Lake Winnipesaukee

Cyanobacteria, sometimes referred to as blue-green algae, has been reported in parts of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services monitors water quality for things like cyanobacteria or fecal bacteria levels to help protect visitors in the summer months. Two warnings about cyanobacteria blooms on sections of the lake were posted on June 12 –…

Visitors should avoid contact with the water and keep pets away, the department advised in a statement.

The FAA has released its preliminary report on a fatal plane crash in New Hampshire over the weekend. The pilot of a single-engine Cessna 150 was killed after the small plane crashed into Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford near Ellacoya State Park around 9 p.m. Saturday. The FAA’s preliminary report, released Monday, contains only a brief description of the crash. The…

Officials say the man’s body was found in nearly 60 feet of water around 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

A pilot has been found dead after a small plane crashed into Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, New Hampshire, Saturday night. There had been an ongoing search for the pilot after a single-engine Cessna 150 crashed into the water near Ellacoya State Park around 9 p.m. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department confirmed that the man’s body was recovered from…

Fire officials say the plane was headed to Laconia Municipal Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in an email to NBC10 Boston that a single-engine Cessna 150 crashed into the lake near Gilford around 9:15 p.m. Only the pilot was on board.

A small plane crashed into Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, New Hampshire, Saturday night, fire and aviation officials said. Initial information was limited but the Gilford Fire Department confirmed that a plane went into the lake off of Ellacoya State Park, Route 11. People at the recreation area reported to officials that they saw the plane crash into the water. Fire…

Police in New Hampshire were still gathering information on a hit-and-run crash that badly damaged a boat on Lake Winnipesaukee last month, investigators confirmed Sunday. Boaters on a 50-foot-SeaRay boat fled the scene after it crashed into a docked vessel in Wolfeboro’s Winter Harbor late Saturday, Aug. 12., according to New Hampshire State Police. An image shared by police showed…

Boaters fled the scene of a crash after their vessel slammed into another one at a dock on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee on Saturday night, state police said. The occupants of a 50-foot SeaRay boat were taken from the scene of the crash by another boat which had been located Sunday morning, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear if...