Atlantic Beach Rescue, a volunteer emergency response unit, elected its officers for the new year.
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1/11/17
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Hundreds of elite swimmers from across the country visited East Meadow earlier this month, as the United States Synchronized Swimming Junior Olympics Championship was held at the Nassau County …
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By Julie Mansmann
jmansmann@liherald.com
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7/22/16
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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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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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Swimming is prohibited in the Atlantic Ocean today, Aug. 28, at Jones Beach State Park and several other South Shore beaches because of rip currents caused by Hurricane Cristobal.
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8/28/14
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We’re in the middle of summer, and with so much playing in and around so much water, just how many of us have the requisite swimming skills?
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8/6/14
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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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When Hewlett High School swimming and diving head coach Gregg Solnick asked for divers to join the team nearly five years ago, Rayna Smilowitz couldn’t have predicted the path it would lead her down.
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By Ann Friedman
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12/4/13
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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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Needing a victory in its final meet to capture the Nassau Conference II girls’ swimming championship, Hewlett came through under pressure and outlasted visiting South Side, 53-49.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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11/1/12
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