Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, will host the first open house of 2013 at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse in New Castle, New Hampshire, on Sunday, May 26, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The...

The Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, Massachusetts, invites lighthouse lovers to get creative by building a gingerbread lighthouse or lifesaving station to enter in its annual holiday contest. All entries will be displayed and prizes will be awarded on...

With Halloween upon us, we asked historian and author Jeremy D’Entremont—a.k.a., Mr. Lighthouse—to give us his picks for the most celebrated haunted lighthouses in New England. Here’s his list: 1: Owls Head Light, Maine Residents of the keeper’s house...

TheDay.com: Environmental and historic preservation groups hoping to keep Little Gull Island from becoming private property have to put together a bid for a federal government auction. The 1-acre island, which sits between Plum and Fishers...

Maine’s Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station is seeking two keepers — partners who are gracious hosts, skilled in hospitality and guest services, adept at building maintenance and repairs, and able mariners. Keepers will reside on an island off the...

The Custom House Maritime Museum in New London, Connecticut, is hosting a series of lighthouse tours, performances and presentations on boats this weekend, July 14-15 (additional tours are scheduled for August 4-5 and September 1-2, 2012). All lighthouse-tour boats...

East Hampton Star: Attention fishermen, recluses seeking a hideaway, writers of novels, the recently divorced, or any combination thereof. The General Services Administration is auctioning off two lighthouses in our neck of the woods. Bids, starting at $10,000, are...

On August 1, the East End Seaport Museum of Long Island, New York, will host a trip to Bug Light aboard the Peconic Star for the Village of Greenport’s summer campers. This event is part of the museum’s “give...

TheHour.com: Marine folk have a term for the ideal sea state necessary to ship precious cargo, much like the finishing touches to the newly refurbished electrical system for the lighthouse on Sheffield Island . “Flat … calm,...

Share this Article On Patriot Ledger: A busy summer was winding down. Anne Engel was ready to get away—4 days of peace and solitude on the most historic of the Boston Harbor islands. A chance to read, bake, paint,...