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Learn How the Coast Guard “Keeps a Good Light” during Maine Open Lighthouse Day

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: September 12, 2024

If you visit Fort Point, Owls Head or Portland Head lights during Maine Open Lighthouse Day on Saturday, September 14th, you will be greeted by friendly personnel from the United […]

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Author Angeli Perrow

Author of Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue to appear at Owls Head Light on September 14

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 8, 2024

Maine children’s author Angeli Perrow will be signing copies of her popular book, Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue, on Saturday, September 14 from 1 to 4 pm in the keeper’s […]

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Owls Head Lighthouse

Maine Open Lighthouse Day is set to Shine on September 14

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 7, 2024

Maine’s iconic sentinels of the sea will assume center stage during the 15th annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day, which will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Around a dozen […]

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Pomham Rocks

$5,000 Squantum Association Grant to help Historically Restore Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 19, 2024

At the turn of the century, white picket fences were popular in yards across the country. They also appeared frequently at land-based and island lighthouses. For Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, built […]

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Rockland Breakwater

American Lighthouse Foundation Forms Storm & Mitigation Response Team

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: July 7, 2024

In a matter of just a few harrowing hours, decades of hard work and dedication to preserving lighthouses can be wiped out. Our nation witnessed this fact at a number […]

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Gravesite of Keeper Thomas S. Fishburne

Keeper Honored and Lighthouse Tours Begin at Pomham Rocks

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 16, 2024

Lighthouse News Update by Judianne Point of the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse and 1st Vice-President of the American Lighthouse Foundation… On June 14, 20204, members of the Friends of […]

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Pomham Rocks

Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Awarded $5,000 THRIVE Grant

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 1, 2024

Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse was recently selected as a recipient of a 2024 general operating support grant from Rhode Island Humanities. The grant is part of the THRIVE grant […]

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Keeper's house at Little River

Versant Power Carries Out Yeoman’s Work on Little River Island

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: May 30, 2024

As the month of April gave way to May, American Lighthouse Foundation volunteer caretaker Terry Rowden was busy making preparations for the 2024 overnight stay season at Little River Light. […]

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Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Shines in the Community on Memorial Day 2024

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: May 27, 2024

The work to preserve a lighthouse like Pomham Rocks is a perpetual labor of love. Similar to the lightkeepers of old, there is no end to the “watch” for the […]

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Pomham Rocks volunteers

Pomham Rocks Volunteers Restore Original Luster to Lighthouse Interior

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 20, 2024

Many thanks to Judianne Point, Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse board member and American Lighthouse Foundation 1st Vice-President, for this update on volunteer activities at Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, East Providence, […]

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Tours of Pomham Rocks Light

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tours Announced

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 20, 2024

Looking for a unique adventure this summer? Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse have scheduled tours to the historical island light station from June to September. The summer/fall season is the […]

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Goat Island Light Station

ALF Partners with Maine Preservation on World Monument’s Fund 2025 Watch List Nomination

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: May 2, 2024

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 […]

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