Harlem Valley Rail Trail: ‘Chatham or Bust’
A new section of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail will run over this 1800s stone arch bridge in Ghent. Photo submitted
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Stanford home prices climb on lower sales volume
Christine Bates
Apr 22, 2026
The home at 1606 Bulls Head Road, set on 44.8 acres, sold for $1.05 million, slightly below its assessed value of $1,116,200.
Christine Bates
STANFORD — Median home prices in Stanford are rising again, with the 12-month trailing median sale price up 14% from a year ago.
The median price for a single-family home in the Town of Stanford was $675,000 for the period from March 1, 2025, through Feb. 28, 2026.
That figure was up from the $590,500 median recorded for the 12-month-period ending Feb. 28, 2025, and up 57% from the $430,000 median recorded in 2023–24. The highest 12-month trailing median price in Stanford over the past decade was $712,500, reached in November 2025.
The number of single-family home sales in Stanford, measured on a 12-month trailing basis, remains on the lower end of its three-year range of 30 to 45 sales annually — well below the pace seen in early 2021, when 80 homes sold in the first six months of the year.
A total of 32 homes were sold in the 12 months ending Feb. 28, 2026, down from 44 sales in the prior 12-month period but up from 29 sales in the 12 months ending Feb. 28, 2024.
Inventory remains limited. As of mid-April, seven single-family homes were on the market. Six were listed above $1 million, with just one priced below that level at $459,000. By comparison, only two parcels of land were listed for sale on the MLS, priced at $275,000 and $300,000.
February transfers
29 Drake Road — 3 bedroom/3.5 bath contemporary home with pool on 2 acres sold to Tyler Headley, Trustee for $2.35 million.
5760 Route 82 — 3 bedroom/2 bath raised ranch on 5.16 acres sold to Tessa Pilon for $435,000.
1606 Bulls Head Road — 4 bedroom/1 bath home built in 1890 on 44.8 acres sold to Barry Jordan for $1.05 million.
Town of Stanford property transfers for February 2026 are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Transfer reporting typically lags the actual sale date. Details on each property from Dutchess Parcel Access. Current 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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Dutchess County Sheriff’s Report
Millerton News
Apr 22, 2026
Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office Harlem Valley area activity report April 12 to April 18
April 14 — Deputies responded to Woodside Street in the Town of Pine Plains to investigate a verbal domestic dispute.Matter mediated by patrol.
April 15 — Deputies responded to the Trinity Pawling School in Pawling for a report of bulk food that was stolen from the school and being sold for retail at a local restaurant. Investigation on going.
PLEASE NOTE: All subjects arrested and charged are alleged to have committed the crime and are presumed innocent until proven guilty and are to appear in local courts later.
If you have any information relative to the aforementioned criminal cases, or any other suspected criminal activity please contact the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 845 605 CLUE (2583) or email dcsotips@gmail.com.All information will be kept confidential.
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Charged up
Millerton News
Apr 22, 2026
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Arbor Day tree planting will further Amenia’s Tree City USA goals
Leila Hawken
Apr 22, 2026
AMENIA — Plans are in place for the town’s second annual Arbor Day tree planting scheduled for Friday, April 24, at 5 p.m. The event will be held at the head of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail in Wassaic, near Maxon Mills.
Sponsored by Amenia’s Enhancement Committee, the event is taking place under the guidance of committee member Maryanne Snow-Pitts, a local gardening professional, naturalist and owner of Earthworks Organic Gardener in Wassaic. For the second year, the Amenia Garden Club has donated the tree to be planted.
The tree planting is a required annual event for Tree City USA designation from the Arbor Day Foundation. That designation is part of a nationwide program that began in the 1970s to promote community trees in public spaces.
For more information, contact Snow-Pitts at 845-877-9013.
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Residents ask Amenia to issue proclamation for Tree City USA designation
Leila Hawken
Apr 22, 2026
AMENIA — As Arbor Day approaches on Friday, April 24, the Town Board heard a request from local gardeners to issue a proclamation that would move the town toward Tree City USA designation from the national Arbor Day Foundation.
Detailing the requirements for the application process, gardening expert Maryanne Snow-Pitts spoke at the regular Town Board meeting on Thursday, April 16. Spearheading the application process is resident and showcase gardener Paul Arcario, who also spoke.
Both asked the Town Board to agree to issue a proclamation in support of becoming a Tree City. Town attorney Ian Lindars advised that the board would need to pass a resolution to move forward with the proclamation, indicating that he would prepare the resolution for action at the next meeting.
To complete the application, Snow-Pitts said the town needs to observe Arbor Day with an event that includes planting a tree on the fourth Friday in April, the nationally recognized date of Arbor Day.The tradition of Arbor Day began in Nebraska in 1872, where settlers saw a need on the treeless prairie to introduce trees for protection against wind, and as a source for heat and lumber. A million trees were planted soon after.
Other application requirements include the town establishing a tree management policy and a Tree Board to administer the policy while promoting local tree planting. The town would also need to designate $2 per resident to fund the program, which in Amenia, with its population of about 3,500, would total around $7,000. However, Snow-Pitts noted that the value of volunteer hours can offset some of that total.
The Tree City USA program is a nationwide recognition program. Communities that meet the Arbor Day Foundation’s standards can apply every year for a designation. The program aims to promote community tree plantings and encourage communities to plant and care for more trees.
“We started last year with a tree planting on the Rail Trail in Wassaic,” Show-Pitts said, noting that this year’s tree planting will happen at the same location on Friday, April 24, at 5 p.m., near Maxon Mills. The Amenia Garden Club is providing the tree.
“We feel that the proclamation is doable, since we already have an Arbor Day event,” said Arcario, adding that the area towns of Pawling and Millbrook have achieved Tree City designation.
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Local volunteers lead successful Bulk Trash Day in Millerton
Millerton News
Apr 22, 2026
Local volunteers from the Village of Millerton and Town of North East commemorate 2026’s Bulk Trash Day with a group photo.
Nathan Miller
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