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Man Arrested After Photographing People in East Lyme, Conn. Bathroom: Police
A man has been arrested after being accused of photographing over a dozen people in a bathroom at a private beach in East Lyme, according to authorities. Police said they conducted interviews of victims and witnesses in multiple states and were able to identify 13 victims who were unknowingly photographed. Officials said 21-year-old Nicholas Spellman from Massachusetts was working at…
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New London Native Makes Olympic Debut With Team Puerto Rico at Tokyo Olympics
A woman from New London made her Olympic debut Tuesday, playing basketball for Team Puerto Rico in Tokyo on Tuesday. India Pagan, 22, started playing basketball when she was just 11 or 12 years old for New London’s recreational league. She continued playing in high school where she was an all-state player who ended her high school career with more…
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President Biden Delivers Keynote Address at Coast Guard Academy Graduation
President Joe Biden delivered the commencement address at the 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London today, telling the graduates that he’s never been more optimistic about this country. He told the men and women graduating from the Coast Guard Academy that the country needs them. During his speech, he congratulated the graduates and also commended the parents….
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Mother Arrested After 4-Year-Old Son's Death in Conn.
New London police have arrested the mother of a 4-year-old boy on murder charges after she claimed she strangled him on Sunday. Officers responded to a parking lot on Nautilus Drive around 6:30 a.m. after getting a report of a woman damaging a vehicle with a bat. When police arrived, they said they made contact with the vehicle owner and…
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New London Schools Switch to Distance Learning Next Week
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…
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Lamont to Hold COVID Briefing in New London, Urges Vigilance As City Sees Uptick
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…
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$11M Makeover Over, the Mayflower II Is Sailing Home
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…
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New London Mayor Decides to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue; Hopes to Have Public Weigh In
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...
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Community Members Petition to Take Down New London's Christopher Columbus Statue; Recently Vandalized With Paint
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...
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Government Radar Was Down During a Big Storm, But StormRanger Gave Us Crucial, Exclusive Info
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.
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With NWS Radar Down, StormRanger Mobile Radar Tracked Major Storm
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.
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Roof Partially Blown Off Delta Hangar at Boston Logan Airport
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.
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Cleanup Underway After Bomb Cyclone Slams Region
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...
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Warm Temperatures to Continue Sunday Across New England
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...
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Major Milestone for Mayflower II
A restored replica of the ship that pilgrims sailed to Plymouth in 1620 was launched at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut on Saturday.
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3 Killed in NH Crash Were Boston Residents
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...
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3 Dead Following Rollover Crash in New London, New Hampshire
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...
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Reports of Unwanted Sexual Contact Up at Coast Guard Academy
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.
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Your Guide to 4th of July Events in New England
Check out some places in the New England area to celebrate Independence Day!
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‘It Scared Me Half to Death:' New Englanders Remember '38 Hurricane
New Englanders are remembering the killer storm known as the Great Hurricane of 1938, 80 years to the date after its devastation.