Beach
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Newyork
N.Y.P.D. Drones Carrying Rafts Could Join Lifeguards in Beach Rescues
Mayor Eric Adams, an avowed technophile, said the drones would be used to assist lifeguards at Coney Island as part of a pilot program starting this summer.
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US
Finding a Way Back to ‘Perfect Beach’
On the northern coast of Puerto Rico — about an hour’s drive west of San Juan, off a wisp of a road threaded through dense green foliage — there exists a long, empty beach that has haunted my dreams for years. On Google Maps, it appears as Punta ...
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Newyork
Sandbox on the Hudson: Going to the Beach Without Leaving Manhattan
You can find sand, sun and Adirondack chairs along the Hudson River. Just don’t try to swim.
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Books
Flying High at the Beach: Birds, Dancers, Michelson and Merce
With outstretched arms, dancers skimmed across the sand like gliding birds, soundless against the pressing wind and somehow soaring without actual wings. They tipped forward from their hips, leaning their torsos ever so slightly forward. They stood ...
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News
Manasquan, N.J.: A Beach Town Where Kids ‘Have a Little More Freedom’
This shoreline borough is becoming more polished, but residents still cherish its old-fashioned vibe: “That’s the cool part about growing up here.”
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Newyork
It Took $1.7 Billion to Fix Fire Island’s Beaches. One Storm Wrecked Them.
Just a few years ago, the beach at Fire Island Pines was almost as wide as a football field, the result of a $1.7-billion government project to combat erosion on the South Shore of Long Island after Hurricane Sandy. The project seemed to provide a ...
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News
$4.2 Million Homes in California
A midcentury-modern house in Los Angeles, a 1937 cottage in Laguna Beach and a 2021 home in Hermosa Beach.
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World
Pandemic Closures, Unpatrolled Beach Visits Blamed for Spike in Drownings
The number of drownings nationwide last summer exceeded the 10-year average by 44 percent, while New South Wales is presently having “one of our worst summers on record.”
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World
Pandemic Closures, Unpatrolled Beach Visits Blamed for Spike in Drownings
The number of drownings nationwide last summer exceeded the 10-year average by 44 percent, while New South Wales is presently having “one of our worst summers on record.”
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World
The Cool, Wild and Very Remote Andaman Islands
We were stepping carefully through a dripping wet forest at the edge of the beach, at night. Above us, 150-foot-tall trees towered, their canopy ...