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2025 ALF Gala

Difference Makers are Honored at the ALF Gala

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 6, 2025

On May 4, 2025, the American Lighthouse Foundation held our annual gala at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, to honor a group of extraordinary people who have gone above […]

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Halfway Rock

Building a Stronger Future for Lighthouses with the Help of the World Monuments Fund

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: April 22, 2025

It has been a little over three months since the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced on January 15, 2025 that Maine’s sixty-six historic lighthouses were placed on the international preservation […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2024, 2025, american lighthouse foundation, case study, climate change, halfway rock, hazard mitigation, January, maine coastal islands national wildlife refuge, Maine Preservation, Petit Manan, preparedness, Resiliency, response, rockland breakwater, storms, the presumpscot foundation, watch list, Whaleback Lighthouse, wood island, world monuments fund

Grindle Point Light Station

Resiliency Begins With Us

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: April 20, 2025

Fifteen months have passed since the back-to-back storms in January 2024 wreaked havoc along the New England coastline. In Maine alone, over one-third of the state’s sixty-six lighthouses suffered damage. […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, climate, grindle point, January 2024, light stations, lighthouses, maine, marshall point, mitigation, Petit Manan, Resiliency, resilient, storms

Pomham library box

Pomham’s Lighthouse Traveling Library Box Makes its Debut

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 15, 2025

Libraries weren’t always housed in stalwart buildings, nor did they always contain thousands of books. In time for National Library Week, April 6 to 12, the Friends of Pomham Rocks […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: alex dias, american lighthouse foundation, cheryl muth, friends of east providence public libary, friends of pomham rocks lighthouse, library box, rhode island, Senator robert britto, state senate, United States Lighthouse Service, uslhs

Rob Apse film, Wave-Swept

“Wave-Swept” – A Significant Film in the Making

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 5, 2025

By Rob Apse, Video Freelance Creative My history with lighthouses and why I’m making this film… My first feature documentary, The Last Lightkeepers, was really eye opening to the universe […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: ALF Storm and Mitigation Response Team, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, climate change, film, Ford Reiche, hazards, lighthouses, maine, mitigation, Resiliency, rob apse, storms, wave-swept

March 2025 Dinner Meeting for The Propeller Club of Portsmouth, NH

Sharing the Impact of Severe Storms at Lighthouses with The Propeller Club of Portsmouth

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 21, 2025

The opportunity to discuss lighthouses with others is always a fun experience. The occasion is even more rewarding when one can share why we need to keep acting in the […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: 2025, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, changing climate, diaster recovery, dinner meeting, extreme weather, international propeller club, lighthouses, maine, march, mitigation, new hampshire, Resiliency, rising sea levels, severe storms, storm surge, the propeller club of portsmouth, us coast guard

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 Light

Do the Little Things – They Matter!

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: January 26, 2025

The two January 2024 winter storms that wreaked havoc along the coastal regions of Maine and New Hampshire have left an inexpungible mark. Nowhere is this more evident than at […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2024, action, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani jr, climate change, disaster recovery process, federal emergency management agency, hazard mitigation, January, lighthouses, maine, resilient, rising sea levels, small business administration, stewards, storm and mitigation committee

Bug Light

“Lighthouses of Maine” named to the 2025 World Monuments Watch

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 15, 2025

Maine Landmarks Shine a Light on the Threats of Climate Change World Monuments Fund (WMF) today announces the 25 sites on the 2025 World Monuments Watch, including Maine light stations […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2025, american lighthouse foundation, Bénédicte de Montlaur, bob trapani, climate change, Ford Reiche, gulf of maine, hazard mitigation, Maine Preservation, Resiliency, rising sea levels, tara kelly, the presumpscot foundation, watch, world monuments fund

Portsmouth Harbor

We are Keepers of the Light – Shine We Will!

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: January 14, 2025

The following was inspired by the can-do spirit of the American Lighthouse Foundation’s dedicated team of volunteers, partners and supporters – who together, are helping safeguard our historic lighthouse sites… […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthhouse foundation, climate change, hazard mitigation, lighthouse, portsmouth harbor, Resiliency, rising sea levels, storm surge

Storm at Pemaquid Point

Before the Hour of Need

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: January 7, 2025

One year ago to the day, I journeyed to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse during a snowstorm. For there is something about the winter elements and lighthouses that I find myself irresistibly […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 2024, american lighthouse foundation, bell tower, climate change, hazard mitigation, January, no place to hide, pemaquid point, portland head, Resiliency, storms, video

Pomham Rocks

ALF’s Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Celebrate 20th Anniversary

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 29, 2024

More than a hundred members of Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse gathered recently at their Annual Meeting at The Squantum Association to celebrate a milestone. In 2004, an abandoned building […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Pomham Rocks Lighthouse Tagged With: 20th anniversary, american lighthouse foundation, dennis tardiff, don doucette, east providence, exlex dias, friends of pomham rocks, nancy doucette, narragansett bay, rhode island, The Squantum Association

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