By Sue Clark on Jan 22, 2008 in News | Comments Off 
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Russia and the Ukraine Haggle Over Lighthouses
A Ukrainian Court recently ruled that Russia must give back the one hundred plus lighthouses along the Crimean coast of the Black Sea. Ukrainian police attempting to seize one of the lighthouses in the Black Sea after the ruling by their courts were stopped from entering by a representative of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The Black Sea Fleet says the decision to hand the lighthouse over can only be made at governmental level. This is the latest action in the dispute over who owns or can operate the lighthouses.
By Sue Clark on Jan 20, 2008 in Featured | Comments Off Print This Post
Congressman Arranges Conference
In the latest news from Old Saybrook, CT, comes the information that First Selectman Michael Pace has arranged a meeting with the US Coast Guard and the General Services Administration to tell them to “keep the lighthouse, we don’t want it.” Congressman Joe Courtney has arranged the January 30 meeting in Old Saybrook to allow Pace to voice his concerns directly to the powers that be in charge of excessing the lighthouse. Of course, we still don’t know exactly which lighthouse is being excessed. Both are pictured in the photo to the left. Is it the one at the end of the breakwater, which is featured on the state license plate? Or maybe it’s the Lynde Point Lighthouse. Either way, this has been a fiasco from the beginning.
By Sue Clark on Jan 18, 2008 in Featured, Opinion | 2 Comments Print This Post
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 17, 2008 in Lighthouse Keeper Jobs, Volunteer | Comments Off Print This Post
Who wouldn’t want to spend one or two months on the shores of beautiful Lake Superior in the midst of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore? If you can’t resist a volunteer opportunity of a lifetime, read on…
Live In Lightkeepers House
Volunteer apartments in the lightkeepers house at Au Sable Light will be provided for a volunteer Au Sable Lightstation Museum Attendant and a volunteer Au Sable Lighthouse Interpretive Assistant. Both positions run from July 1 through September 1 and you would be expected to either work in the lighthouse museum in the keeper’s quarters or lead tours to the lighthouse.
By Sue Clark on Jan 16, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
Fundraising Underway
A little over six years ago, two huge chunks of Pigeon Point (near Pescadero, CA) Lighthouse’s bricks and ironwork fell to the ground. Fearing for visitors’ safety, the California State Parks closed the tower to everyone, although the grounds remain open. Since that time, tourists wanting to view this breathtaking 115 foot tall lighthouse have been disappointed. But no longer. A major fundraising campaign is about to begin, with a goal of $6 million to be raised - $5 million for repair work and $1 million as an endowment for maintenance.
By Sue Clark on Jan 15, 2008 in Lighthouses For Sale | Comments Off Print This Post
Four Star Hotel On the Market
Have you recently won the lottery? Do you have $2.5 million burning a hole in your pocket? Do you want to operate a hotel and restaurant? Well, here’s a deal for you if you do. Corsewall Lighthouse Hotel (an active aid to navigation) on the west coast of Scotland has recently come onto the market. Besides being a beacon guiding sailors to the shore, it also serves as a beacon guiding those who might have imbibed a little too much to their rooms at the hotel it also hosts.
