Mark Jensen returns as mayor

Mark Jensen, who resigned in May over a distaste for borough decisions, was unofficially re-elected as mayor on Tuesday, beating his opponent by 135 votes.

Jensen received 631 votes, and his opponent, Cindi Lagoudakis, received 496. After Jensen resigned in May, then vice mayor Lagoudakis filled the role. They both were hesitant to run.

Jensen spent about four years as mayor when Petersburg was a city and when it became a borough. A disagreement with the proposed restructuring of Power & Light leadership, along with a sidelined evaluation of the borough manager, pushed him to leave the post, h...