Today, Sept. 10, is Maine Open Lighthouse Day. The annual event is sponsored by the United States Coast Guard, the Maine Office of Tourism and the American Lighthouse Foundation.
The sound of the Maine coast will be heard a little less these days as foghorns in the states lighthouses are being replaced with an automated foghorn system.
Things you can buy at an auction, paintings, furniture, toys but a lighthouse? Yes, in fact, two Maine lighthouses are now on the auction block. It's part of a federal program to rid the government of the expenses of maintaining the lighthouses.