Wayne Parry
Beach-goers sit on the beach on May 15, 2021, in Deal, N.J. The Jersey shore town has introduced a law that would restrict parking on many streets closest to the ocean to residents-only. Some shore towns in New Jersey and other states have used parking restrictions as a way to keep outsiders off their beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
May 21, 2021 - 8:34 AM
DEAL, N.J. (AP) â New Jersey's wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen in Alaska.
But for decades, local governments in some Jersey Shore towns â and elsewhere around the country â have used a variety of tactics to keep outsiders off their sand.