Congratulations to the Incorporated Village of Saltaire Ocean Rescue team, who brought home the coveted golden trope in this year’s west-end Fire Island lifeguard tournament. It was hard-won and well-deserved, with Ocean Beach Village and the Town of Islip offering fierce competition. Yet, in the end, good sportsmanship prevails. Everyone who swims along these beaches is fortunate to have such skilled men and women having our backs.
![“Unfortunately, and despite our warnings and advice to leave [Fire Island] while conditions allowed, many decided not only to stay but to come over to the island,” scolded Ocean Beach Mayor James Mallott in an emailed newsletter on the afternoon of Sept. 26, during the height of the nor’easter. “These decisions put themselves and their families in danger and jeopardized our first responders who had to answer calls that never should have been.”](https://www.fireislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_8692.jpeg?quality=51&w=700)
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