News, Opinions and Commentary on Lighthouses Around the World
Category: Mini NewsBy Sue Clark on May 9, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
By Sue Clark on May 3, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
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.
By Sue Clark on Apr 30, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
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.
By Sue Clark on Apr 28, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
By Sue Clark on Apr 23, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
The Sandy Point Lighthouse, Shelburne, NS will get a new lease on life thanks to investments by the federal, provincial and municipal governments. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is investing more than $38,000, Nova Scotia Economic Development is investing $20,000, and the Municipality of the District of Shelburne is contributing $10,000 towards the project.
By Sue Clark on Apr 20, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
The Port of Lorain Foundation has designed a new flag to fly over the Lorain Lighthouse. The flag, pictured at right (click for slightly larger view), will be unfurled at a fundraising dinner to be held next month. The monies raised will initially go toward the building of a new docking facility at the lighthouse for visitors’ boats.
By Sue Clark on Apr 19, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
Or, as the story at the Northern Star calls, it: Bring back our favorite ferals. After five years of no goats at Cape Byron Lighthouse, NSW, a local Byron Bay real estate agent, Paul McCarthy, is calling for their return. According to him, the removal of the goats has allowed the highly invasive bitou bush to take over the property surrounding the lighthouse, Australia’s most eastern beacon and its brightest.
By Sue Clark on Apr 18, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
A story on WOWT-TV crossed the desk of Lighthouse News telling about the hazards created by flying plywood off the sides of the Linoma Lightouse, halfway between Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska (hence its name). This faux lighthouse is actually on Nebraska’s state registry of historic places. Several panels of plywood are apparently lying at the base of the 100 foot tall light, located on Highway 6 in Sarpy County. The lighthouse has been there since 1939.
By Sue Clark on Apr 9, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
By Sue Clark on Mar 29, 2008 in Mini News | 0 Comments
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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.”
Sandy Point, NS, Gets Funding
The Sandy Point Lighthouse, Shelburne, NS will get a new lease on life thanks to investments by the federal, provincial and municipal governments. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is investing more than $38,000, Nova Scotia Economic Development is investing $20,000, and the Municipality of the District of Shelburne is contributing $10,000 towards the project.Continued...
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