Articles from the April 21, 2011 edition
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DOT orders hanging signs off Main Street; Park bench fee: $100 per year
Main Street businesses will be required to remove signs suspended from marquees and pay $100 annually for awnings and park benches that encroach on...
Decision on trailers questioned
The Downtown Revitalization Committee, in an April 8 letter, asks the Haines Borough to rescind its March 14 decision issuing land-use permits...
Planners OK Portage Cove beach home
The Haines Borough Planning Commission approved a setback variance on Front Street last week, paving the way for the first home to be built on the...
Earnest, Hill detail Washington trip
Mayor Jan Hill and Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to lobby for money in support of projects such as...
Shopping here makes town sustainable
Haines has what most small towns on the road system have lost to chains or the Internet – family-owned stores, from hardware and building...
Videographer: I won't be near mayor
I felt I should explain to the community why I have decided to not video-record or attend Haines Borough Assembly meetings. Recently I felt it...
Thanks to Mike Ward for dinner donation
On behalf of the American Legion Auxiliary, I would like to thank Mike Ward, for his generous $80 Lighthouse dinner for two donation for our...
Shopping at home boosts arts scene
The Haines Arts Council applauds the Haines Chamber of Commerce for launching its “Think Haines First” program. There are many great reaso...
Featured resident thankful for story
To think that a nice conversation with Rosalie Loewen would turn into such a well done story. I would give that fine young lady a salary raise if I...
Hawaiian party helped watershed group
I’m another year older and I want to thank everyone for coming to my aloha party to remind me. Instead of gifts, I asked for donations to...
History competitors seek $1,300 each
The History Day state finalists and their parents wish to thank all of the folks who came to have their cars washed and detailed this past...
Opinion
If recent history is any indication, balancing the Haines Borough budget this year will involve some combination of spending reserves and increasing...
Duly Noted
Longtime resident Ingeborg Olsson, the mother of Yngve and Arne Olsson, died Saturday, April 16 in Sequim, Wash. A full obituary will appear next...
Duly Noted
MOVING SALE: Dusty Trails, unit C5, Saturday, 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. Have you been poked in unusual places? Body jewelry is in at Buckshot & Bobby Pins!...
Church-builder Hebert dies at 93
L. Hansel “Hans” Hebert, a self-taught construction engineer, mechanic and surveyor who built the Presbyterian Church here in 1969 and...
After surviving World War II tank wreck, Armour came North
Longtime resident Bill Armour died of natural causes at son Mike Armour’s home here on March 28. William Armour was born Aug. 21, 1924 in...
