Restoration Progress

Michael Wright wrote in 27east.com Suffolk County has agreed to let an East Hampton-based preservation group spearhead the renovation of the historic but dilapidated lighthouse at Cedar Point County Park, once the gateway to one of the country’s biggest whaling ports. Members of the Long Island Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society said this week […]

Joseph Montuori, Suffolk County Parks Commissioner, left, and Michael Leahy, Chairman of the Committee for the Restoration of Cedar Island Lighthouse, stand outside the Cedar Island Lighthouse at Cedar Point Park in East Hampton. The Committee for the Restoration of Cedar Island Lighthouse has been formed recently to help preserve the structure. (Nov. 30, 2010)