08.02.2016 Environment Southold lake closed to swimmers over high bacteria levels The Suffolk County Department of Health Services has closed a Southold lake to swimming due to unacceptably high levels of bacteria in the water, according to a press release.
04.03.2016 Health Health Column: Kids can get an early start on swimming Not long ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed when I came across a photo of my year-old niece attending her first swimming lesson. “Aww, that’s cute,”...
08.11.2014 Community Jellyfish aside, annual swim to Connecticut a lot of fun While many opt to celebrate their birthday on the water, no one does it quite like Laurie Olinder of Riverhead. For the past five years around her birthday, she...
07.19.2014 Community Mission accomplished. Woman completes swim from Greenport to S.I. She did it. Joan Archard of Patchogue accomplished her goal of swimming from Greenport to Shelter Island (and back again) this morning.
07.18.2014 Community Swimming in her grandmother’s wake The matriarch of the family — good old granny — always leaves a certain legacy behind. Whether it’s her perfect chocolate-chip cookie recipe or the slightly off-kilter jokes she...
