By Ryan Blessing — Rhode Island's Coastal Resources Management Council will resume the closely-watched public hearing on the town's application to designate Spring Avenue extension as a right-of-way to the shore on Tuesday. 

By Justin Rowlatt — King Charles has inaugurated a new footpath stretching around the entire coast of England.

PRESS RELEASE — The Surfrider Foundation — The Surfrider Foundation has urged the Rhode Island Supreme Court to uphold the public’s longstanding right of passage along Rhode Island beaches, including the right to walk or otherwise pass along dry sand above the water.

PRESS RELEASE — Backcountry Hunters & Anglers — Earlier this month, BHA filed an amicus curiae brief jointly with The Surfrider Foundation urging the RI Supreme Court to upload the 2023 shoreline access law.

By Shannon Larson — Fights over access to waterfront and coastlines in New England are a constant.But the folks in Nantucket have taken theirs to a new level: hiring a “docent” to monitor the crowds that will inevitably swarm the Sconset Bluff Walk in summer.

By Zane Wolfgang — The Middletown Coastal Ac­cess Alliance announced at a Dec. 9 meeting that it will officially steward six public rights-of-way in Middletown through an agree­ment with the state Coastal Re­sources Management Council.

By John Howell — Danelle DeBye, who has filed suit against Safe Harbor marinas to ensure that she as well as emergency-response vehicles have access to her Arnold’s Neck home is hopeful the matter can be resolved without court action.

By John Howell — … And Bennett knows the names of many neck residents, pointing out they have lived there for generations and have always accessed the bay from what is now a Safe Harbor marina. But that doesn’t appear to be the case any longer.

By Nancy Lavin — Extension comes after North Kingstown country club appeals decision in Superior Court

By Nancy Lavin — A dispute between state coastal regulators and Quidnessett Country Club has finally landed in court, with the North Kingstown country club filing an appeal in Rhode Island Superior Court on July 9 — one day before it was due to turn in a restoration plan for its coastline.

By Matt Stout — Governor Maura Healey is resurrecting a proposal at the center of a long-running legal dispute between wealthy property owners on Martha’s Vineyard that, if passed, could redefine when a beach in Massachusetts is considered public.

By Nancy Lavin — New data highlights need for wastewater infrastructure upgrades to prevent pollution in public waterways

By Frank Carini — When it comes to climate change and southern New England’s eroding coastline, managed retreat is an unpopular choice. But there likely will come a time, perhaps sooner than we think, when it becomes the only option.

By Antonia Noori Farzan — A retired South Kingstown attorney accused of trespassing in a closed shorebird area on Moonstone Beach can't be found guilty because the mean high water line boundary wasn't clearly marked, according to a ruling from U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond.

By Rob Smith — The state’s coastal regulating agency is already starting the new year on the wrong foot. The Coastal Resources Management Council quietly announced last month that longtime council member and Little Compton resident Donald Gomez was resigning. Gomez, who prior to his professional retirement worked as an electric engineer for the Navy in Newport, had been serving in some capacity on CRMC’s executive panel since 2007.

By Antonia Noori Farzan — A blanket ban on new seawalls and rock revetments along certain parts of the coastline means that homeowners have limited ability to defend their properties against erosion. A class action lawsuit seeks to overturn that policy, which would have major implications for Rhode Island's coastline.

By Sammy Fretwell — About eight years ago, with then-state Rep. Stephen Goldfinch seeking election to the S.C. Senate, a wealthy property owner agreed to hold a fund-raising reception in a grand beach house along Georgetown County’s eroding seashore.

By Ruth Rasmussen — Not all happy with state's declaration that spot is open to all, not just locals.

By Nancy Lavin — Country club restoration plans appear ‘incomplete,’ says Save the Bay