Island celebrates its 2025 grads
Saturday was an important day with B-I-C-S seniors Alyssa Martin, Ava Palmer-Bousquet and Jason Selby collecting their High School diplomas in a well-attended ceremony at the school. Allyssa, as class valedictorian, delivered thoughtful remarks to the audience recalling her early days at school, including being left by the side of the road by her sister after she fell off her bike on one first day of school, but also reminding everyone to live in the moment and not wish time away.
The class picked State Senator John Damoose as their commencement speaker. He spoke about how special it was that each graduate was one of three. He emphasized how unique that experience was and how unique the Island community is as well as a place where everyone depends on everybody, Noting the rancor he said he sees so much of in Lansing and DC, he urged the graduates to capitalize on that experience –being one of three—to help build a better future for all.
After the ceremony the community turned out in force for receptions for all three graduates. All three are headed off to college next fall. Alyssa will study business at the honors college at Grand Valley State University. Ava is headed to the UP and Northern Michigan University where she will start undeclared, and Jason is going to Northern Michigan College in Traverse City to focus on uncrewed aerial systems and automotive technology.
Two Positive COVID-19 Tests on the Island
The Health Center’s updated COVID-19 test and case report shows two new positive tests apparently involving patients on the island. Dawn Marsh has indicated in a public post on Facebook that she is one of the positive test cases. She says she felt poorly a few days...
Hunter tests positive for COVID-19
A hunter who left the island with COVID-19 symptoms after being here for several days has tested positive for COVID-19 on the mainland. That's according to a statement earlier this afternoon from the St. James and Peaine Township COVID19 Task Force. On the...
BICS high schoolers to head home on Wednesday as governor shutters in-person dining, high school classes & sports, college classes and more
Fasten your seat belts (or bar the door) for lockdown round two. Acting through her Health Department director, Governor Whitmer this evening imposed a raft of new restrictions on the state in response to the growing number of positive COVID-19 test results and...
St. James Board Meeting Brief
The St. James Board met Wednesday evening with a full agenda. There were reports on progress at the South Marina. The electrical work there is essentially completed and, if the inspection conducted on Tuesday the 10th comes back with a pass, the system will come on...
St. James Township Board set to meet this evening
The St. James Township Board has a meeting set for this evening with a pretty full agenda. There will be updates on work at the Municipal Docks, an update on the Campground project, a discussion about requests to implement co-working space, a review of proposed...
BICS November Board Meeting Report
At their monthly business meeting on Monday, November 9th, the Beaver Island Community School board of education met to reconfirm the district’s COVID-19 Extended Learning Plan and receive the monthly report on student attendance. Beaver Island has been able to...
AMVETs Veteran’s Day Reminder
Veterans Day is this Wednesday and usually AMVETS Post 46 conducts an observance at the Veterans Park or the School auditorium. This year however with the number of members off the island, high winds expected Wednesday and the unavailability of the school due to Covid...
Tips for new Islanders: Wired phone
We're so glad that you are joining us this winter. Here's a tip that will be helpful when experiencing an electric outage. Wireless household phones will not work during a power outage (unless you have backup power for them or your base station has a battery). Even if...
Lake Michigan level down (but not out)
Great Lakes Water levels are down across the board, but that is really not news. They typically go down this time of year. What's different is that the drops this year have been more than usual. Lake Michigan and Huron are down by 3 and a half inches, ¾ of an inch...
Local & state results come into focus…
It’s the day after the day after the election, with the picture on results becoming clearer. Senator Gary Peters has pulled off a narrow win against challenger John James. The Michigan delegation to the U-S house appears to have flipped one seat from...
