The Democrat and Chronicle's reporters and photographers, along with Syracuse University journalism students, examined the ...

A longtime volunteer turned Lyons into a must-stop canal town, and state leaders just made it official. Robert A. Stopper earned recognition for decades spent welcoming boaters, promoting local ...

Firefighters from Lockport Fire's fourth platoon rescued a dog from the icy waters of the Erie Canal Tuesday night.

LYONS — Bob Stopper of Lyons has been an Erie Canal enthusiast and promoter of Lyons as an historic canal town for many years ...

We’re surrounded by history here in the Niagara Region. Just last year, we celebrated the bicentennial of the opening of the ...

Democrat and Chronicle photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee spent the nice weather months of 2025 on a grand tour along the Erie Canal, on a journey to experience the rhythms and sights of this manmade ...

Staten Island and New Berlin residents received lump sum payments after taxes from a special commemorative drawing that ...

The Erie Canal is a waterway that not only played a pivotal role in New York's economic development, but expansion of the country westward.

BROCKPORT, N.Y. — The Erie Canal’s bicentennial season has come to an end. However, several viewers have noticed that the canal’s water hasn’t been drained, even though it’s December. Meghan in ...

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Indigenous nations that the French called the Iroquois, engaged in canoe-based trade ...