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Experts Plan to Fight Invasive Marine Species

 

(By Heidi Zemach, for Seward City News)
Marine invaders such as Chinese mitten crabs, European green crabs and the elusive, little understood tunicates, may not have arrived in Alaska yet in significant numbers yet-but they’re on the move. That was the main message of a vast variety of experts on invasive species who gathered at 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 [...]

Chamber Unveils Promo Video

We’re pleased to announce the roll-out of a new Seward video. Positioned on our homepage for maximum exposure, the video highlights Seward’s quality of life – making it appealing to visitors and individuals/businesses looking to relocate. The piece is a little less than 3 minutes, and is being streamed in high definition. [...]

The Green Beet: Design with recycle in mind

By Jen Ransom for Seward City News
My husband and I recently took a whirlwind trip to visit some friends down in Los Angeles. Leaving the little one at my parent’s Oregon home, we flew down to visit America’s sunny city during the worst rainstorm LA had seen in probably 15 years.
Skipping a trip to the beach, [...]

The Green Beet: Eco-Travel Action Plan

By Jen Ransom for Seward City News
During the next few months many Alaskans escape the dark and cold for warmer weather and much-needed vacations. But vacation time doesn’t need to be a vacation from green living. Just a little bit of preparation, a few changes in mindset and some innovative thinking can make a vacation [...]

Good News and Bad for Seward Tourism

(By Heidi Zemach, for SCN)
Three-thousand independent travelers on the website TripAdvisor have given Seward top billing as a tourist destination for 2010. TripAdvisor, an Internet website much used for vacation planning, announced Wednesday, Dec 9 that its yearly travel trends survey of U.S. travelers had chosen Seward first among its top five U.S. Destinations for [...]

Yeosu (beautiful Yeosu): Seward’s Sister City in South Korea

By: Ian M. Dutton, President & CEO, Alaska SeaLife Center
I just had the pleasure of spending two days in Yeosu, Seward’s sister city in South Korea. Yeosu is located on the south coast of Korea, about 45 mins flight south of Seoul – see http://www.yeosu.go.kr/en/. My visit coincided with a field trip by the evaluation [...]

Kenai Krewsers in Australia

As the roadie/groupie for Seward’s rowing club competing in the World Masters Games in Sydney, I will send along some pics.
Brandon Anderson

Seattle to Unimak Island by foot and raft slideshow

It Takes 2 YES YES Votes to Support the Library Museum

Since 2005, the Seward Community Library Building Committee (SCLMBC) has worked diligently on behalf of the community to bring a new co-located library museum facility to reality. Their efforts have been mindful of what is essential for our community’s future education, information and historic preservation needs and the need for this new facility be one [...]

In Support of the Seward community Library Museum

By Jonathan Sewall & Bev Dunham.
We are in support of the Seward community Library Museum project and encourage the support of voters for Advisory Proposition 2 and Bond Prop. 3 on the October 6 city ballot that will make it possible. That said, a little personal history leading to that support: 
Jonathan: My family came to [...]

Glacier Quilt Winner!

The Glacier Quilt raffle ended on Wednesday August 19, 2009 at the Seward Community Library. Tickets were being checked in and put into a box for stirring while supporters were requesting more tickets! Thank you to everyone that supported this raffle with purchasing $1 (one dollar) tickets for the Glacier Quilt.
The ticket was [...]

VIDEO: Day cruise of Kenai Fjords National Park & Sealife Center

Video: Cruise of Kenai Fjords National Park

Pavilion Plus PARKS Picnic Potluck Sun 7.19

All are invited to the community potluck picnic Sunday, July 19 at 6 pm at the Branson Pavilion at the end of Adams Street, just off Ballaine Blvd. Sunday, July 19 6 pm. Potluck Picnic to celebrate the Branson Pavilion ribbon cutting and the PARKS playground one year anniversary. SPRD will provide the main course, [...]

Pavilion Plus PARKS Potluck Sun 7.19

All are invited to the community potluck picnic Sunday, July 19 at 6 pm at the Branson Pavilion at the end of Adams Street, just off Ballaine Blvd. Sunday, July 19 6 pm. Potluck Picnic to celebrate the Branson Pavilion ribbon cutting and the PARKS playground one year anniversary.  SPRD will provide the main course, [...]

ARE WE UP TO THE CHALLENGE?

There have been exciting developments toward building our new Library Museum! Wells Fargo has committed to a challenge grant for this project. Wells Fargo will donate $25,000 toward the building if the community will raise a $25,000 match by September 2009. Are we up for this challenge?
Seward has always been a very [...]

DOT&PF imposes speed reductions on Seward Highway bridges

Recent inspections have detected weakened structural supports for three bridges in the Trail Lakes area along the Seward Highway, prompting speed reductions for vehicles crossing the affected bridges, according to Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) officials.
This action is in response to heavy commercial vehicles and loads they bring to the aged bridge [...]

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