In October, Point Cartwright Lighthouse will be illuminated by a pink glow to raise awareness of breast cancer for the eighth annual Global Illumination Initiative. The Lighthouse is located at the mouth of the Mooloolaba River in Queensland, Australia.
The modern Lighthouse is one of over a hundred famous buildings, landmarks, and monuments in [...]
After ten weeks of reviewing 185 applications for the job as Lighthouse Caretakers for Wind Point Lighthouse, the Village Board hired two Lighthouse Lovers who met at a Lighthouse, were later married at a Lighthouse, and now a dream come true, they will live in a Lighthouse.
On 09/13/2007, the Wind Point Village Board appointed [...]
Pancakes and Postcards will be served at the Summer Lighthouse Post Office located on scenic rocky Peggy’s Cove during the three day “Lights Along the Shore” Lighthouse Festival this weekend, Sept. 14 to Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007.
Visitors will explore and learn about the seafaring heritage and history of the 17 Lighthouses along the Lighthouse [...]
For years, Door County, Wisconsin has boasted it has more lighthouses than any other county in the nation. According to Brian Kelsey, executive director of the Door County Maritime Museum, Suffolk County of New York has the most regional Lighthouses with 15 of its 26 lighthouses still standing.
Yet, Robert G. Miller, author of Long [...]
Today, local Fire Island residents walked for world peace reflecting on the past terrorist attacks and the 2,974 victims. The event begins at the No Name Walk in Lonelyville, Fire Island and ends at Fire Island Lighthouse, a 168-feet high brick Landmark viewed by many European travelers and immigrants as the first sight of [...]
On Aug 25, 2007, Jeffrey Patten completed a 7-mile “Light 2 Light” swim from Boon Island Lighthouse to Nubble Lighthouse located offshore from Cape Neddick, Maine in six hours and 38 minutes. Jeff’s swim raised over $15,000 for York Hospital’s “Caring For All” charity program to help the uninsured and underinsured people living [...]
Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse was vandalized on Monday night, Aug 20. Defacing the Lighthouse has maliciously ambushed the volunteer work efforts in restoring the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse over the past nine years. Without Light-keepers tending the Light, abandoned Lighthouses are destroyed by neglect and vandalism. Maybe, the the Friends of the Rockland Breakwater [...]
Braddock Point Lighthouse was placed on the market for $1.9 million in 2006. Currently, the restored 8-room Victorian Keepers home and attached Lighthouse is being offered at $1.5 million fully furnished. At this bargain price, the Victorian Lighthouse could be someone’s dream home or vacation paradise.
In 1896, Braddock Point Light [...]
A unique outdoor Movie experience using the conical Lighthouse Tower as a 20 by 12-feet projection screen debut on July 1, 2005 as 500 people watched the premiere movie. The movie and mosquitoes are free to anyone attending the third season of the Lighthouse Film series. Mosquito repellent, beach towels, blankets, or lawn [...]
On June 18, 2007, the U.S. Coast Guard began a expedition to search and explore the remains of the original Minots Ledge Lighthouse destroyed by a violent Nor’easter on April 17, 1851.
The underwater archeological survey will locate and map the historic site hoping to find the nine iron “spider-like” legs that were anchored to [...]