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 ...

CONCORD — Mario Roman and Jenasis Valenzuela have long enjoyed summer weekends at Walden Pond. But when the couple arrived on a sweltering day last week, they found a large section of the beach was ...

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 ...

The main beach at the Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord will close this summer as the construction of a new bathhouse continues, the state announced. Construction at the popular swimming spot ...

Amid Thursday’s scorching temperatures and the Juneteenth holiday, several beaches across Massachusetts are closed. 14 beaches are closed in total on Thursday, according to the state’s Department of ...

If you have to cut or bend a fence out of the way, it's a good sign that that area of the beach isn't open to you. The state park is reporting that visitors to Concord's Walden Pond are hiking ...

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 ...

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Bay Staters looking to cool off during this brutal heat wave could be out of luck at several state-run beaches. As temps spike into the 90s across the region, many Department of Conservation and ...

Two dozen beaches are closed for swimming in Massachusetts Sunday, mostly because of unsafe levels of bacteria in the water. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health publishes a dashboard every ...