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AM González-Rojas spearheads drive to renovate community pool at Lexington School for the Deaf in Queens

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Local leaders and advocates gather in Far Rockaway to honor New Yorkers lost to summer drownings

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Maspeth teen drowns in Rockaway Beach just days after officials call for proposed water safety commission

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Summer is here at last … so why aren’t you swimming yet?

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Swimmers will try to break a ‘Guinness Book’ world record at a Woodside pool

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Swimming classes being offered at Richmond Hill High School

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Op-ed: The importance of having strong swimming skills

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Marshall gives final State of the Borough address

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Star of Queens: Shawn Slevin, founder, Swim Strong Foundation

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