A train derailment Tuesday morning at Wheeler Avenue and Erie Canal Road caused traffic backups and other issues in the area, ...

New York is handing the reins of its historic canal system to a familiar upstate leader. Governor Kathy Hochul announced December 15 that Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh will serve as the next director of ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Walsh will be the next director of the New York State Canal Corporation. The Syracuse mayor, who ...

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh was hired by the New York Power Authority as the next Director of the New York State Canal ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Mayor Ben Walsh will start a new job in February as director of the state Canal Corp., which oversees New ...

Plastic gets into the Great Lakes in a variety of ways. Boaters may chuck their refuse overboard, but more likely it blows ...

The Erie Canalway Trail provides miles of flat, scenic pathways ideal for walking, running, or cycling. Following the historic towpath where mules once pulled canal boats, the trail offers peaceful ...

A long-troubled building along the Erie Canal will finally come down next year, according to the Finger Lakes Times. Wayne County plans to demolish the former J.L. Hammett Co. buildings at 165 Water ...

A building once envisioned for a canal cultural center, then a commercial kitchen and restaurant, and finally a veterans museum, is coming down next year.

The Newark-Arcadia Historical Society’s quarterly program meeting takes place Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Newark-Arcadia Museum, 120 High St.

Close to home, the Roberson Museum is holding the annual Home for the Holidays event, offering decorated holiday trees, ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Erie Canal Museum’s Gingerbread Gallery. Building elaborate houses has become a ...