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Fort Point and Flying Santa

Recalling a Flying Santa Visit to Fort Point Light

By Bob Trapani, Jr. December 6, 2021

For over nine decades, the beloved Flying Santa made a number of visits to Fort Point Lighthouse in Stockton Springs during his annual Christmastime journey through the skies of Maine. Whether it was …

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Matinicus Rock

A ‘Story Kind of Nice’ from Matinicus Rock Keeper

By Bob Trapani, Jr. December 2, 2021

The 1950 Christmas season was anything but normal for the keepers on Matinicus Rock. Just one month earlier on November 26, 1950, a storm for the ages battered the Rock with such fury that to this …

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Matinicus Rock Light Station

A Happy New Year Day

By Bob Trapani, Jr. January 1, 2021

Words from the past can often find relevance in the presence – even when the circumstances have no direct connection. In a letter from the keepers of Matinicus Rock Light Station written ninety-two …

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St. Croix River Light Station

A Maine Lighthouse and its Connection to a National Christmas Tree

By Bob Trapani, Jr. December 25, 2020

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the American people were thrust into a state of shock and fear as a war that was engulfing much of the world had suddenly become all too …

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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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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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Matinicus Rock Light Station

Recalling Fourth of July Festivities at Matinicus Rock Light

By Bob Trapani, Jr. July 3, 2020

We are well familiar with the fact that on July 2, 1776, the American Colonies declared their independence from Britain. The very next day the Continental Congress revised the declaration penned by an …

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Ram Island Lighth Station

Lighthouse Disabled

By Maine Lights Today Staff March 18, 2020

The following news story, entitled "Lighthouse Disabled," appeared in the Daily Kennebec Journal on February 7, 1903. At the time, Samuel John Cavanor was keeper of Ram Island Lighthouse. Keeper …

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Fort Point

A Dark Lighthouse

By Maine Lights Today Staff January 15, 2020

The following account appeared in the Rockland Courier-Gazette on March 3, 1923. Hiram Grant served as keeper of the Fort Point Light Station in Stockton Springs from 1866 to 1882. Keeper Grant was …

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Boon Island

A Thanksgiving to Remember at Boon Island Light

By Bob Trapani, Jr. November 28, 2019

As autumn’s vibrant personality gives way to burnt oranges and browns, our thoughts naturally gravitate to the approaching holiday season. Beginning with Thanksgiving, we happily immerse ourselves in …

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