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Harbour Market reopens as a coffee shop and internet café, 2008

Also New Harbour Market Now Open Beaver Island 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2008-10
Kind
Opening
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
commercecommercecommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

After three months of construction, Eric and Dana Hodgson’s Harbour Market reopened as a coffee shop and internet café. The October 2008 report describes the redesigned post-and-beam interior, outdoor seating, meals and snacks, ice cream, and a broader beverage selection.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper reopening feature, not a business filing, construction permit, or independent assessment of the shop’s ongoing operations.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "The New Harbour Market Now Open."
    Reports the Harbour Market’s reopening after three months of construction as a coffee shop and internet café offering meals, snacks, ice cream, beer, and liquor. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the reopening report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
  3. A contemporaneous photo post announces reopening, lists food, beverages, free Wi-Fi, evening pizza, and 6:30 a.m.–9 p.m. hours; follow-up users report purchasing food and finding the prices and hours favorable. These are owner/community observations, not a business license or independent operating record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001265
  4. Chamber and community posts identify the Harbour Market as an anticipated free-Wi-Fi site before reopening and later list it among the island's growing public or hospitality Wi-Fi locations. This is contemporaneous local information, not a network survey or technical coverage record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001163

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Beaver Island Archive, “Harbour Market reopens as a coffee shop and internet café, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harbour-market-reopening-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "The New Harbour Market Now Open." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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