Portland

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said they have arrested a man in connection to a boating accident that left one dead and several others injured in Portland last year. Officials said they arrested Kerry Sheltra, 55, for his role in the deadly single-vessel boat accident. It happened on July 10, 2022 just north of Petzold’s Marina….

Police in Portland, Oregon, are investigating nearly a dozen fentanyl overdoses involving children as young as 1 years old.

The driver of a Jeep Cherokee was seriously injured in a crash in Portland Friday morning. Officers responded to Bartlett Street near Gildersleeve Road around 11:10 a.m. They found an SUV with heavy damage and the driver was found about 75-feet from the vehicle on someone’s lawn, according to police. The driver had severe injuries to his head, chest,...

Portland Public Schools, among other districts in Connecticut, let students out early on Tuesday due to the extreme heat.

On Tuesday, parents lined up outside of Brownstone Intermediate School in Portland to pick up their children a few hours before class typically ends. “They are super excited because they are getting out early,” Tanya DeMerchant, of Portland, said. “I think it’s just difficult for a lot of parents and I am luckier than most because I work from...

People headed to places like Lake Compounce and Brownstone Adventure Sports Park to try and cool off in the heat Friday.

Following a breakaway of a dock from a marina in Glastonbury, five boats were recovered just south of the Portland Boatworks marina. “Yeah, we did see ’em,” Devon Bushey said about a video trending in Connecticut showing the boats floating south along the Connecticut River. “We thought maybe we would see them come down on our way checking this out.”…

A boating company in Portland tracked down five missing boats that were swept up in the July floods.

A man pulled from the Connecticut River in Portland Saturday night has died, according to state police. Portland police and the DEEP were notified of a possible drowning near the Glastonbury Yacht Club in Portland just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The man, later identified as 50-year-old Jhonny Herrera, was pulled from the river where bystanders and EMS attempted life-saving measures,…

A man has died after he was pulled out of the Connecticut River Saturday evening. The man was in the water on the Portland-Glastonbury line by the Glastonbury Yacht Club. Officials say the man that had been pulled from the water was found unconscious and immediately brought to the shore where he received medical aid from bystanders and first responders….

Firefighters battled flames at a downtown apartment building in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday.

Main Street is closed by the Portland Fairgrounds in Portland. Main Street is also Route 17A.

A boater was caught on video purposely hitting groups of sea lions near Hayden Island in Portland.

Portland police are investigating after someone fired several shots at a home in Portland early Friday morning. Officers responded to Maple Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. for a report of shots being fired. When they arrived, they found several shell casings in the road and saw that several bullets has struck a multi-family home on Maple Avenue. The suspect took…

A car drove into the back of an Eversource truck that was working to make repairs in Portland after Wednesday’s storm. Police said a car driving on Main Street Thursday night drove into the back of the truck while linemen were working to repair power lines. A tree fell on power lines, and an employee was working in an...