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Ideal for park or porch sipping, these coolers and cocktails are perfect for the dog days of summer.

Vancouverites who wants more logs on beaches are barking up the wrong tree by looking at log jail, the Park Board says.

If youre looking for something to do this weekend check out these events happening across Newport County.

Third Beach's drum circle on August 2 was must smaller than previous weeks after police upped patrols amid the Park Board pulling lifeguards.

The weekly drum circles in Stanley Park will be monitored by police and park rangers "indefinitely" as officials work to address safety concerns at the crowded gatherings, the Vancouver Park Board said Tuesday.

Vancouver pulled lifeguards from Third Beach during drum circle nights after someone nearly drowned last month.

Lifeguards on Third Beach will now end their shift early on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Vancouver Park Board general manager Donnie Rosa says those wishing to swim after that time can go to Second Beach where lifeguards will stay out until 8:30 p.m.

The Vancouver Park Board said lifeguards ended their shift at Third Beach early on July 26 for their own safety.

Lifeguards have stopped patrolling a Vancouver beach on Tuesday nights because the crowd at a weekly drum circle has become unmanageable and unsafe, according to the park board.

A boat had to be towed to shore in Vancouver Saturday and seven people aboard were taken to the hospital, according to first responders.