Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sunday, July 20, Learned Pond Beach in Framingham had no lifeguards on duty as 16-year-old Johnathan Gutierrez disappeared ...

Two dozen beaches are closed for swimming in Massachusetts Sunday, mostly because of unsafe levels of bacteria in the water. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health publishes a dashboard every ...

With a hot weekend ahead in Massachusetts, you may be in the mood to spend a day cooling off at the beach. However, if you're planning a weekend beach trip, you'll want to avoid the beaches closed due ...

Dozens of Massachusetts beaches are closed for swimming because there is either too much bacteria in the water or toxic algae is present.

Planning to spend this weekend at the beach? If so, you'll want to avoid the beaches closed due to unsafe swimming water. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) states that swimming in ...