Phillips Beach Vendor Gets Trial Run

Selectmen gave a hot dog cart vendor four days in July to try out his business venture at Phillips Beach.

Earlier at Tuesday's meeting, residents who live in the Phillips Beach area spoke against the beach cart, saying their yards already get littered with wrappers and bottles and other trash.

Sheryl Levenson of Shepard Avenue said lots of trash ends up in her yard after every weekend.

"I just think this is going to make it one hundred percent worse," she said.

Other residents said the cart would add to traffic congestion. Most of the neighbors, however, said the cart and litter would be an eyesore.

"The time I am enjoying my view and my investment in my home will be (spent) looking at people in line at a cart," Scott Burke said.

Board members were sympathetic to the neighbors' litter concerns.

They required Foglia to cart away four bags of trash after each day he sells food at the beach.

The board approved the trial run over two weekends in July, allowing Paul Foglia to operate between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Selectman Barry Greenfield introduced the concessions idea several meetings ago as way of increasing services.

The cart will be located near the Beach Club wall.

Foglia will serve veggie wrapps, hot dogs, sausages and cold drinks.

Selectmen agreed to look into the litter problem, regardless of whether the hot dog becomes a seasonal fixture at the beach.