What once was is now but ripples in lost epochs traversed. Disbursed back when and promptly indexed within the annals of memory, the anterior gleams of our lighthouse past are deemed frozen ridges of …
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Old Man Winter Rides in Out of the North
From out of the north did an old friend come a-calling today at Owls Head Light. Little has been heard of Old Man Winter this season, though the calendar emphatically points to this as the time when …
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lantern Pane Duties
Looking back through lighthouse history, you might say that keepers were very good at cleaning windows. Maybe not by choice, but duty called nonetheless. When it came to the panes of a lantern, …
On the Air at Maine Lighthouses…Then and Now
The 23rd annual International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend occurred on August 22 & 23, 2020. According to the Wireless Society of Southern Maine (WS1SM), a part of the American Radio Relay …