Delamar Southport was voted one of the best New England hotels by Travel + Leisure readers in the travel magazine's "World's Best Awards" survey. Nearly 180,000 readers completed its 2025 survey, ...

Robin Zubretsky and Rachel Fearnly highlight this special dog adoption event happening this upcoming weekend.

Essex has a wide range of splendid hotels, from cosy countryside inns to pristine luxury venues. Here is a list compiled by the Echo of five of the best hotels in Essex according to Google reviews: ...

Robert Lewis Jones, of Chester, was driving north on Essex Road (Route 153) when a Jeep Wagoneer heading the other direction crash wedith his Nissan Altima just before 6:30 a.m., Connecticut State ...

WESTBROOK, Conn. — A man died after a two-car head-on crash in Westbrook Wednesday, according to Connecticut State Police. The crash happened at 6:27 a.m. on Essex Road/Route 153, at the ...

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 on what can ...

Firefighters rescued a group of ducklings stuck in a storm in Westbrook on Thursday morning. The Westbrook Fire Department said the ducklings were spotted in a storm drain on Rintoul Road.

Larger, full-service hotels—particularly casino hotels—have seen the most growth in relative terms. The number of casino hotels increased by 13.2% since 2019, the fastest rate among major ...

A Groton man has been arrested for a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 in Westbrook last fall that killed a driver.

State police have arrested a Groton man who is accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 in Westbrook in October while he was intoxicated and causing a crash that killed another man.

If you want historical New England vibes, there are also lots of Connecticut hotels with colonial ties. In fact, the very first hotel in Connecticut first opened over 250 years ago, before the United ...