Lighthouse Inn From the New London Day...

This is where my husband and I had our first date, and where we became engaged, sad really it is a beautiful Inn, I wish someone would spend the money and help this wonderful old property.


New London - Local health officials Wednesday closed the Lighthouse Inn because a boiler malfunction left the Guthrie Place hotel without hot water.

Managers for the inn, which has been beset by lawsuits and financial difficulties, told health inspectors they expected to repair the boiler and reopen today, said Stephen Mansfield, deputy director of health for the Ledge Light Health District.

Mansfield said the landmark inn hasn't been operating since last week, when district sanitarians responded to two separate, anonymous complaints about the lack of hot water. District sanitarians Wednesday afternoon delivered a public-health order, closing the inn until managers can show the district they have hot water.

In July, New York lender Business Loan Center Inc. said it planned to foreclose on the inn's $1.84 million mortgage, the latest in a series of debt collection actions by the inn's various creditors, including the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the state Department of Revenue Services and several of the inn's suppliers.

- KEVIN DALE


New London