James Eights 1823 ink, wash, pencil on paper. Excavation on the Erie Canal. From “Memoir at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals,” 1825. Map of Erie Canal ...

Winds reaching up to 77 mph in parts of Rome snapped tree branches, tore down signs, and left many without power during ...

The Wayne County Historical Society has updated some of its exhibit space in order to highlight this year’s celebration of ...

Thousands of volunteers across New York State will be out helping to clean debris and litter ahead of Earth Day.

Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated Apr 15, 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.

NORTH GREENBUSH — The original Erie Canal was a 4-foot-deep ... “I think it’s kind of fascinating when you look at the map of the country, there’s just this singular point where you ...

one example that I used a lot was, showing them a map overlaying, I-90 and the old Erie Canal and the alignment line up almost perfectly. And I think it's incredible to think about this piece of ...

Thanks to the absence of signage at Forty Acre Pond, I ended up hiking more than eight miles. My app was telling me I’d walked three miles when I came to a large pond. But I didn’t turn around and ...

Contractors are installing the last puzzle pieces on the massive new noise barriers along Interstate 481 in DeWitt. The new ...

May is National Preservation Month, and 2025 marks a period to acknowledge its importance in American and local history. This ...

Thousands of volunteers are expected to fan out across New York State this weekend as part of the annual Canal Clean Sweep, a ...

They show the Butternut Creek aqueduct, the historic Erie Canal and the present use of the ... expected this year and see timelines and maps for the entire I-81 project in our essential guide.