Ten lighthouses around the U.S., most a century old, are available for acquisition, notes Grumpy Editor.
The protectors of America’s shorelines are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government.
Development of modern technology, including GPS, means lighthouses are no longer essential for navigation, says John Kelly of the General Services Administration’s office of real property disposition.
While the U.S. Coast Guard often maintains aids to navigation at or near lighthouses, the structures themselves often are no longer mission critical.
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BLACK BEAR STEALS 60 CUPCAKES. A hungry black Bear in Avon, Conn. barges into a bakery and grabs 60 cupcakes before departing. There are 1,000 to 1,200 black bears living in Connecticut, the state environmental agency says, with sightings last year in 158 of the state’s 169 towns and cities.
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