And We Have a Bid - At least, Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse has one. A bidder nicknamed MWHLHA has opened the bidding with the minimum $10,000. Still no bids on West Bank Lighthouse, though.
Update: West Bank Lighthouse also has a bid for 10,000 from kswiss1.
Good luck to both parties. A viewing of both lighthouses is scheduled ... - Continued...#
Giveaway Update - I have only heard back from two of the seven winners in the birthday giveaway. On July 12, if I haven't received the mailing addresses of those that have been drawn, I will redraw from the remaining names as a second chance drawing. So please, if I've contacted you with ... - Continued...#
No Bids On NY Lights - 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 ... - Continued...#
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.Continued...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...