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Come visit our beaches, walk the boardwalk and enjoy our restaurants — but don’t expect to be able to swim safely after 6 p.m. That’s the message the City of Long Beach is sending . . .
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8/14/15
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Swimming in a pool or the ocean is some of the best fun that summer has to offer, but the dangers are ever-present — in the Town of Hempstead alone, lifeguards make more than 2,000 rescues each summer . . .
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6/25/15
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He is scanning the Atlantic, as he has for three months almost every summer since John F. Kennedy was president. Lee Hahn may be in between bites of a chicken sandwich. He may be loudly channeling Elvis. If the ocean is calm, he may have drifted into the observant-daydreaming state lifeguards master. If there are waves, he may be having a hard time sitting still, envying the off-hour guards on surfboards out past the break, catching rides while he can only watch.
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By Jim Harmon
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8/27/14
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From Memorial Day to Labor Day, nearly 50,000 people use the eight beaches of Atlantic Beach and three area beach clubs. Thirty-seven village lifeguards are tasked with keeping those visitors safe.
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By Vanessa Parker
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7/30/14
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The rip currents off South Shore beaches that were predicted last weekend, courtesy of Hurricane Arthur, for the most part didn’t show, but many others surely will this summer.
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7/9/14
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After a shaky start in the spring, a quick glance at a weather app on a Smartphone shows the temperature has risen and the sun is here to stay. Recreational summer clubs are opening, outdoor activities are increasing and hours in the classrooms have ended at Hewlett High School.
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By Alison Hagen
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6/25/14
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Now that school is over, the action will ramp up at backyard and public pools as well as Long Island’s beaches.
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6/20/13
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Summer is all about cool swims on sun-drenched days. But without a measure of common sense, swimming — in a backyard pool, at the local public pool or in the ocean — can turn dangerous, even deadly.
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6/21/12
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Long Beach Lifeguards briefly closed the beaches on Monday, Aug. 8, following reports of a shark sighting that afternoon which turned out to be false.
According to Chief of Lifeguards Paul …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/12/11
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Wanting to be paid for their lunch hour and seeking a merit-based pay system, more than 20 Village of Atlantic Beach lifeguards addressed the village board at a meeting on July 11.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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7/21/11
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