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Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary resale shop closes while seeking a new site

Also No Sale at the Resale 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2004-09
Kind
Closure
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
fundraisingcommunitypublic-servicecommerce
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary closed its resale shop in September 2004 while looking for a better, near-town location. The Beacon said the shop’s low-cost sales had funded equipment ranging from helmets and turnout gear to a thermal imager.

Evidence limits

The report does not identify a replacement site or establish whether the shop reopened.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2004, "No Sale at the Resale."
    Reports the Fire Department Auxiliary's resale-shop closure, its search for a near-town replacement building, the volunteers, and the shop's history of funding fire equipment. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the closure report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary resale shop closes while seeking a new site”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-resale-shop-closure-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2004, "No Sale at the Resale." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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