Advances in the arts and public projects marked much of the news in 2016, and combined, for some novel exchanges.
At a Sept. 8 Haines Borough Planning Commission meeting dominated by critics of the proposed harbor expansion project, commission chair Rob Goldberg suggested a 630-foot steel wall breakwater planned for Portage Cove might someday be an attraction.
“All you need to do is take some sheet steel and use a cutting torch and make some…
