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Newsday Article Archives
Magic Lamps: Duo's Documentary
on LI Lighthouses Airs on Ch.12
by
Beth Whitehouse
November 15, 2001
Geocaching, a New Scavenger
Hunt
by Patircia Kean
November 14, 2001
Fire Island Lighthouse
by Barbara Shea
Lighthouse Lens to Return Home / Fire I. artifact awaits $4.5M
visitor center
For 75 years, a huge and magnificent glass prism and brass lens atop the
Fire Island Lighthouse directed a beam of light 19 miles out to sea. The
Fresnel lens, a French-made gem 16 feet tall and 8 feet wide, with an
array of intricate glass prisms 8.5 Author: Bill Bleyer. STAFF WRITER;
Word Count: 691; Size: 4K; 10-08-2001; Page Number: A45; Section: News
CORRECTIONS
Due to an editing error, a story in yesterday's editions about the Fire
Island Lighthouse gave an incorrect definition of a First Order Fresnel
lens. First Order lenses were the largest of the six sizes of lenses
installed in lighthouses; the Fire Author: ; Word Count: 191; Size: 1K;
10-09-2001; Page Number: A02; Section: News
Shoring Up Montauk Lighthouse / Army Corps of Engineers granted
$900G for study on erosion threat
A new federal appropriation will allow the Army Corps of Engineers to
conduct a $900,000 study to find a longterm solution to erosion
threatening the Montauk Lighthouse. Specifically, the one-year study will
determine how to best maintain or Author: Bill Bleyer. STAFF WRITER; Word
Count: 462; Size: 3K; 10-31-2000; Page Number: A26; Section: News
$1.9M Earmarked for Beach Project / Facelift under way at Fire
Island seashore
The U.S. Interior Department has set aside $1.93 million for construction
and restoration at Barrett Beach on Fire Island. Just three years ago,
local protest flared when the Town of Islip complained of high maintenance
costs and gave the property to Author: Joe Haberstroh. STAFF WRITER; Word
Count: 477; Size: 3K; 10-28-2000; Page Number: A08; Section: News
COMMUNITY OF INTEREST / Eatons Neck
THE REEF OFF Eatons Neck is one of the most treacherous spots for mariners
on the North Shore. Submerged rocks running a mile out from shore into the
Long Island Sound have caused more than 200 wrecks since Theophilus Eaton,
governor of New... Author: By Tamar Asedo Sherman. Tamar Asedo Sherman is
a freelance writer; SOURCE: William Byers of Adelaide Byers Realtors,,...;
Word Count: 619; Size: 4K; 11-19-1999; Page Number: C05; Section:
RealEstate
FAVORITES / VIEW OF MANHATTAN / The Eyes Have It at Lighthouse
Road in Scenic Sands Point
THE PANORAMA takes you by surprise as you round Lighthouse Road in Sands
Point, just past the western tip of the Port Washington peninsula. Dead
ahead, across a bay dotted with sailboats, lie boxy Bronx apartment
buildings; a bit farther south, the ... Author: JIM MERRITT; Word Count:
417; Size: 2K; 10-18-1998; Page Number: G05; Section: Li Life
Polishing Image Of Lighthouse / Workers restoring exterior
While tourists clamber up and down the 137 spiral steps inside the Montauk
Lighthouse, Ronald Uplinger, Larry David and Joe Fortin are spending long
days suspended on the outside. The three have been putting in six-day
weeks perched on a scaffold, Author: By Bill Bleyer. STAFF WRITER; Word
Count: 633; Size: 4K; 10-07-1998; Page Number: A35; Section: News
OUTING / Lighthouse Is Santa Stop On East End
If you only think summer when you think of Montauk, think again! This
weekend the Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum presents "Christmas at the
Lighthouse" and the 1797 structure is all decked out in its seasonal best,
ready for today's visit by Sant... Author: Lynn Scheff; Word Count: 264;
Size: 1K; 12-07-1997; Page Number: G21; Section: Li Life
VOLUNTEERS / PROFILE / Ashore On a Spiral Staircase
There are 192 steps on the spiral, steel staircase leading to the top of
Fire Island Lighthouse, and Robert Dunlop knows each and every one of
them. As a tour guide, he estimates he's traveled up and down hundreds of
times. Dunlop, 49, lives in Ba... Author: Bill Kaufman; Word Count: 495;
Size: 3K; 11-16-1997; Page Number: G26; Section: Li Life
FAVORITE FAMILY OUTING: / FIRE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE / With Five Kids
It Has to Be Worth The Schlepp
When Maureen Doolan Boyle of Brentwood loads her '88 Suburban for a family
outing, well, it better be good. That's because her precious cargo -
Meggie, 12; triplets Brendan, Patrick and Nora, 10; and young Colin, 5 -
are a big group to schlepp... Author: Anne Bratskeir; Word Count: 281;
Size: 1K; 11-16-1997; Page Number: G15; Section: Li Life
Fire Island Light in Loving Hands / Preservation group hopes to
increase access for public
A decade after the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society got the
landmark beacon restored and relighted, the nonprofit group today will
assume control of the structure from the National Park Service. After more
than a year of negotiations, Author: By Bill Bleyer. STAFF WRITER; Word
Count: 683; Size: 4K; 12-19-1996; Page Number: ; Section: News
OUTING / It's a Trip To St. Nick
Santa's in town and he's celebrating Christmas at the Montauk Point
Lighthouse open house today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Today's festivities are
sponsored by the Montauk Historical Society. The keepers dwelling at the
base of the lighthouse are decke... Author: Virginia Dunleavy; Word Count:
265; Size: 1K; 12-03-1995; Page Number: A74; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
NOTEBOOK / 7th-Graders Help Out Lighthouse
The seventh-grade classes at Babylon's Junior-Senior High will be spending
time this school year helping out the Historical Fire Island Lighthouse
Preservation Society in a series of charitable activities in conjunction
with the school's Advisor / A... Author: Betty Ommerman; Word Count: 762;
Size: 4K; 12-03-1995; Page Number: A73; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
Heavy Lifting at Light
How do you move a historic lighthouse? Very, very slowly. In a bid to save
Block Island's 120-year-old Southeast Lighthouse from toppling into the
Atlantic, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers yesterday began a snail's-pace
effort to move the 2,000-t... Author: Bill Bleyer; Word Count: 935; Size:
6K; 08-12-1993; Page Number: 06; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
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AROUND TOWN Lighthouses Light Her Life
AROUND TOWN Lighthouses Light Her Life By Betty Ommerman. STAFF WRITER
KEYWORD HIT Mention the word "lighthouse" to Rosemary Reder and her eyes
sparkle, her face glows and her voice crackles with excitement. As you
may have guessed, she's almost fana... Author: Betty Ommerman; Word
Count: 879; Size: 5K; 09-20-1992; Page Number: 03; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
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SUMMER DIARY A Survivor Winks at the Night
SUMMER DIARY A Survivor Winks at the Night Irene Virag The lighthouse
stands on a cliff above the hungry sea and winks at the night. The sea
lashes the rocks and the very earth shifts - beaten back by the
onslaught of wind and water. Change marks... Author: Irene Virag; Word
Count: 1098; Size: 7K; 08-27-1992; Page Number: 27; Section: Newspapers
& Newswires
Lighthouse to Close
State parks officials will close Field 5 at Robert Moses State Park next
Sunday and the Fire Island Lighthouse will close for the winter the same
day. The lighthouse museum, which last winter was open only to school
groups, will close entirely for ... Author: Bill Bleyer; Word Count: 426;
Size: 2K; 10-13-1991; Page Number: 67; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
Dark Winter Looms for Lighthouse
The Fire Island Lighthouse museum, which last winter was open only to
school groups, may close entirely for the winter after this weekend
because of a shortage of federal, state and private funding. When the
lighthouse was shut last winter to the p... Author: Bill Bleyer; Word
Count: 487; Size: 3K; 10-08-1991; Page Number: 33; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
Lighthouse Aid Congress OKs $625,000 grant
Lighthouse Aid Congress OKs $625,000 grant By Anne Fullam. NEWSDAY SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT Congress has approved $625,000 to repair erosion-control
structures protecting the bluff below Mountauk Point Lighthouse, which
were damaged by Bob, but the Whi... Author: Anne Fullam; Word Count: 564;
Size: 3K; 10-02-1991; Page Number: 31; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
New Keeper for Bug Light's Light
The Coast Guard has agreed to take over operation of the beacon in the
restored Bug Light lighthouse at Orient Harbor from a local historical
group. Coast Guard and local officials say the move would mean faster
repairs if the light breaks down and... Author: Bill Bleyer; Word Count:
469; Size: 3K; 09-18-1991; Page Number: 31; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
Joel, Simon Tune In Lighthouse
Yesterday, facing more than 6,000 people on a Montauk ranch, Billy Joel
finally got his day in the sun. The previous day a torrential downpour had
scuttled his benefit concert for the baymen of the East End. But now he
was a guest at Paul Simon's c... Author: Dele Olojede; Word Count: 595;
Size: 3K; 08-31-1990; Page Number: 08; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
Lighthouse Benefit To a Funky Beat
It's not just the erosion at the Montauk Lighthouse that motivated Paul
Simon at yesterday's benefit concert at the Indian Field Ranch. It's a
combination of childhood sentiment and the symbolic importance of the
Lighthouse to Simon's adopted hometo... Author: Wayne Robins; Word Count:
638; Size: 4K; 08-31-1990; Page Number: 26; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
AROUND TOWN Double Vision At Lighthouse
AROUND TOWN Double Vision At Lighthouse By Eileen Swift When you think
twins, you think double trouble. Right? But when twins become enthusiastic
and useful volunteers, that's a different story. Take Tristan and Trevor
Schaper. The 11-year-old volun... Author: Eileen Swift; Word Count: 790;
Size: 5K; 08-26-1990; Page Number: 03; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
AROUND TOWN He Takes Shine To Bug Light
AROUND TOWN He Takes Shine To Bug Light By Eileen Swift It used to be that
engineer Merlon Wiggin of East Marion spent most of his spare summer hours
fiercely competing for yacht-racing supremacy on Peconic Bay. That was
until he got the bug - no... Author: Eileen Swift; Word Count: 880; Size:
5K; 08-26-1990; Page Number: 03; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
An Active Navigational Aid
Nick Karas "Fishing" column of Aug. 17 noted "bunker schools . . . were
pushed inside Huntington Bay and north of the abandoned [unmanned]
lighthouse by bluefish." Please note that the lighthouse is an active
navigational aid, owned and operated by... Author: John B. Kelley; Word
Count: 251; Size: 1K; 08-24-1990; Page Number: 76; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
LONG ISLAND DIARY A Stairway to Heaven At Fire Island Light
LONG ISLAND DIARY A Stairway to Heaven At Fire Island Light Irene Virag It
is a perfect summer day, cottony clouds stretch across a powder blue sky,
sunlight tickles the crashing surf. Big white gulls soar and swoop and
settle into the Great South B... Author: Irene Virag; Word Count: 1132;
Size: 7K; 08-22-1990; Page Number: 06; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
AROUND TOWN Lighthouse Luminaries
AROUND TOWN Lighthouse Luminaries By Eileen Swift The sun smiled benignly
and the mood was light at the recent barefoot, black-tie benefit at the
Fire Island Lighthouse. But then it was very much a light-oriented event -
a benefit for the picture-p... Author: Eileen Swift; Word Count: 844;
Size: 5K; 08-19-1990; Page Number: 03; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
TOWN BEAT Lighthouse To Be Closed
TOWN BEAT Lighthouse To Be Closed By Dan Fagin and Katti Gray Revitalizing
the 131-year-old Fire Island Lighthouse has never been an easy task. By
the 1970s, the 166-foot tower had deteriorated to the point that the Coast
Guard turned off the beacon ... Author: Dan Fagin, Katti Gray; Word Count:
878; Size: 5K; 11-12-1989; Page Number: 02; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
A Good Bet for the Old Beacon Museum's plans illuminate future of
Sag Harbor lighthouse
A Good Bet for the Old Beacon Museum's plans illuminate future of Sag
Harbor lighthouse By Bill Bleyer The hard times began for the Cedar Island
Lighthouse in 1934, when the granite tower marking the entrance to Sag
Harbor was decommissioned and the... Author: Bill Bleyer; Word Count: 751;
Size: 4K; 10-10-1989; Page Number: 19; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
Orient Point Acres Go in Space Bank
Suffolk County has added the tip of Orient Point to almost 3,000 acres it
has stashed away in the $60-million open space preservation program. The
county purchased the 48-acre parcel for $4.1 million from four private
owners, including a Manhattan ... Author: Catherine Woodard; Word Count:
722; Size: 4K; 01-20-1988; Page Number: 07; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
A New Look Fire Island Lighthouse beaming as 5-year restoration
nears end
A New Look Fire Island Lighthouse beaming as 5-year restoration nears end
By Stuart Vincent and Robert Fresco THAT grand old lady of the barrier
beach, the Fire Island Lighthouse, looke 129 years young following a
facelift that restored its distinct... Author: Stuart Vincent, Robert
Fresco; Word Count: 620; Size: 4K; 12-30-1987; Page Number: 27; Section:
Newspapers & Newswires
Lighthouse Funding
The Coast Guard, which had originally said that all funding for
restoration of the crumbling Lloyd Harbor Lighthouse would have to come
from private sources, has now decided to contribute $40,000 to the project
after determining that the structure h... Author: Bill Bleyer; Word Count:
266; Size: 1K; 08-02-1987; Page Number: 18; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
LIVING IN: SOUTHOLD Lighthouse Shows the Way
LIVING IN: SOUTHOLD Lighthouse Shows the Way By Terry Harnan. Terry Harnan
is a free-lance writer. Population: 4,884* Median age: 44.7 Median family
income: $31,091 School district: Southold #5 *1984 LILCO estimate Median
figures from 1980 census EX... Author: Terry Harnan; Word Count: 1118;
Size: 7K; 08-01-1987; Page Number: 30; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
WEEKENDER Nova Scotia's Lighthouse Trail. See end of text for AT A
GLANCE
WEEKENDER Nova Scotia's Lighthouse Trail. See end of text for AT A GLANCE
By Colleen Thompson. Newsday Special Correspondent Visitors who want to
make the most of a few days in this picturesque Canadian province can whiz
past the highlights between ... Author: Colleen Thompson; Word Count:
1711; Size: 11K; 07-19-1987; Page Number: 12; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
Lighthouse Job Begins
Work began last week on restoring the exterior of the 129-year-old Fire
Island Lighthouse. After stripping crumbling concrete from the tower, the
Jan A. Blanck Co. of Maryland is applying a covering. The work is expected
to last nine weeks. The Nat... Author: Mitchell Freedman; Word Count: 190;
Size: 1K; 07-13-1987; Page Number: 24; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
Landmark Status
The Huntington Town Board yesterday designated the 75-year-old Lloyd
Lighthouse as a historic town landmark but put off similar action on the "Aluminaire"
house. The board acted near the end of a long meeting that included a
hearing on the proposal... Author: Maureen O'Neill; Word Count: 275; Size:
1K; 04-30-1987; Page Number: 37; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
Restoration Work to Start On 1912 Harbor Lighthouse
Almost two years after an organization was formed to save the crumbling
Lloyd Harbor Lighthouse, the first restoration work is about to begin. In
addition, the Huntington Town Historic Preservation Commission voted
Monday night to recommend to the ... Author: Bill Bleyer; Word Count: 541;
Size: 3K; 03-26-1987; Page Number: 21; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
LIVING IN Sands Point Castles Befit a Place Of Living Legends
LIVING IN Sands Point Castles Befit a Place Of Living Legends By Marjory
Bassett. Marjory Bassett, a free-lance writer, is workingon a novel. MY
SECOND HOME is much grander than my first one. My first, a Manhattan
apartment, is so small and crowded... Author: Marjory Bassett; Word Count:
1156; Size: 7K; 09-27-1986; Page Number: 32; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
Prized Banister Found in One Quick Step
There were glad tidings and great joy at the Fire Island Lighthouse this
Christmas. Thanks to an anonymous tip, the 127-year-old stairway banister
- reported stolen last week from the lighthouse-keeper's quarters - has
been found. "A caller to th... Author: Martin Weston; Word Count: 437;
Size: 2K; 12-26-1985; Page Number: 25; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
Banister Missing At Fire I. Light
The restoration of the 166-foot Fire Island Lighthouse, which has been
proceeding a step at a time, was forced a step backward Friday. It was
then, Suffolk County police said yesterday, that park rangers stationed at
the lighthouse discovered that ... Author: Adam Z. Horvath; Word Count:
315; Size: 2K; 12-23-1985; Page Number: 30; Section: Newspapers &
Newswires
NEWSDAY IN EDUCATION Students Study Local Community Through News
NEWSDAY IN EDUCATION Students Study Local Community Through News By Betty
Sullivan - Newsday Community Affairs Dept. Great adventures are often
waiting in students' own backyards. Finding and enjoying them, teachers
say, is a primary goal for you... Author: Betty Sullivan - Newsday
Community Affairs Dept; Word Count: 714; Size: 4K; 11-21-1985; Page
Number: 33; Section: Newspapers & Newswires
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