Storms leave beautiful scene in Sodus (photo)
Sodus Point yesterday was breathtaking after the storm had rolled through, Although damaging, a beautiful sight to see. Photo by Patrick Costello.
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Category: Boating & Lakes
Canandaigua’s Kershaw beach opens Saturday
Buoys are out on Canandaigua Lake. Sand is in place. The beach house is spruced up. And everyone is ramped up and excited for the opening of the Kershaw Park swimming beach on Saturday, according to Dan Mackey, the city’s recreation supervisor. “The only thing we need is some decent weather,” Mackey said. The good news: The Accuweather forecast calls...
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View over Cayuga Lake (photo)
Although not a bow the rainbow colors settled above the horizon for a while on Thursday evening. Taken near Dean’s Cove with a view of Wells college and neighborhood across Cayuga Lake. Photo by Rachel Burkholder.
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Keuka Outlet Trail on a quiet morning (photo)
Docks sit silently on the Keuka Lake outlet Wednesday morning before boaters arrive. Photo by Nancy L. Wright.
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Cuomo announces $10M for locations impacted by Lake Ontario flooding
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced $10 million in state funding is available to assist eligible local municipalities that have been impacted by the recent flooding along the Lake Ontario coastline. The new investment program will support flood recovery efforts, including repairs to flood walls, roads, sidewalks, and culverts, as well as public water and sewer infrastructure. The...
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Canandaigua’s Kershaw beach opens Saturday
Buoys are out on Canandaigua Lake. Sand is in place. The beach house is spruced up. And everyone is ramped up and excited for the opening of the Kershaw Park swimming beach on Saturday, according to Dan Mackey, the city’s recreation supervisor. “The only thing we need is some decent weather,” Mackey said. The good news: The Accuweather forecast calls...
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View over Cayuga Lake (photo)
Although not a bow the rainbow colors settled above the horizon for a while on Thursday evening. Taken near Dean’s Cove with a view of Wells college and neighborhood across Cayuga Lake. Photo by Rachel Burkholder.
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Keuka Outlet Trail on a quiet morning (photo)
Docks sit silently on the Keuka Lake outlet Wednesday morning before boaters arrive. Photo by Nancy L. Wright.
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Cuomo announces $10M for locations impacted by Lake Ontario flooding
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced $10 million in state funding is available to assist eligible local municipalities that have been impacted by the recent flooding along the Lake Ontario coastline. The new investment program will support flood recovery efforts, including repairs to flood walls, roads, sidewalks, and culverts, as well as public water and sewer infrastructure. The...
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Sampson after the storm (photo)
A rainbow in the sky at Sampson State Park late Sunday afternoon, after the worst of the storm had passed. Photo by Rachel Burkholder
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A red sky over Seneca Lake (photo)
It was raining in the distance and the setting sun made the fog over the lake glow a brilliant red. Taken Sunday evening at Sampson State Park. Photo by Rachel Burkholder
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Corning’s ‘Glass Barge’ will take part in Canal Fest in Seneca Falls
The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) will bring its GlassBarge to this year’s Canal Fest. This all-new, world-class performance venue brings floating Hot Glass Demos to the Museum’s New York State neighbors along the Erie Canal and its connected waterways. The 2nd Annual Seneca Falls Canal Fest will be held July 7th through the 9th on both sides of the...
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Sodus Point Lighthouse looks-over rambunctious Lake Ontario on Tuesday
Lake Ontario was very rambunctious as the waves were pummeling the outer Sodus Bay Lighthouse on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Diane W. Dersch.
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Tugboat Syracuse exiting Lock E 27 in Lyons
A long work flotilla and the Tugboat Syracuse, piloted by Captain Wendy Marble, is seen exiting Lyons Lock E 27 early Thursday morning in the pouring rain. Photo by Robert Stopper.
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Morning canal reflections on the Erie
The sailboat “On Purpose”, boating from Canada to the Bahamas, provided a special touch Monday morning to reflections on the Erie Canal just east of Lyons. Photo by Robert Stopper.
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DEC and local officials clash on cause of algal blooms on Owasco Lake
Discussions came to a boiling point at Thursday morning's Cayuga County Water Quality Management Agency meeting — and at the center of the debate was phosphorous. The Auburn Citizen – News: Read More
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Spectacular foliage over Keuka Lake this past weekend
The scenery along Keuka Lake was spectacular this past weekend. This was the view over the eastern shore just north of Urbana. Photo by Kathleen Sinicropi.
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Owasco Lake’s blue-green algae visible from space; satellite helps with monitoring efforts
Cold weather has brought some relief as water tests for the city of Auburn and town of Owasco continue to return with no detectable levels of blue-green algae toxins. The public water supply, which serves approximately 45,000 Cayuga County residents, has not shown levels of microcystin, the toxin that can be produced by harmful algal blooms, since Oct. 10. The...
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