NEWS: Rep. Gruenberg to Attend New Cook Inlet Rescue Boat Christening
September 11, 2012
Securing funds for new fire department vessel part of commitment to public safety
Today at 3:00 p.m., Representative Max Gruenberg will attend the ceremony to christen the new Anchorage Fire Department rescue boat. Rep. Gruenberg secured $260,000 in the FY 2012 capital budget for the vessel so that the Anchorage Fire Department will have a safer, more effective rescue boat to respond to commercial and recreational emergencies in upper Cook Inlet. In holding with tradition, Rep. Gruenberg’s wife, Kayla Epstein, will christen the boat at the downtown small boat launch near the mouth of Ship Creek at the end of Western Drive.
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Berta’s Briefings from Rep. Gardner: Back to School Update
September 10, 2012
With our children back at school, I have been thinking about the beginning of each school year as a chance to make a fresh start with the winds of change. Unfortunately, the intense winds we received across Anchorage last week were a bit too strong – as many of our neighbors are still reeling from the aftermath. Likewise, the Anchorage School District (ASD) is still reeling from budget cuts it was forced to make earlier in the year.
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Rep. Petersen’s Report from the Capitol: Helping Our Neighbors Without Power: Please Donate Ice and Supplies
September 7, 2012
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
I am asking you to help me help our neighbors. I am organizing an emergency supply drive to get ice and supplies to people who are affected by the power outage.
Much of East Anchorage is still without power, and unfortunately it looks like some neighborhoods might not be getting power restored until this weekend. I am also without power, and I have heard from many neighbors who are really hurting.
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NEWS: Rep. Petersen Initiates Emergency Supply Drive to Help East Anchorage Residents Without Electricity
September 7, 2012
“We can come together as a community to help our neighbors cope until we get power back”
JUNEAU – Today, Representative Pete Petersen (D-Anchorage) invited his East Anchorage neighbors and others throughout the city who have electricity after Tuesday’s storm to donate canned food, flashlights, batteries, candles and other emergency supplies to those who still do not have power and may be running low on essentials.
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Rep Petersen’s Report from the Capitol: Spirit of Muldoon Picnic Coming Up; Petersen Honored for Autism Work
August 30, 2012
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
I hope you will mark your calendars for next Saturday August 8 from 11 am to 2pm when we will be having the second annual Spirit of Muldoon Picnic at the proposed site for the future Muldoon Park Strip or Muldoon Town Square Park on the old Alaska Greenhouse property at the corner of Muldoon and Debarr.
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