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- News from the Townships
- Island Election Results
- Children’s Christmas Party Dec.11th from 11-2 at the
Emerald Isle Hotel
- EIR’s upcoming production: Where are you Christmas?
- Great Bazaar Gifts
- The New Homeland Security Fence surrounding the Ferry Dock
- News from the Camps
- A Grandson’s Buck
- On This Date
- A Day on Aranmore
- “Mackinaw” may become a Museum
- Tribes Gather to Protect Lakes
- The Rebuilt Yacht Dock is Taking Shape
- Freighter Aground
- Read A Good Book Lately?
- A Toothpick Bridge
- Another Book, Another Reviewer
- Tuna Tuna Tuna
- Health Center Meeting; BIRHC Solicits applications for board
- Veterans’ Day
- The Island’s New Fire Truck Arrives
- Lights on the Harbor
- One Hundred Years Ago
- BICS Finances Improving
- In Remembrance:
Denny Fisher 1942 – 2004, Thomas Graham 1918 – 2004,
Susan Waskul 1957 – 2004, Chick Gallagher 1918 – 2004
- Violet McCafferty Custer
- New Pollutant found in Lake Michigan
- Improved Cellular Service in Town
- New & Improved Classified Ads [ view
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- News from the Townships
- Read A Good Book Lately? A new occasional feature contributed
by Arnie Rich
- Michigan's Crown Jewel
- Rebuilding the Yacht Dock
- Where’s Dianne?
- Blaze Orange Cowboys
- Beaver Island Economic Development: an Outline for Discussion
- A year without television
- A Tremendous Weekend
- On This Date
- Other Ferries go on Break
- Big Rock tower down
- Chamber of Commerce Fall Membership Drive
- EIR Announces First Full-Length Production - A Tuna Christmas
- Hey, pumpkin, mind if I cut in? - The Laurain
Lodge Grand Halloween Pumpkin Contest
- One Hundred Years Ago
- Septic System Dangers
- Fall News from the BIHS
- Tennis Tourney, Anyone?
- Earl Gallagher 1910-2004
- Sally Lockhart 1937-2004
- Hospice News
- Looking Ahead
- Hunters’ Dinner November 13th at the Beaver Island Lodge
- PABI Thanks You
- Out on a Limb No More
- Ellen Welke Memorial Toy Drive
- New & Improved Classified Ads [ view
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- News from
the Townships
- WTC Fragment
Dedication
- BICS Recognition
of Patriot Day
- On This
Date
- Somewhere
Over the Rainbow
- Forest
Montgomery
- Bite of
Beaver Weekend Festivities:
- PABI’s
Casino Night October 8th starting at 7:00 pm at the
Hall
- The
Second Annual Island Boodle 5k/run/walk October 9th
at 10 am
- The
Third Annual Bite of Beaver Island October 9th from
1:00 - 4:00 pm at the Hall
- The
New Third Coast Band at
9:00 pm at the Shamrock
- PABI Selects
Community House Contractor
- A Reply:
Those pesky golf carts
- Let's
Meet our new Teacher
- One American
Dream
- Fall ‘Shroom
Outings
- Bowling
for Bush
- New Highway
Laid; Old Cable Pulled
- Memphis
Boys Take a Flying Leap to Beaver Island
- PABI's
House Auction
- Island
golfer scores Hole-in-one
- What's
Katrina Up To?
- Stellar
Sellers on BIRHC Truck Raffle
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Kathleen
May Tighe Aagaard
- Licorice
takes the Lead
- BICS to
offer Computer Classes
- BIBCO
Declares Dividend
- Sports
Boosters Spaghetti Dinner - October 27th, 5:30-7:30
- Hunters’
Dinner - November 13th
- BIRHC
Benefit Thank You
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- News from
the Townships
- Historical
Society Annual Meeting
- A Visit
from the Superyacht Mystic
- The New
Golf Course Sign
- The 154’
gaff-rigged topsail schooner Highlander Sea
- On This
Date
- The incised
gourd bowls of Terry Conner
- Jewelry
design by Joane McIntyre
- Bluebird
Owner Launches New Political Book
- BIRHC
Meeting
- Blood
Drive a Success
- A Disheartening
Flood
- Letters
to the Editor - Dialysis on Beaver
- Letters
to the Editor - Those pesky golf carts
- The Annual
CMU Beaver Island Watercolor Show
- Goofy
Golf Results
- What were
we Thinking? Peaine Operating Millage Voted Down.
- A Sondheim
Surprise
- BIPOA
Annual Meeting
- How's
the Water - BIPOA Summer Nature Lecture on Water Quality
- Thanks
from BIPOA
- Lightning
Strike victims receive Credit
- 9-12-2004
Dedication of the 9-11 Memorial
- No Sale
at the Resale
- BIRHC
Benefit Dinner September 17
- Signe
Thomas takes New York
- Get Ready
for the Island Boodle 5K / Run / Walk October 9
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Photos
from Homecoming 2004
- Fishing
Tourney Cancelled
- A Fire
Controlled
- First
Deerhead Returns
- In Memory:
Ralph Napont, Kleofa (Kay) O’Donnell, David Washegesic,
John “Sel” Selwin Pierson, Glen McDonough
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- News from
the Townships
- AmVets
Fishing Tournament Scheduled for September 11th-12th (Cancelled,
8-25)
- Bake Sale
Scheduled for August 7th; Pig Roast on the 14th.
- Staff
Changeover at Beaver Island Community School
- PABI Goofy
Golf on August 13th
- Fourth
of July Golf Tournament a Big Hit
- Marching
in the Rain: A Forth of July few will forget
- Dedicating
the Town Clock
- On This
Date
- Shipping
out the Logs
- Concert
on the Harbor
- Sunset
Picnic August 15th
- Inland
Seas Kayaking Inland Seas Eco-Tours
- Art Show
Success highlights Museum Week
- A Wedding
on the Beach
- Start
thinking about the Annual Island Boodle
- Volleyball
Camp
- Boyne
Thunder Poker Race to Beaver
- Recreation
Resource Project Special Summary Report
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Sky
Divers
Return
- Livingstone
Studio's Meet the Artist
- BIRHC
Fashion Tea at Deerwood
- B.I. Christian
Church celebrates 41 years, honors Greggs
- Camp Quality
on Beaver
- Trouble
with the Bridge
- BIRHC
Benefit Dinner September 17th at Nina's
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- News from the Townships
- AmVets Retire Worn Flags
- Long-EZ's return - Burt Rutan-designed experimental
aircraft
- PABI GroundBreaking
- Island Airways Hangar Party
- Wildlife Club News
- School Election Results
- Explore the Island's Inland Lakes in a Kayak
- Walleye Pond a Success this Year
- The yearbooks are in. The yearbooks are in.
The yearbooks are in!
- Thanks to Ed Wojan who orchestrated the event,
Islanders get to Skydive from 11,000 ft. at Township Airport
- On This Date
- Museum Week 2004 Schedule of Events
- A Sturdy New Home - Ben Fogg's new Tug Spartacus.
- Lighthouse School Graduation
- Silent Auction added to Fashion Tea
- Phyllis Townsend 1911-2004
- Preservationists named Honorary Architects
- The Dig Continues - Suttons Bay Anthropology
Club
- Rich Gillespie will run for Charlevoix County
Commissioner
- Will there be a New Boat?
- Music at the Marina on Saturdays in July
- BIRHC Grand Opening - A Fine Celebration
- One Hundred Years Ago
- Art found in Nature - the Wood Sculpture of
Bruce Struik
- Baroque on Beaver July 25th
- Mary Gallagher 1909-2004
- Cecelia Kinney 1911-2004
- Emergency Lights Available
- July 13th All-Island Visioning Process
- New First Responders
- Blood Drive; Hospice Needs Summer Caregivers
- New Map of Beaver Island
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- News from the Townships
- BIRHC Grand Opening Celebration June 25
- Thanks from the Beaver Island Hospice
- CMU Summer Field Trip Schedule
- BICS to Graduate Seven
- Tom Kelso 1940-2004
- A Fine Mess
- Strang Writers Enjoy Beaver Island
- The Splendor of Crafts
- On This Date
- One Hundred Years Ago
- Sock Hop Results
- Broadway on Beaver: “An Evening with Stephen
Sondheim” Premieres
- News from the Beaver Island Wildlife Club
- Letters to the Editor: BIRHC Meeting; From
the CCG
- Optometrist's Contract
- Letters to the Editor: Karaoke
- School Election June 14
- Thanks to the Steinbachs: a New Fire Truck!
- Wildlife Club News
- Whiskey Point Light Reports Received
- Baroque on Beaver
- The Annual "Fashion Tea" July 8
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Approval
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Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year & 2004 Organization
of the Year
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The
Way it Was: Man of Aran
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Spores
Spring Eternal: Confessions of a Novice Shroomer
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Kerrie
Gillespie wins TDS Essay Contest
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AmVets'
Sock Hop a Big Success
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Plan
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Beaver
Island Historical Society prepares for a New Season
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Sue
Thomson: A Beaver Island Artist
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Prosecutor
Mary Beth Kur to Seek Re-Election
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Patching
the B-ball Court
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Seven
Sisters opens Early
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Charlevoix
County Commissioners Meeting Summary
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New
Town Public Beach Parking Lot Underway
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The
Annual Easter Egg-a-thon
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Elwood VanAntwerp
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A
Ghost Ship slices through the Ice
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On
this Date
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Sports
Boosters’ Chili Cook-off a Delicious Success
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Best
of the Class: Kerrie Gillespie
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Beaver
Island on the fictional Map
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Don’t
Miss the Citizen of the Year Banquet on April 24th
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It's
a Wonderful Life…
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St.
Patrick's Day: Hay seeders 2, Fish chokers
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Hospitality
Abounds on Beaver Island
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Charlevoix
County Commission
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Beaver
Island Thoughts
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In
Memory: Fran Moroney, Maurice Teeter, Helen Gallagher, Charles
Anglin
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An
Evening with Stephen Sondheim May 8th
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From
The Talent Show
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Holy
Week at St. James Mission
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Strang
Writers’ Agenda
Letters to the Editor: To the Board of Directors, BIRHC
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Health
Center Board Meeting
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One
Hundred Years Ago
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BITA
Proposed State Application for Capital and Operating Assistance
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School
Board Candidates
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The
Newest Anderson
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from the MLUI
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Beaver
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Energy
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Letters
to the Editor: Will Beaver Islanders'interests be represented
in Master Plan
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Talent
Show Moved Up to March 26
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A
Grand, Grand Opening! An Open House at the new Beaver
Island Health Center
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BIRHC
Board Thanks those who Helped with Move
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BIRHC
& EMS receive Grants from Grand Traverse Band
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Letters
to the Editor: To the BIRHC Board
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Sock
Hop Set for April 24
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Nature
Preserve now Closed to Hunting
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Conservation
Easement Workshop June 22
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A
Report from the Grand Rapids Party
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PABI
Attempts to Satisfy Parking without Compromising Site
Design
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Donations
Start for Our School
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Ex-Island
Beauty Bares All
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Dems
Caucus at the Rose Garden
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The
Carisle Boathouse Comes Down
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Chili
Cook-Off – March 11
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They
Didn’t Know We Were Here - Visiting a Freighter by
Snowmobile
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Dentist’s
Contract Resolved
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New
Fire Station about to be Built
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- News from
the Township Boards and Planning Commission
- Thanks,
and HNY from the Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary!
- Zoning
Moves Along
- Parking
Lot Underway
- Double
Two Time Geography Bee Winners
- Strang
Gang coming to Beaver Island
- Doll Lear
Remembered
- New Health
Center Open House and BIRHC Survey
- January
BIRHC Meeting
- An Exchange
of Letters: Island Dental Care
- On This
Date
- The Always-Stunning
Artwork of Mary Scholl
- A Winter
Walk in the Woods
- Keeping
our Eyes and Ears Open, reprinted with the author's permission
from Michigan History Magazine
- Speaking
of Eagles
- The Challenger
Tucks In at Sand Bay
- DEQ Denies
Permit for BIHS Roof to Protect the Bob S
- Maggie
Bennett 1934 – 2004
- Mary McCauley
1909 – 2004
- Upcoming
Events
- Old Store
Facade Sized Up for new PABI Community Center
- A Christmas
Tree–Portrait of a Life
- Charlevoix
County Commission Meeting Synopsis
- Death
of close friend leaves an unfillable void - Jim Remick 1954
- 2004
- Bill Hannon
1944 – 2004
- Letters
to the Editor: Wanted: EMS Patients
- Beaver
Island Treasure: Melissa Bailey
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Charlevoix
Prosecutor faces Challenge
- CMU Summer
Kayak Course to be offered by Inland Seas School of Kayaking
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- PABI’s
Revised Community Center Parking Plan
- Successful
Hunter Report
- News from
the Chamber: Board Seats Available, Advertising, Citizen of
the Year
- The Helen
N, an Island-built Boat
- Twas the
Week before Christmas, and all through the Hall...
The Annual Beaver Island Community School Christmas Program
- News from
the Townships
- Charlevoix
County Commissioners Synopsis
- Christmas
Lights around the Island - "The Best and The Brightest
of 2003"
- Santa
Visits the Emerald Isle Hotel
- Letters:
Heating the New Health Center
- BIRHC
Thanks Those who Helped with the Annual Appeal
- Geography
Bee Returns
- Grandparents’
Day
- Apology
to North Flight
- The Third
Annual Christmas Cantata
- On This
Date
- Time’s
“Man of the Year” visits Beaver Island
- A Parallel
Archipelago
- The BIFD
Rolls Again
- EMS Movie
- Furniture
Arrives for the New Health Center
- Writer's
Workshops; New Arrivals
- A Coyote
on the Ice
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- June Quartermaine-McDonough
1913 - 2003
- Mary McDermott
1922 - 2003
- Northern
Lakes Expands; Economic Alliance Director wins Award
- Get Ready
for the March 11th Chili Cook-off
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Rebuilding
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