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Groundskeeper spruced up Petersburg for over two decades Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Apr 12, 2021 Jesse O’Connor has plants started for the new season in the greenhouse at Petersburg’s cemetery. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK) For about two decades, the parks and public spaces around Petersburg have bloomed each spring with the hard work of groundskeeper Jesse O’Connor. He leaves that job at the end of this month. O’Connor has lived in Alaska since 1981, working as a groundskeeper in Fairbanks and Juneau before moving to Petersburg. He started working for the city of Petersburg in April of 1996 ...

Jackson Hole News & Guide JACKSON — Richard Grubman dreamed of building the biggest house in Jackson, a towering, mostly windowless cinder block rectangle. But the 8,000-square-foot single-family residence Grubman visualized would actually be something else: It would be a place where the retired hedge fund mogul’s valuable art collection would be secure, with thousands of square feet for his treasures to be displayed and admired. It would be a huge building with a small residence sitting atop a private art museum. The “single-family home” has only a tiny part dedicated to ...