MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • July 7, 2024
A fracas over parking for beach access in a Cape Elizabeth neighborhood highlights – yet again – tension between public, private and the supposed 'character” of a place. As the ongoing intertidal access case has shown us, public support for better public access to Maine’s beaches is – surprise, surprise – extremely robust. As neighborhoods up and down the coast seek to turn back the clock and close visitors out, that support will need to strengthen again. It needs to become so strong that it feels like common sense, which it is.