MARCH 27, 2015 • VOL. 39, ISSUE 7
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Book bash
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event April 10-12
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Cannon Beach Gazette
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Bruce Francis, property manager of the Breakers Point Homeowners Association, tromps through European dune
grass that has trapped windblown sand west and south of Breakers Point.
Breakers Point may appeal
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Locals looking to challenge Laurel Street development
Opponents of City Council’s decision
form nonprofit ‘Friends of Cannon Beach’
By Erick Bengel
Cannon Beach Gazette
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Property owner Jeff Nicholson has said he plans to tear
down this 99-year-old house at 532 N. Laurel St. and re-
build it using some of the original materials according to
modern building standards.
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