East Hampton Town is offering an ocean lifeguard certification course on Monday and Wednesday evenings at Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett. The course, for those who plan to work as ocean guards, starts this Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. and will conclude on Aug. 12. To take part, trainees must be at least 16 years old.
The cost for those getting certification for the first time is $165; recertification costs $65. Registration is at through the town Recreation Department.
“There is a natural way,” began the advertisement in the July 9 issue of The Star. “Did you know that East Coast redwoods could be one possible safe and affordable long-term solution to climate cooling?” In Rivers Burke’s ad, he offers to plant redwood saplings, at no cost, “for you and perhaps each member of your entire family soon too.”
From a 1985 Unimog platform fire truck imported from Germany to black open-toe platform booties, you can find a bit of everything vintage at Georgopoulos Motors on Main Street in Amagansett, where the brother-and-sister team of Stathios and Tiffany Georgopoulos are in business together this summer. He sells the cars, she sells the clothes.
For the last five weeks, a FIFA World Cup frenzy has taken over. Americans — many of whom would normally be watching baseball or no sports at all — have been glued to televisions and packing into stadiums, enraptured by soccer.
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