Max and Maria own and operate MX Morningstar Farm, in the heart of Claverack on route 9H.  Their farm store sells produce from theirs and other local farms, as well as food products from all over the world for those who want a one-stop sto...

Vince Pomilio is an artist who was part of the vanguard of NYC-based artists who began moving to the Hudson area in the 1970s.   He has a flawless memory for names and events, and tells stories from 1978 to the present about the fasci...

Anya is leading a project called SCAPE, Stewarding Claverack and Philmont's Environment.  This means the built environment (town, farms, history, etc) as well as the natural environment.  SCAPE (projectscape.org) ties in nicely with t...

Brian and Peggy bought a house here in Claverack 15 years ago, coming up from Queens to the beauty of the countryside.  Both having backgrounds in performing arts, they decided more or less on a whim to create an outdoor movie experience f...

It's only me this week, folks, your host Jeff Kiplinger.  I promised to 'unpack' data from the November 4 town and county election to see if we could learn anything about the winners, the losers, and the residents (that's us, and I hope we...

Katy is a long time Claverackian, with a background and a track record of getting stuff done in both local and national government.  We talk about what brought her family to the area, to the farm where she still lives, and about her journe...

Gary Davis retired from the corporate world several years ago, but by then he and his husband had already bought and renovated an historic house in the Claverack hamlet.  Like many of us they fell in love with the area, and what was planne...

Robert is a candidate for Town Board in this fall's election, so I thought it important to post this interview before we go to the polls.  Robert is an interesting guy - part activist, part lawyer, and part actor and theater founder. ...

Thea is the Director of the Claverack Library, and thanks to her leadership and to the contributions of many in the town our library has become an essential part of Claverack.  And I do mean essential - part senior center, children and fam...

I talk with Peter Hoffman, a Claverackian who left NYC after running two successaful restaurants for 20 years.  Famous as the chef-owner of Savoy in Soho, one of the first "farm to table" restaurants in the city, Peter moved to Claverack t...

What is this about and why?  Who could possibly be interested in what's going on in a small town in upstate New York?  The people who live here, that's who.