Holiday Cooking Series at Yoly’s Bistro

Yoly’s Bistro will be hosting cooking classes for the first three Tuesdays in November starting November 6th 6-8pm. Award Winning Chef Steve Scherrer and Chef Matt Zimny will be sharing culinary techniques and treats for the Holidays such as Pancetta & Cornbread Stuffing, Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Red Wine Poached Pears, Cranberry & Blood Orange [...]

PUBLIC HEARING

SEWARD CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
November 13, 2007
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seward City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following items of business at its regular meeting of November 13, 2007.
Resolution 2007-097, Amending The Port And Harbor Tariff By Increasing By 5%, All Moorage, Wharfage, Boat Lift, And Other Harbor Rates [...]

and More Budget Process Thoughts

Monday nights work session was one of the most productive budget work session I have attended in this city. The city managers revised Budget Introduction was well put, input and questions from the council and the audience, thank you Mayor Corbridge for allowing public input, was well thought out and presented. This was a good [...]

Budget Work Session Tonight

Just a heads up – tonight’s budget work session will include All Enterprise Funds (Parking, Electric, Small Boat Harbor, SMIC, Water, and Sewer).
The work session starts at 7:00 p.m. and will be televised. The public is encouraged to attend and comment!!!

–Johanna Dollerhide for Jean Lewis

Power Outage

There was a power outage this morning at about 7:45 am. The City generators came online at 8:10 am.
[City Update]
“The outage this morning was due to 4 trees that blew into the transmission and distribution line at about mile 5.5 of the Seward Highway. Everyone south of mile 14 was out of power. [...]

Citizen’s Police Academy

The Seward Police Department will be hosting a Citizen’s Police Academy beginning in January 2008. The classes will be held one evening per week for approximately 10 weeks.
This will be a highly informative and interesting learning experience. The Citizen Police Academy will offer insights into the law enforcement profession here in Seward.
Prospective applicants [...]

Cop Talk

Seward residents now have a safe and environmentally-friendly way to dispose of fluorescent bulbs. The Alaska Cruise Association (ACA) donated the Bulb Eater, a machine that crushes and compacts the glass, to the city in late September. Citizens will be able to use the machine free of charge. Please contact the Public [...]

New Event from the Parks and Recreation Department!!

Mark your calenders for an Alaska Aces hockey game on Sat. Dec 8. Grab your buddies and have some fun on the “Aces Fan Van”!! Let us do the driving! Get a party of 15 or more people together and enjoy the savings on ticket prices into the game (www.alaskaaces.com). This is a great way [...]

Concert Reminder: Strathdees Come to Seward!

A reminder to the Seward community that acclaimed Christian singers and songwriters, Jim and Jean Strathdee will be in town this week at the United Methodist Church to help raise funds for the He Will Provide Food Bank. The concert starts at 7 pm on Thursday, November 1, in the sanctuary of the church, which [...]

More Budget Process Thoughts

1) The Seasonal Sales Tax may look good in the budget document, but what are the adverse affects on the businesses?, summer workers? and citizens? of Seward. It costs businesses to change register and computer programs; summer workers, that are heavily relied upon by many businesses, will migrate to other communities or [...]

Art for Kids, Wreaths for You!

The popular Holiday Wreath and Garland Fund Raiser for the Arts and Music in the Schools Program is back for the 13th year. This program is sponsored by the Seward Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) Arts Committee. Funds raised by the sales are reserved to fund art and music programs for the schools.
To purchase a [...]

Free ETT and EMT Class

The Seward Volunteer Ambulance Corps is offering both an ETT and EMT class, starting November 6. The class will be held in the evenings and some weekends. The ETT class will consist of 44 hours of training including CPR, and the EMT 1 bridge class is a continuation with an additional 80 hours [...]

AVTEC Academy Cafe Opens Next Week!

This is a delicious way to support AVTEC’s Culinary Art students!
The Academy Cafe will be open Tuesday through Friday from Oct. 30 through Dec. 14.
NOTE: Schedule will vary a little around the Thanksgiving holiday.

Seating times at 6, 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m. The maximum table seating is 6 people. Please, no large groups.
Reservations [...]

City Calendar

Seward City Council Regular Meeting
Action Agenda
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
The Following Resolution Requiring a Public Hearing Was Postponed To November 13, 2007:
Resolution 2007-097, Amending The Port And Harbor Tariff By Increasing By 5%, All Moorage, Wharfage, Boat Lift, And Other Harbor Rates And Fees (Excluding Passenger Fees), Effective January 1, 2008.
The [...]

Beginning Crochet at Community Schools

Seward Community Schools is offering a Beginning Crochet Class in November!!! Join Instructor Becky Buchanan for this fun and relaxing class! The fee is $10 and class will meet in the High School Teachers Lounge at 6:30pm on Mondays through Nov.
Participants will need to supply a crochet hook G and 4ply Red Heart brand yarn [...]

Free AVTEC Computer Clinic

If you know of anyone in need of personal computer service, the AVTEC Information Technology class is having its annual computer clinic.
The dates are:
October 22 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
October 23 – 25 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
To reserve your space contact AVTEC IT at: avtecclinic@hotmail.com
Rachel James
Job Placement Specialist
Alaska Vocational Technical Center

2008 Preliminary Operating Budget

Here is the budget in electronic [pdf] form thanks to the folks at the City Clerks Office. The file is also available from the City website in the ‘news‘ section. The file has been optimized for web viewing but is still quite large at 4.5 Mb. It may take some time to [...]

Thoughts about the Budget Process

Based on the City Managers Budget Introduction the ’08 budget is a work of art – for a top down budget. As always at this time of the year it’s a matter of what services the citizens want to see cut if they are unwilling to pony-up for tax and/or service fee increases. Wouldn’t it [...]

Adult Walk in Flu Shot Clinic

when:November 13th, Tuesday
where: Providence Seward Medical Center Phoenix Room
times: 09:00 – 11:00 am and 3:00 – 5:00 pm
cost: approximately $40. we bill your insurance.

Nordic Ski Membership Drive

Come out and sign up for the Nordic Ski Membership Drive at Yoly’s Bistro November 3rd from 6 to 9pm. Live music provided by Dave Edward Smith. Free Dessert with every new membership registration.

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