by Kevin Boyle | May 16, 2023 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
Together with the Joint Townships Telecommunications Advisory Committee, the BIA is hosting a community forum on broadband at the BIC Center at 5:30 on May 23rd. The forum will be an opportunity to learn about a once-in-a-lifetime grant opportunity to obtain funding...
by WVBI | Mar 22, 2023 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
Online form now available to report law enforcement officer encounter concerns There was nearly a full house at the BIC Center along with about 60 Zoom attendees yesterday afternoon for St. James Township’s public safety meeting. Township Supervisor Bobbi Welke lead...
by Kevin Boyle | Dec 30, 2022 | Island Currents, News
St James Township is working with a consultant, Fleis & Vandenbrink, to update the current five year Parks and Recreation Plan with its Harbor Addendum. This updating, which will help the township gain state and federal grants, is occurring now given the...
by WVBI | Dec 2, 2022 | Island Currents, News
Most Island property owners have probably received their Winter Tax Bills by now. Included in them is an Internet Speed Survey being conducted for the townships by the Island’s Joint Townships Telecommunications Advisory Committee (JTAC). It’s all part of...
by WVBI | Oct 20, 2022 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
(Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the International Joint Commission Newsletter Great Lakes Connection. It is reprinted here with the permission of the authors.) In 2018, newsletter readers learned about an experiment to connect remote Great Lakes...
by Kevin Boyle | Sep 20, 2022 | Island Currents, News
Wednesday morning at 10:00 there’s an ETIPP Information and Strategy meeting via Zoom with the island’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Advisor, Liz Weber. The island was the winner of an ETIPP grant and this meeting will kick off the process of working to plan...
