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Beacons of Wonderment: A new book by Bob Trapani, Jr.

New Book Explores How Maine’s Lighthouses Are More than Guiding Lights

By Maine Lights Today Staff December 5, 2023

Lighthouses…they are beautiful, stir our emotions, charm us with their romance and lend character to a coast that mirrors the hardiness of its people. In his seventh book – Beacons of Wonderment: A …

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Buoy tender ABBIE BURGESS

Pondering Abbie Burgess and the ABBIE BURGESS

By Bob Trapani, Jr. March 12, 2023

For well-nigh two decades, I have beheld the splendid scene of the buoy tender ABBIE BURGESS – one of the United States Coast Guard’s finest cutters, steaming to and fro by Owls Head Lighthouse. And …

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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

Consider the Lighthouse

By Bob Trapani, Jr. February 15, 2023

Is it possible for something inanimate to possess the esteemed traits of selflessness and humility? If, in our quest to arrive at a fitting resolution to this abstruse query, we must first be willing …

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Maine Lighthouse Museum

Our Lighthouse Heritage – It’s Your Story!

By Bob Trapani, Jr. February 13, 2023

When peering through the lens of lighthouse history, always do so with more than just your eyes. Be sure to see with your heart too. For such matter - silent and random as it may be, is not simply …

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Light on high

Light on High

By Bob Trapani, Jr. January 27, 2023

Light on high. But why? History recounts stories of keepers climbing spiral staircases – some quite considerable, to tend to the light aloft. And we too have retraced these very same steps today for …

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Great Duck Island Light

Lighthouses from a Distance

By Bob Trapani, Jr. January 18, 2023

A lighthouse admired from any distance is akin to delving into a book and absorbing every page and chapter synchronously. For the plot of the lighthouse story is steeped in seaborne triumphs and …

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Keepers of the Lights

Still Tending the Lights

By Bob Trapani, Jr. January 10, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse technicians are not considered lighthouse keepers, though they keep a good light. They do not reside at a lighthouse yet they retrace the keeper’s every step. It is said …

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Cape Neddick Lighthouse

Pondering the Mystique of Nubble Light

By Bob Trapani, Jr. December 30, 2022

A wondrous aspect of Nubble Light is that the sentinel stands just beyond the bounds of the admirer’s enfoldment. On the edge of it all, a vivacious strip of brine serves as a moat to cordon off any …

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Rockland Breakwater

Winter Storm Elliott – One to Remember

By Bob Trapani, Jr. December 23, 2022

Winter Storm Elliott brought high winds and big seas to the Maine coast on December 23, 2022. The storm’s impact was enhanced by astronomical high tides that day, along with two to three foot storm …

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Cape Neddick

Nubble Light Inspires Christmastime Thoughts

By Bob Trapani, Jr. December 15, 2022

Thoughts inspired by a visit to Cape Neddick “Nubble” Light during the holiday season… At Christmastime, we are all young at heart. The season’s spirit may be a festive one, but there is more to it …

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