By Ruth Rasmussen — Not all happy with state's declaration that spot is open to all, not just locals.

By Jim McGaw — Motor vehicles would be banned from the narrow access road to the peninsula under RIDEM plan, ending a 70-year tradition

By Paige Shapiro — Angered over out-of-towners, Little Compton residents want better access to the beach

By Josh Bickford — … a few months ago the owners of 85 Nayatt Road hired a security guard, installed alarms, and made it abundantly clear that their yard and the seawall were off-limits.

That decision has irritated neighbors, angered fishermen, and recently spurred an official cease and desist order from the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). That order requires the property owners to allow public access along the riprap retaining wall.

By Josh Bickford — Portsmouth Park, Prudence Island and a shelter on the draft list for capital projects

By Josh Bickford — About two weeks ago Barrington officials shifted their position on non-resident parking at the town beach. While the beach had not allowed non-resident parking at the start of the summer season, local officials decided to change that recently.

By Matt Hayes — Grant for $230,745 will pay for Walker Farm work. The matching grant will help officials expand the gravel parking lot, construct an accessible walkway to a new boat launch, and improve shore access for kayakers and rowers.

Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D-Dist. 72, Portsmouth, Middletown) and House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi have proposed legislation (2020-H 7755) that takes a different route to finally secure the public’s constitutionally guaranteed shoreline rights.