Lighthouse News

Sunset Lighthouse Cruises
Friday, June 19, 2009.

Join us aboard the M/V Granite State, departing from Rye Harbor on Route 1A in Rye, NH, for a narrated evening cruise past three lighthouses and the historic Isles of Shoals. We’ll pass close to White Island Light, Whaleback Light, Portsmouth Harbor Light, and the Wood Island Lifesaving Station. There is a snack bar and there will be raffles on board.The cruise will return to the dock between 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. Call Granite State Whale Watch at (603) 964-5545 for reservations.

See http://www.granitestatewhalewatch.com/contact-us.cfm for directions.

More information as it becomes available, but for now:

There will be some special additions for this the 10th Annual NJ Lighthouse Challenge, October 17 and 18, 2009.

We hope to have two lighthouse boat trips available- one of the Raritan Bay Lighthouses in the North and one for the Delaware Bay Lighthouses in the south.

The souvenir token will be based on a Passport design- similar to the USLHS’s Passport. It’s uncertain exactly how it will be done- stickers for each LH or a stamp and pad system. The pin will probably be of a passport with a 10th on it.

The 2009 LI Lighthouse Challenge is coming up fast! It’s time to get your plans together & make those cruise
reservations!

I am happy to announce that we have ALL 11 ORIGINAL LI LIGHTHOUSE
CHALLENGE LOCATIONS THIS YEAR! Spend the weekend visiting:

Huntington Harbor
Eatons Neck
Old Field
Horton Point
Montauk Point
Fire Island
Long Beach Bar *
East End Seaport Museum*
Orient Point*
Plum Island*
Cedar Island*

We’ll be running the usual Friday & Saturday evening cruises (May 15th &
16th) Each cruise gets you 5 of the qualifying stops, including stamps &
souvenirs! Let someone else do the driving while you relax with us for
4 hours, enjoy informative narration at each location & a cold buffet
dinner. Everyone exits the boat with a smile on their face! Reserve
early!
(* Locations that can be viewed on the cruises!)

PizzaFest with music by Shannachie: A Benefit for Whaleback Lighthouse
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Kittery Lions Club, 117 State Rd. (Route 1), Kittery, ME

Join Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse for a unique and tasty event! Sample the best offerings from pizza restaurants in the Portsmouth/Kittery area. More than 12 restaurants will be taking part. Along with pizza, there will be salad, soft drinks, and cookies. There will also be a silent auction with great prizes.

We invite you to join representatives of the American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF) and its chapter, Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse (FPHL), on March 7, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., for a fun and informational event at the First Congregational Church in Kittery, Maine. Mr. James Gabbert, National Park Service historian, will serve as the keynote speaker for this special event announcing ALF’s new ownership of Whaleback Lighthouse.

Bob Trapani, executive director of ALF, along with Ross Tracy and Jeremy D’Entremont of FPHL, will also discuss the organization’s stewardship of Whaleback Lighthouse, a 50-foot granite tower offshore from Kittery at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. Ownership of the 1872 lighthouse was conveyed in November 2008 to ALF/FPHL under the guidelines of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.

If you’re in New York on Saturday, August 30, you might want to check out the Huntington Lighthouse Music Fest. It promises to be quite a day. Rain date will be Sunday, August 31. All proceeds will benefit the Huntington Lighthouse. For more information please visit the Lighthouse Musicfest site.

Join the American Lighthouse Foundation September 20, 2008 for an exciting cruise with Dolphin Feet Whale Watch of Provincetown! Featured will be eight lighthouses on Cape Cod and in Buzzards Bay, plus the opportunity to cruise through the historic 17.4-mile Cape Cod Canal.

The cruise will leave from MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown at 10:00 a.m. We’ll see Race Point Light, Wood End Light, and Long Point Light around Provincetown, all maintained by the Cape Cod Chapter of ALF. We’ll then go through the Cape Cod Canal into Buzzards Bay to see Wings Neck Light, Cleveland Ledge Light, Neds Point Light, and Bird Island Light.

Celebrating the day the First Congress of the United States signed An Act for the Establishment and Support of Lighthouses, Beacons and Buoys, August 7, 1789.

PDF Download:

A history of the Lighthouse Act of 1789.

Lighthouse Art Festival to benefit the Maine Lighthouse Museum

There will be many items from local artists. Paintings, photography, hand made wood work, jewelry and spirits.

A wine and cheese preview reception will be held on Friday, August 15, 2008 from 5 to 8 pm to be followed by the auction on Saturday, August 16th at 6:00 pm EDT.

The events will take place at the museum which is located at
One Park Drive
Rockland, Maine

Those wishing to donate items for the auction may contact
Dot Black at
207 785-4609

I have only heard back from two of the seven winners in the birthday giveaway. On July 12, if I haven’t received the mailing addresses of those that have been drawn, I will redraw from the remaining names as a second chance drawing. So please, if I’ve contacted you with the news you were a winner, please get back to me before that date.