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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

Owls Head Light by artist Debbie Mueller

Beacon: A Celebration of the Lighthouses of New England

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: October 1, 2021

Press Release Portsmouth, New Hampshire October 1, 2021 Seacoast, New Hampshire artist Debbie Mueller will be presenting an “All Lighthouse” show of her original oil paintings at the Kennedy Gallery […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Little River Lighthouse, Owls Head Lighthouse, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Tagged With: 2021, american lighthouse foundation, beacon, celebration, debbie mueller, kennedy gallery, lighthouses, new england, november

Gary Pros

Gary Pros – A “Keeper” whose amazing story will shine on well into the future of lighthouse preservation

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: December 3, 2014

With the Christmas season upon us – and the wonderful benevolence that the holiday inspires in the air, it is a perfect time to share with you a truly amazing […]

Filed Under: ALF News Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, gary pros, light station, lighthouses, owls head, sherrie pros

volunteer spirit

The Cape Cod Chapter Renews the Gleam to Three Lighthouses in 2012

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: December 26, 2012

When volunteers are determined to make a difference at our lighthouses, their ‘can do’ spirit becomes indomitable; regardless of the challenges set before them. In 2012, there was no finer […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Long Point Lighthouse, Race Point Lighthouse, Wood End Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, cape cod chapter, cape cod national seashore, lighthouses, long point, race point, volunteers, wood end

Franklin Island

Lighthouse Sunset Cruise a Fun Way to Celebrate the Last Weekend of Summer

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 28, 2012

The Friends of Rockland Harbor Lights and the American Lighthouse Foundation invite the public to join them Friday, September 14, 2012 for a lighthouse sunset cruise featuring five Midcoast guiding […]

Filed Under: ALF News Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, elizabeth ann, franklin island, friends of rockland harbor lights, lighthouses, marshall point, port clyde, sunset cruise, tenants harbor, two bush, whitehead island

Creekman

Mainer to Undertake Icy Cold Swim to Help Lighthouses

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 16, 2011

Going for a swim on a cold December day in Rockland Harbor, when the water temperature is an average 40 degrees, isn’t something at the top of most people’s ‘to […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Owls Head Lighthouse, Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, creekman, friends of rockland breakwater lighthouse, gary sredzienski, icy swim for lighthouses, lighthouses, owls head, rockland breakwater

Town dock at Kittery Point, Maine

Swim for the Lights – What a Moment for Lighthouses!

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 9, 2011

On February 26, 2011, Swim for the Lights, an event sponsored by the American Lighthouse Foundation and its chapter, Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, lived up to its incredible billing […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, Whaleback Lighthouse Tagged With: coast guard, gary sredzienski, kittery point, lighthouses, maine, new castle, new hampshire, new hampshire marine patrol, piscataqua river, portsmouth harbor, rye, seacoast science center, swim for the lights, Whaleback Lighthouse, wood island lifesaving station

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