PSG's first baby of the year
Leo Juel Kernin made his arrival on January 5 at 1:53 p.m., claiming the title of Petersburg's first baby of 2026 and earning his family a bounty of gifts from local businesses.
Each year, Petersburg businesses donate gifts to be collected by the family of the first baby born to local parents. This year's gifts were published as the centerspread in the Jan. 8 edition of the Pilot.
Sam Kernin said she got a kick out of how the community kept tabs on the pending arrival.
"I had [a friend] at the grocery store keeping tabs," she said. "Every week we go in there - 'Yeah, you guys might get the New...
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