A town resident remains concerned the water at Martin Park Beach made her son and other children sick last week, and the Health Department told the Parks and Recreation Department to post signs at the beach saying “don’t drink the water.”
The children began vomiting and running fevers after swimming at the pond July 29 , said Megdalena Fincham, of Florida Road.
However, there have been no complaints of people being ill for several days, said Edward Briggs, the Health Director.
“So I think it has ended,” Briggs said.
Briggs said there were reports of about 30 people, mostly children, becoming ill, but it was apparently not from the pond water.
No calls were left at the Health Department over the weekend.
The Parks and Recreation Department was also on top of the situation, saying it must have been something else that made the boys sick, not the pond water.
An employee’s grandson had those symptoms and was not at the beach, said Paul Roche, director of Parks and Recreation. Roche said the department tests the water each week and the pond is fine. More than 200 children visited the pond last week and none reported sick, he said.
The Health Department continues to investigate and research the issue, said First Selectman Rudy Marconi.
“We’re not ignoring it,” Marconi said.
Children playing at Martin Park Beach.
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