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Improvements to the community cold storage, marine support services and regional marketing are all issues that the Petersburg Economic Development Council has tackled over the past year. The PEDC, which is supported by money from the city’s economic fund, gave its annual report to the council Monday.

Petersburg’s city assessor faced questions and, at times, some angry criticism for the better part of an hour at Monday’s council meeting. Several property owners turned out to challenge substantial increases in their assessments.

Community service organizations have long played a prominent role in small-town America and Petersburg is no exception. At the same time, it has been a struggle for some groups to attract new members to carry-on their service tradition. Last week, the 82-year-old Emblem Club held it’s statewide convention here in Petersburg. The group, which is affiliated with the Elks Club, has about 80 local members and a thousand statewide. Nationally, the group has about 15 thousand members. National Emblem Club President Janis Falcon of Oregon and past President Gay Odsather of Alaska took part in last week’s convention. They spoke with KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein about community service and their organization.

The Petersburg school board this week approved a seven-point-two million dollar budget for next year. The board also approved an increase in the teacher salary schedule….and new contracts for the schools principals.
Matt Lichtenstein has an overview of Tuesdays regular meeting

Taxation was the top issue for a largely critical audience that turned out to a forum on borough formation in Petersburg Wednesday night (4/16). Local officials have yet to gather enough signatures to submit the town’s borough petition to the state. So, they arranged the question and answer session to address public concerns…..and there were plenty.