Governor Cuomo has directed state agencies to provide any assistance they can to communities along the Lake Ontario shoreline where water levels are expected to continue rising well into May. He also says the Army Corps of Engineers has increased outflow from the St. Lawrence River dam at Massena. The International Joint Commission which […]
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says water levels on Irondequoit Bay and Lake Ontario have risen 15 inches in the last month…and are 11 inches higher than at this time last year. Army Corps of Engineers forecasts say the water could rise another nine to 11 inches by the end of May. At Meyer’s […]
Wayne County authorities have declared a special state of emergency governing boaters because of unusually high water levels on Lake Ontario. They’re ordering all boaters to operate at idle speed only…leaving no wake in the county’s bays and harbors. The Wayne County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff Barry Virts say this applies to Sodus Bay, […]