October 3, 2022 HOOPERSVILLE, Md. (AP) - The federal government has sold off a rather inhospitable lighthouse in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for a six-figure sum after a bidding war at auction.
The Hooper Island Lighthouse, located west of Middle Hooper Island in Maryland`s Dorchester County, at first drew little interst, The Washington Post reported. But then five potential buyers drove up the price from a starting bid of $15,000 to the winning bid of $192,000.
Will Powell, a spokesman for...
