By Sue Clark on Mar 17, 2008 in News | Comments Off 
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Lighthouses To Benefit
Michigan has one of the most proactive lighthouse preservation programs in the country, as is only fitting for the state with the most lighthouses (124). According to a March 17 story in the Detroit Free Press, sales of the specialty license plate featuring White Shoal Lighthouse has garnered $215,000 for lighthouse funding grants. And $25 of every $35 spent to purchase the plate goes to the funding of grants for lighthouse restoration and preservation and has awarded more than $1 million since its start in 2000.
By Sue Clark on Mar 15, 2008 in Featured | Comments Off Print This Post
Good Friday Reopening Set
The popular tourist attraction, the Souter Lighthouse in South Tyneside, UK, has been completely rewired as part of an effort by the National Trust, owner of the lighthouse. It has taken a team of eight people since January to complete this project, which they described as “challenging.” The cost of the project, paid for from the Trust’s Building Fund, was more than £100,000 and involved the laying of over 5,000 meters, or 16,404 feet, of new cable and 130 new fittings. It is hoped the rewiring will make the rambling house and 75 foot tall tower more energy efficient.
By Sue Clark on Mar 14, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
And Not To The Trust
The 175-year-old Grade II-listed building was sold for an undisclosed sum, believed to be around £500,000, to a foreign buyer, according to a story at the Argus. A spokesman for Lewes estate agents Strutt and Parker, which oversaw the sale, said the buyer had “good local knowledge” and said a family member of the buyer’s would live there.
It was with a sad face I read the email from Rob Wassell, President of the Belle Toute Preservation Trust the other day. It confirmed that the historic and beautiful Belle Toute Lighthouse had been sold to a buyer for an undisclosed amount. According to estate agent Rager and Roberts, contracts have been exchanged on the historic building.
By Sue Clark on Mar 7, 2008 in Lighthouses For Sale | Comments Off Print This Post
Vandalism Forces Sale
The village of Grand Manan on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, has put the 1858 Swallowtail Lighthouse Keeper’s home on the market, according to a story at CBC News Canada. Used as a six room Bed and Breakfast, the home has been owned by the village since the lighthouse was automated in 1986. Swallowtail Lighthouse, on the north head of the island in the Bay of Fundy, was in the news a year ago when it was almost consumed by fire, along with the inn, except for the quick thinking of the volunteer firefighters.
By Sue Clark on Mar 5, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
Volunteer Sought To Live At Lighthouse
Mission Point Lighthouse in Traverse City, Michigan, will open to the public May 1. And the Peninsula Township Parks Board is looking for a caretaker for the lighthouse. The house the caretaker will live in is integral to the (decommissioned) light, and after discussion last year on security measures, the Board has apparently decided a volunteer caretaker would be the way to go for security. The PDF File with the discussion on the plan is available here if anyone’s interested.
Michigan has one of the most proactive lighthouse preservation programs in the country, as is only fitting for the state with the most lighthouses (124). According to a March 17 story in the Detroit Free Press, sales of the specialty license plate featuring White Shoal Lighthouse has garnered $215,000 for lighthouse funding grants. And $25 of every $35 spent to purchase the plate goes to the funding of grants for lighthouse restoration and preservation and has awarded more than $1 million since its start in 2000.
