A new Florida law makes it easier for local governments to allow the public to access the beach even when there are disputes over private property, an issue that has often been hotter than the middle ...

In most coastal states, including New Hampshire, the public has the right to walk on even private beaches on the wet sand below high tide. Maine is one of just two coastal states where private ...

An upscale hotel in the Orange County coastal community of Laguna Beach has run afoul of long-standing state regulations. The hotel, located on a popular stretch of public sand, built a berm and put ...

An inspector has taken note of "alleged breaches". Website reference to an "exclusive private beach" was deleted.

The Colonial Ordinances of 1941-47 make it so the public is not allowed to walk on private beaches in Massachusetts above the low water tide. But private property owners technically cannot interfere ...

This summer, my wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. I asked her to marry me on the beach at sunset. Because it was a busy beach, it wasn’t very intimate, but she said "yes" — that’s ...

Senate Bill 1622 allows county government authority to recognize recreational customary use of beaches It's a way to get around costly legal battles over private versus public beach access ...

If you like strolling on Seacoast beaches, you might need to watch where you step. Maine is one of just two coastal states where private property owners own the beach area down to the low tide line ...