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Beaver Island’s new ferry and dock projects are both on the agenda when the Transportation Authority Board meets today. The board will hear updates on both
projects and take up budget adjustments and electronic meetings. The authority owns the Emerald Isle, which the Beaver Island Boat Company operates between the Island and Charlevoix. Today’s meeting starts at noon at the authority’s building on Main Street,
with time for public comment. There’s a link to the agenda in today’s script online.
Michigan regulators are giving Consumers Energy one last extension to negotiate over the sale of thirteen hydroelectric dams, including dams on the Au Sable and Manistee rivers. An administrative law judge found the sale too risky. If there’s no settlement by December ninth, regulators will issue a final decision December seventeenth.
#Energy #Environment
More than seventy-five people packed a state special education committee meeting in Saginaw Monday. Bridge Michigan reports parents told the panel they’ve had to fight for basic services for their children, including one-on-one classroom support. They called on the state to hold school districts accountable for providing those services. The committee plans to meet in Grand Traverse and Marquette counties, with dates still to come.
#Education
Over in Charlevoix they are celebrating after the Rayders boys cross-country team won its second straight Division Three state title on Saturday. A Michigan running website had given Charlevoix just a two percent chance of winning. The Rayders beat runner-up Hart by eighteen points, with Hunter Eaton leading Charlevoix in fifth place. The Charlevoix Courier will have full coverage in their Thursday print edition available at the Library or you can read it now on their website linked in today’s script online.
#LocalSports
If you missed the chance to get your 2027 Birthday Calendar at the Bazaar last weekend, you can pick one up at the B-I-C-S Front desk while supplies last. Proceeds go to support the 4th and 5th grade class trip next spring.
#Fundraising
As is tradition, the 2027 Birthday Calendars premiered at the Bazaar. If you didn’t pick one up there, you can get your copy at the BICS Front Desk. They make great holiday gifts. Proceeds go to support the 4th and 5th grade spring trip. Image from 2027 BICS Birthday Calendar
After a warm fall day to day, Northern Michigan turns colder especially after Veterans Day, with lake-effect rain and snow Thursday into Friday. Up in the U-P, they could see several inches of snow in the western U-P highlands. Here on Beaver Island, we go from fifty at the shore and fifty-four inland today to around forty Thursday, with a chance of rain and snow showers. Winter is coming.
#Weather
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Now here’s a look at upcoming events on your Emerald Isle…
First, your meeting planner through the end of next week. The Beaver Island Transportation Authority Board meets today at noon. The St. James Township Board meets Wednesday at 5:30. The Peaine Township Board meets next Tuesday, November seventeenth, at 5:30. Next Thursday, the Beaver Island Emergency Services Authority meets at 2:00, and the Joint Telecommunications Advisory Committee and the Beaver Island District Library Board both meet at 4:30. A-A meets Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:00 in the evening.
On the fun front…
Tuesday
Wednesday
Highlights for the rest of the week include…
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
And looking ahead to highlights for next week…
Monday
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Those are the highlights. Find a full listing of events at calendar dot W-V-B-I dot net.
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Today’s BIC Center Name of the Day is Cillian. If that’s your name, come on down to the BIC Center today to pick out a free drink of your choice.
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On our Birthday List: Andrew Crandall, Maggie McCafferty, Josh Koziej and Bryan Ballard are celebrating today. Happy Birthday to Maggie, Bryan, Josh and Andrew and, if we missed you on the list, Happy Birthday to you too from everyone at the BIC Center and WVBI.
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TRAFFIC: No delays inbound or outbound to the airports. The Island Beltway is running smoothly. There are no bridge delays. Still, let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
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On this date in 1975, the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a fierce November storm on Lake Superior. The ship was carrying iron ore pellets from Superior, Wisconsin, to Detroit when it went down near the entrance to Whitefish Bay. All 29 aboard were lost. No distress call was heard.
The Fitzgerald as she appeared in 1971. She was lost on this day in 1975 with all 29 of her crew. Photo from Wikimedia Commons
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Our Merriam-Webster Word of the Day is defer [dih-FER], a verb meaning to put something off until later. With rough weather in the forecast, for example, you might defer a trip until the winds die down. Merriam-Webster traces this meaning to the Latin differre [dif-FEHR-reh], which can me to postpone or be different. So it also gave us the word differ.
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Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Tuesday…
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Here’s a thought for the day from Gordon Lightfoot: “The church bell chimed ’til it rang twenty-nine times.
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald”
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And on a lighter note…
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That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar Report for this Beaver Island Tuesday, November 10th, 2026. I’m Kevin Boyle reporting from W-V-B-I’s Langford Family Studios wishing you a great day and asking: why not go ahead and make it the best day ever? And thanks for listening.
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WEATHER
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[Current Condition Report, then…]
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Today
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Air Quality Index this morning is 5.
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Fire Danger: Low
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Out on the Big Drink…
Photo from the North Lake Michigan Buoy. Provided by the National Data Buoy Center
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Today
NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Sunny. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
Veterans Day
W wind 10 to 15 kt becoming N in the afternoon. Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Waves 1 ft or less.
Thursday
NNE wind 15 to 20 kt. A chance of rain and snow before 3pm, then a chance of rain. Waves 3 to 4 ft.
Friday
N wind around 15 kt. A chance of snow before noon, then a chance of rain and snow. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
Saturday
N wind 10 to 15 kt. Partly sunny. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
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Water Temps: 54 at the mid-lake buoy southwest of Gull Island. No other buoys reporting.
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Photos from webcams at wvbi.net and mackinacbridge.org
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Coming up in our Community Calendar Report…
Beaver Island’s new ferry and dock projects are on the Transporation Authority agenda at noon. Michigan regulators give Consumers Energy one last extension in its dam sale case, and parents call for better special education services at a meeting in Saginaw. Charlevoix’s boys cross-country team beats the odds to win another state title. Plus, winter is coming.
Those stories along with more local and state news, a run down of local events, birthdays, this date in history, a thought for the day and yet another even worse turkey joke are up after this global and national news from F-S-N…
[Time check.]
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Today’s featured image: The Fitzgerald as she appeared in 1971. She was lost on this day in 1975 with all 29 of her crew. Photo from Wikimedia Commons
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