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    • Bolton-Biloxi Update - The Sun Herald last week posted an update on the Hayes Bolton property controversy with the city of Biloxi. Apparently Mr. Bolton asked for another week extension on the fence design issue because he didn't know anything about the meeting. But he was present at the meeting, so how could ... - Continued...#
    • Birth of a Lighthouse - Coming this weekend, there will be a series about a new lighthouse being built in Washington state. This will be a rare opportunity to watch a lighthouse being designed from the ground up. A little teaser...it will be 62 feet in height, and will be a private aid to navigation. ... - Continued...#
    • More Vandalism At Tacking Point - It never ends. According to an article at the Port Macquerie News, vandals have once again hit the Tacking Point Lighthouse, this time by spray painting grafitti on the light. This happened over the night on Monday, 28 January. The author of the article calls for closing off access to the ... - Continued...#
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Forgotten Lighthouse Gets Unexpected Help From Kids »

Sixth Grader Picks Lost Lighthouse For Project

A lighthouse in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, decommissioned in 1924, sold for scrap after being damaged by a fire and multiple storms, has found an unlikely group of supporters in two middle school groups in Nashville, Tennessee. According to a story in the Press of Atlantic City, 12 year old Diana Branch, a sixth grader at Meigs Magnet Middle School was taking part in the recent New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge with her grandmother, and visited the former Ludlum Beach Lighthouse, now a six room summer rental unit that sits two blocks away from the ocean (photo below from www.lighthousefriends.com).

Lighthouse Replica Honors Coast Guard »

Private Aid To Navigation Chosen

Fenwick Island Lighthouse - Creative Commons photo by gmeyervanvoorthuijsen on FlickrA replica of a lighthouse situated on the Delaware Maryland state line has been installed to honor the Coast Guard at a park in San Jacinto, California, according to a story in the Press Enterprise. The monument is the latest to be installed at the Druding Park to honor different branches of the armed forces. It joins an M-60 tank dedicated to the US Army, an 11 ton anchor honoring the US Navy and a 10 foot propeller from a B-17 Bomber. The only one left to honor now is the US Marines.

Lightship Huron’s Twin GM Diesels To Roar Again »

Volunteers Rebuild Engines

Huron Lightship, Port Huron MI - Creative Commons photo by cwbash on Flickr

Volunteers with the Port Huron (Michigan) Museum this week have finished putting on the last tweaks to the engine that ran the 97 foot lightship’s electricity, according to a story in the Port Huron Times Herald. Next, the twin GM diesels that provided the boat’s propulsion are in their plans to rebuild to a running state. But the lightship isn’t going anywhere…it’s been landlocked for more than thirty years at Pine Grove Park. So why rebuild the engines to a running state? Easy, according to volunteer Chris Tabor. “(It’s important) just to have a display, even though we can’t make it go anywhere,” he said in the story. “It’s so much more if it’s a working museum.”

Canada To Release Lighthouse Stamps »

Canadian Lighthouse Stamps

In late December of 2007, the Canadian Post Office will be issuing their Flags series of stamps, featuring five of their lighthouses from different areas of the country. In order from left to right in the above photo, these are the towers that will be featured.

Cap Des Rosiers Lighthouse

Canada’s tallest lighthouse at 112 feet, this station follows the design of the so-called Imperial Towers of Lake Huron. Located in Eastern Quebec, on the Northeast GaspĂ© Peninsula, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It’s an active aid to navigation, owned by the Canadian Coast Guard and managed by Phare du Cap des Rosiers.

Storm Brewing At Wind Point Lighthouse »

Not Enough Parking

Storm Clouds Gather Over Wind Point Lighthouse - Creative Commons Photo by James Jordan on FlickrSome neighbors of Wind Point Lighthouse near Racine, Wisconsin, are up in arms over the city’s proposal to build a paved turnaround near their beloved lighthouse. The Journal Times has posted a story about the efforts of some of the nearby residents of Wind Point to stop these plans from going forward.

The problem seems to be that there are only eight parking spaces, and buses bringing in school children and wedding parties have no place to turn around, or even to park. Also, the village council uses the area around the lighthouse for their municipal court and council meetings.

A Tale of Two Lighthouses »

Plum, Pilot Islands Transferred

Pilot Island Lighthouse, Wisconsin - Creative Commons Photo by cwbash on FlickrThese two Door County (Wisconsin) lighthouses and their respective islands were finally transferred from the US Coast Guard to the US Fish and Wildlife Service this past October, after decades of bureaucratic red tape and legal wrangling over environmental cleanup issues. Terms of the conveyance required the Service to partner with a nonprofit organization to renovate the buildings on Plum Island that were abandoned when the Coast Guard deserted the century-old life-saving station in 1991. That role has been taken on by the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands, a newly formed organization just now finishing nonprofit filings (No website yet).