More than 40 beaches in Massachusetts were closed for swimming Wednesday as hazy and hot weather blanketed the Boston area.

Cape Cod has plenty of freshwater swimming spots and beaches on the shores of lakes and ponds. Here are 8 to try.

Multiple beaches, including this one in Templeton, are closed by the Mass. Department of Public Health due to unsafe swimming ...

Heading into this weekend, 14 ponds are under watch for unsafe swimming water by the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC).

Several beaches in Massachusetts are closed during what could be the most extreme heat wave​ in years for the Boston area.

I love to swim — especially in a pond or a lake, the colder the better (within reason). I have my favorites, but none of them ...

We saw a stretcher being wheeled down onto the beach at Houghton's Pond for a water rescue, and the patient was brought back toward the parking lot a few minutes later.

More than 30 beaches are closed across Massachusetts on Wednesday, July 15, including a popular Western Massachusetts ...

A Fall River teen drowned in South Watuppa Pond on Sunday night, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Well kept vacation home in popular Becket Woods, featuring tennis courts, basket ball court, a swimming pond and miles of walking trails. The open plan living room has a wood stove for cozy winter ...

This is one of those rare spots where Massachusetts shows off without any apology, and the grand finale of the whole ...

Some beaches just sit there looking pretty, but Race Point Beach in Provincetown actually takes you somewhere. This isn’t ...