Petersburg is sending a letter to top officials in the state’s Department of Natural Resources asking for updated information for the borough’s land entitlement. That land grant for the municipality was increased last year in legislation passed by the legislature and signed by the governor. The borough has until October 1st of this year to submit all its requests for land from the state.
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Some residents of Petersburg are asking the borough assembly to pass a resolution seeking accounting for losses on U.S. Forest Service timber sales on Kupreanof and Prince of Wales islands. It was a discussion topic at the assembly’s meeting Monday, April 16 and may come up at a future meeting.
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A young artist from Wrangell opens the first solo show of her career at a gallery in Petersburg Friday, April 13. Jaynee Fritzinger will be showing about a dozen original paintings, along with some prints at Firelight Gallery and Framing. It’s work she’s done over the past year, using acrylics and water color paints. She also works with pen and ink drawings and reproduces her work on stickers and magnets.
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Over 600 people had their blood drawn for testing in advance of Petersburg’s community health fair this Saturday, April 14.
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People in Petersburg Thursday night, April 12 can learn about the global market for seaweed, uses for the product, as well as the challenges a new industry will face in Alaska. The Petersburg Science Series is offering a presentation by Erick Ask, who works in the seaweed business for a division of the giant global company DuPont.
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