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About 600 bicyclists are poised to ride through part of Orleans County Sunday and Monday as Cycle the Erie Canal makes its way from Buffalo to Albany.
Find otherworldly white deer, roaring waterfalls, quirky towns, fascinating Indigenous history, and four vibrant seasons in ...
His murals led to a gallery show, where he sold the hand-drawn maps on a pay-as-you-wish basis. Lines were out the door. His next cartographical challenge was London, where he used the “wiggly bends ...
When local songwriter Michael Messina-Yauchzy moved to Central New York from southeastern Pennsylvania in 1981, he fell in love with his new home. And its history. The retired sociology professor ...
As you well know by now, 2025 is the bicentennial of the official opening of the Erie Canal. Many people do not realize that there are canals in the Town ...
Pack a cooler and your appetite for a tasty Upstate New York road trip adventure. In Buffalo, check out seven iconic food ...
Not every memorable walk involves climbing mountains or heading somewhere remote. Plenty of great routes stick to gentler ...
The Albany Symphony will perform as the centerpiece of the Water Music New York: More Voices festival Wednesday at the Erie Canal Port, 600 Main St. Water Music ...
The Erie Canal Bicentennial Festival is gearing up to celebrate New York's canal-side communities with a week full of events.
— The New York State Canal Corporation has launched a new pilot program utilizing goats to manage vegetation on the steep, overgrown earthen embankments of the historic Erie Canal near Greece.
The state Canal Corporation on Friday announced the completion of a construction project to address persistent seepage along the Erie Canal’s earthen embankment in the town of Royalton. With the ...
I thought it might be fun to do a bit of canal trivia during this bicentennial year.