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  • Light Hearted Lite 26 – Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society, CT

    Light Hearted Lite 26 – Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society, CT
    2025/08/17
    Tim Pettee at Greens Ledge Light, photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. Greens Ledge Light, which was built in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1902, is a cast-iron lighthouse tower on a cylindrical cast-iron concrete-filled foundation. It’s typical of offshore lighthouses built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Male keepers lived inside the lighthouse tower. Under the provisions of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, the lighthouse was auctioned in 2016. The high bid was placed by a group of local residents that included the Pettee family. They formed a 501 (c)3 organization, the Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society. Tim Pettee, who is president of the Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society, grew up in Westport, Connecticut, and has been a resident of Rowayton, Connecticut, since 2014. Tim’s son Alex Pettee is the treasurer of the Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society. This is an edited version of an interview that was first heard in episode 83 in October 2020.
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    30 分
  • Light Hearted 323 – Moses Calouro, Portia Calouro: How lighthouses are helping to save right whales

    Light Hearted 323 – Moses Calouro, Portia Calouro: How lighthouses are helping to save right whales
    2025/08/10
    AIS (Automatic Identification System) has been used for years to monitor the movements of ships and aircraft in real-time, helping to ensure safe and efficient operations. The company MotionInfo provides second-by-second data accuracy using an extensive network of stations. A North Atlantic right whale and calf. (NOAA Photo Library) Bob Trapani, Jr., American Lighthouse Foundation Executive Director, working on installing MotionInfo's AIS StationKeeper inside the lantern of Little River Light in Maine. (Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani) The North Atlantic right whale, with fewer than 350 individuals remaining, is critically endangered, and 139 right whales have been injured or killed by vessel strikes since 2017. MotionInfo has been implementing high-tech solutions aimed at preventing vessel-whale collisions, and a number of MotionInfo's StationKeeper units have been installed in lighthouses. Joining in this discussion with Moses Calouro and Portia Calouro of MotionInfo are U.S. Lighthouse Society Executive Director Jeff Gales and American Lighthouse Foundation Executive Director Bob Trapani Jr., who also co-hosts. Click here for more information.
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  • Light Hearted Lite #25 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s daughter at Sheringham Point, BC

    Light Hearted Lite #25 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s daughter at Sheringham Point, BC
    2025/08/03
    Jim and Evelyn Bruton, courtesy of Elanie Bruton. This is an edited version of a conversation with a lighthouse keeper’s daughter in British Columbia, Canada, first heard in episode 104 of Light Hearted. Jim Bruton was born in Wales in 1926, but his family relocated to British Columbia in Canada when he was just one year old. He started working in the logging industry as a boy. In a light keeping career spanning several decades, he served at light stations around Vancouver Island: Lennard Island, Discovery Island, and Chrome Island. Sheringham Point Lighthouse, BC. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. iThe Brutons eventually had four children, three girls and a boy. The family moved to Sheringham Point, a mainland lightstation in Shirley on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, in 1968. They lived there for nearly two decades, until 1986, when Jim Bruton retired. Our guest today, Elanie Bruton, lived at the light stations with her family until she was 18. She remains an active volunteer of the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society, which now owns the lighthouse and surrounding land.
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    30 分
  • Light Hearted 322 – Greg Goldstein talks about his grandfather, Keeper Frank Schubert of Coney Island, NY

    Light Hearted 322 – Greg Goldstein talks about his grandfather, Keeper Frank Schubert of Coney Island, NY
    2025/07/27
    Frank Schubert - a native of Staten Island - spent 43 years as a keeper and caretaker at Coney Island Light Station in New York. When he passed away in 2003, he was the last person who had served as a keeper under the old U. S. Lighthouse Service. He originally joined the Lighthouse Service as a seaman on the tender Tulip in 1937. Coney Island Light Station, New York. Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. Frank Schubert He moved in as keeper at Coney Island in 1960. Frank, along with his wife and three children, enjoyed giving tours to schoolchildren and scout troops, and having a wonderful time every day. Our conversation today is with Greg Goldstein, grandson of Frank Schubert. Greg’s wife Lisa also took part in the conversation. To learn more about Frank Schubert, click here.
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    48 分
  • Light Hearted Lite 24 – Ian Duff, Scottish lighthouse keeper

    Light Hearted Lite 24 – Ian Duff, Scottish lighthouse keeper
    2025/07/20
    This is an edited version of an interview that first appeared in episode 79 in September 2020. Ian Duff worked as a keeper at 13 Scottish lighthouses between 1976 and 1992. He spent about five years at Skerryvore, a remote station off the west coast of Scotland. He also spent about five years at Duncansby Head Light Station at the most northeasterly point of the British mainland. Ian Duff at St. Abbs Head Lighthouse in Scotland. Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. Ian remained involved with lighthouses after his retirement as a keeper. He became the president of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers, or the ALK, an organization that provides a forum for everyone interested in lighthouses, lightships, and maritime aids to navigation. When Ian passed away last year, a large collection of his photographic slides were donated to the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, along with lighthouse artifacts. Skerryvore Lighthouse (U.S. Lighthouse Society)
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    31 分
  • Light Hearted ep 321: Nancy Beye, David Smith, and Varoujan Karentz – Beavertail, RI

    Light Hearted ep 321: Nancy Beye, David Smith, and Varoujan Karentz – Beavertail, RI
    2025/07/13
    With foreign trade blossoming from Newport, Rhode Island, local merchants petitioned for a lighthouse at Beavertail Point at the southern tip of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, and a 69-foot-tall wooden tower was first lighted in 1749. It was the third light station in the American colonies. The 45-foot square granite lighthouse that stands today was built in 1856. The lighthouse is located within Beavertail State Park, and the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association (BLMA) preserves and manages the light station. The museum occupies two former keepers’ houses and two other buildings. Beavertail Light Station, photo by Jeremy D'Entremont Nancy Beye is the president of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. She’s also a councilwoman on the Jamestown Town Council and owner of the Jamestown Early Learning Center. David Smith is a board member of the BLMA, and he has been involved with the development of many of the exhibits in the museum at Beavertail. Varoujan Karentz is on the board of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association and is the author of three books and numerous articles. His book Beavertail Light Station is the most comprehensive history available on this historic location.
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    59 分
  • Light Hearted Lite 23 – Don Terras, Grosse Point, Illinois

    Light Hearted Lite 23 – Don Terras, Grosse Point, Illinois
    2025/07/06
    Grosse Point Light Station. Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. Grosse Point Lighthouse, located at the southern end of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois, was established in 1873 as the primary lighthouse marking the approach to Chicago. Since 1983, for an amazing 42 years, Don Terras has been chief administrator of the Lighthouse Park District, a unit of local government in Evanston. He is also the live-in manager of the Grosse Point Light Station museum, essentially serving as the modern-day keeper. Don Terras This is an edited version of a conversation with Don Terras that was recorded in the museum in the former keeper’s house at Grosse Point Light Station in November 2019. Also taking part in the conversation is Jeff Gales, executive director of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
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    26 分
  • Light Hearted ep 320: Lorna Pierce and Gloria Coder: Remembering Seamond Ponsart Roberts, part 2 of 2

    Light Hearted ep 320: Lorna Pierce and Gloria Coder: Remembering Seamond Ponsart Roberts, part 2 of 2
    2025/06/29
    This is part two of a two part interview with Lorna Pierce and Gloria Coder, the daughters of Seamond Ponsart Roberts (1940-2023). Seamond was the daughter of the longtime Massachusetts lighthouse keeper Octave Ponsart, and she was the author of the book Everyday Heroes, The True Story of a Lighthouse Family. Seamond's childhood was spent at Cuttyhunk Light and West Chop Light in Massachusetts. Seamond Ponsart Roberts in 2001, tossing a wreath into the waves at Cuttyhunk Island in memory of her parents. Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. Here is an excerpt from Seamond's obituary: "The bad days were sure bad enough, but since there were so many good days (like 99.9 percent of the time) what the heck. She had a good life for sure — and I should know as I, Seamond Roberts, wrote all this myself. Goodbye to all my family and friends. Thank you for listening to me and for being so dear to me. I hope to see each of you in our next life’s further adventures." Right: Seamond, Gloria, and Lorna, circa 1960s.
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    42 分