My friend, Linda who is the very creative Blogger and talented writer of Are We There Yet, received the Arte y pico Award of Blogging creativity. Congratulations on receiving this treasured award in recognition of your talented Blogging skills, Linda!
Linda secretly set sail to Faulkner’s Island Lighthouse, the “Eiffel Tower of Long Island Sound” [...]
The town of York is expecting to receive federal funding to repair picturesque Cape Neddick Lighthouse and the attached Keeper’s house, located on top of a small scenic island called the Nubble which is offshore from Sohier Park in York, Maine.
During the Patriots Day Storm of 2007, the Keeper’s house roof, stairs, boat ramp, [...]
For years, local historians believed the 30-foot Lighthouse Tower at Mayo Beach in Wellfleet Harbor, Cape Cod was destroyed. Yet, recent research indicates the information from an archived photo revealed the Tower was stored in Coast Guard surplus and reused as the iron Tower of Point Montara Lighthouse in California.
Local historians were surprised by [...]
JELD-WEN windows and doors has selected twelve lighthouses from a field of 49 nominees as the final candidates to be voted for in electing one(?) lighthouse to win new JELD-WEN windows and doors.
Please review the following twelve Lighthouse candidates and vote for one lighthouse on or before September 7, 2008.
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Baltimore Lighthouse, Maryland ~ [...]
The Scituate Historical Society is looking for a new Lighthouse Keeper for their Scituate Lighthouse, currently a private aid located at Cedar Point to guide mariners into the entrance of picturesque Scituate Harbor.
The current Lighthouse Keeper is leaving her post this fall after 22-years of service. For an Application or more information, please visit [...]
The Tawas Point State Park is looking for vacationing volunteers willing to work as guest Light-keepers for free and pay $275 for rent per week. Guest Lighthouse keepers will live on the second floor of recently renovated Lighthouse keeper’s quarters. This lighthouse vacation retreat includes a modern kitchen, bath, and two [...]
Old Orchard Shoal Light ———— West Bank Light
You “Travel the world and the seven seas,”
Everybody’s looking for a Lighthouse sea breeze?
On June 5th, the federal real estate agents aka the General Services Administration (GSA) opened another online auction for Lighthouse Dreamers with deep pockets able to bid on and restore one of two New York [...]
The federal divestiture of Old Saybrook’s Outer Light has been on hold since the meeting between Old Saybrook First Selectman Michael Pace, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the General Services Administration (GSA) on January 30, 2008.
According to Congressman Joe Courtney, the “GSA has not yet issued a notice of availability to date due [...]
In news from across the Lighthouse pond, Belle Toute Lighthouse was sold to a secret overseas investor on March 14, 2008 for a undisclosed price estimated to be £500,000 ($980,500).
According to the news, Lord Lightly and Lady Lighthouse (aka Mark and Louise Roberts, the sellers) were unavailable for comment. A spokesman for the Strutt [...]