Community markets to begin this spring

Wrangell is set to have its first community market in May, giving residents the opportunity to purchase Alaskan-made or manufactured goods including locally grown vegetables, homemade pottery and crafts and possibly fresh seafood.

Markets will take place every third Saturday of the month beginning May 19 and could continue through September.

The market steering committee – a group of community volunteers and members of city and Wrangell Medical Center (WMC) staff— held a public meeting Feb. 8 to generate input on the possibility of beginning the markets in Wrangell.

Nearly a dozen people atten...