In the wake of the heavy rain on Wednesday, eight beaches in Quincy and one in Braintree have been closed to swimming because of bacteria contamination. Avalon, Chickatabot, Heron, Delano (Back), Broady (Baker), Germantown Fire Station, Orchard and Nickerson beaches in Quincy and Smith Beach in Braintree are over the limit for bacteria. Avalon Beach has 30 times the contamination considered safe. Continue reading
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All beaches on South Shore open
The temperature’s high and the bacteria counts are low on all beaches from Quincy to Plymouth. Smith Beach in Braintree has reopened after passing a water quality test on Thursday. It closed earlier this week for the second time this summer after registering bacteria levels twice as high as the maximum considered safe for swimming, but samples taken on Thursday came back clean. Continue reading
All South Shore beaches open
Mound Beach in Quincy has reopened after passing a water quality test. It was closed Tuesday after registering high bacteria levels All other beaches from Quincy to Plymouth are open, although not all tests results for this week have been posted Continue reading