Dec. 17, 1925
At 7 p.m. Saturday, before the Petersburg-Wrangell high school basketball game, Wrangell students pulled off a serpentine “downtown,” flaunting their colors to the accompaniment of school songs and cheers. It was the best demonstration of organized school enthusiasm that has been seen here during the past two years. In addition, the high school girls basketball squad have returned to practice with new enthusiasm.

Dec. 15, 1950
The Wrangell Concert Association, under direction of Mrs. Val Coulter, will present a program of 51 mixed voices at the Coliseum Theater. There will be no admission, but a collection will be taken up, with all proceeds going to the Stocking Fillers. The town’s first community Christmas chorus will present tonight a preliminary program at Wrangell Institute. Buses will take the singers out, leaving from the Coliseum at 6 p.m. Fifty-four Wrangell families are already on the list of the Stocking Fillers for aid this Christmas.

Dec. 17, 1975
The city may have to buy a $200,000 incinerator to dispose of the sludge produced by its new sewage treatment plant. The city will pay 12.5% of the price of the incinerator, while state and federal agencies will pay the remaining 87.5%. The initial cost of using the broiler at the Alaska Wood Products mill to burn the sludge would have been less, but the estimated operating cost of the system would have been much greater, according to Goron Johnson, the engineer working on the design for the plant for the city.

Dec. 14, 2000
A possible new economic boost to the community was suggested at last Thursday’s port commission meeting: a boat haulout. The plan was presented by Mark Lynch, who, along with Bernie Massin, also in attendance, has done some investigating into the benefits to the economy as well as how the haulout operation might be implemented. Proposed equipment would allow haulout of seine boat-sized vessels of 60 to 70 feet. Harbormaster Dave Mork explains that a city-owned haulout would also benefit boat shops by drawing more boat repair business to Wrangell. The proposed haulout would not be dependent on the tides and would be spacious enough for a large number of boats.