The annual event drew crowds of visitors to Maine’s most iconic lighthouses.
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6 Maine events this week include Maine Open Lighthouse Day
There’s also the Cole Porter musical ‘Anything Goes’ in South Portland, a music festival in New Gloucester and the Farmington Fair.
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Climate change impacts threaten future of Maine lighthouses
The state’s lighthouses are threatened by rising sea levels and intense storms – and adapting them to be more resilient is a challenge.
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Maine’s lighthouses added to global list of endangered heritage sites
World Monuments Watch says Maine’s historic lighthouses are threatened by climate change and intensifying coastal storms, like the ones that battered some of the iconic beacons in January 2024.
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No criminal investigation into Arrowsic lighthouse walkway collapse that injured 11
The collapse of the walkway led to a chaotic scene in which visitors fell tumbling to a mudflat several feet below.
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Mainer solves mystery over silent film’s lighthouse
A lighthouse expert discovered that “Out Yonder” producers in 1919 built a temporary lighthouse on the Hudson River in New Jersey.
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Former Turner campground owner tries her hand at lighthouse keeping . . . in Canton
Mary Seaman sold her popular Pleasant Pond campground but found her way back to the water in style. Now she’s determined to also find a bathroom and a light that works.
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Maine influences shine through in new film ‘The Lighthouse’
Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, the murky drama is set at a fictional Maine lighthouse in the 1890s, with dialogue and visuals heavily influenced by Maine writings, history and art. It opens nationally Friday.
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Waterford trips to include visits to lighthouses
WATERFORD — Waterford Sports & Recreation will offer trips and activities this fall. Lighthouse field trip: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, leaving from the Waterford Town Office. A community field trip will visit Portland Breakwater, Portland Headlight, Ram Island Light, Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, Bug Light and Two Lights State Park. Lunch will be at […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: A lighthouse? In Durham? Ayuh.
DURHAM — Back in 1975, Bob Hackett wanted to live in a lighthouse, so he built one, 10 miles from sea. It went on the market June 14 looking for a new keeper. The Lighthouse, as it’s called, is generating plenty of interest — 7,981 clicks on the real estate listing just last week, the most-clicked house […]