Meet the next Star, 7th in a line of reindeer living in downtown Anchorage

Albert Whitehead brought a new Star the Reindeer to downtown Anchorage on Monday. The last Star, the sixth, died in September at 15 1/2 years old.

"There's been a Star in town since 1960,"  Whitehead said.

The new Star is about 14 months old and but just weeks old when his mother died suddenly.  "He likes to be around people," Whitehead said.

Denise Hardy of the Reindeer Farm in Butte said Whitehead and Star "had a connection from the beginning so it's a perfect match."

People can meet Star during an event with Mayor Ethan Berkowitz in Town Square Park at 11:30 a.m. Friday.

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Anchorage has a new Star the Reindeer who moved into his new home at 10th Avenue and I Street along the Delaney Park Strip near downtown Anchorage on Monday, June 4, 2018. Albert Whitehead picked up the 14-month-old Star at the Reindeer Farm in the Butte. (Bill Roth / ADN)