Gloucester Today

Almost every winter, Gloucester Township Police receives call about juveniles playing on ice covered lakes and retention ponds. Please educate your children about the dangers of ice, especially now the cold weather has arrived.

How can you tell if ice is safe? There are no guarantees. Always consider ice to be potentially dangerous. You can't judge ice conditions by appearance or thickness alone; many other factors like water depth, size of waterbody, water chemistry, currents, snow cover, age of ice, and local weather conditions impact ice strength. 

Read more about ice strength and safety here: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/ice-strength-and-safety 

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