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Nico Fiorello, right, who was injured last year in a swimming accident at Jones Beach, said he is about 80 percent recovered. He was joined by his parents, Joseph and Lorraine, on the one-year anniversary.
A year Nico will never forget
“It’s not a sad day at all today,” Lorraine Fiorello said in the living room of her Seaford home on May 17, one year to the day after her son, Nico, was injured in a swimming accident at Jones Beach. “It’s a day to party.” more
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Parents seeks Seaford swim team
A week after community members made a push for the creation of a bowling team, parents asked the Seaford Board of Education to look into adding swimming, which led to a back and forth discussion at the March 3 meeting. more
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Josh Bourne, seated, from left, with Dakota Ejnes, Michael McCarthy, and Thomas Ryan. Second Row: Tyreek Bromley, left, Matt Maquet, Jacori Teemer, Charlie Spada, and Scott Powers. Third Row: Tyrese Byron, Troy Morris, Ryan Aroesty, Matthew Cannon, and Shane Morris.
L.B. students heading to state championships
Fourteen Long Beach High School athletes are preparing to head to New York State Winter Championships, setting a district record for the largest contingent of individual sport athletes ever to reach this level in one season. more
Meaghan Soel led a group of local children in a swimming lesson last Thursday at Forest City Community Park in North Wantagh.
Keeping their heads above water
Whether it’s a backyard pool, a municipal aquatic center or the ocean, opportunities to swim are endless on Long Island. That’s why the Town of Hempstead offers swimming lessons at its pools, to teach both skills and safety. more
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Swim safely this summer
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 . . . more
Lori King, who swam the 120-mile 8 Bridges Swim, in front of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.
‘I’ll never look at the Hudson the same way’
It takes about three hours to drive from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Hudson, N.Y. to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. more
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Wantagh’s boys’ swimming team was paced this year by Alex Massa, John Eletto, Matt Zuelch and Chase Kravetz and were led by coach Chris Rafferty, second from left.
A record year for Wantagh swimming
It was a banner year for the Wantagh High School boys’ swimming program, as the team made it to the state tournament while breaking several school records along the way. more
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Tina Neill from the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, left, and Lori King, who swam across the channel.
RVC woman completes California swim
Rockville Centre resident Lori King, 39, completed an open-water swim from the California mainland to Catalina Island — a distance of 20.5 miles — beginning the night of Aug. 14 and finishing the following morning, eight hours and 51 minutes later. more
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Swimming is prohibited at Jones Beach on Aug. 28 because of rip tides.
Ocean swimming prohibited at Jones Beach
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. more
Kids, and adults, should learn to swim
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? more
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