Haines Borough officials are organizing a community response to a planned reduction in ferry service that tourism director Leslie Ross describes as “winter service in the summer.”
The proposed 2016 summer schedule includes no service on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and three weekly sailings by the ferry LeConte. This compares to five weekly sailings by the Malaspina, a larger ship, in recent summers.
Under the schedule, the Malaspina will be either laid up or overhauled May…
