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Wood Island Lighthouse

Three Vessels Ashore at Wood Island Light in One Day

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 3, 2020

The following news article entitled, “Perils of the Sea” appeared in the Portland Press Daily on December 27, 1872. Three vessels went ashore at Wood Island Light on Christmas Eve. The keeper at the time was Albert Norwood. The article read as follows: “Three vessels went ashore on Wood Island Tuesday the 24th. The schooner […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: albert norwood, keeper, lighthouse, vessels ashore, wood island

ALF's Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse

FOWIL’s Tish Johnson Honored with ALF Volunteer Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 4, 2019

Tish Johnson of ALF’s Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse was honored with a 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 Tish Johnson is a member of the Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse’s (FOWIL) elite team […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: 2019, american lighthouse foundation, friends of wood island lighthouse, gala, len hadley volunteer award, Nonatum Resort, tish johnson

Pemaquid Point

Maine’s “Open Lighthouse Day” Welcomes the Public with Free Admission on September 8, 2018

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 29, 2018

Maine Office of Tourism, Augusta, ME (August 2018) – Maine’s iconic coastal sentinels take center stage during Maine’s 10th Annual Open Lighthouse Day, to be held Saturday, September 8th, in locations from Kennebunkport to Lubec. Twenty-three lighthouses, including many not typically open to the public, will welcome visitors with free entry on this one day. […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Owls Head Lighthouse, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: 2018, american lighthouse foundation, maine office of tourism, maine open lighthouse day, united states coast guard

Maine lighthouse specialty plate

Maine Lighthouse Specialty License Plate Announced

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: June 23, 2018

The Maine Lighthouse Trust has received approval from the Maine Secretary of State to launch a campaign for Maine’s first lighthouse specialty license plate. The Maine Lighthouse Trust is required to have 2,000 Maine residents with active vehicle registrations pre-order the new license plate prior to the Secretary of State drafting legislation and presenting it […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Little River Lighthouse, Owls Head Lighthouse, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, lighthouse, little river, maine, maine lighthouse trust, owls head, pemaquid point, rockland breakwater, specialty plate, wood island

Wood Island Lighthouse

FOWIL’s Carl Gatto Honored with an ALF Volunteer Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 6, 2018

Carl Gatto of ALF’s Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse was honored 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. Carl Gatto became a Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse (FOWIL) volunteer in 2016, after taking […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: 2018, american lighthouse foundation, carl gatto, friends of wood island lighthouse, kennebunkport, len hadley volunteer award, maine, Nonatum Resort

Wood Island Light Station, Maine

Sailor the Fog Bell Ringing Dog at Wood Island

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 2, 2018

Newspaper Article from the Past Wood Island Lighthouse in Maine was once home to a famous dog named Sailor. According to lighthouse author and historian, Jeremy D’Entremont, “Keeper Thomas Orcutt’s dog, Sailor, a mostly-black mongrel (described as a Scotch Collie in one article), was taken to the island as a two-month-old puppy and went on […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Wood Island Lighthouse Tagged With: dog, fog bell, keeper, lighthouse, maine, passing vessels, sailor, salute, thomas henry orcutt, wood island

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