By Sue Clark on Sep 6, 2007 in Other | Comments Off 
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Point Cartwright Lighthouse, in Queensland Australia, will join other buildings such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Kensington Palace, the Empire State Building and more when the concrete tower is bathed in pink lights beginning September 26, 2007. The lighthouse, a reinforced modern (1978) tower, will join in Estee Lauder’s Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s annual Global Illumination Initiative to raise funds for breast cancer research and promote awareness of this killer.
By Sue Clark on Sep 5, 2007 in Restoration | Comments Off Print This Post
Ten thousand handwashed bricks later, the St. George Lighthouse Association has reason to celebrate. On September 15, 2007, a bricklaying ceremony will kick off the rebuilding of the Apalachicola, Florida lighthouse that collapsed into the sea in October, 2oo5. Damaged by erosion and tropical storms, including Hurricane Dennis, the lighthouse collapsed into a pile of rubble. Volunteers with the association vowed to replace the lighthouse and cleaned and palletized for storage every one of the bricks making up the 75 foot tower. With recent legislative action, the final funds have been procured and the rebuilding will begin.
By Sue Clark on Sep 4, 2007 in Opinion | Comments Off Print This Post
The auction for Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse is now officially closed, and the bidder nicknamed “latea” has bought him or herself a unique property sitting three miles offshore of Bowers Beach in Delaware Bay. With no bids since latea’s $200,000 whopper on Friday August 31, the gavel has fallen.
By Sue Clark on Sep 3, 2007 in News | 1 Comment Print This Post
Old Great Captain Island Lighthouse, on Long Island Sound near Greenwich, CT has been dark since 1970, when the current light at the Coast Guard compound next to it replaced the old. Now, thanks to donations in memory of a victim of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, more than the required $300,000 has been raised to restore the old and relight the beacon to shine again.
By Sue Clark on Sep 2, 2007 in Other | Comments Off Print This Post
Well, we all know that Michigan is number one as the state with the most lighthouses (about 120), but which county has the most? That’s the tongue-in-cheek question that was posed by the Capital Times in Wisconsin the other day. According to the story, Door County, Wisconsin, claims that title.
Not so, says Roland Babineau of Massachusetts, even though county and state officials have bragged about it for years, claiming ten lighthouses (it actually only has eight according to the Wisconsin Travel Bureau site). From the story:
By Sue Clark on Sep 1, 2007 in Restoration | 1 Comment Print This Post
Ongoing efforts to reopen Buffalo (New York) Lighthouse and turn the waterfront acreage it sits on into a recreational park have been given a jumpstart by Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton and Rep. Brian Higgins. The lighthouse is owned by the Coast Guard, but is leased to the Buffalo Lighthouse Association who have spent over $300,000 restoring it in 1985. The city of Buffalo installed a $100,000 brick walkway. The light and surrounding 31 acres has been closed to the public since 9/11, due to the adjacent Coast Guard facility, which is being used mostly for storage and maintenance sheds, with a few temporary offices and sleeping quarters.
Point Cartwright Lighthouse, in Queensland Australia, will join other buildings such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Kensington Palace, the Empire State Building and more when the concrete tower is bathed in pink lights beginning September 26, 2007. The lighthouse, a reinforced modern (1978) tower, will join in Estee Lauder’s Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s annual Global Illumination Initiative to raise funds for breast cancer research and promote awareness of this killer.
If you’re in New South Wales, Australia, on Sunday, October 19, get out your running shoes for the very scenic Run For Breast Cancer. The Coordinator for the event wants to see at least five runners or walkers for each breast cancer patient on the North Coast. That translates to 1000 or so participants.
