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Crabbing on the Oregon Coast

On November 12, 2011 By

Tis the season to crab on the Coast. The recently announced delay of the opening of the commercial or offshore Dungeness crab season will not effect recreational crabbing in Oregon’s bays and estuaries. Bay crabbing is fun, inexpensive and easily accessible.  A fishing license is required and the gear is simple. If needed, you [...]

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People often ask “what is there to do on a rainy November Saturday on the Coast?” Here is one option: spend it in the comfort of our beautiful Performing Arts Center! Even those who are not opera buffs are becoming enchanted with the Met’s Live in HD presentations.

On Saturday November 19, The Metropolitan Opera [...]

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The Beaver Creek Natural Area, which was dedicated in the Spring of 2010, has already become one of the brightest gems in the crown of attractions on the Central Oregon Coast. More than 300 acres of marsh, uplands and meadows in this coastal waster shed provides an [...]

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Sales are increasing slightly in the current market. Lenders are becoming more able to fund new loans and interest rates remain below 5% in most cases. Requirements are stringent with regard to Buyer qualifications of excellent credit and income. Once these hurdles are jumped new loans are moving fairly swiftly [...]

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The number of closings on the Oregon Coast is holding fairly steady for 2011 as Sellers begin to understand the pricing philosophy that Realtors have been promoting for many years.  The days of overpricing and hoping to negotiate to a lower price [...]

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Rogue Ales Brewery

On March 10, 2011 By

One of the “must stop” sites in Newport  is actually two.  The Rogue Ales Brewery in South Beach on Yaquina Bay and Rogue Ales Brew Pub on the Bayfront.   In the brewery tours are available of the unique process of creating handcrafted beers and ales which incorporates [...]

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This weekend, volunteers can choose from more than 160 cleanup and watershed projects on the Oregon coast and inland rivers. This is the first year since the beach cleanups began in the 1980s that it has been expanded to include waterways that lead to the ocean. This is only possible because volunteer [...]

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