A plan worked out by consultants calls for changes in the Albany bus system to make the service more reliably punctual. It also proposes an expansion of the system years from now.
It’s a 17-hole course for now
Written October 27th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Nobody was standing under this Bryant Park tree when the trunk snapped during the recent wind storm. But one of the baskets of the disc golf course was.
BPA pole replacement nears finish
Written October 26th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Contractors for the Bonneville Power Administration have been working in North Albany on the final stage of a two-year project to replace power poles on two high-tension transmission lines from Salem to the Albany substation near Hazelwood Park.
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Tags: Bonneville Power Administration, BPA, Salem-Albany lines, transmission lines
Tags: Bonneville Power Administration, BPA, Salem-Albany lines, transmission lines
Traffic tie-ups end (we hope)
Written October 25th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Lane closures that caused unusual traffic slowdowns on Albany’s downtown Highway 20 couplet Wednesday should be a thing of the past, for this year anyway.
Council ‘guest’ process draws ire
Written October 25th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Scott Pierson sat in on Wednesday’s Albany City Council meeting as a nonvoting guest, and the way he was selected drew objections from a new political action committee that intends to work for city council change.
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Community Together, Albany guest councilor, Mike Sykes, Scott Pierson
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany Community Together, Albany guest councilor, Mike Sykes, Scott Pierson
Thornton Lake Area: Not forgotten
Written October 24th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s East Thornton Lake Natural Area may not get developed for at least a couple more years, but the city parks department has not forgotten about it. I learned this when I asked Parks and Recreation Director Ed Hodney to respond to what a reader wanted to know.
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Here they are again, the little …
The dreaded box elder bugs are making their annual appearance in the mid-valley again this fall, though not in overwhelming numbers as far as I can see.
Tags: autumn weather, box elder beetles, maple bugs