At last check, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 18 beach closures due to excessive bacteria.

Several Massachusetts beaches are currently closed due to bacterial contamination and harmful cyanobacteria blooms, according ...

S WAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott's King's Beach is once again off-limits to swimming at the start of a beautiful summer weekend after Lynn Water & Sewer sent out a notification of a sewage overflow ...

After decades of contaminated water and noxious odors at the popular King’s Beach, officials in both Lynn and Swampscott are working together to trace the sources of the pollution and clean it up.

S WAMPSCOTT, MA — The long-standing water safety concerns at King's Beach in Swampscott and Lynn were the focus of state and federal officials this week as they gathered there to announce U.S ...

One of those is the main beach at Walden Pond State Reservation, which will remain closed for the entirety of summer 2025 as a new, state-of-the-art $6.1 million bathhouse is constructed. Red Cross ...