Several home owners have sued the Town of Kennebunkport to prevent public access to the vast majority of Goose Rocks Beach.
Our organization, Save Our Beaches, needs your help, but first–come visit and see for yourself the dramatic sunrise, the many hues of yellow, red and orange at sunset, or watch the full moon rise over the outlying islands, while you still can. Bring your children, your dog, your loved ones…while you still can. For if this lawsuit filed late in October wins, the homeowners, who claim to the waterline, can stop you from using all but about 6% of the beach that they can’t stop you from using. No sand castles, or walking from one end to the other, or enjoying a book in the sun next summer.
Save Our Beaches wants to continue what has made Goose Rocks Beach such a unique place, year round—the sense of shared community where the beach has long been part of the fabric of multiple generations. We want visitors and residents alike to respect homeowners along the oceanfront, and keep the beach clean, obey the laws, and protect the environment, in short, what they have done for the last 100 years. But a few homeowners who have “gotten theirs” now want to deny you the freedom to enjoy Goose Rocks Beach next year, and years ahead. Help keep Goose Rocks Beach available for your grandchildren, and help us fight this lawsuit.
We are now set up for donations , and will have news and pictures, and much more in the next few weeks. But for now, the best thing you can do for yourself, and for the beach, is to come visit, and walk the beach, while you still can.
My family history goes back to 1926 when my Grandfather purchased the home at 15 New Biddeford Road from a close friend. The family had been coming here for five years before that and fell in love with Goose Rocks Beach. The original home burned in that awful fire in the 40’s and my Mother built a new smaller cottage to replace the one we lost – there was no other place we would go other than GRB!
In 1997 we had the cottage removed and we built a year round home.
Again, there was never any thought of any place to build other than GRB.
So now 84 years of family history is trying to be destroyed by a group who feels so privileged that they will keep my grandchildren from the beach and creating there own history and love of GRB.
How very sad !!! However, as someone else stated, we will walk the beach and sit, and sun, and life at GRB will go on despite the elite attitude of a SMALL group who have no history is comparison to my family!!!!