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Relief for lighthouse men

2010-09-03
LETTERS From John Power, Cowes: I CAN answer Delia and Mike Allen’s question as to what Needles Relief 1962-1987 on the car badge relates to ( CP, letters 20-08-10 ). In the days when lighthouses and lightships were manned, many yacht clubs used to organise visits at Christmas to those reasonably close to hand over presents to the crews who would be spending their Christmas manning the lights.

Coast Guard ship dodged submarines

2010-09-04
Paul Pavlich joined the U.S. Coast Guard shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, but he was no stranger to military operations.

Weird, Wicked Weird: Fog dogs. Ghost stories. Weird Maine Lighthouse 101 with author Jeremy D'Entremont

2010-09-03
It’s a creepy story all right: A lonely island wife who played the same song on her piano over and over and over . A lighthouse keeper who couldn’t take it anymore, who picked up an axe. Splintered the piano. Killed them both.

101 things to do in Wyobraska

2010-09-03
Nothing to do? No way! For years we’ve heard the lament that there’s nothing to do in Nebraska. At the Star-Herald, we don’t believe that.

A family becalmed

2010-09-03
Marc Llewellyn finds peace on a child-friendly cruise.

Geography tourists come by the thousands to West Quoddy Head, Maine

2010-09-03
At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel. West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It looks a lighthouse in a children’s book.

SEAIR promos entice Filipinos to visit Batanes, Tablas

2010-09-01
MAKATI CITY, METRO MANILA – With green pastures overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and windmills and lighthouses dotting its pastoral landscape, Batanes is now becoming the next best year-round destination in the Philippines.

Letter: Portland Is To ...

2010-09-01
To the Editor: I was amused to read “ 36 Hours in Portland, Me. ” (Aug. 22) and find that (wow!) our city offers shops that are “more Brooklyn Flea than L. L. Bean”; a neighborhood that’s “like Notting Hill,” and a bar “more Munich than Maine.”

SEAIR special airfares for Batanes, Boracay and Tablas

2010-09-03
Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAIR), the Philippines' premier leisure airline, will offer a "Buy 1, Take 1" Batanes roundtrip promo and up to 75% off on Boracay and Tablas roundtrip tickets at the 21st Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) Sale on September 3-5, 2010 at Booths 108-109, SM Megatrade Halls in SM Megamall.

Racers ready to set sail in Provincetown

2010-09-02
PROVINCETOWN —The eight-day Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta will make landfall today, although organizers are watching the sky because hurricane force winds are forecasted for tonight and tomorrow.