By Sue Clark on Jan 8, 2009 in The Light Side | 2 Comments
Well, maybe not so much the lighthouse, in this case Montauk Point, but the grass sure seemed greener for the Black Angus heifer now known as Amelia. But then again, maybe she felt she was just getting her due from what her owners, Rusty and Diane Leaver of
Deep Hollow Ranch, have given to the Montauk Historical Society to help preserve Montauk Lighthouse.
By Sue Clark on Dec 29, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Leaving West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine, on their bicycles, Caitlin Prentice and a couple of friends pedaled their two wheelers 4,377.5 miles across the United States, ending up the trip at Cape Meares Lighthouse near Tillamook on the Oregon Coast.
By Sue Clark on Dec 26, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Yum, just when we thought Christmas goodies were done, here comes a story and a slideshow from The BayNet about tasty lighthouses. The
Calvert Marine Museum in Southern Maryland, owner of Cove Point Lighthouse and home to Drum Point Lighthouse, put on a special program for kids on December 23.
By Sue Clark on Dec 24, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
With apologies to Clement Moore, and a thank you to Shari at the Coast Guard Channel for sending this along.
By Sue Clark on Dec 15, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
The Portland Head (Maine) Lighthouse has been restored to full power by Central Maine Power this afternoon, after running on batteries (and hence a dim light), since the ice storm that hit the Northern New England states this past weekend.
By Sue Clark on Dec 3, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
No, not for me, unfortunately. But I’m not a mainstream (yet) publisher of a newspaper. However, one newspaper did win awards for its coverage of the moving of Sankaty Lighthouse (Sankaty, Mass.) this past year. And from no less a prestigious entity as the New England Press Association.
By Sue Clark on Dec 1, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
The Danish police are holding the Georgia-flagged coaster
Yamburg, moored in Hanstholm on the Danish west coast. The captain is charged with colliding with one of the lighthouses in the entrance to Limfjord on Hals Barre. And it’s totally gone.
By Sue Clark on Nov 23, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Wow. New Zealand’s first Lake to Lighthouse Race is quite the challenge. Taking place this weekend (November 20-23), the 196 km race from Lake Waikaremoana to Wairoa is harder than any triathlon. And it was won by a New Zealand husband and wife team who signed up sight unseen (for the course).
By Sue Clark on Nov 13, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Lighthouse Challenges are generally put on by lighthouse groups, often as a fundraiser. The goal is to visit as many of the lighthouses on the list and get a token at each, with those completing the “course” often getting a bigger gift. Well, there’s a new kind of lighthouse challenge going on in New Jersey right now. This challenge is called
A Beacon of Hope…the 2008 New Jersey Lighthouse Climb for a Cause.
By Sue Clark on Nov 7, 2008 in The Light Side | 2 Comments
The sister group to the US Lighthouse Service was the US Life Saving Service. Often forgotten, and certainly not as well remembered as the lighthouse keepers, these brave men risked their lives to save shipwreck victims, while lighthouse keepers mostly just stood by. Merged into the Coast Guard in 1915, with the US Revenue Cutter Service, their story is less well known than the romantic tales of lighthouse keepers.
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Well, maybe not so much the lighthouse, in this case Montauk Point, but the grass sure seemed greener for the Black Angus heifer now known as Amelia. But then again, maybe she felt she was just getting her due from what her owners, Rusty and Diane Leaver of Deep Hollow Ranch, have given to the Montauk Historical Society to help preserve Montauk Lighthouse.
