Officials: Underwood Pool Follows Strict Safety Measures
State's pool closure order did not affect Belmont's historic municipal pool.
Belmont has always maintained strict safety measures for its historic Underwood Pool “We would not open it if we couldn’t see the bottom of the deep or the shallow ends,” said pool manager Lorraine Benoit on Friday, July 1. “I’ve been doing this for 35 years are we have never been short-staffed for the number of people we have swimming here.” In the wake of the death of 36-year-old Marie Joseph in the water of Veteran’s Memorial Pool in Fall River on Tuesday, June 28, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) closed all 30 of its deep-water pools until an investigation into the swimming death has been completed. The Underwood is a residential pool, run by the town, and not subject to DCR dictates, Benoit said. “We opened …
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