Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony

Local News: Astoria City Council hears Grocery Outlet testimony Tuesday night the Astoria City Council voted to close public hearings on the proposed Grocery Outlet project in the Mill Pond area of Astoria. The move means that the council will accept written rebuttal from the project developers and owners, but will not hear more public testimony. They’ll take up the issue again Feb. 3 (Script follows, scroll down to Listen [4:38]) By Joanne Rideout The Grocery Outlet is appealing, to the city council, a denial by the Astoria Design Review Commission. Public testimony Tuesday night covered a wide range of...