ORLEANS, Mass. (AP) — On the Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend, Jack Jakubek, 22, was in the middle of the swim portion of the Nauset Beach lifeguard test that should have been a walk in the ...

The man who drowned during a lifeguard tryout on Cape Cod was remembered by his college swim coach for his passion and work ethic.Jack Jakubek, 22, died Saturday after going under the water in Orleans ...

THE LAST TIME Kathie Flood was certified to lifeguard was in 1985. Thirty-plus years later, at 53, she became a lifeguard again. Flood is a software developer, and didn’t have plans to return to the ...

The office scenery doesn’t get any better: The glistening ocean, while watching beachgoers enjoy the surf and sand. But lifeguarding is no easy task, having to watch over the crowds who flock to the ...

That swim-at-your-own-risk warning sign commonly hanging at certain Long Island beaches and pools could be seen more often than usual this summer. With the area facing a lifeguard shortage, summer ...

Mayor Adams announced Friday that his administration is relaxing some test requirements for lifeguards in a bid to address staff shortages in their ranks that are expected to force swaths of city ...