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Mainers’ lawsuit will challenge 30-year-old legal standard for public access to private beaches
The case revives the fight that resulted in 2 rulings in the 1980s, when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court found that beachfront property owners own all the way to the low tide line.
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A man walks along Parsons Beach in Kennebunk on Wednesday. Parsons Beach is privately owned but allows public access with some restrictions. A group of 23 homeowners has filed suit to overturn a 30-year-old Maine Supreme Court ruling and establish a public right to the intertidal zone along Maine’s coast.
Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer