About 30 beaches were closed Friday from Pittsfield to Yarmouth as temperatures feel like 100 degrees. A majority of the ...

Heading into this weekend, 33 Massachusetts beaches are closed. Here's the full list. The following MA beaches, listed by ...

Tired of the seaweed and the sand when you head to the ocean? You're in luck. One of the best lakes for freshwater swimming in the country is located right here in Massachusetts, according to Reader's ...

Lynchburg police came to a man's door at his apartment complex to tell him that his truck was stolen and crashed on Old ...

Over two dozen beaches across the Bay State are closed on Wednesday, July 23. Here's where you can't go for a swim.

We should ensure that the freedom of access to Walden is restored, writes Miles Howard. Better yet, we must enshrine access to swimming as a right for everyone.

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 ...

When Henry David Thoreau’s attempt to simplify his life took him to the shores of Walden Pond in 1845, the Massachusetts reserve was a quiet haven enclosed by tall oaks and pines and wreathed ...

Today, Walden Pond is a popular fishing hole stocked with trout and frequented by walkers, boaters, swimmers, sunbathers and birdwatchers. You can wander the shaded dirt path hugging the oblong ...

Today, Walden Pond is a popular fishing hole stocked with trout and frequented by walkers, boaters, swimmers, sunbathers and birdwatchers in warm weather.

FILE - In this July 12, 2017 file photo, a couple walks along the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Mass. Two centuries after Thoreau's birth, people are still following in Thoreau's footsteps to ...