The list of fun events for Petersburg’s Independence Day celebration looks a lot different this year. New events are on tap and new people are stepping up to help organizer several days of games, food and fun July 2-4th.
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Voters in the Petersburg borough may be weighing in on prohibiting or allowing local marijuana businesses sometime this year after all. Petersburg’s borough assembly earlier this month voted not to put that issue on the October 4th ballot. Residents on Monday asked the assembly to re-consider that decision. Meanwhile, an effort is underway to put some pot business questions to voters, possibly in a special election later this year.
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Community members in Petersburg have started up what they hope is a regular, perhaps monthly, discussion on drug abuse in the community and possible solutions. The first meeting this month focused on prosecution of drug dealers and help for those addicted.
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Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday took a step toward prohibiting local pot smoking rooms for future retail marijuana businesses. The borough has been moving forward with a change to the local anti-smoking law that would have made an exception for pot smoking rooms at a licensed marijuana business. However, the assembly agreed to drop that language, seeing no need for on-site consumption. They also decided against increasing the town’s current five-foot smoking buffer outside businesses.
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The U.S. Forest Service’s new District Ranger for Petersburg is in town. Since arriving this spring he’s been working to learn more about the region and the community, and to develop solutions for budget shortfalls. Abbey Collins reports.
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