The holidays are behind us, it’s 2024 and now it’s time to clean up the leftover debris from the festivities… starting with that Christmas tree you haven’t taken down yet!

Grab your gals and your gear, we’re kicking off 2024 like a pro!

This one-day event challenges participants to learn how to use breath and cold exposure to hike up Exhibition Run and then plunge into the mountain top lake.

Experience winter in all its glory by snowmobiling, tubing, making your own cross country ski trails on state land, ice skating, ice fishing, and so much more!

Audubon Community Nature Center’s Spaghetti Dinner Drive-up is a popular annual event that is expected to sell out again this year.

The Tri-County Arts Council announces that the “A Little Something Small,” the third annual juried small works show, which is taking place now in the Peg Bothner Gallery, will end soon.

Many, many moons ago I was introduced to snowshoeing in the wilds of Northern Ontario. At that time there was only one kind of snowshoe - my grandfather’s!

We had two big deals happened to launch the new year with a bang. 

Whether it’s the fun family that ends with colorful fireworks filling the sky, the special skiing/snowboarding package deal for college students, or the sessions to improve your skiing skills, there’s something for everyone at Holiday Valley as we head into 2024.

There’s no party in the 14731 quite like a New Year’s Eve party. Here are a few options to get you up and moving to the beat of a new drum.

Each year as a part of Christmas in Ellicottville, the Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce lights up the village with holiday lighting on the streetside trees.

Help is here locally in the form of Warrior Fitness and Wellness and soon, there will be even more opportunity to “become a warrior” when their new location opens in Little Valley.

It takes someone with energy and experience, and with the ability to continue stimulating the community interest in our town and village’s history. Thankfully, Ellen Frank was in the wings.

In the latest round of the Regional Economic Development Council Initiative awards, Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Inc. has been awarded an Environmental Protection Fund - Parks, Preservation and Heritage Grant.

Just spend some time in Ellicottville and our neighboring towns and you’ll easily discover many examples of “community”, whatever the season. Let’s look back at 2023 and hit on just a few of them…

This is a special article to help you get a finger on the pulse of the first half of the new year!2024-2025 will bring so much upheaval and change, you won’t recognize your “old” life. Look at how our world has changed drastically and dramatically since 2020.  

Every time January 1st hits, so do resolutions.  I am amazed at the number of quick fixes, diets and new fitness equipment that fills every available commercial spot year after year.

Local Health and Fitness Opportunities to Kick-Start Your 2024 Journey

ERA Team VP Real Estate and Vacation Rentals proudly announces the overwhelming success of their 2023 Toys for Tots, an initiative that aimed to bring joy to children in need during the holiday season.

“Snow or No Snow, Ellicottville is Always a Show.” This is the new slogan for this year’s holiday season. Truer words have never been spoken.