Health & Fitness
Worcester Beaches Reopen After E. Coli Warning Lifted
The Coes Pond and Shore Park beaches were shut down Wednesday after tests found high bacteria levels.

WORCESTER, MA — Just in time for a heat wave, two Worcester beaches closed this week due to high E. Coli bacteria levels have reopened.
The beaches at Coes Pond along Mill Street and the Shore Park beach along Indian Lake closed Wednesday after water tests showed high bacteria levels. The parks reopened Thursday after those levels receded, city officials said.
However, the Coes Pond beach will close again on Friday — this time so the city can apply the aquatic herbicides copper sulfate and imazamox to control invasive plant life and potentially toxic algae.
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