Matt Rosenberg, a full-time English teacher, commutes by paddleboat to maintain a Maine lighthouse. Rosenberg values the peace and tradition of lighthouse keeping despite its physical demands.

To the sailor, a lighthouse is historically a symbol of safety, of a way out of a life-threatening storm. Lighthouse Peer Recovery Support Group also sees it as symbolic of safety and escape from ...

For the last 14 years, Matt Rosenberg has taken an unusual mode of transportation to his side gig after wrapping up his day job as a high school English teacher in York, Maine: A paddleboat.