For the first time since the rebuilt Haines School was oriented toward Old Haines Highway in 2007, students could make it to the school along a sidewalk. The $975,000 project was one of several changing the face of downtown in the past year. Work also started on the $6 million Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village and the […]
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Police chief decision postponed
It’s back to square one in the Haines Borough’s search for a new police chief. Interim manager Julie Cozzi is “taking a second look” at some of the applications for police chief previously discarded by former manager Mark Earnest. Out of 16 applications received after a second round of advertising, Earnest chose four finalists, including interim […]
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Enrollment at Mosquito Lake at 6 students
Haines Borough school board members heard Tuesday that attendance at Mosquito Lake School has dropped to six students, adding urgency to concerns about the school’s future. The board scheduled a community meeting with upper valley residents from 5-7 p.m. on Jan. 21 to discuss whether the school can stay open. School superintendent Michael Byer said he’d like […]
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Mosquito Lake enrollment short
An official count of only nine students at Mosquito Lake School will reduce state funding for the Haines Borough School District and will prompt board discussions about the future of the school. The district’s October enrollment counts are used for determining state funding of schools. The districtwide count of 271 students is considerably above last year’s projection […]
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Borough will cover election costs
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to cover the $11,556 election investigation tab, relieving school board candidate Ardy Miller, who contested the election, of the financial burden. Assembly members Dave Berry and George Campbell were opposed. Berry said the issue of who would pay for the investigation was a “difficult situation,” and that he had considered different ways […]
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Bill for election contest at issue
The Haines Borough Assembly will decide Tuesday who is responsible for the estimated $10,000 election investigation bill: the public, or school board candidate Ardy Miller, who contested the election. Code dictates the contesting candidate pay for all expenses incurred by the borough unless the election results are changed by a recount, or the difference between the winning and losing […]
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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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Election procedures are an issue
I am writing to let you, and everyone in Haines, know that I am contesting the recent election. I am purposefully submitting the challenge before the canvassing date because I want it to be clear that the final outcome of the Oct.1 election isn’t the issue. The election process itself is the issue. Despite the […]
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Election contested; ejected ballots cited
Haines Borough school board candidate Ardy Miller filed paperwork Monday to contest the Oct. 1 municipal election. On the notice of election contest, Miller identified what she saw as two problems with the election process. First, the AccuVote machine was programmed to reject under-voted ballots, allowing voters the opportunity to re-enter the booth and fill the remainder […]
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Canvass tips school seat to Doddridge
Of the 49 outstanding ballots from the Haines Borough’s Oct. 1 election, clerk and election official Julie Cozzi determined 36 could be counted. The assembly counted the 36 ballots – five absentee-by-mail, 14 absentee-by-fax and 17 questioned – at the election canvass Tuesday. Cozzi disqualified two absentee-by-mail ballots, 10 absentee-in-person/early voting, questioned and special needs […]