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Court Ruling Preserves Public Access to Rockport's Andrews Point Shoreline

Court ruling preserves public access to Rockport's Andrews Point shoreline, per WCVB report. The decision upholds what the station described as a 135-year tradition of public access along the town's rocky Cape Ann coastline, a corridor long used by residents and visitors for walking, fi…

ROCKPORT -- A court ruling has reaffirmed the public's long-standing right to reach the rocky shoreline at Andrews Point, according to a report from WCVB, the most notable Rockport story to surface in outside coverage over the past two days.

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"Court ruling preserves 135-year tradition of public access to craggy coastline", WCVB reports that a recent court decision upheld roughly a century and a third of public access to the rocky shoreline at Rockport's Andrews Point, a stretch long used by residents and visitors for walking and fishing along the town's famously craggy coast. (read it at https://www.wcvb.com/article/rockport-andrews-point-shore-access-ruling/71933069)

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