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Matinicus Rock

Thanksgiving at The Rock

By Bob Trapani, Jr. November 26, 2020

I was thinking how very different Thanksgiving 2020 feels compared to holidays in years gone by, and how – in some strange way, it mirrors aspects of many a Thanksgiving Day at offshore lighthouses …

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Curtis Island Light

Maine’s Grace Darling

By Maine Lights Today Staff September 23, 2020

The report below appeared in The Republican Journal, Belfast, on June 10, 1897. Though The Republican Journal, and an earlier report in the Rockland Courier Gazette, recorded the name of the teenage …

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Saddleback Ledge Light

In a Maine Lighthouse

By Maine Lights Today Staff September 21, 2020

The following small article appeared in November 1913 issue of The Ladies Home Journal. The article does not mention which lighthouse in Penobscot Bay, nor the name of the keeper – both probably by …

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Matinicus Rock

Matinicus Rock Through the Eyes of an Island Child

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 28, 2020

Throughout Maine’s long and storied lighthouse history, authors, travel writers and news reporters have yearned to learn more about the lights and those who kept them. And rightfully so, for the …

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Saddleback Ledge

Lad Keeps Light Burning at Saddleback Ledge

By Maine Lights Today Staff August 28, 2020

The following excerpt is from the feature entitled, “From Light to Light: A Cruise of the Armeria, Supply-Ship” by author Kirk Munroe, which appeared in the October 1896 issue of Scribner’s Magazine. …

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Cape Neddick "Nubble" Light

The Lighthouse

By Maine Lights Today Staff August 25, 2020

The following poem was penned by Douglas Malloch and appeared in the December 1934 edition of the Lighthouse Service Bulletin… “It knows no lands, no flags, no kings, These are inconsequential …

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Matinicus Rock south tower

Matinicus Rock Light Poem

By Maine Lights Today Staff August 13, 2020

The following poem about Matinicus Rock Light was written by Hilda Thompson of Damariscotta, Maine, and appeared in the January 23, 1939 edition of the Rockland Courier Gazette… Twenty miles from …

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Keepers of the Lights

Watching Over the Lights

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 11, 2020

We just celebrated the 231st anniversary of our nation’s Lighthouse Service on August 7th – and what a storied history it is. The rich traditions and legacies that have come to embody “keeping a good …

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National Lighthouse Day

National Lighthouse Day – August 7th

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 7, 2020

Each year countless people look forward to the date of August 7th – and with good reason. Our nation’s lighthouse heritage not only traces its roots back to this historic day in 1789, it also is a …

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Bass Harbor Head

Visitors at Lighthouses

By Maine Lights Today Staff August 3, 2020

Visiting lighthouses eighty-plus years ago was not nearly as prevalent as it is today. It was not that the public did not have a fascination with lighthouses and their keepers – for they certainly …

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