More than 650 Cyclists are pedaling along the Erie Canal Towpath trail today…leaving Buffalo Sunday on their way to Albany as part of the annual Cycle the Erie Canal Tour. This year’s event has special significance, because it’s happening on the bicentennial of the canal itself. The riders started from Medina Monday morning and […]
You’ve heard the warnings for boaters to keep their speed down on Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay…five mph within 600 feet of shore. But the New York State Canal Corporation says this holiday sections of the canal are closed to boaters because of high water levels, excessive currents, heavy debris in the water and navigational […]
The complex process of moving a dozen huge fermentation tanks from China to the Genesee Brewery in Rochester has nearly completed the Erie Canal phase, but it will be a day or two before they’re ready for the next phase: moving them through Rochester on trailers. Genesee says only one more barge load of three […]