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Beach Day Coffee · Oct 30, 2026 · 1 min
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Where she should have been all her life
Karen Emmerling opened Beach Books in 2005. Twenty years on, the Gilbert District still has a literary living room.
Seaside · Jan 24, 2026 · 3 min read
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The last mile on the Prom
Hood to Coast finishes in Seaside on August 28 and 29. For the town it is not a race. It is a two-day change of weather.
Cove Tales · Aug 4, 2026 · 2 min
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Two hundred forty-five nets
The Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament returns August 5–9. For five days the beach is a city, and Broadway works like one.
Cove Tales · Jul 8, 2026 · 2 min
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One hundred seventy-two flavors
The Seaside Candyman is in Heritage Square, not on the Prom, and that is part of the point. Taffy, a wheel, and a man who will rap about candy.
Cove Tales · Jun 25, 2026 · 2 min
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Seaside’s oldest continually run business
Phillips Candies has been on Broadway since 1897. The name stayed. The taffy stayed. The family in the kitchen changed.
Cove Tales · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min
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Wednesdays in the lot
The Seaside Farmers Market runs June 17 to September 9, 2026. Food court at noon, market at one, music until the booths come down. Last year, 13,000 people.
Cove Tales · Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min
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The jam on Broadway started in a strawberry field
Oregon Hill Farms has cooked in St. Helens since 1987. The jars are in Seaside shops. The pails are wholesale. Five Oregon couples bought the kitchen in 2024.
Cove Tales · May 28, 2026 · 2 min
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A living room that looks at the Pacific
Seaside VR is a free-roam arena on Highway 101, across from City Hall. It is also the publisher’s own business, which this site will not pretend otherwise.
Cove Tales · May 20, 2026 · 2 min
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