Pine Plains Views in Video

Candidates Night, 2025, Pine Plains, NY

Community meets candidates and candidates meet community. An unofficial video.

A Day to Remember

But it's really about why we live here and, if you don't, why you should come for a visit!

Howe They Farmed — A Mother’s Memories

This is about. the Howe family. In 1939, Carolyn Howe got married. One of her wedding presents was a 16mm movie camera. She did exactly what a young mother...

A Place for Everyone

In some communities it's called a plaza, a square, a commons... Here in Pine Plains it was Lia's Mountain View. It's a restaurant, an Italian one. But not only do...

When A Family Business is a Community Affair

It's sad to see any business close, but in a small rural town the only hardware store is a vital necessity.

Burger Night at the Farm

In a reverse of "farm to table", this is brings the table to the farm. People mixing with each other, eating with the cows. In Spain they run with the...

Where We Come From and Where We Are Going…

For several years a tradition has been growing in Pine Plains: the annual Lantern Tour of the Evergreen Cemetery. As a fund-raiser for the Library, the historical society researches the...

Rapid COVID-19 Testing Comes to Pine Plains

This website has not taken a side in political issues and I do not intend to start now. Unfortunately, politics has hijacked rational discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic. While we...

This Old Mill

I often drove by an old building on the outskirts of Pine Plains and wondered about what it used to be. As it was beside a small pond, I assumed...

Learning History By Living It!

Students enrolled in Mr. Murray's Military History course are bringing their research and studies of the American Revolution to life. Through historic interpretation and documented analysis, students set out to...

A Father’s Story

As far as I know, Second Lieutenant John Williams never came to Pine Pine Plains in person. But his story has come to town through his daughter, Esther, who brought...

It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Shop Class!

Our youth are entering a new world, and the good news is that our schools are preparing them!

A Global Pandemic, A Small Town, and A Pharmacist

Pine Plains, NY, with a population of about 1,500 located 100 miles due north of New York City could have been easily overlooked in the data and statistics about COVID-19....

Roseland Ranch, Where All the Good Times Have Gone….

It finally had to happen! This much-beloved resort where friendships and even families were formed closed down a few years ago. The regulars hoped that somehow it would re-open and...

The Man Who Made Pine Plains Tick

Once a week for many years Greg McEldowney would come and wind the Town Clock and keep it running. He passed on November 11, 2017. He was a keeper of...

You Know It’s Spring When…

It's time to shear the sheep! There are all sorts of signs of Spring, but I've picked this one to show on Pine Plains Views: the annual sheep shearing on...

Last Night at the Wild Hive

After a four-year run, the Wild Hive Farm, Store & Café Bakery closed. A few miles away, in Clinton Corners, not Pine Plains, but it could have been and I...

Riding High in Copake! The Antique Bicycle Auction

A whole world converged on Copake, NY, -- the world of antique bicycle collectors! Why neighboring Copake which, unlike Pine Plains, does not even have ONE traffic light? Because of...

Nanjing on the Hudson

Once the world was flat then it became round. Now it is flat again... The high school cafeteria was filled with the sounds and sights of Chinese in a welcome...

It Takes a Play to Make a Community: Backstage at The Music Man

Pine Plains has a lively history of live theatre -- a story in itself. And now, every year, like high schools all over the country, it puts on an annual...

An Old Building Brings New Life to Pine Plains

This is Downton Pine Plains, New York. Well, some people might not call it a real downtown, but it's where our traffic light, bank, pharmacy, and a genuine French...

It Takes a Community to Run a Railroad

Actually, this is not a railroad story. It is about, a group of people who decided to run a railroad. A real one, as you can see for yourself in...

A Master Class for the High School Jazz Band

When Wynton Marsalis gave the opening concert for the new Stising Center, he also opened some hearts and minds of the local high school Jazz Band in a Master Class.

A Day for Honor

Veterans Day, 2015 I can't really say that it rained on our parade 'cause, well, it didn't really rain as such and we did not have any kind of parade...

It Was All Treats — Halloween 2015

I am sure that this goes on all over America in small towns, but I am so thrilled at how our community of Pine Plains celebrates Halloween with its children. No committees or...

Making History

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" If an event happens in the past and is not,...

Sergeant, Make It Happen!

There was a touch of Revolutionary War and black powder smoke right in the middle of Pine Plains the other day as Neil Murray was giving his students of military...

Spinning Squash at the Ag Fair

It's a yearly tradition that I've been going to for years: the 2015 Ag Fair hosted by the Future Farmers of America at the high school in Pine Plains. This year I...

Soldiers’ Tales

Master Sergeant (Ret.) David A. Cookingham Jr. August 8, 1971 to May 4, 2015 This official obituary tells only part of the story: PINE PLAINS- David Cookingham Jr., 43, of Broadway,...

So, Let’s Make a Knife!

A working conversation with Master Bladesmith Joseph Szilaski I heard that there was this guy who lived somewhere in Pine Plains and made knives -- great ones -- although no one had ever actually seen...

The High Schoolers Paint the Town!

https://vimeo.com/310409219 Store Decorating We don't often get a chance to see what goes on in the schools because everything is tucked away in brick buildings. When I heard that the...

Let’s Remember Sal….

Sal passed away in May, 2013, at the age of 77. Although I would run into Sal at one of his jobs in town, either at at Deuel's hardware or...

A Live South African Braai Right in Pine Plains!

For the second year, Will Carter, of Pine Plains Fine Wines and Spirits, hosted a tasting of South African wines and food to raise money for the Pine Plains Food Pantry....

Pine Plains on Parade: The Parade of Lights, 2015

I thought I would do something different this year for the Parade of Lights. Instead of filming the parade itself, I would film Pine Plains FROM the parade.

Burgers with the Herd

Burgers with the cows at Chaseholm Farm. The first in what I hope will be an on-going event. We had a great time, hung out with our favorite herd of cows,...

Everyone Loves a Parade!

And this proves it! https://vimeo.com/97728273 I was told that the Fire Department was going to hold a parade. Usually parades are held to honor, remember, or celebrate something. I'm not sure...

Where Every Car Has a Story

Wheels of Time, the shop of dreams and fond memories. Whether you prefer stories about people over cars or cars over people, you can't go wrong here! See for yourself!...

A Halloween Story: Those Pumpkins on Patchin Mills Bridge

Every year, come Halloween, Jack O' Lanterns, dozens of them, show up and glow on the bridge at Patchin Mills. This is the story behind them. https://vimeo.com/52763249 If you have...

A Farrier? What’s That?

Here in northeast Dutchess County, it was dairy farms and we were the Milk Bottle of New York City. But the dairy farms closed and different animals were brought to...

The Culture of Agriculture

The farmers may be leaving their farms and the farmland, even if preserved, may be left only as viewscape. But a culture and tradition of agriculture remains. Each year the...