Summer days are longer, and your time outside naturally follows suit. As the sun dips lower, a little light can make your backyard patio feel like an evening escape. The right glow can brighten your ...

GHENT, N.Y. — Until Saturday morning I hadn’t given a lot of thought to lighthouses. That makes sense because I live nowhere near an ocean. And our property in Columbia County is severely landlocked.

Lighthouses have served humanity as protective sentinels guiding us home for nearly two centuries. Since the mid-1800s, when Santa Cruz served as a bustling port for lime, redwood and other ...