December 2005

This year’s cover is from an original artwork of Race Point Lighthouse in Massachusetts by Maine artist Virginia Souza. The lighthouse, located at the tip of Cape Cod, has been restored by the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation and is available for overnight stays. Prints of the cover are available as item #89184 for $14.95 plus shipping from Lighthouse Depot, P.O. Box 427, Wells, ME 04090. Call 1-800-758-1444 to order by phone.

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12th Annual Photo Contest

A Lighthouse Christmas at Liston Range Front Light

By Bob Trapani Jr.

A True Lighthouse Story

By Shirley Bachelder

America's First Christmas

By Richard W. O’Donnell

And In The Print Edition ...

Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co

Beacon Shoe Sign Donated

Cape St. George Lighthouse Collapses

Christmas Lights

By Paul Coover

Cleveland Lighthouse Gone

Collecting Nautical Antiques

By Jim Claflin

Florence Idella Batty: Memories of Maine's Boon Island

By Timothy Harrison

Government Sells Four Lighthouses

Jonathan's Tree

By Sharma Krauskopf

Keeper’s Korner

By Timothy Harrison

Lighthouse Rescue from the Pages of Time

New Zealand's Remote Brothers Island Light

By Jeremy D'Entremont

Restoring a Lens

Scotch Bonnet Lighthouse: Soon to be Lost Forever

By Jeremy D'Entremont

The Sleigh Knows The Way

Tower Talk

By Timothy Harrison

Wickie's Wisdom

By Timothy Harrison