CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS NEWPORT, SC OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT NM-2025-0317 PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN  TO ALL, WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO:  ESTATE OF ARTHUR M MEROLLA; UNKNOWN OR UNASCERTAINED HEIRS OF ARTHUR M MEROLLA; LAWRENCE MEROLLA; RI DIVISION OF TAXATION -INHERITANCE TAX DIVISION; CHARLES BROWER  Whereas a Petition has been presented to said Court by David Patrick Craven; Daniela MariaPonte Craven of 2363 Post Rd. Warwick, R.I. 02886 in the County of KENT and said State, to foreclose all rights of redemption from the lien proceedings described in said petition and concerning a certain parcel of land situated in the County of Newport and in said State, bounded and described as follow: 0 Bay View Ave, Portsmouth, RI 02872 Plat 84 Lot 59 in the Town of Portsmouth  If you desire to make any objection or defense to said petition you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer, under oath, setting forth clearly and specifically your objections or defense to each part of said petition, in the office of the Superior Court of Newport County in Newport on or before the 11/28/2025 next, that you may then and there show cause, if any, why the prayer of the petition should not be granted.  Unless your appearance is filed by or for you, your default will be recorded, the said petition will be taken as confessed and you will be forever barred from contesting said petition or any decree entered thereon. And in addition to the usual service of this notice as required by law, it is ordered that the foregoing citation be published forthwith once each week for three successive weeks in Newport Daily News a newspaper published in said County of Newport, State of Rhode Island on 10/24/25, 10/31/25, 11/7/25.  WITNESS, the SEAL, of our SUPERIOR COURT, at Newport County, this 15 day of October, 2025. /s/ John Graziano, CLERK