CONCORD — It is not even technically summer yet, but it is starting out as a bad season for cyanobacteria with the state’s earliest warnings ever on record and four lakes already on lists this week.
The water bodies with current advisories or alerts are Lake Monomonac in Rindge, Pawtuckaway Lake in Nottingham, Great Pond in Kingston and Partridge Lake in Littleton.
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