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.
Has a shocking crime that took place in East Hampton Village in 1955 finally been solved? Mayor Jerry Larsen believes it has, and he isn’t alone.
A massive die-off of honeybees this winter marks “the first time in history that professionals lost more bees than hobbyists,” one beekeeper said. Bee experts are working to identify the cause of unprecedented losses that will be the biggest to hit honeybee colonies in U.S. history.
After being closed to the public for more than a decade and with a yearslong renovation project deemed complete, Second House in Montauk, originally built in 1746 and replaced in 1797 following a fire, will soon reopen to the public.
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