By Sue Clark on Jan 8, 2008 in Featured, Opinion | Leave a Comment 
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Board Can’t Do Anything
The Daily Freeman has released an updated story on the lawsuit filed by Saugerties police officer Sydney Mills adn his wife Amy. Fifty people attended the Village Board meeting on Monday, January 7, but were told by the Board and Mayor that they can’t really do anything, as it’s a civil matter, not a village board matter. Calls for firing the officer were met with a refusal by mayor Robert Yerick, who said the Board is limited in what they can do, since the officer has the right to sue, but they can share information, even though they can’t take sides.
By Sue Clark on Jan 7, 2008 in For Sale | Leave a Comment Print This Post
New Hope For the Trust?
Belle Toute Lighthouse in Suffolk, UK, is back on the market after the latest purchase offer fell through. And this time at a greatly reduced price. It originally went on the market for £850,000 last September, and the Belle Toute Trust was created to buy it and turn it into a bed and breakfast. Unfortunately, a private party put in an offer, which was topped by a second offer from another person. And the Trust lost its opportunity. Now the owners are offering it again, but this time for only £595,000. Translated to US dollars, that’s a drop from $1,677,747 (today’s rate) to a mere $1,174,423.
By Sue Clark on Jan 6, 2008 in Featured, Opinion | Leave a Comment Print This Post
Injured On Duty
A Saugerties police officer, Sydney Mills and his wife Amy, has sued the Lighthouse Conservancy for injuries he received while responding to a “boater in distress” call in the village. Although he was paid Worker’s Compensation, he filed suit in August for the injuries, claiming the Conservancy failed to properly maintain the trail and failed to warn users of “the dangerous and defective condition of the nature trail.” His wife is also a party to the lawsuit, claiming the incident has deprived her of the support provided by her husband.
By Sue Clark on Jan 5, 2008 in Other | Leave a Comment Print This Post
Lake Havasu City Wins at the Fiesta Bowl
A replica of the Buffalo (NY) Lighthouse and the London Bridge won the Sweepstakes Award for Most Outstanding Float in the recent Fiesta Bowl Parade, held in Phoenix, Arizona on December 28. The float was part of a $40,000 sponsorship package contracted by the Lake Havasu Convention and Visitors Bureau. Walking next to the float in the parade were representatives from the Lake Havasu City Fire and Police departments and Lake Havasu City Magistrate Clyde Andress. According to the walkers, there was a loud, enthusiastic response to the float from the crowd. Photo of the winning float is below, from an unknown submitter to the story at the Havasu News Herald.
By Sue Clark on Jan 4, 2008 in News | Leave a Comment Print This Post
A Light To Return Home
Replaced by a rather homely looking skeletal tower nearly forty years ago by the Coast Guard, Great Captain’s Lighthouse in Greenwich, Connecticut, may beam a little brighter if plans to replace the new with the old come to fruition this year. Both lights are visible in the photo to the left, showing the stately old tower next to the upstart lighthouse wannabe.
By Sue Clark on Jan 3, 2008 in Featured | 2 Comments Print This Post
Mississippi’s Forgotten Lighthouse
The Biloxi Lighthouse is not the only lighthouse in Mississippi, although it’s the one featured on the license plate. Long abandoned, but not forgotten, Round Island Lighthouse is one that a group has been trying to repair. But multiple hurricanes have dealt the final blow to restoration efforts by the Round Island Lighthouse Society to save a battered lighthouse and move it to the mainland. According to a story in the Sun Herald, the city of Pascagoula, Mississippi and the Society, while still highly interested in going ahead with plans to move the lighthouse from its site on an island four miles south of the city, have put the plans on hold. Because of the devastation from Katrina and FEMA’s bungling of the whole disaster recovery, most of the members of the society have lost or had damaged their own homes, and no longer have the time or spirit for the lighthouse.
The Daily Freeman has released an updated story on the lawsuit filed by Saugerties police officer Sydney Mills adn his wife Amy. Fifty people attended the Village Board meeting on Monday, January 7, but were told by the Board and Mayor that they can’t really do anything, as it’s a civil matter, not a village board matter. Calls for firing the officer were met with a refusal by mayor Robert Yerick, who said the Board is limited in what they can do, since the officer has the right to sue, but they can share information, even though they can’t take sides.
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