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Latest Lighthouse NewsBy Sue Clark on Sep 4, 2007 in Opinion | Comments Off 
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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.
By Sue Clark on Aug 31, 2007 in Other | Comments Off Print This Post
A lot of times we hear of various road races for charity associated with lighthouses, such as the Beach to Beacon 10K event in Portland, Maine, which runs from Crescent Beach State Park to Portland Head Lighthouse Or the Lighthouse to Lighthouse Race on Long Island, which uses human powered seaworthy vessels to race the fourteen miles starting on the south side of Compo Beach, winding around Cockenoe Island, going around Pecks Ledge Lighthouse, then head south to Greens Ledge Lighthouse and come back along the same course to finish in front of Compo Beach. But two recent charity events this past weekend associated with lighthouses caught the eye.
Lighthouses Are For Heifers, Too
Well, maybe not so much the lighthouse, in this case Montauk Point, but the grass sure seemed greener for the Black Angus heifer now known as Amelia. But then again, maybe she felt she was just getting her due from what her owners, Rusty and Diane Leaver of Deep Hollow Ranch, have given to the Montauk Historical Society to help preserve Montauk Lighthouse.
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Coast to Coast Lighthouse Bike Ride
Leaving West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine, on their bicycles, Caitlin Prentice and a couple of friends pedaled their two wheelers 4,377.5 miles across the United States, ending up the trip at Cape Meares Lighthouse near Tillamook on the Oregon Coast.
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Lighthouses Good Enough To Eat
Yum, just when we thought Christmas goodies were done, here comes a story and a slideshow from The BayNet about tasty lighthouses. The Calvert Marine Museum in Southern Maryland, owner of Cove Point Lighthouse and home to Drum Point Lighthouse, put on a special program for kids on December 23.
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A Coast Guard Christmas
With apologies to Clement Moore, and a thank you to Shari at the Coast Guard Channel for sending this along.
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Ice Storm Dims Portland Head Light
The Portland Head (Maine) Lighthouse has been restored to full power by Central Maine Power this afternoon, after running on batteries (and hence a dim light), since the ice storm that hit the Northern New England states this past weekend.
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Lighthouse Coverage Wins Award
No, not for me, unfortunately. But I’m not a mainstream (yet) publisher of a newspaper. However, one newspaper did win awards for its coverage of the moving of Sankaty Lighthouse (Sankaty, Mass.) this past year. And from no less a prestigious entity as the New England Press Association.
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