The Connecticut Sea Music Festival is one of the region’s biggest annual celebrations of maritime music. “People will hear sea shanties — which are sailors’ work songs," said Deirdre Murtha, one of ...

Far south past Griswold Point on the Connecticut River, Long Island is a smudge on the horizon, or "hull down" as mariners might say. The big river seems to have come to a dead stop, as if unable to ...

PART OF THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. ESSEX, CONNECTICUT IS QUAINT WITH A POPULATION THAT HOVERS AROUND 7000. IT IS JAM PACKED WITH HISTORY AND WITH VIEWS LIKE THIS, A PERFECT PLACE TO SOAK IN ...

ESSEX, Conn. (WTNH) — A new exhibit opens today at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex. It is called “Rising Waters,” and it takes a look at the history of flooding along the river, with an emphasis ...

Executive Director of the Connecticut River Museum Elizabeth Kaeser said, “We thought because this is our 50th anniversary here at the museum, and it’s a good year both to sort of look back and ...

ESSEX, CT (WFSB) - The Essex Fire Marshal is urging residents to exercise extreme caution as crews continue cleanup operations following Thursday’s severe thunderstorms. Officials advised residents to ...