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Category: The Light SideBy 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
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
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.
By Sue Clark on Jun 19, 2008 in Other, The Light Side | 0 Comments
Support cancer and take the plunge down the side of a 36 meter (118 feet) tall lighthouse in Scotland this August. After its successful fundraising effort last August, Macmillan Cancer Support will once again offer the sport of abseiling (rappelling) down the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse. The charity raised more than £18,000 last year ($35,500 USD) and hopes to exceed that this year.
By Sue Clark on Jun 15, 2008 in Restoration, The Light Side | Comments Off
By Sue Clark on Jun 9, 2008 in The Light Side | Comments Off
By Sue Clark on Jun 8, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
The International Lighthouse Challenge has released the image of the new map that will be used for the Lights Across the Border lighthouse event that will be held on Saturday, August 9 in Cutler, Lubec and Campobello Island. The souvenir map will be given to everyone who takes part on the semi self-guided tour of the area’s five lighthouses.
Lighthouses Are For Heifers, Too
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.
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Coast to Coast Lighthouse Bike Ride
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.
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Lighthouses Good Enough To Eat
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.
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A Coast Guard Christmas
With apologies to Clement Moore, and a thank you to Shari at the Coast Guard Channel for sending this along.
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Ice Storm Dims Portland Head Light
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.
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Lighthouse Coverage Wins Award
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.
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