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  • Borough Manager's Report

    May 21, 2015

    Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday’s Assembly meeting: Community Development and Finance staff are working to streamline the process of issuing building permits and other land use permits. With both departments in the same building, we need a new procedure for customers to help make the process easier. Community Development staff have also begun the process, with the attorney, to develop procedures and new documentation (letters, notices) for use with the new nuisance ordinance. Fire/EMS Director Sandy D...

  • 2015 Lingcod sport regulations

    May 21, 2015

    The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently announced the lingcod sport fishing seasons, bag and possession limits, annual limits, and size limits have been established for the Southern Southeast Area: Southern SEAK Area: Season: May 16 – November 30. Limits: Residents – 1 daily, 2 in possession, no size limit. Nonresidents – 1 daily, 1 in possession, size limit: 30 inches or greater in length and less than 45 inches in length, or 55 inches or greater in length. Annual limit of 2 fish, one of which is 30 to 45 inches in length, one of wh...

  • Keep an eye out for unusual dolphin and porpoise sightings

    Dani Palmer|May 21, 2015

    If you spend lots of time out on the water, you may, sooner than later, be seeing dolphins and porpoises you wouldn’t normally see this far north. Marine Mammal Specialist Kate Wynne, with the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, went over common and upcoming cetacean species in Southeast Alaskan waters during the Petersburg Science Series Tuesday evening at the Public Library, speaking to a crowd of about 15. “Things are changing so much out in the ocean that I want to get you alerted to the fact that there are these other species tha...

  • Eric Corl Memorial Tourney

    May 21, 2015

    The Eric Corl Memorial Norske Softball Tourney saw four teams competing for the championship during Little Norway this year. Harbor Bar's team defeated the Haakons 25-4 Saturday to claim the victory. Mamie Nilsen, who played on the Petersburg Medical Center team and has run the tournament in the past, said it was named for Corl, who died in a plane crash in 2011, because he used to always play. "He was a great player, always hitting home runs," she said. It's also a lot of fun, she added....

  • Mayfest race results and raffle winners:

    May 21, 2015

    Lop the Loop 7K Results Saturday, May 16, 2015 Top Male Finishers Joseph Tompkins 27:24.85 Keith Billi 29:43.95 Kolt Sperl 30:19.72 Top Female Finishers Marketa Ith 33:48.70 Makayla Newman 34:21.22 Rachel Cramer 34:45.86 8-14 Age Division (Males) Koren Sperl 32:59.41 Lance Kittams 37:36.07 15-29 Age Division (Males) Soren Thompson 30:25.20 Kyle Hagerman 36:40.35 Freddy Yip 37:15.27 30-39 Age Division (Males) Michael Riley 30:26.10 Seth Eisenhower 32:05.29 Ryan Haug 32:21.20 40-49 Age Division...