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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

William Kourakos Receives ALF’s “Keeper of the Light” Award

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: May 28, 2016

The American Lighthouse Foundation honored William Kourakos as a recipient of the “Keeper of the Light” award during the organization’s annual Lighthouse Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, cape elizabeth, east tower, keeper of the light award, lighthouse, restoration, william kourakos

Dave Eastman

The Handiwork of Restoration begins to Show at Wood Island

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: September 19, 2011

As is often the case, a restoration project, like the keeper’s house at Wood Island, must go through a phase of preparation that temporarily strips the structure of its familiar […]

Filed Under: Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: cedar shakes, chimney, jb leslie company, lighthouse, maine, restoration, wood island

Whaleback Lighthouse

Keeping Winter’s Icy Reach Out of Whaleback Light

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: January 3, 2011

The final lighthouse maintenance project of 2010 for the American Lighthouse Foundation and its chapters occurred, of all places, offshore at the wave-swept Whaleback Lighthouse. Determined to carry out a […]

Filed Under: Whaleback Lighthouse Tagged With: blizzard of 2010, friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses, jb leslie company, kittery, lighthouse, maine, restoration, Whaleback Lighthouse

FRBL volunteers

Rockland Breakwater and Owls Head Lights Settle Down for Winter after a Beaming Summer

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 3, 2010

The winds of November were blowing strong and cold when volunteers from the Friends of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse paid late season visits to Rockland Breakwater (Nov. 7) and Owls Head […]

Filed Under: Owls Head Lighthouse, Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Tagged With: breakwater, frbl, friends of rockland breakwater, harbor, lighthouse, maine, owls head, restoration, ribbon cutting, rockland breakwater, volunteers

Race Point Light Station

ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter Keeps a Steady Watch at Race Point Light Station

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: December 2, 2010

There are times when lighthouse preservation efforts exhibit such consistency and success that we tend not to readily notice their uncommon dedication and steady achievements as time passes. As the […]

Filed Under: Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: cape cod chapter, green site, lighthouse, photovoltaic system, race point, renewable energy, restoration, wind turbine

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