Purchases to be folded into Fahnestock

New York State has purchased 173 acres in Philipstown for $1.5 million to add to Fahnestock State Park, according to a deed filed June 6 with the Putnam County Clerk’s Office.

Two properties on East Mountain Road North and two on Perkins Road in Philipstown were acquired from the Fresh Air Fund, whose 2,000-plus acre holdings include the Sharpe Reservation campgrounds in Fishkill. 

New York also purchased, for $40,000, a 9.5-acre property owned by the Hudson Highlands Land Trust on Route 301, just east of the intersection with Route 9, according to a deed filed on June 17.

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