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    Broken jar of salsa prompts closure of popular pool — and up to $20K clean-up fees

    By Natalie O'Neill,

    5 hours ago

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    Now this swimmer’s catching heat.

    Someone shattered a glass jar of salsa at a popular community pool in Massachusetts — prompting its closure during a heatwave and up to $20,000 in clean-up fees, officials said Friday.

    The Rosemary Recreation Complex, a lap pool with a towering waterslide in Needham, was shuttered after shards of glass flew into the water Sunday, the Needham Observer reported .

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    An extensive clean-up — which includes draining the 220,000-gallon pool, chemically rebalancing and testing it for bacteria — will likely cost the town $15,000-$20,000, according to the outlet.

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    A broken jar of salsa prompted the closure of a popular pool in Mass., and a possible $20,000 clean up. Boston 25 News

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    “The entire community suffers both the loss of our pool and in the purse all because one person decided to bring a jar of salsa to the pool,” Massachusetts State Senator Becca Rausch said in a Facebook post .

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    “Please do not bring glass to the pool. It’s not hard to follow this and the other rules. They exist for our collective enjoyment and personal health and safety.”

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    The pool in Needham was shuttered during a heatwave. Boston 25 News

    Park and Recreation Director Stacey Mulroy initially said it was unclear how long it would be before folks could take a dip — as temperatures soared into the mid-90s in the area week.

    “As a reminder — there is absolutely NO GLASS of any kind allowed anywhere at the Rosemary Pools,” Mulroy wrote on Facebook . “Today’s incident was avoidable and unfortunate.”

    By Thursday afternoon, the pool reopened Thursday afternoon, Needham Park and Recreation said on Facebook .

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