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Old 07-23-2004, 07:30 AM   #1
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RI Shoreline Access Article

Don't know if any of you have seen it yet but I just picked up the latest copy of Newport This Week yesterday and they have a great article on shoreline access and public ROW's - it was the front page lead story with photos.

It was a well-written article by Brian Comfort of the NTW staff - apparently Brian really did his homework for it. I spoke to Brian on the phone as did DZ and found that he is also of the fishing persuasion.

For those of you who don't know, NTW is a free weekly newspaper and functions as Newport's other paper often with things that you won't see reported or covered in The Daily Snooze for a variety of reasons.

Thumbs up to Brian for a thorough treatment of a subject that really needs to be brought to the fore before it's too late.

Hope you all get a chance to read it whether you're Aquidneck Islanders or not - it thouroughly explains the basis of our shoreline rights going back to the King Charles Charter of 1663.

Try www.newportthisweek.net - the article may be there, haven't checked yet -

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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