The Haines Senior Center lost a low-cost heat source when the Haines Borough replaced a large woodstove in the building in late summer with a pellet heater. The center had operated the woodstove with donated firewood.
“They used it all winter every year,” said senior Susan Tandy, who has gone for lunches at the center since 2011. “It was nice. It kept the building toasty warm.”
The soapstone-clad woodstove was a secondary source of heat,…
