Letter: Crowds ruining South Shore Beach; should be residents only

Posted 9/12/19

To the editor:

I hate being a party pooper. I love camping and partying and having fun too. But when did leave no trace behind become passé for the first rule in camping?

So many people were …

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Letter: Crowds ruining South Shore Beach; should be residents only

Posted

To the editor:

I hate being a party pooper. I love camping and partying and having fun too. But when did leave no trace behind become passé for the first rule in camping?

So many people were at that beach this summer that it had an algae outbreak! Between the campers at the end of South Shore beach, all the tailgaters with their legal and illegal fire pits and the congested campgrounds at its entrance, South Shore Beach is becoming polluted due to overselling of beach tickets to pack cars in order to generate revenue for the town

It must stop — they are killing the beach.

I think South Shore Beach should be town residents only.

Joan Forrest

Little Compton

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