Block Island Times

First phase of lighthouse restoration complete

Keith Lescarbeau was literally pointing to the tiniest of details that made the restoration of the Southeast Lighthouse so satisfying to his team, which has been working on the project for the past year.
Lescarbeau, who owns Abcore Restoration out of Narragansett, was describing the difference between the original mortar between the bricks and the new mortar that had been added to the exterior of the lighthouse. The thing of it was, there was no difference. In color and in texture, the old and the new blended perfectly. Lescarbeau and his team, which included his

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