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Periwinkle update: Trash mound is gone

Written September 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

A few weeks ago, the north end of the Periwinkle Bike Path behind Lowe’s was a mess, with a big mound of bicycle parts and other trash piled up against the wall. Now that spot on the path is clean, or at least it was when I went through there Sunday on the bike.

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Tags: Albany parks, bike paths, homelessness, Periwinkle Path, transient camps, transients, vagrants

Downtown EV charger looks ready to use

Written September 4th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

The last few times I passed the CARA-sponsored electric-vehicle charging station in downtown Albany, the device was still shrouded in black plastic. But Saturday night, the plastic was gone and the thing looked ready to be used.

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Tags: Albany downtown, CARA, charging station, downtown charging station, EV chargers, JC Penney

What’s up with the tower clocks? Take a guess

Written September 3rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

Hate to tell you this, but the clocks on the tower at Albany Station are out of whack again.

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Tags: Albany clock tower, Albany Station, clock repairs, clock tower, time of day

On Periwinkle Path, a big pile of trash

Written August 29th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

On Facebook last week, someone posted photos of a mess on the Periwinkle Bike Path in Albany. The mess was still there Sunday afternoon, when I went to take a look.

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Tags: bike paths, Periwinkle Bike Path, trash on public property, vagrancy

Big tree at issue: Taking a closer look

Written August 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Wanting to save a big old walnut tree was the main reason the Albany Planning Commission turned down a site plan for eight townhouses on July 19. On Aug. 2 the commission rescinded that decision and scheduled a new hearing for Sept. 13, but the tree issue is still there.

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Tags: 224 Third, Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, Albany trees, Development code, Lepman townhouses, tree felling

Yes, that’s what is being built there

Written June 26th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

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On Facebook the other day, someone asked what they were building on 14th Avenue S.E., on the southern edge of the Heritage Mall parking lots in Albany. Someone else provided the answer, and it was the right one.

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Tags: Albany restaurants, Chipotle, Mexican food

Densification: 35 dwellings in place of one

Written June 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

A year ago the Albany City Council rezoned a 1.3-acre property with a single house on it in southeast Albany, and now a site plan has been filed for the place. It calls for attached townhouses, 35 of them in all.

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