Pacific County Property Transactions
Date Sale Price Address Buyer Seller 05/01/17 $38,500 Not provided Jill Dubisch and Raymond Michalowski Jr Guy Glenn Trustee05/02/17 $190,000 1429 269th Place, Ocean Park Richard and Dawn Johnston...
View ArticleCity of Astoria Building Permits
ResidentialDate Name Address Value Description Contractor05/03/17 Todd Nelson Wendler 283 Kensington Avenue $2,787 Install gas insert Blue Water Inc05/09/17 John and Kimberly Postlewaite 171 W Bond...
View ArticleSeaside Business Licenses
May 2017Business Name Business Address Business ServiceNaked Winery LLC 270 S Columbia, Seaside Wine tastingSeaside Auto Glass and Tire 1725 Roosevelt #B, Seaside Retail Auto Glass & TireJim...
View ArticleClatsop County Building Permits
Date Type Address Value Description Contractor5/02/17 Dwelling 33101 Malarkey Lane, Warrenton $305,888 Single family dwelling To be determined5/02/17 Dwelling 79176 Estate Drive, Nehalem $275,000...
View ArticleCannon Beach Building Permits
ResidentialDate Name Address Value Description Contractor05/05/17 Randall Dennis 136 Amber Lane $435,591 New single family residence Coaster Construction05/16/17 Jeffery Nicholson 532 N Laurel $279,513...
View ArticleBusiness Bookworm: ‘Small Data’ makes big difference
It’s always the little things.A chocolate on the pillow or slippers beneath a turned-down bed. Stickers for a customer’s kids. A lagniappe in the box to make a baker’s dozen: all things to ensure a...
View ArticleWell Preserved: Couple discovers a classic Astoria renovation project
ASTORIA — Steff Eiter and Lucy Barna were attracted to Astoria by its art scene. Barna is a jeweler who sells her work in the Riversea Gallery. Eiter is a student in Clatsop Community College’s...
View ArticleFrom computers to cheesesteaks: new Surfer Sands owner embraces career change
LONG BEACH — For years, Jon Steel, 57, labored in the high-speed, high-tech and high-stress world of computers. Steady and lucrative, it was the perfect career to provide for his growing family. In...
View ArticleOddities of Nature open in South Bend: Rocks, fossils, bugs, skulls galore
SOUTH BEND — Dean Lewis, 67, keeps a scrapbook on the counter. The book is filled with photos of exploits from an earlier time, a testament to a career of transporting rare and exotic animals for zoos...
View ArticleCoffee bar fills void in downtown LB: Vietnamese coffee, Mexican hot cocoa...
LONG BEACH — In one corner, a man scrolls on his laptop and stares intently at his computer screen in between sips of coffee. Across the room, a little girl’s laughter erupts over a game of checkers...
View ArticleFrom wholesale to retail: Dough Dough Bakery opens in Seaside
Dough Dough Bakery opens in SeasideBy Luke Whittakerlwhittaker@crbizjournal.comSEASIDE — Late-night baking marathons and early morning deliveries are nothing new to Jonathan Hoffman, 35, and Alex...
View ArticleConstruction commences on Ocean Park clinic New clinic and pharmacy...
OCEAN PARK — The groundbreaking event took less than 20 minutes and was attended by fewer than two dozen people. The benefits, however, will be felt for years, improving life for thousands. On...
View ArticleMeet the Merchant, Kevin Shaw, 45, Head Brewer, Buoy Beer
When did you become Head Brewer at Buoy Beer?“I moved here at the end of August 2013. They had just started the remodel and construction on the building.”When did you brew your first beer? “I made the...
View ArticleChanging hands: Dollar General and NAPA Auto Parts making moves in Astoria
Changes are afoot at two of Astoria’s most visible pieces of vacant land.A new Dollar General is being proposed for the Mill Pond neighborhood. The owner of NAPA Auto Parts in Mill Pond, meanwhile, is...
View ArticleUniontown’s Mary Todd’s Workers Bar finds a buyer
Mary Todd, the owner of Mary Todd’s Workers Bar & Grill, said she has agreed to sell the Uniontown business and property to Diana Kirk, an Astoria resident and author.Kirk wrote on Facebook that...
View ArticleShop the Dock debuts in Warrenton
WARRENTON — The first ever “Shop the Dock” tours in Clatsop County highlighted Warrenton’s seafood offerings. Despite the area’s long history of fishing and seafood processing — and even though the...
View ArticleIn Seaside, a fish(y) story
SEASIDE — If it’s a fishing story you’ve got to tell or a contractor tale, take a load off and mosey on over to Jim Brien’s Bait & Tackle shop on Avenue S in Seaside. Brien, who retired in January...
View ArticleNatural Grocers is coming to Warrenton
WARRENTON — Natural Grocers, a national health food chain, hopes to open a new store at the Youngs Bay Plaza in Warrenton in March.Work began recently renovating several vacant storefronts in the plaza...
View ArticleKratom: Legal and booming
In large doses, the pills can mimic the effects of opiates. In small ones, and depending on the strain, the drug can be similar to coffee or ibuprofen.Kratom, a natural product originating from a...
View ArticleJ.C. Penney’s was a downtown fixture
A business brief in The Astoria Daily Budget on Jan. 10, 1916 heralded the opening of Astoria’s J.C. Penney store. “The J.C. Penney Co., prominent mercantile operators of the northwest, owners of 83...
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