In 1819, after building three sections of the Erie Canal, Joseph Miller decided to purchase 102 acres of land from Jacob and ...

The Ella Victoria of Rexford heads out of Erie Canal Lock 7 eastbound on Aug. 17, 2023 on the Mohawk River in Niskayuna. Brian Stratton, director of the New York State Canal Corporation, ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo. Take a trip ...

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York inaugurated the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host Rex Lyons, coach of the Haudenosaunee Nationals, and Mike Beardsley, Sullivan Town Historian at Chittenango Middle School as part of a free educational talk next ...

ROCKAWAY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A woman, lucky to be unharmed after a falling tree almost struck her outside of her home in Rockaway, New Jersey, is recounting the near disaster. Shannon Leahy was ...

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” ...

In 1825, the state of New York inaugurated the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has been replaced by a broader significance. Together, the Erie, Champlain, Oswego ...

A crash closed all lanes on Interstate 80 west in Rockaway Friday morning. The highway reopened by around noon. All lanes on Interstate 80 west in Rockaway reopened Friday afternoon, about four ...

The project will replace the bridges carrying I-490 over the Erie Canal and Kreag Road in Perinton, Monroe County, connecting the city of Rochester to the New York State Thruway. Built in the ...