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Beaver Island reports late-night street- and stop-sign knockdowns, 2006

Also Beaver Island sign-knocking incidents 2006

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Date2006-04
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ErasModern era
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Summary

The May 2006 Beaver Beacon reported a late-April series of knocked-down street and stop signs on Beaver Island. The notice quoted new Deputy Clyde Payton warning that the activity could lead to a weekend away from Paradise.

Evidence limits

This is a brief newspaper public-safety notice; it does not identify the people responsible, the damaged signs, charges, or a complete incident chronology.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "Who's knocking down Signs?"
    Reports a late-night contest involving knocked-down street and stop signs and quotes new Deputy Clyde Payton's warning about the consequences. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the public-safety notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports late-night street- and stop-sign knockdowns, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sign-knocking-incidents-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "Who's knocking down Signs?" (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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