Boston Globe — Looking for a prime beach parking spot this summer? Think again

Finding a spot at some of Rhode Island's beaches has become challenging for non-residents after several towns put restrictions on parking.BLAKE NISSEN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Aguust 6, 2021

By Brian Amaral — PROVIDENCE — When COVID hit, some R.I. towns gave their residents priority by placing restrictions on out-of-towners 

Picture it: It’s a temperate July weekend morning and you’re driving to Middletown, Rhode Island for a day in the sun. But when you get to Second Beach, the parking spaces set aside for non-residents are already filled about two and a half hours after the gates opened.

Hmm. You go just up the street to Third Beach. No luck: That parking lot is now for residents only. When did that happen? Frustrated, you drive up to neighboring Portsmouth to McCorrie Point. It’s not exactly a beach-beach, but it’s a place on the water where you can fish, relax, enjoy the shore and maybe collect some seaweed, as is your right under the Rhode Island Constitution. But parking there is restricted to residents only now, too.

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