Show off your pride for your favorite Lighthouse with a new tote bag or t-shirt or sweatshirt! These screen-print items are now available in our Gift Shop, and the purchase supports the Lighthouse upkeep. To place an order, call the Lighthouse at 845-247-0656.
Read more →On these hot summer days, I get a strong impulse to turn into an aquatic mammal and spend the bulk of my waking hours in the water. While indulging this urge with a refreshing swim in the Hudson River, I noticed a creature with an instinctual compulsion
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Each year, the Between the Tides Festival features a variety of talented musicians from this part of the Hudson Valley, and this year is no exception. The musical menu includes Folk, Rock, Klezmer, & Latin Jazz.* The Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy is pleased to announce the following local
Read more →On the evening of the summer solstice, we encountered a snapping turtle along the trail. We gave the turtle a wide berth as we passed and continued on our way, assuming the turtle would continue on her way too. Later, we received a phone call from our
Read more →After days of a metallic banging and clanging, the demolition crane was relatively silent yesterday. The crane barge Newark Bay took a time out from barge busting to do some scrap hauling. It was joined by another larger crane barge the Columbia, which lifted the stern portion
Read more →After the remaining contents of the sunken barge were emptied onto another barge using a clamshell crane, the recovery of the sunken barge entered a new phase last week. Apparently, the attempt to patch it was unsuccessful or more gaping holes were discovered below the waterline. Our
Read more →The Lighthouse peninsula is a lot cleaner after our Saturday morning river sweep. Eighteen volunteers spent over two hours along the jetty picking up debris washed ashore by recent floods. Plastic, styrofoam and other flotsam filled fifty garbage bags. Our supply barge served as a floating trash
Read more →Join us for a shoreline clean up this Saturday morning, May 11th. Get some fresh air, enjoy the river, and make the area look spiffy! Meet at the Lighthouse at 9AM ready to pick up trash. Hope to see you there!
Read more →Yesterday morning, the crane barge Delaware Bay arrived at Magdalen Island. The crane is equipped with a clamshell dredge to remove the fill from the grounded hopper barge. It was accompanied by an empty hopper barge to receive the fill with the tugboat Mary Alice. According to
Read more →The wintering mergansers have departed for northern climes while cormorants have arrived to fill the diving bird niche. The resident pair of eagles alternate between their nest on the other side of the river and their favorite fishing perch on this side. Striped bass are starting to
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