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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.” ....
Beach parking at issue in Surry SURRY Beachcombers, saltwater swimmers and residents were alarmed to see a public parking sign covered at the Carrying Place beach off Newbury Neck Road last week and the parking area barricaded. The lot, used as public parking for decades, is actually on private property. Selectman Eric Treworgy explained that the landowners have put the property on the market. “The owner did not know it was being used as a parking lot and asked that the parking signs be covered and access blocked due to concerns about liability,” Treworgy said. “In the meantime, the beach is still open and accessible, it is just that folks cannot use that parking lot.” ....
Community news: Heroes of Ned s Mountain webinar and more Staff FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 On Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 4 p.m., a Former Editor of The Ridgefield Press, Jack Sanders, will share recent research that reveals that the Armstrongs not only operated a Ridgefield station on the Underground Railroad, but that shows that their grandsons were among the many Black soldiers who fought and died in the Civil War. He will introduce other Black families who lived on Ned’s Mountain and also sent sons to the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers. Two heroes of the Underground Railroad, Edward and Betsy Armstrong, are buried in Ridgebury Cemetery, located in the Ridgebury neighborhood of Ridgefield. Their home on Ned’s Mountain provided refuge for people making the dangerous journey to safety from enslavement in the South. Pictured is a photo of the Armstrong tombstones in the Ridgebury Cemetery.Sally Sanders / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less ....