Ellicottville News

November 10, 2009, 7:01 AM / LITTLE VALLEY - Cattaraugus County legislators today will hold three public hearings on changes to laws, one of which would renew the county's hotel and motel tax, also called the "bed tax." Hearings begin at 3 p. m. as legislators meet a day early due to Veterans Day.

The Cattaraugus County Health Department has canceled its clinics scheduled for today through Saturday offering swine flu vaccine for emergency health care personnel and those in priority age groups.

The Health Department in Cattaraugus County is postponing three H1N1 flu clinics scheduled for this Thursday at the Ellicottville Fire Department, Friday at the Machias Fire Department and Salamanca Health Department, and Saturday at the Dayton Fire Department because of a shortage.

In 1959, few changes could be expected in the Jamestown Administration in 1960, at the start of Mayor Carl F. Sanford's third consecutive term.

October 30, 2009, 6:59 AM / "Why do I even live here?" I bitterly grumbled one day last April when it was more winter than spring, and I found myself scraping crusted ice and snow off my windshield.

When Holiday Valley Ski Resort in Ellicottville was looking for new hand-crafted, wood manufactured chairs for its new Tamarack Club luxury living complex, resort officials could have gone anywhere in the country looking for the product they wanted.

October 18, 2009, 12:36 PM / A report of an accident and a complaint of an erratic driver led to the arrests today of two men on driving while intoxicated charges, including one who was accused of driving at more than twice the legal limit.

The Southern Tier of Western New York and portions of Northwestern Pennsylvania will be hit with another round of early winter weather today.

Here are the top stories from Eyewitness News This Morning. The snow is falling in Ellicottville this morning, leaving small accumulations on trees and cars.

One of Western New York's most colorful communities is celebrating all things fall.

Ellicottville Fall Festival October 10 & 11 It's the oldest and largest Festival when the foliage of the surrounding hills is ablaze with color.

When designers unveiled their fall collections in New York last year, many favored feathers -especially on hats.

If you're planning on heading down to the southern tier, plan some extra time into your trip.

An admitted scam artist from Ellicottville will spend four years in federal prison, and when he gets out, he vows that he will do everything he can to repay $5.6 million to his victims.

An Ellicottville man was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday following his conviction in a multi-million dollar investment fraud case.

Flip White of the Seneca Nation of Indians will speak on "the Great Law," a Seneca doctrine that encourages mankind to get along and live in a way that will benefit future generations when he addresses the Ellicottville Historical Society next Thursday.

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office will be hosting a bow hunters' education class on Tuesday, Oct.

Ellicottville's Holiday Valley Ski Resort ranks fourth on Ski Magazine's annual ranking of Eastern Region Resorts.

If you're talking to Georgina Kipp of Tobique First Nation, you don't have to worry about a topic of conversation, because she will want to talk about her grandson Mike, who recently took his archery skills to Ellicottville, New York, and went back to Mountain Home, Idaho with a trophy for being the third best archer in the world in the age 13-14 ...

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Department will host a hunters' education class for the gun portion only on the following dates and time: Tuesday, Sept.