By Savan Dunning — Conrad Ferla’s love of surfing led him down the path to becoming a shoreline-access advocate.

By Savana Dunning — A viral video confrontation between a Middletown property owner and a Newport resident trying to access a public right of way has generated over 6 million views on TikTok, sparking social media interest and conversation about public access to the shoreline.

By Alex Nunes — In Narragansett, coastal property owners along several popular rights of way to the shore are encroaching on designated public roads, effectively limiting parking and public access to the waterfront.

Newport’s Friends of the Waterfront are calling on the city to investigate whether The Mooring restaurant’s recently approved plans for its parking lot encroach on public access to Newport Harbor.

By Brian Amaral — The neighborhood near the shoreline where the town added parking -- and infuriated some residents -- is likely not the only place where adjacent property owners have encroached onto the town’s rights-of-way