Should subdivision layout rules be extended throughout the entire Petersburg borough? Should the local municipality invest time and money in certain remote boat ramps and docks? Those are some of the issues raised this year by two long-term planning documents. Those documents are in draft form now and undergoing revisions. The deadline to get comments in on those drafts is Wednesday.
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When 83-year-old Paul Bowen was out hand trolling near Petersburg and noticed green water he knew something had happened at the glacier.
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Paving work on two state roads in Petersburg is scheduled to wrap up for the winter at the end of this month.
The Juneau contracting company Secon was planning to pave Haugen Drive this month and patch a few other holes on local streets before taking a break for the colder months.
It looks like the cost of burials at Petersburg’s cemetery is going up this year. Petersburg’s borough assembly Thursday approved the second reading of an ordinance boosting the cost of a cemetery plot along with the price for opening and closing a grave.
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The Petersburg trails that connect the ball fields to Tlingit and Haida Housing and then from the Hammer and Wikan grocery store to the post office are getting upgrades this weekend.
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