New York has 67 state-owned swimming beaches and all are tested regularly to determine the public's risk of coming in contact with waterborne diseases. The beaches are tested at least once a week for ...

Five swimming beaches at state parks in New York are closed, according to the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. One of the closed beaches tested high for E.coli, two are ...

Several beaches in Lake and McHenry counties remained closed for another day Sunday due to high bacteria levels. The closings, some of which have been in place since Thursday, come as high ...

Just last year a story in The Herald-Times contained this news: "Lake Monroe’s public beaches will unfortunately be closed for Memorial Day weekend. Recent rainfall has resulted in high water ...