Petersburg Borough to seek state grant for project in South Harbor

The Petersburg Borough will seek state funding for a potential float replacement project in the town’s biggest harbor.

Some of “C” Float’s 50-foot fingers are several decades old.

“These are circa 1970 original Middle Harbor finger floats that were repurposed in 1985 when the South Harbor was built,” Harbormaster Glorianne Wollen said. “So they saved a little bit of money, and now we get to pay for it.”

At a meeting on July 21, Petersburg’s assembly agreed the borough should apply for the $617,000 state grant to help fund the float replacement project. The borough’s harbor fund would match tha...