The tallest lighthouse in New England will likely soon have a new owner.The federal government on Sunday closed out an auction for Boon Island Light Station, with the top bidder offering $78,000 ...

Boon Island Light: Is New England’s tallest lighthouse a dark horse? It sure has a dark history. Photo by Frederick Bloy Let’s get one thing straight: there are no bad lighthouses. Maine’s squattest ...

Boon Island station may be the tallest lighthouse in New England but it seems an unlikely spot to trigger a bidding war. The 133-foot granite tower six miles off the coast of York was built in ...

YORK, Maine — New England’s tallest lighthouse has been sold for $78,000. A federal government spokeswoman says the General Services Administration has accepted a bid for the Boon Island Light ...

The government, by way of its General Services Administration, originally sold the island and the lighthouse at the end of October to Boon Island Light LLC for $78,000. In December, Boon Island ...

the Nottingham Galley crashed on Boon Island. Legend has it, the ship’s crew was stranded on the island and forced to resort to cannibalism. KEY DETAIL: The original lighthouse was built from ...

Trapani reaches for the miniature lighthouse on his desk. It’s of Boon Island (“a desolate, bleak place,” he says) off York. He has dozens of models at home, but he specifically picked this one for ...

Aloft the lighthouse sent its warnings wide, Fed by their faithful hands, and ships in sight With joy beheld it, and on land men cried, “ Look, clear and steady burns Boon Island light ...

The tallest lighthouse in New England will likely soon have a new owner.The federal government on Sunday closed out an auction for Boon Island Light Station, with the top bidder offering $78,000 ...

New England's tallest lighthouse has been sold for $78,000. A federal government spokeswoman says the General Services Administration has accepted a bid for the Boon Island Light Station off York ...