Learned Pond News Today

Despite rain and warming weather, most water bodies out west have remained locked up with fishable ice, providing anglers ample access to hungry crappie, bass, pickerel, trout, and pike.

A single sunbather was sprawled on the sand at Waushakum Pond. Not a soul was in the water -- and with good reason. Waushakum is one of more than fifty Massachusetts beaches closed over the weekend because of contamination -- in this case, from harmful algae overgrowth.

Framinghams three cooling centers are open to residents and nonresidents, and will offer free air conditioning, water and other amenities.

Framingham officials unveiled a busy calendar this summer full of drop-in activities and outdoor events.

Authorities have identified the body of a man who was found in a Framingham pond last week as Massachusetts dealt with bitter temperatures.

Police say someone walked into the station to report the discovery of the body.

Framingham police didn't identify the person or immediately release further details. Read more at Boston.com.

A person's body was pulled from a pond in Framingham, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. The body appeared to be that of a man, Framingham police said.

MetroWest Workers Center is collecting money to pay for the funeral of Geremias Jimenez, who drowned in Learned Pond in Framingham on May 26

Police say the teenager was swinging into the pond from a rope and that he did not resurface.