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Voters in four Southeast communities will decide whether to form an organization that could help solve regional garbage problems. Matt Lichtenstein has a look at the solid waste authority issue that’s up for a vote in Craig, Petersburg, Wrangell and Thorne bay.

The city of Angoon has won a preliminary permit for studying a proposed power plant at Scenery Creek, in Thomas Bay north of Petersburg. It’s one of three sites in the remote mainland bay under consideration for power generation.

Candidates for city council in Petersburg this week answered some quick-fire questions from members of a new local group. The collection of local residents calls itself MINGLe, for Mitkof Island Next Generation Leadership, and it used a speed dating format to interview some of the candidates for three council seats.

A new solo exhibit from local artist John McCabe goes on display at Petersburg’s Clausen Memorial Museum today. The show is called “Black + White = McCabe”. It features a series of abstract oils on canvas flanked by many other works of graphite and colored pencil on paper. Matt Lichtenstein stopped by the museum this week for a preview of McCabe’s show:

Petersburg’s Main Street and several other downtown roadways are slated for a major makeover in a couple years. This week, city and state officials met with local residents to talk about the road reconstruction project, which is in the planning stages. They touched on a variety of issues – from the temporary impact on local businesses and downtown events to the installation of new driveways and sidewalk art.