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plan to remove 32 ocean front campsites raises ire of seasonal campers. EverythingWestport.com Saturday, December 10, 2011
So
why does the state's protector of all things recreational want to remove 32
prime, oceanside camping sites that are the jewel in the crown of DCR's most
popular campground. Why
indeed asks Westport's State Senator Michael Rodrigues. "I
think there might be a surprise there," Rodrigues told Westport's
Business to Business networking group when discussing DCR's new Resource Management
Plan for Horseneck Beach Reservation . "There
is one issue in the plan I'm very much opposed to. They (DCR) want to upgrade
the campground, and Coastal Zone Management, an environmental group, is
saying they have to eliminate the road that cuts along the beach, right
through the heart of the 32 camp sites, because it is in a dune system." The
camp sites were built in the 1950s. DCR
held a public meeting on Monday, December 5th to review their proposed long-term
Resource Management Plan for Horseneck Beach State Reservation and Dearest Lloyd
Memorial State Park. Senator
Rodrigues again expressed his concern over the removal of prime camp sites,
as did several long time campers who have organized and presented petitions protesting
DCR's planned actions. The full draft plan is available to the public on the DCR website at: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/news/publicmeetings/rmppast.htm. "This
is not the time to take away beach front camp sites," said WB2B member
Elaine Ostroff. "People are under a lot of economic stress right now and
shouldn't be deprived of their summer pleasures. I hope that these ocean
front sites could be grandfathered into whatever new rules are being made."
Click here to hear what the
Senator told the Westport's Business to Business group at one of their recent
breakfast meetings. Click
here to learn how you can provide input to DCR's plan to remove these
campsites. Their comment period ends January 4, 2012. Click here to read about Trailer Turbulence in the Horseneck
Campgrounds. Concerned
Horseneck Beach campers should plan to attend tonight's DCR meeting. The
Massachusetts Department of
Conservation and Recreation held a Public Meeting on Monday, December
5th to discuss the Draft Horseneck Planning Unit, Resource
Management Plan (including Horseneck Beach State Reservation and Demarest
Lloyd Memorial State Park) at Fall River Heritage State Park, Davol Street, Fall River. Part of the plan is the relocation of 32 oceanfront trailer lots in
the Horseneck Beach Camp Ground, a move opposed by Westport's State Senator
Michael Rodrigues (over my dead body!). DCR presented an overview of the plan’s contents and recommendations. DCR invites written comments on the draft plan for a period of 30 days
after the public meeting. Comments may be submitted via e-mail to DCR.Updates@state.ma.us or by U.S. Mail to: Horseneck RMP
Comments, P.O. Box 66, 194 Cranberry Road, South Carver, MA 02366. If you have questions about the public meeting or how to make a
comment, please call or click 508.855.2580 x122, or e-mail DCR.Updates@state.ma.us
. Please put “Horseneck RMP” in the subject line. EverythingWestport.com Saturday, December 10, 2011 No holiday shopping spree
is complete without a visit to Partners Village Store and Kitchen, and
attending their Holiday Open House over last weekend was just the way to do
it. Hand-cut Victorian Heirloom
Silhouettes by Andrea Peitsch, a visit from Golden
Touch Farm's adorable alpacas, and book signings by noted local authors Dawn
Tripp and Red Cummings highlighted a fun-filled day browsing through the eclectic
mix of gifts, confections and books that only Partners seems to offer.
Left: the Alpacas of Golden Touch Farm once again joined Partners. These adorable
creatures and the lovely wares made from their natural fiber are always a big
hit. Shelley, Chris and their animals joined Partners for most of the day Center:
hands-on spinning demonstrations of the Alpacas' fibers. Right:
Harbor Sweets Chocolate
tasting, complimentary hot cider and cookies, raffle, complimentary wrapping,
and just plain shopping fun!
Left: noted local author, Dawn Tripp, was on
hand in the morning to sign copies of heart-stopping literary thriller Game
of Secrets. Later in the day, local
author John B. “Red” Cummings signed his first book, The Last
Fling, Hurricane Carol 1954, Stories from Westport. This fascinating tale is of a
life-altering event of courage, terror and survival. There are first hand stories from more than 60
individuals and families. Center: Abigal
Sylvia was visiting Partners with her grandmother, and was captured forever
on a hand-cut Victorian heirloom
silhouette by Andrea Peitsch. Right:
it's easy to overwhelm the senses with the unusual and eclectic gifts with
which Partners seems to have a knack in populating their gift section.
Left: holiday greens overflowing from the
Nantucket baskets of Barri Throop sold like hot
cakes. Right: local girl scouts hawking their gift items and wares on
Partners' porch.
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