
Migdale Castle located off Route 44 was sold at auction for $8,000,000 plus a buyer’s premium of 12%. It was most recently listed for sale in April for $14,000,000.
Heather Croner, Sotheby’s International Realty
Migdale Castle located off Route 44 was sold at auction for $8,000,000 plus a buyer’s premium of 12%. It was most recently listed for sale in April for $14,000,000.
MILLBROOK — Migdale, the Tudor estate built by Andrew Carnegie’s daughter in 1927, was sold on Thursday, May 30 at Sotheby’s Concierge Auction in London.
One of the Hudson Valley’s most iconic properties, the expansive, renovated stone estate of four stories, 34,000 square feet, and 29 rooms, achieved a sale price of $8.96 million in cooperation with co-listing agent Heather Croner of Heather Croner Real Estate Sotheby’s International Realty.
Located at 3872-3874 Route 44, the property was purchased by the art dealer and horse breeder Guy Wildenstein in 2020 for $5,290,000 and then underwent an extensive four-year renovation that was rumored to cost $20,000,000.
The estate on 68 acres includes twelve fireplaces, ten bedrooms, 17 bathrooms, an indoor pool, a 5,000-bottle wine cellar, a tennis court and a billiard room. There’s also a 5,000 square foot gate house and an additional 10,000 square foot staff house with 6 guest apartments.
The identity of the purchaser has not been revealed nor whether the buyer will exercise the first right to purchase the additional adjoining 129 acres with walking trails, orchards and fields.
Previous to the London auction New York restaurateur Will Guidara, perhaps inspired by the success of estates turned into resorts like Blantyre in Lenox, Massachusetts, was purported to have a $20,000,000 deal to purchase the property. The sale was contingent on Town of Washington approval of a zoning change that would permit “a world-class getaway” luxury resort called Second Mountain with a hotel, spa treatments, two restaurants, cottages and glamping.
Local residents, quickly mobilized to oppose the project, and Guidara withdrew his application.
Mia Dodge, left, and Kyle McCarron both set new HVRHS track records last week.
FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School has a new record in the girls 300-meter hurdles as of April 29.
Mia Dodge completed the event in 47.2 seconds, breaking a school record that stood for four decades
The feat occurred at Nystrom Park in Thomaston in a group track and field meet between HVRHS, Thomaston High School and Northwestern Regional High School.
The former HVRHS record holder in the 300m hurdles was Jill Sieller who ran 47.5 seconds in 1984.
A few days later, Kyle McCarron broke the school record in the 3200-meter race, another mark that stood for four decades.
McCarron’s time of 9:36.83 broke the previous record set by Randy Jasmine in 1985. He achieved the pace in Ridgefield at the “Fast Times at Ridgefield High” track meet Saturday, May 3.
He also holds the school record in the 1600m.
J.T. Farr batted 3-for-3 for the Pirates on opening day Saturday, May 3.
LITCHFIELD — The Northwest Connecticut Steve Blass Little League Pirates traveled to play the Tri-Town Yankees in Litchfield for opening day baseball Saturday, May 3.
The Pirates, reigning champions of the Northwest District 6 Majors division defeated the Yankees 4-1 to begin the season. Both teams played disciplined baseball with zero errors committed in the field.
The Pirates include players aged 10 to 12 from Cornwall, Falls Village, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon. The Yankees include players from Goshen, Litchfield, Morris and Warren.
Milo Ellison plays second base for the Pirates.Riley Klein
Conditions were ideal for baseball at Louis Ripley Field. It was about 73 degrees with bright sun. A bounce house and ice cream truck were situated beyond the home run fence for fans and family in attendance.
Both teams scored a run apiece in the first inning. It remained tied until the third when Brody Ohler logged an RBI single to give the Pirates a one-run lead.
In the fifth inning, the Pirates tacked on two more runs. Ohler hit an RBI double and was quickly brought home by Liam Downey.
After six innings, the Pirates won 4-1.
Brody Ohler pitched a complete game with 15 strikeouts in Litchfield.Riley Klein
Ohler pitched the full game for the Pirates with 15 strikeouts. On offense, he hit 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Liam Downey went 2 for 3 at bat with an RBI, J.T. Farr batted 3 for 3 and Ronin Hinman hit 1 for 3 with a double.
For Tri-Town, three players recorded hits. Delaney K. hit 1 for 2 with an RBI and Edward F. and Leo C. both went 1 for 2 at bat. Pitcher Edward F. threw 10 strikeouts for the Yankees.
WINSTED — Northwestern Regional High School ball fields hosted simultaneous middle school matchups the afternoon of Thursday, May 1.
Region One teams, with players from Cornwall, Falls Village, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon, faced Region Seven middle schoolers from the towns of Barkhamsted, Colebrook, New Hartford and Norfolk.
Both games started at 3:30 p.m. on opposite sides of the high school.
In baseball, the game came down to the wire. Region One built a 9-6 lead going into the final inning. It had to be the final inning because the varsity team needed the field for practice.
A pair of walked batters allowed Northwestern to cut the lead to one run with a sacrifice fly followed by an RBI double. Region One locked down defensively and secured back-to-back putouts at first base to end the game 9-8.
In softball, a high-scoring game was initially led by Region One. Pitcher Taylen Leonard put the Mountaineers up 7-6 in the third inning.
Northwestern battled back to take the lead and ultimately won 14-9.
Riley Klein
The 40th Classic Road Race began with a kids fun run.
SHARON — On Saturday, May 3, runners hit the street of Sharon for the 40th Classic Road Race.
The day started with a fun run for kids two through seven years old.After that, the eight- to 12-year-old competitors ran the “Not Quite a Mile” road race.
At 10:15 a.m. sharp, runners lined up for the 5.3 mile Classic.
Held on a peaceful and scenic out-and-back course, starting on Veterans field, proceeding out Sharon Valley Road, and then a beautiful stretch along Mudge Pond.
The turnaround on Drum Road gave runners a chance to enjoy the course again on the return to the finish.
Returning Road Race winner William Sanders, who won in 2023, took the immediate lead and was never even closely challenged.
Running a blistering five-minute mile pace, he won again with a time of 28:51 minutes.
Nora Blodgett, of Boston, was the women’s winner with a time of 36:35 minutes.
Complete results are available at sharonclassic.org
Nora Blodgett finishes.Lans Christensen