Positively Summer! Tourist & Town A Special EXTRA Issue FREE Summer 2020 Serving the South Coast of Maine from Kittery to Portland POSITIVELY SUMMER Lighthouses "A dish o' cream never hurt nobody." – Publisher's Note If you need your faith in humanity restored, just watch a person Maine has 64 lighthouses still standing. eat ice cream. The five lighthouses below sit along Maine’s I'm not sure what it is, but it's magical. And it can't simply be south coast, and are listed from south to north. the sugar, naughty as it is. No, ice cream seems to posses a unique kind of power, even within the world of sugar. I should know. I Whaleback Light, Kittery. Whaleback is actually in come from an ice cream family (consumers, that is). Maine waters but was built to serve Portsmouth In fact, I just might enjoy watching a person eat ice cream as Harbor. Views are from Fort Foster Park on Gerrish much as I enjoy eating it myself. (I knew that was a lie before I Island and Fort McClary State Park on Route 103. fi nished writing it.) But truly, it's like a getting a glimpse of the Boon Island Light, built on a rock ledge, is six child inside a person – and watching that person transform just a miles off the York coast. It was built in 1811 and little bit, right before your very eyes. It's as if, for that one moment, then replaced in 1851 with a conical tower made there's nothing but pure, unfettered joy. I used to see it in my dad of gray granite. At one time, keepers who manned all the time. the barren light station communicated with the Daily, in fact. mainland with carrier pigeons; it was manned for After all, said my ice cream mentor, "A dish o' cream never hurt 167 years until 1978. It is best to view the light nobody." from a distance rather than to venture there in a Here's to never outgrowing the simplest of life's pleasures. Happy boat, as the rock ledge makes landing dangerous. summer everyone. Views available from Sohier Park at Cape Neddick Light. FMI newenglandlighthouses.net. See our ice cream pullout Cape Neddick Light, also known as The Nubble, section in this issue! York. Rising 88 feet above mean high water, it was built in 1879 and sits on small island, or nubble, Cover Artist Lori Mehta which was first named Savage Island in 1602. The My fondest memories tend to 41-foot cast-iron tower is central to the town’s holi- Special Edition be those recognizable gestures and day celebrations and is festooned with lights every Contributors unsung moments, those which we year. It is one of the most photographed lighthouses often see out of the corner of our eye. in the nation and can be viewed from Sohier Park Publisher I hope my paintings help the viewer TOURISTKingsley &Gallup TOWN reconsider the beauty of the ordinary in Cape Neddick. FMI lighthousefriends.com. FMI Gallup Publishing, LLC and evoke relatable moments. for boat trip, finestkindcruises.com or 646-5227 Sales My artistic goals are to continue Sandy Janes improving and not allow fear to dic- Goat Island Lighthouse, Cape Porpoise Harbor, Pier Karen Arel tate how I move forward. The process Rd., Kennebunkport. The brick lighthouse was first of painting is invigorating. It is also a constructed in 1835 and then rebuilt in 1859. It Graphics & Research period of time in which I have trained Geraldine Aikman myself to shut out all distractions. sits on Goat Island at the entrance to Cape Por- poise Harbor. A boathouse, oil house and keeper’s Marketing Consultant There is a purity to this state of mind. Jo O'Connor I create art because nothing gives me quarters also stand on the island ledge. It was the a greater sense of calm and purpose. final Maine lighthouse to be automated in 1990 and Social Media "I chose a headshot with a very happy www.lorimehtaart.com is now owned by the Kennebunkport Conservation Meghan Candee smile because I can't wait to return Instagram @LoriMehtaArt Trust. The lighthouse can be seen from the wharf Writers to this state of mind!” in Cape Porpoise Harbor and is accessible by boat. Dean Johnson Owned and maintained by Kennebunkport Conser- Valerie Marier HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR YOUR CAR TO GET HOT? vation Trust. FMI kporttrust.org. Jo O'Connor Even with car windows cracked, the temperature inside Dana Pearson your vehicle can increase within minutes. When in doubt, leave your pet at home! Wood Island Light, Biddeford. Two miles east of 207-204-0055 mouth of Saco River. Visible from East Point Sanctu- P.O. Box 647 CAR TEMPERATURE ary, end of Lester B. Orcutt Blvd., Biddeford Pool. Kennebunkport, ME 04046 PET SAFETY CHART Built in 1808, and rebuilt in 1858. 47 ft. tower. publisher@ Outside Inside Accessible by boat. FMI woodislandlighthouse.org touristandtown.com or 200-4552. www.touristandtown.com Temp (F) Temp (F) 10 mins 30 mins 70° 89° 104° Maine Lighthouse Museum, One Park Drive, Rockland. FMI call 207 594-3301, email maine- 75° 94° 109° [email protected], or visit www. 80° 99° 114° mainelighthousemuseum.org 85° 104° 119° Maine Maritime Museum. 243 Washington Street, Bailey & Maggie say: 90° 109° 124° Bath. The Museum has resumed regular hours, 7 days a week, 9:30 AM-5 PM. FMI www.mainemari- HOT DOGS ARE NOT COOL! 95° 114° 129° timemuseum.org or (207) 443-1316. Within minutes interior car temps can be deadly to PETS and KIDS, too! Cruising the coast at 50 mph – still the best offi ce party ever by Val Marier ture aficionado Zipping south whose adren- along the Maine coast alin accelerates at full throttle in the when she spots Buzzworthy, writer a zip line or Dana Pearson hollered, hang glider. The “This ride is clearing New England out my arteries!” Eco Adventure Reaching speeds cruise from Ken- of more than 50 MPH nebunkport to on the high seas, the Nubble Light 14-passenger hard- and Boon Island, bottom infl atable then done at mach- slowed slightly while speed in under passing Parsons, Wells two-and-a-half and Ogunquit beaches, hours, was the Part of the Tourist & Town team. Photo credit: Wes of New England showcasing what edi- most exhilerat- Eco Adventures tor/publisher Kings- ing Tourist & ley Gallup described Town staff outing yet. a spectacular sight. The lighthouse in Maine as “the view of a life- Many people have Buzzworthy, however, and New England. time.” seen Nubble Light did a 360 around the Crowning the half-acre Gallup is an adven- from the shore, and it’s rocky outcropping, off er- rocky plot, Boon Light ing a breathtaking view basked majestically in of the 40-feet-tall icon of the sunlight. Count- Maine. less harbor seals body- Then, off to Boon Is- surfed in the surround- land, six miles out in the ing waves or floated Atlantic. From a distance near us for amazing the obelisk fi rst appeared photo-ops. While this to be an inch high … outing will appeal to then two inches … and families too, this writer slowly but surely rising still calls it, “Best offi ce Boon Island. Photograph by Ken Janes to 133 feet, the tallest party ever!” Smooth sailing on The Schooner Eleanor for 20+ years by Jo O’Connor in the fresh salt air. Cap- taught there for six years,” local craftsmen,” said A cruise on the ma- tain Rich Woodman has said Woodman. Woodman. jestic Eleanor is a two- been sailing trips aboard After gaining his sea “We have had our hour trip that takes his traditional schooner legs, Woodman pur- fair share of stories to you down the serene for two decades. chased a small green- tell, but I’ll keep them Kennebunk River, past Woodman, whose hulled 36-ft. boat in 1989 to myself,” said Wood- the breakwater and family has been in the called the Lazy Jack, and man. This native writer along the scenic rugged Kennebunkport area for off ered trips out of Gov- says in a complimentary Sail with Schooner Eleanor coastline, including fi ve generations (he is the ernment Wharf in Ken- manner: “What a typical View Ocean Avenue from the Sea views Parsons Beach, grandson of boat builder nebunkport. Mainer.” on a 2-hour Sailing Trip Gooch's Beach, Cape and local salt Bernie War- Then, after finding a “We work hard to Departing from the Arundel Wharf Arundel and Cape Por- ner), started boat building hull mold at Dwight Ray- make each journey very 207.967.8809 for Reservations poise. Passengers enjoy after college. mond’s boatyard, con- special to all onboard. the peace and quiet “I worked as a deck struction on The Eleanor Some days, I can’t be- of cruising under sail, hand on a windjammer in (named after Woodman’s lieve this is my job,” said while learning a little Rockland. I attended the mother) was born. “Two a contented Woodman. local maritime history, Landing School (an Arun- long winters later, we 43 Ocean Avenue, helping work the sails, del-based boat-building completed the project Kennebunkportschoo- or just sitting soaking school) and eventually with the help of so many nereleanor.com Congratulations to the Class of 2020 I can think of no other edifi ce constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve. 1/8 Page Ad ~ George Bernard Shaw Kennebunkport Resort Collection Contact: Richard Woodman SCHOONER ELEANOR 207-967-0812 207-967-8809 Above left: The Eleanor’s Captain Rich Woodman takes the helm of the 55-ft.