Caught between a river, a water project and a railroad, a marina community tries to hang on
Thomas Grubbs woke up on a Monday, checked the group chat and felt it in his stomach. “Oh, I’m actually trapped,” he said. “Like, I can’t leave.” His 50-foot houseboat floats in an Allegheny River marina that’s feeling pinched by a railroad and the water authority.
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