Trial begins in dispute between longtime neighbors over Popham Beach access

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 17, 2024

When Dick Hill’s and Richard Tappen’s children were growing up, they’d run up and down Popham Beach together while visiting their families’ cottages. On Tuesday, the two men sat on opposite sides of a sunny courtroom at the start of a bench trial in Lincoln County Superior Court over who should have access to that same neighborhood beach. The families own cottages in the Popham Beach Estates Subdivision and are suing each other over who is allowed to access the beach in front of their properties, which are separated by two vacant lots.