Petersburg’s student-run movie theater plans to play fewer films, and less frequently, as it faces a financial crisis. Equipment repair costs and increased operation fees have drained the nonprofit’s reserves, and the theater is struggling to pay its bills alongside the national trend of low show attendance post-pandemic.
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A Petersburg man is facing 10 felony charges for possession and distribution of child pornography after a grand jury indicted him on Dec. 26 for allegedly sharing sexually explicit content of children.
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Young dancers in Petersburg will perform a creative spin on the Wizard of Oz this weekend, Dec. 14 and 15.
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At the November 18 borough assembly meeting, residents can comment on a rule that would impose new storage fees on boats that the borough deems to be inactive.
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Ten short films screened almost simultaneously in theaters all over the world late last month. It was all for the 27th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, which invites viewers to vote for their favorite entries.
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Researchers from an organization that seeks out extraterrestrial life camped out at a remote lighthouse in Southeast Alaska for the better part of the summer, but they weren’t out there looking for little green men. They were there to look for — and listen to — the humpback whales that swarm the waters of the Frederick Sound.
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Two self-described “amateur tanners” in Southeast are trying to build a community around turning animal hides into leather. At a recent workshop, they showed community members how to tan skins using bark, brains, and a whole lot of elbow grease.
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Petersburg volunteer firefighters put out a blaze on a fishing vessel in the community’s South Harbor. Nobody was hurt in the fire.
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