By Sue Clark on Aug 10, 2007 in News | 1 Comment 
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News Release From Maine Lighthouse Museum:
Carmanah Technologies Adds to “Sea of Lights†at Maine Lighthouse Museum
There is no other museum in the United States where the public can see and learn more about the lights that have shone from our nation’s lighthouses than the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland, Maine. The Museum’s extensive collection of Fresnel lenses and other guiding beacons however are not just treasures confined to our seafaring past.
Thanks to a generous donation by Carmanah Technologies of Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, the Maine Lighthouse Museum is now able to publicly exhibit the finest in cutting-edge aids to navigation technology.
By Sue Clark on Aug 9, 2007 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
The New York Times has a nice story about the application of North Hempstead, and the waits for final approval involved, for the eventual ownership of Stepping Stones Lighthouse. When the lighthouse was excessed last summer, the town was among six applicants for the beautifully named lighthouse, and after winnowing through the interested parties, the Park Service determined that North Hampstead would be the best owner for this offshore light, located in Long Island Sound, NY. The town, however, is still awaiting final approval.
By Sue Clark on Aug 8, 2007 in Other | Comments Off Print This Post
National Lighthouse Day (August 7) was a slow news day, so Lighthouse News went down to Pemaquid Point Park to see the festivities, and check out the restoration progress. The town of Bristol and the Friends of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse cooperated to make a nice time for the little ones, and although the Point was foggy (as is often the case), it was a nice day. Children were making little lighthouses, enjoying the refreshments, and adults were lined up to climb the tower. There was a great surf, and many were down on the rocks shooting photos of the breakers crashing into the cliffs.
By Sue Clark on Aug 6, 2007 in Restoration | Comments Off Print This Post
The Coquille River Lighthouse, the last beacon built on the Oregon Coast and an unusual octagon shape, is finally getting some major restoration work, appropriately during Oregon’s Lighthouse Month (August). Coquille Light, built in 1895, has suffered from years of neglect and improper caretaking, and estimates of the full cost of repairing weather damage, vandalism and neglect are running close to $1 million dollars. Currently, the state has budgeted $610,000 dollars for the beginning phase of the work. Because it’s not an active aid to navigation any longer, funding has been hard to get.
By Sue Clark on Aug 5, 2007 in Threatened | 2 Comments Print This Post
Waves crashing against the shore are nothing unusual for the Indian resorts of Puri and Gopalpur, in Orissa, India, but “the sea has been behaving in an unnatural manner with high waves lashing against the coast and damaging structures. It seems the sea is inching inside,” said Jagannath Bastia, an environmental activist, according to a story in the Zee News. The photo of the lighthouse was taken on July 25, 2007, just days before the waves washed away nearly 547 yards of a newly-constructed road on the outskirts of Puri, several walls of hotels and the lighthouse.
There is no other museum in the United States where the public can see and learn more about the lights that have shone from our nation’s lighthouses than the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland, Maine. The Museum’s extensive collection of Fresnel lenses and other guiding beacons however are not just treasures confined to our seafaring past.
