HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Blocking our view: Talk about bushes

Written November 6th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

On Monday and Tuesday, Albany city employees plan to sweep the town of temporary signs placed in the right of way along major streets. Some of us think those signs, most of them little A-frames, are less of an annoyance than the landscaping on many corners that keeps us from seeing what’s coming down the street.


Bikeway along Hwy. 20: The latest

Written November 5th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Before putting much more work into any possible bikeway between Corvallis and North Albany along the Highway 20 corridor, Benton County is going to try to find out how many people might actually want to use such a route.


Pot in Linn: Yes could mean no

Written November 4th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

City and county officials are setting Linn County voters up for an election next year that poses interesting questions, one of them being: Exactly what is the question, and who gets to decide?


Benton vote: Keep wasting time

Written November 3rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

It’s disappointing that Benton County will have to continue wasting deputy sheriffs’ time driving inmates back and forth to jail in McMinnville and Newport now that a bond measure for an adequate local jail has been defeated.


N. Albany med complex growing

Written November 3rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Soon it won’t be an overstatement to refer to the Hickory Street Health Care Complex in North Albany. Already the address of a branch of the Corvallis Clinic, a Samaritan medical building, and a Fresenius dialysis center under construction, the street will soon have two more Samaritan Health Services buildings.


Albany’s marijuana marathon goes on

Written November 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Like it or not, marijuana regulation will remain on Albany’s agenda for public discussion for another year thanks to a 4-3 vote the city council took Monday night. Mayor Sharon Konopa broke a 3-3 council tie and voted in favor of banning recreational marijuana facilities including retail shops in the city.


Film nudity at City Hall? Sorry, no!

Written November 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

If your eyebrows shot up over nudity in a movie for which scenes were shot at Albany City Hall, you can lower them again. No such luck.


 
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