Police Blotter Sitka Police Department logged the following calls Wednesday. July 16 A caller said a resident on Cascade Street mows the lawn during the night. Officers were advised. At 10:37 a.m. a caller said a driver was swerving over the...
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20 YEARS AGO
July 2005
The Sawmill Cove Industrial Park Board has recommended to the Assembly that the city sell 13.74 acres of land at the park to a Florida entrepreneur if he meets a set of conditions. Wendell B. Adams of Sarasota, Fla., wants to buy the water bottling business that True Alaska Bottling Co. operates at the park.
50 YEARS AGO
July 1975
In Court: William Stelzenmuller for leaving keys in unattended vehicle forfeited $20. Greg Gouker, failure to have registered plates, forfeited $20. Phillip Speigle, Dennis Hicks and Bruce Dennis forfeited $10 each for no city sticker.
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