Developer, Beach Battle Over Zoning  for Boat Slips THE CONTROVERSY
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By DEIRDRE FERNANDES  BY DEIRDRE FERNANDES  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  VIRGINIA BEACH - Sandbridge is buzzing again about a businessman's plan to build 76 boat docks close to the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, two years after it was first proposed.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.
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By SCOTT VAN VOORHIS  Massachusetts can be a tough place to get things built, developers have long complained.  And Gov.
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By Jerry Allegood, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 6--WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH -- The Coast Guard's illegal use of boat propellers to scour sand from its harbor at Wrightsville Beach has renewed a feud with neighbors who say their shoreline has been damaged by the dredging.
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By Todd Wright, The Miami Herald  Dec. 17--A new dog park on Hollywood beach might be close to getting a trial run despite opposition from some beach residents and officials of the beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
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A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.
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By Dana M. Nichols, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 8--SAN ANDREAS -- The proposed Tuscany Hills project on Lake Tulloch might have finally cracked the impasse over how to resolve speedboat traffic jams on the popular lake.
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By Joy L. Woodson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 21--For almost a year, Northeast Richland homeowner Michael Harvey and owners of a Shumaker Homes development have been at odds over property lines and something no one can live without -- water.
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By Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 11--CALAIS -- An effort to develop a 640-acre parcel at Nash's Lake was scuttled last month, but city councilors discussed what to do with the property last week.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 18--PASCAGOULA -- Jackson County supervisors will again consider an appeal from a Florida developer who wants to build something other than single-family homes in an area of Fontainebleau north of St. Andrews.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 17--The Destin Fire Control District hopes that after Tuesday's City Council meeting, their boat will have a new slip to call home.
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The fires set at a development on a wetland in Maryland have highlighted a long and contentious battle over whether the injection of suburban density belonged there.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 13--OCEAN SPRINGS -- Developers have changed their plan for a controversial apartment complex and will build townhouses instead.
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By David Magliano, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Dec. 16--Worth Williams' property on the southern end of Eastern Lake is causing a stir, and he is the focus of some concerned residents.  At issue is a planned dredging project that includes using a portion of Williams' property.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 26--Fernan Lake Village residents are upset that a waterfront homeowner wants to expand his dock. They fear it will harm the endangered lake and encourage more people to request docks.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 20--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Frustrated members of the city Wetlands Board agreed Monday to hold off discussion on a large housing project off Shore Drive until May.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 21--A proposal to offset the future loss of Monterey County farmland to development in the proposed county general plan provoked heated protests Wednesday before county planning commissioners.