Gilbert runs for mayor to improve infrastructure and economy

After nine years in public service across four different councils, commissions and committees, Patty Gilbert is running for Wrangell's highest elected office.

Gilbert is a retired math and science teacher who left the Wrangell School District in 2018 after 23 years. The mayoral candidate has since served in a wide variety of government organizations, including the borough assembly, where she is vice mayor, and the school board, where she served a two-year term as vice president. She also sits on the municipal code committee and the investment committee.

During her time in office, she has advoc...