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.
New York City residents who plan to spend Memorial Day weekend on the South Fork and commuters who rely on the train to cut through the eastbound morning traffic were breathing easier as of Monday night, when a strike called by a coalition of five Long Island Rail Road unions was settled.
Only 4 percent of Boy Scouts become Eagle Scouts, and Calogero Sferrazza, a junior at Pierson High School, is about to become one of them. As a scout, he has earned almost 21 merit badges, and plans to earn his final credentials with a project honoring veterans in his hometown of Sag Harbor.
The East Hampton Town Marine Museum on Bluff Road in Amagansett will be closed to the public through the summer as the town and the East Hampton Historical Society plan a comprehensive, multiyear renovation after a burst pipe damaged the building over the winter.
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