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Portsmouth Harbor Light gleams

A Fresh Shine Adorns Portsmouth Harbor Light

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: October 29, 2019

The present Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse has been helping guide countless thousands of mariners into the protective confines of the Piscataqua River since 1878. Still today, large commercial ships deliver petroleum products, gypsum, fish products, and salt to various ports along the river, while local fishermen work the surrounding waters and a plethora of recreational craft […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, cassil family, chicago, friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses, jb leslie company, lighthouse, portsmouth harbor, sherwin williams

Tom and Jaana Sheehan Receive ALF’s “Keeper of the Light” Award

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: May 21, 2016

The American Lighthouse Foundation presented Tom and Jaana Sheehan with the “Keeper of the Light” award during the organization’s annual Lighthouse Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport on May 15, 2016. ALF’s “Keeper of the Light” award honors those individuals in the national lighthouse community who have contributed in a significant […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Perkins Island Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, jb leslie company, keeper of the light, keeper's house, light station, maine bureau of parks and lands, maine island trail association, perkins island, tom and jaana sheehan

A New “Red Carpet” Welcome at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: October 5, 2013

Following the latest restoration project coordinated by the Friends of Rockland Harbor Lights, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, you might say the public now has a new “red carpet” welcome when they visit Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse! Whether visitors choose to ascend the light tower and admire the amazing views obtained from its lofty […]

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Wood Island

A “Connector” to Ongoing Restoration Work at Wood Island Light Station

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: November 8, 2012

In the same manner by which lighthouse history is an unbroken chain of time, events and vigilance, so too is our modern day effort to preserve the historic light station structures we are fortunate to have an opportunity to enjoy and cherish. To ensure that posterity has the same opportunity, passionate volunteers from ALF’s Friends […]

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2012 President's Award

J.B. Leslie Company is Presented with ALF’s 2012 President’s Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 10, 2012

The American Lighthouse Foundation held its annual lighthouse gala at the Four Points by Sheraton in Eastham, MA, on April 28, 2012. The organization’s signature event featured some wonderful lighthouse camaraderie, fundraising, a great meal and some Cape Cod lighthouses open for climbing (Nauset, The Three Sisters and Highland), but the highlight of the evening […]

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Dave Eastman

The Handiwork of Restoration begins to Show at Wood Island

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: September 19, 2011

As is often the case, a restoration project, like the keeper’s house at Wood Island, must go through a phase of preparation that temporarily strips the structure of its familiar finished appearance. During the outset of this vital process, it is difficult to imagine the glory of things to come, yet slowly but surely, evidence […]

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