BEACH DUMBS; Council Bans Arthur, 79, From Putting Sand Back on Shore
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By STEPHEN WHITE WHEN gales blew half of Blackpool beach into Arthur Bulmer's garden he thought the sensible solution was to cart it back where it belonged.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 10--VIRGINIA BEACH -- The city is increasing its stock of historic homes, but concerns about how to best manage them are pitting long time grass-roots activists against each other.
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By LAURA CRIMALDI  Traveling the Revere Beach Parkway is no day at the beach this summer.
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By Jennifer Lebovich, The Miami Herald  Dec. 14--To Hallandale Beach officials, it's a "transfer station," but to residents of the city's northwest section, it's a garbage dump, and they don't want it in their area.
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By The News &amp; Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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Ann Gloag claims to have won a landmark legal ruling to ban ramblers from entering the grounds of her estate.
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By DREW DIXON  NEPTUNE BEACH - The City Council agreed Monday to take a proposed ordinance that could limit short-term home rentals to a minimum of 28 days to a public hearing.
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By MARY HURST  AMELIA ISLAND - A proposal to close all Nassau County beach access points after dark is drawing a wave of protests from residents.  County Commissioner Mike Boyle said Wednesday that he's opening e- mail after e-mail opposing the proposed ordinance.
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A teenager is forbidden to say "grass." A great-grandfather is banned from being sarcastic. And two record companies are told not to put up advertising posters.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 20--In front of a standing-room-only crowd Monday night, the Chester County Council voted to ban "exotic animals" in the county.
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island, Steve Christian, leaves court in Adamstown after being convicted on five counts of rape. Photograph: AP.
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By Heather Civil, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 11--MIRAMAR BEACH -- Just about everyone agrees parking on Scenic Gulf Drive is a problem.   But how Walton County plans to solve that problem is drawing criticism from a group of condominium owners.
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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 Robin Lord, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.  Jun. 24--CHATHAM -- Sand, wind and water rule the day here on North  Beach.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr.; Journal Staff Writer  The state Department of Environmental Protection issued a "superseding order" that overrules the town Conservation Commission's rejection of a plan by Weaver's Cove.
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Sep. 16--Walton County commissioners may apply for an exemption from a new state statute rescinding the current ban against operating all terrain vehicles on public roads. The new statute, which goes into effect Oct.
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By Adam Kaye, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Mar. 8--SOLANA BEACH, Calif.