The recent tempest in a teapot at Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation District is interesting. To hear these folks talk, the old Broadway Middle School property, which SEPRD recently purchased …
This year we are celebrating the Seaside Prom Centennial of 100 years. The appealing promenade cement boardwalk that borders the ocean and offers beautiful views. I’ve walked, biked, rollerbla…
That man from Clackamas County is right (letter, “Time to move transient RVs out of Seaside.”) It’s a travesty that people are living in broken-down RVs parked on the street.
Over the past 14 months, I have found it necessary to visit the Astoria DMV on three different occasions and on each of those occasions, I found the representatives there to be professional, k…
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I have lived in Cannon Beach for twenty years and was drawn here by its stunning beaches, diverse tide pools, rocky habitats and wildlife. I’ve been a volunteer community scientist monitoring …
What a year 2020 was. This past year has been like none of us have seen in our lifetime. The pandemic raged for most of the year, with periods of total business shutdown in the spring of 2020 …
When we are frustrated, we are much more easily reeled-in by flashy marketing, charismatic personalities, and promises of quick fixes, even if what’s being offered is subpar. That’s because fr…
The transient RVs that are being allowed to camp for months across from the public restrooms at 12th and Necanicum need to be moved out of town. These people have expired registration dating b…
SEASIDE —Clatsop County has administered more than 17,350 vaccine doses against the coronavirus.
My name is Michael Hinton and I’m a candidate for the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District board of directors Position 3.
After one of the hardest years many of us will ever experience, help is on the way for Oregon businesses and families. Gov. Kate Brown just unveiled a 10-point Economic Recovery Plan and the s…
Last month I received a letter from Berkley Sturgell, a 9-year-old Gearhart Resident, about the lack of play equipment for kids in Gearhart now that the play structures have been moved to Paci…
The board of directors of Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, has decided to move young, vulnerable children entrusted to their care, to what they call Sunset Recreation Center. This i…
Since 2020 our new normal has brought about a lot of conversations about isolation and mental health.
Im just an old man. I am not a Republican, Democrat or Independent. Yet I feel the need to answer the March 19 “irreparable damage” letter. There has to be some thought and facts put into this…
Joe Goffman, President Biden’s assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration’s Office of Air and Radiation is attempting to sneak around Congress a further tightening …
I would like to acknowledge and thank the many volunteers that are helping to get Clatsop County vaccinated! The organization was much improved for my second vaccination and I am in awe at the…
I want to extend a huge thank you to the health care workers and staff at Coastal Family Healthcare, who volunteered their time on Sunday so that I, along with many others, could get the Johns…
The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the importance of medical research. As Congress addresses the needs of our nation’s most vulnerable, they’re also working to address another disease af…
Are you ready to catch a glimpse of a gray whale? A peek of a mottled gray dorsal hump or a glimpse of the 10-foot tale fluke as they dive back under the ocean surface? You are in luck, becaus…
It was more than four years ago when I was approached by some representatives of Seaside Kids Inc., and the Seaside School District with a request: Will you help us find a way to build an indo…
Congress has finally passed legislation to provide much needed and long awaited assistance that Americans have been desperately waiting for since last year. Not one Republican voted for this l…
I am in mourning. I mourn the passing of American exceptionalism. I was taught at an early age to embrace the concept of our special form of government based on the rule of law. I believed tha…
I am very saddened and very upset with Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District last meeting report. You have failed to live up to the high caring and helping standards of the people of our area.
Much has been made of the fact that, as a result of sheltering in place long-term, many have acquired a new puppy. That’s because so many of us found ourselves suddenly with a lot of at-home t…
We all want the coronavirus pandemic to be over, but do we know the most effective, fastest way to do that? We have to increase global access to safe and effective vaccines.
Did you watch the Super Bowl? Did you catch Bruce Springsteen’s commercial? He spoke about the heartland, the middle of America, geographically, politically, and emotionally — and living from …
The past year has been interesting here in library land. After an extended closure due to the pandemic, the doors at the Seaside Public Library reopened for browsing last Friday, with a limite…
I just attended a board workshop on Broadway Middle School last night. I try to attend any board function as I plan to be a candidate for the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District board i…
I am very grateful to have received my first vaccination shot today, being a health care practitioner.
The Save Our Stages Act was passed to provide financial assistance to theaters. Unfortunately, it inadvertently excludes community theaters whose actors are volunteers, as opposed to paid, per…
I just read an article that was printed a few days ago touting a Sunset Recreation Center. It was complete with children holding up a sign. Broadway Middle School is an old, broken-down 73,000…
Improving lives in other countries will protect us as well. For those who worry about the border protection of our country, the best way to help protect our country is to better the lives of t…
Seaside High School Associated Student Body and class officers put on events Dec. 14 through 18 to help spread holiday cheer through the unprecedented times 2020 brought.
As I was watching the storm waves today at 12:45 p.m. today, I saw the most interesting thing. A large drifting tree with its roots still attached was being rolled up the sand by the heavy sur…
There is a children’s book at the Seaside Public Library called, If you ever want to bring a circus to the library, “Don’t!” by Elise Parsley.
I moved to Seaside in 2012. I found a community that embraced me for me, a local coffee shop who recognized that I was more than just a visitor, a local brewery whose staff always had a friend…
I love the city I have lived in for the last 56 years and am both happy and proud that our children were raised here, graduating from Seaside High School, participating in sports and learning …
The Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board of Directors approved the purchase of the Broadway Middle School in their closed session of Dec. 28. What surprises me is how they can move…
It seems that vacation rental owners have forgotten that they are operating businesses in residential zoning, and that it is a privilege, not a right.
A friend of mine once was awakened at 3 a.m. by an explosion in her bedroom.
In response to a letter to the editor from members of the Seaside Vacation Rental Association.
Last night, the appointed, not elected, save one member, board of directors of the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District made the final moves to purchase the decaying 71-year-old Broadway…
I’m so glad that Skyler Archibald, executive director of the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, recounted the gist of our 2016 interchange when I expressed positivity for possible use…
Serving on a government board is very difficult. The knowledge required is immense plus the time to research and analyze all sides of an issue. The role may also lead to sleepless nights tryin…
This letter was sent to members of the Seaside School District Board of Directors. It is printed at the writers’ request.
Dec. 15 marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago today that the United States ratified the Bill of Rights, ensuring unprecedented freedom for the pe…
I’ve been fortunate to be in my role since April 2015. While it has been five and a half years, I am still completely committed to my job and my “why”: I want to improve the lives of our Sunse…
In 2018, Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District tried to expand, putting a $20 million bond to the voters. It was defeated 2 to 1.
Cole Herrington suffered wounds to his foot, ankle and leg after he was attacked by a shark in December near the Cove.
Dear Seaside Mayor and City Council,
The entrance to Mill Ponds is only a few feet from U.S. Highway 101 in south Seaside, but a few steps in, the sidewalk ends and low reeds bristle along the water.
Thank you Randy Frank and Tita Montero for your informative guest column articles.
Perhaps no quote better embodies the spirit of Thanksgiving in 2020 than this one from Ernest Hemingway: “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do and with what.”
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