The most frequent question about Ellicottville’s Mardi Gras Parade is that it’s in March, weeks after Shrove Tuesday and well into the season of Lent, yet it is called Mardi Gras, which is over.

It is without a doubt one of the most fun and zany events you’ll experience in Ellicottville. Mardi Gras Weekend delivers a New Orleans style celebration with a ski town twist.

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Known by most as the mayor of Ellicottville, John Burrell is the last living knife maker of the Case family, whose members started, owned, or ran 32 different cutlery companies in the greater Ellicottville area over the decades.

Speaking of feet, that is the body part that Pisces represents. Happy birthday beautiful, artistic and dreamy Pisces people! This month, two huge changes take place…

The Tri-County Arts Council has updated their Artist Market and we are open Tuesday to Friday 12-6pm and Saturday from 12-5pm at 110 West State St in Olean, NY 14760

How do you blend history with the present? How do you tell a story of things long passed to the newest generation? How can you make learning these things fun? The Onösagwë:Dë Cultural Center has the answer.

The 40-day season of Lent (it spans over a 46-day period, but Sundays are not included) began this year February 23, on Ash Wednesday.

Two upcoming fundraisers to supports great causes are happening in Salamanca March 17th and 18th. Wear Your Green to Support the Salamanca Rail Museum and the CCA’s Pot O’ Gold Soup Fundraiser Returns

The Buffalo born brass band, The Brass Machine, is hitting the slopes of Ellicottville, in a matter of speaking, when they play two upcoming festivals in March

Are you sick of winter yet? Which winter are we on? Third winter? Fifth winter? Eighth winter? Only in western NY is it necessary to have wardrobe options for all four seasons easily accessible on any given day.

When young women see women rising on their own terms, it encourages them to follow their own dreams and ambitions. How? Role models show what is possible; they inspire girls and women to aim high; they demonstrate the “how” to do it.

The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation will launch this year’s Nonprofit Link and Learn seminar series on March 21 with the “Grant Application Coaching Workshop,”

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Sarah Blovsky is the new membership services manager of the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce. Sarah is no stranger to the Olean area as she is a graduate of Bradford Area High School and University of Pittsburgh at Bradford with a degree in Communications.

Good for the Spirit Gifts has announced the promotion of Dawn Coltellino to the position of Store Manager, and a new, additional appointment of Administrative Assistant to the Rev. Suzy Woo, shop owner and private wellness consultant.

It’s possible that even the legendary hunchback Quasimodo never won anything as ugly as the Ellicottville Eagles’ 38-32 overtime victory over the visiting Sherman Wildcats in the opening salvo of high school hoops playoffs on Friday, Feb. 26 at Ellicottville Central School.

At some point during pre-game activities before the Ellicottville Lady Eagles’ 58-52, home playoff win over the Westfield Lady Wolverines last Thursday, Ellicottville point guard Dalayla Alexander started to get the feeling like maybe it was going to be a good night.

Jason Crisafulli will serve as this year’s board president for the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.  Mr. Crisafulli is retired from Kinley Corporation where he served as President.

The thing most evident when one speaks with Suzie Ditcher, besides her uplifting enthusiasm for all things “life,” is her huge, overflowing heart. She doesn’t just speak love, she lives it. That’s important for the kind of lifework she has chosen throughout her time on earth.