Lighthouse News

Local Millionaire Buys Ohio Lighthouse

Sue Clark — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:32:59 +0000

Fairport Harbor Lighthouse Sells For $77,000 After a flurry of bidding that ultimately went to the original bidder, nicknamed samsloan, the beautiful Fairport Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse ended up in the hands of a local millionaire and founder of the Osborne Construction Companies, Jerome T. Osborne, of Mentor, Ohio. For the money, Mr. Osborne gets one of [...]

Hawaiian Lighthouse To Be Demolished

Sue Clark — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:52:32 +0000

U.S. Coast Guard to remove Big Island lighthouse at Kauhola Press Release HAWI, Big Island — After several years of consultation with State of Hawaii historic preservation officials, the U.S. Coast Guard has determined the best course of action for a lighthouse at a rapidly eroding site on the Big Island is its removal. The Kauhola Lighthouse sits [...]

Cape St. George Lighthouse Relighting

Sue Clark — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:56:26 +0000

The Cape St. George Light on St. George Island, Florida, will be relit at midnight on October 31, 2009, for the first time since the lighthouse was decommissioned in 1994. The public is invited to participate in the historic lighting at St. George Lighthouse Park. For more information contact Terry Kemp with the St. George Lighthouse [...]

Pigeon Point Lighthouse Event Canceled

Sue Clark — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:53:01 +0000

California Park Budget Cuts To Blame In what is sure to be a major disappointment for west coast photographers, the annual relighting of the First Order Fresnel lens at Pigeon Point Lighthouse in California has been canceled for this year. Originally set to take place on November 14, the Park Service has announced that budget cuts [...]

Belle Tout Builder Boys Calendar

Sue Clark — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:23:23 +0000

After much renovation, the decommissioned Belle Tout Lighthouse near Beachy Head, UK, is set to open as a hotel. And in honor of that, they are selling a nude calendar of the men that built it…The Belle Tout Builder Boys Charity Calendar 2010. Okay, almost nude anyway, and the calendar profits are for charity. From the [...]