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143rd YEAR, No. 80 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2015 ONE DOLLAR $6$,/25¶6'5($0 ),1,6+(6,1$6725,$ Bornstein Seafoods aids in seafood recall Local processors voluntarily pull FDQVDIWHU)'$ inspection By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Tracy Hollister, a carpenter and homebuilder from Hood River, raises his fist in celebration as he turns into the West End Mooring Basin aboard the Ingrid Princess. 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See FERC, Page 10A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Out with the hole, in with the new City of Astoria invites ideas on Heritage Square By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian The public can get an early peek Wednesday at the potential future of Heritage Square. The city and Walker Macy, a Portland landscape architecture ¿UP ZLOO GLVSOD\ EDVLF VFKH PDWLFGHVLJQVIRUDQHZSXEOLF library, streetscape and open VSDFH IRU WKH GRZQWRZQ EORFN PDUUHG E\ WKH XQVLJKWO\ KROH ZKHUHD6DIHZD\RQFHVWRRG At a daylong open house at )RUW*HRUJH%UHZHU\DQG3XE HERITAGE SQUARE OPEN HOUSE The city and Walker Macy, a consulting firm, will hold an open house on the concept design and redevelopment of Heritage Square from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fort George Brew- ery and Public House’s Lovell Showroom. The Astoria Downtown Historic District Association will present a NEDTalk — “What’s Up Alley-Cat: A New Look for the 13th Street Alley” — at 6 p.m. during the open house. OLF +RXVH¶V /RYHOO 6KRZURRP UHVLGHQWVZLOOEHDEOHWRLQVSHFW the different concepts and offer feedback. The Astoria City Council has asked city staff to look at a PL[HGXVHGHYHORSPHQWSURMHFW ZLWK D QHZ OLEUDU\ DQG ZRUN IRUFHKRXVLQJEXWSXEOLFIHHG EDFN FRXOG KHOS LQÀXHQFH WKH GLUHFWLRQRIWKHSURMHFWZKHQLW FRPHV EDFN EHIRUH WKH FRXQFLO LQ1RYHPEHU ³+HULWDJH6TXDUHLVWKHODUJ HVW UHGHYHORSPHQW RSSRUWXQLW\ WKDW ZH KDYH GRZQWRZQ LQ D generation,” said Kevin Cronin, Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian WKH FLW\¶V FRPPXQLW\ GHYHORS PHQWGLUHFWRUZKRLVFRQVXOWLQJ Heritage Square has been home to a printing press, auto ZLWK :DONHU 0DF\ RQ FRQFHSW repair shop, dry cleaners and, most recently, a Safeway See SQUARE, Page 7A before the city acquired the property for redevelopment in 2003.