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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 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 ...

Preliminary decision out for part of Petersburg borough’s land entitlement Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Feb 16, 2021 Lands outlined in yellow on southern Mitkof Island would be transferred to the borough government. (Image from the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land and Water, Land Conveyance Section) The state of Alaska has issued the first of several expected preliminary decisions to transfer some land to the Petersburg borough. It’s part of a large land entitlement that goes along with the creation of the borough government in 2013. When Petersburg expanded its bou...