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Crooked River Lighthouse receives emergency grant
The Carrabelle Lighthouse Association was recently selected to receive a $1,000 grant from the United States Lighthouse Society on behalf of the Crooked River Lighthouse and Keepers House Museum.
The Crooked River Lighthouse is one of 35 lighthouses in the nation, and only four in Florida, to receive a 2021 Emergency Relief Grant from the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
The grant provides financial assistance for operational expenses for lighthouses due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The museums revenue and attendance were significantly impacted last year by the pandemic.
We are very grateful to the United States Lighthouse Society, said Steve Allen, board president for the Carrabelle Lighthouse Association. These funds will help us continue to share this historic treasure with our community and the public.
The United States Lighthouse Society, a nonprofit historical and educational organization, is dedicated to saving and sharing the rich maritime legacy of American lighthouses and supporting lighthouse preservation throughout the nation.
The Crooked River Lighthouse and Keepers House Museum is just west of the Carrabelle Public Beach Park at 1975 Hwy 98 W, Carrabelle. A 501c3 non-profit, the Carrabelle Lighthouse is devoted to maintaining and sharing the Crooked River Lighthouse as a piece of maritime history.
For more information, contact the Crooked River Lighthouse at 697-2732, email to keeper@crookedriverlighthouse.com or visit www.crookedriverlighthouse.com.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.