“A keeper not only has to be a steady steeple jack on the sides of his lighthouse, but he must also be a good enough boatman to navigate the water that separates him from the mainland.” – Robert Thayer Sterling, Lighthouses of the Maine Coast and the Men Who Keep Them, 1935 Time marches on […]
Lighthouse Keeper First To Welcome New Year
From a cold and lonely outpost off the coast of Cutler, Maine, a lone lighthouse keeper will be the first to welcome in the New Year at the most northeastern island light station in the United States. As part of an ambitious project called The Lighthouse Endeavor, modern day lighthouse keeper Bill Kitchen will be […]
Little River Lighthouse Seeks Help for Lighthouse Endeavor
It hasn’t been done in the 164 year history of the lighthouse. But volunteers from Maine’s Little River Lighthouse located on a remote island off the coast of Cutler want to change that. They want to have a lone caretaker live on the island in isolation during the brutal winter months, as well as, year […]
