Last year, the state reported the third highest rate ever of beaches testing positive for dangerous levels of bacteria.

A person who was pulled from the water off Nantasket Beach on Saturday after a report of a capsized boat has died, according ...

An unresponsive man pulled from the water off Nantasket Beach in Hull on Saturday later died, according to Massachusetts ...

Over half of all Massachusetts beaches had an unsafe level of fecal bacteria last year, and 47 beaches reached the danger ...

As temperatures near the 90s in some parts of Massachusetts on Saturday, over 40 beaches across the state will be closed.

Nearly 50 beaches are closed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health due to unsafe swimming water this weekend.

On what forecasters described as a spectacular summer day, residents of Massachusetts looking to hit the beach will have ...

The 39 beaches, including inland ponds and coastal beaches, are primarily closed due to unhealthy bacteria levels or harmful ...

A Maine police department issued a warning about a large shark, suspected to be a great white, seen swimming Monday and Tuesday near several public beaches.

The public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide in most coastal states – but not in Massachusetts.