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Yesterday’s News May 20, 1916 – A request was received from the Petersburg Packing Company that water be turned on at the cannery June 1 and that the council fix the price for water service for the season. After considerable discussion and motions to make the price $2.50 per day, $50 per month for four months, and $300 for the season of four months, the rate was finally set at $75 per month for not less than four months. May 23, 1941 – The 42-foot C. G. R. Primrose II arrived in port Tuesday night to make her headquarters in Petersburg. Aboar...
Stacey and Shelley Hjort of Petersburg, Alaska announce the engagement of their daughter, Susanna Rae to Jose Romero. He is the son of Elizabeth Acosta of Escondido, Calif. A June 2016 wedding is planned. The couple plan to live in Escondido....
State representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will be in Petersburg Saturday, May 21 holding public office hours from 9-10 am at Java Hus, and from 10-11 am at Glacier Express. No appointment is necessary. Email rep.jonathan.kreiss-tomkins@akleg.gov or call the Representative’s office at 907-465-3732 if you have questions or can't make the office hours....
May 13, 1916 – That Petersburg is to be the permanent northern buying headquarters of the Glacier Fish Company, of Tacoma, is now assured. Joseph Maddock, general manager of the company, arrived from the south last Monday and has been busy all week arranging for the handling of fish on a more extensive scale. The cold-storage ship Glory of the Seas is expected to leave Tacoma in tow of the big tug Tyee. She will be stationed at Scow Bay, and it is planned to have her loaded to capacity with about two million pounds of frozen fish at the c...
May 6, 1916 – A meeting of the council was held for the purpose of considering an estimate of receipts and expenditures for the year from April 1, 1916, to April 1, 1917. The finance committee's budget, which was prepared by Councilman Steberg, estimated the city's probable income for year at $8,115.43, with expenditures of $10,558.16, leaving a deficit of $2,442.73. To overcome this deficiency the council voted to base the tax levy for estimating purposes on a twenty-mill assessment which would make the total sum approximately $5,200. May 9...
Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported the following during the May 2 Assembly meeting: Un-cruise insurance has paid all but $7,652 of the Middle Harbor repair. Staff has invoiced the remaining balance. Officer Dodson and Dispatcher Huettl resigned on April 18, 2016. A search is underway to fill the positions with one FT dispatcher and one three quarter time dispatcher. This will reduce police coverage and personnel costs slightly. Abatement on the municipal building began May 2. Chief Swihart was appointed to the Alaska Police St...
April 29, 1916 – The pipe line in the north end of town is again in working order, having finally thawed out last Monday. It had been out of commission from the N. Martinsen residence north to the end of the walk, and, although frozen up since early in the winter, no breaks were found in the pipe. May 2, 1941 – What seems to be the culmination of the hard fight of the Petersburg community to secure the improvement of Wrangell Narrows, was the authorization of a bill which should soon be reported out of committee in the national congress. A few...
The Petersburg Humane Association will host an Open House on Saturday, April 30 from 2-4 p.m. to celebrate the grand opening of the new cat shelter. A ribbon cutting ceremony and annual meeting will be held at 2 p.m. Newly laid brick memorial, hot dogs and cake, drawings and dog games will be featured. Rain or shine. Attendees are encouraged to park at Sandy Beach and enjoy the short walk to the dog park since parking will be limited at the shelter facility....
