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A High Seas Bed-and-Breakfast!

The Charlotte Observer reported today, Richard Neal of Mint Hill bought the abandoned, Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower.  Mr. Neal purchased the tower in a federal government auction in May for $85,000. The deal was completed Wednesday.

Mr. Neal has plans to turn the 44-year-old tower, a former U.S. Coast Guard post, into a bed-and-breakfast. The tower is 25 miles from Wilmington and is more than 60 feet above the water. It has seven bedrooms, a kitchen, a recreation room and helicopter landing platform. The tower was built in 1966 and was deactivated in 2003. Mr. Neal is hoping to open the B&B next summer.

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