Meet the Merchant: Spencer Percey, owner, Spencer’s Instrument Repair
“Never in a million years.”“I actually started off wanting to be a music teacher. And being huge into the local music community, I’ve been in bands and everything. With community bands, all the local...
View ArticleBusiness Bookworm: Fascinating story of the Krocs and McDonald’s
“To go.” Whoever put those two delicious words together really knew what they were doing: order your food, ask for it “to go,” save yourself time, and eat wherever you want. You might not even have to...
View ArticleWell Preserved: Charles and Elizabeth Johnson Residence
ASTORIA — “We were young and adventurous when we started,” recalled Judy Atkinson. She and her husband, Ernie, were moving north from California. They had an 18-month old child in tow and another child...
View ArticleRazor clam closure hurts small businesses
PENINSULA — The financial fallout from the ongoing razor clam closure is continuing to hurt restaurants, retailers and small businesses and the Long Beach Peninsula as a whole, though the city of Long...
View ArticleA ‘blue collar’ beginning: Saturday market mainstay opens doors...
LONG BEACH — It all started on a windy afternoon during the Saturday Market at the Port of Ilwaco in May 2015 with five pounds of sausage and a $20 panini press. By September 2016, the end of their...
View ArticleResurgent economy evident in home furnishing industry
ASTORIA — Whether it’s the latest clothing or seasonal color, fashion trends extend well beyond the confines of the catwalk.“We’re always trying to stay with the trends and color schemes — finding out...
View ArticleWelcome to Neptune: New managers settle into surroundings and role at LB theater
PENINSULA — It was mid-October in Rochester, New York. The color of the leaves hadn’t yet changed and the autumn air was a comfortable 70 degrees. But the winds of change were well in motion for Katie...
View ArticleStrong all along: New year brings new business to area gyms
New year brings new business to area gymsBy LUKE WHITTAKERlwhittaker@crbizjournal.comASTORIA — The winter is survival season for a lot of area businesses, but one is bulking up membership while...
View ArticleRock solid: Seaside shop hits stride in third season
SEASIDE — A passion, a paycheck and a pension. When it comes to the revolving role rocks have played in Terry Hiatt’s life, it simply depends on the timing. Today, rocks are his livelihood, but they’ve...
View ArticleForest products: Modern, sustainable and key for Clatsop County
“I grew up in a small town in NE Washington where the timber industry provided the community with the best-paying jobs. I applied right out of high school, began working and learning our...
View ArticleSeamstress sets up shop in Uniontown
Judy Hollingsworth is stepping into the void left by Eda Lindstrom’s Custom Threads, which closes at the end of the month.Hollingsworth, a third-generation seamstress, recently opened Sewing by Judy...
View ArticleA budding tourism industry
Call it a local habit, or maybe even the coast’s newest tourist draw.All around Portland, coastal tourist destinations such as Astoria, Seaside, Lincoln City, Tillamook and Newport have seen...
View ArticleFallen cable knocks out radio transmitter
SEASIDE — Down but not out for Seaside radio station 94.9 after a wind-blown cable blew off and damaged the station’s antenna.“Saturday morning, I’m listening and I hear us go off the air and wondered...
View ArticleOrganic farming finds itself at a crossroads
At this point, maybe organic producers and processors should just declare victory.They’ve won, haven’t they? Sales of organic products show double-digit growth year after year. Consumers increasingly...
View ArticleFulio’s Pastaria gets new owner
Peter Roscoe, founder and owner of Fulio’s Pastaria, Tuscan Steakhouse & Delicatessen since the early 2000s, has sold the restaurant to his former manager Allan LaPlante. The transfer was completed...
View ArticleMore than 800 job seekers attend career fair
One came with plans to be a police officer, but first needed a pinch of advice. Another wore a suit and a bow tie, looking for an opportunity to shadow a doctor. Most were simply seeking summer jobs....
View ArticleFood cart downtown goes local with sausage
On a frosty Wednesday night, Miles Peacock and Mari Inaba found themselves alone in the lot outside Reach Break Brewing. The two business partners seasoned, ground and pumped 30 pounds worth of pork...
View ArticleHospital adds telemetry
Columbia Memorial Hospital has established a hospital-wide telemetry system to track the heart condition of patients.When a patient comes to the hospital with chest pain, difficulty breathing or a...
View ArticleDowntown Spexarth building welcomes new tenants
Some new neighbors are coming to the downtown Astoria Spexarth Building between 11th and 12th streets, including a new restaurant to replace Lindstrom’s Danish Maid Bakery.Vicki and David McAfee,...
View ArticleAt Fulio’s, new owner, chef offer Italian with a twist
Expect the same taste of Italy at Fulio’s, along with a little more of the Mediterranean.Longtime proprietor Peter Roscoe recently transferred the restaurant to Allan LaPlante, who with new chef Sean...
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