As the nation celebrates Independence Day, another historical event from July 4 is remembered. On July 4 in 1817, construction began on the Erie Canal in Rome, New York.

He’s one of several local advocates who fear the Whole Foods-adjacent outlet — the only section of the Gowanus Canal to be cleaned in the 10 years since the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Gov. Mike DeWine will attend and speak at Newark's Ohio & Erie Canal Bicentennial Celebration on June 28 at downtown Newark's Canal Market District.

The Erie Canal was full of kayakers and canoers this weekend as people celebrated the 200th anniversary of the canal's opening.

Children from 16 families in Solubongu village cross the Raiwada canal by boat and trek 4 kilometers through dense forests daily to attend school in Tamarabba village.

Both Vice President JD Vance and Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, acknowledged questions about the whereabouts of Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade nuclear ...

A free festival at Harbor Point in Utica on July 3 will celebrate the bicentennial of the Erie Canal with food, activities and a concert by the Albany Symphony, including a new work about Utica.