Wasilla's mayor gives birth
WASILLA The population of the city of Wasilla edged up by one on Monday, when Mayor Sarah Palin gave birth to a daughter, Piper Indi Grace Palin, at 11:37 a.m. Wasilla City Hall reported Wednesday that the mayor didnot officially take leave fo...
 1.9K - Mar. 23, 2001; scored 1000.0 Group organizes Christmas meal for the needy or lonely
KATHLEEN TESSARO / The Frontiersman / November 11, 1999 Its not too early to start thinking about Christmas. Thats what a group of people calling themselves the Christmas Friendship Dinner Committee say. Their message is simple; if you give just a li...
5.5K - Nov. 11, 1999; scored 730.0 Revenue sharing cuts will have minimal impact on Mat-Su cities
RINDI WHITE / The Frontiersman / April 25, 2000 MAT-SU - Municipal revenue sharing will be cut this year by $3.4 million, or almost 11 percent, according to staff at the states Division of Municipal and Regional Assistance. Although the budg...
1.9K - Apr. 25, 2000; scored 630.0 Late snow rough on area businesses
KATHLEEN TESSARO / The Frontiersman / December 26, 2000 MAT-SU - While much of the Lower 48 was hit with winter storms recently, Mat-Su has seen comparably little of the white stuff, and that has left some local businesses hurting - especially in Big...
7.0K - Dec. 26, 2000; scored 630.0 Former manager: MEA deregulation is bad idea
JIM PALIN Spectrum Matanuska Electric Association is currently proposing to the members that they vote to deregulate the cooperative from the jurisdiction of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA). As a former general manager of MEA (1981-198...
4.8K - Jan. 26, 2001; scored 497.0 Group woos Arctic Winter Games
RINDI WHITE / The Frontiersman / March 21, 2000 WASILLA - It will take a lot of work, but in terms of impetus for building recreational facilities and community relations across the borough, as well as sheer dollars unloaded in the business community...
5.1K - Mar. 21, 2000; scored 315.0 Wasilla to buy bank building for new police headquarters
RINDI WHITE / The Frontiersman / March 17, 2000 WASILLA - After two public hearings and minimal opposition, the Wasilla City Council agreed Monday to go ahead with plans to spend $1.3 million on a building which previously housed the Alaska ...
5.1K - Mar. 17, 2000; scored 315.0 Wasillas skate park needs caring
The Frontiersman / November 13, 1998 Consider it a lesson in responsibility. When Wasilla was considering building a skate park for local youngsters, many said it would never work that youths would gather there to make mischief, smoke cigarettes, dr...
3.6K - Nov. 13, 1998; scored 315.0 Videotaping public meetings helps keep them public
Mat-Su Mouth SCHOOL BOARD TAPES All school board meetings are videotaped. The tapes are cataloged, filed and available to the public. This celluloid accountability is a helpful thing. It keeps the public record clean. It allows for untainted accura...
5.3K - May. 25, 2001; scored 315.0 Former MEA employee voices opinion
To the editor: I would like to respond to the attack Jim Hermon threw out at Jim Palin when he questioned Jim's reason for leaving MEA. Jim, I certainly believe ethics and moral conviction would stop that question from coming out. Th...
2.5K - Mar. 30, 2001; scored 315.0 Iron Dog 2000 still has room for more teams
The Frontiersman / October 27, 2000 MAT-SU - The 18th annual Tesoro Iron Dog 2001 still has room for 38 drivers in the Pro and Trail Class team races. So far, Polaris has 11 teams signed up for the world's longest snowmachine race, followed by Yamah...
0.9K - Oct. 27, 2000; scored 315.0 Elementary cross-country meet attracts hundreds
GENE JANSEN / The Frontiersman / October 10, 2000 MAT-SU - Butte Elementary School fifth-graders Danny Appin and Alexia Stricker both captured wins in the two-mile run at the annual Mat-Su Elementary School Cross-Country meet Friday afternoon. Nearl...
6.3K - Oct. 10, 2000; scored 315.0 Valley needs its own ag agent
The Frontiersman / October 22, 1999 Since the first colonists arrived here, the Mat-Su area has been the heart of Alaskas farming community the breadbasket of the state, as it were. The 300-plus farms operating here provide two-thirds of the fresh ...
2.9K - Oct. 22, 1999; scored 315.0 Remembering, and honoring, the forgotten:Veteran John Morrissey is a man with a mission
Remembering, and honoring, the forgotten:Veteran John Morrissey is a man with a mission BILL KELDER / The Frontiersman / June 23, 1999 MAT-SU John J. Morrissey is a survivor. He survived the Vietnam War where he was wounded three times while serving...
4.8K - Jun. 23, 1999; scored 315.0 Youth tourney set
WASILLA The Wasilla Assembly of God Youth Organization will be hosting a combination three-on-three basketball tournament, barbecue and all-around fun day at Wasilla Wonderland Park Aug. 18. It will be the organization's first annual ...
2.2K - Aug. 14, 2001; scored 315.0 | 
