By Kate Bartlett      February 19-20 marks the 5th annual Mud Sweat n’ Gears x Blizzard/Tecnica Women 2 Women Project at HoliMont. Formerly known as Powder to Prosecco, this […]

By Carol Fisher-Linn     Honoring Jane Probst, co-founder of LASP at Holiday Valley…..    As with most ski-oriented organizations everywhere, the members of the Ski Patrol at Holiday Valley […]

By Dan Balkin       A young ski patroller at Vail, Co, sidled up next to Warren Miller on a cat track and said, “My dad hates you.”  Why? We’ll get […]

By Kate Bartlett       Bemus Point Golf Club & Tap House has named longtime team member Jessica Splawski as its new General Manager, recognizing a leader whose energy, care, […]

By Carol Fisher-Linn        Custom builds, on-site or in-shop repairs, and reupholstery…         I called Mark Bukowiecki to interview him about his work. The first thing he said to […]

By Darlene Brace      The 8th annual Fire and Ice Celebration will take place again at the glamorous Chautauqua Harbor Hotel in Celoron, located at 10 Dunham Avenue. From […]

By Bill Burk Part I        A winter like the old days.     Lake Erie froze solid December 16th, 1976. That’s early. It happens, earlier some years, but the […]

By Barbara Arnstein     Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and one classic way to celebrate is with chocolates. A great new source for gourmet chocolates, “Enchanted Mountain […]

  By Dean Wells     It was 20 years ago this month when Lonnie Pound left his house in western New York with a chair and his German shepherd. […]

   East Aurora NY   42 North Brewing Company will host its fifth ‘Barrel Jam’ Barrel-Aged Beer Festival on Saturday, January 24th from 2-5pm in East Aurora, NY. The event […]

By Kate Bartlett    This year marks the 6th annual Winterval Festival at Riverworks in Buffalo to benefit Aspire of Western New York next Thursday, January 29 from 5:30-8:30pm. This […]

By Dan Balkin       Little did we know that Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi was also referring to skiing when he told Luke Skywalker, “May the Force be with you.”  […]

Carol Fisher-Linn      In far and away days of old, when you saw a cute hedgehog pop his head out of the ground after his winter nap (he is […]

By Dean Wells    Two-hundred-and-fifty days on the road a year is a grind—no doubt about it.    Ask Sean Patrick McGraw.    He did it for years.    McGraw, […]