ronald Drive, Becket, Massachusetts. TAKE NOTICE, if you intend to make any defense, that on January 13, 2027, which is the return day of this notice, or within such further time as the law allows, you must cause your written appearance to be entered and your answer or other pleading to be filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court at Pittsfield, in said County first above-named; and further that you must defend against said suit according to law, if you intend to make any defense. Hereof fail not, at your peril, as otherwise said suit may be adjudged, and orders and decrees entered therein, in your absence. WITNESS, MICHAEL D. RICCIUTI, Esquire, Chief .lustice of your Superior Court at Pittsfield, the 20th of October, in the year of our Lord, two thousand twenty-six. Lisa A. Denaull-Viale, Clerk A copy of the foregoing notice shall be personally served on each defendant, if practicable. Otherwise, service shall be made by causing an attested copy thereof to be published in The Berkshire Eagle, once a week for three successive weeks, the last publication thereof to be two months, at least, before January 13, 2027, and by mailing a copy of said notice, postpaid, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, if practicable, to the said defendants at their last known address. It is further ordered that an attested copy thereof be posted in a conspicuous place on the land described in said suit, by a sheriff or deputy sheriff, fourteen (14) days before the return day thereof. Ad# 105795, 105854 10/30/2026, 11/06/2026 11/13/2026