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2025 ALF Gala

Difference Makers are Honored at the ALF Gala

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 6, 2025

On May 4, 2025, the American Lighthouse Foundation held our annual gala at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, to honor a group of extraordinary people who have gone above […]

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Rockland Breakwater Light

Do the Little Things – They Matter!

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: January 26, 2025

The two January 2024 winter storms that wreaked havoc along the coastal regions of Maine and New Hampshire have left an inexpungible mark. Nowhere is this more evident than at […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2024, action, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani jr, climate change, disaster recovery process, federal emergency management agency, hazard mitigation, January, lighthouses, maine, resilient, rising sea levels, small business administration, stewards, storm and mitigation committee

Portsmouth Harbor

A Race Against Time at Lighthouses

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: November 14, 2024

Powerful storms, including legendary northeast gales, have historically battered the New England coast. Harrowing is their fury that overwhelms for hours – if not days. Wreckage is the lot of […]

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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 […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Storm & Mitigation Committee Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, andrew sachs, best practices, bob trapani jr, climage change, dave waller, david pomerantz, erosion, extreme weather events, Ford Reiche, hazard mitigation, lighthouses, national, nick korstad, Resiliency, rising sea levels, storm and mitigation committee, United States

Shining a Light on Whaleback at the Maine State House

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 27, 2018

The commitment to restore and preserve a lighthouse – and share it with the general public, is nothing short of a fascinating, but winding journey. For Maine’s Whaleback Lighthouse, the […]

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Boon Island Lighthouse

Boon Island Day to Highlight the Lighthouse and Wreck of the Nottingham Galley

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 18, 2011

The public is invited to a special “Boon Island Day” event at Old York’s Visitor Center at the Remick Barn, 3 Lindsay Road, in York, Maine, this coming Sunday, January […]

Filed Under: Boon Island Lighthouse Tagged With: bob trapani jr, boon island, jeremy dentremont, lighthouse, nottingham galley, shipwreck, stephen erickson, warren riess, william o thomson

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