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 ...

CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts has developed guidelines for people who have long ignored a rule that bars swimming across Walden Pond. The proposed rules were developed with the help of ...

Planning a trip to Walden Pond to go swimming? You might want to reconsider. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation officials said that the beach popularized by Henry David Thoreau ...

The main beach at Walden Pond in Concord will be closed this summer during construction of a new bathhouse at the popular swimming area, state officials said. Red Cross Beach will remain open but will ...

Several beaches in Massachusetts are closed to the public for swimming on Tuesday. Nine beaches are closed in total on Tuesday, according to the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH). One of those ...

A popular Massachusetts beach will remain closed for the entirety of the summer as a new multi-million dollar bathhouse is constructed. The main beach at the Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord ...

State officials are again restricting open-water swimming at one of the region’s most popular recreational bodies of water. But at least on Sunday, the first day this season that the swimming rules ...

A day at the beach doesn’t have to mean trekking to the ocean. There are plenty of suitable bodies of water within the state that provide a beach experience. According to Chloe Gotsis, communications ...

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Daytime open-water swimming won’t be allowed at Walden Pond while lifeguards are present beginning Sunday, as swimming season starts and the high temperature is expected to approach 80 degrees, ...