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THE OCEANSIDER: County Formally Extends STR “Pause” until August 31, 2023 and Temporarily Opens Waiting List for Certain Homes
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider As reported last week, the County Commissioners followed through on their intent to extend the “pause” in accepting short term rental license applications for 60 days,…
COMMENTARY – A Triumph of Conviction: “5 Angry Councilors” Showcases a Heroine Mayor
By Will Stone Note: This critique is a work of fiction. The play and its characters are fictional. Any resemblance to real individuals is unintended and purely coincidental. “5 Angry Councilors” is…
ARDENT GOURMET: Review of Downies Cafe in Bay City
By David & Susan Greenberg Your beloved aunt, for reasons you’ll never fathom, kept a goat in her basement. Her home was overrun with cats as others are with termites. She once…
POETRY: SUMMER SOLSTICE
By Virginia Carrell Prowell It’s the first day of Summer, and as I look out my window, I see lovely flowers covering my deck and a varied species of birds flutter and…
Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (TAPA) Presents: “THE GIN GAME”
By Michael Randall A new production of Donald Coburn’s play, “The Gin Game,” has opened at the Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (TAPA) in the Barn Community Playhouse. Coburn wrote the…
JOURNEY GAL: Most Memorable Night
By Marilyn Karr One evening while jotting down some notes for another article for the Tillamook County Pioneer, I burst out loud with laughter as I reminisce on a most memorable night….
POSTIVE VIBES: Women Empowered Workshop July 8 & 9
By Jan Boal, RN I facilitate women’s workshops. The focus is on empowerment by way of recognizing fear, whether real or perceived. Empowering women is not meant as a way to strike…
THE OCEANSIDER: Commissioners Continue Work on New STR Rules, Agree to Extend STR “Pause” for 60 Days
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider This past week, the Board of County Commissioners held two meetings of intense interest to STR owners and those living near them. On Tuesday, June 13, a…
Mysteries of the Brooten Kelp Ore Baths Explored at Evening Presentation at Cape Kiawanda Community Center June 14th
by Neal Lemery Many of the mysteries of the Brooten baths and sanitarium in Pacific City were revealed to a curious crowd in Pacific City June 14. The kelp ore baths were…