By Sue Clark on Sep 24, 2007 in Lighthouses For Sale, Opinion | Comments Off 
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As Lighthouse News is writing this, the current high bid for Lubec Channel Lighthouse is now $41,000, entered by someone calling himself Old Lite. What’s remarkable about this auction is that some of the same bidders from Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse seem to be in the fray. Because of the flurry of last minute bids, the auction end has been delayed to September 25 at 3:00 pm EDT. This could prove to be almost as interesting as the last watch.
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By Sue Clark on Sep 23, 2007 in Lighthouses For Sale | Comments Off Print This Post
Just when we thought there’d only be one bid for the forlorn Lubec Channel Lighthouse, a small bidding war has started. A soft close has been set for Monday, September 24, at 3:00 p.m. EDT and there are currently three bids posted for this historic sparkplug lighthouse, which is about as far east as you can get in the United States. Highest bid is $21,000, proffered by someone identifying him/herself as “kingtown.” Perhaps someone from Bangor? There’s still time to get in on the action, if you have the minimum deposit (earnest money) of $5,000. 
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By Sue Clark on Sep 22, 2007 in Other, Threatened | Comments Off Print This Post
After sixteen years of planning and fundraising to the tune of $4 million dollars, Sankaty Lighthouse, Nantucket, MA, is up on jacks and ready to roll into the future. Expert House Movers of Virginia Beach, VA, subcontractors for International Chimney, raised the 157 year old, 450 ton lighthouse over one foot in the air on September 18 while preparing for the historic move, set to begin October 1. Security will be tight around the lighthouse, which will be dimmed as it’s being moved. The Nantucket Independent Online will have a front row seat as the official photographer of the event, and has been running a fascinating series of articles on the historic move.
By Sue Clark on Sep 21, 2007 in Restoration | Comments Off Print This Post
White Island Lighthouse in the waters offshore of New Hampshire, is on one of a series of granite rocks called the Isles of Shoals, subjected to wind and waves battering the island and light. Access to this lighthouse, built in 1821, was hazardous at best, and hauling supplies up the treacherous rocks was dangerous. So as often happened in the lighthouse world, a small railway was built to haul the goods up from the tenders that brought supplies to the keepers.
By Sue Clark on Sep 20, 2007 in Lighthouses For Sale | 4 Comments Print This Post
It seems the person in charge of listing the lighthouse Notices of Availability messed up and put the wrong lighthouse on the GSA excess list, according to a story in the Shore Line Times. Although the lighthouses are only about a mile and a half apart, they are completely different. Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, built in 1886 and featured on Connecticut’s license plate, police cars and more, is totally different from the Lynde Point (Saybrook) Lighthouse (pictured at left), built in 1838. Both lighthouses are still active aids to navigation in the waters of Long Island Sound. It was widely publicized that Saybrook Breakwater Light was being excessed by the Coast Guard and available to municipalities and non-profit organizations for one dollar.
