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One of the most special and enjoyable benefits of my line of work, which brings constant warmth to my heart, is the opportunity to revisit so many wonderful people who live in or who return to Maine over the years. It has been a terrific experience...

The Charles E. Sherman American Legion Post 36 in Boothbay is on a mission to honor local veterans dating back to World War II. The post is working on a project which would display large posters of servicemen in prominent locations in all four...

The 2024 edition of photographer Robert Mitchell’s “Around Boothbay Harbor” calendar is hot off the presses. Can this really be his 23rd? Yes, he published his first in 2001. There’s more to each calendar’s creation than taking 13 strikingly...

Using logbook entries and personal letters, “A Day in the Life of a Keeper – Part I” focused on lighthouse living in the 1800s. This sequel highlights the lives of keepers in the 1900s using oral histories and newspaper submissions to the Rockland...

Within a span of less than two weeks we experienced temperatures ranging from negative 30 degrees, with NW wind chill, to 50+ degrees with full bright sun. That’s a big temperature swing! Adjust to that Batman! What’s a mother to do? We went from...

In the 1800s, when the ocean was the highway, the Boothbay region’s four lighthouses (Burnt Island, Hendricks Head, Ram Island, and Cuckolds) served as signposts guiding vessels safely in and out of port. At a time when the nation’s economy revolved...

Those items in the water are not errant pot buoys, floating logs, ducks, seals, or water buffalo! They are people. This is not a hoax! These are real people in real cold ocean water. Really! The air temperature is mid 40F and the water temperature...

Another successful Sunrise Lighthouse photography cruise is in the books and again this year the weather did not did not disappoint with some very colorful early morning sunlight casting some truly beautiful light on the area lighthouses. Wildfires...

Brad C. Buckley passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 2, 2022, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Most recently of Southport, Maine he grew up in Essex, Massachusetts and was the beloved son of Mike and Jackie Buckley of Southport. He was born on...

Photographer David Zapatka has spent the last nine years documenting America's fast-disappearing lighthouses.