Hermitage Club

To the Editor,
Shortly before the end of 2018, The Deerfield Valley News published my letter saying it was a “fairy tale” that Hermitage Club operations could be restarted without a bankruptcy, and questioning why neither members nor creditors had gone down that road.  Now there are two...
BURLINGTON- Hermitage bankruptcy cases will proceed in Vermont District Bankruptcy Court, according to a ruling by Judge Colleen A. Brown issued on Wednesday. 
The ruling follows a hearing in which several witnesses, including Hermitage Founder James Barnes, testified over two days last...
This article has been updated to include comments from Hermitage Founder James Barnes WILMINGTON- Hermitage Club President Harper Sibley submitted a letter of resignation today, citing his alarm over Hermitage owner James Barnes' proposed Chapter 11 reorganization plan.
“Based on my 40...

Hermitage Club members have not been able to use club facilities since it was ordered closed by Vermont Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom.in April 2018
BURLINGTON- A group of 187 Hermitage Club members is seeking to join the involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy action filed by three creditors in Vermont District Bankruptcy Court last week. 
In an accompanying statement by Timothy Treanor, a member of the so-called ad hoc committee, the group...
HARTFORD- A Connecticut judge has issued an order putting a lawsuit filed against James Barnes and the Hermitage  on hold, pending the outcome of a settlement under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  
Mark Brett filed the case in Hartford Superior Court in March 2018, seeking $963,000 in compensation...
UPDATED: 2/28/19
WILMINGTON- The court-appointed Hermitage receiver has issued a notice against trespass barring Hermitage Club founder James Barnes from entering Hermitage properties in receivership.
According to the notice, signed by Alan Tantleff of FTI Consulting, Barnes is “not...

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BOSTON- The US Department of Labor has ordered Hermitage Club Realty LLC to pay a former employee $22,693 in back pay and bonuses with interest, and $20,000 in compensatory damages.
“Hermitage Club Realty LLC terminated the employee on December 18, 2017, after informing the company of what...
NEWFANE- The Vermont Department of Taxes has filed a motion seeking summary judgment in their lawsuit against James Barnes, seeking more than $1 million in unpaid meals, rooms, alcohol, and sales taxes.
The state filed the lawsuit on July 30, 2018, alleging that Barnes failed to remit tax...

The White House Inn
NEWFANE- A hearing in a lawsuit against James Barnes and one of his companies was held despite a last minute request for a continuance from Barnes.
The scheduled hearing was to consider a motion by White House Inn owner Bob Grinold for a preliminary injunction that would lift a lien placed...
NEWFANE- An Armonk, NY, woman who is suing James Barnes and his Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company for breach of contract had her day in court last week, but neither Barnes nor any attorney for the Hermitage appeared in court. 
Last month, the court granted Bettina Bosma’s motion...

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