The Seward Phoenix Log - News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966

The Seward Chamber of Commerce hosted a car wash in their parking lot on the weekend which gave many Sewardites an opportunity to wash away the winter’s grime just in time for our real spring time....

SCF awarded $44,000 in small grants to 12 different organizations during its recent grant cycle. Donors and recipients of Seward Community Foundation’s largesse filled the Seward Brewing Company...

Free hazardous waste disposal A hazardous waste disposal day is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Seward Transfer Facility, 3200 Dimond. Homeowners and small businesses are invited to dispose of oil, batteries, antifreeze,...

Last showing of SHS play Local performances of the Seward High School theater department’s production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Coliseum” conclude tonight. Cost of admission is $7 or $20 per family and the show starts at 7...

Seward’s Obihiro Mural Committee hashes out details of the up-coming project. The City of Seward is presenting a mural to its sister city, Obihiro, Japan. The project involves taking a design and...

The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department. Those who have been arrested or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. March 11 02:47 - Individual advised that a male, wearing all black fishing gear,...

International Friendship Association shares sister city updates The Seward International Friendship Association (SIFA) meets at 5:30 p.m. tonight in the community room of the library. Agenda items include updates from sister city Obihiro, Japan, info...

Artists work on the mural that will grace the south wall of the new Seward Community Library Museum this spring. Nicole Feemster and her assistant Tekla Seavey can place a few of the 4- x 10-foot...

Application deadline for the student exchange with Seward’s sister city Obihiro, Japan in 2013. The exchange is usually in late July or in August. Exact dates for this year’s exchange are not yet announced. Interested students submit a written...

Seward started celebrating its incorporation centennial May 29 last year with time set aside at Seward’s City Council meeting for a proclamation and special birthday cake sporting the commemorative seal of the 100 year old City of Seward. Locals...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Polar Bear Jump-Off raises $8,492 — Every year, the buzzards return to Hinkley, Ohio, and the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. And in a similar annual rite of passage, Resurrection Bay provided an icy baptismal...

Emmitt L Hill Sr. was born Dec. 16, 1940 to Delbert and Gladys Hill in Silver City, N.M. He was the oldest of three children. Emmitt had a life full of stories, the first being one of his own. When he...

The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department Nov. 30 01:11 - Citation for speed issued to Kacy Burke at Lowell Point Road near Storm Chasers. 05:27 - Earthquake, preliminary magnitude of 4.2, 50 miles northwest of Anchorage. No...

See the entire weekly calendar advertisement at http://thesewardphoenixlog.com/customer_files/pdf/City SEWARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Monday, December 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL...

Absent a couple of members, Ristine Casagranda and Vice Mayor Jean Bardarson, this Monday the Seward City Council held its first regular meeting since Oct. 22. Local businessman Tim McDonald began...

The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department. Oct. 22 08:04 - Harbor Bakery reported an alarm sounding at Subway and an odor of exhaust in the area, but no smoke or fire visible. Fire officer and Subway responded. 08:25 -...

Seward resident, Matt Cole Byars, 21, passed away tragically on Oct. 14, 2012. Matt was born at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage on April 21, 1991. After 72 hours of labor, Matthew Cole greeted...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Slashers hit rigs — Seward police received a rash of tire slashing complaints last weekend as vandals went on a slashing spree that left a string of punctured tires and angry vehicle owners across Seward. Beginning...

Consul Koichi Funayama and Adam Weinert of the Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage, were the guests of the Seward Mural Society on Sunday at the Seward Arts and Music Festival. They came to Seward...

Robert Glenn Woods, 89, died peacefully of natural causes Sept. 16, 2012 with his loving daughters by his side, under the excellent care of Wickersham House Assisted Living in Wasilla. As he...

The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department Sept. 13 00:32 - Verbal warning for inoperative taillight issued at Seward Highway and Sea Lion. 00:48 - Verbal warning for speed issued at Third and D. 01:46 - Verbal warning for...

Editor’s note: Amy Carney traveled to Obihiro, Japan as a participant in the adult exchange with Seward’s sister city. Carney works as the Seward Library/Museum Collections Coordinator. Sometime a...

A delegation from the City of Seward will visit Seward’s sister city Obihiro, Japan to celebrate Obihiro’s 130th anniversary. Seward City Council directed the city clerk to solicit letters of interest from citizens who would like to accompany...

The mayor of Seward’s sister city, Obihiro, presents Obihiro’s flag to Ray Hugli, Seward’s mayor, during the special Japanese delegation visit during Seward’s Diamond Jubilee in August of...

In a quiet section of the Seward Museum on Friday night a video was filmed about Seward’s sister city connection with Obihiro, Japan, and the student and adult exchanges with the sister city. Resurr...