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Route 1 in Westbrook has reopened after a collision involving a pedestrian on Monday night. Officials said Route 1, also known as Boston Post Road, was closed at Linden Avenue for a car crash involving a pedestrian. Responding officers said at least one person was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. The extent of injuries is unknown at this…

Connecticut State Police are looking to identify a suspect involved in a stabbing in Westbrook Thursday afternoon.

Connecticut State Police are looking to identify a suspect involved in a stabbing in Westbrook Thursday afternoon.

Westbrook emergency crews have responded to a call for an overturned boat in Long Island Sound, according to dispatchers. The boat was reported to be in the area of Six Mile Reef, off the coast of Clinton. The Old Saybrook Fire Department posted a short video on Facebook of its rescue boat responding to an overturned boat as well. There…

Westbrook High School will be closed for three days following the school’s first COVID-19 case, according to the school district. The school will be closed Sept. 14, 15, and 16, and students will participate in classes virtually during that time period, school officials said. Westbrook Health Director Zachary Faiella told the school district that the high school needs to be…

Former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon will make an appearance in court virtually after he was arrested on a yacht off Westbrook, Connecticut and charged with fraud related to a fundraising campaign to build a border wall, federal prosecutors and officials said. Bannon is among four people indicted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of…

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was arrested just off the coast of Westbrook, Connecticut on a yacht without incident.

Crews say they rescued a man who was stranded on an island in Westbrook after severe wind broke his board while windsurfing. Crews said they initially responded to a call for an overdue windsurfer off of Westbrook Beach on Seaside Avenue. The man swam a great distance to shore with his broken board, crews said. He was later found on…

A Westbrook teenager who lost his teacher to cancer found a way to give back.

A Westbrook dad is gearing up for the Closer to Free Ride Sept. 12, taking a 100-mile trek in this year’s virtual event. The inspiration: his 17-year-old son who’s now a brain cancer survivor. “I was in eighth grade and I was diagnosed with brain cancer,” said Matthew Scotella.   At just 13, Scotella faced news that would be hard…

A man from Monroe has died after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 145 in Westbrook on Saturday. State police said 29-year-old Patrick John Mezick, of Westbrook, was driving his vehicle southbound on Route 145 in Westbrook around 8:00 p.m. while a tractor-trailer was traveling northbound in the same area. For an unknown reason, Mezick’s vehicle hit the trailer…

Connecticut State Police have identified a suspect in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Westbrook and say the suspect was driving under the influence when the crash happened.

An Old Saybrook family, who lost their son in a hit-and-run on Christmas Eve, learned he was an organ donor and now want to inspire others to follow in his footsteps.

The man who was hit by a car while riding a bike in Westbrook on Christmas Eve has died, according to state police. John Ingalls, 36, was found on the ground on Spencer Plains Road around 5 p.m. on Tuesday. He died on Saturday at Yale-New Haven Hospital. The driver of the car that hit Ingalls took off from the…

Connecticut State Police are looking for a car after a person on a bicycle was struck on Tuesday evening. Officials say a call came in of an injured male laying on Spencer Plains Road just before 5 p.m. John Ingalls, 36, was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike. It appeared the vehicle was traveling westbound on Spencer Plains…

A huge floating ice disk has been found rotating in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine. Tina Radel, a city employee, told WCSH that birds have been sitting on the disk as it slowly turns counterclockwise. She called the disk a natural phenomenon.

State police are investigating a fatal crash in Westbrook.

Florence made landfall as a hurricane hundreds of miles away, but emergency operations personnel in Connecticut are still keeping an eye on the storm’s path.

Police have identified the person who died after a crash involving a Department of Transportation truck in Westbrook on Saturday morning.