Love’s Travel Stop in Millersburg has been open for a week, and I finally made my way there to take a look.
Now it’s RedHawks almost everywhere
Written August 22nd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
You’re looking at the back of the press box at RedHawks Stadium, the renamed athletic field of South Albany High School.
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Tags: Greater Albany Public Schools, Rebels, Redhawks, South Albany High
Tags: Greater Albany Public Schools, Rebels, Redhawks, South Albany High
Big lots in ‘fringe:’ City staff says no
Written August 21st, 2018 by Hasso Hering
A Sunday bike ride took me past this hillside on the east side of Scravel Hill Road. Its owners would like to develop spacious home sites there, but a great thicket of city of Albany and Linn County land use regulations stand in the way, so far.
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Tags: Albany land use, development rules, Scravel Hill Road, The Conser Group
Tags: Albany land use, development rules, Scravel Hill Road, The Conser Group
Injured mayor back at council table
Written August 20th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa returned to the city council in person Monday, nearly a month after being injured in a two-car crash.
More lanes? Don’t hold your breath
Written August 19th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”aUvX-yk8IiY”] Watching northbound traffic creeping along on I-5 made me wonder what’s happening with the long-standing plans for third lanes. The answer is not much, other than continued planning, which moves much slower than even the traffic on a summer Sunday afternoon.
Call it a pseudo-apple, if you want
Written August 18th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
This is what you get years after you’ve cut down the remnants of an apple tree and let saplings grow from the roots to become kind of a big apple bush.
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Warplane display: An airport update
Riding past the Albany airport the other day, I wondered about the status of the project to restore and display three vintage warplanes. Turns out that one-third of this volunteer effort may be completed this year, but there’s uncertainty about the rest.
Tags: A-4 display, A-4 Skyhawk, Albany Airport, Dick Ebbert