Where’s Campaign Central?

Does anyone know how the votes are reported to the public in this town? Are there announcements on the radio? … on line? Does anyone sponsor a “Campaign Central” where everyone can meet and listen to the results?

Seward sued for discharged pollutants

Documents send in by Trustees of Alaska
TA- Final City Complaint PDF (70.5kb)>
TA- City of Seward Exhibit A PDF (279kb)>
Visit the Web sites of KTUU or Alaska Report to read more about the Trustees of Alaska, Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance & Alaska Community Action on Toxics lawsuit. Details to follow.

Rainy Regionals just fine for Seward Seahawk harriers

By Denali Foldager for SewardCityNews.com

After being warned for the hundredth time by Coach Marshall, a/k/a Steve Prefontaine, that the Regional cross country race was going to start out fast we were all a little worried about what was going to happen with our races. I on the other hand was whole lot worried.

Coming back as [...]

Coast Guard Auxiliary Potluck and Business Meeting

The Seward Flotilla, USCG Auxiliary will meet Friday, 6 October at 6:30 PM at Miller’s Landing, Lowell Point. The evening will start with a potluck and the business meeting will include Staff Officer Reports, plans for the Festival of Trees, Safety Fair and training outline for the winter will be discussed. New member River [...]

Adam Miller, musician, to preform at preschool storyhour and middle school on Friday

The Seward Community Library Association is once again sponsoring Adam Miller, autoharpist, guitarist and singer for two sessions. He will be at Preschool Story Hour, 10:30 am at the library. He will be entertaining in the middle school at 1:20 pm as well. Public is invited to attend and admission is free.

The Adventures of the Steamship Dora to be presented at the library

The biography of one of Alaska’s most beloved and famous vessels, the steamship Dora, will be the subject of an illustrated lecture by noted ALaska author J. Pennelope Goforth at 1:30 pm at the Seward Community Library on Saturday, October 7. The program is hosted by the Resurrection Bay Historical Society and the Seward [...]

Fuel Prices

Sent in by Vanta Shafer
Monday night, the Seward City Council and Administration had a discussion about the budget for 2007. As gas, fuel and electrical prices have greatly increased with the price of oil, the City Council has been searching for ways to help our community financially through the winter. One of [...]

Seward City Council Regular Meeting Action Agenda

The following ordinance for public hearing was enacted:
Ordinance 2006-10, Amending The Land Use Plan And Rezoning Of Lot 7a, Block 17, Federal Addition Clark-Tougas Preliminary Replat From Single Family Residential (R1) To Auto Commercial (Ac) And Lot 9a, Block 17, Federal Addition Clark-Tougas Preliminary Replat From Single Family Residential (R1) To Two Family Residential [...]

Seward’s Pigskin Picks

Week 2 winner is . . . Cory Harris!
With 55 ballots in the pot, it looked like it was going to be a tough win to decipher. We had 9 folks with 12 correct picks and 5 folks with 13! Then, out of nowhere, came Cory, who crushed the competition with 14 correct [...]

City Council Agenda Packet

Read the agenda packet from the 09-25-2006 city council meeting>
Notice: very large file size, 5.6 MB; may open slowly.

Seahawk harriers head to state

Girls and boys Seahawk harriers are on their way to the State Championships next Saturday in Skyview.
Seward boys agonized through a tense moment during the awards ceremony when the Valdez boys team were handed the Seahawks’ third place birth to the State Finals.

Last Editor of the Seward Phoenix Log?

“… thought Alice, and she went on. “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where –” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“– so long as I [...]

Seahawks Cross Country Regional Race

On Saturday 9/23/06 on the Nikiski Cross Country Trail the Seward Seahawks Cross Country team will be running their Regional Race. Jr.Varsity teams will be competing in their last race of the season. JV runners senior Erin Moore (racing her last high school race) and Junior Koal Backlund are potential for a top [...]

Just the facts please.

Greetings
Most of you should have received a Post Card by now in your mailbox. Yes, I’m the culprit – however, there’s some confusion on reading into it. There is no comment or statement anywhere on the card that states the picture with the Red X over the names – that these are all incumbents! What [...]

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seward Historic Preservation Commission will meet in a special meeting on Wednesday September 27, 2006, beginning at 6:30 pm, for the purpose of:

A Resolution recommending Seward City Council apply for the 5010 (CLG) 2007 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Program for Hoben Park Fountain Replacement

The meeting will be conducted in [...]

Iris Darling: my opinion on the vacation of Washington Street.

By Iris Darling

I do oppose this vacation because it just doesn’t make sense to waste
taxpayer dollars to build a building in a street which will add hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the project in relocating utilities, etc. It also
doesn’t make sense to destroy the plat of one of Alaska’s oldest historic
towns. It will eliminate [...]

Alaska Railroad weed mitigation measures, herbicides in city limits

By Russell Stigall, SewardCityNews.com
Dale Lindsey doesn’t see where there is a problem with the Alaska Railroad spraying weed control in Seward.

During the citizen comments period of the Sept. 11 city council meeting Lindsey commented on Resolution 2006-95. The resolution called for the city to oppose “the Alaska Railroad’s permit request to the Alaska Department of [...]

Mary Lowell Center conference center feasibility study

By Russell Stigall – SewardCityNews.com
The city of Seward will need aggressive marketing and the support of locals to make successful the proposed Mary Lowell Center conference facility.

“Success will require providing a very high quality conference experience,” said Chris Beck of Agnew Beck Consultants, the group that carried out the feasibility study on the city-owned conference [...]

Candidates for city council

Sent in by Debra Hafemeister:
I sent these questions to the candidates for city council and requested a reply by 8/18. So far all responded except Iris.
1. For Willard Dunham, Betsy Keller and John French: You all have strong ties to the Alaska SeaLife Center – financial, family, volunteer etc… Often times, there are disagreements between [...]