Housatonic River flooding in parts of Connecticut on Friday, weather service says

File photo of the Housatonic River in Kent, Conn. on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media) As of ...

Kayaker in distress on CT River in Middletown, 1 hospitalized

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) — One person is in the hospital after being rescued from the Connecticut River on the line of Portland and Middletown on Sunday, according to fire crews. Crews received ...

Connecticut River rising after warm stretch; still too soon for boats

With all of the melting snow and ice this week, that means the river has risen by a few feet.
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Portland firefighters rescue kayaker clinging to log in Connecticut River, chief says

Crews got to the river and found a person clinging to a large log in the river, a Portland fire official said.

Kayaker rescued from Connecticut River after clinging to log

Portland firefighters rescued a kayaker from the Connecticut River after they were found clinging to a large log in the water ...

CT lawmakers want streamlined herbicide permitting for invasive infestations damaging waterways

Legislation to create a rapid response program to eradicate the noxious invasive weed hydrilla, which has jumped from the ...

CT lawmakers consider rapid response program to treat invasive hydrilla

The proposed new program would establish a task force to develop a state-wide protocol for containing and eliminating ...

Firefighters rescue swan stuck in frozen Connecticut river

Firefighters came to the rescue of a swan found stuck in a frozen Connecticut river this week. Norwalk Fire Department crews donned cold-water rescue suits and used ropes to carefully go out on the ...

CT towns grapple with whether to dump snow in rivers and lakes

Nearly a dozen CT towns are notifying state environmental officials that they may need to dump tons of snow into nearby ...