The annual count along the Delaware Bay beaches showed another severe drop in numbers of the shorebird, whose migration is one of the longest avian journeys in the world. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Beaches”
Reggie Jones, Jones Beach’s Longest-Serving Lifeguard, Dies at 93
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2021
He began keeping an eye on beachgoers in 1944 and kept doing it for 64 summers. He made more than 1,000 ocean rescues in his career. Source: New York Times
A Summer of No-Contact Rescues: How Lifeguards Have Changed Their Ways
By Gotham Rex on August 15, 2020
Guards have tested positive. After-work parties are frowned upon. The pandemic has upended lifeguarding. Source: New York Times
A Rockaway Life
By Gotham Rex on July 31, 2020
Rockaway Beach has a land’s-end bacchanalian spirit, but it also a place where you can get to know people just by being there. Source: New York Times
Beaches Are Open in N.Y.C., but Virus Worries Linger
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2020
Shorelines are finally open for swimming, but outbreaks across the country have given officials pause about the city’s wider reopening. Source: New York Times
New Yorkers Embark on a Summer of Uncertainty
By Gotham Rex on May 25, 2020
Memorial Day weekend in New York City usually marks the beginning of a vibrant summer to come. But this year traditions have been altered under the shadow of the coronavirus. Source: New York Times