Assembly member Craig Loomis reads information during an assembly meeting, Tuesday, June 25, 2025.

Cemetery easement denied

The assembly voted Tuesday on an easement request that has brought a storm of controversy since it surfaced last month. 

The easement would have allowed Takshanuk Watershed Council use of an existing driveway running to its new composting facility at Jones Point – a driveway largely on Jones Point Cemetery land, which is owned by the borough. 

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Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.