Cleanup drives island porphyry boathouse during volunteer arrivals
Volunteers from the Thunder Bay Hiking Association gather at Porphyry Island to prepare the lighthouse and grounds for summer visitors. Despite rain, teams clean windows, mulch the garden, and set up a bell tent as Archie Hoogsteen delivers the final boatload and offers power to pull the dock seaward for the season.
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Porphyry Island Trails and Volunteers Highlight North Shore Work
Lighthouse Dispatches reports on Porphyry Island in Black Bay near Thunder Bay, detailing a shoreline trail around the island, trail upkeep by volunteers, and a cleanup effort funded by the Lake Superior Water Trail grant. It also notes the upcoming June 12 general meeting at the Prince Arthur Hotel featuring Allan McNeice on 100 years of Trowbridge and the ongoing weekly Dispatches.
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Takedown ruling in complaint of injury near police vehicle
Special Investigations Unit director Joseph Martino found no reasonable grounds to believe police officers committed a crime in the arrest of the agitated complainant. The report notes a legitimate takedown followed by brief head strikes and a hospital nose fracture, with uncertainty about injury causation. The file is closed.
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