Astoria City Council makes key decisions for waterfront

Astoria City Council makes key decisions for waterfront At Monday night’s Astoria City Council meeting, councilors again faced a full house and a packed agenda. Joanne Rideout reports.  Script follows [Listen below: 5:00 min] Fort George Brewery’s impending purchase of the sprawling Astoria Warehousing property on the waterfront on Marine Drive was front and center in the meeting, with the brewery intending to use the property for storage and distribution space. To that end, the brewery received approval from the council for a wholesale liquor license for the premises. The big ticket item of the evening was the city council’s...