The federal government is offloading at least 10 lighthouses in New England and elsewhere to nonprofits and the public through a combination of transfers and auctions as part of the annual Lighthouse Season.
Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America’s shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government.
BOSTON (AP) – Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America’s shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government. The aim of the programme run by the General Services Administration (GSA) is to preserve the […]