Not long ago, I attended a Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting and sat next to John Buehler, who quickly reminded me of how we first met.
Dear Customers, Friends, and Family:
This column ran in The Gazette 11 years ago. Granddaughter Emmersen has finished her freshman year of college. But this memory is vivid and the message timeless. Thank you for reading it.
Every Fourth of July morning for three decades, Cannon Beach residents and visitors, cups of java in hand, gather along Hemlock Street for two events—the Independence Day Parade and the Cannon…
We would like to thank the community of Cannon Beach and the Seaside School District for being so supportive of the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum and our decision to purchase the fo…
During the summer months library volunteers greet the return of an increasing number of patrons borrowing the latest mysteries by favorite authors, consuming seductive beach reads and combing …
Two weeks ago, I reintroduced myself to the Cannon Beach Chamber following our company’s reacquisition of “The Gazette.”
At The Library: Library elects board members, officers; Schedules Portland novelist and 2 book sales
Speaker programs, discussion groups, a contemporary collection of important books and a busy book-sale room, connect residents and visitors with significant books, important local writers and …
We are at a crossroads in this town. We are well on our way to being simply a destination resort. What does that mean? It means that our local government is most concerned with bringing more a…
The following statement was issued by Anthony Smith, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, following yesterday afternoon’s 18-to-11 State Senate passage of…
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Every year, I’m struck by the powerful — and often, opposing — emotions that Memorial Day stirs.
The following statement was issued by Anthony Smith, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, following yesterday afternoon’s 18-to-11 State Senate passage of…
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Hello Cannon Beach, I’m Joe Warren the new publisher of the Cannon Beach Gazette. I can’t wait to make the rounds and meet everyone.
Between April and May, programming at the Cannon Beach Library changes noticeably. Soon the crush of tourism will impede the library’s ability to find vacant rooms for visiting authors and ope…
It’s hard to write a farewell column when I’ve only been here four years. That’s less than the lifespan of some razor clams.
That dogs have powerful noses is a well-known fact. The term “sniffari” is endearingly used by some dog lovers to describe the safari-like sniffing excursions that healthy dogs enjoy so much. …
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A couple of weeks ago, my husband misplaced his glasses. His very expensive prescription glasses, I might add, not his cheap drugstore readers. After turning the house upside down a few times …
During the Great Depression, World War II and Korean Conflict, the Democratic Party of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman protected workers, farmers, people of color and average middle-class …
April is National Poetry Month, a celebration introduced in 1996, organized by the Academy of American Poets.
By R.J. Marx
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Years ago, my husband and I were at an event. It was one of those end-of-week things where you steal away for a half hour from whatever you were doing to run in, kiss people on both cheeks, ma…
This column often mentions the important role volunteers play in providing library, information, meeting facilities and programs to Cannon Beach, Arch Cape and other North Coast communities.
I live nine miles from Astoria and eight miles from Seaside. It’s like having a foot in both north and south Clatsop County, and as the publisher of both the Daily Astorian and Seaside Signal,…
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New York City's Strand Book Store was the setting on March 21 for a discussion of the existential challenge facing community newspapers across America. Inspiration for the event came from "Gri…
Diets often don't work well because we haven’t given our brains the exact directions on what we really want. Let me explain, this can change your whole perspective.
By R.J. Marx
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Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today pressed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to not repeat the same mistakes of the Veterans Choice Prog…
A new statewide assessment of Oregon retailers that carry tobacco shows the reach of tobacco industry marketing. The report highlights ads and products designed to appeal to youth, as well as …
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Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in June, essentially unchanged from 4.2 percent in May. According to the Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s unemployment rate has been between 4.…
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The Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) starts at the mouth of the Columbia River and spans the Oregon coastline to California, covering 382 miles and crossing 28 coastal towns.
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Put it back. That’s the advice you’re likely to hear if you bring a young wild animal home to “take care of it”—and you might get a warning or citation from the Oregon State Police (OSP), too.
Cherries, peaches, berries, tomatoes and lavender are just a sampling of summer’s agricultural bounty that Oregonians eagerly await all year.
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Puffins are an amazing draw to Haystack Rock, but the popular destination is an ecosystem to many other flying and swimming creatures.
The annual summer conservation closure for razor clams begins Monday, July 15 and runs through Sept. 30 on Clatsop beaches (from Tillamook Head in Seaside to the mouth of the Columbia River).
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The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has lifted a public health advisory for contact with marine water at Agate Beach and Seal Rock State Park Beach, both in Lincoln County, and Harris Beach, in …
To highlight the availability of summer food programs around the state, Governor Kate Brown has issued a proclamation making July 15-19 Summer Meals Week in Oregon. While more than 300,000 chi…
The 53rd annual Seaside Beach Run is on Saturday, July 20. The course will begin and end at 12th Avenue at the North Prom beach access, and the entire event will be held on the beach to avoid …
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Just before 6 p.m. on Monday, July 8, the Rockaway Beach Fire Department (RBFD) responded to a water rescue call off of N 6th Avenue. After a short visual search, four victims were located app…
The Keep Oregon Green Association Smokey Bear vehicle license plate will be available for Oregon passenger vehicles starting Aug. 1.
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Natasha Stevens says impromptu dance parties are normal at Wild Grocery
A tidepool crustacean’s ability to survive oxygen deprivation though it lacks a key set of genes raises the possibility that animals might have more ways of dealing with hypoxic environments t…
Fire Season will officially begin on Monday, July 1, 2019 at 1 a.m. This will affect all lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protection District.
Cannon Beach Academy students were released for the Summer Break earlier in the month-sandy beaches and sunny days are on the minds of most kids. The administration is busy already planning fo…
Above-normal risk of wildfires on both the Oregon and Washington Coasts prompts the 2020 Senior Class Graduates of Neah-Kah-Nie High School to urge caution with fires and fireworks.
With 2019 Chinook salmon returns forecasted to be below average again, fishery managers have taken action to reduce the daily and seasonal bag limit for wild adult Chinook salmon in the Nehale…
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Oregon Food Bank and Oregon Food Bank Network leaders issued a statement on Thursday, June 27, in response to donations from the rally in support of Oregon Senate Republican’s walk out.
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In an effort to provide more living wage jobs and further invest in the health of Oregon’s North Coast communities, the Nestucca Ridge Family of Companies has initiated a new Living Wage Polic…
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WINGS offers educational opportunities for women who have had their education interrupted and are yearning to go back to school.
Pianist Tom Grant is a longtime leader on the Portland music scene, an award-winning jazz and New Age music star with an international audience. After graduating from the University of Oregon,…
Of all the masterful fiction of the North Coast, Don Berry presents the most vivid naturalism: capturing the scent of the woods, the hollow of a log or the whisper of a dream. The writer lived…
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Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World” is back and more relevant than ever. The title alone is a meme for our genetically engineered, social media besotted society, where individuals spe…
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When the Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for water work in September for the school district’s campus construction in the Southeast Hills, officials and construction crews issued a col…
Many of the stars of the day have long since been forgotten. Others live on in the annals of the city’s musical history, from visitors like Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong to l…
The firefighting community is mourning the loss of Bill Boone, who served as Hamlet’s fire chief for many years.
I wish I had known Mike Knop.