Word: closings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last May the state attorney general's office "descended" on the town, as some locals put it, and began forcing developers to build farther back from the sea. Previously, buildings had been allowed as close as 200 ft. from the water. Now construction can take place only up to the line where natural vegetation meets the beach. This strict enforcement of the state's open beaches law has led to heated disputes over where the nebulous vegetation line actually lies. Says Lilljedahl: "It's been a state of chaos...
...developer was not allowed to build as close to the sea as he had planned. Most developers wish the state would simply decree a building line. But the attorney general's office insists that because the shoreline is eroding, it is impossible to establish a permanent line, and developers should be kept as far back from the water as the law dictates...
...tries to work out accommodations with builders who have encroached on the beach or who find the receding beach threatening their structures. "We're not into tearing down expensive buildings," says Marston. "We try to negotiate equitable arrangements. In two instances where we felt developers were building too close to the sea and encroaching on public beach, we had them buy adjoining lots and donate them for public use, rather than forcing them to demolish their investments...
When Harvard's Andy Chaikovsky, Kevin Shaw and Dick Arnos lost their first sets at numbers two, four and six, respectively, it suddenly looked like it would be a close match anyway...
...final round, Floch was clearly tiring and McDonald took advantage rapidly. He landed a short right hand to Floch's more-than-ample midsection, but he escaped ending the fight in prone postion by the barest of margins. The surprising close margin of the three judges read, 58-58 (McDonald's fight on aggression...