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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

Petersburg has officially submitted its local disaster declaration to the state in the aftermath of last weekend’s landslide into a downtown stream. The slide was caused by heavy rain and took out a large section of parking lot and hillside behind the public works building on Saturday, filling part of Hammer Slough with a big pile of debris. The city has since built an access road to the bottom of the slide and cleanup work continues. Matt Lichtenstein stopped by the site this (Wednesday) morning and has an update:

There will be no contest for City Council or the Mayor’s seat in Petersburg this fall and there will be one new councilmember. The only contested race for elected office will be for the Harbor Advisory Board. The filing deadline was last night and Matt Lichtenstein has a rundown of the fall ballot:

The former director of a non-profit day-care in Petersburg has admitted to stealing money from the organization. Christine Ware pleaded guilty to the theft as part of an agreement with the prosecution this week. The deal does not require the judge impose jail time but through her lawyer, Ware volunteered to serve two weeks even before she is officially sentenced.