The Petersburg borough and the union representing the bulk of borough employees have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. Terms of the new agreement with the Petersburg Municipal Employees Association have not yet been released. The pact still needs to be voted on by the employees as well as the borough assembly.
Read More
For one woman from Petersburg, her first trip outside of the country was to compete at the Roller Derby World Cup early this month in Manchester, England.
Victoria Moore, who goes by the derby name “Deckem,” was one of 17 skaters on Team Indigenous, a new entry at the World Cup. The competition, February 1st-4th, featured 38 teams from around the globe.
The Petersburg borough is in the process of approving new code for development of property in the borough. The planning commission Tuesday held a hearing on new draft language that covers everything from building standards to zoning classifications and subdivision layout.
Read More
The Petersburg High School girls basketball team added two wins to their season total on the road in Haines last weekend while the boys lost two, including another heart-breaking one-point loss to the Glacier Bears.
Read More
Petersburg’s planning commission is holding a public hearing February 20th at 6 p.m. on a major overhaul of borough code on land use, buildings and property layout. Hundreds of pages long, the draft code makes changes to what’s allowed and not allowed on different types of land in service area one, or within the old city of Petersburg. It also creates new land classifications, or zones. And it spells out standards for buildings, in-home businesses, parking requirements and the processes for permitting new buildings or subdivisions of land.
Read More
