To the Editor:

Regarding your Aug. 8 story about access to the water at Simpson’s Point (“Uses clash at ramp,” Page A1): While I was happy to see the coverage on this important issue, I was distressed that your reporter said I never took my children there when they were young “because it was unsafe when the diggers were there.”

Had your reporter listened carefully, what I actually said was that I never took my children there when they were young because it wasn’t safe when the point was an active launch for motorboats. In fact, I made a point of saying at the meeting that I was sorry to see this issue turning into a conflict between swimmers and clammers, because really it’s about swimmers and motorboats.

I admire and respect my fellow Brunswick residents who work our clam flats and have never had anything but positive and very pleasant interactions with them.

Elizabeth C. Pierson
Brunswick