Door Vervolg Clark op 19 April, 2008 binnen Nieuws, Advies | 0 Commentaren
Bezit een Vuurtoren voor een Dag
De Vuurtoren van de Richel van het Punt van de lente, in een inspanning om fondsen voor hun restauratieprojecten op te slaen, heeft beslist collectief sponsoring aan lokale ondernemingen dichtbij Zuid-Portland, ME aan te bieden. Businesses such as auto dealers, banks, insurance companies and restaurants are being sent a package with details on how they can have a banner wrapped around the lighthouse for a Saturday, during the height of summer’s tourist season. These sponsorships will cost $1500 USD and will also include the right to post signs at the ticket booth and include their logo on printed materials for the open house. The company and its employees will get a private tour of the lighthouse and free tickets to the open house.
By Sue Clark on Mar 20, 2008 in Featured, Opinion | 0 Comments
Army Corps of Engineers Budget Also Slashed
East Hampton (NY) town supervisor Bill McGintee recently visited Washington D.C. to meet with officials regarding the erosion control projects for Montauk Point. Although the Army Corps of Engineers has approved these projects, which include rebuilding the beach around Montauk Point, a breakwater dredging project and more beach erosion control measures, the funding may not be guaranteed if the 2009 budget as written passes muster. “I want to make sure that the money is there once the studies are finished,” said McGintee in the story at Suffolk Life. The total cost of the Lighthouse cliff rebuilding alone will be $14 million dollars, but US Congressman Tim Bishop (D-Coram) is supportive of the projects, he is not as certain about how such funding would come to fruition, given the president’s proposed budget to Congress for next year. “All of these projects are important, and all have been authorized by [the] Army Corps of Engineers,” said Bishop. “The challenging part will be providing the funding.”
By Sue Clark on Jan 18, 2008 in Featured, Opinion | 2 Comments
Eminent Domain Bid Fails To Pass
The Biloxi City Council, by a three to three tie vote, failed to pass an eminent domain takeover for the Bolton property this past week. The Council, which has already acquired two hurricane damaged properties, wants the Hayes Bolton beachfront land, which they refer to as a junkyard, for a planned lighthouse park. One councilmember was absent, so the vote might have gone either way.
By Sue Clark on Jan 12, 2008 in Opinion | 0 Comments
Misinformation In Sanibel Story
A story appeared in the Fort Meyers Florida Weekly recently, that seems to imply the Sanibel lighthouse beacon is on a fast track to being extinguished. Nothing could be further from the truth.
By Sue Clark on Jan 8, 2008 in Featured, Opinion | 0 Comments
Board Can’t Do Anything
The Daily Freeman has released an updated story on the lawsuit filed by Saugerties police officer Sydney Mills adn his wife Amy. Fifty people attended the Village Board meeting on Monday, January 7, but were told by the Board and Mayor that they can’t really do anything, as it’s a civil matter, not a village board matter. Calls for firing the officer were met with a refusal by mayor Robert Yerick, who said the Board is limited in what they can do, since the officer has the right to sue, but they can share information, even though they can’t take sides.
By Sue Clark on Jan 6, 2008 in Featured, Opinion | 0 Comments
Injured On Duty
A Saugerties police officer, Sydney Mills and his wife Amy, has sued the Lighthouse Conservancy for injuries he received while responding to a “boater in distress” call in the village. Although he was paid Worker’s Compensation, he filed suit in August for the injuries, claiming the Conservancy failed to properly maintain the trail and failed to warn users of “the dangerous and defective condition of the nature trail.” His wife is also a party to the lawsuit, claiming the incident has deprived her of the support provided by her husband.
By Sue Clark on Dec 31, 2007 in Opinion, Restoration | 0 Comments
The Most Expensive Rocks Anywhere
Our previous story was about New Point Comfort Lighthouse and the $750,000 rock job. Well, that pales in comparison to what it’s expected to cost at Montauk Point Lighthouse in New York to do almost the same thing. The full amount being budgeted for masonry work at the base of the lighthouse, and the revetment replacement that has helped stop erosion for the past 15 years? A cool $15 million dollars. The lighthouse will get $7.1 million from the federal government, $5.6 million from the state and about $2 million from the Montauk Historical Society, which owns and operates the lighthouse. The federal money is being appropriated as part of the 2007 Water Bill, which covers coastal projects, drainage and other water related items.
By Sue Clark on Dec 30, 2007 in Opinion, Threatened | 1 Comment
Erosion Threatening New Point Comfort Lighthouse
Sitting on a quarter acre pile of rocks in Chesapeake Bay, the New Point Comfort Lighthouse is precariously perched as the winter storms will toss them around. Abandoned by the Coast Guard in 1963 and left to weather the storms, waves and vandalism, this once proud beacon’s land is washing away. Storms such as Hurricane Isabel in 2003 have washed away much of what used to be an island. When it was built in 1805, it could be accessed on foot at low tide. Now it’s inaccessible and sits only 8 to 9 feet above mean sea level on its own island.
By Sue Clark on Dec 23, 2007 in Opinion | 0 Comments
We Don’t Want No Junkyard
Biloxi businessman Hayes Bolton has been ordered to put up an “appropriate” fence to cover the view of his beach vending pawn shop business from visitors to the Biloxi (Mississippi) lighthouse. The property, only 100 feet away from arguably “the most photographed lighthouse in the southeast,” (as described in the story) has been the target of a campaign by the Biloxi Community Development Committee to get rid of or at least cover up the businesses. “We just don’t feel that this is an appropriate location for a junkyard,” said Director Jerry Creel in a story posted at WLOX-TV.
By Sue Clark on Dec 17, 2007 in Opinion | 0 Comments
Private Aid To Navigation Chosen
A replica of a lighthouse situated on the Delaware Maryland state line has been installed to honor the Coast Guard at a park in San Jacinto, California, according to a story in the Press Enterprise. The monument is the latest to be installed at the Druding Park to honor different branches of the armed forces. It joins an M-60 tank dedicated to the US Army, an 11 ton anchor honoring the US Navy and a 10 foot propeller from a B-17 Bomber. The only one left to honor now is the US Marines.
De Vuurtoren van de Richel van het Punt van de lente, in een inspanning om fondsen voor hun restauratieprojecten op te slaen, heeft beslist collectief sponsoring aan lokale ondernemingen dichtbij Zuid-Portland, ME aan te bieden. Businesses such as auto dealers, banks, insurance companies and restaurants are being sent a package with details on how they can have a banner wrapped around the lighthouse for a Saturday, during the height of summer’s tourist season. These sponsorships will cost $1500 USD and will also include the right to post signs at the ticket booth and include their logo on printed materials for the open house. The company and its employees will get a private tour of the lighthouse and free tickets to the open house.
