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Light Hearted ep 346: Elizabeth Boggs, St. Johns River, Florida
May 17, 2026
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Light Hearted ep 345- Fire Island, NY, update with Jonathon Gaare
May 10, 2026
Unknown duration
Light Hearted ep 344 – Rear Admiral Bill Merlin, U.S. Coast Guard Retired
May 3, 2026
45m 43s
Light Hearted Live! #3 – Therese Woelfel, author of “Our Guiding Light.”
Apr 26, 2026
1h 01m 55s
Light Hearted 343: Joy and Patrick Tubby, Happisburgh Lighthouse, UK
Apr 19, 2026
1h 04m 58s
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| 5/17/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 346: Elizabeth Boggs, St. Johns River, Florida | St. Johns River Lighthouse (Mayport Lighthouse Association) The St. Johns River Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the grounds of Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida. First lighted in 1859, it was decommissioned in 1929 and replaced with a lightship. The lightship in turn was replaced by the 1954 Art Deco style St. Johns Lighthouse, which is also on Naval Station Mayport. The Mayport Lighthouse Association or MLA is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to saving and restoring St. Johns River Lighthouse, as well as safeguarding the cultural, historical, and maritime heritage of Mayport Village. Our guest, Elizabeth Boggs, is the vice president of the Mayport Lighthouse Association. Elizabeth was recently awarded a “Guiding Light” award for her volunteer work at the St. Augustine Lighthouse. Elizabeth Boggs (right) was recently awarded the “Guiding Light” Award for her volunteer service with the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum. Presenting the award is Caitlin Black, manager of volunteers at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum. (Mayport Lighthouse Association) | — | ||||||
| 5/10/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 345- Fire Island, NY, update with Jonathon Gaare | Jonathon Gaare (Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society) Jonathon Gaare, executive director of the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society in New York, last joined us in December 2024. In this episode, Jonathon updates us on preservation projects at the lighthouse, the exciting events lined up for Fire Island Light Station’s 200th anniversary this year, and some exciting historical finds. The current lighthouse at Fire Island, built in 1858, is a 168-foot brick tower. Visitors get to climb the tower for an amazing view, and there’s a museum in the keeper’s house. Another big draw is the separate building that was constructed to exhibit the lighthouse’s old first-order Fresnel lens. The Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society was formed in 1982 to preserve the site. An evening tower tour at Fire Island (Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society) | — | ||||||
| 5/3/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 344 – Rear Admiral Bill Merlin, U.S. Coast Guard Retired✨ | Coast Guardlighthouses+4 | Bill Merlin | U.S. Coast GuardU.S. Lighthouse Society | San FranciscoMiami, Florida | Coast GuardBill Merlin+6 | — | 45m 43s | |
| 4/26/26 | ![]() Light Hearted Live! #3 – Therese Woelfel, author of “Our Guiding Light.”✨ | lighthousesfamily history+3 | Therese Woelfel | Our Guiding Light | — | lighthouse keeperGreat Lakes+3 | — | 1h 01m 55s | |
| 4/19/26 | ![]() Light Hearted 343: Joy and Patrick Tubby, Happisburgh Lighthouse, UK✨ | lighthousesvolunteering+3 | Joy TubbyPatrick Tubby | Happisburgh LighthouseAssociation of Lighthouse Keepers+1 | Happisburgh Lighthouse, UKEast Anglia | lighthousesHappisburgh+3 | — | 1h 04m 58s | |
| 4/12/26 | ![]() Light Hearted 342 – Mary Jo Marquis, Burnt Island, ME✨ | lighthouse historycaretaker opportunities+3 | Mary Jo Marquis | Keepers of Burnt Island LightMaine Department of Marine Resources | Burnt Island, MEBoothbay Harbor | Burnt Island LightMaine lighthouses+3 | — | 34m 32s | |
| 4/5/26 | ![]() Light Hearted 341 – Rick St. Pierre, Coast Guard keeper at Boon Island, Maine✨ | Coast Guardlighthouse+4 | Rick St. Pierre | cutter Eaglecutter Storis+1 | Boon Island, MaineNew Bedford, Massachusetts+4 | Boon IslandCoast Guard+5 | — | 57m 52s | |
| 3/29/26 | ![]() Light Hearted Live #2: Dave Waller, owner of Graves Light in Boston Harbor, MA✨ | lighthousesBoston Harbor+3 | Sarah MacHughDave Waller | Graves Lighthouse | Graves LightBoston Harbor+1 | Graves LightBoston Harbor+3 | — | 51m 40s | |
| 3/22/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 340 – Point Vicente, California✨ | lighthousesmaritime history+5 | Amy ForteTisha Edge+2 | Friends of Point Vicente Lighthouse | Point Vicente, CaliforniaPalos Verdes Peninsula+2 | Point Vicente LighthousePalos Verdes+5 | — | 50m 13s | |
| 3/15/26 | ![]() Light Hearted Lite 39 – Meghan Agresto, Currituck Beach, NC✨ | lighthousesCurrituck Beach+4 | Meghan Agresto | Outer Banks Conservationists | Currituck BeachCorolla, North Carolina | Currituck Beach Lighthouselighthouse keeper+5 | — | 26m 19s | |
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| 3/8/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 339 – Travis Gilbert and Logan Merchant, Old Baldy, NC✨ | lighthouseshistory+4 | Travis GilbertLogan Merchant | Old Baldy FoundationWake County Public School System+1 | Bald Head IslandNorth Carolina | Old Baldy LighthouseBald Head Island+4 | — | 59m 49s | |
| 3/1/26 | ![]() Light Hearted Live #1: Virginia’s Historic Cape Henry Lighthouse✨ | lighthouseshistory+3 | Colby ThomasBilly Simmons | Preservation VirginiaAmerican Society of Civil Engineers | VirginiaCape Henry Lighthouse+1 | Cape Henry Lighthousehistoric interpreters+3 | — | 52m 10s | |
| 2/22/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 338 – Knotbrook Taylor’s Scottish lighthouse poems | Knotbrook Taylor Knotbrook Taylor is originally from England and now lives in Scotland. He has been writing poetry for more than 25 years. His first published collection of poetry, Beatitudes, was launched in 2007 by Blue Salt Publishing. In 2014 he won the Erbacce prize for his collection Ping-Pong in the Rain. Erbacce is a publisher that holds an annual worldwide poetry contest. The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses commissioned Taylor to write a book of Scottish lighthouse poems. It was published in 2010 and he was also the poet in residence for a time at the museum. Here is a quote from the Erbacce website about Knotbrook: “Knotbrook delights in language, it is almost as though he is in love with words and needs to both cherish and almost worship each one.” Rua Reidh Lighthouse, Scotland. Photo by Knotbrook Taylor. | — | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 337 – Two special lighthouse cruises on the Maine coast | Bar Harbor Whale Watch’s lighthouse cruise on September 5 will be aboard the Friendship V. This episode focuses on two very special experiences available to lighthouse lovers and lovers of the rocky coast of Maine. The first segment highlights an all-day “Mid-Coast & Monhegan Island 19 Lighthouse Cruise” with Bar Harbor Whale Watch this coming September 5. Interviewed in the segment are Julie Taylor, lead naturalist for Bar Harbor Whale Watch; Zack Klyver, marine mammal scientist, educator, and conservationist; and Bob Trapani Jr., executive director of the American Lighthouse Foundation. Together with U.S. Lighthouse Society Historian Jeremy D’Entremont and photographer Mike Leonard, this team will narrate the September 5th cruise. Saddleback Bass Harbor Head Egg Rock Next is an interview with Captain Barry King of the schooner Mary Day, which is homeported in Camden, Maine. Jeremy D’Entremont will be on board to help narrate a 6-day lighthouse cruise, July 26 to August 1. A Maine sailing legend, the Mary Day, a two-masted gaff topsail schooner, was built in 1962 by the famous Harvey Gamage Shipyard in South Bristol, Maine. Unlike earlier schooners that were built to fish or to carry cargo, Mary Day was designed and built to carry passengers. The schooner Mary Day Curtis Island Lighthouse in Camden, Maine, and the Camden Hills | — | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | ![]() Be the Light with Sarah MacHugh episode 2 – The Power of Positivity with Helena of Thoughts with H | Helena, founder of Thoughts with H In this episode, we explore the power of positivity, reframing life’s inconveniences, building community, and how small reminders of encouragement can create a butterfly effect of gratitude. Sarah is joined by Helena, Licensed Mental Health Clinician and Founder of Thoughts with H, which is a daily inspiration platform rooted in mindfulness, connection, and showing up with purpose. Tune in for an uplifting conversation about how small actions can create meaningful impact. Notes: For information on Andy Smeaton, who is discussed in this episode: Boston 25News Article GoFundMe page | — | ||||||
| 2/8/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 336 – Author Bob Napolitano and “The Lighthouse Keeper” | Bob Napolitano is from Everett, Massachusetts, and now lives in Londonderry, New Hampshire. “The Lighthouse Keeper,” which was published last year, is his seventh book. The main character, John Russell, takes a job as the keeper of the Willamette River Lighthouse in Oregon at the age of 27 in 1923. He sees the lighthouse as a place to heal from unfortunate decisions he’s made in his life, but he eventually wonders if it’s more of a prison than a sanctuary. Shanghaied sailors, brothel barges, opium and bootleg liquor, and floating bodies all play a part in the story. Bob Napolitano The primary setting of the story is the Willamette River Light Station, which stood at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, about ten miles north of downtown Portland, Oregon. It was established in 1895. After it was decommissioned, it eventually burned down, leaving just a few pilings. Willamette River Lighthouse, Oregon. USLHS archives. | — | ||||||
| 2/1/26 | ![]() Light Hearted Lite 38 – Jen Lewis, Point Cabrillo, CA | In this episode we revisit an interview that was first heard in 2021. Our guest is Jen Lewis, Fundraising and Outreach Manager for the Point Cabrillo Light Station in northern California. Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, California. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Jen Lewis Point Cabrillo is about midway between San Francisco and the border with Oregon. In 1908 a combined lighthouse and fog signal building was built of local redwood and Douglas fir. Today Point Cabrillo Light Station is a California State Historic Park, and the nonprofit Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association manages and interprets the site. Jen Lewis grew up in Oregon, and she began volunteering at Point Cabrillo in 2016. She eventually became the Outreach Manager, taking care of social media and fundraising for the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association. Jen has been on this podcast several times as a guest and as a co-host. | — | ||||||
| 1/25/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 335 – Bjorn Karlstrom and “Lighthouse Reading”; Kevin Arsenault, Coast Guard light keeper in Maine | There are two guests in this episode. The first, Bjorn Karlstrom, splits his time between Florida in the and the beautiful island of Gotland in Sweden. After developing a substantial lighthouse-related library, he decided to start a website that might be useful to others looking for information. His site Lighthouse Reading, at lhreading.com, now has listings for more than 3,800 lighthouse publications. Massachusetts native Kevin Arsenault was a police officer for about 30 years and now serves as constable in the town of Gardner. He joined the Coast Guard at 19 years old in 1976 and was assigned to Matinicus Rock, an isolated outpost about 20 miles from the mainland in midcoast Maine. After a year there, he spent 18 months at Whitehead Light station, much closer to the mainland at the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay. Matinicus Rock Light Station, Maine. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Whitehead Light Station, Maine. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. | — | ||||||
| 1/18/26 | ![]() Light Hearted Lite 37 – Erik Nissen Johansen, Pater Noster, Sweden | Pater Noster Lighthouse Pater Noster is a small archipelago off the west coast of Sweden. The island group’s name, which means “The Lord’s Prayer,” is said to come from the tradition that mariners would recite the Lord’s Prayer as they negotiated their way around the dangerous reefs in the vicinity. The 105-foot-tall, red, cast-iron lighthouse was constructed in 1868. Erik Nissen Johansen A complete restoration of the lighthouse began in 2002. Since 2020, the location has been operated as a small hotel. The facilities include rooms with a sea view, a restaurant, and three boathouses for dinner and conferences. Our guest, Erik Nissen Johansen is the founder and creative director of Stylt Trampoli, a multi-award winning hospitality design company. He is now a partner in the Pater Noster hotel. This is an edited version of a conversation first heard in episode 115 in April 2021. | — | ||||||
| 1/11/26 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 334 – Marty O’Gara and John Ollila, Fairport Harbor, OH | Fairport Harbor Light Station, photo by. Jeremy D’Entremont. Fairport Harbor, on the south side of Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River, is considered part of the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area. The first lighthouse in the harbor was a 56-foot brick tower built in 1825. The lighthouse that stands today is a 60-foot stone tower that began service in 1871. After a new lighthouse was built on a breakwater in the harbor in 1925, the government planned to destroy the old lighthouse. A number of organizations in the area objected, and the lighthouse was spared. In 1945, the Fairport Harbor Historical Society established a marine museum inside the old keeper’s house. Museum highlights include a Fresnel lens and the infamous “ghost cat” story. Marty O’Gara and John Ollila by the third-order Fresnel lens from Fairport Harbor Lighthouse, now on display in the museum in the keeper’s house. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Our guests today are Marty O’Gara and John Ollila. John is the historian for the lighthouse and a trustee of the Fairport Harbor Historical Society. Marty is the president of the Fairport Harbor Historical Society. | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | ![]() Be the Light episode 1: Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort | In the first episode of Be the Light, host Sarah MacHugh sits down with Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort, Executive Director of Presque Isle Light Station in Pennsylvania, for a powerful conversation about what it truly means to serve a community with heart. Averie shares how she and her dedicated team of volunteers work to remove barriers and create access for their surrounding community, transforming their light station into a beacon of connection, inclusion, and hope. | — | ||||||
| 1/4/26 | ![]() Light Hearted Lite 36 – Bob Mannino, Nantucket Lightship LV-112 | Nantucket Lightship LV-112. By Arnold Reinhold, Creative Commons license. Today we look back at an interview that was first heard in October 2020. Our guest is Bob Mannino, founder and president of the United States Lightship Museum. The USLM is the steward of the Nantucket Lightship LV-112, the largest lightship ever built in the United States. Bob Mannino The Nantucket South Shoals were a great hazard to shipping, and a lightship was first stationed at the Shoals in 1854. The last vessel to serve there was the LV-112, built in 1936. Its position was 50 miles southeast of Nantucket Island and 100 miles from the U.S. mainland. The LV-112 was decommissioned in 1975 and today it serves as a floating museum in East Boston, Massachusetts. Bob Mannino has been involved for many years in historic preservation and related educational programs, maritime and non-maritime. | — | ||||||
| 12/28/25 | ![]() Light Hearted ep 333 – Valeria Araúz Molina, Île Vierge, France | The 1846 and 1902 lighthouses on Ile Vierge. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Ile Vierge is a 15-acre island off the northwest coast of Brittany in northwest France. The first lighthouse on the island was a 108-foot-tall square tower that began service in 1845. It was considered too short, and a new tower was built between 1896 and 1902. The new lighthouse tower is built of granite blocks and stands 271 feet tall, with nearly 400 steps inside. It’s considered the tallest traditional-style lighthouse in the world. Valeria Araúz Molina The island and the 1902 lighthouse are open to the public on special tour days in the summer. A local company takes visitors out by boat and landing is only possible at high tide. Overnight accommodations are available in the old keepers’ quarters in the base of the 1845 lighthouse. Our guest, Valeria Araúz Molina, is the Ile Vierge project manager. She has guided tours in French, English, and Spanish. The stairs inside Ile Vierge Lighthouse. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. | — | ||||||
| 12/21/25 | ![]() Light Hearted Lite #35: Lighthouse preservationist Mike Vogel | In this episode we revisit a conversation from June 2022 with Mike Vogel, who at that time was the president of the U.S. Lighthouse Society. Mike Vogel retired as editorial page editor of The Buffalo News in 2011, after a 43-year journalism career. He was the organizer and founding president of the Buffalo Lighthouse Association, which carried out the restoration of Buffalo, New York’s historic 1833 lighthouse. He has served as president of the organization for well over two decades. Buffalo Main Lighthouse, New York. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Mike has also played an important role in the national lighthouse preservation movement. As First Vice President and then president of the American Lighthouse Coordinating Committee, Mike was instrumental in helping the government develop guidelines for the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. Mike is also the author or co-author of five books , including “Harboring History: The Heritage Behind Buffalo’s 200-Year-Old Overnight Success.” | — | ||||||
| 12/14/25 | ![]() Light Hearted ep. 332 – Sketch artist Jim Lammers | Jim Lammers, who lives in Minnesota, was educated as an architect back when freehand sketching was an integral part of the curriculum. His writing and sketching has been published in a number of professional journals and on websites. His most recent book is “Lighthouses of the Great Lakes: An Architect’s Sketchbook.” The illustrations in Jim’s book are not precise architectural renderings. The depictions are roughly accurate in their dimensions and details, but they also have a very personal, slightly whimsical quality. The sketches are Jim’s way of interpreting these scenes and communicating the experience to us. | — | ||||||
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