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Forty-seven Massachusetts beaches reached dangerous levels of fecal bacteria last year, according to the non-profit ...
Over half of all Massachusetts beaches had an unsafe level of fecal bacteria last year, and 47 beaches reached the danger ...
One ongoing closure is in Concord, at Walden Pond State Reservation. The closure will continue for the summer as construction ...
Heading into this weekend, 33 Massachusetts beaches are closed. Here's the full list. The following MA beaches, listed by ...
As skies stay hazy due to smoke from Canadian wildfires and temperatures slowly climb, several beaches across Massachusetts ...
Environment Massachusetts says it will take billions of federal dollars to take the action needed to reduce coastal bacterial ...
Summertime means beach time. Massachusetts has 15 state-owned saltwater beaches bordering the ocean and over 50 fresh-water beaches, according to a Visit New Englan d.
The public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide in most coastal states – but not in Massachusetts.
As of Saturday morning, there were 30 beaches closed across the Bay State, according to the Massachusetts Department of ...
The following MA beaches, listed by town, are closed as of Thursday, July 3: Andover: Pomps Pond (Bacterial Exceedance) Ashby: Damon Pond Beach (Other) Beverly: Brackenbury (Bacterial Exceedance) ...
A beach in Dorchester has reopened to swimmers while many more remain closed across the state due to high bacteria levels.
Piping plovers return to Massachusetts' beaches to nest in early spring. Mass Audubon Coastal Waterbird Program Director Lyra Brennan explains why the small shorebirds "are some of the most ...