In 1663, King Charles II’s royal charter granted the citizens of Providence Plantations the right to freely fish. In 1842, the authors of the state’s Rhode Island beachgoers and waterfront landowners have a long history of battling it out over shoreline access boundaries.
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NARRGANSETT, R.I. The administrators of a privately-owned 4.5-acre scenic area providing public oceanfront access for decades are threatening to close the property unless public officials give them millions of dollars to fix what they say is erosion damage.