Sitka Girl Scouts advocate for safer intersection

Girl Scouts in Sitka are doing more than selling cookies this year. One local troop is concerned about the safety of a heavily-used crosswalk.  The scouts hope to persuade the Alaska Department of Transportation that the intersection is more hazardous than the state thinks it is.
Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons)
Standing outside the McDonald’s on Halibut Point Road, it’s easy to see the street is busy for any city, especially Sitka.
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