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 […]
ALF Lighthouses appear on Chronicle’s Main Streets & Back Roads
The popular Boston area television show, Chronicle, which aired on May 9, 2011, featured Maine lighthouses on their Main Streets and Back Roads program. The Boston WCVB TV-5 program included […]
A Wood Island Lightkeeper Returns to his Lighthouse Home
(The following account of former keeper Mike McQuade’s return visit to Wood Island was provided by Sheri Poftak of the Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse, a chapter of ALF) Standing […]
Six ALF Lighthouses Receive Restoration in 2010
The year 2010 has been a busy one for the American Lighthouse Foundation and its chapters with many restoration projects. In all, six lights have received much needed work, including […]
60,000-Plus People Climb ALF Lighthouses in 2010
Thanks to the dedicated efforts of ALF volunteers who once again gave countless hours of time to our publicly accessible lighthouses, over 60,000 individuals were able to climb light towers, […]
Wood Island Lighthouse – News Archives
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