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Posted by Joe Viechnicki | May 4, 2021 Supporters of the move to remove Frederick Point East from Petersburg’s only service area have some signs up around town. This vehicle was park outside the municipal building during Monday’s assembly meeting. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) A question on the remote Frederick Point East subdivision on Mitkof Island near Petersburg is one step closer to going before voters this fall. The measure would ask voters whether to remove the subdivision from Petersburg’s service area one, paving the way for a lower property tax for the land and cabins on the eastern s...

Petersburg assembly meetings ditch teleconference platform in favor of Zoom Posted by Joe Viechnicki | May 4, 2021 Borough assembly members, from left, Bob Lynn, Jeigh Stanton Gregor, Dave Kensinger and Jeff Meucci along with Chelsea Tremblay in the foreground listen to videoconference participants Monday, May 3, 2021 in borough assembly chambers. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) Petersburg’s borough assembly meetings are incorporating Zoom videoconferencing and ditching a teleconference format used during the global health pandemic. The borough is planning to launch a new website later this year and ...

Petersburg assembly gives first OK to remote subdivision ballot question Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Apr 21, 2021 Frederick Point East properties, at the right hand side of this image, can be accessed by water, or remote forest road and trails. (Image from the Petersburg borough’s interactive property map) Voters could decide on removing a remote subdivision from Petersburg’s service area one this fall. The borough assembly Monday gave the first of three approvals to a ballot question on Frederick Point East. Property owners there have asked to be removed from service area one, which has ...

Petersburg borough assembly downgrades one health mandate Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Apr 21, 2021 The screening and testing tent at the James A. Johnson airport in Petersburg (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted to end one COVID-19 health mandate and replace it with a downgraded health alert. They also agreed to add language to remaining mandates that recognizes federal guidance on fully vaccinated people, travel, testing and quarantine. One change downgrades the local health mandate number nine, replacing it with a health alert. That’s for travelers from elsew...

Petersburg assembly reinstates local health mandates despite opposition Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Feb 25, 2021 Petersburg’s James A. Johnson Airport (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) Petersburg’s borough assembly Tuesday voted to reinstate local COVID-19 health mandates following the expiration of the state’s disaster declaration this month. The assembly also approved a new local travel testing mandate to take the place of a state mandate that’s now an advisory. Many local residents spoke against any health requirements from the municipal government. Several of Petersburg’s COVID-19 health man...