The Substack page Down Lighthouse Road has published a story highlighting how a number of Maine’s historic lighthouses are host sites for a fascinating vessel messaging system. MotionInfo, an innovative […]
NOAA Story Highlights MotionInfo, StationKeeper – and its Lighthouse Connection
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a story on February 12, 2026, highlighting the AIS-based messaging system called StationKeeper. This solution-based technology, which has been created by MotionInfo, […]
ALF Partners with Maine Preservation on World Monument’s Fund 2025 Watch List Nomination
The American Lighthouse Foundation has partnered with Maine Preservation to nominate all 66 Maine lighthouses to the World Monuments Fund 2025 Watch List. The World Monuments Fund (WMF), which is […]
Storm Watching at Cape Elizabeth
The following excerpt is from a letter penned by Shirley Morong, which appeared in the March 1964 issue of the National Fisherman / Maine Coast Fisherman newspaper. Shirley Morong’s husband, […]
Keeper of Cape Elizabeth Light is Fatally Injured
Throughout the history of lighthouses, keepers could not tend the light or clean the tower from top to bottom without climbing a set of stairs to reach the lantern. It […]
A Tornado at Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse
The following story appeared in the June 6, 1865 edition of The Portland Daily Press. James Mariner was the keeper of the Two Lights at Cape Elizabeth during this time. […]
