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To the editor,I will start this letter to let people know I love my small town of Seaside. We moved here from the valley two years ago and we do not regret the decision. What is bothering me is the...
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Open letter to the Seaside City Council, the Seaside Planning Department, the Seaside Downtown Business Association, the Seaside Chamber of Commerce, Clatsop County, and the Oregon Department of...
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The Astoria Regatta Festival Fireworks are on, thanks to the generosity of many businesses and individuals in the community. The $5,000 needed was raised. The Astoria Regatta Association would like to...
View ArticleRegion needs better power infrastructure
Anyone who lives on the North Coast should have been embarrassed by the six-hour Fourth of July electrical power failure at the Pacific Power substation in Seaside. Clatsop County is a remote island...
View ArticleScene and Heard: Flying the flag proudly on the Fourth of July
Why do people always say, “no pun intended” when intention is the name of the game?A “raisin reserve” has been declared in the news lately. Maybe it’s the smaller crop, ha, that causes companies to...
View ArticlePlan your visit with the new Seaside app
A little over seven years have passed (July 11, 2008 to be exact) since the iPhone 3G launched and consumers started embracing (or ignoring — depending on your view) a world full of apps (short for...
View ArticleDowntown litter is worse than ever
What is going on in Seaside this summer? No one seems to be sweeping the sidewalks. I have never seen so many cigarette butts and so much litter downtown.I have picked up lots of litter myself and I...
View ArticleSummer readers flock to cool beach reads
Some may find it hard to believe, but by the time you read this, we are well over the midpoint of summer reading here at the Seaside Public Library. Our last big performer for the kids, Jugglemania,...
View ArticleSeen from Seaside: No matter where you live, is disaster around the corner?
“The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle.” The New Yorker piece by Kathryn Schultz terrifyingly chronicles the all but inevitable fate of those of us living in the Cascadia subduction zone: “When...
View ArticleSeen from Seaside: No matter where you live, is disaster around the corner?
“The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle.” The New Yorker piece by Kathryn Schulz terrifyingly chronicles the all but inevitable fate of those of us living in the Cascadia subduction zone: “When the...
View ArticleSeaside Scene: Slow down, the killdeer are crossing
I’ve written several times about the killdeer at the Seaside Outlets and the subject is not exhausted. They’re the pretty ring-necked birds that screech and run foot races in the grass near the...
View ArticleCannon Shots: More than a pass-through, Elsie is at crossroads
County commissioner Lianne Thompson is an ebullient ambassador for the South County. She was the first one to come into my office on my arrival here this spring, and she has since visited a couple of...
View ArticleNew Yorker story stirs fears, provides dubious advice
I just want to thank The New Yorker magazine for letting us all know that a hugely destructive earthquake and tsunami could hit us at any time.If it hadn’t been for that story, we on the North Coast...
View ArticleAddress quake risk to make our community safer
Nancy McCarthy’s column in the Aug. 7 issue of the Seaside Signal dealt with The New Yorker article on the potential impact of a Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. She poses the question, “Will The New...
View ArticleScene and heard: A look back at the world of the 1940s
They’re beginning to talk on TV about the anniversary of Israel becoming a state. I can remember when that happened in 1948. Young people from all over the world traveled there and began to make the...
View ArticleThank you for exploring the secret sanctuary of the Coast Range
Way past a pleasure to journey with you on our one-day tour of the Coast Range near Elsie, courtesy of County Commissioner Lianne Thompson and accompanied by a carload of enthusiastic travelers.Seeing...
View ArticleLetter: Pursue a bypass
I have now read Cleve Rolfe’s open letter to the Seaside powers-that-be regarding the Seaside bypass (or lack thereof) twice, first in The Daily Astorian, and secondly in the Seaside Signal (“Need a...
View ArticleComplaints about biplane have little substance
Regarding the article on “Biplane activity sparks conversation” (Signal, Aug. 21) and the unsubstantiated reactions and allegations of a few people only, were noted concerning Mr. Grant’s business....
View ArticleLetter: Remembering my friend, Donn Bauske
To the editor,Donn Bauske, my friend, passed away a few weeks ago from a sudden heart attack.Donn, as many of you know, was a father, attorney, employer and a landlord, just to mention an insignificant...
View ArticleLet’s make a deal — how state politicians gamble with...
State Rep. Deborah Boone came to Seaside’s Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Twisted Fish July 31, not long after the close of the 2015 legislative session in Salem.Boone represents District 32,...
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