City Proclaims Seward Alaska’s Wellness Capital

(Heidi Zemach for Seward City News)
The Seward City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday March 8, proclaiming the City of Seward as the “Wellness Capital of Alaska.” Mayor Willard Dunham and council member Tom Smith were absent. The resolution also authorizes City Manager Phillip Oates to seek state and federal recognition under that title, and [...]

City Calendar

Seward City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
1.   Call To Order
2.   Pledge Of Allegiance
3.   Roll Call
4.Citizens’ Comments On Any Subject Except Those Items Scheduled For Public Hearing.
5.Approval Of Agenda And Consent Agenda
6.   Special Orders, Presentations And Reports
A. Proclamations and Awards
B. Borough Assembly Report
C. City Manager’s Report
D. City Attorney Report
E. Mayoral Report
F. [...]

Teen Tech Week, March 7-13

Date: 3-4-10 Contact: Amy Carney, Seward Community Library, 224-4010
Learn Create Share @ Your Library® during Teen Tech Week 2010
Local teens will be tuning in at the library as Seward Community Library celebrates the third annual Teen Tech Week March 7-13, 2010. They join thousands of other libraries and schools across the [...]

Varied hours at the library this weekend

The Seward Community Library staff will be attending a library conference in Anchorage throughout this weekend. We’ll need to cut back a few hours Friday and Saturday in order to keep the library open. Friday (3/5) we will be open from 11 am to 4 pm. Saturday (3/6) our hours will be 1 – 6 [...]

Council vote moves fluoridation forward

(By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News)
heidizemach@yahoo.com

(Will this water contain fluoride in the future?)

A divided city council has moved city water fluoridation a step forward. With a 4-2 vote they passed a resolution at Monday night’s meeting “affirming council support for fluoridation of the public water supply to improve oral health.” The resolution directs the [...]

Railroad plans include new restroom, dredging, and undisclosed coal facility improvements

(By Heidi Zemach for SCN)
The Alaska Railroad held an open house at the Breeze Inn in Seward Friday, Feb 19. Alaska Railroad Chief Engineer and Vice President of Engineering Tom Brooks gave an update of the railroad’s capital project program plans for the upcoming year at the Seward Chamber of Commerce, Conference and Visitor’s Bureau [...]

Seward Library Museum project moving forward

By Heidi Zemach for SCN
(heidizemach@yahoo.com)

Seward residents joined Join Jae Shin of ECI/Hyer Architects and Kent Crandall of RISE Alaska for a community presentation of their 35% schematic design for the new Seward community library museum. The meeting was held February 11, in the library basement. The building depicted in the design represents the architect’s attempts [...]

Power Outage Update III

Hello again everyone!!
One more email before I RUN AWAY from my desk for the evening. It looks like the city may have to generate power into tomorrow, Saturday. We ask everyone to try and conserve as much electricity as possible and turn off all non-essential lights and appliances. The cost to the City of generating [...]

Power Outage Update

The latest on the power situation from last night.
A couple of trees were tossed over in high winds out by the Lawing substation. It was too windy and unsafe last night, so were running on generator until this morning when they could have another look at it. About 20 in the Salmon Creek area were [...]

Seward Library Hosts Community Discourse

Friday night was dark, slick and rainy in Seward. In spite of the weather, nine brave souls came to the library eager to discuss their concerns about America’s Economy. Bill Hall from University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension and June Pinnell-Stephens from the Alaska Library Association led the discussion based on [...]

City Calendar

Seward City Council Regular Meeting
Action Agenda
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

The following Resolution was approved:

Resolution 2010-011, Amending The City Parking Fees Schedule For City-Owned Parking Lots, Temporarily Decreasing Daily Parking Fees, Effective May 1, 2010 Through December 31, 2010.

The January 11 And January 25, 2010 City Council Regular Meeting [...]

Council rejects fee increases on harbor properties, maintains $5 parking fees

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News
At Monday’s regular meeting the Seward City Council discussed, but rejected for the time being a proposal instituting a two-percent increase in fees on the city’s rental properties. The city’s 37 property leases along the harbor are due for their mandatory five-year reappraisal, where a Fair Market Value is [...]

City Calendar

Seward City Council Regular Meeting Agenda
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

1. Call To Order
2. Pledge Of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Citizens’ Comments On Any Subject Except Those Items Scheduled For Public Hearing.
5. Approval Of Agenda And Consent Agenda
6. Special Orders, Presentations And Reports
A. Proclamations and Awards
1. Designate February 20 and 21, [...]

Getting High a Safe Activity at AVTEC Gym

(By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News)

(Photo: A similar wall at Palmer Job Corps Center)

Not everyone has the guts or physique to scramble up Mount Marathon, or rocks along Seward highway, but all Seward community members and Alaska Vocational Technology Center students will soon have the chance to enjoy a new indoor sport. Sometime in [...]

City Council Addresses Coal Issues

(Heidi Zemach for Seward City News)

Coal dominated the Seward City Council meeting Monday, Jan 25th, as nearby, coal-filled trains pulled up to the Seward waterfront coal transfer facility, steadily growing a 90,000 ton-plus coal pile as it was loaded onto a waiting ship. The council unanimously agreed to undertake a community-wide ambient air [...]

Second Installment: KWF’s Seward Connection

The Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF) is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to maintaining the health of the watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula. KWF is recognized as the regional watershed organization of the Kenai Peninsula. KWF is building strong Seward relationships and is working on several projects in the local Seward area. KWF’s mission is working [...]

Got Calendar?

The 2010 Seward community calendars have arrived. Calendars are for sale for $10 at the Library or by contacting Fritz Klasner (fklasner@gmail.com, 224-4664). Featuring photographs submitted by community members, advertisements for local businesses, and listing birthdays, anniversaries, and events in the community; the calendar is the perfect wall companion to the online SCN calendar.
Calendar proceeds are [...]

Kenai Watershed Forum – First Installment: Who We Are & What We Do

The Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF) is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to maintaining the health of the watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula. KWF is recognized as the regional watershed organization of the Kenai Peninsula, successfully identifying and addressing the needs of the region by providing high quality education, restoration, and research programs. KWF’s mission is [...]

Pamela Eiting wins Treasure Chest

Congratulations to Pamela Eiting, winner of the second Treasure Chest, worth over $400 in gift certificates from local merchants!
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Council votes to extend Seward Ship’s Drydock lease another 30 years

By Heidi Zemach for SCN
Seward City Council voted unanimously Monday night to authorize the city manager to extend the contract to Jim Pruitt for Seward Ship’s Drydock, Inc at Seward Marine Industrial Center through 2040. Councilmember Robert Valdatta was absent for the meeting, but all of the others voted for a 30-year lease extension that [...]

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