AMENIA — Ideal weather and community fun combined on Saturday, July 19, to make the annual Amenia Library Carnival a huge success, drawing more than 100 families to the Indian Rock Schoolhouse grounds to enjoy the free activities.
In addition to a free ice cream truck, youngsters lined up for face painting, a bouncy castle, carnival games, yard games, and the Bubble Bus that provided small and large bubbles along with music.
“Amenia is the place to be in the summer,” exclaimed Natalie Grillon while her daughter Simona Grillon Paez was getting her face painted.
“We’re lucky to have great support from our community and we’re happy that it’s a nice evening,” said library director Victoria Herow of the event and the library’s essential role in the community. She was pleased to see members of the community out and enjoying the fun of the carnival.
Photo by Leila Hawken
Expert face painting by Happy Cheeks was a popular feature for kids at the annual Amenia Library Carnival at Indian Rock Schoolhouse on Saturday, July 19. Simona Grillon Paez, 6, of Amenia chose the “cat” design and was visibly pleased with the result.
Habitat for Humanity assisted in the construction and sale of this house at 14 Rudd Pond Road for $392,000.
Residential
14 Rudd Pond Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on .64 acres sale recorded in March for $392,000 to Anthony M. Macagnone.
81 Rudd Pond Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on .45 acres recorded in April for $360,300 to Sara Whitney Laser.
926 Smithfield Road — Historic house and barns on 8.31 acres sale recorded in May for $300,000 to Colonial House & Barn LLC.
5408 Route 22 — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on 5.38 acres sale recorded in May for $465,000 to Erich McEnroe.
The former Presbyterian Church on Main Street in the Village of Millerton was purchased in May for $420,000 and then pained grey.Christine Bates
Commercial
1 Smith Court, Village of Millerton — Office building sale recorded in March for $825,000 to OneJohnStreet LLC.
58 Main Street, Village of Millerton — Sale of former church recorded in May for $420,000 to 58 Main Street LLC.
5546 Route 22 — Sale of former restaurant on 2 acres recorded in May for $70,000 to Haithem Oueslati Trustee.
Land
State Line Road (#789358) — Sale recorded of 20.82 acres of vacant residential land in March for $150,000 to Elliott Squared LLC.
148 Morse Hill — Sale recorded of 30.03 acres of vacant productive farm land in 5 parcels in March for $800,000 to Thorne Water LLC.
*Town of North East and Village of Millerton property transfers from March through May not previously reported as sales in The Millerton News are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports for March through May. Details on property from Dutchess Parcel Access. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.
Mariah Orms and her horse Shanaclough Quality Clover tore through the water jumps.
Over the last 40 years, the Millbrook Horse Trials has built a reputation that draws athletes and visitors from great distances. Numbering among the competitors were riders at the highest level of the sport of evening, including Olympian Boyd Martin. Martin finished the weekend with a win in the advanced division after a clean run around the showjumping ring on the horse Miss LuLu Herself on Sunday.
That was during a light drizzle that hung in the air over the event grounds on Amenia-Bangall Road. The weekend started with high heat on Thursday and Friday and towering thunder clouds threatening rain for much of Friday afternoon. Partly cloudy skies made way for a smoky haze on Saturday that triggered an air quality alert for the region.
Volunteer parking monitor Alexander King didn’t let the erratic weather keep him down, and he said he didn’t see a drop in numbers either. “Yesterday we probably had, give or take, 300 to 400 people,” he said on Sunday, the final day of the competition.
King travelled from Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife to attend the event.
Nathan Miller
Storm clouds hung over Coole Park in Amenia teasing rain for much of the afternoon Friday, July 25. Lingering dark clouds and a smoky haze that triggered an air quality alert haunted the weekend.
