A half-an-hour drive from Boston, Massachusetts, in the town of Concord, sits one of the most revered literary landscapes in the world: the 2,680-acre Walden Woods and Walden Pond State Reservation.

The Walden Pond oasis has been shut down to swimming because of elevated bacteria levels after the recent deluge of rain. Walden Pond is the latest Massachusetts waterbody that has a “No Swimming” red ...

THIS IS BREAKING AT 7:00 TONIGHT. AUTHORITIES ARE IDENTIFYING NOW THE BODY THAT WAS FOUND IN THE LYNN WOODS RESERVATION IS BRIAN LOPEZ. THE TEEN HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE FRIDAY. THIS IS SKY FIVE OVER ...

The Massachusetts State Police dive team has continued its search for a missing 53-year-old Cambridge man at Walden Pond in Concord.The MSP Underwater Recovery Unit returned Sunday morning for its ...

After being closed for half a year, the trails at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat are again open, and spring migrants are arriving. On our first foray around the ponds since the closure, we watched ...

CONCORD, Mass. — Heavy spring flooding has forced the state to cut summer access by nearly half at Walden Pond, which was made famous by author Henry David Thoreau, state officials said today. The ...

CONCORD — Open water swimming is no more at Walden Pond, following an announcement by the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation on Friday. DCR said swimming will only be permitted to ...

Update: After public outcry, the Baker administration says it will allow open water swimming at Walden Pond again — with some caveats. Read more here. Boston might like to think of itself as the “hub ...

Walden Pond, shown in 2003, has a big problem with swimmers who urinate in the pond, fouling the water and damaging the famed pond’s ecosystem, according a new scientific report. Naturalist and ...

Open-water swimming has been banned at Massachusetts’ famed Walden Pond, prompting an outcry from swimming enthusiasts. The state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation late last week handed down ...