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In June 2004, under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, the Federal government invited interested and eligible entities to apply to acquire the Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station. Deemed excess to the United States Coast Guard, and threatened with destruction, the Cuckolds was at a critical turning point. In August 2004, a small, committed band of local citizens began the arduous task of developing an application to bring the Cuckolds back to our community.

Over a two-year period, through a competitive, multi-stage application and review process, our local team developed a 542 page, two-volume application that then required sign-off from eight different Federal and State agencies and/or sub-agencies. In April 2006, Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton signed the letter authorizing the local Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station Council to take control of the Cuckolds. On May 8, 2006, in a ceremony in Boston, Gerry Gamage, on behalf of our community, accepted the deed to the Cuckolds.

Now it’s ours. And now the real work begins!