Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association
Keeper Dominic Turillo In 1951 Dominic Turillo was transferred from the Rose Island Light to the Beavertail Light Station to take up the position of assistant keeper under Keeper Edward A. Donahue. In 1953 Turillo was promoted to Keeper, a post from which he retired in 1966.As stated in an article from “The Echo” in…
Turillo Sheds light on Coastal Living By Joe Fuoco, Echo Staff Writer August 11, 1989 “I’ve seen a lot of ships go aground,” he is saying. The view from the edge of the cliff is wide and magnificent. The haze is spreading. It’s not fog yet, just a haze. In the far distance, near the…
When Ron, or “Bugsy” as he was known to his friends, and Mary Bugenske moved into the Assistant Keeper’s quarters at Beavertail Lighthouse in the early 1960s, they brought with them their twin 5-year-old daughters Tammy & Terry, their 3-year-old son Jack, a cat named Snooky and a flatulent Dalmatian named Spot. Born on May…
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Linda Levesque grew up at Beavertail, one of eleven children. Her father, Domenic Turillo, was keeper there in the 1950s and 1960sOne thing my mother didn’t like very much was the inspections the Coast Guard had, white glove, you know. My father would go bananas, he would be waxing and everything, and ‘don’t put your…