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Wooden Tugboat from Vermont Seen on Erie Canal

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Wooden Tugboat from Vermont Seen on Erie Canal
The 33 foot, 1964 wooden working tugboat, the C. L. Churchill, passed thru Lyons on the Erie Canal early Saturday morning. Owned and operated by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, the tugboat last visited the Finger Lakes Region in 2013 accompanying the Lois McClure, an 1862 full-sized replica of a canal schooner freighter. Photo by Robert Stopper more

Video: Boat catches fire on Sodus Bay, destroyed after burning for 20 minutes

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Video: Boat catches fire on Sodus Bay, destroyed after burning for 20 minutes
Photo by Wayne Stoutner A boat was destroyed Sunday after it caught fire on Sodus Bay. While little information is currently known about the fire – reports indicate that everyone aboard safely made it ashore. Eagle Island, which is a short distance from where the boat began to burn was where the occupants ended up. An investigation is underway and... more

Endicott man charged after boating accident at Sheldrake Point

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Endicott man charged after boating accident at Sheldrake Point
// A boating accident at Sheldrake Point resulted in one man being arrested for boating while intoxicated, according to deputies in Seneca County. Around 12:09 am on August 21, deputies arrested Michael A. Agnellino of Endicott for boating while intoxicated after receiving reports of a boating accident at Sheldrake Point in the Town of Ovid. The subsequent investigation revealed that... more

HWS prof to discuss health of region’s largest and deepest lake

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HWS prof to discuss health of region’s largest and deepest lake
Experts agree the water quality of Seneca Lake has declined in recent years. The question now is: Can anything be done to restore the quality to the largest and deepest of the 11 Finger Lakes? Answers to that question and others will be explored by one of the area’s leading experts on the lake, Hobart and William Smith Colleges professor... more

Vehicle crashes into sailboat cradles at German Brothers Marina in Canandaigua

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Vehicle crashes into sailboat cradles at German Brothers Marina in Canandaigua
On Wednesday evening, shortly after 7:30 pm, Ontario County Sheriff’s Deputies responded along with the Canandaigua Police Department, Canandaigua Ambulance, and the Cheshire Fire Department responded to the report of a single-car motor vehicle crash at German Brothers Marina on County Road 16 in the Town of Canandaigua. The driver, Robert Sheridan, age 67 of West Gibson Street in Canandaigua,... more

Canandaigua Lake water level drops, Sheriff Povero

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Canandaigua Lake water level drops, Sheriff Povero
The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning for boaters who may be headed out onto Canandaigua Lake in the coming days, or weeks. In a statement on Friday a boaters advisory was issued, which read: “The Ontario County Office of Sheriff is issuing a boater’s advisory for Canandaigua Lake. The water level on Canandaigua Lake is approximately one... more

Man rescued from Lake Ontario near Sodus after jumping from boat

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Man rescued from Lake Ontario near Sodus after jumping from boat
Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts reports that on Saturday, the Wayne County Marine Patrol conducted a water rescue on Lake Ontario. The rescue occurred just north of Sodus Bay Channel when Casey L. Weeks, 43, of Lyons jumped from a 1934 vintage 38-foot boat owned and operated by Norman H. Vanderbilt, 58, of Sodus. Vanderbilt was unaware that Weeks had... more

Blue-green algae blooms discovered in three Owasco Lake locations

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Blue-green algae blooms discovered in three Owasco Lake locations
Blue-green algae has been discovered in three locations on Owasco Lake, according to a release from the Cayuga County Health Department on Wednesday. Blooms were discovered on Sept. 9 near Buck Point in the town of Fleming, near Fire Lane 25 in the town of Scipio and near the Owasco Yacht Club in the town of Owasco. Read more from... more

EPA: Lead threatens Cayuga watershed

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EPA: Lead threatens Cayuga watershed
A lead-contaminated swamp serving as backdrop to a shooting range in Lansing could threaten the drinking-water quality of Cayuga Lake. The swamp — technically a wetland of Salmon Creek — contains an accumulation of lead shot from more than a half-century of target practice at the Lansing Rod and Gun Club. While the shot poses less-than-ideal environmental conditions, the severity of the drinking water threat... more

Health department: Blue-green algae blooms spotted throughout Owasco Lake

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Health department: Blue-green algae blooms spotted throughout Owasco Lake
The Owasco Watershed Inspection Program has reported that blue-green algae blooms now have been spotted in open water across Owasco Lake, according to the Cayuga County Health Department. Health officials said Monday the blooms have covered the width of the lake, with sightings of blooms throughout the lake’s northern end to as far south as Burtis Point. Read more from... more

Health department: No toxins detected in public water despite blue-green algae blooms

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Health department: No toxins detected in public water despite blue-green algae blooms
The Cayuga County Health Department said in a release Thursday that despite widespread blue-green algae blooms on Owasco Lake, the treated public water supply has not been affected. The department continues to monitor the algae blooms and the water supply, but no toxins have been detected in samples collected from treated drinking water. Low levels of toxins were detected in... more
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