Lake Ontario rose nearly half-an-inch over the last week, but international regulators say nobody should be worrying about lakeshore flooding. The increase was deliberate. It was caused by restricting the lake flow, raising the water level to help free a tanker that ran aground on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The levels rose dramatically in […]
Legislation adopted by Congress includes authorization for a new Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study that supporters say will look at protecting lakefront properties from flooding. United States Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say they pushed to get the language in the bill after the flooding that hit the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River […]
A man has been charged with boating while drunk after a boat crashed into a breakwall in Sodus early this morning. New York State Police say the boat crashed about 1:00 a.m. They charged 23-year-old Cory Donk with Boating While Intoxicated. Donk’s passenger at first couldn’t be found, but was then spotted on […]