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The borough assembly will hold a public hearing concerning the recent changes made to the landfill’s salvage program. The changes come after the sanitation ordinance was updated to include the new recycling program. Karl Hagerman, public works director, reworked the fee structure. Originally, a salvage permit cost $5 for two days and $100 for an annual permit. After the changes, the annual permit was eliminated and a day use permit now costs $10 for one day. Ole Whitethorn has now objected to the change several times during assembly m...
Three incumbent directors of the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce were elected to seats on the board in the annual elections. Hillary Whitethorn, Fran Jones and Donn Hayes were elected to two-year terms. When the new board members are seated, the directors will elect officers and make appointments to fill up to five vacancies on the board. Fran Jones was president of the board during the past year and served with Jon Wright, Beth Loesch, Seth Scrimsher, Dave Kensinger, Ron Loesch, Nick Ohmer, David Byrne and Cate Kowalski....
Two names were misspelled in last week’s paper. Nathaniel Leonard’s name, who was referenced in the ‘Vikings place second in regional tournament’ story, is correctly spelled Nathaniel Lenhard. Joyce Burke-Biggs’s name, who was referenced in the “Petersburg girls run 5K’ story, is correctly spelled Joyce Burk-Biggs....
Joshua Franklin plead guilty to five counts of Burglary in the 2nd degree yesterday after being accused of breaking into multiple businesses around Petersburg last August. The five Class C felonies are connected to break-ins at Petersburg Motors, AP&T, Wikan Enterprises, the Petersburg Parks and Recreation building and the Hammer & Wikan grocery store. Police received reports on August 28 of break-ins and burglaries throughout the day from those locations and later obtained search warrants after viewing surveillance footage from the parks and r...
Petersburg High School's advanced culinary arts students will be cooking at the ProStart culinary competition in Anchorage this spring. The nationally recognized program brings student chefs from around the state where they'll form teams and cook a three-course meal in one hour. Louise Lindley, culinary arts teacher, said she's gearing her class up for the tough competition. "They'll have 20 minutes to set up their station and they have one hour to execute two identical recipes," Lindley said....
Heather Thomas, owner of the local video store and director of Sea Monster Films, stands shivering underneath the porch as rain beats down. "I just need a few seconds to think," Thomas says to her crew. But Thomas and her crew don't have the luxury of seconds. Starting Thursday evening, Sea Monster Films had 360,000 seconds to come up with an idea, write a script, shoot scenes, edit and produce a short film. It's now Saturday. With roughly 180,000 seconds left, they have an idea, a script, now...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht presented the following report to the Assembly on Monday night. Joe Nelson and power and light staff are working on incorporating a thorough capital project plan into the electric rate study to better outline the needs of our electric system. Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs officials are drafting a letter to the Alaska Department of Transportation in an effort to partner with Alaska Marine Highway to curb illegal controlled substances being transported on state ferries. Postal interdiction efforts...
Dear Santa, I want a butterfly net and any toy from the frozen movie is my Christmas wish. Miranda Carr Dear Santa, I would please want a big metal toy excavator. I love you. I deserve a toy because I really want one badly. Ariston Warmack Dear Santa, I have been a very good girl this year. Here are some things I would like: American Girl Doll Kit Kitteredge and dog Kit Kitteredge’s bed American girl doll snowpant gear Kit’s summer dress Kt’s birthday outfit Kit’s holiday dress Kara Newman Dear Santa, I was so good everyday. Every single day I...
Here's Merry Christmas to our town (actually, to our borough) Lots of changes all around Farewell Miss Evans, but Stedman's back! We don't know who will pay sales tax. Ho, Ho, let's recycle now But no fish waste disposal At last it's gone---Main Street Gridlock Let's proceed to the Drive Down Dock! Big Happy New Year to our state Oil revenues down but salmon's great Parnell gave oil a big tax break Now how about the southern route power to Kake! Ho, Ho, Ho, let Walmart know Alaska salmon's...
December 20, 1913 – It is reported that the miners in the Forty-Mile river country witnessed pass the largest caribou herd in the history of the camp. It is said that it took the largest part of the herd four days and four nights to pass the mining camp on Chicken Creek. 3The moving of this extra large herd, estimated at hundreds of thousands, is believed to be a sure sign of a heavy snow fall the coming winter. December 15, 1983 – A few years ago a group of Petersburg fishermen and Petersburg Fisheries Inc. (Icicle Seafoods) reportedly exp...
Petersburg High School Junior River Quitslund, returned this summer from a ten-month student exchange program in Thailand. After applying for and being accepted by the Petersburg Rotary Club's Youth Exchange Program, Quitslund departed for Chiang Mai, a city in northern Thailand, in August of 2012. "It was really different than Petersburg," Quitslund said. "I don't know where to start." Quitslund began his 80-degree days, like most people, with breakfast. But, bacon and eggs or a bowl cereal...
Local artists Pia Reilly and Susan Christensen were among the participants in a printmaking class presented by the Petersburg Public Library and taught by acclaimed Seattle artist Mette Hansen. Hansen's art can be viewed throughout the library in the form of carvings and engravings identifying the Library's major donors....
The new oil paintings of Joe Viechnicki were featured at Miele Gallery on Friday night....
Don & Kären Cornelius shared the walls of Wild Celery to show their latest works for First Friday....
Golden king crab harvests are slightly down this season but prices for the shellfish are well above average. According to Alaska Department of Fish and Game data, the current golden crab price average is $10.10 per pound. That’s more than $2 more per pound compared to last season and nearly double the previous five-year average. This season’s preliminary golden crab harvest is 510,743 pounds compared to last season’s 599,234 pounds. Joe Stratman, ADF&G Region 1 Lead Crab Biologist, said the Southeast openings and closures are based solely on fi... Full story
December 13, 1913 – In the line of fish, Alaska has brought out almost every kind and has always found a ready market for its products, Petersburg has taken part to a large extent in furnishing a great deal of the supply. Now comes the news that W.H. Royden, the well known and experienced fisherman across the bay has started, on a small scale, putting up clams. Whether Mr. Royden has discovered a new process or whether it is the quality of the clams, the fact is that they are found by connoisseurs to be delicious. It is claimed by those who hav...
