Ten Years Ago

Borough Approves Group’s Leafletting

A new Religious sign-and-cart operation has been setting up along the Haines waterfront in recent weeks, stirring concerns for some residents. 

A group of Jehovah’s Witnesses have sporadically set up along the waterfront a portable 24-by-15 foot placard on a 37-by-16 foot cart, which they use to distribute nonprofit religious brochures.  

Jehovah’s Witnesses are a Christian denomination known for their door-to-door preaching and aggressive evangelism, a core tenet…