Press & News
CT Examiner — Breaking Standoff, Old Lyme to Assert Rights in Public Access Dispute
By Cate Hewitt — A nearly three-year standoff about public access is nowhere near resolution between Old Lyme and the owner of a historic landing on the Connecticut River. Nevertheless, the town announced Friday it will move ahead with installing signage on the property, establishing rules for public use.
WFSB — Bill proposes to change access to town beaches
By Luke Hajdasz — Who’s allowed and how much you pay to be at certain Connecticut beaches could soon change.
The Day — ‘Free and unimpeded’: Appeals court upholds beachgoers’ rights in Old Lyme
By Elizabeth Regan — Old Lyme, CT — The “unorganized public” is victorious again in a fight for beach access going back to 1952. Seventy years ago and again in 2018, residents of the Sound View Beach area took Miami Beach Association to court to force the removal of a fence standing between members of the public and an 800-foot-long stretch of sand left to them in perpetuity by a developer.