Progress on new hotel on the Astoria waterfront near Buoy Beer (Script below, scroll down to Listen) By Joanne Rideout The Astoria City Council Monday night approved requests from hotelier David Kroening of Bowline Investors, LLC. Bowline wants to make changes to the dock and property at the bottom of 8th and 9th streets, where those streets cross the trolley tracks and meet the river. They also want to develop the land next to the hotel structure abutting the trolley line. The hotel will be located in an existing building situated on docks and pilings that extend out over the...