I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.Two hundred years ago this week, the “Big Ditch” ...

One particularly harmful invasive species that used the Erie Canal to access the Hudson River is the round goby.

The superhighway of its day, the Erie Canal helped connect the eastern part of the nation with the West. This was a boon to ...

If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors ...

Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...

The Canastota Public Library, 102 W. Center St., Canastota, is hosting a fall series in celebration of this year’s Erie Canal Bicentennial Celebration. The final installment of this series will be at ...

OSWEGO — The featured speaker for the Oct. 16 meeting of the Oswego Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will be Michael Pittavino, curator of the H. Lee White Maritime Museum ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — When the replica Erie Canal boat Seneca Chief navigates into the Rondout Creek as part of a statewide tour commemorating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal and ...

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Greene’s deepening split with GOP leaves Republicans exasperated What does '6-7' mean? Here's why kids are saying 'six, seven' over and over. Penn State AD Reveals Exact Moment He Knew He Would Fire ...

With just a few hours of training, we navigated locks, docked in port towns, and cruised 62 miles at 6 mph. Erik Trinidad is a freelance travel and food journalist and video creator. His work has ...

Schenectady and New York state are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal this month. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, a replica of the Seneca Chief, the historic packet boat that carried Gov. DeWitt ...