Merrimack River

The Merrimack River is a great spot in the summer. But it can be dangerous, which is why there are renewed calls for water safety as temperatures start to heat up. ”The currents around here are extreme,” said Mickey Belmer, who grew up around the river. “I think it definitely can be dangerous,” one woman said. The body of a…

The Merrimack River is a great spot in the summer, but it can be dangerous and that’s prompting calls for safety as temperatures start to heat up.

A Newburyport Fire Department fire boat sank while docked at Cashman Park on the Merrimack River overnight, and an investigation is now underway to determine the cause. Fire officials said the boat sank overnight Thursday or early Friday morning. A pedestrian who was walking in the area around 4 a.m. Friday called police after noticing the boat partially submerged. The…

The Lowell community mourned the loss of 6-year-old Mas DeChhat, who died while fishing with his family along the Merrimack River on Thursday.

Grief counselors are expected to be at Mas DeChhat’s elementary school in Lowell, Massachusetts, Monday after the 6-year-old boy’s body was found in the Merrimack River.

The body of 6-year-old Mas DeChhat, who drowned in the Merrimack River while on a family fishing trip, was found Sunday in Newburyport, Massachusetts, authorities confirmed.

The body of 6-year-old Mas DeChhat, who drowned in the Merrimack River while on a family fishing trip, was found Sunday in Newburyport, Massachusetts

On Deer Island, a makeshift memorial for the DeChhat family had sprung up by Sunday. People were leaving flowers and lighting candles.

The body of 6-year-old Mas DeChhat, who drowned in the Merrimack River while on a family fishing trip, was found Sunday in Newburyport, Massachusetts, authorities confirmed.

A family fishing trip to a Massachusetts river ended in tragedy Thursday with a mother dead and her 6-year-old son missing in the Merrimack River. Authorities continued to search for the boy by land, river and air Friday morning.

Massachusetts State Police said they would resume their search Saturday.

We’re hearing first-hand accounts from witnesses who tried to help save a family swept away by strong waters while they were fishing.

Authorities continue to search the Merrimack River in Newburyport on Friday for a missing 6-year-old boy.

A family fishing trip to a Massachusetts river ended in tragedy Thursday with a mother dead and her 6-year-old son missing in the Merrimack River. Authorities continued to search for the boy by land, river and air Friday morning.

Newburyport Fire Chief Christopher LeClaire gives the latest update on the fishing incident that left a woman dead and her 6-year-old son missing in the Merrimack River.

An extensive search overnight continued into Friday morning for a missing 6-year-old after his mother drowned trying to save her children Thursday night in the Merrimack River near the Whittier Bridge in Massachusetts.

The massive operation to search for the 6-year-old boy who went missing in Massachusetts’ Merrimack River Thursday night has been suspended, the Coast Guard said Friday evening. The decision comes after crews searched 228 square miles for 69 hours. “It is always a difficult decision to suspend a search and rescue case, and even more painful when children are involved,”…

Newburyport fire officials say the incident involves a family of six that was fishing on Deer Island.

The search for the 6-year-old boy is ongoing.

Editor’s note: For the latest on this developing story, click here or go to Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra to read the story in Spanish. Several agencies responded Thursday evening to the Merrimack River near the Whittier Bridge in Massachusetts for reports of several people in the water, and officials later confirmed that one woman had died and her 6-year-old son...