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After taking over the development of a stalled apartment complex near Safeway, two Salem investors hope to add dozens of housing units in Astoria by spring.

The Astorian reported earlier this week that construction of the NorthPost Apartments, a 66-unit complex along the Astoria Riverwalk between 31st and 32nd streets, came to a halt last year after financial issues.

Gabe Johansen and Paul Kerley, of One Ten Holdings, said the company has been a partner on the project from the start with the intention of owning the complex upon completion.

However, the partners said they recently took control of the unfinished project since it stalled due to financial trouble. They plan to restart construction later this month and complete the project by spring.

“We really love Astoria. We love the market in that community, and we plan to be investing up there long term,” said Johansen, who also owns SMI Real Estate and Property Management, a Keizer-based brokerage and property management company. “We’re just super excited about being able to get this thing to the finish line and own it — we’ve always wanted to.

“And so it’s nice that we’re sort of working through all the speed bumps now and I know that it’s been kind of an eyesore sitting there. So, we want to get the project moving as soon as possible and finish as soon as possible and deliver it for the community and provide more housing.”

See the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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A rural neighborhood in Jewell that has been living under a boil water notice for more than a year did not have any water at all for days this week.

Residents said Tony Cavin, who operates the Evergreen Acres water system that provides drinking water to around 100 people, shut off the water Tuesday night. In a Facebook post published that same day, Cavin warned people he was going to turn the water off for repairs.

Water returned late Thursday night, but was muddy looking.

Read the story by Katie Frankowicz of our news partner KMUN by clicking here.

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Seeing a large number of home-schooling families using the Warrenton Community Library, library staff this fall decided to provide more intentional programming for home-schooled children and their parents.

“We knew that there was a fairly large home-school community that utilized the library,” said Josh Saranpaa, the library’s director. “So we wanted to create a program that allowed the parents and the families to socialize, interact, get to know other home-school parents, families, as well as allow their children an opportunity to meet and socialize.”

The Homeschool Hangout program has seen consistently high attendance, according to Saranpaa. On the first Friday of the month, the library provides arts and crafts supplies for children to play with while parents socialize over coffee or tea. The program is relatively free-form, but Saranpaa noted that if demand remains high, the library may begin using the time for more structured educational activities.

Take a look at the report by Rebecca Norden-Bright by clicking here.

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