Manager candidates to meet public in open house

A public meet and greet has been scheduled for next week to allow residents the opportunity to see the front-running candidates for city manager.

Candidates Gene Green and Lisa Von Bargen will be coming here for in-person interviews with the Borough Assembly on April 5, an executive session which will be closed to the public. Following that, at 6 p.m. at the Stikine Inn an open event is planned to include interested residents, complete with light refreshments.

The candidates were selected during a second round of searching, in the effort to replace outgoing manager Jeff Jabusch. With him retir...