By Sue Clark on Aug 22, 2008 in Lighthouses For Sale, The Light Side | 0 Comments
Whew, so far the bids are standing at $200,000 for West Bank Lighthouse and $140,000 for Old Orchard Shoal. There will probably be no more bids over the weekend, but come Monday there might be some more action. There is a notice on the site that if the auctions haven’t closed by August 26, the bid increments will be increased to $15,000 rather than the $5,000 as it is now.
By Sue Clark on Aug 18, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Just a quick update on the GSA auctions. The bidding on New York lighthouses Old Orchard Shoals and West Bank is still going strong. The auction is extended one more day till Tuesday August 19. Current bids are $130,000 for West Bank Lighthouse and $90,000 for Old Orchard Shoals.
By Sue Clark on Aug 5, 2008 in The Light Side | 1 Comment
We’ve seen a
lighthouse installed in an airport, but now there is going to be one in a mall. An eighteen foot replica of Big Tub Lighthouse (Tobermory, ON) will be installed this week at Vaughn Mills Mall, Canada’s largest outlet mall, which is about 18 miles north of Toronto.
By Sue Clark on Aug 2, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Well, it’s not the real Grand Haven lighthouse. And you have to live in or very near to Grand Haven, Michigan. But if you do, you can enter the raffle to win a playhouse for your kids, or yourself. Remember, aging is inevitable, but maturity is optional. So feel free to keep it for yourself, if you win.
By Sue Clark on Jul 31, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
A private lighthouse at a lodge on Lake Tahoe
is in danger of crumbling from last winter’s waves and ice, and if not fixed will probably tumble off its damaged foundation into the lake. The Thunderbird Cove Beacon light is owned by the lodge, which is housed in a former mansion known as the Whittell mansion, and was formerly used to house the mansion’s security and lighting system.
By Sue Clark on Jul 22, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
On June 21 of this year, The
MV Princess of the Stars capsized near Sibuyan Island, off the coast of n Fernando, Romblon, when her engines stalled during Typhoon Fengshen. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has directed the Philippine Coast Guard to build a memorial to the more than 800 victims and the 56 survivors in the form of a lighthouse (or buoy markers…it’s not final yet).
By Sue Clark on Jul 18, 2008 in The Light Side | 2 Comments
Princess Anne, tenth in line to the British throne, and a patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board, is a self described “lighthouse lover” since the time she was five years old. Currently she’s on a tour, attempting to inspect all 209 of Scotland’s lighthouses. Of course, this is weather permitting, as access to some are on mere rock outcroppings in the North Atlantic.
By Sue Clark on Jul 3, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
How can someone steal a lighthouse? Particularly Cape May Lighthouse, NJ? After all, it’s 157 feet tall, and made of heavy brick. And its lantern (red) can’t be too easy to hide. And just where would you pawn it?
By Sue Clark on Jul 1, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Perhaps the government will get it right this time. The Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse Notice of Availability has been sent out. Last year, it was on the list for disposal, or maybe not. There was
some confusion about which of the two lighthouses at Saybrook, Connecticut were being offered to non-profits and local municipalities. Of course, the local municipality in this case wanted neither one, and even
tried sending a delegation to Washington to tell the Coast Guard to keep it.
By Sue Clark on Jun 27, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Take nine tons of special quarry sand from New Hampshire, one master sculptor named Sean Fitzpatrick, and an unknown number of Fairfield Beach Residents Association throwing in $5,000, and you have a huge sand sculpture of the Penfield Reef Lighthouse. Fitzy Snowman, Fitzpatrick’s company from Massachusetts, was hired to create a
huge rendering of the famous lighthouse as part of the Fairfield Beach Sand Sculpting Festival, June 26-29.
