The Walden Pond oasis has been shut down to swimming because of elevated bacteria levels after the recent deluge of rain. Walden Pond is the latest Massachusetts waterbody that has a “No Swimming” red ...

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation says the open-water swimming ban at Walden Pond will come to an end on Friday, a week after the ban first went into effect.On July 2, the ...

For those hot summer days when you want to cool down, but dip in the pool or a trip to the beach isn’t for you or won’t quite do, swimming holes in and around Massachusetts may be the perfect answer.

CALAIS — Concerns about liability have led to the closure of a swimming area on Mirror Lake, provoking a local outcry. Not being able to take a dip in the hot weather in what is also known as No. 10 ...

Feb 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021 Updated Nov 9, 2021 The reason why is that the swimming area is in a section of Langley Pond Park where a major redevelopment project is underway. “It is right in the ...

Revelers play in the shallow water where Cushman Brook feeds into Puffer’s Pond in North Amherst. Town officials closed the pond on Thursday due to high levels of E. coli. Credit: GAZETTE FILE PHOTO ...

GLYNDON, Minn. — The swimming pond at Buffalo River State Park will remain closed again this summer, and likely for summers in the near future, as damaged infrastructure renders the pond unusable. The ...

NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — One park in the state is closed for swimming on Thursday due to the presence of certain indicator bacteria, according to the Connecticut Department of Energy and ...

Open-water swimming has been banned at Massachusetts’ famed Walden Pond, prompting an outcry from swimming enthusiasts. The state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation late last week handed down ...