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b"News of the week December 30, 2022\\n\\n\\n\\nHistoric Portland Head (ME) lighthouse extensively damaged in last week\\u2019s storm\\n\\n\\n\\nThe waves from\\xa0Friday\\u2019s storm\\xa0crashed over Fort Williams Park\\u2019s rocks and smashed into the lighthouse, causing extensive damage.\\n\\n\\n\\nPortland Head, ME - J. Candace Clifford\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Portland Head Light museum\\u2019s front room has damage to the counter, register and carpeting from the water.\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here to read more\\n\\n\\n\\n*\\xa0 *\\xa0 *\\n\\n\\n\\nPhotos: Frozen Lake Michigan lighthouse is breathtakingly beautiful (especially from your cozy couch)\\n\\n\\n\\nST. JOSEPH, MI - The Christmas week blizzard is finished and we\\u2019re looking at a\\xa0big warm-up\\xa0this week. That means, now\\u2019s your chance to take in Michigan\\u2019s winter beauty before it\\u2019s gone.\\n\\n\\n\\nSt. Joseph, MI - USLHS archives\\n\\n\\n\\nYou could bundle up and go out to see the frozen winter wonderland for yourself, or you could leave it our MLive photographers. Photographer Gracie Smith took a trip to Silver Beach County Park and Tiscornia Park in St. Joseph today. Take a look at the gallery above and video below to see what the blizzard made of one Lake Michigan lighthouse.\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here to read more & see the photos\\n\\n\\n\\n*\\xa0 *\\xa0 *\\n\\n\\n\\nPancake Ice Floats Near Frozen South Haven (MI) Lighthouse on Lake Michigan Shore\\n\\n\\n\\nA Michigan resident captured footage of \\u201cpancake ice\\u201d floating along the Lake Michigan shoreline in South Haven on December 27, after a severe winter storm brought large waves and freezing temperatures to the area.\\n\\n\\n\\nSouth Haven, MI - USLHS archives\\n\\n\\n\\nDrone footage posted to\\xa0YouTube\\xa0by John Flynn shows icy conditions near the South Haven Lighthouse on Tuesday, when the\\xa0low\\xa0temperature was 19 degrees Fahrenheit (-7 Celsius). Credit: John Flynn via Storyful\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here to see drone footage\\n\\n\\n\\n*\\xa0 *\\xa0 *\\n\\n\\n\\nWant to live on a private island in the Bay? East Brother (CA) lighthouse looks for Keepers \\n\\n\\n\\nOn the surface, it may sound like a dream job.\\n\\n\\n\\nEast Brother, CA - USLHS archives\\n\\n\\n\\nA charming bed and breakfast on a private island in San Rafael Bay, at the entrance of San Francisco Bay, is now looking for a pair of people to run the operation. The pair will have room and board, access to a boat, and split a six figure salary.\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here to read more\\n\\n\\n\\n*\\xa0 *\\xa0 *\\n\\n\\n\\nShowcasing the Michigan DNR: Of Tawas Point (MI) lighthouse keepers and birdwatchers\\n\\n\\n\\nThe sun was already perched high above Lake Huron when I stepped through the mayfly-covered screen door of the keepers\\u2019 quarters, down three creaky steps and into my first day as lighthouse keeper at Tawas Point in Iosco County.\\n\\n\\n\\nTawas Point, MI - Chad Kaiser\\n\\n\\n\\nMy keeper duties were not set to begin until noon, so I decided to spend my first free hours exploring my new temporary home on foot.\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here to read more\\n\\n\\n\\n*\\xa0 *\\xa0 *\\n\\n\\n\\n5 Fun Activities at Jupiter Inlet (FL) Lighthouse & Museum\\n\\n\\n\\nKick off the new year with a host of family-friendly, history-forward events at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum all month long. From healing Twilight Yoga at the Light every Monday to Early Native History on the Loxahatchee tours and Family Adventure Day January 21, welcome 2023 with a whole lot of fun.\\n\\n\\n\\nJupiter Inlet, FL - USLHS archives\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here for the 5 activities\\n\\n\\n\\n*\\xa0 *\\xa0 *\\n\\n\\n\\nTo the Lighthouses: A Path to Nationhood\\n\\n\\n\\nInstilling confidence among merchants and ship captains was an area in which most agreed the new federal authority could and should act.\\n\\n\\n\\nCape Henry, VA - Latrobe\\n\\n\\n\\nOne of the first things the new United States did in 1789 was to take on the operation of existing lighthouses and the building of new ones. Coastal beacons\\u2014some in then-remote locations\\u2014would become tangible symbols of the new American government, markers of nationhood in both literal and metaphoric senses.\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here to read more\\n\\n\\n\\n*\\xa0 *\\xa0 *\\n\\n\\n\\nLighting the way for 150 years: Yaquina Head, Oregon\\u2019s tallest lighthouse prepares for anniversary\\n\\n\\n\\nThe stewards of Oregon's tallest lighthouse are sprucing up the popular landmark on Oregon's c..."