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Light Hearted 197 – Jim & Joyce Spencer, Karen & Dan McLean; Doubling Point Lighthouse, Maine, pt 1 of 2
The city of Bath, Maine, on the Kennebec River, has long been known as the City of Ships. By 1800, Bath’s shipyards were producing vessels used in do…
3 years, 7 months ago
Light Hearted ep 196 – Patricia Heyer, “Haunted Jersey Shore: Beaches, Boardwalks, and Lighthouses”
Patricia Heyer is a history buff with an interest in coastal folklore as well as research and marine science. She has written extensively for b…
3 years, 7 months ago
Light Hearted ep 195 – Wood Island Lighthouse, Maine, pt 2
October 16, 2022
This is part two of a two-part interview with three people involved with the preservation of historic Wood Island Light Station near…
3 years, 7 months ago
Light Hearted ep 194 – Richard Parsons, George Bruns, Brad Coupe; Wood Island Light Station, Maine, pt 1
October 9, 2022
Maine’s Wood Island, about 35 acres in size, is about two miles east of the entrance to the Saco River and less than a mile from the …
3 years, 7 months ago
Light Hearted 193 – Dawn St. George, Andrea Cole, Patrick Curtiss; Port Washington, WI
Port Washington, Wisconsin, is located on Lake Michigan’s western shore, just a few miles north of Milwaukee. Port Washington’s first lighthouse was …
3 years, 8 months ago
Light Hearted Special Edition – International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW)
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, or ILLW, is an annual event held on the third full weekend of August each year. The event was the …
3 years, 8 months ago
Light Hearted ep 192 – Lucian Horvat, Valentia Island Lighthouse, Ireland
Valentia Island is on the southwest coast of Ireland, in the southwest part of County Kerry. The island’s lighthouse, built on the grounds of a 17th …
3 years, 8 months ago
Light Hearted ep 191 – Emily Sullivan, Cape Cod Maritime Museum; Terri Knight & Bruce Woodward, Verona Beach NY
3 years, 8 months ago
Light Hearted ep 190 – David Ball, Bob Chessia, Bob Gallagher: Scituate, MA
Scituate Lighthouse, Massachusetts. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
The town of Scituate, on Boston’s South Shore, developed a significant fishing ind…
3 years, 8 months ago
Light Hearted ep 189 – Benn Trask, lighthouses of southeastern Virginia
Benn Trask has more than twenty years of teaching experience, mostly as a middle-school history teacher. He holds an undergraduate degree in educatio…
3 years, 8 months ago