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A woman standing on the jetty at Lincoln Boulevard beach, reportedly taking photos, was caught by a wave, pulled into the water and slammed into the rocks, a witness and …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Ben Strack
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9/4/16
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The Long Beach Lifeguard Alumni Association hosted a gathering at the Long Beach Hotel on July 3 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the city’s patrol.
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By Anthony Mitthauer-Orza
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8/4/16
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Two years after the dismissal of a lawsuit filed nearly a decade ago by Long Beach resident Roy Lester — who claimed age discrimination against older lifeguards like himself — he successfully appealed the decision, and his suit will move to a trial.
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By Ben Strack
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7/28/16
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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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Members of the Long Beach Fire Department rescued a 19-year-old male swimmer in distress at Lafayette Boulevard on Thursday night after a passerby called in the incident.
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By Ben Strack
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6/3/16
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Residents and tourists flocked to the city’s beaches over the Memorial Day weekend for a sample of the upcoming summer season, and the city described the turnout as “terrific.”
“[T]he …
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By Ben Strack
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6/1/16
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Participants of Long Beach’s Fin2Tip event on May 21 at Riverside Boulevard beach broke the world record for the longest line of surfboards — pending evidence — as 685 surfboards extended more …
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By Ben Strack
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6/1/16
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March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . .
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3/3/16
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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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