FAIRPORT, N.Y. – The Erie Canal has officially opened for the season, marking a significant milestone as it celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. News10NBC’s Berkeley Brean took a ride ...

The Erie Canal navigation season will run from mid-May to mid-October with normal hours of operation, according to a statement Thursday from the New York Power Authority, which controls the canal.

The Chemung River provides a serene backdrop to a town known ... Local restaurants offer patio seating with views of boats navigating this historic waterway. The Erie Canal shaped America’s growth, ...

The Erie Canal Village transports families back in time for a modest ... Families spread blankets by the Chemung River without spending a penny. The Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes ...

Allyn Hess Perry, 86, has lived her entire life in a historic building alongside the Erie Canal in Wayne County, New York. The building, constructed around 1855, served as a grocery store for ...

A new mural at the Camillus Erie Canal Park depicts the Seneca Chief, the first boat to traverse the Erie Canal in 1825. The mural is part of Mural Mania, a project that has created over 80 murals ...

Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated May 20, 2025 0 As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated this year, five local historical groups are sharing its story in a new book.

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, ...

Key figures in the Erie Canal story also founded the first civil engineering institute in the US. In 1825, the state of New York inaugurated the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of ...

For over 40 years, Capt. Efraín Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the rise of U.S. interest in retaking the waterway.

Town of Vestal Board member Stephen Donnelly announced his resignation one day after the town said he'd been removed from all committees in 2024.

Erie Materials, Torro Inc. and Corey's Tax Service. Donnelly was also sued as recently as January in a complaint filed by Chemung Canal Trust Company. According to the filing, the bank gave ...