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08/29/08
HUGE Garage party at Unfinished Farms in honor of Jerry...

08/30/08
Community House Movie: In the Name of the King...

09/12/08
Ransom Street Big Band performs...

09/12/08
Community House Movie: The Forbidden Kingdom ...

09/13/08
Beaver Island Celtic Games...

09/14/08
Mixed Doubles Golf Tournaments...

09/19/08
Community House Movie: Made of Honor...

09/26/08
Community House Movie: Leatherheads ...

09/27/08
Beach Cleanup...

10/04/08
Bite of Beaver Island & the Island Boodle 5k Run / Walk...

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	Next Year’s Fishing Tournament Don't miss the Cantata December 6th and 7th Santa visits the Island December 13th BMX at Peaine Park? On this Date A Marvelous Week with Moondance: Irish Film Company’s Week on Beaver Island Letters: Thanks to the people of the Island; Medical Center Conflict Welcome home, Sue and Frank Eleanor Felix 1921-2003 Mediation comes to Beaver Island Excerpts from the Letter from the Prosecuting Attorney The CCG Responds to the Prosecutor’s Letter The Annual Christmas Bazaar Our first winter storm Thanks from the Sports Boosters The Very Newest Islanders News from the Townships PABI Ends the Year Actively – and with Appreciation AmVets hold Veterans Day Ceremony A Letter to the Governor - Funding Island Education ( Language for Small Schools State Aid Payment ) School plans for 21st Century Learning Scholarship Back to the Drawing Board, and the BIRHC Regular Meeting CMU Closing Party Pumpkins' Whazoo A New Town Clock One Hundred Years Ago Another Emerald Isle: the Monserrat presentation New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Beaver Island Hospice November 4th: Montserrat (a free presentation) Ellen Welke Memorial Toy Drive Births - Welcome New Islanders! Christmas Bazaar November 23 Jerry Volgenau's New Book Beaver Island Historical Society Highlights Photos from the Second Annual Bite of Beaver Island On This Date Letters to the Editor: Island Planning Neal Green awarded Silver Dolphins Coffee House To Open Elizabeth Whitney Williams Fest The Blessing of The Pets A 50th Class Reunion on Beaver Island News from the Townships Running the Boodle BIRHC Meeting Summary BIRHC Receives $15,000 Grant PABI’s Parking Problem may be solved The Home that Paddy Ruah Built One Hundred Years Ago Boatsmart Author Visits Partnership Project; Head Light Concerns Letters to the Editor: On the State of the Island Beaver Island’s 20 Irish Tappers News from the Wildlife Club; thoughts on the proposed tournament The Way it Was: The Winter of ‘36 New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	Recreation Resource Project Draft Report The Circle M re-auctioned Sue Solle is hired as a new Family Nurse Practitioner for the Island School Board Vacancy A Hundredth Birthday Party Letters: Concerning the BIRHC Consultant This Year’s “Peaceful Communities’ Beaver Island Retreat” The Chippewa, a Doughty Little Boat and an Island Treasure On This Date Beaver Island Wildlife Club's “Successful Hunter” Contest Charlevoix County Commissioners Meetings Las Vegas coming to the Holy Cross Hall Montserrat, anyone? Charlevoix County Road Commission holds meeting on Beaver Island ‘Haunted’ Lake Michigan Lights Don't miss the Island Boodle and the Bite of Beaver Island, October 4th News from the Townships Suttons Bay Anthropology Club Digs Out History The Chamber raises its Sights Beaver Island Health Fair The Poor Ironton Ferry Letters: We’re a Community Thanks to Robert Gillespie History in the News: Jim Wojan to donate first Island Road Grader BIRHC Board Thanks Community for Support Larry K. Tepe 1965-2003 BIRHC Meeting Report Here Lies Beaver Man – a narrative poem Letters to the Editor Regarding the New Health Center; Terrorism on Beaver Island One Hundred Years Ago Whiskey Point Light – another step Carl Vertican Sr.: 1923 - 2003 Thanks from the Preservation Association A Good Time at Dannyville A Wedding on the Hill Celebrities... on Beaver Island? New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	Greene Family Reunion A Summer of Tall Ships: The Caledonia anchors in Paradise Bay Beaver Island Property Owners Association Annual Meeting The Lumberyaard Party, part 2 An Island Grandchild: Maclaren Aisling Beaver Island Health Fair to be held September 13th CMU Art Show 2003 On This Date Tom Dorais 1921 - 2003 Charlevoix County Commissioners Meetings Island Blood Drive Goes Over the Top Island Boodle 5k/Run/Walk to be held October 4th "Bite of Beaver Island" plans move forward for October 4th & 5th New Traffic Rules Historical Society Annual Meeting News from the Townships A Wonderful Afternoon Sail aboard the Schooner Madeline Trudy Boyles 1910-2003 One Hundred Years Ago BIRHC Disagreement Continues An Open Letter to the Beaver Island Community from Sue Meis CCG Pledge Drive Letters: Safe Biking Letters: Dr. Wendy White and the BIRHC The Summer’s Softball Finale Homecoming Celebrations 2003 Letters: Lake Geneserath Fishing Contest Called Off The Lucky Seven Walleye PABI's Goofy Golf a Smashing Success Letters: The Egg Lake Seven Letters: Restrictions Impact Land Value Beaver Island featured on the WMTA Cover New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	PABI Launches a Revised Plan PABI Sunset Picnic Update AMVETS sponsor Lake Geneserath Fishing Tournament in September Washington Islanders visit Beaver and suggest Exchange Trips Chamber has Big Plans 2nd Annual Bite of Beaver Island Expanded Fall Events Weather or Not On This Date Studying Art in an Artist's Paradise The Freedom Schooner Amistad Pays a Call Nels Peter Sorensen, Jr.: 1938-2003 Aleta Doris Kenwabikise: 1955-2003 Proposed Downtown / Public Beach Parking Lot Museum Week 2003 Wildlife Club News Charlevoix County Commissioners Meeting Report News From the Townships A Challenge to the BIRHC Board The Opposition Organizes Letters to the Editor Regarding the BIRHC From the Board: About the Current Controversy Classifieds [ view classifieds online ] Please Subscribe to the Beaver Beacon or give a gift subscription

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	4th of July Festivities BITA - BIBCO Reach an Agreement Environmentally Sensitive Areas Ordinance on the Agenda Vanishing Sturgeon PABI's 1st Annual Goofy Golf Tournament Rita Gillespie Memorial Blood Drive Tara runs like the Wind News from Beaver Island Hospice & Helping Hands On This Date Rutan Experimentals Fly-In at the Township Airport Annual Firemen’s Picnic Barry Pischner's New CD: Sailing On The Island Welcomes New Sheriff Jim Campbell The Bike Path: an Unqualified Success Museum Week 2003 Schedule; Museums hold Open House Some interesting occurrences at Meetings A Solstice Celebration: The Second Annual High Tea Whiskey Point Restoration; Rectory Auction Camp Quality does Beaver Island Charlevoix County Commission Meetings Celebrating Flag Day Charlie's Model A: on the way to the Shop One Hundred Years Ago The “Seven Sisters” Opens BIRHC Board has Opening Sunset Cruises available Once Again Bob Hannon: 1950-2003 Classifieds [ view classifieds online ] Please Subscribe to the Beaver Beacon or give a gift subscription

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	McDonough’s Market - 70 Years serving Beaver Island Don't bother trying to fix it … if it's not Baroque Graduation Time Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce Plans for the 4th of July The Historical Society releases the schedule for Museum Week BIPOA Nature Lecture: Painted Turtles of the Beaver Archipelago CMU Summer Nature Walk series BIRHC to Raffle Truck Health Center Groundbreaking The State of the Internet on Beaver Island Honoring Bev and Mike On This Date One Hundred Years Ago A Fine Spring Concert An Environmental Protection section proposed for our Zoning Ordinance Passings: Robert Smith; Gary Tepe; Margaret Way; Dan Green Rural Arts & Culture Grant Update Mary Gets a New Gallery Roasting Jerry The Sun Also Rises … over PABI's Community House: Summer Solstice Celebrations The Class Play: A Class Act Lighthouse School News News from the Townships Work at Beaver Head BICS Students get Handhelds Island Airways Hanger Party Emerald Isle Security Exercise Making a Walleye Pond The Leadership Retreat suggests an approach for the Lansing Reception A Report on The Lansing Reception Peaine Township helps the Island move closer to a Master Plan The AmVets in Action: yellow ribbons and posters Weather or Not Camp Quality Returns Classifieds [ view classifieds online ] Please Subscribe to the Beaver Beacon or give a gift subscription

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	The Plan for Furnishing the New Health Center Notice to Voters: Important School Finance Issue Chamber’s 2003 Citizen of the Year Banquet James Kenwabakisee Cuts His Own Channel Beaver Island Wildlife Club News