No lifeguards on Assateague’s federal beach
Mired in federal hiring delays, Assateague Island National Seashore will not have a lifeguarded beach on its Maryland side over the Fourth of July weekend, park officials said. Instead, the Maryland beach will operate under what Superintendent Hugh Hawthorne called “response-only lifeguarding,” with one lifeguard available to respond to emergencies. “We don’t have enough lifeguards …