A Maine state judge ruled that the intertidal zone belongs to beachfront property owners but the judge’s ruling didn’t specify what activities, if any,.
The Superior Court ruling was a setback for plaintiffs who sued last year to overturn private ownership of the waterfront land between the high and low tide marks.
A former Biddeford police officer had sued Mainely Media and two reporters for defamation related to stories that detailed sexual abuse allegations against him.