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MARSTONS MILLS — During the first few days of December, observers looking out at Mystic Lake may have noticed an unusual sight: bands of milky clouds fanning out from beneath a pontoon-style boat as ...

BREWSTER -- Add Cliff Pond in Nickerson State Park to the short list of Cape ponds that have received alum treatments in recent years to counteract algae blooms caused by high levels of phosphorus.

I am a property abutter to Uncle Harvey’s Pond, at 15 Uncle Harvey’s Way, Orleans. As an abutter, I object to using alum in Uncle Harvey’s Pond for these reasons: Over a long period of use, alum could ...

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SOUTHWICK — Members of the Lake Management Committee said last week that the aluminum sulfate treatment of the lake conducted nearly two years ago appears to have resulted in a significant reduction ...

At its regular board meeting on Dec. 12, the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District’s Board of Managers voted to continue to invest in alum treatments for Spring Lake and allocated nearly $300,000 ...

SOUTHWICK — Despite a new algae bloom discovered on Monday on the Congamond Lakes Middle Pond, the town’s Board of Health director lifted the advisory Thursday afternoon for people to avoid using the ...