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Out: Gone Fishing! Anglers Love Cattaraugus County’s Scenic Waterways
April 25 Arbor Day Celebration Tree City USA Nannen Arboretum
By Eva Potter
If you’re an avid angler, it won’t be long before you hear stories about “the big one that go away.” And there are plenty of big ones ready to be caught in Cattaraugus County waterways. In fact, Cattaraugus Creek has been named in the top 10 for steelhead fishing sites by fishing magazines. Since trout and salmon season began April 1, the weather has been up and down, but that hasn’t stopped anglers from turning out in record numbers. Stocked to the Gills Western New York, DEC Region 9, provides some of the nation’s best fishing for trout, steelhead, bass, pan fish, bluegills and other freshwater fish. Within a short drive from Ellicottville, you’ll find lakes, ponds and many stocked and wild trout streams, all of which are open to the public. Each spring, the creeks, lakes and ponds in Region 9 — more than 62 of them — are supplied with yearling and older brown trout. This year, you’ll find 12–15” trout at Case Lake, Elton Creek, Hardwood Lake, Ischua Creek, Little Conewango Creek, Quaker Lake and Quaker Run. Brown trout measuring 8–9 “ will be stocked in the largest numbers in Case Lake, Cattaraugus Creek South Branch, Elton Creek, Five Mile Creek, Forks Creek, Great Valley Creek, Harwood Lake, Ischua Creek, Lake Flavia, Little Conewango Creek, New Albion Lake, Quaker Lake and Red House Brook. For the complete list of the DEC’s Region 9 trout stocking locations, go to www.dec.
April 26-27 Franklinville’s 2014 WNY Maple Festival May 2 Sky High Scheduled to Open Holiday Valley May 3 Downtown Springville Art Crawl May 17-18 Routes to Art Tamarack Lodge May 30 - June 1 Geobash Allegany State Park June 6-8 Cycling Weekend Holiday Valley June 6-8 Springville Dairy Fest June 7 Relay for Life Ellicottville Central School June 8 Dirty Duathlon Holiday Valley
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June 10 Zoar Valley Fest 2014
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June 14 Mudslide Obstacle Trail Run Holiday Valley July 4-6 Summer Music Festival Ellicottville & Holiday Valley
Congratulations to Ellicottville
Village Board Approves 33 Years as a Designated 16Debates Martha Street Zoning How to Pay for East Tank Project Tree City USA
16 Martha Street property (the former American Locker site) to proceed with their development plans. The new law officially changes the property’s zoning from industrial to Village Commercial 3. The developers are constructing a seasonal apartment complex on the site. The board also approved its part of a joint agreement between the village and the Towns of Ellicottville, Mansfield and Great Valley to share in the cost and benefits of constructing and installing a new water tank in the Town of Ellicottville — known as the East Tank project. Under the joint agreement, the village will be responsible for 25 percent of the cost. Mansfield and Great Valley will each be responsible for By Jann Wiswall less than 2.5 percent, since only the WestMont The Ellicottville Village Board approved an Ridge (in Mansfield) and Snow Pine (in Great amendment to a local zoning law at its meeting Valley) communities are affected. The Town of on Monday, April 14, allowing the owners of the See Martha St. Zoning page 9
Submitted by Jodi Bentley
2014 is the 33rd year that the village of Ellicottville has received the national honor of being named a Tree City USA. This award comes from the National Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters and the USDA
The Edelweiss Lodge on the corner of Jefferson and Martha streets has been sold. The property was purchased by Rudra Hotel/ Property Management of Cheektowaga, which owns 25 hotels in the western New York and
northern Pennsylvania area. “The building’s interior will be renovated completely and the exterior freshened up,” said Jayesh Patel, president and CEO of the company. “Plans for the renovations will be formulated over the next couple of months. It will be open all year.” The deal was closed April 11. Former night clerk, Lyn Timon, said, “They have already started to make improvements.” “Shuffleboard, bridge and a nap in the afternoon,” said previous owner, Bill Osbaldeston, when asked his plans now that the Edelweiss Lodge has been sold. “But, honestly,” he said, “I have nothing planned at the moment.” Bill is presently taking a well-earned vacation in Spain but intends to return to Ellicottville where he will continue to reside. See New Beginning for Edelweiss page 5
is the Sugar Maple, (Acer saccharum), and this spring Ellicottville will be planting 15 new recruits to complement an existing variety of deciduous trees. Our living matriarchs are an effective way of making Ellicottville a very special See Tree City USA page 9
Great Valley Town Board Votes Down Scenic Byway May Not Pass on County Level By Mary Fox
The Great Valley Town Board met on Monday, May 14, 2014. The regular meeting started after the 7 p.m. public hearing regarding the Scenic Byway passing through the Town of Great Valley. The issue in question is the fact that no signage can be placed along the highway except in front of an existing business. “Unfortunately we started 20 years too late, but we now have our own laws in place pertaining to signage,” said Great Valley Town Supervisor
New Beginning for Ellicottville Landmark Edelweiss Lodge Sold By Mary Fox
Forest Service. To become a Tree City, Ellicottville has to meet four standards. We must have: 1. A village tree ordinance; 2. An Arbor Day observance; 3. A tree governing board; and 4. Maintain existing trees and planting of new trees. The NY State official tree
See GV Board Downs Byway page 4
I-86 Construction Update
7-Mile Road Closure to Begin Mid-May By Jann Wiswall
Interstate 86 between Exit 21 at Parkway Drive in Salamanca and Exit 23 at Seneca Junction/ Limestone will be closed to all traffic in both directions beginning in mid-May and
continuing through midOctober. In addition, one lane in both directions between Exit 20 (Seneca Allegany Casino) and Exit 21 currently are closed and likely will be for at least
several more months. According to the NY DOT’s regional construction engineer Dan Paskie, the entire roadway in both directions between exits 21 and 23 (there is no See I-86 Closure page 8