'We bought the beach!': Roy Carpenter's Beach Association acquires the property for $16.3M

'We bought the beach!': Roy Carpenter's Beach Association acquires the property for $16.3M

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The Roy Carpenter's Beach Association celebrated a "historic milestone" Wednesday. The association announced in a social media post that it purchased the 50-acre beachfront property for $16.3 million from Matunuck Beach Properties. "It's official — we bought the beach!" the association wrote. "For the first time in our nearly 80-year history, the families of Roy Carpenter's Beach now own the land of their summer ho…