By Sue Clark on Aug 16, 2007 in Other | Comments Off 
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A month ago, Lighthouse News wrote about the access problems faced at Port San Luis Lighthouse. Since that time there have been other cases pop up that limit access to historic beacons. One facing that problem is the recently accessed Old Saybrook Lighthouse, featured on Connecticut’s lighthouse license plate. Property owners at the end of the only road leading through the gated commumnity of Fenwick, are resistant to the idea of people coming through their town to view the light. One of the requirements of the National Lighthouse Preservation Act of 200 is to open the lighthouse to the public for educational purposes. Because of the restricted access at this point, the NPS hasn’t put out a property description and application, until the problems of access are worked out.
By Sue Clark on Aug 13, 2007 in Opinion | 2 Comments Print This Post
Execution Rocks, recently excessed by the Coast Guard, is the latest lighthouse to go on PETA’s fishing stringer. Applications for the light, located about a mile offshore in Nassau County near the west end of Long Island Sound, New York, closed July 29. The only two applicants are Historically Significant Structures, based in Philadelphia, PA and (no surprise) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
By Sue Clark on Aug 11, 2007 in Lighthouse Keeper Jobs | 5 Comments Print This Post
The Journal Times Online has reported that 159 people have applied for the position of Lighthouse Keeper at Wind Point (Wisconsin) Lighthouse. These candidates will be winnowed down to the ten best qualified, and from there a decision made to hire one to replace outgoing keepers Jeff and Melissa Peterson. The candidates include single people, couples and retired persons. The board will have to decide what it the best fit for the lighthouse.
By Sue Clark on Aug 11, 2007 in Opinion | 1 Comment Print This Post
Once again PETA has applied for two more offshore lighthouses, Cleveland Ledge Lighthouse and Whaleback Ledge Lighthouse. There has not been another group step forward with interest in Cleveland Ledge, but the American Lighthouse Foundation was planning to send a letter of interest on Whaleback Ledge, as the ALF has already been maintaining it under a lease.
The Portsmouth (NH) Herald News has published a story about PETA’s latest efforts to convince the National Park Service that a lighthouse is best used to educate people that fish are “inquisitive and loving.” According to Seacoast Online:
By Sue Clark on Aug 11, 2007 in Other | Comments Off Print This Post
Visitors will be able to tour the Round Island Lighthouse in the Straits of Mackinac for the first time during an Open House Saturday, August 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. The Open House is hosted by the Hiawatha National Forest, Boy Scout Troop 323 from Freeland, and Friends of the Round Island Lighthouse, Inc.
www.roundislandlighthouse.com/index.htm
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