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Top 10 Beaches: Northeast Has 3 Of Nation's Top-Ranked Spots
While it's taking a lot longer than normal for temperatures to warm up, Memorial Day weekend does mark the unofficial start of summer.
That also means it will be time to hit the beach.
This summer, a locale on Long Island known for its white sandy shores, ranks first among the Top 10 beaches in the nation for 2025, according to Stephen Leatherman, a professor and director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at Florida International University, known as “Dr. Beach."
His list, which was first introduces in the early 1990s, is based on dozens of factors, such as sand quality, water te…
Grandmother Mauled to Death by Hippo on African Safari; Husband Sues Stamford Tour Company
A New Jersey man is suing a Connecticut-based safari company after his wife was mauled to death by a hippopotamus during a bush walk in Zambia last year.
Craig Manders, 72, of Cranford, NJ, is suing African Portfolio, an Old Greenwich-based travel company, after a hippopotamus fatally attacked his wife, Lisa Manders, 70 — a Long Island, NY native — in Lower Zambezi National Park on June 5, 2024.
NJ mom of three was mauled to death by a hippo that charged them on African safari: lawsuit https://t.co/An7NOJ2hpt pic.twitter.com/YFz7oRFoHA — New York Post (@nypost) February 13, 2025
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