At one point, the settlement seemed poised “to become the city of destiny,” one historian wrote. But it didn’t last.

As the town faces a combined $90 million or more in spending needed to rebuild, improve and extend the dike and levee system ...

As of a month ago, much of the state was still in a severe drought, with other regions in moderate droughts at the time.

Water temperatures don’t fluctuate as quickly as air, so it normally takes extended cold spells to freeze still bodies of ...

The DOT will hold a virtual public information meeting on the Rocky Hill/Glastonbury Ferry Launch at 7 p.m. Tuesday, January ...

The report shows how these spills, many involving hazardous contaminants, seep through the cracks in the state’s ...

Even with the recent rainfall, Massachusetts is still experiencing 'significant' drought conditions in portions of the ...

It has definitely been feeling like January this week with temperatures down below freezing. Ice has even formed on the Connecticut River and on area lakes and ponds. Before you go out on that ice ...

That’s because Massachusetts chose it on the condition that another buyer — most likely Connecticut or Rhode Island, which were involved in a joint solicitation with Massachusetts — buy one-third of ...

The towns of Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield soon joined together to create the Connecticut River Colony. Despite the well-established ... Connecticut as its own colony separate from Massachusetts.

Firefighters got into their cold water rescue suits and headed out on the Saugatuck River in an inflatable boat. Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for ...