Foreclosure Sought for Proposed CVS Site

LOCK HAVEN — The bank that holds the mortgage on the Bellefonte Avenue Rosemeier property is seeking to foreclose.

Therecord-online has learned that Jersey Shore State Bank plans to execute against the property owner, seeking to bring the two parcels at 311 Bellefonte Avenue to a sheriff’s sale in November.

The property, rundown and in a state of disrepair, has been involved in a court feud between Robert Rosemeier, his representative Stephen P. Poorman and abutting property owner Jason Roberts and his representative/father/attorney Lee Roberts.

Filings in the office of the Clinton County Prothonotary show that as of January of 2014, when the bank posted its first filing, Rosemeier was in default of $288,540. (The courthouse information also shows that Rosemeier and his late wife Mary had conveyed the property to Mark Rosemeier in 1989).

Asked to comment on the pending JSSB action, Rosemeier representative Poorman said his client “was not seriously in default” when the bank moved to foreclose. In a statement to therecord-online Poorman said, “There could have been one missed payment and if that was the case, Mr. Rosemeier was not aware of it.”

The bank foreclosure action follows an extended back-and-forth in court between the Rosemeier and Roberts interests and also a Camp Hill developer which wants to locate a CVS drug store at the site. The next round in those battles is a November hearing before Judge Michael Salisbury with a pretrial conference scheduled for October 13. November will mark the first anniversary of Poorman’s entrance into the matter and the court actions have escalated since that time.