Connecticut River

Starting this weekend, the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRV) is set to host their 25th annual Source to Sea river cleanup. CRC will equip volunteers with tools in order to remove trash from Connecticut’s rivers, streams, parks and boat launches.  “For our 25th anniversary, we wanted to make this year’s cleanup a truly community-driven event,” CRC’s Cleanup Coordinator Stacey Lennard...

EnCon Police are investigating after a body was found floating on the Connecticut River in Haddam Sunday evening. Officials with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said passing boaters reported a jet ski adrift at approximately 4:45 p.m. Police arrived at the scene about 10 minutes later and recovered a body from the water shortly after. EnCon Police said…

An online tool can help swimmers and boaters determine if certain New England waterways are safe from bacterial contamination to help them avoid getting sick. “The Connecticut River often is very clean for swimming and boating,” said Ryan O’Donnell, a water quality monitoring coordinator with the Connecticut River Conservancy, a group that helps maintain New England’s longest river. Before...

Leftover debris from Tropical Storm Elsa and this weekend’s storm could cause some issues for boaters and swimmers come this weekend. Long tree logs, stomps and branches can be found along the Connecticut river according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the U.S. Coast Guard. “These things can move up on you quickly and can be...

The heavy rains and flooding are a major concern for Connecticut’s farmers.

Some farmers along the Connecticut River fear they may lose their crops if river levels keep rising.

Experts say rivers across Connecticut are higher than normal and can be dangerous after all of the rain we’ve had recently.

Massachusetts state and local police are investigating after a boater discovered a man’s body Friday evening in the Connecticut River. The boater called authorities when he made the discovery around 6 p.m. and then he stayed with the body so police could locate it, the Northwestern District Attorney’s office announced in a statement. A Northampton Police Department dispatcher traced...

A person’s body was found Wednesday in a river in Chicopee, Massachusetts, by a search-and-rescue team looking for a boy missing for over two months, police said. The dive team found the body at 11:15 a.m. between the North End Bridge, over the Connecticut River, and Memorial Bridge, over the Chicopee River, according to Chicopee police. Detectives from local...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bollard was out on the Connecticut River Wednesday, breaking through thick sheets of ice covering the river. Bollard is one of 11 cutters working in the northeast for Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters, or OP RENEW. The cutter clears a channel for traffic and works to prevent ice dams from building up and causing…

The Coast Guard spent the day on Wednedsay breaking ice along the Connecticut River.

All Riverfront Recapture parks in Connecticut are closed Sunday due to flooding. They say there are areas with up to 18 inches of water of flooding. The flooding comes after a storm with high winds and heavy rain moved through the state on Christmas. The storm brought 2-3+ inches of rain to areas of the state. Riverfront Recapture connects the…

Approximately 1,000 boats came out to participate in a Trump boat parade along the Connecticut River Sunday afternoon.

Approximately 1,000 boats came out to participate in a Trump boat parade along the Connecticut River Sunday afternoon. Boaters started down by the mouth of the Connecticut River and made their way North to the Swing Bridge at Eagles Landing State Park in Haddam. The event was hosted by a group called “Connecticut Boaters For Trump.” The U.S. Coast Guard…

Environmental officials are advising the public to avoid the water in the Connecticut River north of Middletown after a sewage release in Massachusetts. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said overnight hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage and untreated stormwater were released into the Chicopee River in Springfield, which feeds into the Connecticut River. A water main break…

Fishermen and first responders came to the aid of a person floating in the Connecticut River Friday morning, Enfield police said. Fishermen on the river found a person floating around 6:45 a.m. Friday, according to police. Units from Enfield Fire Rescue, Thompsonville Fire, Enfield EMS and the Enfield Police Department responded and were able to locate the person. A fisherman…

Hartford’s riverfront is being eyed for a unique, new development.

Former Wethersfield High School standout baseball star Ryan Costello was found dead in his hotel room in New Zealand on Monday, days after joining the Auckland Tuatara in the Australian Baseball League.

Crews from multiple fire departments rescued a woman from the Connecticut River in Enfield on Sunday afternoon.

2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first Africans arriving on America’s English-claimed shores as enslaved people with the first such Africans recorded as being in Middletown in the 1660s.