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We wish you a healthy and prosperous 2012 and thank you for your continued
interest in, and support of the lighthouses of Long Island. Our membership
is now 95 members/families, an excellent representation of the community,
and hopefully a talented pool of potential volunteers for accomplishing
our 2012 goals.
Our plans for the year are very specific; stabilization of the
Cedar Island Lighthouse. . We now have a multi-staged working plan,
architectural plans, and cost estimates for the restoration of Cedar
Island Lighthouse, as well as some key volunteer construction professionals.
This is truly your lighthouse and without your help it is doomed.
Mike Leahy, our Chair of the Cedar Island Lighthouse Committee,
wrote an excellent grant request for funding Phase 1, the exterior
work that is vital to saving the structure. However, New York State
allocated $13 million to Historic Preservation and received requests
for $178 million. Our request for $400,000 was denied.
The replacement of the roof and supporting structure is our top
goal this year, and we are asking for volunteers to help with all
aspects—especially fundraising-- to accomplish this critical,
building-saving step as soon as the plovers have fledged. Please
contact Mike to discuss how your ideas could make the stabilization
of the lighthouse a reality. Please visit the website www.cedarislandlighthouse.org
and find what aspect of the project you would enjoy helping to complete.
- William H. Follett Nature History Trail Opened Oct. 30, 2009
Parks Commissioner John W. Pavacic, representing Suffolk County Executive
Steve Levy, was joined by members of the Long Island Chapter of the
US Lighthouse Society, the Nature Conservancy, and Parks staff to celebrate
the official grand opening of the William H. Follett Nature History Trail
at Cedar Point County Park in East Hampton, NY.
Use this link
to see pictures and notes.
- Cedar Island Restoration Committee Web Site
The CI Restoration Committee has completed the construction of a
new web site which will present plans, progress and information related to the LI Chapter's
renewed efforts toward preserving and reopening this historic light. The web site can
be viewed at www.cedarislandlighthouse.org
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- Long Island Lighthouse Display
East Islip Public
Library
381 East Main Street, East Islip NY
The Library is hosting a display of artifacts from
Long Island's lighthouses. These articles are from the collection
of the LIC-USLHS. Click the link above for directions and library
hours.
- Limited Edition Cedar
Island Art Print by Terry Elkins
Still available - signed and numbered prints from a limited
edition of 250.
A portion of each sale goes directly to the lighthouse restoration
fund.
For more information on events, call
877-934-3030
or e-mail
Events@LILighthouseSociety.org
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