Beaver Island townships discuss dump closure and transfer station, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-12-12
Kind: Meeting
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentinfrastructuregovernmentpublic-servicecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Peaine and St. James township boards discussed closing Beaver Island’s unlicensed dump and applying for state support for a transfer station.

Evidence limits

The newspaper records discussion and a decision not to oppose an application; it does not establish that closure, funding, or construction occurred.

Sources

“Island Dump,” Beaver Beacon, December 1988.
Reports the December 12 joint Peaine and St. James meeting, DNR closure assistance, transfer-station alternatives, estimated costs, and battery collection plans. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the dump report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island townships discuss dump closure and transfer station, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-island-dump-closure-transfer-station-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Island Dump,” Beaver Beacon, December 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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