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Conference moira::naturism

Title:Naturism
Notice:Site report index is in topic 7
Moderator:GENRAL::KILGORE
Created:Tue Jan 26 1988
Last Modified:Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:457
Total number of notes:3687

381.0. "NENA "private" beach?" by FROZEN::CHERSON (the door goes on the right) Fri Jul 10 1992 16:35

    In a recent article in the Boston Globe, there was mention of NENA
    having a "private beach" near Warwick.  Does this really exist, and
    what is the status of Moonstone? 
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381.1NAPIER::WONGThe wong oneFri Jul 10 1992 16:433
    That should be the NENA beach at Moonstone, eh?
    
    B.
381.2Moonstone = NENA BeachWILBRY::WASSERMANDeb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863Fri Jul 10 1992 17:072
    See note 25.0.  And somewhere's along the way, you can mentally replace
    "Moonstone Beach" with "NENA Beach".
381.3"official" name change?FROZEN::CHERSONthe door goes on the rightThu Jul 16 1992 21:126
    >See note 25.0.  And somewhere's along the way, you can mentally replace
    >"Moonstone Beach" with "NENA Beach".
    
    Has the town of So.Kingston been notified of the name change? :-
    
    /d.c.
381.4Moonstone = NENA, for the purposes of this fileWILBRY::WASSERMANDeb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863Fri Jul 17 1992 01:327
    What I meant by "mentally replace..." was that the piece of land known
    as Moonstone Beach has been permanently closed down.  A couple of years
    ago, the New England Naturist Association (NENA) purchased some
    beachfront property near the old Moonstone Beach, and opened a private
    beach called NENA Beach.  All the discussion in the file about NENA
    Beach is in the Moonstone note since people tend to think of them as
    the same, even though they're not physically the same land.
381.5The Surf ClubWMOIS::ALCORN_RSun Nov 22 1992 16:335
    In todays local paper there was a brief article about NENA opening a
    c/o beach this coming May, on Govenors Island, RI. It is located
    between East Beach and the Charlestown Beach. It is a " secluded
    32-acre site. Anyone hear anymore about this opening?
    
381.6Anyone familiar with this area?32391::WASSERMANDeb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863Mon Nov 23 1992 13:185
    I saw this same AP news article in yesterday's paper.  It mentioned that
    the new site is only accessible by boat from [xxx] island, or by a 2
    1/2 mile hike through the dunes.  Since I'm not about to hike 2 1/2
    miles, do they mean a private boat (hope not), or a public ferry of
    some sort?
381.7some details..BAGELS::SKINNERhappy wearin nuthin but a smileTue Dec 01 1992 18:4016
    The last information I had about the new private beach club is that
    there were going to be two types of membership.  One is $200 and it
    costs $15 each visit.  The other, for $350, includes no fee per visit.
    There are supposedly NO drop-in visits allowed for those without
    memberships.
    
    The only access to the beach is by boat, and there will be scheduled 
    boat trips.  The boat trip is included in the daily/membership fee.
    
    NENA is actively recruiting members to the Beach Club.  Beach Club
    membership is separate from NENA membership.
    
    I think this info is accurate but I can't help but wonder if things
    might change if the response is not what they hope for...
    
    Robin
381.8So much for the "Free" BeachWILBRY::WASSERMANDeb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863Tue Dec 01 1992 18:486
    Wow!  I wonder how many "members" they'll get at those prices.  The
    main reason I join NENA is to use the beach.  Last year, when the
    family rate went to $85, that seemed a little steep for me, since we
    only get down to the R.I. once or twice a summer.  I think you'ld
    basically have to live down there and go every single weekend to make
    it worth it.
381.9TLE::FAIMANlight upon the figured leafTue Dec 01 1992 18:5712
Indeed!

I think that the family day rate at Cedar Waters is up to $17 or $18;
I'm pretty sure that a Cedar Waters full season membership is in the 
$300-400 range.  (And it's only an hour from Nashua, versus 2 hours to
Rhode Island.)

Or, for  a two hour drive, I can go to the Maine coast, where I can park
for $5 and the beach is still more or less (often less :-( ) clothing
optional.

	-Neil
381.10the high price of "private sunning.."BAGELS::SKINNERhappy wearin nuthin but a smileTue Dec 01 1992 19:423
    For those prices even every weekend wouldn't do it for me..  It would
    have to be a daily event, or at least every NICE day.  It could cost
    less to go to Florida for the weekend!
381.11MOIRA::FAIMANlight upon the figured leafMon May 23 1994 13:2331
From: jpurbric@nyx.cs.du.edu (john purbrick)
Subject: Boston Globe says naturists win one
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.

[This appeared in the Boston Globe of 5-20-94. They tucked it away on
page 30-something among the obituaries.]


"Ruling Pleases nudist club in R.I."
 
South Kingstown, R.I.- Members of a nudist club plan to go ahead and open a 
clothes-optional beach here after a judge's ruling that no special zoning 
exemption was required.
 
"It's just a beach" said Joseph Di Pippo, former president and adviser to 
the board of the New England Naturist Association. "There's not going to 
be anything going on there. You just don't have to wear clothes if you 
don't want to."
 
The ruling, by Superior Court Judge Melanie Famiglietti, overturned a decision
by the town's zoning board that the group must obtain an exemption to operate
the half-acre beach it bought last year. 
 
Di Pippo said the club plans to open the the beach for its 750 members from 
Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut beginning later this month.
 
Terrence Simpson, South Kingstown town solicitor, said he would advise the 
town council to ask the state Supreme Court to consider an appeal of
Famiglietti's ruling.