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The Astoria Food Hub has opened off Marine Drive.

The organizers are turning the former Sears space into a collaboration with restaurants that emphasizes local sourcing.

Ryan Anderson, the senior vice president of services for Steward, a Portland-based private lender that provided the financing to purchase the building, took over as manager of the Astoria Food Hub earlier this year.

“Our focus is really on how can we bring in creative, interesting businesses into the food hub, and then partner with them, the food hub, Steward, North Coast Food Web, (Oregon Coast Visitors Association) to provide them the support they need to really localize their supply chain as much as possible,” he said.

Read the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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The distinctive pilings that hold up buildings along the riverfront can be costly to maintain.

Bergerson Construction, a marine contractor located at Tongue Point, handles much of the work.

“The waterfront is highly dynamic — everything is shifting and changing, you have constant motion, wave action, debris coming down the river that gets in underneath these structures,” Greg Morrill, the president and majority owner of Bergerson Construction, said. “You’ve got corrosion issues. You can have erosion of the underwater soils. There are so many things happening all the time that it may not be obvious that it’s something that requires continual attention from the owner.”

Take a look at Ethan Myers’ report by clicking here.

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A political action committee has formed to advocate for an $8 million bond on the November ballot to help finance renovations at the Astoria Library.

Robert Duehmig is the co-chairman of Yes for Our Astoria Library.

“If you look at the needs of the library right now — just on the basics — it’s falling apart,” said Duehmig, who also serves on the board of the Clatsop Community College Foundation.

No organized opposition has emerged against the bond measure, but some have taken to social media to complain it is too expensive.

See the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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