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Pine Plains Views

A Video Celebration of Rural Community

Links and Resources

These are local businesses that have a website. They are not sponsors.  In fact, practically none of these businesses are aware that they are even linked here.  (The Internet is not all that big in Pine Plains.)  But if you know of any sites, please contact me so I can include them. 

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1   Link   Hammertown Barn
Country life-style stores in the area, this website is much more than online advertising. With feature articles supporting the local community it has beome a destination in itself. Like the stores, worth a visit!

2   Link   Paula Redmond Real Estate
"Our featured properties represent a large variety of homes and land throughout Dutchess & Columbia counties. From luxury estates and village homes to weekend getaways, our experienced REALTORS® will assist you in your search for the most suitable Hudson Valley property. Browse through our properties or search the Multiple Listing Service to find all available listings."
3   Link   Harney and Sons Fine Tea
"For someone who devoted himself to tea at 53 years of age, it is a dream come true. My mentor, Stanley Mason, taught me so much. I loved learning about British Legacy teas from a Brit. He taught me how to make the best Earl Grey. Stanley started me down this long road, but now we sell teas which he never even considered . The world of tea has expanded considerably in the last 25 years. I stay committed to offering the finest teas. My love of tea has spread to my family and our customers worldwide. I know that we have a tradition of tea that will endure."
4   Link   Mountain Cow Cafe
"The Mountain Cow offers Pine Plains and her visitors excellent European style coffees, along with specialty sandwiches and artisanal dishes made in an innovative yet simple style."
5   Link   Stissing Design
Seventh generation of local blacksmithing of architectural and design objects.
6   Link   Wheels of Time Autobody
A place to get your car banged out after it's been bunged in by a deer or to restore memories and fantasies of a car that can now be part of your life.

More than an autobody shop, it's also a friendly talk shop that serves the community well.
7   Link   Pine Plains Tractor & Equipment
"Established in 1970, Pine Plains Tractor & Equip., Inc., in New York State, sells New Holland tractors and farm equipment, skid steer loaders, loader backhoes and Hyundai Construction equipment. Additionally, we offer a wide range of implements, attachments and accessories, selected for their quality, serviceability, and value. We support your ownership with trained technicians from our service department, experienced parts personnel as well as necessary facilities and road service trucks."
8   Link   The Amazing Real Live Food Co.
"Here at the Amazing Real Live Food Co., we are committed to producing restorative food and drink in our home… the Hudson Valley. Our goal is to make vital products that honor our body as a living organism and promote its good health."

9   Link   DePreter Designs
"DePreter Designs offers a full service sign studio, from design and fabrication to installation. We work with wood, foam, metal, banners, plastic, paint, silkscreen, gold leaf and computer vinyl graphics. Completed products include carved and gold leafed signs on HDU, painted signs on MDO exterior plywood, site signs, window graphics and vehicle lettering."
10   Link   The Stissing House
"For over two centuries the Stissing House has hosted visiting dignitaries and locals for private dinners, politicians for election debates and celebrated the marriages of the sons and daughters of beautiful Dutchess County."
11   Link   Chisolm Gallery LLC
"THE CHISHOLM GALLERY and our NEW EMPORIUM, in Pine Plains, New York, offer a fabulously eclectic mix of Antiques, Polo Art, Sporting Art, Equestrian Art, Wildlife Art and Fine Equine Photography."
12   Link   Balsamo Antiquités and Interior Design
"Balsamo offers an eclectic mix of European 18th, 19th, and 20th century antique furnishings and accessories for the home and garden."

They've filled up an 1837 church in "downtown" Pine Plains with an amazing assortment of objects that, as this website shows, is worth a visit.
13   Link   Crossley-Redmond Realty
14   Link   Ginocchio Electric
"Full service electrical construction,
both old and new work"
15   Link   Stissing National Bank
"From business services to personal checking, loans, and investment services, Stissing National Bank is a full service institution that treats our customers like friends. From the minute you enter our branches, you'll notice the difference a hometown bank makes."
16   Link   Dickie B's Mowing and More
"From lawn mowing to house checks, pressure washing or painting decks, Dickie B's is your worry free way of achieving all of your home repair and improvement needs."
17   Link   John Goudreault Fine Furniture
"John Goudreault designs and builds custom furniture and cabinets from his shop in Millerton, New York.

"Using only the finest hardwoods, time-honored joinery, and hand-rubbed finishes, John makes each piece to suit the individual needs of his clients.

"With an emphasis on structural and cosmetic detail, in styles from classic to modern, every creation exhibits the beauty evidenced in the finest tradition of hand-crafted American furniture."


18   Link   Peck and Peck Funeral Homes
"Peck and Peck Funeral Homes, Inc. are now privileged to serve the communities of southern Columbia and northern Dutchess counties with the most modem and innovative facilities and service to meet your family's desires."
19   Link   Knickerbocker Advisors
"...we care about your long-term financial well being. We value objective, practical and realistic advice. We want to ensure that all of your financial assets are working together, in a holistic fashion, to meet your goals and increase your financial well being. We can make sense of today’s investment opportunities and help you make better financial choices."
20   Link   The Farmer's Wife
Online store for The Farmer's Wife home made foods for catering, take-out and eating in. Disclosure: I'm in there several times a week, it's that good and friendly!
21   Link   Yelp: Real Reviews by Real People
This is a social media site that I have foused on Pine Plains. Listings and some reviews on a variety of places, not just restaurants.
22   Link   Another Fork in the Road: A Finer Diner
I could have placed this in the category of sustainable agriculture because this restaurant serves local farm grown and raised food. But the truth is, it's really good food in a friendly atmosphere no matter where it comes from. Check the website for their hours.
23   Link   Schapira's Coffee and Tea Company
On some days a strong aroma of roasting coffee wafts over Pine Plains. It comes from a small building across from the elementary school and next to my auto mechanic's. "Schapira’s Coffee and Tea Company has one goal: to produce the Best Coffee in the World. Now that’s a subjective matter, we know, but we think we are close. Fine, excellent, superb coffees." And from right in the middle of Pine Plains!
24   Link   Winchell Mountain Coffee
No, we don't have two competing coffee companies in Pine Plains. Winchell Mountain is an off-shoot of Schapira's that merits its own link because its website is so distinctive. Besides, I advocate Fair Trade coffee which is available through this website (although I have not tried it myself).
25   Link   Kingsmill Music: Matt Finley, Jazz Composer & Performer
"Jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist Matt Finley can transcribe, compose and/or arrange jazz enhancements to studio recordings of your songs, and add some great jazz horn solos, hooks and background lines to your music."
26   Link   Wiltsie Bridge Country Store
Just out of Pine Plains, at the fork that leads either to Rhinebeck or Red Hook, this country store offers a mix that has to be visited to be believed! They also encourage and promote country life activities... for example rug-hookers meet there regularly.
27   Link   Stissing Sprint Triathlon
Pine Plains will have its first officially sanctioned triathlon! Information on this site, but there will be more stories and features coming on the Pine Plains Views website.

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Why

I came to Pine Plains a few years ago by choice, not by chance of birth. But the small-town rural community I chose is changing. The farmers have, for the most part, sold to people from the city and fields are becoming lawns.

I am making this journal to preserve what I can of a changing way of life and to share it with the community. On a more personal level, I am making this as a way of holding on to the reasons why I came here.