
Fifty years ago, the lighthouse went dark on Halloween night
On Halloween night of 1972, the light in the tower of the Saugerties Lighthouse was extinguished and replaced with a beacon atop a steel post. After a century as a sentinel, the building languished as ...

Dutch Racks Revisited: the puzzle of the Hudson River reaches
from Noort Rivier chart, circa 1639 Supposedly, the Hudson River was divided by the earliest Dutch navigators into fourteen reaches between New York and Albany. This factoid, though often repeated, ...

Water Keeps Time
https://www.youtube.com/embed/RI0biL8xHyI Water Keeps Time, a documentary about the Esopus Creek directed by Katie Cokinos and Guy Reed, with Alex Rappoport, videographer and editor. The history a ...

Video: Keep That Lamp Trimmed N’ Burning
https://vimeo.com/364151228 Video by Kira deCoudres. Music by Eli Winograd, Liana Gabel & Madeline Grace

Spreading the Light
ARM-of-the-SEA Theater, performing Puppet Suite- "KEEP THAT LAMP TRIMMED'N BURNING" on the Bandstand Stage, during the 2019 Hudson Valley Garlic Festival, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Saugerties, ...

Keep That Lamp Trimmed ‘n Burning
Hudson River lighthouse keeper, identity unknown; possibly keeper Dennis Crowley of the Saugerties Lighthouse. Arm-of-the-Sea Theater will present its annual outdoor performance spectacle, The Esop ...

Kate and Ellen Crowley: a pair of heroines
In the fall of 1878, the story of Kate and Ellen Crowley started appearing in numerous newspapers across the country, from the New Orlean Times-Picayune to the Chicago Tribune, from the New York Sun t ...

The Widow Lighthouse Keeper
Little was known about her until recently. The official lighthouse keeper register omits her first name, listing her simply as “Mrs. Schoonmaker.” Read more at Saugerties Times.

Lighthouse Christmas Song
Retired river-pilot Frank Wall was inspired by the sight of the Saugerties Lighthouse on a wintery night and wrote this song. He kindly shared this with us in time for the holidays. We hope you enjoy ...

Lighthouse & Deck Closed for Event Today
Today, Tuesday, October 18th, the Lighthouse and riverside deck will be closed all day for a private event. Please respect the privacy of our guests. The outdoor areas will reopen to the public tom ...