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Salem’s water scare: What we can learn

Written June 4th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 9 responses.

The great Salem water emergency has been over since Saturday. But as usual after such an event, we have to think about it and see what we can learn.

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Another look at those big oaks

Written June 2nd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 12 responses.

On a ride around North Albany the other day, I took another look at the site of the Pheasant Run subdivision the city council approved last month over the objections of neighbors who testified at a public hearing. When the subdivision proposal was announced in February, I took photos that showed the trees in winter. […]

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Old church comes before council, again

Written June 1st, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 15 responses.

Once again the Albany City Council will be asked to decide what if anything to do with the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Main Street and Santiam Road.

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Congratulations on a fitting new name

Written May 30th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 3 responses.

They didn’t ask me, obviously, but I would say the students at South Albany High School picked themselves a pretty good mascot and name for their various teams.

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Take a last look at Oak Grove School

Written May 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 13 responses.

If you want to take a last look at Oak Grove School in rural North Albany, better make it quick. The building will be demolished shortly, to be replaced by a much bigger one that’s scheduled to be ready in the fall of 2019.

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Coffee and fillings: How about a sign?

Written May 28th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 19 responses.

Every few days, it seems, somebody asks on Facebook or elsewhere what’s being built at Waverly Drive and Santiam Highway in southeast Albany. Nobody would have to ask if developers just put up a big sign announcing what they’re building on the corner of two busy streets.

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Thanks for a neighborhood tradition

Written May 28th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 4 responses.

For years, on patriotic holidays somebody has been hanging flags from the power poles up and down Albany’s Broadway Street, but I don’t  know who.

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