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A group of Petersburg residents has organized a “walk to remember children gone too soon” for Saturday morning. It starts at 10 at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, where Dawn Allen Heron is Pastor. Matt Lichtenstein asked her about the event

A former bookkeeper has been charged with five felony counts in connection with the alleged theft of thousands of dollars from Rock and Road Construction in Petersburg.

Higher value helped make up for the lower catches of Dungeness crab in Southeast this summer. At the same time, crabbers faced bigger expenses and on-going concerns over the impacts of a growing sea otter population on once-productive crabbing spots. The state has released its preliminary harvest estimate for the 2 month summer dungy fishery. Matt Lichtenstein has more detail

A trio of Seattle-area musicians are bringing an eclectic blend of original songs to Petersburg. Over his 25 year plus career, Singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Benoit has performed blues, folk, roots-rock, jazz and world music – both acoustic and electric. The Paul Benoit trio is performing several nights of shows at Kito’s Kave this weekend and next. Benoit is working on his 7th solo CD and recently released an album of children’s songs, which he’ll perform in a special show for kids at the public library Friday afternoon at 2. The Trio is performing for grownups at ten pm thursday through Saturday nights this weekend and Thursday through Sunday nights next weekend at Kito’s Kave in Petersburg. You can find out more about the band at paulbenoitmusic.com. Matt Lichtenstein spoke with Benoit this week and previewed a few of his tunes:

Former Alaskan Fisherman and Pacific Northwest Author Joe Upton is paying a visit to Petersburg this week. Upton once ran a tender out of Petersburg and fished in Southeast and Bristol bay. He now lives in Bainbridge Island, Washington and has written several books about Southeast including “The Alaska Cruise Companion” – a guide to the inside passage and “Alaska Blues” – an account of his experience as southeast fisherman. Upton’s latest book is “Bering Sea Blues: A Crabbers Tale of Fear in the Icy North.” It’s about a season Upton spent as a young crabber in back 1971. He spoke by phone this week with Matt Lichtenstein, who asked Upton what prompted him to write about that experience nearly 40 years later