Beaches

The state monitors bacteria levels at ponds, beaches and lakes across the state. How often does your favorite Cape and Islands swimming spot fail state water quality testing?

The treatment reverses opioid overdoses and is now included in the first-aid kits of lifeguards and parking attendants.

Two dozen swimming areas across the Cape and South Coast are facing week-long closures because of fecal bacteria.County officials say they believe the contamination is the direct result of large crowds and heavy rains earlier in the week that washed fecal matter from dogs, turkeys, geese, and more into waterways.

It appeared, according to state officials, that after the crabs were harvested, they died somewhere in the storage process, and were dumped at sea because they had decayed to the point where they were no longer marketable as bait crabs.

A new public beach will open on the Cape this summer — but it needs a name.

COVID-19 has deepened the annual challenge of getting enough lifeguards to staff local town beaches. In Barnstable, they’re short 21 lifeguards out of the 105 they normally hire to protect swimmers at ocean beaches and several freshwater ponds.

Frequent shark sightings this summer along the Atlantic coast of Cape Cod haven’t deterred people from heading to the seashore. “The beaches have been…

A new set of precautions called “Beach Well” aims to keep people virus-safe at Cape Cod beaches this summer.Although the list repeats some existing…

The Cape Cod Reopening Task Force wants to get the word out about reopening Cape Cod after a quiet Memorial Day weekend. That includes new beach signs and…