News, Opinions and Commentary on Lighthouses Around the World
By Sue Clark on May 12, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
By Sue Clark on May 11, 2008 in Volunteer | 0 Comments
With all the lighthouses opening up around now in the northern hemisphere, it was a shock to read that one won’t be providing visitors with the chance to climb to the top. Cape Ray Lighthouse, in Newfoundland, is suffering from a lack of volunteers to man the lighthouse and museum, and is being forced to close. Dennis and Bernice Tavener managed to run the museum gift shop and lighthouse tours all by themselves last year, but can’t see themselves doing it all alone again this year, according to an article in the St. John’s Telegram. The two retirees say they can’t dedicate another summer to running things without any help.
By Sue Clark on May 10, 2008 in For Sale | 0 Comments
Clare Island Lighthouse has been sold at auction to a German doctor, who bought it for his wife as a birthday present. So, just how do you wrap up such an item? And how do you explain you spent € 1.05 million for this lighthouse on a cliff in County Mayo, Ireland? And how do you deal with the islanders who are understandably upset that a piece of their history was so blithely sold without the chance for them as a community to purchase it themselves? According to a story in The Mayo News, Clare Island businesswoman Anna Wettergren has criticized the State’s failure to buy important heritage buildings such as the lighthouse.
By Sue Clark on May 9, 2008 in Featured | 0 Comments
After eight years and many incarnations of the bill, Canada’s Parliament has finally empowered their communities to protect their maritime assets, their many lighthouses. Every province except Alberta and Saskatchewan has lighthouses, and they have been without any federally mandated protection since they were automated. The bill, originally sponsored by British Columbia Pat Carney and the late Nova Scotia Senator Michael Forestall, passed Parliament May 7. MP Larry Miller, whose Ontario riding (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) has several historic lighthouses, carried the bill through the House of Commons. It will take effect in 2010.
By Sue Clark on May 9, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
By Sue Clark on May 9, 2008 in Sideblog | 0 Comments
An announcement was made today (May 9, 2008), that President Bush has signed the act designating Jupiter Inlet as an Outstanding Natural Area. Officials gathered at the lighthouse to celebrate Jupiter becoming the second in the nation lighthouse with this honor. Yaquina Head in Oregon is the only other lighthouse so named. Lighthouse News is still awaiting word on Piedras Blancas’ designation.
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Lighthouse Group To Operate Radio Station
Ludington, Michigan will apply for a license with the FCC to operate a 10 watt radio station, with the antenna to be placed on the city’s water treatment plant on Lake Michigan. The Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association will operate the station, which will cover an area of land as far east as Memorial Medical Center as well as to boaters in Lake Michigan’s waters near Ludington.Continued...
Turn Right At the Light? Or Left?
A recent article in the Times Online reported on a cruise ship that had run aground, stranding 662 passengers in the Baltic Sea. Cause of the accident was the navigator was unclear whether to go right around the (unnamed) lighthouse, or around to the left. He obviously chose the wrong direction, stranding the mostly elderly German passengers. All were evacuated from the stuck ship safely.Continued...
Michigan AtoN Team Services Maine Lights
An interesting press release from the Coast Guard regarding lighthouses:
Commander Stu Merrill, the Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard’s Air Station Traverse City, along with his crew of Lieutenant Joan Snaith, Aviation Maintenance Technician First Class Joe McGuire and Aviation Electrical Technician Second Class Adam Morehouse, assisted members of the Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation Team out of Portland, Maine to repair and perform preventive maintenance on lighthouses along the Maine Coast.Continued...
Warden Head Lighthouse Repaired
The beautiful Warden Head Lighthouse in Ulladulla, NSW, Australia, is the first of fourteen NSW lights to get revamped. Wrapped in scaffolding, it will be getting a new paint job and rust removal over the next several weeks, along with any other damage found from recent vandalism incidents. Funding is provided by the state to the tune of $60,000 AUD.Continued...
Cape Blanco Lighthouse Needs Operator
Curry County (Oregon) Commissioner Georgia Nowlin recently told the Board of Commissioners that the Bureau of Land Management has decided it is not renewing its contract to operate the Cape Blanco Lighthouse (Port Orford).
“Someone has to step up or the lighthouse will be closed to the public,” said Nowlin. “Oregon State Parks and the BLM are bickering. They better figure it out because the lease expires on March 31, 2009.”
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