One hundred and fifty 6-through-8-year-old Nippers were put through their paces at Albert's and Atlantic Avenue Beaches in Amagansett on July 28 and 29, with 9-through-14-year-old Junior Lifeguards taking part in various events at Indian Wells Beach over the weekend.
Sugar Loaf, a burial ground sacred to the Shinnecock Indian Nation, has been returned to the tribe. Late last month, the Shinnecock Nation Graves Protection Warrior Society announced that the 4.5-acre piece of land in Shinnecock Hills had been purchased for $5.6 million with the help of the Peconic Land Trust.
Robert Paul Fioresi, a salesman and the owner of a management consulting company, died of heart failure on July 23 while working on his boat in Montauk.
John W. Bolton of Stuart, Fla., who volunteered for 19 years with the Montauk Fire Department and ambulance company and worked in the construction industry, died of a heart-related illness on July 18 at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart.
