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Execution Rocks Lighthouse to get a $1.2M makeover

Access is by a seaweed-covered, rusty ladder and then rickety stairs. Rain that has leaked in over decades has rotted a hole in the first floor. Plaster walls are crumbling.

It might not look like much now, but a nonprofit group hopes the Execution Rocks Lighthouse will draw a steady stream of visitors and overnight B&B guests when it's transformed into a tourist beacon with sweeping views...

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