Beaches will Close

The Amity Beaches will be closed tomorrow for at least 24 hours due to the unsuspected and brutal deaths of two Amity citizens last week on the beach. After the Amity Board of Selectmen and Chief of Police Martin Brody held a meeting yesterday afternoon, it was determined that it is just too risky to keep the beaches open.          

The deaths of Christine Watson, senior at Amity High School, and ten-year-old Alex B. Kintner, are suspected to be caused by shark attacks on Amity Beach. Police found the body of Christine Watson to be mangled by an attacker and Alex Kintner was brutally attacked while swimming in the ocean waters.

“We will be adding more deputies to overlook the beach,” said Brody at the meeting. “We will put more shark spotters on the beach and have oceanographic experts on the mainland.”

While Marion Kintner, the mother of Alex Kintner, originally offered a $3,000 reward for whoever finds and kills the shark, she now has raised the reward to $7,000.

Ben Quinn, fisherman in Amity, warned the citizens of how dangerous and deadly the potential shark could be.

“I value my neck more than 3,000 bucks,” said Quinn. “The shark will swallow you whole. I’ll catch and kill him for $10,000 – the head, tail, the whole damn thing.”