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Nov 19, 2025
62 Hicks Road was purchased in July 2022 for $490,000 and then remodeled in 2024. It sold for $963,000 – the highest recorded sale in Stanford in October.
Photo by Christine Bates
STANFORD — The Town of Stanford posted another solid month in September, with five residential sales recorded — all under $1 million.
The median sale price climbed to a year-to-date high of $635,000, just shy of the historic peak of $640,000 set in August 2024. Three properties sold above the median and two fell below it.
By early November, however, the market had begun to show a typical seasonal slowdown, marked by no new listings, longer days on the market and price reductions on roughly half of active properties.
Mid-November inventory included 17 single-family homes, seven listed above $1 million and five priced below the current median of $635,000.
Transactions
2641 Salt Point Turnpike – 5 bedroom/2 bath house built in 1769 on 2.38 acres sold to Stephanie Popper for $410,000
294 Creamery Road – 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home on 4.97 acres sold to Joseph A Pugliese for $840,875
6093 Route 82 – 2 bedroom/1 bath home built in 1930 sold to Bentley Property Holdings LLC for $370,000
62 Hicks – 2 bedroom/3 bath home on 10 acres sold to Flora Rittner for $963,000
6392 Route 82 – 3 bedroom/2 bath home on 67 acres sold to Vanessa Arcara for $750,000
*Town of Pine Plains property transfers in September are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Details on each property from Dutchess Parcel Access. Market data from One Key MLS and Infosparks. 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 main entrance to Kent Hollow Mine at 341 South Amenia Road in Amenia.
Photo by Nathan Miller
AMENIA — Attorneys for the Town of Amenia have moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a settlement agreement that allows Kent Hollow Inc., a local sand and gravel company, to resume limited mining operations once it obtains the required state mining permit.
The agreement, approved by the Town Board in April 2025, recognizes Kent Hollow’s nonconforming use rights on its South Amenia Road property — rights that have been the subject of years of litigation between the town and the mine’s owners.
The current lawsuit — filed by residents Laurence Levin and Theodore Schiffman, along with Wassaic-based construction company Clark Hill LLC — claims the agreement constitutes unlawful “contract zoning,” arguing that the town bargained away its zoning authority in exchange for ending years of litigation brought by Kent Hollow in both state and federal courts.
In the motion seeking dismissal, the town argues that a failure to name the Amenia Zoning Board of Appeals and other individuals involved in the case constituted a fatal error in the filing.
“If the relief sought by Petitioners is granted and the Settlement Agreement is annulled, all of those individuals would not only be forced to incur the cost of defending themselves in that litigation, but could be jointly and severally liable for any damages that result,” Attorney George Lithco wrote in a memorandum in support of the motion to dismiss.
The town’s memorandum further argues that the plaintiffs misunderstand the terms of the settlement, which underwent judicial review before adoption and, according to Lithco, affirms the mine’s nonconforming rights.
The petitioners, however, contend that a prior court ruling did not make such a determination, arguing that the judge declined to decide on the mine’s zoning status and instead focused on whether members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Town Board had an unethical conflict of interest.
Town attorneys counter that the judicially reviewed settlement itself reflects acknowledgment of those rights.
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The NorthEast-Millerton Library Annex on Century Boulevard in the Village of Millerton.
Photo by Aly Morrissey
MILLERTON — A kids’ clothing swap will return to the NorthEast-Millerton Library Annex on Saturday, Dec. 6, offering families an opportunity to clear out closets and pick up gently-worn items ahead of the holiday season.
The swap, organized by Millerton resident Kim Yarnell in partnership with library director Rhiannon Leo-Jameson, will run from 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Yarnell, who has coordinated the swap for several years and aims to host it twice annually, encouraged families to “come and swap before you shop for the holidays.” The event is free and open to all.
Clothing will be sorted by size and displayed in labeled bins for easy browsing. Families may donate items during the event hours; all clothing should be clean and in good condition. A full range of children’s sizes will be available, and shoe donations are welcome.
Any items left over at the end of the day will be delivered by Yarnell to Ben & Gracie’s Thrift Shop in Poughkeepsie, which supports the Grace Smith House and provides clothing to families in need.
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