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St. James Township advances the fire station, road, airport, and Iron Ore Bay proposals, 1983

Also October 5 1983 St. James Township minutes

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TypeEvent
Dates1983-10-05 – 1983-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1983-10-05 – 1983-11
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Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1983 Beaver Beacon printed the October 5 St. James Township minutes, including Fire Station financing, a Donegal Bay Road inspection, possible Main Street and Iron Ore Bay public-use projects, and a request for an airport instrument approach.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper minutes, not signed municipal minutes, deeds, construction records, road orders, or aviation approvals.

Sources

  1. Reports Phase I Fire Station construction beginning, a $13,000 St. James General Fund contribution matched by Peaine Township for completion, a road inspection request at Donegal Bay Road near Township Park, possible Main Street extension, discussion of purchasing 20 acres at Iron Ore Bay for public use, and a request for an instrument approach at Beaver Island Airport. It is a newspaper minutes report, not signed minutes, a deed, construction record, road order, or aviation approval. 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 · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the township minutes report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township advances the fire station, road, airport, and Iron Ore Bay proposals, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-october-1983-minutes/, accessed [date], citing St. James Board minutes, Beaver Beacon, November 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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