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We Do Well to Remember

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: February 5, 2025

Whether we are restoring, maintaining or working to make lighthouses more resilient, realizing the aim is a process. And to be sure, this process is an extended one. Such a […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, keepers of the lights, lighthouses, maintenance, mitigation, preservation, resilient, restoration, storms

Rockland Breakwater on 11/18/24

Quiet Threats

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: November 21, 2024

When a storm of stirring magnitude comes a-calling, much is made of the fact – and with good reason. The raging fury of wind, waves and surge can be as […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, climate change, high tide, lighthouse, lighthouse preservation, mitigation, moon tide, Resiliency, rising sea levels, rockland breakwater, storm damage, storm surge

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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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

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