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The Port of Astoria has detailed its infrastructure needs at Pier 2 in Uniontown.

It will cost an estimated $15 million to rehabilitate a structure critical to the seafood processors important to the region’s economy.

The Port is polishing a public relations campaign to compete for state and federal money.

“It’s very easy to show how justifiable the project is,” Matt McGrath, the Port’s deputy director, told The Astorian. “The biggest thing is just to get the word out and to make sure that we have really good information, really good solutions as far as engineering and making people understand that the Port is not doing this on its own.”

Read the story by Ethan Myers by clicking here.

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Voters in Warrenton will get another chance to save the city’s library.

A ballot measure in May would extend a local option levy of 33 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The levy finances library operations.

In November, voters narrowly rejected a 5-cent increase to the tax rate, putting the library at risk.

City and library leaders opted to ask voters in May for an extension at the existing rate.

“With the existing local option levy ending (in June), we suddenly find ourselves perilously close to being a city without a library,” Kelsey Balensifer, the chairwoman of the library board, said in a presentation to the City Commission on Tuesday.

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

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At Greenwood Cemetery, families who lost babies long ago are trying to find closure.

Michael Leamy, who owns the cemetery off state Highway 202 in Astoria with his wife, said he learned some women were not given the opportunity to see their baby if the infant was dead at birth. He said they were also not told where their baby was buried.

A monument went up late last year to commemorate the babies that have been identified so far.

“I tried to capture the deep sorrow,” Leamy said. “So I designed it with a broken heart and then an explanation on the left side and a tribute on the right side.”

See the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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