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Pemaquid Point Light

Seeking Volunteer Docents for Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in Summer 2024

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 21, 2024

As the summer season approaches, the Friends of the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse – a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, is seeking volunteer docents dedicated to educating and engaging visitors […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 2024, american lighthouse foundation, fresnel lens, friends of pemaquid point lighthouse, lighthouse, pemaquid point, tours

Browns Head Light Station

ALF Testifies for Support of Maine’s Storm-Damaged Lighthouses through Bill LD 2225

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

Following the destructive storms of January 10 and 13, 2024, Maine Governor Janet Mills proposed emergency legislation in the form of Bill LD 2225, “An Act to Provide Funding to […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, chris hall, coastal, Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs, Economy, Ford Reiche, gigi lirot, governor, Janet Mills, January 2024, karen dombrowski, LD 2225, maine, Maine brand, Maine Legislature, maine office of tourism, Maine Outdoor Recreation, mitigation, Resiliency, storms, working waterfront

Wood Island Lighthouse

The Can-Do Spirit of FOWIL Volunteers Shines Bright Amidst the “Storm”

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: February 5, 2024

There has been a lot of focus on the devastating storms of January 10 and 13, 2024 – and rightfully so. The storms left extensive damage in their wake. The […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: 2024, american lighthouse foundation, boathouse, chapter, friends of wood island lighthouse, January, January 10, January 13, Light Runner, maine, peapod, storm recovery process, storms, Wood Island Light Station

Wood Island boathouse

Gathering Storm Damage Information for Maine Lighthouses

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: February 4, 2024

The powerful storms of January 10 and 13 may be in the “rear view mirror” of weather events, but the extensive damage they caused to Maine’s lighthouses remains with us. […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: 2024, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, climate change, damage, disaster relief, egg rock, fema, Ford Reiche, halfway rock, hazard mitigation, january storms, loss, maine, whitehead light, wood island

Portland Head Light, January 13, 2024

Acting in the Wake of Storm Damage to Maine Lighthouses

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 31, 2024

Back to back winter storms on January 10 and 13, 2024 combined to cause extensive damage along the entire Maine coast, including at a number of lighthouses. The scope of […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, climate change, damage, Ford Reiche, halfway rock. whitehead island, hazard mitigation, january 10 2024, january 13 2024, jeremy dentremont, lighthouse, maine, marshall point, pine tree helicopters, prospect harbor, storms, wood island

Jeremy D'Entremont

Thank You Jeremy D’Entremont

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: December 30, 2023

As any year draws to a close, it is often a time of reflection and the valuing of blessings. The American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF) is doing just that as 2023 […]

Filed Under: ALF News Tagged With: alf, american lighthouse foundation, board of directors, friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses, jeremy dentremont, nick korstad, President

Aerial of Pomham Rocks

Christmas Lights Adorn Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 12, 2023

Story by Judianne Point, Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse For over 150 years, the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in Riverside, RI has lit the way for mariners with a fixed red […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: 2023, american lighthouse foundation, christmas, friends of pomham rocks lighthouse, lighthouse, lights, narragansett bay, pomham rocks, providence river, rhode island

Pomham Santa Rides Again

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 12, 2023

Story by Judianne Point, Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Every year in November or early December, Santa Claus makes an appearance to the children and families anxiously awaiting his arrival […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, friends of pomham rocks lighthouse, lady pomham II, lighthouse, narragansett bay, pomham rocks, pomham santa, rhode island, riverside, sabin point park

Peter Ralston Receives ALF's Keeper of the Light Award.

Peter Ralston is Honored with ALF’s Keeper of the Light Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 29, 2023

The American Lighthouse Foundation’s Keeper of the Light award is designed to honor those individuals and organizations in the national lighthouse community who have contributed in a significant manner to […]

Filed Under: ALF News Tagged With: 2023, 25th anniversary, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, coast guard, george h w bush, heron neck, island institute, keeper of the light award, kennebunkport, maine lights program, national historic lighthouse preservation act, nonantum resort, olympia snowe, peter ralston, President, senator, United States

Pomham Rocks

Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Awarded $15,000 Champlin Grant

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 29, 2023

November 2023 press release from ALF’s Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse… Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse was selected as a recipient of a 2023 grant from The Champlin Foundation. The […]

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Pomham Rocks

Squantum Grant Helps Restore Historic Picket Fence at Pomham Rocks Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 29, 2023

November 2023 press release from ALF’s Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse… If you have glanced over at the Lighthouse on your stroll or ride along the East Bay Bike Path […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: 2023, american lighthouse foundation, dennis tardiff, friends of pomham rocks lighthouse, jay dent, paul r williams, rick lux, Squantum Association Charitable Foundation, wooden picket fence

Owls Head Light

Jean Singer Receives ALF Volunteer Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 29, 2023

Jean Singer of the American Lighthouse Foundation was honored with a Len Hadley Volunteer Award during the organization’s annual Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Owls Head Lighthouse Tagged With: 2023, american lighthouse foundation, jean singer, kennebunkport, len hadley volunteer award, maine, nonantum resort, owls head light

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