The South Beaches Senior League team picked up its second win in pool play at the World Series in Bangor, Maine.

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South Beaches Neighbors: Join the crab trap roundup Lorraine Thompson South Beaches News Area boaters have an opportunity to get involved with clearing area waters of derelict blue crab traps.

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OCEAN CITY, N.J. (CBS) Several Ocean City, New Jersey beaches have been closed again due to a possible sewage spill.

According to the Department of Environmental Quality, three beaches between First and Third Streets were closed on Sunday after raw sewage spilled into a nearby storm drain.

Water samples were taken Monday morning and the beaches will remain closed pending test results, which are expected to come in some time Tuesday morning.

This is the third time in three weeks beaches in Ocean City have been closed due to sewage-related incidents.

On August 6, a grease blockage in a sewer line caused sewage to overflow into a storm drain, closing beaches between Eighth and Tenth streets. The week before that, the Stenton Place beach was closed due to concerns of an overflowing sewage pipe.

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Sand castles line the beach of Killarney Lake in this file photo.

Three beaches in Westman received failing grades from water tests conducted by Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship last week.

Water in Killarney Lake and Pelican Lake showed the number of blue-green algae cells and the concentration of microcystin, an algal toxin, were above the recreational water quality guideline for the province.

As a result of the tests, drinking, swimming or any other contact with the water at Killarney Beach and Pelican Lakes south and north beaches is not recommended.

The failed tests arent unique to Westman as five other beaches throughout the province also failed tests and are currently under an algae advisory.

"A lot of it depends on which way the wind is blowing,"said Jay Struth, chair of the Killarney Lake Action Committee, adding that a westerly wind can cause a high amount of algae to gather at the Killarney Beach location, causing dense blooms and giving way to microcystin.

Killarney has been at the forefront when it comes to researching methods to combat the blooms.

In 2001, former Brandon University student Jeremy Ross conducted a study in conjunction with the town to examine the inhibitory effects of barley straw on algae in a Prairie water body. The study, which was conducted in the third cell of the sewage lagoon in Killarney wasnt tested in the lake, however, due to environmental officials citing unknown effects on other organisms, according to Dr. Bill Paton, a biology and botany professor at Brandon University.

"Our main problem is internal loading, so the phosphorus re-releases every summer and creates a perpetual problem,"Struth said. "Were looking at creating a good water budget. We need to get all of the available data we have together, fill in some gaps and then really see what could be a useful treatment against the algae."

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OCEAN CITY, NJ (CBS) Beaches in Ocean City, closed for the second time in about a week, are back open this morning. And, vacationers say theyre eager to get back in the water.

The most recent round of closures were in place from Stenton Place to Delancey Place, right at the northern tip of the boardwalk.

Officials say it was a precaution after the sewer system backed up, possibly into storm drains that empty into the ocean. That back-up was likely caused by grease, either from restaurants or from people dumping cooking grease down their sinks.

The Cape May County Health Department ordered Ocean City to collect water samples to test for bacteria. Test results showed the water was safe for swimming and the Health Department notified the city at 8 a.m. today.

And, vacationers say now that they have the all-clear, they have no problem getting back in the water.

Its only our second day, so the kids want to get in and boogie board and swim and all that, you know, its really what you come down for, to sit on the beach and swim, and enjoy the nice weather.

There was a similar closure of some beaches last week for the same reason. Again, test results should be back today, and well know if the beaches will re-open or stay closed to swimmers.

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Ocean City reopened beaches from Stenton Place to Delancey Place this morning to bathers when test results taken after a sewer leak proved negative.

Officials had restricted bathing at those beaches starting Sunday night when a grease clog caused a nearby sewer to overflow. Officials were concerned the water possibly entered the storm drain system.

They alerted the Cape May County Health Department, which was called to test the water as a precaution. Officials closed about 1,300 foot stretch of water to bathing and swimming until the tests were complete.

"I just got them (the results) this morning," said Kevin Thomas, the county health officer. "The bacteria is low and the waters are clean."

Now, all seven miles of coastline in Ocean City is open to bathers.

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The Rockledge junior little league opens the World Series with a win. South Beaches can't pull it off in the Senior League.

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Blue-green algae washes onto a Lake Winnipeg beach in a 2010 file photo.

Water testing this week shows E. coli levels within recreational water quality guidelines at all beaches monitored by safety inspectors.

Algal blooms were reported at a number of beaches over the past week.

A news release from Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship advised people to avoid swimming in water where severe algal blooms are visible and to prevent pets from drinking water along the shoreline.

At Killarney Lake beach and on Pelican Lake (at Ninette and Pleasant Valley beaches), the number of blue-green algal cells and the concentration of the algal toxin microcystin were above the recreational-water-quality guideline. A toxic-algae advisory has been posted at all three beaches to let swimmers know cyanobacteria toxins have been observed and drinking, swimming or other contact with the water is not recommended.

At Hillside Beach on Lake Winnipeg, the number of blue-green algae cells was above the recreational-water-quality guideline on Aug. 7. The concentration of the algal toxin microcystin was below the recreational-water-quality guideline.

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AMANDA McCOY/SUN HERALDThe sun sets as beachgoers enjoy the sand and surf in Gulfport. USA Today has named the beach along the Mississippi Coast one of the most amazing American beaches.

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BILOXI -- USA Today has named the beach along the Mississippi Coast one of the most amazing American beaches.

The newspaper Friday listed 20 of the best beaches in the U.S., and Coast beaches are listed alongside those in Hawaii, Florida, Massachusetts and South Carolina.

"Although Hurricane Katrina badly damaged Biloxi in 2005, the white-sand beaches have largely been redeveloped and revitalized," the article said. "And with luxury casino resorts, golf courses and world-class seafood restaurants, the area earns Mississippi Gulf Coast its nickname of 'the playground of the South.'"

Chuck Loftis, director of the Harrison County Sand Beach Department, said he didn't know about the designation but was pleased.

"That's fantastic," he said Friday. "Great news. We can always use positive news."

The article didn't say what criteria were used to choose the beaches but did urge readers to "check out these 20 awe-inspiring beaches that America has to offer, from Alaska to Washington state (and nearly everywhere in between)."

The other beaches on the list include Shell Island and Fort Zachary Taylor in Florida; Anini Beach and Lanikai Beach in Hawaii; Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif.; Cannon Beach in Oregon; Old Orchard Beach in Maine; Secret Cove in Lake Tahoe, Nev.; Montauk Point State Park in New York; Isla Bianca Park in South Padre Island, Texas; Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan; Aquinnah Cliffs in Martha's Vineyard; Second Beach in Washington; Leigh Lake in Wyoming; Folly Beach in South Carolina; Icy Strait Point in Alaska; Presque Isle State Park, Pennsylvania; Children's Pool Beach, La Jolla, Calif.; and Harkers Island in North Carolina.

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Have you ever heard of a nurdle? Me neither—until I read a Discovery story that, “Chinese oil major Sinopec on Thursday offered to help pay to clean up tonnes of plastic pellets that have fouled Hong Kong beaches since a spill at sea during a typhoon two weeks ago.”

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Beginning Monday, Ginnie and Tom Stapelfeld will spend their evenings on the sand in Carolina Beach. They'll set up beach chairs and sit for hours, chatting, counting shooting stars and satellites and waiting to meet their babies around 100 loggerhead sea turtles, who at any time in the next week could hatch and emerge from the sand.

"We try to sit before. We want to sit before. We want to be there," said Ginnie, who lives in Monkey Junction and volunteers with the Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project, which monitors turtle nests on Carolina and Kure Beaches from May through October. "Honestly, it's kind of like waiting for a human to be born. You don't know when it's coming."

Nest time is at a premium for volunteers in Carolina Beach, where the first half of nesting season produced just six loggerhead nests, a number project officials said was "about average." But as of July 31, North Carolina beaches had a total of 953 loggerhead nests, which could place 2012 among the most productive nesting seasons in state history.

North Carolina beaches serve as nesting grounds for loggerhead, leatherback, green and Kemp's ridley sea turtles, according to Matthew Godfrey, a biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. But loggerheads account for around 95 percent of all nests in the state, providing the majority of tracking and statistical data for nesting season.

"Based on seasonal data from previous years, about 90 percent of all the nests in a season are laid by July 31," Godfrey said via email. "Assuming this pattern remains constant for 2012, we should receive about 1,058 loggerhead nests ... by the end of this season."

That's second only to 1999, when Tar Heel State beaches played host to 1,140 loggerhead nests, Godfrey said, adding that at this point, the 2012 projections are largely hypothetical.

"It's very difficult to say," he said. "We just don't know. I'm reluctant to say what it's going to be without actually waiting to see what it's going to be."

Thus far, 336 sea turtle nests have been laid on beaches in the Cape Fear region; 326 of those are loggerheads. The vast majority of those eggs remain unhatched, as incubation periods are stretching longer this year for all species a development most likely due to fluctuating sand temperatures, said Nancy Busovne, director of the Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project.

"The school of thought and it is just a theory is that at the beginning of the season, in late May and early June, it was unseasonably cool and very rainy," said Busovne, who has been involved with the sea turtle project for 11 years. "That may have contributed to it. This has definitely been a statewide phenomenon."

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TRENTON Environmental officials are awaiting test results after dozens of beaches in New Jersey showed signs of high bacteria levels.

Officials believe recent heavy rainfall caused runoff, sending pollutants into the water.

Most of the 42 beaches are along rivers and bays in Ocean County.

The Environmental Protection Department on Tuesday closed the Avon Road beach in Pine Beach and the Beachwood Beach West in Beachwood because of bacteria levels.

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Twenty-two beaches in Monmouth and Ocean counties cited for excess bacteria Tuesday were cleared late today, according to a report by APP.com.

Further sampling showed that the beaches met the state Department of Environmental Protection's standard for bacteria levels, the report said.

Two beaches in Ocean County were closed today because of the higher levels, according to the story. They were river beaches at Avon Road in Pine Beach and Beachwood Beach in Beachwood.

Storm runoff can contribute to higher bacteria levels, the story said.

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Chinese oil and chemical company Sinopec Corp. promised Thursday to clean up hundreds of millions of its tiny plastic pellets that washed up on beaches across Hong Kong after they fell off a ship during a strong typhoon.

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Sharks or syringes, forget about it. That would totally ruin a beach vacation.

But people are more placid about poo, apparently. Although a raw-sewage spill prompted authorities to ban swimming at three of the busiest beaches in Ocean City, N.J., earlier this week, sunbathers crowded back into the ocean Tuesday afternoon, after Cape May County health officials declared the currents safe.

"Considering that Ocean City is seven miles long, I think it's a little bit overblown," said John Millon, 56, of Havertown, who spent Tuesday on the beach at Third Street. Millon, who has a house in Ocean City, swims in the ocean daily and didn't think that the sewage scare would keep him on the sand.

Authorities said that raw sewage backed up out of a grease-clogged sewer on Eighth Street, and recent rains swept it into storm drains, which empty into the ocean. Officials suspect that the clog was caused by someone illegally dumping grease into the sewer. Authorities forbade swimming at the Eighth and Ninth street beaches Monday and, because of how the tides ran, closed the 10th Street beach Tuesday morning, said Jim Mallon, Ocean City's director of community service.

The Cape May County Health Department tested the water?, and by midafternoon Tuesday deemed the bacteria levels acceptable to reopen all three beaches. Kevin Thomas, the department's health officer, said that crews test ocean water at 61 beaches from Ocean City down to Cape May Point every Monday, and it's not uncommon to have high bacteria readings during those tests. Closures, though, are required only after two consecutive days of high readings, which is fairly rare, he added. Thomas could remember just one other closure this summer one day last week at the beach off Stenton Place in Ocean City.

"Normally the water is fine," Thomas said. "But generally speaking, it's a good idea not to swim in the six hours or so after a major rainfall, when there's a lot of stuff coming out of those drains and washing off the streets."

Millon hopes that the city will find and punish the sewer dumper.

"If that's what happened, that a restaurant dumped grease in a sewer, they should really be fined, because tourism is the heart of the city, so you really have to protect the beach and the people at all costs," Millon said.

Millon said that the city won't start spying on sewers to detect the culprit. Rather, city officials will send out reminders to area merchants about how to properly dispose of grease.

Contact Dana DiFilippo at 215-854-5934 or difilid@phillynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DanaDiFilippo and read her blog, phillyconfidential.com.

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South Beaches advanced to the Senior League Baseball World Series in Bangor, Maine.

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According to Ocean City director of community services Jim Mallon, the 8th, 9th and 10th street beaches were reopened at 1 p.m. Tuesday after the Cape May County Health Department tested the water for bacteria and deemed the three beaches safe to swim.

The Department of Health ordered the closure of the 8th and 9th street beaches on Monday after water tests found unsafe levels of bacteria. The beaches were expected to reopen Tuesday morning, but officials restricted water access and also closed off access to the 10th Street beach as well.

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County officials have recieved permission from the state Department of Environmental Protection to use more aggressive methods to clear seaweed from Coquina Beach. PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

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MANATEE -- The county has stepped up efforts to clear Anna Maria Island beaches of seaweed after receiving permission from state environmental officials to use mechanical rakes.

"It's all done, I was very pleased with the quick action of the county," said Bradenton Beach resort owner David Teitelbaum.

"They did the whole north and south of us," he said.

It was a far cry from last week, when Teitelbaum, who operates four Bradenton Beach resorts, wrote in an email message to commissioners complaining that the beaches were "a total mess," and that "the smell is simply awful."

Steve West, the local representative for the state Department of Environmental Protection, helped to provide the necessary permit to rake beaches from the

southern most end of Coquina Beach to the northern tip of Anna Maria Island, with the caveat that county crews adhere to permit requirements, such as caution around sea turtle nests, wrote Cindy Turner, county director of parks and recreation in an email update to county commissioners.

Monday, clean-up crews raked along Gulf of Mexico beaches from Cortez Road to a few blocks north of State Road 64, and then hauled the debris to a compost pile, said Holmes Beach resident Glenn Wiseman, education director for the conservation group Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch & Shore Bird Monitoring.

Wiseman rode an all-terrain vehicle alongside a mechanical beach rake in order to protect turtle nests in the sand, and help the crews to avoid shorebird nesting and foraging areas, he said.

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