Reviewing Its Navigational Necessity (Click on picture to enlarge)

Wow. Just in time for Halloween comes this scary news out of Coast Guard District Thirteen. They are currently soliciting comments and input from local mariners around Puget Sound, Washington, to determine the navigational necessity of Mukilteo Lighthouse, with an eye to possibly replacing its light with another beacon on the tower, the seawall, or nearby on the water. Or even shut it down completely. Mukilteo is one of the few lighthouses in the United States that beams its light on a 24 hour basis.

Morris Island Lighthouse To Benefit (Click on picture to enlarge)

At last some nice news from the Banking Industry. Well, at least for lighthouse preservationists anyway. (James Island, SC), which used to operate the sole island bank out of a grocery store, has built a new office to serve its customers. At the grand opening last week, the bank gave $500 to Save the Light, Inc., and pledged as much as $10,000 or more to help in phase two of the Morris Island Lighthouse restoration. Morris Island Lighthouse has been ravaged by waves and shipworms over the years and risked sinking into the Atlantic until Save the Light Inc. stepped up to save the tower, shown at left as it looked in 2006 before work began on the base.

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Fight To Save Angel’s Gate Lighthouse

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