ESSEX - Both the Travel Channel and Fodors Travel Guide have recognized Essex as one of Connecticut’s best-kept secrets, highlighting its beautiful architecture and scenic Main Street, according to a ...

The Connecticut Sea Music Festival is one of the region’s biggest annual celebrations of maritime music. “People will hear sea shanties — which are sailors’ work songs," said Deirdre Murtha, one of ...

Far south past Griswold Point on the Connecticut River, Long Island is a smudge on the horizon, or "hull down" as mariners might say. The big river seems to have come to a dead stop, as if unable to ...

ESSEX, Conn. (WTNH) – This morning, we are Cruisin’ Connecticut to Essex, home of the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat. The Essex Steam Train has been around since 1969. It is a staple for family fun ...

Sip a cup of tea with me and I'll tell you about the best small town in America. The first thing one notices upon entering the township of Essex, Connecticut are the homes lining the road that curves ...