Smith Beach, where Mayor Joseph Sullivan famously took a dip in 2010 to show the water was clean, was empty Wednesday afternoon with temperatures in the 90s.
This week's heat wave is spurring residents to get wet all over the South Shore and rev their air conditioners, but this beach is lonely despite an all-clear on water conditions and a lifeguard on scene.
Do you ever take a cooling dip at Smith Beach? If not, where do you go?
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