With an eye on the future, Holiday Valley Resort in Ellicottville, NY is planning the construction of a 6-passenger chairlift starting in the summer of 2022, with completion of the lift in September 2023.

In this new year comes many new events. One in particular is the Women2Women, a global program dedicated to creating a diverse and engaged community of female skiers.

The staff at Holiday Valley prides itself on having unique personalities, a love for guest-centric customer service and having fun! This week, we caught up with Justin Whalen, one of HV’s snowboard instructors.

Ashley Biryla and her family are thrilled to combine their two passions – skiing and cycling – and share them with others at HoliMont this winter.

Explore the woods and various points of interest at Allegany State Park by taking part in any one of their guided Snowshoe hikes, cross country tour or fat bike fun rides.

A valid driver’s license, a vehicle, and an hour a week: that’s all someone needs to make a difference in their local community, according Cattaraugus County’s Meals on Wheels program.

Fill your Ellicottville experience with a lively weekend of great Blues music during Ellicottville’s annual Winter Blues Weekend, set for January 21, 22 and 23, 2022.

Thanks to The Cancer Services Program of Steuben, Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties, free screenings for cervical cancer are locally available for people without insurance.

If your right arm has ever confidently banged out a set of bicep curls or rows at the gym while the left has struggled to keep up, you know what it feels like when one side of your body is stronger than the other.

Although this date has been on each of its annual squirrel calendars they produce, Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce will (finally) recognize Friday, January 21, 2022 as National Squirrel Appreciation Day.

Eric Feldstein has been named M&T Bank Regional President of Western New York in addition to his role as Head of Business Banking, beginning in March of 2022.

The Lee W. & Jeremie L. Swartz Pitt-Bradford Scholarship Fund will provide support for graduates of Olean High School or Archbishop Walsh Academy who continue their education at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

The Ellicottville Town Board wasted no time getting organized for the New Year when they met on Jan. 5th in a telephone session, to make routine appointments for public offices and determine policy matters.

Kicking off the 2022 season, a 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning rock musical about family and the impact of mental illness is coming to the Ray Evans Seneca Theater January 7-9th & 14-16th.

We all thought 2021 was going to be our year. It has certainly proven to be another deeply challenging one, if you want to look at it that way. Or perhaps we should look at the flip side, & realize how far we’ve come. 

A new year is nearly upon us, and fans of Ellicottville find themselves focused on thoughts of colder days filled with lake effect snowstorms, freshly groomed corduroy and making turns with family and friends. 

Welcome in the new year with a First Day Hike at the Kinzua Bridge State Park, and then keep the fun going hiking or cross-country skiing on the Kinzua Valley Rail Trail in Westline, Pennsylvania.

The Ellicottville volunteer crew picked up the last of the donations, filling a 26-foot box truck, and hit the road to Kentucky in the early hours of Dec. 23rd to help make Christmas a little brighter for victims of the recent tornadoes.

Bi-Polar disorder is a mental health disorder associated with periods of mood swings shifting from depressive lows to manic highs. Bi-Polar disorders are very common, affecting more than 3 million people per year.

Through my years as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, I have noticed the one main ingredient that keeps people from reaching their fitness goals. That ingredient is CONSISTENCY!