Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you like strolling on Seacoast beaches, you might need to watch where you step. Maine is one of just two coastal states where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide in most coastal states – but not in ...

WELLS, Maine — People may not have played bocce on the beach back in colonial times, but if they had, then that would have been their right, according to a group that is asking the Maine Superior ...

The collection of debris from private beaches took center stage during a recent meeting of the Shore Protection Board. Town Engineer Patricia Strayer told the board at its May 27 meeting that staff ...

A new Florida law makes it easier for local governments to allow the public to access the beach even when there are disputes over private property, an issue that has often been hotter than the middle ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The struggle over beach access is once again playing out on the island of Palm Beach. Beachgoers and property owners are at odds over who can take in the breathtaking views. There ...

As of July 1, homeowners with beachfront property in Florida's Walton County can declare their beach off-limits to the public. That has sparked a... Santa Rosa Beach, in Florida's Walton County, is a ...

When Bill Giles, 60, an advertising executive from Lexington, Ky., wants a vacation, he doesn't look for a resort with a long list of daytime activities and a hopping nightlife. He simply wants sun, ...

AND WHY RESTRICTING ACCESS MAY NOT BE SO EASY. TERRI: SOME PALM BEACHERS WANT TO CLOSE OFF OR RESTRICT ACCESS TO POPULAR PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS SPOTS THAT HAVE BEEN USED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR DECADES ...

The Colonial Ordinances of 1941-47 make it so the public is not allowed to walk on private beaches in Massachusetts above the low water tide. But private property owners technically cannot interfere ...