In Rhode Island, protecting a shoreline and a lifeline

New York Times: Mike Couchie looked up from his Heineken as an opened door ushered an unearthly roar into the Ocean Mist, a seaside bar here. "Was that the waves?" he asked, as high tide pulled sheets of foamy water underneath the building's raised decks, confirming the guess. Mr. Couchie, who has lived here all 57 years of his life, can remember when there was more than 100 feet of beach in front of the Ocean Mist, a watering hole in Matunuck, a mostly working-class neighborhood on the open southern coast of...

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