Scituate’s Town Meeting will decide whether to spend $2 million in Community Preservation Act money to restore the lantern room at the top of the iconic Scituate Lighthouse. “For over two centuries, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gunfire salute and then, with the flick of a switch, Scituate Light is back on. Taken down two years ago after corrosion ...

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Scituate Lighthouse remains rich in the history and identity of the town. “It is visited by thousands of people, locals and tourists, each year,” said Jeff Martell, a member of the Scituate Historical ...

SCITUATE – The lantern room of the Scituate Lighthouse was removed Thursday morning after preservation experts discovered the iron columns connecting the room to the tower are severely corroded. A ...

A historic lighthouse located a mile off the shore of Scituate is up for sale through a public auction. The opening bid is $10,000 for Minot’s Ledge Light, whose ...

Built in 1811, it's one of the oldest lighthouses in the United States and still works as an aide to navigation. According to the Scituate Historical Society, the last major work done on the ...

Rayner Rodriguez, a Quincy climber for Mass Bay Tree Service, rides on a 50-ton crane pick that lifted the 92-year-old lantern room off the Scituate Lighthouse in a two-hour long operation. Crews ...

The lantern room on top of Scituate Lighthouse, a beacon on the South Shore since the 19th century, will be removed Thursday because of safety concerns, Town Administrator James M. Boudreau said. The ...

SCITUATE – A Scituate landmark is starting to get back to its original form. The lantern room was removed in October 2022 after experts found safety and structural concerns. After more than a year of ...

Crews will remove the lantern room from one of the oldest lighthouses in the United States, which is located along the South Shore of Massachusetts.Town officials in Scituate announced Tuesday that ...