by Kevin Boyle | Aug 10, 2026 | Featured Post, News
The BIA’s Broadband Committee together with the Joint Townships Telecommunications Advisory Committee (JTAC) has a community meeting on broadband this evening at 5:00 at the BIC Center. A proposal to build a community -owned Island-wide fiber network will be...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 20, 2025 | Featured Post, News
Yesterday, those on the island relying on TDS for phone and internet service were cut off from the world once again—no phone, no internet, and no 9‑1‑1 access—from approximately 8:00 a.m. until 9:15 p.m. The 18-hour blackout left the community incommunicado. There was...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 19, 2025 | Dark Sky Project, Featured Post, Island Currents, News
The Beaver Island Dark Sky Project is hosting two exciting programs this week that bring the wonders of the night sky — and the importance of preserving it — into focus. ? Skygawking! Night Sky Viewing From August 20–23, head out to the Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 19, 2025 | Island Currents, News
A unique hands-on sailing experience is headed to Beaver Island later this month. The Inland Seas Education Association will bring its 77-foot schooner, the Inland Seas, to Paradise Bay for two special science sails. For three hours, participants will step aboard and...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 19, 2025 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
A Michigan circuit court judge has ruled that the state’s long-running lawsuit against Enbridge over the Line 5 pipeline can move forward, despite a related case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, Judge James Jamo denied the Canadian pipeline operator’s...
