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 […]
Celebrating a 2014 Success Story at Perkins Island Light Station – and Looking to the Future
On Friday, January 23, 2015, project team members and interested individuals from the community gathered in Phippsburg to celebrate the historic and amazing transformation of the keeper’s house at Perkins Island Light Station. The event, hosted by the Maine Island Trail Association, lauded the excellent work that went into the 2014 exterior restoration of the […]
Facelift Planned for Perkins Island Keeper’s House
It peers over you as you drift by on the Kennebec River. Located about two miles upstream from the river’s mouth, it has stood prominently alongside a small light tower and barn since 1898. The keeper’s house on Perkins Island is an unmistakable landmark on the Kennebec, and part of an important group of navigation […]
