According to the Florida Lighthouse Association (FLA) website, “the Anclote Key Lighthouse has been closed to the public for about three years due to contaminated soil around the tower. With the help of a grant from FLA, the Friends of Anclote Key State Park and Lighthouse have installed a white picket fence along the walkway, thus allowing… Continue reading Anclote Key Lighthouse Reopens to Visitors
The American Lighthouse Council, now an affiliate of the United States Lighthouse Society, marked National Lighthouse Day this year by presenting the nation’s top lighthouse preservation honor to Anne Webster-Wallace of Maine. Anne was the force behind the 1996 Maine Lights Program, the prototype lighthouse transfer program that served four years later as a template… Continue reading Anne Webster-Wallace Receives Holland Award
Mackinaw City – The Board of Directors unanimously approved new leadership for the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association (GLLKA), a local non-profit with over 1100 members, dedicated to preserving lighthouses and telling the story of the amazing personnel who have lived in them. Jim Tamlyn personifies leadership, not only creating the first northern Michigan tri-county… Continue reading GLLKA Welcomes New Operations Manager Jim Tamlyn
The U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association (USLSSHA) just issued a release about their 2017 annual meeting. It will take place in and around San Francisco, September 14 – 16. More information can be found in the link to the release and on their website at http://uslife-savingservice.org/annual-conference/2017-annual-meeting/ Release submitted by the USLSSHA, June 16, 2017 * * … Continue reading USLSSHA to Meet in San Francsico
Non profit in Mackinaw City, Michigan, seeks operations manager. The Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association (GLLKA) is dedicated to the preservation of Great Lakes lighthouses. Responsibilities include coordination of office staff, inspire volunteers, and fundraise. Retail and publishing experience a plus. Mid-40s salary. Resume to ric.mixter@gllka.com. Submitted by Dianne Taeckens, June 8, 2017. Candace CliffordCandace was… Continue reading GLLKA Seeks Operations Manager
Lighthouse Symposium – May 6, 1pm to 5pm: On Saturday afternoon, enjoy fascinating presentations and a special Keeper’s Q&A during our symposium event, Lighthouse Keeping: Past, Present & Future being held at the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust (57 Gravelly Brook Road, Kennebunkport) from 1 to 5pm! Presenters include… Former Keeper and author, Ernie DeRaps, who will… Continue reading Lighthouse Gala & Symposium Weekend – May 6 & 7, 2017
For many years, the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society (OBLHS) has offered to visit classrooms to talk about North Carolina lighthouses. This year, two fourth-grade teams of teachers and their students take the spotlight: East Clayton Elementary in Raleigh and Providence Creek Elementary in Charlotte. Students studied coastal features and current problems as well as lighthouse… Continue reading It Takes an Engineer to Raise a Lighthouse
Florida Lighthouse Association‘s winter meeting was hosted by the Egmont Key Alliance, January 28-29, 2017. Saturday’s formal meeting took place at Tampa Bay Watch, a non-profit environmental educational group based in a modern facility whose design is based on a lighthouse. An active light on its roof enables passport members to receive a stamp. I had the pleasure… Continue reading Egmont Key Alliance Hosts Florida Lighthouse Association
On February 11, 2017, the Core Sound Waterfront Museum & Heritage Center, Harkers Island, N.C., will be hosting a special event honoring the 1905 Cape Lookout Life-Saving Station Gold Medal recipients for their rescue of the crew of Rawson. The families of Surfmen William H. Gaskill, James W. Fulcher, Kilby Guthrie, John A. Guthrie, Calupt T.… Continue reading Life-Saving Service Gold Medal Celebration at Cape Lookout
