Albany Councilman Mike Sykes wants the council to revisit the idea of weekly rather than biweekly yard debris pickup, which it turned down last October. And he’ll get his wish.
Behold new ‘Century’ downtown
Written April 9th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Whoever built it in 1905 called it the Century Building, maybe hoping the 20th would be a great one. Now the building on Albany’s First Avenue has been given a new look that manages to restore the simple elegance it may once have had.
Benton has plan for N. Albany Park
Written April 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Benton County has completed a conceptual master plan for North Albany County Park, where more than a hundred “hazard trees” weakened by drought and bugs were removed last year. Friday’s windstorm felled a few more, laying them across a house near the entrance to the park.
Back-in parking: A matter of inches
Written April 6th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
So how’s Albany’s new back-in angled parking working out? OK, I guess, but I’m getting a little worried about the new trees the city just paid to have planted.
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Tags: Albany Post Office, Albany streetscape, angled parking, back-in parking, diagonal parking
Tags: Albany Post Office, Albany streetscape, angled parking, back-in parking, diagonal parking
Riverside bike link getting closer
Written April 5th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
This may be the year that Linn County follows through on its plan to widen the shoulders of Riverside Drive, making it a better route for bicyclists connecting with the new path alongside Highway 34 on the way to Corvallis.
Commission denies NA zone change
Written April 3rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
It took only a few minutes Monday for the Albany Planning Commission to turn down a North Albany rezoning request that had drawn opposition from scores of nearby residents and property owners.
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Post office in former Safeway?
Empty business buildings around town were tossed around as possible locations if the city gets the Albany Post Office to move, and the former Safeway at Calapooia Street and Pacific Boulevard, with ample parking, emerged as the leading candidate.
Tags: Albany Post Office, cumberland church, mayor's work group, old Safeway