To the editor: After the tragic Jan. 11 fatality, I hope that more can be done to protect the safety of those traveling on U.S. Highway 101 near the Yachats Fire District station. Would a roadside memorial to the victims near the crash site be feasible, one that includes features that, while legal, would remind […]
Letters
5 Questions and a Secret: Rural route mail carriers Michael and Cherish Nowatchik
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews The husband-and-wife team of Michael and Cherish Nowatchik, both 34, are Waldport’s newest mail carriers. Last August they took up what is referred to internally by the United States Post Office as Route 71, which includes roughly 720 addresses between Crestline Drive near Waldport High School and Fircrest Way in the […]
Renters in small Waldport apartment complex search for places to live after new owner says they will become vacation rentals
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews WALDPORT – One apartment is occupied by a single mother with a 9-year-old. Another apartment is home to a disabled couple. A married couple with three children lived in the third. They all rely on some sort of rent assistance to live in the modest four-unit apartment building on Southwest Corona […]
Yachats’ limits on vacation rentals could invite another expensive legal battle
To the editor: At a recent City Council meeting, someone in the audience stated (soto voce) that since Gerry and I rent our house part time to others, we don’t “understand” the village and are just in it for the money. Gerry chuckled and whispered to me, “I’ll bet we’ve buried more friends in this […]