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All beaches on Newburyport’s Plum Island have been closed to swimming after tests have shown elevated levels of bacteria, the city announced on Tuesday.

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management is very much against any hard solutions, Packer said, such as the large cement slabs and the Jersey barriers used in New Hampshire on Hampton Beach.

Beaches in the area were closed to swimming on July 17 after results from routine water quality testing led to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health alerting the city.

The decision came just four days after Plum Island Point Beach closed on Friday after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health detected elevated bacteria levels, a Newburyport statement said.