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Median price hits $375,000 in Amenia
Oct 22, 2025
Known as the Hitchcock House, 36 Leedsville Road at the intersection of Amenia Union Road was built in 1783 on 1.64 acres and sold for $575,000 on Sept. 3.
Photo by Christine Bates
AMENIA — Amenia’s eight transfers in September continue typical monthly sales results with six transfers under $400,000 and one at Silo Ridge over $5 million.
The $375,000 median price for single family homes closed in September shows an uptick compared to $350,000 in 2023 and 2024 but is still below the historic high of $430,000 in September of 2022.
There are opportunities to buy commercial properties in Amenia as well as 12 parcels of vacant land. Listings for sale include 16 single family homes with five over $1 million and nine under $500,000.
53 Glen Ave. — 3 bedroom/1 bath ranch on .5 acres sold to Jose Garcia Ramirez for $375,000.
20 Snowy Owl Court — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home on .33 acres assessed at $3,676,800 in the Silo Ridge Field Club sold to Megan M. O’Block Trustee for $5.3 million.
4971 Route 22 — 4 bedroom/2 bath home on .46 acres assessed at $445,800 transferred to Llewelyn Wixom for $33,025.
9 Depot Hill Road — 4 bedroom/2 bath house built in 1900 sold to Glenroy Adams for $250,000.
399 Bog Hollow Road — 3 bedroom/1 bath home on 4.5 acres sold to Nicholas Woytuk for $360,000.
36 Leedsville Road — 4 bedroom/2.5 antique house on 1.64 acres sold to Jill Baumeister for $575,000.
703 Butts Hollow Road — 4 bedroom/2 bath two family home built in 1865 sold to Canis Centauri LLC for $165,000.
782 Old Route 22 — 4 bedroom/2 bath two family home sold to 782 Old Route 22 LLC for $325,000.
*Town of Amenia property transfers in September are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Details on parcels from Dutchess Parcel Access. Only arm’s length transactions with compensation are included. Recorded transfers typically lag closed sales. Market data from Smart MLS Info Sparks does not include private transactions or Silo Ridge sales. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.
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The Cary Institute's newest faculty member, Amy Zanne, will discuss what happens to a tree after it dies during a lecutre on Friday, Oct. 24, from 7 fto 8 p.m. in the Cary Institute Auditorium on Route 44 outside Millbrook.
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MILLBROOK — Nature lovers can explore the eerie yet essential world of decomposition in an upcoming lecture at the Cary Institute of Ecological Studies, just in time for Halloween.
Dr. Amy Zanne will speak in conversation with Cary President Dr. Joshua Ginsberg about the hidden world of dead trees. Topics will include the fungi that drive decomposition — like dead man’s fingers and glowing Jack-O’-Lantern mushrooms — and the termites that quietly shape the forest.
The lecture will take place in person and online Friday, Oct. 24, from 7 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
With a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, and having traveled and studied on every continent, Zanne has accumulated an extensive network of colleagues and a vast wealth of knowledge about the interactions among plants, microbes and insects that influence carbon cycling and climate change. And yet, she manages to distill very complex information and make it understandable — and exciting — to the masses. Her enthusiasm for ecology and biology is contagious.
Known for her collaborative approach, Zanne often brings together scientists who study different scales of decomposition, from enzymes to ecosystems.
“Only a small fraction of termites cause problems for people,” she said excitedly, mythbusting common misconceptions, “but most play a vital role in recycling carbon. I love connecting people who study these overlooked organisms to see the bigger picture.”
After studying at field sites in Australia, Brazil, Chile and Antarctica, her current home is the Cary Institute, where she studies how species’ traits affect carbon release and storage.
Today, Zanne focuses on how carbon moves through nature in areas like forests, grasslands and deserts. She examines what happens to carbon in plants and dead wood as they break down, and how factors like heat, moisture, fungi and termites affect that process.
Her love for science began in childhood when Zanne grew up on a farm in New Hampshire and developed a love of the outdoors. The bucolic upbringing allowed her to run through the hills, pick blueberries in the summertime and enjoy the surrounding landscape.
“I had a real comfort in being outside,” she said. “As kids, we had a big garden and were constantly digging in the rocky, granite soils of New Hampshire, always pulling out rocks and examining them.” She also enjoyed learning how the environment cycled on the farm.
Later, inspired in high school and college by a number of teachers and professors, Zanne knew she wanted to make science her profession. It was when she enrolled in biology and genetics classes that a spark was ignited.
Zanne reflected, “What makes that magic click in your brain? I don’t know — but whatever it was, I loved my biology classes in high school. That really set me on the path to studying biology in college.” She attended Dartmouth College where she took a variety of courses, including ecology.
Asked if she had a favorite place among her travels, Zanne joked that the question was like choosing a favorite child. “When you travel, you leave little pieces of your heart all over the world,” she said. “You’re never just one person anymore — you have many homes wherever you go. I’ve been so lucky to meet incredible people and see such beautiful places.”
Zanne’s upcoming talk at the Cary Institute will explore what happens after trees die — the “afterlife” of wood and the creatures that inhabit it. Drawing on her research in places as far as Antarctica, Brazil and Chile, she studies how carbon moves through ecosystems, and how it happens on a smaller scale with individual fallen logs, or in entire landscapes.
Her work connects the smallest processes to the global carbon cycle. “I’m interested in how the tiny things happening inside a log affect what’s happening in the atmosphere,” she explained. “It’s about connecting the micro to the global.”
Fittingly timed for Halloween, her lecture promises a “spooky” dive into death, decay and the hidden world inside and around dead trees.
For more information or to register for the lecture, visit caryinstitute.org/events.
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Legal Notices - October 23, 2025
Oct 22, 2025
Legal Notice
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
Silent Mind Apparel, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/09/2025. Office location: Dutchess County, NY. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 593. Purpose: any lawful act.
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11-06-25
Legal Notice
The Board of Trustees of the Evergreen Cemetery Inc. have scheduled a lot owners and general business meeting on November 1, 2025 at 10:00am.
The meeting will be held at the American Legion Post #426 located at 9 North Main Street, Pine Plains, NY 12567.
10-23-25
10-30-25
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
NAILED BY ALYSSIA LLC has been formed as a limited liability company (LLC) located in Dutchess County, New York by filing Articles of Organization with the New York Secretary of State (NYSS) on July 15, 2025. Alyssia Morton Beliveau is designated as registered agent for the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Alyssia Morton Beliveau will be mailed any process against it served to 579 Carpenter Hill Road, Pine Plains, NY 12567. The purpose is to engage in any lawful business practice.
09-25-25
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10-30-25
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
TOWN OF AMENIA
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Amenia on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. at the Town Hall, shall have a Public Hearing on the Preliminary Budget of said Town for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026, and any interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard at said Public Hearing.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the proposed Preliminary Budget is available for review Monday through Thursday between the hours of 9:00am and 3:00pm at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Amenia located at 4988 Route 22, Amenia New York. It can also be downloaded from the Town’s website at www.ameniany.gov or available by email upon request to the Town Clerk, Dawn Marie Klingner, dmklingner@ameniany.govPLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed salaries of each member of the Town Board, Town Supervisor, Town Clerk, Town Superintendent of Highways and Town Justices are as follows:
Supervisor $27,947.00
Councilmember (4) Each $6,637.00
Town Justice (2) Each $20,256.00
Town Clerk $45,891.00
Superintendent of Highways $74,935.00
Dated:October 16, 2025
Amenia, New York
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN OF BOARD
DAWN MARIE KLINGNER,
TOWN CLERK
10-23-25
Notice of Public Hearing
Please take notice that the Town Board of the Town of Pine Plains will hold a Public Hearing on proposed Local Law # A of 2025 entitled “OVERRIDE THE TAX LEVY LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 PURSUANT TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §3-c” on November 6 at 6:00pm at the Pine Plains Town Hall, 3284 Rt. 199 Pine Plains, NY 12567.A copy of the proposed Local Law is available for inspection on the Town’s official website and at the Town Clerk’s office during normal business hours. Any person desiring to be heard on the adoption of said Local Law shall be given an opportunity to do so.
By Order of the
Town Board
Madelin Dafoe
Town Clerk
10-23-25
Notice of Publication
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK
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.
Trial is desired in the County of Dutchess. The basis of venue designated above is that the real property that is the subject matter of this action is located in the County of Dutchess.
NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME.
If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.
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.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR
THE. PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: October 14, 2025
MCMICHAEL TAYLOR GRAY, LLC
By: s/ Patricia Pirri, Esq.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260
Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
(404)474-7149
10-23-25
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11-13-25
NOTICE OF SUBMISSION OF QUESTION
TO VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH EAST
AT NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to NYS. Education Law §259(1)(b), and in accordance with the provisions of the N.Y.S. Election Law, the following question will be submitted to the qualified voters of the Town of North East at the General Election to be held on the fourth day of November, 2025:
SHALL THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE TOWN OF NORTH EAST FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE NORTH EAST-MILLERTON LIBRARY BE INCREASED BY FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE SUM TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY?
Further notice is hereby given that said election shall be held at the 28 Century Boulevard in the Village of Millerton on the fourth day of November 2025, and that the polls will be open on that day between the hours of 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM in addition to Early Voting location and options.
Elizabeth Strauss
Town Clerk, Town of North East
10-23-25
10-30-25
TOWN OF AMENIA PLANNING BOARD
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Chapter 121 of the Code of the Town of Amenia and NYS Town Law Section 274-a, a public hearing will be convened by the Town of Amenia Planning Board at 7:00 p.m. on November 12, 2025 to consider the site plan application of Martin’s Fox Hollow, LLC. (the “Application”) to selectively harvest timber on 50 acres of its land located on Fox Hollow Drive (SBL # 7067-00-332636) in the Town of Amenia, New York (the “Project Site”). The Project Site is located in the Rural Agricultural zoning district and within the Scenic Protection and Upland Aquifer overlay districts.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the public hearing will be held at Amenia Town Hall, 4988 Route 22, Amenia, New York 12501.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the Application is on file in the Amenia Planning and Zoning Office for public viewing and inspection during normal business hours. The Application can also be viewed and downloaded from the Town’s official website at www.ameniany.gov.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Planning Board will hear all persons interested in the Application at the public hearing noticed herein. All persons may appear at the hearing in person or by agent and may also submit written comments to the Planning Board at or prior to such hearing. Written comments may be submitted by email to Planning Board Secretary Judith Westfall at jwestfall@ameniany.gov or to her attention at Amenia Town Hall, 4988 Route 22, Amenia, New York 12501.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Robert Boyles, Jr., Chairman
Town of Amenia
Planning Board
10-23-25
TOWN OF AMENIA PLANNING BOARD
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Chapter 121 of the Code of the Town of Amenia and NYS Town Law Section 274-a, a public hearing will be convened by the Town of Amenia Planning Board at 7:00 p.m. on November 12, 2025 to consider the site plan application of Stephen and Laura Holt (the “Application”) for an expansion of their single family dwelling located at 81 Randalls Road (Grid # 132000-7267-00-475821-0000) in the Town of Amenia, New York (the “Project Site”). The Project Site is located in the Rural Agricultural zoning district. Portions of the Site are located within the Scenic Protection, Stream Corridor, Flood Plain and Valley Bottom Aquifer overlay districts.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the public hearing will be held at Amenia Town Hall, 4988 Route 22, Amenia, New York 12501.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the Application is on file in the Amenia Planning and Zoning Office for public viewing and inspection during normal business hours. The Application can also be viewed and downloaded from the Town’s official website at www.ameniany.gov.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Planning Board will hear all persons interested in the Application at the public hearing noticed herein. All persons may appear at the hearing in person or by agent and may also submit written comments to the Planning Board at or prior to such hearing. Written comments may be submitted by email to Planning Board Secretary Judith Westfall at jwestfall@ameniany.gov or to her attention at Amenia Town Hall, 4988 Route 22, Amenia, New York 12501.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Robert Boyles, Jr., Chairman
Town of Amenia
Planning Board
10-23-25
TOWN OF PINE PLAINS
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town of Pine Plains Planning Board on the 12th day of November 2025 at 7:35pm at the Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains, New York, for the purpose of hearing all persons for or against the site plan submitted by Scott Chase and Jeanne Valentine-Chase for the proposed small solar ground mount array for the residence on the property located at 560 Carpenter Hill Road, Town of Pine Plains, Dutchess County, Tax Map ID #134200-6971-00-031229-0000.
Any resident of the Town of Pine Plains shall be entitled to be heard regarding said application. The application is available for review during regular business hours at the Pine Plains Town Hall.
By order of:
Town of Pine Plains Planning Board
10-23-25
TOWN OF PINE PLAINS
Pine Plains, New York
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Preliminary Budget of the Town of Pine Plains for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026, has been completed and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains, New York, where it is available for inspection by any interested person.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board will meet and review said budget and hold a Public Hearing thereon at the Pine Plains Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains, New York at 6:00 p.m. on the 6th day of November, 2025, and at that hearing any person may be heard in favor of or against the preliminary budget, or for or against any item or items therein contained.
The proposed salaries of the following Town officers are hereby specified:
Supervisor
$22,000
Budget Director
$3,500
Councilpersons (4)
$6,800
Justices (2)
$17,000
Town Clerk
$25,000
Highway Superintendent
$60,000
Dated: October 17, 2025
BY ORDER OF THE PINE PLAINS TOWN BOARD.
MADELIN DAFOE,
Town Clerk
10-23-25
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Amanda Cannon
Oct 20, 2025
Amanda Cannon
Amanda Cannon
SALISBURY — Amanda Cannon, age 100, passed away Oct. 15, 2025, at Noble Horizons. She was the wife of the late Jeremiah Cannon.
Amanda was born Aug. 20, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York the daughter of the late Karl and Ella Husslein.
She was widowed at the age of 31 and worked as a bookkeeper for the Standard Oil Company and other oil companies in New York City until she retired at age 72.
Amanda moved to Noble Horizons in 2013 to live near her daughter Diane and son-in-law (the late) Raymond Zelazny.
She enjoyed her time in the Northwest Corner and was an avid nature lover, albeit considered herself a native New Yorker as she was born and resided in NYC for 88 years.
She was a faithful parishioner of St. Mary’s Church in Lakeville and attended Mass regularly until the age of 99.
Amanda was the grandmother of (the late) Jesse Morse and is survived by her daughter, Diane Zelazny, her grandsons, Adam Morse, Raymond Morse and his wife Daron and their daughter and her great granddaughter Cecelia Morse.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, Oct. 23, 11 a.m. at St Mary’s Church in Lakeville, Connecticut.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Mary’s Church.
The Kenny Funeral Home has care of arrangements.
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