New London

New London public schools are switching to distance learning next week as the school district works to identify close contacts of people who recently tested positive for COVID-19. All schools will be closed for in-person learning the week of Nov. 9 through Nov. 13, according to school officials. Students must participate in full-time distance during this time. Classes will not…

Gov. Ned Lamont said the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 1.4%, which is one of the lowest in the country, but up from what it was a couple of months ago. The state reported an additional 1,066 positive COVID-19 cases since Friday. With 77,261 tests performed, that is a 1.4% positivity rate. Hospitalizations have increased by 21, bringing the state’s…

The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 is preparing to embark from Connecticut after three years’ and $11.2 million worth of renovations — and several months of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The beloved vessel is scheduled to be towed from the preservation shipyard at the Mystic Seaport Museum to…

A restored replica of the ship that pilgrims sailed to Plymouth in 1620 was launched at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut on Saturday.

The mayor of New London has decided to remove the city’s Christopher Columbus statue to protect it from potential vandalism, hoping that a final decision on what to do with the controversial statue can be put to the public and city council. Thousands of people have signed petitions to remove the statue, which has already been vandalized with spray...

As passionate protests for racial equality march on around the country and here in Connecticut, some New London residents are also taking a stand to take down a controversial statue in the city. Thousands of people have signed petitions to remove the Christopher Columbus statue, which is currently covered on its base with red spray paint. This isn’t the...

A record-breaking autumn storm plunged hundreds of thousands of people into the dark, toppled trees, canceled schools and delayed trains in the Northeast, while persistent winds Thursday hampered efforts to clean up and restore power and clean up. Throughout New England, 500,000 were left without power Thursday due to downed trees and power lines, according to The Boston Globe. Several...

This week’s intense wind and rain storm hit at a bad time — but it showed how useful NBC10 Boston’s StormRanger Mobile Doppler Radar Truck is. With a government radar down for maintenance, our First Alert Weather Team is literally the only meteorologists that can show locals exactly where it’s raining.

NBC10 Boston’s StormRanger provided critical weather updates during a nor’easter that hit the region while the National Weather Service’s local radar was down.

The roof of a Delta airplane hangar at Logan International Airport in Boston was partially blown off during a powerful fall nor’easter that rattled the region overnight. “Delta’s aircraft maintenance hangar sustained wind damage from storms overnight and teams will be inspecting the damage today,” a statement from the airline said.

Our main headline this weekend is the warm air! Temperatures will be significantly above average, though it doesn’t look like we will set any records Sunday or Monday (both records are in the mid 90s!). It will be very warm, however! High temperatures will reach the mid and upper 80s both days. A few showers are possible Monday night with...

Three family members from Boston were killed Sunday in a car crash in New Hampshire. The crash took place shortly before noon on Interstate 89 northbound in New London. The vehicle rolled several times before hitting a construction sign and coming to a stop in the median of the highway, New Hampshire State Police said. The victims have been identified...

Three people are dead following a rollover crash on Interstate 89 in New London, New Hampshire State Police say. The crash in the northbound lane occurred just before noon Sunday near Exit 12. The vehicle rolled an undetermined number of times into the median of the highway, police say, and all three victims were ejected from the vehicle as it...

A Pentagon report says that almost half of female cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said they were sexually harassed and that about one in eight women reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact.

Check out some places in the New England area to celebrate Independence Day!

New Englanders are remembering the killer storm known as the Great Hurricane of 1938, 80 years to the date after its devastation.

A man suspected of murder in New London, Connecticut, in December 2017 was arrested in Halifax, Massachusetts Tuesday morning as police were investigating a string of house and car break-ins.

Four people were arrested in Massachusetts and charged after police allegedly seized 90 grams of “crack” cocaine.

Check out some places in the New England area to celebrate Independence Day!

An 84-year-old doctor who has cared for patients in a tiny New Hampshire town for nearly 30 years is going to court in an effort to win back her license.