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Light Hearted Lite #19 – A Tale of Two Sparkplugs: Conimicut and Sakonnet, RI
Conimicut Lighthouse in 2007. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
This episode has two segments. First is a new interview with Mayor Frank Picozzi of Warwic…
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted ep 314 – Joe Bains and Ray Jenness, Prudence Island, RI
Prudence Island Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont
Prudence Island, about seven miles long, is the third largest island in Rhode Island’s Narr…
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted ep 313 – Thomas Point Shoal, MD, and “Drew’s Grand Adventure”; NHLPA conference recap
There are three segments in this episode. The first recaps a recent virtual conference that the USLHS held in late March. The conference celebrated t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted ep 312: Simon and Laura Thomas, Bristol Ferry, Rhode Island
The strait between Bristol and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, was busy in the early 1800s, with all manner of vessels passing between Narragansett Bay to …
1 year, 1 month ago
Light Hearted Lite #18 – Dave Waller, owner of Graves Light part 2 of 2
This is an edited version of the second part of an interview with Dave and Lynn Waller, owners of Graves Lighthouse in outer Boston Harbor, a classic…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 311 – Florida Lighthouse historian Neil Hurley
Neil Hurley
Neil Hurley’s interest in Florida lighthouses goes back to the mid-1980s. He was serving as a staff officer for the Seventh Coast Guard…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted Lite #17 – Dave Waller, owner of Graves Light, MA, pt 1 of 2
This is an edited version of an interview that was first heard in episode 60 in May 2020. The guest is Dave Waller, the owner of Graves Light in Bost…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 310 – Barcelona Lighthouse, New York
Barcelona Light Station, photo by Mike and Carol McKinney
In 1828, Congress appropriated five thousand dollars to construct a lighthouse in Barcelo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted Lite #16 – Fred Mikkelsen, Coast Guard keeper at Conimicut, RI
Fred Mikkelsen
This is an edited version of an interview first heard in episode 43 in January 2020. Conimicut Lighthouse is a cast-iron caisson str…
1 year, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 309 – East Brother Light Station and the history of Richmond, CA, with Desiree Heveroh
Desiree Heveroh at East Brother Light Station in Richmond, California
Desiree Heveroh describes herself a steward and keeper of the history of the …
1 year, 3 months ago