The borough manager has proposed a budget for the upcoming year that would hold big-ticket spending roughly steady, but would pay for it, at least in part, by spending from savings. 

In one of few larger spending changes, the manager has proposed a roughly 4% bump in school funding, on top of the increase approved by the assembly last year. 

The increase, which comes out to an additional $101,000 over last year, would bring the…

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