Harbor
Council votes to rebuild the seawall before the next storm season
A $48 million seawall, a new harbor fee, and a deadline of next October.
Staff
Mara Okafor
Mara Okafor covers City Hall and the harbor for the Ledger. She has sat through every council budget session since 2019.
Business
A family bakery, a rent increase, and a lease with nine days left
A Front Street bakery weighs a 40 percent rent increase.
Harbor Days
Harbor Days returns this weekend after two years off, with a shorter parade route and a smaller fireworks budget than organizers wanted
City Hall
Water main break floods Chestnut Street overnight, crews say fix could take weeks
A water main break flooded Chestnut Street overnight. Crews say a full repair could take weeks.
The long read
What eighty years of tide records say about Port Alden's next storm
The sea at North Pier is 17 centimeters higher than in 1941, and flood hours have gone from four a year to 58.
