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The Barnstormer Summit Lift

Court encumbers Barnes’ summit lift equity

HARTFORD, CT- A Connecticut judge has granted a motion by a former Hermitage employee to place a lien on Hermitage owner James Barnes interest in Barnstormer Summit Lift LLC.
Former Hermitage Chief Financial Officer Dan Solaz, who was also one of three creditors who initiated the Hermitage...

Judge denies Hermitage financing, Club to submit new motion

This report was updated with additional information at 7:25 pm, Friday, July 12. RUTLAND- Vermont District Bankruptcy Court Judge Colleen Brown has denied a motion by the Hermitage seeking to borrow $1.75 million to fund their reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a hearing...

Judge moves to consolidate Hermitage Club bankruptcies into Chapter 11

RUTLAND- Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company’s Chapter 11 and involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcies have been consolidated and will move forward under Chapter 11, following a stipulation by several key parties in the case.
Vermont District Bankruptcy Court Judge Colleen A. Brown signed...

Food purveyor granted judgement against club

HARTFORD, CT- A Connecticut court has granted Reinhart Foods a default judgment in their suit against James Barnes and the Hermitage.
The suit, filed in Hartford Superior Court in October 2018, seeks payment for a $1.5 million judgment and order signed by Windham, VT, Superior Court Judge...

The Barnstormer lift under construction in 2015 at Haystack Mountain. The lift was financed by a group of Hermitage Club members, five of whome have since sued club owner Jim Barnes for lack of payment. The group has asked a Connecticut court to enforce a settlement. File photo

Group wants court to enforce settlement Barnes refuses to sign

HARTFORD, CT- Attorneys for a group of five investors in the Hermitage Club’s Barnstormer ski lift have filed a motion to asking the court to enforce a settlement agreement they say James Barnes agreed to, but refuses to sign.
The five members of Barnstormer Summit Lift LLC filed the...

Dalton Kissell in court Friday afternoon.

Man charged in OD death pleads not guilty to amended charge

BRATTLEBORO- On Friday, December 21, Dalton Kissell pleaded not guilty to amended charges stemming from the alleged sale of regulated drugs resulting in the overdose death of Wilmington resident Connor Rusin in June.
Kissell, 28, of Westminster, and Neal Bolster, 28, a Hinsdale, NH...

Hermitage Lawsuits head south of the border, to Connecticut

By Mike Eldred
HARTFORD, CT- Three plaintiffs who were successful in their Vermont lawsuits against James Barnes and the Hermitage are seeking to domesticate their lawsuits in Barnes’ and Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company’s home state.
This week a Connecticut judge granted...

Former Hermitage CFO wins judgment in unpaid wages claim

NEWFANE- Despite a surprise appearance by a current Hermitage official, Windham Superior Court Judge John Treadwell has granted a motion for default judgment in a suit by a former Hermitage official for wages and other compensation he claims he is owed.
The attorney for former Hermitage...

A file photo of the Hermitage Golf Club

Courts orders Hermitage Club golf equipment repo

NEWFANE- Windham County Superior Court Judge John Treadwell granted a motion for summary judgment on Tuesday, in favor of a company that financed golf course equipment for the Hermitage Golf Course. Judge Treadwell also granted a motion for a writ of repleven, an order that will allow the...