One winning team was picked from elementary schools in the Herkimer, Frankfort-Schuyler and Central Valley districts. .

Fourth graders Aiden Olejarczyk and Miles Rhymestine won the Erie Canal 200 Years from Now Contest for the Herkimer Central ...

Creativity and futuristic thinking were celebrated at the Herkimer Marina, where local students were recognized for their ...

In Virgina, Civil War buffs wince when Terry Rensel mentions family connections to the 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, recruited in Erie. "People wince because it was such a tough luck regiment," Rensel ...

Two centuries later, the canal is still one of the greatest engineering feats in American history. 2025 marks the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, and NASA's Earth Observatory commemorated the ...

A new, grant-funded Special Weapons and Tactics vehicle is giving the Erie Bureau of Police the ability to do more when called on in emergency situations, Police Chief Dan Spizarny said. The 2025 ...

The bodies of a Mercer County couple were recovered from Presque Isle Bay at the Erie Yacht Club in the city Sept. 29 after authorities suspect they fell into the water near their boat. Authorities ...

Buffalo Maritime Center’s replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief arrived in Rochester on Sept. 27 for its fourth port stop along its Bicentennial Voyage through the Erie Canal. The 33-day voyage ...

As the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal approaches on Oct. 26, organizers are seeking to temper the celebration with an acknowledgment of the waterway’s displacement of Native American communities.

ERIE — In the three years leading up to Erie football’s home rivalry matchup with Broomfield on Friday night, Lincoln Hageman hid in the shadows behind his older brother, Carson. It was Lincoln’s time ...

LANCASTER, N.Y. — Erie County announced Tuesday that Fall Fest is returning to Como Lake Park in Lancaster on Saturday, September 27 from 10am-4pm. There will be lots of seasonal fun for all ages.

The water temperatures on the Great Lakes can influence how storm systems move across the eastern U.S. In the next upcoming storm system, it is being influenced by the warmest part of the Great Lakes.