Seward Community Foundation

The Seward Community Foundation’s eleven member Board of Directors has initiated development of their mission and is progressing towards granting funds in early 2009. The mission of the Seward Community Foundation is to promote philanthropy through the support and growth of a permanent endowment to assist local needs and enhance the quality of life [...]

Thanks, Alaskans!

The Alaska SeaLife Center would like to thank Alaskans for making our 10th anniversary a great year. After ten years building a solid foundation for our science, rehabilitation, and education programs, the SeaLife Center is now poised to help the community and decision makers better understand the health of our ocean ecosystems and adapt to [...]

City Calendar

SEWARD CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION
PUBLIC INVITED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seward City Council will meet for a work session on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. in the city council chambers for the purpose of:

Discussing the financial outlook of the Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science [...]

Mariners’ Memorial Thanks

The Seward Mariners’ Memorial committee would like to express our gratitude to Deborah Altermatt and the Seward Rotary nominating committee for selecting our project as the benefactor of the Rotary’s annual benefit fundraiser. The more than $2,000 raised at the Nov. 14 wine tasting held at the Holiday Inn Express will help immensely in bringing [...]

Wheelchair Basketball Expo Coming to Seward!

Challenge Alaska athletes will bring an intense wheelchair basketball exposition game to Seward as part of the Wells Fargo Polar Bear Jump Off Basketball Tourney. The wheelchair expo will be held at Seward High School gym starting around 4 pm on Saturday, January 3. It will follow the now-popular Top Gun competition. The expo is [...]

Alaska Dreams

Alaska Dreams from Joe Bronkhorst on Vimeo.
Hey guys this is Joe Bronkhorst, I would like to say Happy New Year to all. One of the cool things about making a video is getting outside to see the mountains and breath the fresh air. This video is a gift to the Seward City News as a [...]

Borough Mayor’s Narrative Report #10

December 28, 2008

Week #10 has been great as the trip to Seward on Tuesday missed the blizzard until coming home, Thursday was Christmas but on Saturday was the funeral for Roy Shapley. I did a lot of research on the Spruce Bark Beetle Program, we got our Federal Stimulus Projects determined and the Holidays seemed [...]

Kenai Peninsula Borough Stimulus Projects

Kenai Peninsula Borough Stimulus Projects by Mayor Dave Carey

On Monday afternoon, December 22, 2008, as part of a statewide teleconference, Senator-elect Begich requested that all projects to be considered in the Federal Stimulus Package be in his office by Monday, December 29th, 2008. These are the projects I have approved. They are shelf-ready [...]

Weird Book of the Week

Ah the scarf. Simple. Timeless. Elegant. Scarfy.
The plethora of pleasing adjectives for scarfs is as long as, well, the world’s longest scarf. (33.74 miles to be exact) And a scarf’s uses, one can rest assured, are as varied as they are plentiful. In Sensational Scarfs by Carol Straley, she covers 44 of these. The rest [...]

Thanks to City Express!

Dear Editor,
Once again, a big “Thank You!” to Joanne Hoogland and City Express for their generous contribution to the 14th annual Seward PTSA fund-raiser to support art programs in our schools. Year after year, it’s a pleasure to see their big truck with all the wreaths and garlands in perfect condition, delivered on time [...]

Food Drive Gets Results

We raised 7600lbs!!!!!! The boys and Girls club helped us separate the food for the banks.
I would like to THANK EVERYONE for the help Way to GO SEWARD!!!
Jackie C. Wilde
Breeze Inn Hotel

Basketball Expo Sat 1-3

Wheelchair Basketball Expo to Seward
Challenge Alaska athletes will bring an intense wheelchair basketball exposition game to Seward as part of the Wells Fargo Polar Bear Jump Off Basketball Tourney. The wheelchair expo will be held at Seward High School gym starting around 4 pm on Saturday, January 3. It will follow the now-popular Top Gun [...]

Seward Senior Happenings

Monday 12/29
No Core Balance Class Today
1:00                 Post Office Run
Tuesday 12/30
10:30-11:30     Exercise Class
1:00                 Bank Run
1:00                 Quilting of the “Sue”
Wednesday 12/31
Holiday Hours Today: 10-2
New Year’s Eve Bingo @ 12:45
Thursday 1/01/09
CLOSED
Happy New Year
Friday 1/2/09
No Core Balance Class Today
1:00     Bingo

Are you looking for last minute gifts?

Our downtown merchants and stores in the harbor have WONDERFUL gifts for the holidays. There are treasures for every budget ranging from stocking stuffers to beautiful art pieces. Our family is keeping careful track of our spending this season but we have still purchased items for our loved ones such as homemade candy, quality toys [...]

Weird Book of the Week

Let’s imagine, for a moment, a world where animals can talk. A world in which there are no barriers to communication, and every thought or idle fancy passing through the minds of our furry friends is expressed in earnest. Now for some this may sound delightful, but for me, the prospect of hearing, [...]

Christmas Cabaret Photos

Here are some photos of the good times at the Christmas Cabaret last night (12/20).

Candy Cane Splash

Saturday, December 13th, the Seward Tsunami Swim Club hosted their first meet in over 10 years. Swimmers came from the Peninsula and Anchorage to swim in the Candy Cane Splash! Alaska Pacific Swim Club, Anchorage YMCA, Peninsula Piranhas Swim Team and the Soldotna Silver Salmons joined the Seward Tsunami Swim club at the [...]

Borough Mayor Visiting Seward

Our new Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor, David Carey, will be visiting in Seward on

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The City Council and Public are invited to meet and speak with Mayor Carey and discuss issues concerning Seward.

City Council Chambers

Seward City Hall

2:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Please come out, introduce yourselves and share your concerns!

Seward High School Weekly Bulletin

12/19/2008
Thought of the week The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or [...]

Seward Parks and Recreation Bulletin

Community Schools News:

Japanese Language Instruction with Kathy McDevitt
Learn the basics of Japanese in eight weeks! Every Tuesday Jan 6 to Feb 24. Classes will be held for Elementary kids 4 to 5 pm at the elementary, cost is $42. Middle through Adult class will be held at the Seward High School from 7 to 8 [...]

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