lifeguard

Colin Tucci was looking for a summer job where he could make a difference. When he heard about how much jobs as a lifeguard were paying, it was a no-brainer. Looking to hire lifeguards after years of issues, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation this year decided to offer wages starting at $21 per hour, as well as bonuses…

Looking to hire lifeguards after years of issues, the Massachusetts DCR has decided to offer wages starting at $21 an hour, sign-on bonuses and retention bonuses.

With Wednesday’s weather providing a hint of what’s to come in spring and summer, the Massachusetts agency responsible for providing lifeguards at state-run beaches and waterways is planning to offer some of the highest wages in the nation to attract quality lifeguards. “We want to make sure we are getting the best and most qualified candidates,” Stephanie Cooper, acting...

The Department of Conservation and Recreation is ramping up its effort to add more lifeguards ahead of this summer.

A man has pleaded guilty to the broad-daylight abduction and rape of a lifeguard at a pool in Alexandria, Virginia.

A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured when an umbrella went airborne.

A teenage boy was impaled by a beach umbrella Friday afternoon while he was visiting Gloucester, Massachusetts, authorities said. The 13-year-old was on Good Harbor Beach when an umbrella got loose in the wind and flew into his shoulder, leaving him seriously hurt, according to fire officials.

A New England staple is shutting its doors at the end of the summer. Water Wizz of Westerly, Rhode Island, will be closing after 40 years of operations, the water park announced Wednesday. The park, located near Misquamicut State Beach, is closing due to its aging infrastructure and what it says are the ever-increasing costs of operating a small business...

Like many kids in Florida, Violet Jalil loves the ocean. But for the past two years, her mom hasn’t let her 5-year-old daughter swim in the ocean.

In recent years, great white shark sightings have become all the more common on Cape Cod. Already this year, more than 150 of the sharks have been spotted off of Massachusetts. Most of the sightings are on the outer Cape, from Chatham to Provincetown. But there have also been many sightings in Cape Cod Bay, where research scientists have been...

Monday: Hot, humid, chance of thunder later. Highs in the 90s. Monday night: Warm, humid. Lows in the 70s. Tuesday: Continued heat and humidity. Highs in the 90s.

Over the past week, there were 17 shark sightings off Cape Cod, including seven over the weekend alone. According to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app, great white sharks were spotted in Cape Cod Bay and off Truro, Eastham, Orleans, Chatham and Monomoy Island.

A shark was spotted by a lifeguard at a Cape Cod beach on Sunday. Around 10:45 a.m., one shark fin was seen at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, according to Sharktivity.

It was another busy weekend for shark sightings, with 15 great whites spotted off the coast of Massachusetts on Saturday and Sunday combined. That’s the same number of sharks that were spotted the weekend before. According to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app, seven great white sharks were spotted off Provincetown, one off Truro, two of Wellfleet, one off...

A Boston man has died after being pulled from the water Tuesday at Revere Beach, police said Wednesday. The man was identified by Massachusetts State Police as 58-year-old Thomas M. Burns. Bystanders and lifeguards had pulled him from the surf before 3 p.m. and he was unresponsive when police arrived.

A swimmer in distress at Revere Beach was pulled from the water Tuesday, and witnesses say the situation went from bad to worse.

A man was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after being pulled from the water at Revere Beach. Massachusetts State Police said when they arrived to the beach for a possible drowning just before 3 p.m., bystanders had already pulled the man from the water.

It was a busy weekend for sharks, with at least 15 great whites spotted off the coast of Massachusetts. According to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app, 11 great white sharks were spotted off Provincetown, one off Orleans and one off Wellfleet on Saturday. Sharks were also spotted in Cape Cod Bay and off Rockport on the North Shore...

There were multiple shark sightings off Cape Cod beaches on Saturday, including at Nauset Beach in Orleans where a lifeguard spotted a great white about 50 yards off the beach.

A 4-year-old girl who was run over by a lifeguard truck at a Coronado beach Monday was released from Rady Children’s Hospital Tuesday afternoon.