As you can see and hear if you click on the few seconds of video above, work has resumed at the Courtesy Corner Shell station in Albany after having temporarily ground to a halt.
The tax on this house is WHAT?
Written October 9th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
This house overlooking Bowman Park and the Willamette River was last in the news in 2016 after the city of Albany accepted title of the property, which had been used as a squatters’ hangout. Now it also illustrates that our property tax system is out of whack.
Narrowing a traffic artery: Brilliant!
Written October 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
I’d like to know what Albany’s streetscape designers were thinking when they decided to put chokepoints on the the main downtown thoroughfare, already hard-pressed to handle traffic during busy parts of the day.
Station 11: My brief look around
Written October 6th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
On Friday afternoon, I rode my bike to the dedication of Albany’s new Fire Station 11. Naturally the first thing I noticed was the bike racks and their unusual shape.
A snag in replacing station’s tanks
Written October 6th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Ronald L. Smith, the owner of Courtesy Corner Shell, hopes to be able to reopen the Albany station around Nov. 1 with new underground tanks, but there’s been a snag in the project over a building permit.
Nice bike lanes; why so short?
Written October 5th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Independence Highway in Benton County has a nice new surface, and a section of the road is wider too, prompting a reader’s question for which the Answer Man hastened to obtain a response.
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Tags: Benton County Public Works, bicycling, Independence Highway, North Albany bikeways
Tags: Benton County Public Works, bicycling, Independence Highway, North Albany bikeways
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Parking impasse grips council
Downtown parking near the Albany Carousel and the post office continues to take up the city council’s time. The council Monday reached no conclusions but agreed to again seek possible solutions at a work session in two weeks.
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