The company preparing to open the North Albany IGA supermarket — long awaited by many North Albany residents — has been quiet about the opening date, but the word downtown is that it will be April 18.
A new start in Independence
Written March 30th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Last Saturday I rode a bike around Independence. I hadn’t been there for a while, and I wanted to see if anything had changed concerning Independence Station, the ill-fated project to build one of the country’s greenest buildings.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: City of Independence, Independence Station, Keizer Station, Shawn Irvine
Tags: City of Independence, Independence Station, Keizer Station, Shawn Irvine
Recycling no-nos: Some surprises
Written March 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
We’ve been doing the recycling routine all wrong. We’ve been dumping stuff in those carts that can’t be recycled or for which markets have disappeared.
Albany’s war on vagrancy, crime
Written March 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Albany has banned unauthorized camping on public property and set up a zone from which the municipal court may banish repeat criminals for up to a year. Both measures are in effect starting now.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, camping ban, exclusion zone, homelessness, vagrancy
Tags: Albany council, camping ban, exclusion zone, homelessness, vagrancy
Backing in: Not yet 100 percent
Written March 27th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The back-in parking requirement on the left side of Second Avenue at the Albany Post Office turns heads, literally and of necessity. But it still has not completely caught on.
Just what you want in city logo
Written March 27th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Here, on an overhead screen, is what the Albany City Council looked at on Monday: the old city government logo on the left, and the redesigned new one on the right.
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The ‘Fortmiller’ is ready for viewing
It’s been almost exactly four years since Albany’s urban renewal agency agreed to provide financial aid for the renovation of the Fortmiller Building downtown. Now the developers are ready to show off the result.
Tags: CARA, Fortmiller Building, Scott Lepman, Spencer Lepman