HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Albany may kill rainwater law, for now

Written May 20th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Albany’s new law setting up a storm water or rain tax utility is on the city council’s Monday work session agenda to be repealed. But even if it is repealed, it likely won’t be gone forever or for long.


You can buy this ‘green’ project

Written May 19th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

In Independence, they’re still looking at this concrete skeleton in the middle of town. More than a year since I last reported on what was intended as a showcase of sustainability, nothing seems to have happened to the unfinished structure except that it now has a sign saying it’s for sale.


CARA backs into angled parking

Written May 18th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Diagonal parking spaces are coming to one side of three streets around the Albany Post Office, and the city’s urban renewal advisory board decided Wednesday that the new spaces will be of the back-in type.


Two CARA projects seek extensions

Written May 17th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Two projects supported by CARA, Albany’s downtown urban renewal district, are asking for additional time to get them done. The city staff is recommending approval of both, and the CARA advisory board will take up the requests when it meets at 5:15 Wednesday afternoon at City Hall.


Who knows who killed Jakhob?

Written May 16th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

As roadside memorials go, this one is sadder than most. It reminds us that for more than seven years now, someone has gotten away with taking the life of Jakhob Miles.


Quiz for city folks: What’s this crop?

Written May 15th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

We residents of the Willamette Valley are surrounded by picturesque countryside, but for most of us who don’t make a living in agriculture it would be a big help if the pictures had captions as well. I for one would appreciate labels or little signs telling me what’s growing in those fields.


Take a look at ‘new’ Palestine Church

Written May 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

As you can see, Benton County has been taking good care of the old Palestine Church since it was moved to Adair Village in 2010 from its site on Palestine Road in North Albany, where it had sat for more than 100 years.


 
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