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Petersburg is moving closer to adopting an animal cruelty law.

The city council this week agreed to move the ordinance from first to second reading. That will allow continued discussion.

Petersburg’s city manager gave his notice Tuesday. Scott Hahn says he’ll stay in the job through July 31st.

Hahn has been in the job only about a year and a half. The former Cordova city manager says he’d rather remain here. But family and other concerns are pulling him away.

About 30 people turned out to the Kupreanof community building Sunday to talk about Petersburg’s borough proposal. Kupreanof’s City Council has already passed a resolution against the plan, but it held the meeting to gather more input from other area residents. Those who spoke Sunday were also critical of Petersburg’s petition and several were interested in working with Kupreanof to oppose it as the state review process moves forward.

More than a hundred and twenty high school students and adults from around the region took part in this year’s Southeast Alaska Artfest. The event takes place in a different town each year and Petersburg High School was the host this time around. Students spent several days taking intensive classes taught by craftspeople and artists from around Southeast, then they displayed their creations in a show at the end of the week. The many subjects ranged from the ancient skill of basket weaving……to the contemporary field of digital photo editing. Matt Lichtenstein recorded some of the sounds and voices of Artfest in Petersburg.

The family of a teenager killed in a drunk-driving accident two years ago in Juneau will tell their story to Petersburg tonight. Carole and Kevin White started the Taylor White Foundation for Advancing our Community in memory of their son, who died in June of 2009. The foundation works with kids and parents in the hopes of preventing tragedies like the one the White family suffered. Petersburg’s volunteer fire department helped bring the foundation to town for a presentation to the community tonight. Matt Lichtenstein spoke with local EMT Kirsten Susort and Carole White herself, who described the circumstances that resulted in her son’s death.