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In The News!  Turbines Breathe New Life Into LighthouseConnecticut Post By Kirk Lang Fairfield, CT, August 7, 2009 -- In this era of going green, the Penfield Lighthouse is quickly becoming a model of alternative energy. Already equipped with solar panels that power the foghorn and the light tower, professionals from Norwalk-based Purepoint Energy and more than a dozen teens involved in Greenlight Academy -- a four-week summer program offered by Beacon Preservation Inc. -- worked side-by-side Wednesday to install one of two wind turbines for the lighthouse...  [ more ]Beacon Receives Notice of Grant Funding for Educational Programs! Beacon Preservation has received notification of nearly $1M in CT State Department of Education Interdistrict Grant Funding for its environmental educational programs! Beacon's brand new program, the Green Light Academy is now accepting applications for 70 high school students to attend the GLA July 5-31st, 2009 at Western Connecticut State University... [ more ] "Speed Bumps" in Transfer of Penfield Reef Light  SECRETARY OF INTERIOR CONFIRMS
TRANSFER OF PENFIELD REEF LIGHT TO BEACON PRESERVATION...
but Beacon continues to hit "speed bumps" regarding who owns the submerged lands
on which Penfield sits. Lighthouse-News.com has written a comprehensive
story (read more...) about the situation, and the inexplicable
difficulties that lighthouse owners have when the Federal Government denies
ownership of the bottomlands of active lighthouses which are maintained by the
US Coast Guard. Please read the whole story and let us know your
thoughts, go to www.lighthouse-news.comSee United States’ Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne’s letter confirming the transfer of Penfield Reef Light to Beacon Preservation National Parks Service Letter of Recommendation On July 23rd, 2008, National Park Service Associate Director of Cultural Resources sent this letter to confirm that Beacon Preservation had submitted a "superior" program in its application, and has been recommended to receive Penfield Reef Lighthouse from the Department of the Interior... [ Download/View File ] PENFIELD REEF LIGHT GRANTED TO BEACON PRESERVATION!
[ more ] Beacon Preservation Applies for Acquisition of Penfield Reef Light In January 2008, Beacon Preservation, Inc. submitted its official application for acquisition of the Penfield Reef Light off of Bridgeport, Connecticut. We believe our comprehensive plan--which proposes complete interior and exterior restoration of Penfield to its original glory with controlled public access for cultural, educational, and recreational purposes—is aligned with the purpose and goals of the National Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. Though we have yet to hear of the final decision from US Park Service, we are confident in the merit of our proposal and will share updates on the future of this lighthouse as soon as we have news. [ more ] Penfield Reef Lighthouse Diagrams Penfield Light is rich in documentation. Logs, diagrams and even blueprints can offer us a glimpse at life on the lighthouse back in the early 1900's. [ Download/View File ] A Letter From The Last Lighthouse Keeper “…Most people are interested in the ghost. I never believed in ghost(s) and had never even heard the story when I encountered him for the first time. Stanley Blake and I were on the light and it was late at night. I heard stan walking up the stair and decided to get up and have coffee with him thinking it was just before sunrise. I got out of bed and pulled on a pair of shorts and as I came out of the door I noticed there was no one coming up the stairs after all. It was at that time that Stan opened the door…” [ Download/View File ] Share Your Stories If you have a story about Penfield Reef Light or any Lighthouse, we would love to hear from you! Attach your story to an email and send it to us at info@beaconpreservation.org. With your permission, we may wish to share your story with other visitors to our website. Thanks! |
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