OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Old Orchard Beach has been closed to swimming and surfing for the rest of the day.
John Glass, the town’s emergency director, issued the declaration, saying the town beach is tentatively set to reopen Monday at 7 a.m.
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Steve Opre, a lifeguard with the Ferry Beach Park Association, secures a lifeguard stand alongside Surf Street in Camp Ellis this morning. Opre, along with fellow lifeguards Kate Campbell Strauss and Eli Grober, took a swim to test the waters and closed the beach after determining it unsafe. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer
Glass cited swimmer safety as his reason for closing the popular beach at the height of tourist season.
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