With weather conditions improving, trips to Massachusetts beaches could be limited based on what is open to the public on ...

Over half of all Massachusetts beaches had an unsafe level of fecal bacteria last year, and 47 beaches reached the danger ...

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.

Environment Massachusetts says it will take billions of federal dollars to take the action needed to reduce coastal bacterial ...

Across the state, 35 beaches are closed due to high levels of bacteria in the water, according to the Massachusetts ...

Several Massachusetts beaches remain closed on Tuesday as temperatures slowly start to climb. Here's where swimmers should ...

Planning to spend Fourth of July weekend at the beach? The weather certainly looks beautiful for it, with sunny skies and hot ...

S ALEM, MA — More than 40 Massachusetts beaches were off limits to swimming heading into what is expected to be one of the ...

Condé Nast Traveler has created a list of the top seven most enjoyable Massachusetts beaches to visit. The famed publication ...

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 ...