By Donita Naylor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One beach has closed and another reopened to swimmers because of bacteria levels in the water, the Rhode Island Department of Health announced Thursday.
The reopened beach is Oakland Beach in Warwick. The newly closed beach is Hazard's Beach in Newport. Sandy Point Beach in Portsmouth also remains closed to swimming.
During beach season, the R.I. Department of Health's beach monitoring program routinely tests water quality at all state beaches. For up-to-date information about beach use, call (401) 222-2751 or visit health.ri.gov/news/beaches/ to use the Health Department's interactive beach map.