Residents have until Aug. 30 to comment on proposed changes to the design of a new, shuttle ferry being designed to run between Haines and Juneau. A separate shuttle vessel would operate between Skagway and Haines, with Haines serving as a “key transfer point” for passengers traveling between Skagway and Juneau. Rebuilding the Haines ferry […]
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Resident petitions to pave Blacksmith
Blacksmith Street resident Leo Smith is fed up with the dust from the heavily trafficked roadway outside his house and has organized a petition to get it paved. The street runs perpendicular to Beach Road in Fort Seward, threading between Lutak Lumber and the Fireweed Restaurant. Smith’s is the only residence on the unpaved street. A dry […]
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Assembly approves community donations
On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday approved more than $100,000 in grants to local non-profits. The borough had set aside about $130,000 for gift-giving. Contributions from the borough’s general fund included Haines Friends of Recycling, $4,887; Chilkat Valley Preschool, $11,010; Southeast Senior Services, $6,176; Haines Dolphins Swim Team, $3,184; Lynn Canal Broadcasting, $1,378; American Bald Eagle Foundation, […]
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Smell of sewage raises ire
The Haines Borough’s sewer treatment plant smells. But the odor isn’t just bad, some business owners and public officials say, it’s “almost intolerable.” Mayor Stephanie Scott said she’s been pressing the borough for the past several years to fix the problem and maintains the smell has only worsened with time. “I’ve been complaining for years. I go […]
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Aspen Hotels looks at 5th and Main site
A statewide hotel chain is “very serious” about buying Main Street property to build a 50-room hotel, but Haines Borough leaders will have to decide whether they want to sell the 1.21-acre lot the company wants for its site. Aspen Management LLC submitted an application in July to purchase two lots of the old primary school land […]
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Duly Noted
Porter Owen Del Prete was born at the Juneau Birthing Center early Aug. 5 to parents Shannon and Andrew Del Prete. He weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and measured 20.25 inches. Big brothers are Garrison Del Prete, 5, and Caedmon Del Prete, 3. The family planned to be back in town by midweek after three […]
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Duly Noted
Carol Duis is the 2013 Alaska recipient of the AARP Andrus Award, which honors a model volunteer whose work improves the community and enhances the lives of others. Beth MacCready nominated Carol, who, she says, “is behind the scenes doing everything.” Carol volunteers for Hospice of Haines, Haines Friends of Recycling, the Haines Food Bank, […]
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Cuts in ferry system discounts, services loom
The ferry system’s 30 percent winter roundtrip discount is gone and come next summer, the “driver go free” option will disappear, too. Cuts to the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) have been widespread and show no signs of slowing or reversing: Naturalist interpreters aboard vessels were eliminated earlier this year. Printed schedules will be discontinued […]
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Lapp seeks meeting time limits
Haines Borough Assembly member Jerry Lapp wants to outlaw long meetings. Lapp introduced an ordinance last week that, if passed, would end regular and special assembly meetings at 9:45 p.m. If the assembly wanted to allow the meeting to carry on into the night, four members would have to vote to continue. Mayor Stephanie Scott said she has no […]
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Assembly approves pay hikes
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved raises and benefits for employees that will cost, on average, at least an additional $165,000 annually during the next three years. The assembly unanimously approved the contract negotiated by workers’ union Local 71 and a negotiating team of borough leaders. The borough’s negotiating team included chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart, mayor Stephanie […]