🌱 Silent Film Night + Anchorage Man Sentenced To 65 Years

Happy Thursday, Anchorage! Here's what's happening today in Anchorage.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with a bit of snow. High: 20 Low: 17.

Here are the top stories in Anchorage today:

1. The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra is back with Silent Film Night. On Jan. 8th, the ASO will present one of the world's first action-adventure films, The Mark of Zorro, as it was intended to be seen - with the original 1920 score performed live. The performance will take place in the Atwood Concert Hall at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. (Broadway World)
2. Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson released a statement on Tuesday regarding the fluoridation of the city’s water. Bronson decided to stop the fluoridation while visiting the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility Eklutna Water Treatment Plant on Oct. 1, turning it off for about five hours. City code requires the fluoridation of Anchorage’s water supply. (Alaska Public Media News)
3. An Anchorage man was sentenced to 65 years in prison on Tuesday for a 2016 shooting that left one person dead near downtown. Tommy Rumph Jr., now 36, was found guilty by a jury last year on charges of first- and second-degree murder and misconduct involving a controlled substance. Rumph's attorney, assistant public defender Julia Moudy, said he plans to appeal the sentence. (Yahoo)

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Today in Anchorage:

• KPC Alliance Meetings, At Identity, Inc. (4:00 PM)
• Bright Up the Night, Holiday Light Display, At Alaska State Fair Inc (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• To celebrate National Ugly Sweater Day on 12/17, all guests wearing ANY holiday sweater get priority boarding on Alaska Airlines! (Instagram)
• Thanks to nearly a dozen Alaska Railroad volunteers, two festively decorated locomotives add some holiday cheer to the Aurora Winter Train as it makes the weekly trek through the snow-covered country between Anchorage and Fairbanks. (Facebook)
• Kindergarten students in Kjerstin Thomas' class at Denali Montessori learned about traditional Scandinavian and Italian St. Lucia's Day celebrations. (Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.