Swimming

Excess nutrients, as well as changes in the environment, are boosting the potential for cyanobacteria blooms.

While stormwater runoff can carry a whole host of toxins into local wells, the recent uptick in precipitation and high temperatures can also cause increased bacteria.

The bacteria can be harmful to humans and animals, so here are a few tips on what to look for if you’re looking to cool off in lakes or ponds in the state.

Vera Rivard, 17, just completed the ‘Triple Crown’ of open water swimming, crossing the 20-mile Catalina channel. Now, it’s her younger sister’s turn.

A new online guide aims to track the bacteria levels of the Connecticut River at nearly 200 sites throughout New England.The Connecticut River…

The state Department of Environmental Services wants to make its beach safety advisories more timely and accurate this summer.As of midday Friday, DES had…

Each August, the town of Hancock, N.H., does what every good town should do: it celebrates itself. Hancock’s Old Home Days are a chance for residents to…

To everything there is a season and this is the season when we go swimming and we spend a lot of time talking about Cyanobacteria. So what is it, exactly?…

Cyanobacteria advisories are in place at Elm Brook Park beach in Hopkinton and Silver Lake State Park Beach in Hollis. State officials are urging visitors…

Emily Post said: "Never talk about politics or religion.” But with candidates so divisive, and voters so impassioned, it's tough to follow that particular…