National Park Service Pays a Visit to Gay Head Light
Remy Tumin

With erosion eating away at the Gay Head Cliffs, a historian for the National Park Service recognized the urgency in transferring ownership to the town. The lighthouse will be moved sometime in the next year.

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Town Submits Application for Ownership of Gay Head Light
Remy Tumin

The town of Aquinnah moves one step closer to owning the Gay Head Light this week, submitting a comprehensive application for ownership after months of preparation.

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Rosanne Cash to Play Summer Benefit for Gay Head Light
Remy Tumin

The country music legend will come to the Vineyard this summer to play a benefit concert on July 1. Flatbread will donate the venue. Planning is still in the early stages.

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What Lies Beneath? Erosion Uncovers Lighthouse Mystery
Olivia Hull

An exposed foundation at Gay Head Cliffs leads some to believe it may have served as a base for the second of three versions of the Gay Head Light. Others think it may be the foundation to the lighthouse keeper's colonial house.

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3D Model Helps Set Stage for Gay Head Light Relocation
Remy Tumin

A grant received by the committee to save the Gay Head Light will allow three-dimensional scanning to create an accurate model, as preparations continue for relocating the old lighthouse.

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Gay Head Light on Track for Town Ownership
Remy Tumin

Preservation and stewardship are crucial themes in the next phase for the old Gay Head Light.

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Runners Complete Loop in 10K Benefit for Gay Head Light
Ivy Ashe

A trio of cross-country runners took the top spots in the first annual Gay Head 10K held Sunday morning in Aquinnah.

Conor Welch, 25, of Allston, won the race with a time of 36:06.

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Aquinnah Seeks Islandwide Aid to Save Gay Head Light
Remy Tumin

Seeking Islandwide support for the relocation of the historic Gay Head Light, the town of Aquinnah will ask the five other Vineyard towns to commit to spending Community Preservation Act money next year to help pay for the move.

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When Beloved Icons Are on the Front Line
Will Monast

This is not just a story, it's a love story. In 1799 President John Adams commissioned the building of an eight-sided wooden lighthouse which marked the birth of the Gay Head Light.

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Clock is Ticking on Effort to Save Gay Head Light
Remy Tumin

The federal government formally declared the Gay Head Light surplus property Thursday, clearing the way for the town of Aquinnah to take ownership of the lighthouse which is now critically endangered due to erosion.

The General Services Administration posted the notice Thursday, making the lighthouse surplus property. Aquinnah voters have already agreed that the town will apply to take ownership.

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