Saturday Night Sock at Salisbury Beach, August 30th
August 30, 2008
When: Saturday, August 30, 7:00 p.mWhere: Salisbury Beach (at the beach center on Broadway)
Looks like a great day to be outdoors! Go out and enjoy it.
If you want to see an old fashioned sock hop, stop by Salisbury Beach Saturday night, August 30th.
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30th Annual Salisbury Beach Race, Saturday August 16th
July 14, 2008
Where: Salisbury Beach
At 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, the Salisbury Beach lifeguards will host the 30th Annual
Salisbury Beach Race. There is a Kid’s Fun Run and a five-mile race.
The registration fee for the Kids’ Fun Run is $1. The fee for the five-mile race is $12 if runners register by Aug. 1. After Aug. 1, the registration fee is $15.
Proceeds from the event will support a drowning prevention program for local children.
Surfing Cape Ann to Southern Maine
June 12, 2008
There is a growing and dedicated base of local surfers in the Greater Newburyport region with easy access to surf shops and beaches ranging from Cape Ann and Nahant to our south to the beaches of southern Maine to our north.
Evidence of a surfing niche can be found in Newburyport if you are observant. You will notice more cars than you realize with surfboards on their roof racks driving through downtown and on High Street. If you want a surfing magazine, you can find one at Fowle’s on State Street.
You can surf and/or watch local surfers at the beaches of Plum Island and Salisbury and Seabrook. Good Harbor Beach on Cape Ann is a good beach for surfing. Nahant Beach in Lynn/Nahant also attracts many surfers.
New Hampshire’s North Beach, just north of Hampton Beach, is a very popular year round surfing beach, even during winter weekends. If you go a little further north to southern Maine, you can access some great surfing beaches in York, Ogunquit, Wells and Kennebunk.
If you are a beginner surfer or have an interest in taking up surfing, read the article by Laura Dolce on Seacostonline.com. Her article provides surfing tips and identifies the basics of surfing that you need to know to enjoy surfing in this part of New England.
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Tough Week For Beach Restoration Efforts on Nantucket and Winthrop
April 27, 2008
Sconset Beach Preservation Fund’s Beach Replenishment Plan Loses By Large Margin
On the Island of Nantucket, the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund’s (SBPF) proposed beach nourishment project was soundly defeated in a non-binding question in last Tuesday’s election on the Island.
According to an article in the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror by Jason Graziadei, 84 percent of the voters who answered the ballot question voted against the SBPF’s plan to dredge 1.8 million cubic yards of sand from a shoal off the eastern shore of the island and dump it along the Sconset bluff in order to save the homes there from coastal erosion.
SBPF’s plan has been hotly contested from the outset by some Island fisherman and residents who believe that the scope of the beach restoration effort will destroy the fishery off the Sconset bluff. The proposed beach replenishment effort, according to the Coalition for Responsible Coastal Management, a group formed to oppose the SBPF’s current plan, would cover 275 acres of cobble bottom and would cause irreparable damage to the fishery off the bluff.
The SBPF beach replenishment plan has become a hot button issue on Nantucket. The resounding defeat of the proposed plan by the voters should be sufficient cause for the non-profit organization to reexamine the scope of its plans and work more closely with Island fishermen and residents opposed to the current plan to come up with a more viable solution.
See the following resources for more information on the erosion issues on Nantucket Island:
- Sconset Beach Project Rejected By Huge Margin
- Sconset Beach Preservation Fund (SBOF)
- Coalition for Responsible Coastal Management
Army Corps denies permit for Winthrop beach restoration
A little closer to Newburyport, the Town of Winthrop received the news from the US Army Corps. of Engineers on April 23, 2008 that the Corps. has denied the state a permit to dredge 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the ocean bottom to bolster 37 acres of the eroded Winthrop Beach shoreline. Local residents have been blaming erosion for causing the flooding problems in the area.
In a written statement, Brigadier General Todd T. Semonite, the North Atlantic Division commander of the Corps, said that the decision was made “due to public interest factors and the availability of less environmentally damaging alternatives.”
According to an April 23, 2008 article in the Boston Globe, the project would have entailed dredging up sand eight miles offshore and then hauling it by barge to the Winthrop shoreline because it would have taken years to truck the sand through the town’s narrow residential streets.
The Winthrop beach restoration effort had heavy opposition from the National Marine Fisheries Service in Gloucester, MA.
For more information, read the following article in the Boston Globe:
Fortunately for residents and property owners of Plum Island, there doesn’t appear to be a significant base of opposition to the beach restoration of Plum Island at the current time.
Situated on the ocean, Newburyport holds a host of opportunity for the visitor. But instead of traditional hotels, consider Massachusetts timeshares. Resorts offer sumptuous ensuite appointments and amenities not available in hotels. Rent timeshare for an unforgettable vacation experience.
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