News of the week February 23, 2023 Lighthouse Point Park New Haven, CT While many people associate New Haven with being a happening downtown area, there’s more than just the city to explore. While downtown New Haven is great to visit, there’s also a beautiful lighthouse you can visit! Lighthouse Point Park along Long Island… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Kraig Anderson is the owner and webmaster of one of the most popular lighthouse-related websites on the internet, lighthousefriends.com. Kraig grew up in the landlocked state of Utah and didn’t move to a state with lighthouses until he attended graduate school at the University of California Santa Barbara. After earning his PhD in 1995, he… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 213 – Kraig Anderson, “Lighthouse Friends”
Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 7:00 p.m. EST Join Preservation Virginia and as follow the life and time of Willis Augustus Hodges, Cape Henry Lighthouse’s only African American keeper. An avid abolitionist, Hodges left his mark throughout Virginia and New York in the 1800s. The presentation will examine primary sources and will include quotes from his autobiography.… Continue reading Keeper of the Light: Willis Augustus Hodges Virtual Program
News of the week February 17, 2023 Tinley Expo, RV & Camping Show, Chicago Harbor (IL) Lighthouse headline Go & Show Friday night, Feb. 17, the Chicago Maritime Museum has Kurt Lentsch, described as “a long-time Chicago boater and self-named Chief Dreamer and President of Friends of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse,” presenting on plans to… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Saturday, February 18, 2023, 4:00 PM Eastern Time, 1:00 PM Pacific Time This year commemorates the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter, the remarkable true story of Ida Lewis, America’s most famous female lighthouse keeper. Ida served as keeper at Lime Rock Light Station in Newport, Rhode Island, in the late… Continue reading Special Virtual Event: “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter: The Definitive Biography of Ida Lewis,” with author Lenore Skomal and filmmaker Nico Raineau
Clare Island is at the entrance to Clew Bay, off Ireland’s western Atlantic coast. It’s the largest of Clew Bay’s 365 islands, only six of which are inhabited year-round. It rises to a height of 1520 feet and is an important breeding ground for seabirds. The family of the legendary pirate queen Grace O’Malley owned… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 212 – Roie McCann, Clare Island Lighthouse, Ireland
News of the week February 10, 2023 Point Cabrillo (CA) Storms Through History It has been one month since waves crashed through the back doors of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse and flooded the interior of the gift shop and museum. It was extremely hard to see this place that we love so damaged, but the… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
The town of Newport on the central Oregon coast is home to two picturesque lighthouses, at Yaquina Head and Yaquina Bay. Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, a pretty two-story dwelling with an attached square wooden tower, began service in November 1871. It’s believed to be the oldest building in Newport and it’s the only surviving wooden lighthouse… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 211 – Amy Anderson & Andrew Smalldon, Yaquina lighthouses, Oregon; Jean Muchanic, Valentine’s event at Absecon, NJ
News of the week February 3, 2023 Free Oak Island (NC) Lighthouse history event being held at Recreation Center History Buffs should mark their calendars for an event being held at the Oak Island Recreation Center. The free event will take place at 2:00 p.m. on March 2nd, highlighting the history, interesting characteristics, and little-known… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
In 1990, Goat Island Light Station, at the entrance to Cape Porpoise Harbor in southern Maine, became one of the last light stations in the country to be automated and destaffed. After automation, the island became the property of the nonprofit Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. A project to rebuild the station’s fog bell tower and the… Continue reading Light Hearted 210 – Goat Island, Maine, part 2 of 2
