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Owls Head Lighthouse

Midcoast Maine Lighthouse Challenge to be held June 23 & 24

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 18, 2012

The arrival of summer brings with it a chance to spend some great time with family and friends along the Maine coast by participating in the fifth annual Midcoast Maine […]

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Rockland Breakwater

Lobster Bake to Benefit Two ALF Midcoast Maine Lighthouses

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 6, 2012

If you like lobsters and lighthouses, then the American Lighthouse Foundation and its chapter, Friends of Rockland Harbor Lights, have just the event for you! The organization is sponsoring a […]

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Goose Rocks

Lighthouse Sunset Cruise to benefit Rockland Breakwater & Owls Head Lights

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 1, 2012

The American Lighthouse Foundation and its local chapter, Friends of Rockland Harbor Lights, invite the public to join them Friday, June 22, 2012 for a lighthouse sunset cruise along beautiful […]

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2012 President's Award

J.B. Leslie Company is Presented with ALF’s 2012 President’s Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 10, 2012

The American Lighthouse Foundation held its annual lighthouse gala at the Four Points by Sheraton in Eastham, MA, on April 28, 2012. The organization’s signature event featured some wonderful lighthouse […]

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Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse

Public Invited to Annual Meeting for the Friends of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 1, 2012

The Friends of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse will hold their annual meeting at the Rockland Yacht Club in Harbor Park on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 5:30 pm. The meeting is […]

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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 […]

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Don Dickel

Vintage Luster takes the Floor at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: October 1, 2011

It has been nearly five decades since the wood floors inside the keeper’s house at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse have been free to shine apart from the accumulated grime of time. […]

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Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse

Reclaiming the Beauty of the Keeper’s Wood Floors

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: September 26, 2011

The Friends of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse have spent the last decade working hard on the restoration of the 1902 sentinel, tackling everything from the interior walls and ceilings to the […]

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EM1 Theresa Ramirez

Visitors Talk Lighthouses with the Coast Guard

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: July 22, 2011

Have you ever wondered how a modern beacon in a lighthouse or on a buoy works, or how a fog horn automatically begins sounding when thick weather moves in? The […]

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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

Mainers and Visitors alike Prove a Challenge can be a lot of FUN!

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: July 22, 2011

For the past five years, the Midcoast Maine Lighthouse Challenge has proven to be a popular event with participants near and far, but in 2011 the event’s appeal took flight […]

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Station Rockland at the public landing

Coast Guard Provides a Big Lift for Rockland Breakwater Light

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: June 27, 2011

Many people who walk the Rockland Breakwater welcome the opportunity to rest after their nearly mile-long trek on the memorial benches located at the lighthouse. At the start of the […]

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Grindle Point Light

Midcoast Maine Lighthouse Challenge to be held June 25th and 26th

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 14, 2011

The arrival of summer brings with it a chance to spend some great time with family and friends along the Maine coast by participating in the fifth annual Midcoast Maine […]

Filed Under: Owls Head Lighthouse, Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Tagged With: dyce head, fort point, grindle point, lighthouse challenge, maine, midcoast, owls head, pemaquid point, rockland breakwater

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