For generations, swimmers packed Mendon Ponds Park for a summertime dip while sunbathers soaked in the rays in the park’s beach area. The park had a staff of lifeguards, a bathhouse for changing and a ...

A draft management plan for Buffalo River State Park, which is in a public review stage, suggests converting the sand-bottom swimming pond into a nature play area. A ramp leading into a seasonal ...

The dog days of summer are finally behind us, but I’m still burned by the memory of this year’s heat. Summers in Massachusetts are becoming hotter and muggier, to the extent where even the ...

Libby’s new swimming pond may look ready for use, but Park Manager Adam Noble said there is still work to be done before it’s ready for the public. “We need to put up the fencing and get the water ...