Young and old alike will be required to possess a NYS Boater Safety Certificate by Jan. 1, 2025. Photo by Forrest Fisher Totality is over today, but not for Albany. We’ve all heard this one: A safe ...

With more and more young anglers accompanying older fishermen these days - young as in anyone born after Jan. 1, 1984 - it’s time to carve out time between those fishing trips with a safe boating ...

The unofficial start of summer is here, and with warmer temps around the corner, many are looking forward to days at the beach and time spent boating on a lake, but before you head to the lake, make ...

SOUTHWICK — The chair of the town’s Lake Management Committee said a new state law establishing a boater education program and requiring all boaters to earn a safety certificate to operate on the ...

Many people who have been boating for years and felt they knew all there was to know about boats and their operation, now find themselves enrolled in safe boating courses. New York State law requires ...

The Outdoors Calendar publishes submitted information on hunting, fishing, hiking and other outdoors events. Email details to [email protected]; send to LNP, Attn: Sports, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, ...

The daylong U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Boating Safety Class returns to Redstone Arsenal on July 26. “Boater safety courses are crucial for preventing accidents, promoting responsible navigation, and ...

The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting the NYS Safe Boating Course at the Sheriff’s headquarters located at 150 N. Hamilton St. in the city of Poughkeepsie. Two separate sessions of ...

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 14-01 of Lancaster will present a two-day program, "About Boating Safely," from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 10. The weekend ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the weather warms up, people are getting ready to take to the water. A team of master captains will be offering boat safety classes to area boaters, in the hopes of preventing ...