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 ...

“Mark Twain’s Guide to Spiritualism and Séances,” presented by Connecticut-based historian Jason Scappaticci, is set for ...

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 ...

Essex Steam Train and Riverboat is on track to make a meaningful difference in our state. Throughout the month of August, it's hosting a fundraiser called "Dog Days of Summer" that benefits animal ...

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 ...

The event runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in October, according to The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat, with shows at ...

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 ...

Fifth graders at Essex Elementary took part in dissection day during their program with the CT Audubon Society. They spent part of the class picking apart and looking closely at something called owl ...