Three members of the Haines Borough Assembly who met Tuesday to interview the top four borough manager candidates via Skype afterward expressed ambivalence about their options. After two hours of interviews interspersed with discussion among assembly members, member Joanne Waterman said none of the four stood out as far and away the person she would want to manage the Haines […]
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Designers consider Picture Pt.
Plans for development of the Picture Point Wayside are under way, with the design team estimating they will have a preferred alternative ready by spring. The ad hoc Picture Point Design Committee met Tuesday with representatives of the contracted landscape architecture firm Bettisworth North (which designed the new Haines School) and subcontractor Aeolian to kick […]
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Fort distillery delivers 1st spirits
The first bottles of locally made spirits have won some favorable reviews, following a debut last weekend in liquor stores and drinking establishments. Former Haines Borough Mayor Fred Shields, who has made three trips to Russia – “I had every kind of vodka they had over there, including the brown vodka, which they said not to drink” – […]
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Pill roundup tops expectations
An older couple walking by a fire near the police station Saturday smelled marijuana. “Hey, I know what that is. What are you guys doing?” the man asked three lawmen tending the fire. “We’re having a pot roast,” they responded. In the spirit of ridding Haines of drugs, Interim Haines Borough Police Chief Simon Ford, officer Adam […]
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Scott seeks mayors’ support for highway
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is pushing for the Southeast Alaska Conference of Mayors to write a letter supporting the Haines Highway realignment project. Juneau Mayor Merrill Sanford has also expressed support for such a letter, and said he would be willing to seek the Juneau assembly’s approval if Scott drafted the letter. In an email, Scott wrote the […]
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Remember car tax next time you vote
Well, our tax-and-spend Haines Borough Assembly has done it. They have raised our taxes again! If you weren’t paying attention, you may not have noticed the agenda item this past Tuesday that imposes a $22 per vehicle tax that is to pay for abandoned vehicle removal and disposal. Yep, every time you renew your vehicle registration, you are […]
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Borough’s report upholds election
Mistakes were made during the Oct. 1 municipal election, but they were not egregious enough to warrant overturning the results and ordering a new election, according to a report written by Haines Borough staff and accepted by the assembly Tuesday. The assembly voted 5-0 to certify the election. Member Norm Smith was absent. school board candidate Ardy Miller, who challenged […]
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Police chief finalists down to 2
The number of finalists for Haines Borough Police Chief has dropped to two after applicant Scott Happ recently withdrew his name from consideration, leaving interim police chief Simon Ford and Christopher Canaski of Des Allemands, La., to vie for the job. Also, interim borough manager Julie Cozzi said she won’t abide by a recommendation by the […]
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Roundup takes extra pills out of circulation
For the first time, the Haines Borough Police Department will be participating in a national prescription round-up program that aims to rid communities of unused medication that might otherwise be abused or sold illegally. People can drop off expired or unused medication at the police department from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. According to […]
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Assembly lukewarm on manager finalists
The Haines Borough Assembly has whittled down a list of applicants for the manager position from 20 to four and will publicly conduct telephone interviews with finalists Oct. 29. While assembly members saw positive characteristics in each of the four finalists – Susan Jensen of Anchorage, Carlo Pilgrim of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Jim Pascale of Hopewell, […]