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A hedge funder's private island off the coast of Connecticut has listed for $35M

Greg Jensen's Rogers Island is a stunning retreat accessible only by boat -- and now it can be your own oasis.

400-pound stingray found in Long Island Sound

The creature, which was over 6 feet long and 5 feet wide, was hauled in by a survey crew from Connecticut Fish and Wildlife. 

Fisherman on paddleboard hooks large shark during tournament in insane video

He’s going to need a bigger boat -- or at least a bigger paddleboard.

A Connecticut island with waterfront ranch lists for $1.5M

Jepson Island in the Thimble Islands chain has listed for sale -- and to call a whole island your very own costs less than $2 million.

Talk show pioneer Phil Donahue's former 'Gold Coast' mansion to be demolished after rats and raccoons take over

Donahue sold the Long Island Sound getaway in Westport, CT, for $25m but it is now a wreck and local efforts to stop the wrecking ball have failed.

Wayward dolphin makes its way to Connecticut river from Long Island Sound

The dolphin was first spotted Thursday morning by fishermen along the Thames River. A video posted to Facebook shows the dolphin jumping around near the Norwich Marina, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from...

Price of private island in Connecticut slashed to $100M

Originally listed for $175 million, Great Island in Darien, Conn. now seeks a new owner for a $75 million discount.

Rare 'storybook home' on private island in Connecticut hits market

Get your own private island, complete with a picture-perfect house, and still be able to catch a Metro-North train into the city.

Ice in their veins: Video shows firefighters rescue couple from frigid LI Sound

Dramatic video shows Connecticut firefighters braving frigid waters to save a pair of passengers from icy Long Island Sound during this week's nor'easter. First-responders got the call around 2:10 p.m....

Deer with bucket on its head rescued from Long Island Sound

Doe! An animal rescuer saved a deer that had a bucket stuck on its head as it swam in the Long Island Sound near Port Jefferson, dramatic video shows. The...

Five people infected by flesh-eating bacteria from Long Island Sound

Connecticut health officials are warning residents after a string of infections caused by a flesh-eating bacteria found in the Long Island Sound. Five patients in the state have been diagnosed...

Rescue crews searching for missing swimmer in the Bronx

Rescue crews were searching for a missing swimmer under the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx on Thursday night, officials said. Police were called to the scene at around 7...

Website crashes while tracking great white shark in Long Island Sound

A crush of fans looking to keep tabs on a great white shark spotted in the Long Island Sound apparently took a bite out of the website used to track...

Great white shark tracked in Long Island Sound off coast of Connecticut

A great white shark was being tracked by an ocean data group while swimming in the Long Island Sound on Monday. The notorious fish, named Cabot, is 9 feet, 8...

Site of tragic Christmas blaze listed for $850K

The site of the horrific Christmas Day ​2011 ​house fire that claimed the lives of three young girls and their grandparents ​in Connecticut ​is up for sale. The 0.34-acre Stamford...

New York’s new four-legged hero

When disaster strikes, the saying goes, it’s any port in a storm. But when a life-and-death emergency arose in Port Jefferson Harbor last weekend, it was a storm — or,...

Boy dies in river after getting sucked into drain pipe

BRANFORD, Conn. — Authorities say a 10-year-old boy slipped while playing in a culvert with his two brothers and was swept into a pipe leading to a Connecticut river. His...

NYC's latest real estate boom? Private islands

No man is an island. But if he can cough up millions of bucks, he can buy his own near New York City. One of them floats just off Darien,...

Passengers survive small plane crash in Long Island Sound

Two people survived after a small plane crashed in the Long Island Sound Sunday afternoon, law enforcement sources said. The aircraft appears to have been carrying two people when it...

Man dies after getting pulled from Long Island Sound

The NYPD Harbor Unit recovered the body of a 48-year-old man from the Long Island Sound on Thursday night, police sources said. James Famularo, of Glen Cove, Long Island, was...