Wheeler Cowperthwaite’s front-page report ("The Ocean State has a shortage of public pools," News, Aug. 14) shows what is at stake: swimming is recreation that saves lives. No other youth activity ...

A little over two years ago, in a fit of what I now see was post-retirement mania, I did something that had been kicking around my head for a while: I got my Red Cross lifeguard certification, ...

The team has been sashaying in the water at their home base, the Hansborough Pool on W. 134th Street since 1979.