Arm-of-the-Sea Theater will present its annual outdoor performance spectacle, The Esopus Creek Puppet Suite, in Saugerties on August 16th, 17th and 18th. This year’s show, “Keep That Lamp Trimmed ‘n Burning,” is inspired by the 150th anniversary of the Saugerties Lighthouse. The story is set in 1869, with the nation still deeply wounded from the Civil War, and the… Continue reading Saugerties Lighthouse Sesquicentennial: Keep That Lamp Trimmed ‘n Burning

National Lighthouse Day is August 7, but you can celebrate early at Old Baldy (NC) It was on August 7 in 1789 that Congress approved an Act for the establishment and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers. In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Act and the commissioning of… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week

Esopus Meadows Lighthouse (NY) opens for tours The Hudson River Maritime Museum has announced a new partnership with the Save Esopus Lighthouse Commission in an effort to offer up tours of the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse. For the first time in several years, local residents and visitors will be able to visit the lighthouse for a… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week

GSA auctions of three Great Lakes lighthouses underway Online public auctions of three Great Lakes lighthouses have begun under the guidelines of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. The lighthouses are Lake Huron’s Poe Reef Lighthouse, six miles east of Cheboygan, Michigan; Ontonagon Breakwater Lighthouse, Michigan, at the entrance of the channel leading to the… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week