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May 2024

May 03
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Erie Canalway News and Events

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Erie Canalway News – May 2024
More information at https://www.eriecanalway.org
The NYS Canal System opens on May 17 for the 2024 navigation season with no tolls or fees for recreational use.
Exciting updates include:
– Erie Canalway Bicentennial Marketing Toolkit available for municipalities, nonprofits, tourism agencies, and businesses
– 2024 Canalway Challenge is underway for walking, hiking, cycling, rolling, or paddling the canals
– NYS Canalway Water Trail Stewardship Program in its 4th year with 75+ volunteers covering nearly 410 miles
– Amenities study being conducted to assess needs along the Erie Canal and trail
– Replica canal boat Seneca Chief launching in Buffalo on May 7 with a grand celebration on May 25
– NY Delegation attending 2024 World Canals Conference in Poland to invite attendees to Buffalo in 2025
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Mark your calendars for these exciting events:
– I Love My Park Day (May 4)
– EarthFest 2024 (May 4)
– Pedal-Paddle-Run (May 11)
– Waterford Canal Festival (May 18-19)
– Champlain Canalway Trail Family Bicycle Celebration (May 18 & June 1)
– Key to the Locks Ceremony and Lockport Community Market (May 18)
– The Boilermaker’s Erie Canal Races (May 19)
– Memorial Day (May 24-26)
More information on these events and more can be found at https://eriecanalway.org/explore/events
May 02
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WIBA No. 1 – May 1, 2024 Update

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Water Improvement Benefit Area No. 1 – May 1, 2024 Update
The status provided to the Town of Clarkson by its engineers, MRB Group, is as follows:
1. All easements have been obtained and filed by Attorney Olson.
2. All permits and approvals have been obtained.
3. All paperwork to bid the project was provided to USDA RD as of 4/23/24. Once USDA RD reviews the documents and finds them satisfactory, they will give permission to bid the project.
Assuming USDA RD has no problems with the documents submitted and gives permission to bid in the next couple weeks, the anticipated schedule will be as follows:
1. Advertise for bids mid-May
2. Open bids mid-June
3. Start of construction end of July
4. Construction completed and cleaned up summer 2025
Please feel free to contact Scott Mattison, Engineer @MRB Group, 585.340.3661 or Clarkson Town Hall, 585.637.1130 with your questions.
May 02
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Rochester Museum and Science Center 2024 Eclipse Events

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The Rochester Museum & Science Center will be hosting a free community storytelling event at Gates Hall in Pultneyville this Sunday, May 5, from 3pm-5pm, sponsored by the Williamson-Pultneyville Historical Society.
This will also serve as the last installation of Tyler Nordgren’s eclipse art exhibit, which has been touring our area for the past year. That exhibit is currently in an online auction to benefit the ALS Association, which closes on Sunday night. Please bid early and often to own a unique piece of Rochester history!
Gates Hall is our country’s oldest theater in continual use, and is the location of three speeches given by Frederick Douglass. The storytelling this Sunday will be a completely free and unscripted event that will allow everyone to help process and document their own personal eclipse story as part of the Rochester area’s history. Wayne County Tourism will be video recording the event, and an edited version will be available later in the year.
Please add this free event to your calendar!
The RMSC will still be collecting eclipse glasses to recycle for a few weeks before they donate them to Astronomers without Borders. Just bring any extras you have by the RMSC and leave them at the front desk.
As well, they have a compiled a video of the activity on eclipse day, viewable at https://vimeo.com/940530753?share=copy
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