Dorothy Mae Winn Cecchinato


NORTH CANAAN — Dorothy Mae Winn Cecchinato, 95, passed comfortably and peacefully on June 13, 2025, at Geer Nursing Home. She was born October 4, 1929, in Torrington, the daughter of Leo David Winn and Ester Gertrude (Hart) Winn. She was the oldest of four children growing up in West Cornwall. She attended grammar school at the Cornwall Consolidated School and finally 7-8th grade at the Salisbury Central School. Dorothy graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional High School in 1947 and was awarded the Bay Path College Award. Following graduation, she married her high school sweetheart Anthony F. Cecchinato, Sr. They settled in North Canaan and were married for a wonderful 59 years.
Dorothy was very active in sports throughout her life playing softball and basketball through high school and continuing softball on the Canaan Girls softball team. She was an active golfer and bowler participating in these sports into her late 70’s. She enjoyed skiing and would frequent the slopes at Catamount with her husband Anthony throughout the winter. Several ski trips to Colorado are also fond memories for her and the family. She always enjoyed watching sports and with her husband attended numerous sporting events that her three granddaughters participated in all through high school and college.
Her first job was working as a secretary at the General Electric Company in Norfolk. She worked there for 8 years from 1947 to 1955. After GE, and after raising her son, she began working in 1965 at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Regional District One in Falls Village, as the Clerk to the Board for all of the Region One schools. She logged a total of 36 years of service at HVRHS. In 2018, she was one of the first group of Honorees inducted to the HVRHS Wall of Honor. After retirement, she continued supporting activities at HVRHS through her work with the HVRHS Alumni Committee and the Blue and Gold Alumni bulletin. In addition to her career at HVRHS, she worked on the Planning and Zoning Commission in North Canaan and was also the chairman of Housing Authority of North Canaan. She worked on the Democratic Town Committee and was a long time member of the North Canaan Board of Education until she was 90. She was an active member in the Cranford Club for many years in North Canaan.
Dorothy is predeceased by her brother David Hart Winn of Marcellus, New York.
She is survived by two sisters: Marion Elizabeth Winn Staples of New Smyrna Beach, Florida; and Gertrude Lucille Winn (Kroehle) Hunker of Falls Village.
Her son: Anthony F. Cecchinato Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Cecchinato of Litchfield.
Granddaughters: Andrea Leigh (Cecchinato) Calore and husband Dan Calore of Watertown, Connecticut; Ashley Lyn (Cecchinato) Labonte and husband DJ Labonte of Litchfield; and Abagail Elizabeth (Cecchinato) Palesty and husband Alexander Palesty of Woodbury, Connecticut.
Great Grandchildren: Zachary and William Calore; Addison, Harper and Vance Labonte; and Greyson, Jack and Callan Palesty
There will be a church service at the St. Martin of Tours Church of St. Joseph in North Canaan starting at 10 a.m. on Friday June 20, 2025. The burial will be at the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in North Canaan immediately following the service. There will be a reception for family and friends to celebrate her life at a location to be determined following the burial.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers to consider making a donation to the North Canaan Cranford Club.
Webutuck Elementary students ushered in Halloween with a colorful parade around the school parking lot on Friday, Oct. 31, delighting middle and high school students who lined the sidewalk to hand out candy.

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Brevi Properties LLC
Brevi Properties LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/27/2025. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 16 Peaceable Way Dover Plains, NY 12522. Purpose: Real estate management. Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law.
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LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE Pine Plains
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On December 9, 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the Pine Plains Fire District will take place on December 9, 2025 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Pine Plains Fire House located at 7 Lake Road, Pine Plains, New York 12567 for the purpose of electing one Commissioner: one Commissioner for a five (5) year term, commencing January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2030. Only residents registered to vote with the Dutchess County Board of Elections on or before November 16, 2025 and have resided in the Pine Plains Fire District for at least thirty days prior to the election, shall be eligible to vote.
Candidates for District Office shall file their names and the position they are seeking with the Secretary of the Pine Plains Fire District, Heather Lamont, P.O. Box 860, Pine Plains, New York 12567 no later than November 19, to 2025.
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The South Amenia Cemetery Association Annual Meeting will be held Friday, November 07, 2025 at 7:00PM at 4007 Route 22, Wassaic, NY 12592 for the election of officers and trustees and the transaction of other such business as may legally come before it.
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NOTICE OF
ANNUAL ELECTION
Wassaic Fire District in the Town of Amenia,
Dutchess County,
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 175 of the Town Law, and other applicable statutes, an annual election of the Wassaic Fire District will be held on the 9th Day of December, 2025, at the firehouse located at 27 Firehouse Road, Wassaic, NY, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of electing the following:
ONE FIRE COMMISSIONER for a term of five (5) years commencing on January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2030; and
Each registered elector of the Town of Amenia who shall have resided in the Wassaic Fire District for a period of thirty days next preceding the election shall be qualified to vote at the election.
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES
Candidates must file their names with the Fire District Secretary on or before November 19, 2025. A candidate must be a resident elector of the Wassaic Fire District and registered voter in the Town of Amenia.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF
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COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
Index No. 2025-51557
FORECLOSURE SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
LLACG COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND,
Plaintiff,
-against-
DONNA PARILLO, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; BRENDA J. SWEENEY, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF
EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; DONALD E. SWEENEY AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE
OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; EDWARD P. SWEENEY AS HEIR,
DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; JAMES
RICHARD SWEENEY AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P.
SWEENEY, DECEASED; ROSEMARY SWEENEY AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE
ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; SCOTT P. SWEENEY AS HEIR, DEVISEE,
DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; THOMAS SWEENEY AS
HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; RENEE PERRY AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY,
DECEASED; ANY AND ALL KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF EDWARD P. SWEENEY, DECEASED; NEW
YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; “JOHN DOE #1- #50” and “MARY ROE #1- #50”, the last two names being fictitious, it being intended to name all other parties who may have some interest in or lien upon the premises described in the Complaint,
Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorney an answer to the complaint in this action within twenty days after service, or within thirty days after service is complete if the summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty days of service hereof. If you fail to answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
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Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
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