Wells

Eight lawyers representing the many parties involved in the lawsuit made their arguments in a case that could affect access to intertidal lands along all of Maine's coastline.

Maine law extends property rights to the low tide line. A lawsuit currently working its way through the courts challenges that law.

There have been rising tensions between private beachfront homeowners and the public. The lawsuit challenges current Maine law, which extends property rights to the low tide line. The only exceptions are for "fishing, fowling, and navigation."

Coastal communities in southern Maine are still cleaning up from Saturday's storm that brought historic flooding and astronomical high tides.

A Maine Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order, which allows tenants who have been living at the Wells hotel to stay put for now.