Grand Lake St. Marys was dug in the 1800s by Irish and German immigrants who were paid 30 cents a day and a jigger of whiskey ...

Parks & Trails New York, with funding provided by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation, has announced $61,754 in competitive grants to eight municipalities in Western New York. The Trail Town Grants are ...

BATH, N.Y. (WETM) — 2025 marks the 200th year of the Erie Canal and, at the time, the connection of New York State to the ...

The New York Power Authority, New York State Canal Corp., and WMHT Public Media of Troy have announced the launch of a ...

The Erie Canal, New York's most important waterway, turns 200 this year. Experts and enthusiasts will gather for a public ...

The Canastota Public Library, 102 W. Center St., Canastota, is hosting a new lecture series in celebration of this year’s ...

Local and state organizations are marking the bicentennial of the opening of the Erie Canal with educational programs and ...

The Interstate 490 bridge over Kreag Road in Perinton. The New York State Department of Transportation announced a project to ...

The New York State Department of Transportation said 490 West will be reduced to one lane as the bridges over Kreag Road and the Erie Canal are replaced. Exit 27, Bushnell’s Basin, closed Monday.

Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir ...

Connie Shoop, a lifelong dancer who taught ballroom dancing in the Erie area, passed away on March 9 at the age of 80. Shoop taught countless couples to dance at various studios and sites ...

Resting on the banks of Lake Erie, Wright designed the Graycliff Estate for Darwin D. Martin's wife, Isabelle. The Martin House Estate is located in Buffalo's Parkside neighborhood, near the ...