All lit up — history never looked so bright

By Michelle Mercure

One lighthouse exploded. Another was demolished. But the third has a story of survival. Out of the three lighthouses funded by Congress in 1870, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse stands today — almost entirely in its original historic beauty. Its preservation is due, in large part, to one young man whose childhood fascination with lighthouses turned into a lifelong mission.

“For Alex Dias, the newly elected President of Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in Riverside, preserving the century-and-a-half-old light station has been a labor of love for nearly half his lifetime. That’s remarkable, because he is not yet 30,” said Louise Paiva, public relations chair at Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. She made this statement just a few months before Alex celebrated his 30th birthda