Just days before the city’s beaches officially open for the summer, city lifeguards are on duty Thursday and Friday in anticipation of large crowds flocking to Long Beach amid a heat wave that …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/21/12
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For more than 50 years, Jay Lieberfarb saved people from the waters off of Jones Beach. But three years ago, Nassau County told him he wasn’t good enough to save people from the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center’s swimming pool.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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6/20/12
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Cliff Skudin was giving a private surfing lesson on the Long Beach Boulevard beach on Tuesday at around 5:30 p.m. It was hot, and the beach was still crowded a day after Memorial Day.
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/30/12
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Long Beach lifeguards, firefighters and police officers rescued five people from the ocean during two separate incidents on Memorial Day, including one involving a woman who was possibly attempting …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/29/12
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After more than a month of public input and debate, the city has floated its official 2012 surfing schedule, aiming to strike a balance between the needs of residents and surfers.
In March, …
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Anthony Rifilato
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4/25/12
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Police have identified a Queens man who entered the waters off Edwards Boulevard beach and drowned last Saturday afternoon, in what was the first-drowning death of the year in Long …
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Chris Engelhardt
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9/27/11
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“It’s really, really bad,” Councilman John McLaughlin, a Bay Drive resident, said of flooding in Long Beach, after Hurricane Irene’s force created storm surges so strong, they broke …
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Anthony Rifilato
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8/28/11
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Long Beach Lifeguard Headquarters at National Boulevard beach was struck by a massive wave surge this morning and flung into the boardwalk, in what proved to be large swells brought about by …
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8/28/11
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Florida Street resident Dee Cummings walked along the beach at Georgia Avenue on Tuesday morning, days after she said residents and lifeguards discovered what they believe to be medical waste — …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/24/11
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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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