“Here we go,” is what borough manager Alekka Fullerton told assembly members at a meeting Tuesday, marking the start of budget deliberations. 

The manager’s budget released at the start of this month, proposes holding the borough’s spending plan roughly in line with last year, with a decrease to property tax rates largely made-up for by a projected increase in sales tax revenue from the new seasonal sales tax rate. 

War in Iran, however far away…

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