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  • Glenn Wheeler's The Lighthouse

    Music by Miro Marsik

    Performed at the Hudson Festival Orchestra July 2024

  • HAL's Restoration and Vision

  • The race is on to keep a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River

    “All four corners will begin to come down, and then you’ll have a pile of rock in the middle. And ultimately it will topple into the river,” Van Calhoun

  • A Birthday Party Like Never Before

    Hudson-Athens Lighthouse 150th Anniversary Boat Parade & Celebration Coverage by New York Almanack.

  • Albany Times Union Brings Attention to Urgency of Restoration

    Historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse added to National Historic Preservation List.

    “The lighthouse could collapse into the Hudson within the next three years.”

  • Boat Parade Marks the 150th Anniversary of HAL

    News 10 covered the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Boat Parade and Preservation efforts.

  • New York by Rail Features the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse

    Exploring the Great Northern Catskills of Greene County with Miss New York. With its natural splendor and memorable can’t-miss spots, Great Northern Catskills of Greene County makes the Empire State proud.

  • Photo by John Cody

    Register-Star: Boat Parade in honor of HAL's 150th

    Hundreds of people gathered at Henry Hudson Riverfront Park in the city to kick off the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse’s 150th Anniversary.

  • During its 150th Year, Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Designated One of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation

  • America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places—2024 List Unveiled 

    The National Trust for Historic Preservation today unveiled its 2024 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, an annual ranking that spotlights significant sites of American history that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage.

  • Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

    The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is one of two "middle-of-the-river" lighthouses left standing on the Hudson River.

  • HALPS Awarded Second $500k Grant from NYS

    Lighthouse Group Gets $500k State Grant. There is a match of $180,000 that they will need to raise. - Register Star

  • Read this article in the Albany Times Union to learn about the status of the lighthouse

    Historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Could Collapse in Five Years - Albany Times Union

  • Thanks for the shout out in the Register-Star about our need for restoration funds to save the lighthouse!

    Hudson-Athens Lighthouse in danger of collapsing in five years - Register Star

  • We love Athens too! Click below to learn more about the gem of a town that is half our namesake!

    Athens, N.Y.: A ‘Perfect Combination of Old and New’ on the Hudson - New York Times

  • Architectural Digest Names HAL a “Great American Lighthouse”

    Great American Lighthouses - Architectural Digest

  • Take a Field Trip to the Lighthouse with WMHT!

    Click below to watch the full video!

  • To The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse: On the Radio with WAMC

    To The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse - WAMC Northeast Public Radio

  • Ralph Gardner Visits the Lighthouse and crowns the lighthouse a Backyard Treasure Worth Preserving

    Backyard Treasure Worth Preserving - Berkshire Eagle

  • WAMC Talks about HALPS’ hard work to save the lighthouse!

    Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society Works to Save, Preserve the Structure

  • Hudson Valley Magazine lists HAL as a Must Do in the Hudson Valley

    Things To Do On The Hudson River - Hudson Valley Magazine

  • HAL Designated one of Seven to Save by our friends at the Preservation League of NYS

    New York State Preservation League Announces Seven to Save - Gossips of Rivertown

  • Local “Gossips” Carol Osterink Says the Lighthouse is one of Nine Not To Ignore in Hudson

    Nine Not To Ignore - Gossips of Rivertown

  • Preservation League Spotlights New York's 'Seven To Save'

    WAMC Northeast Public Radio

  • Light Hearted special edition – Van Calhoun, Bob Taylor, & Bill Palmer, Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, NY

    U.S. Lighthouse Society News