The following letter was written by Frances Hallett, wife of Race Point Light Station keeper Osborne Earle Hallett (1945-1955). The letter was published in the September 1952 edition of the Maine Coast Fisherman. P’Town Light Joins Up Race Point Light, Provincetown – “We enjoy reading MCF Magazine,” says Mrs. Osborne Hallett, “especially the doings at […]
Cape Cod Chapter’s John and Joanne Clevenger Presented with an ALF Volunteer Award
John and Joanne Clevenger of ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter was presented with an ALF Len Hadley Volunteer Award during the American Lighthouse Foundation’s annual Lighthouse Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, on April 28, 2019. During the summer of 2007, John and Joanne Clevenger stayed at Race Point Light Station […]
Cape Cod Chapter’s Ron Hewins Presented with an ALF Volunteer Award
Ron Hewins of ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter was presented with an ALF Len Hadley Volunteer Award during the American Lighthouse Foundation’s annual Lighthouse Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, on April 29, 2018. ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter operates one of the finest overnight stay programs in the nation at Race […]
A False Beacon at Race Point Light
Newspaper Articles from the Past… Throughout the history of lighthouses, there are those occasions when mariners mistook a guiding light for another in the vicinity – a mistake that almost always resulted in a shipwreck. There were also times – though much rarer, when either light station equipment malfunctioned or dereliction of duty by the […]
Diane and Wade Barstow Receive ALF Volunteer Awards
Diane and Wade Barstow of ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter were presented with Len Hadley Volunteerism awards during the American Lighthouse Foundation’s annual Lighthouse Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, on May 7, 2017. Wade and Diane Barstow have been long time veteran overnight stay keepers at Race Point Light Station. […]
Tour Race Point Light Station during Mariners Day on May 17
How would you like to visit the storied Race Point Light Station and have the chance to walk in the steps of the bygone lightkeepers as you tour the beautifully restored lighthouse, keeper’s house and whistle house at this historic site? If your answer is “YES,” then be sure not to miss this great upcoming […]
