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Peaine Township debates a new hall, roads, airport governance, and Iron Ore Bay financing, 1984

Also Peaine Township March 13, March 31, and April 3 1984 minutes

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TypeEvent
Dates1984-03-13 – 1984-04-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1984-03-13 – 1984-04-03
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Beaver Island
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Township of Peaine
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Peaine Township minutes printed in May 1984 covered insurance, street lights, Township Hall siting and financing, road conditions, dump and well concerns, Airport Committee governance, Iron Ore Bay financing, and a Civic Association Harbor cleanup grant.

Evidence limits

The newspaper account records motions and proposals; it does not establish construction, land transfer, road improvements, airport operation, or dump remediation.

Sources

  1. Reports March 13 insurance, security-light, Township Hall, and budget discussions; the March 31 annual meeting's proposed $50,000 hall and airport-site motion, road committee, dump and contamination questions; and the April 3 special meeting's Airport Committee resolution, fact-finding road committee, Iron Ore Bay millage, hall-site and drainage debate, $250 Civic Association Harbor cleanup grant, attorney inquiry, and 50/50 property ownership motion. It is a newspaper minutes report, not a complete budget, deed, road study, airport file, or environmental record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1984-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seventeen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Peaine Township minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township debates a new hall, roads, airport governance, and Iron Ore Bay financing, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peaine-township-march-april-1984-minutes/, accessed [date], citing Peaine Township meeting minutes, Beaver Beacon, May 1984. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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