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Matt Lichtenstein spoke with city Finance Director Jody Tow about the city of Petersburg's draft budget this week. At about 8.8 million dollars, the draft general fund budget for the next fiscal year is balanced and would spend less than last year so far.

A former director of the Petersburg Children’s Center has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of theft, falsifying business records and forgery.

The Petersburg School District’s new garden project is ready for planting. The collaborative project between the Forest Service and the district is aimed at teaching students about horticulture while growing organic vegetables that might supplement the school food service program. There are now a dozen yellow cedar planters in a corner of the empty lot behind the elementary school. Matt Lichtenstein recently visited with middle school gardening club members while they mixed soil in the new garden beds.

A small crowd gathered at Fisherman’s Memorial Park in Petersburg Sunday afternoon for the town’s annual blessing of the fleet. It’s a community tradition to celebrate the new fishing season and remember lost loved ones. Matt Lichtenstein gathered some of the sounds and voices for this radio snapshot of the annual event

The Petersburg School Board approved the district’s 2012 budget this week.