NORTH ATTLEBORO - Lifeguards will be on duty at the Falls Pond beach seven days a week, thanks to a $4,000 donation from the North Attleboro Industrial Park Tenant's Association.

Economic conditions and a tight budget meant the conservation commission only had $10,000 of the $14,000 needed to staff the Barbara Road beach with lifeguards every day. As a result, the commission had planned to staff the beach with lifeguards only five days per week.

However, the tenants' association and individual businesses in the industrial park stepped in with the donation to ensure the beach could be fully staffed.

Selectmen accepted the donation on Thursday.

The beach will be staffed beginning July 1, conservation commission Chairman Cliff Bassett said. The news is not as good for the Whiting's Pond beach, however.

No money was included in the budget for lifeguards there, and another $14,000 would be needed to staff lifeguards on that beach seven days a week.

"We have enough money for lifeguards seven days a week at Falls Pond, but we'll need more money for lifeguards at Whiting's Pond," Bassett said. "Even a small donation will help us. We're trying to have lifeguards there on Saturday and Sunday."

Selectman John Rhyno and his wife, Sherry, made a $1,500 donation toward the cause on Thursday.

Bassett said that if another $2,500 can be raised, there will be enough money to at least staff the beach on weekends.

He thanked both the industrial park businesses and the Rhynos for their support.