News, Opinions and Commentary on Lighthouses Around the World
Category: SideblogBy Sue Clark on Jun 9, 2008 in Sideblog | 2 Comments
No one has yet placed a bid on the two lighthouses in New York (West Bank Lighthouse and Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse) that are up for sale to the general public. The most popular search term that brings visitors to this site is lighthouses for sale, so here’s your chance for some waterfront property.
By Sue Clark on May 27, 2008 in Sideblog | 0 Comments
Just a reminder, there is a lighthouse events calendar at this site. Any lighthouse group wishing to publicize their event can have it listed here free of charge by contacting Lighthouse News through the Contact Page.
By Sue Clark on May 21, 2008 in Sideblog | 0 Comments
A recent Lighthouse News story highlighted Environment and Heritage Minister Peter Garrett’s opposition to development on Nobbys Hill Lighthouse. Although Garrett says he is not completely against developing the site to make it more tourist friendly, he did again reject plans for accomodations and a restaurant on the property, according to a story on ABC Newcastle, Garrett on May 19 made the decision after examining 450 submissions, most against any development.
By Sue Clark on May 9, 2008 in Sideblog | Comments Off
An announcement was made today (May 9, 2008), that President Bush has signed the act designating Jupiter Inlet as an Outstanding Natural Area. Officials gathered at the lighthouse to celebrate Jupiter becoming the second in the nation lighthouse with this honor. Yaquina Head in Oregon is the only other lighthouse so named. Lighthouse News is still awaiting word on Piedras Blancas’ designation.
By Sue Clark on Apr 18, 2008 in Sideblog | Comments Off
Clare Island Lighthouse, on the market since 2006, apparently has had no interest with a price tag of 2.1 million Euros ($3,303,912 USD). The company listing it has cut the asking price down to 500,000 Euros, or only $786,645.90 USD. Want to make an offer on it at that price?
By Sue Clark on Apr 9, 2008 in Sideblog | Comments Off
The council listened to its citizens. See related article for the full update on this story.
By Sue Clark on Apr 2, 2008 in Sideblog, Updates | Comments Off
Lighthouse News has recently added a Flickr RSS stream to the bottom of the page. These are the latest photos tagged “Lighthouse” on Flickr. They change as new ones are uploaded by photographers. Hope you enjoy them.
By Sue Clark on Mar 29, 2008 in Sideblog | Comments Off
Roland Babineau of Let’s Talk Lighthouses kindly invited me to write on the current controversy about who should own Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. Be sure to check it out, and also the rest of his site. He has some great articles on the blog, and he’s also the owner of the Cape Cod Store. Enter to win a prize for correctly identifying the monthly lighthouse. You can also subscribe to their monthly newsletter from the contest page.
By Sue Clark on Mar 14, 2008 in Sideblog, Updates | Comments Off
Some of you may have seen a suspended page when visiting last week. After getting slammed by comment spammers, which ate up the resources (so I’m told) at my shared host, I was arbitrarily suspended for resource abuse. So I bit the bullet and moved to a new private server, and hopefully won’t have that problem again. This is a lot more expensive, but it’s worth it if the site stays up.
On that note, you may have noticed some weirdness yesterday, with no articles or pages appearing. That was due to the move, and working out some issues, but hopefully everything is up and running for good.
By Sue Clark on Mar 4, 2008 in Sideblog, Updates | Comments Off
The Sun Herald last week posted an update on the Hayes Bolton property controversy with the city of Biloxi. Apparently Mr. Bolton asked for another week extension on the fence design issue because he didn’t know anything about the meeting. But he was present at the meeting, so how could he not know about it? Ah, his attorney wasn’t present. And now he claims he has an offer to buy the property from someone else, and so doesn’t want to improve appearances with a fancy fence.
Lighthouse Stolen?
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?
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Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse Availability
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.Continued...
Penfield Reef Lighthouse Replica - In Sand
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. Continued...
Want To Rappel Down a Lighthouse?
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. Continued...
Vote For Your Lighthouse To Win
Jeld-Wen Windows needs your vote for one of twelve lighthouses to win new doors and windows. Previous winners were Wind Point Lighthouse in Wisconsin, Thomas Point Shoal in Maryland and Umpqua Lighthouse in Washington. They all received historically correct windows and doors for their respective restorations. This year, the twelve lighthouses in the runnning are:Continued...
Lighthouse Keeper Job Opening
Scituate (Massachusetts) Historical Society is seeking applications from people interested in being keeper at Scituate Lighthouse. The present keeper has been at the lighthouse since 1986 and will be leaving later this fall.
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