With warm temperatures expected, the DCR will staff lifeguards at Houghton’s Pond and other swimming areas through Labor Day.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has expanded the season for Houghton’s Pond and other swimming areas across the commonwealth past the scheduled closure dates. Lifeguards will stay on duty at Houghton’s Pond beach in the Blue Hills Recreation Area through Labor Day, Monday, September 3. “DCR takes great pride in providing the public with quality recreational opportunities at our many waterfronts and pools,” said DCR Commissioner Ed Lambert, via a press release. “We hope everyone stays cool and safe and enjoys these final warm days of the 2012 summer season at one of our fabulous DCR facilities.” For the most up-to-date information about other DCR-run beaches, pools and spray decks in the area, visit www.mass.gov/dcr/…
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The Department of Conservation and Recreation held a grand opening for the $4 million bathhouse project at Houghton's Pond on Monday.
State and local officials, including Governor Deval Patrick, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new Houghton’s Pond Bathhouse in Milton on Monday, July 9. The new facility is part of a $4 million project at the Blue Hills Reservation recreation area. The new 4,500-square-foot bathhouse, which was funded by the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Capital Fund, replaces a similar structure that was built in 1968. Patrick, who is a Milton resident, referenced the infrastructure investments made by the “Greatest Generation” after World War II during his brief address in front of the new building. “It’s time for us to make the kind of investments the generation before us did,” Patrick said, adding his administration has …
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Adam Roberts
1:34 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The photos of the bathhouse will be up shortly. more ›