At issue is a locked gate at the end of the walkway, presumably installed by Cove residents’ homeowner association, which blocks pedestrian access to the town beach…..“The public historically had access to this beach until the gate appeared about 20 years ago,” said Johnson. “We are all taxpayers, and I think we want to understand what’s going on out there as we work to see if we can get the simple request of taking the gate down.”   Read the article…………………………….