Free Moody Beach represents more than 170 people in the Moody community, according to Jeannie Connerney, a member of the steering committee. Members include year-round residents, seasonal ...

Specifically, Free Moody Beach wanted Wells to follow the same approach that Kennebunkport took when it successfully argued, in a case decided in Maine Superior Court in 2019, that the town-owned ...

A Moody Beach front property displays a sign last August quoting the 1989 Maine court ruling making the beach private, to the low tide mark. Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer ...

CBS13 reached out to the attorney for one of the beachfront homeowners on Moody Beach, but we did not hear back. He's pushing back on arguments to restore the private beach to the public.

Free Moody Beach cited a poll, conducted by Digital Research, Inc. and reported in the Maine Morning Star in October, that more than 70% of participants support measures to “expand public access ...

The appeal, filed with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, could ultimately set a precedent on how welcoming property owners must be to the public on privately-owned beaches along Maine’s coast line.

Masucci said he enjoyed Moody Beach without issue for years before the Bell case. After that case, though, he said matters got “testy and ugly” between the public and property owners.

WELLS, Maine — Members of a local group are asking the town to partner with them in ongoing efforts to increase public access to Moody Beach, particularly in the areas where seaside property ...

Public beach advocates plan to appeal a ruling by a superior court judge that sets back their efforts to expand the rights of people to enjoy privately owned intertidal properties along the coast of ...