Today, Jan. 23, hundreds of Bates students will take turns making a quick dash onto and into Lake Andrews. Yep, the Puddle Jump is upon us. And while the origins of many student traditions are murky, ...

Today, some 50 years after the first Puddle Jump, three of the event’s founders — Chris Callahan ’78, Scott Copeland ’78, and Lars Llorente ’78 — returned to campus to kick off this year’s edition.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Bates College seniors, from left, Brie Wilson, Hannah Singer, Sophie ...

Knowing the ins and out of pool safety when you have little kids splashing about can be a lifesaver in the most literal sense. And believe it or not, the floatation devices your children use can have ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Bates College freshmen Emma Katz and Sophie Wright stood next to Lake ...

A child who wore a Stearns Puddle Jumper life jacket while swimming experienced difficulty breathing and "severe bruising on her rib." On 18 June 2017, a Facebook user posted a harrowing account of ...

Muddy shoe prints were obvious on the living room carpet. The culprit was a man-child who was too careless and harried to remove his size 11 shoes on the porch. Kathy listened to the reasons why ...

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For Christi Brown, it's the legacy of her son, Judah, who died at 3 years old in a drowning accident, that keeps her moving forward. "He was a little firecracker," she said of her son. "So curious ...

All this rain has us a little giddy. Gothamist was driving last night (don't ask) and commented to our friend Leah how much we liked splashing through puddles even though it wasn't great for the car .