Nearly three dozen Massachusetts beaches are closed as temperatures soared into the high 90s on one of the summer’s most sweltering Fridays. The 31 beaches include both coastal beaches and inland ponds,

Heading into this weekend, 33 Massachusetts beaches are closed. Here's the full list. The following MA beaches, listed by town, are closed as of Thursday, July 24: Winchendon: Lake Dennison State Park at North Camp Beach (Bacterial Exceedance)

As of Saturday morning, there were 30 beaches closed across the Bay State, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s interactive beach water quality dashboard. Nearly all of those bodies of water are closed due to harmful bacteria levels, the dashboard indicated.