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Trout Stocking Continues Across the State Josh Cingranelli © Provided by NBC Connecticut The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Fish and Wildlife division along with fisherman from the CT Fly Fisherman Association spent Wednesday morning stocking trout along the Willimantic River. In total approximately 300 trout were released along the river. Some of the fish were released in a traditional manner where they were taken from the tanks and released along the bank. A group of volunteers from the Connecticut Fly Fisherman's Association took a unique approach to re...

Police pulled a body from the Willimantic River off Riverside Drive in Willimantic Thursday afternoon. According to police, officers had been searching for a...

Willimantic police said they found a body in a river. Officers discovered the body about 2:15 p.m. Thursday while they were out searching for a missing person who they said had fallen into the Willimantic River on Dec. 26. Firefighters helped police retrieve the body, and the person was taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Farmington. Police had not confirmed the person’s name and ...

A witness reported that the man fell into the river around 3:45 a.m. The river very high and swift due to recent rainfall and snowmelt.