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 »

Gloversville, N.Y. - The Fulton County Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s Art Gallery, located at 2 North Main Street, Gloversville, is hosting a “Celebration of 30 Years of Women’s History Month,” an exhibit featuring artwork, photographs, historical artifacts, quilts, and information centered around Women’s history. The exhibit will run through April 25 in the Chamber’s gallery and can be viewed during Chamber office hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Read more »

Ultimate New York Romance Stories Sought

New York, N.Y. - Romance in New York has been captured in countless Hollywood productions. Now, amateur filmmakers can have their love immortalized with I LOVE NEW YORK’s new competition to discover the best New York State love story. I LOVE NEW YORK (http://www.iloveny.com/), New York State’s tourism promotion agency, and New York University’s Tisch Graduate School of Film are collaborating to sponsor a team of New York University (NYU) filmmakers to produce a movie about “Love in New York.” 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 »

Hauppauge, N.Y.- The new 2010 Long Island Travel Guide, full of valuable information on what to see and do on Long Island, is available FREE by contacting the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau & Sports Commission (LICVB&SC).

The travel guide makes it easy to find in-depth information about Long Island’s parks, museums, beaches, amusements, historical sites, gardens, shopping and special events. Also available free is the Long Island Calendar of Events- Spring 2010, highlighting many of the wonderful fairs, festivals, unique events and performances coming this spring on Long Island. Read more »