“I won’t ever pull myself from a swim, or say, ‘You know what, I’m just not feeling it today,’” said Lori King, a Rockville Centre mother who got her start in open-water swimming about a decade ago. “That’s not an option.”
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By Ben Strack
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9/28/17
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Whether it’s the shimmering water of a backyard pool, a lake or the ocean, having fun there necessitates a cautious approach to help ensure that children and adults remain safe. Year after year . . .
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6/22/17
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Public and private pools are busy all over Long Island’s South Shore, and the Atlantic Ocean is finally warm enough for comfortable swimming. In any of those settings, an emphasis on safety . . .
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7/13/16
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She strokes like a butterfly and swims like a fish.
Rockville Centre resident Lauryn Johnson is a champion swimmer at 14 years old. She has many accomplishments, medals and wins, which include …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/27/15
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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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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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As he has nearly every morning for at least 30 years, Gerson "Jess" Sobel arrived at CJ's Coffee Shop early on March 26 to have breakfast with a group of close friends. But unlike most mornings, the …
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Judy Rattner
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4/7/10
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