Owego, N.Y. — What’s there to do in your own backyard?  When are all the festivals happening this year?  The new 2010 Calendar of Events for Tioga County has been published and is now available for free from numerous distribution racks around the county and also at the Tourism Office Visitor’s Center located at 80 North Avenue in Owego.  It lists Tioga’s festivals, events and tourism-related activities for the year. If you would like one mailed to you, please call 687-7440 or email info@visittioga.com.  Or you can view the calendar of events for the year at http://www.visittioga.com/ .

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Late Season Rates Start Saturday, March 13

Highmount, N.Y.  - Historic snowfall totals for February followed by warm temperatures the first week in March have made skiers and riders flock to the slopes of Belleayre. The perfect conditions resulted in a record setting weekend for skier visits in March and Belleayre is poised to operate well into spring. From bumps to groomers to glades to terrain parks, Belleayre is 100% open and in optimum shape.  And between runs there is nothing like relaxing with friends on the deck of Overlook Lounge with DJ Heat providing the tunes as the tasty smell of BBQ fills the air. Read more »

Windham, N.Y. - Windham Mountain is going to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest Torch Lit parade this Saturday, March 6, 2010.The time of the event will be at dusk, around 6 p.m.
 
The current World Record is a torch lit parade with 624 people, held in Portugal in January of 2010. Read more »

Saranac Lake, N.Y. - Congratulations to all of the Tri-Lakes area Olympians who represented this region and the United States so well during February’s XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada.  This Friday, March 5, the Village of Saranac Lake, the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, the Women’s Civic Chamber and the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), will honor several of those athletes with a parade beginning at 4 p.m.  The parade route is scheduled to start at the corner of Olive St. and Broadway and make its way to the Town of Harrietstown Town Hall on Main St. Read more »

29 New Charities, Including American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and American Red Cross of Northeastern New York, Signed Up for 3/10 Informational Meeting at The Crossings

Non-Profits to Receive Fundraising “Freihofer’s Walk in a Box Kit”

Albany, N.Y.  - With a growing number of non-profits struggling to raise funds in a tight economy, Freihofer’s Community Walk officials are expecting to double the number of regional charities participating in the 22nd annual event, slated for Saturday, June 5 at 12:30 p.m. at the Empire State Plaza. Read more »

In Cattaraugus County in the Enchanted Mountains of WNY

Little Valley, N.Y. - Is winter dragging you down?  Are you ready to feel the warmth of the early spring sun on your face, see the buds of the trees as they inch their way out of their winter’s nap, smell the aroma of boiling sap as it cooks down and taste the freshly produced mouth watering maple syrup on a drenched stack of fluffy pancakes at one of our maple producers pancake houses.  It’s time for Maple in the Mountains and Maple Weekend!  The best maple syrup is produced here in the Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County in Western New York. Read more »

Hastings-On-Hudson, N.Y. - Undaunted by the wintry weather, over 250 chefs, food purveyors and tourism industry professionals from around the Hudson Valley gathered at Harvest-on-Hudson to kick-off the fourth Hudson Valley Restaurant Week which is planned for March 15-28.

Richard Thomas, Lower Hudson Valley Regional Director for New York State Governor David Paterson extended greetings from the Governor by saying, “Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is a proud accomplishment, a continuation of a great cultural tradition of food and wine here in the Valley.” Read more »