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Surry to buy beach parking SURRY Public beach access is vital. That was clear from a gymnasium full of residents who turned out for a special town meeting at the Surry school Monday to vote on whether the town should buy a parcel of land to secure public parking for the beloved Carrying Place Beach off Newbury Neck Road. Some 200-plus residents voted unanimously in favor of purchasing the 11-acre parcel from the Mishara family for $215,000. The Mishara family has owned the property since 1979, according to Betsy Armstrong, chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen. Armstrong said the public would be able to use the parking lot on the property again this week. ....
Surry voters asked to approve purchase of town beach access by Jeffrey B. Roth For more than 40 years, residents and visitors to Surry’s town beach have parked vehicles on a small lot at the end of the Newbury Neck Road. “The wide open space with magnificent views of Acadia’s peaks and wide Union River Bay is frequented year-round by townsfolk and locals,” Betsy Armstrong, Surry select board chair, wrote in an Another View column to The Packet (see page 4). “All this may soon be available only in your memory….The Town has claimed it for parking but does not have legitimate rights to the space. The long-time owner has been unaware the lot had been commandeered and is looking to sell the property.” ....