Connecticut River

Officials say the body of an 18-year-old Hartford man has been found in the Connecticut River near the Haddam Meadows Boat Launch. The man was pronounced dead just after 9:30 p.m. Sunday. He was not immediately identified. Officials say an emergency call was received by police with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation shortly after 7 p.m. reporting that a youth who was swimming near the boat launch went under and did not surface.

NORWICH, Vt. - The top law enforcement officers from New Hampshire and Vermont met Monday in the middle of a bridge over the Connecticut River to confirm that, yes, their shared border has not changed. State laws require the states' attorneys general to meet every seven years to reaffirm the states' 160-mile border, a process called perambulation. The laws are designed to ensure the two states remain in agreement. They followed a 1935 US Supreme Court decision that settled what had been a decades-long legal battle.

Vermont Yankee says a small amount of radioactive tritium was found in a Connecticut River water sample, but follow-up samples showed no signs of it and the finding poses no risk to public health or safety. The nuclear plant says it learned Tuesday that a small amount of tritium was found in a sample taken near the plant on Nov. 3. The amount was significantly below the federal drinking water limit, and samples taken Nov. 7 and 10 showed no signs of tritium. Plant officials expected that tritium would eventually reach the river after turning up in groundwater monitoring wells...

In case you were wondering, the Vermont-New Hampshire border hasn't changed. The two states' attorneys general have reaffirmed their shared boundary. State laws require the two to meet every seven years to reaffirm the border. The laws followed a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that settled what had been a bitter dispute. New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney and Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell fulfilled their responsibility Monday on a bridge over the Connecticut River between Norwich, Vt., and Hanover, N.H. The two lawyers joked at first about the...

In the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire, Norwich is known as an Ivy League bedroom community for professors at Dartmouth College, across the Connecticut River in Hanover, N.H., and doctors at its affiliated hospital. But the sprawling town, with miles of hiking and skiing trails, the country's oldest flour company, and a renowned children's museum, also draws visitors for its own virtues. The town had an early military connection: In 1819, Norwich became home to the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy, the country's first private military academy.

In case you were wondering, the Vermont-New Hampshire border hasn't changed. The two states' attorneys general have reaffirmed their shared boundary. State laws require the two to meet every seven years to reaffirm the border. The laws followed a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that settled what had been a bitter dispute. New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney and Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell fulfilled their responsibility Monday on a bridge over the Connecticut River between Norwich, Vt., and Hanover, N.H. The...

A group devoted to protecting the Connecticut River says the state of Vermont shouldn't cut the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant any slack about dumping warm water into the Connecticut River. The Connecticut River Watershed Council on Friday released two studies by its consultants and said earlier studies for Vermont Yankee owner Entergy Corp. were not based on sound science. Up for debate is whether Vermont Yankee can continue cooling plant systems with river water taken from the Connecticut and then put it back into the river.

State and local police are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in the Connecticut River in Middletown. Authorities say the body was found Monday afternoon a short distance from the Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine plant, and they're trying to determine the person's identity. Middletown police and state police responded to the scene. No other details are available.

State officials say final design and construction plans have been approved for high-speed rail in western Massachusetts. U.S. Reps. John Olver and Richard Neal and Sen. John Kerry and federal and state transportation officials said Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation signed a nearly $73 million grant agreement. Funding is available from federal stimulus money. Officials say the project, which is expected to cost $75.6 million, will rehabilitate the Connecticut River rail line.

New Hampshire health officials say their tests for radioactive tritium in Connecticut River water so far are turning up negative. The announcement follows one last week from the state of Vermont that samples of river water taken from near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant had turned up positive for the substance. Both state health departments have been conducting stepped up tests for tritium since it was announced last year that it had turned up in groundwater monitoring wells on the grounds over Vermont Yankee, which is located in Vernon in the state's southeast...

It is very early in the spawning season, but environmental officials are cautiously optimistic that river herring are beginning to return to Connecticut. The New Haven Register reported that environmental officials are seeing some hopeful signs as threatened alewives and blueback herring make their annual runs from Long Island Sound up Connecticut rivers to their spawning grounds. The state shut the fisheries to protect the fish, which have been on a long decline. Stephen Gephard, a state wildlife biologist, said alewives are strong between the Thames and the Connecticut River.

The Vermont prep school teacher who police say was lured from her home and killed will be remembered by students, co-workers, friends and family at St. Johnsbury Academy where she taught science. A memorial service for 33-year-old Melissa Jenkins will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday. On Thursday, the school handed out pink ribbons in memory of Jenkins and in support of her family. A trust fund has been set up at Passumpsic Savings Bank for Jenkins' 2-year-old son, who apparently witnessed part of the attack on Sunday night.

A group devoted to protecting the Connecticut River says the state of Vermont shouldn't cut the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant any slack about dumping warm water into the Connecticut River. The Connecticut River Watershed Council on Friday released two studies by its consultants and said earlier studies for Vermont Yankee owner Entergy Corp. were not based on sound science. Up for debate is whether Vermont Yankee can continue cooling plant systems with river water taken from the Connecticut and then put it back into the river.

Vermont Yankee says a small amount of radioactive tritium was found in a Connecticut River water sample, but follow-up samples showed no signs of it and the finding poses no risk to public health or safety. The nuclear plant says it learned Tuesday that a small amount of tritium was found in a sample taken near the plant on Nov. 3. The amount was significantly below the federal drinking water limit, and samples taken Nov. 7 and 10 showed no signs of tritium. Plant officials expected that tritium would eventually reach the river after turning up in groundwater monitoring wells...

State and local police are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in the Connecticut River in Middletown. Authorities say the body was found Monday afternoon a short distance from the Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine plant, and they're trying to determine the person's identity. Middletown police and state police responded to the scene. No other details are available.

A New York man who went missing after his kayak tipped over in the raging waters of a Connecticut river has been found dead. Dennis Schain with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection says the 56-year-old Long Island man's kayak overturned early Saturday night near the West Cornwall Covered Bridge over the Housatonic (hoos-uh-TAH'-nihk) River. The man's two companions made it safely to shore in their kayaks. The man's body was recovered in the water at 7:45 p.m. His name hasn't yet been released.

People in the New Hampshire North Country community of Stewartstown are not forgetting Celina Cass, the 11-year-old girl who disappeared a month ago and was later found dead. Thursday they held a vigil to mark the one-month anniversary of her disappearance. Celina was last seen in her home on July 25. She was reported missing the next day. Her body was found in the Connecticut River almost a week later. Police have not said how Celina died, although her death is considered suspicious.

It is very early in the spawning season, but environmental officials are cautiously optimistic that river herring are beginning to return to Connecticut. The New Haven Register reported that environmental officials are seeing some hopeful signs as threatened alewives and blueback herring make their annual runs from Long Island Sound up Connecticut rivers to their spawning grounds. The state shut the fisheries to protect the fish, which have been on a long decline. Stephen Gephard, a state wildlife biologist, said alewives are strong between the Thames and the Connecticut River.

People in the New Hampshire North Country community of Stewartstown are not forgetting Celina Cass, the 11-year-old girl who disappeared a month ago and was later found dead. Thursday they held a vigil to mark the one-month anniversary of her disappearance. Celina was last seen in her home on July 25. She was reported missing the next day. Her body was found in the Connecticut River almost a week later. Police have not said how Celina died, although her death is considered suspicious.

New Hampshire health officials say their tests for radioactive tritium in Connecticut River water so far are turning up negative. The announcement follows one last week from the state of Vermont that samples of river water taken from near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant had turned up positive for the substance. Both state health departments have been conducting stepped up tests for tritium since it was announced last year that it had turned up in groundwater monitoring wells on the grounds over Vermont Yankee, which is located in Vernon in the state's southeast corner.