HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Basic street work gets CARA’s nod

Written November 13th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Half a dozen blocks of downtown streets are going to be dressed up to make them look similar to First Avenue at a cost of $1.4 million, according to what I heard about a decision by the Central Albany Revitalization Area advisory board.


Initiative would ban Oregon PDT

Written November 13th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

David A. Miles, a resident of Medford, wants to make daylight saving time unconstitutional in Oregon. Good luck to him.


Open all the way: Hwy. 34 bikeway

Written November 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Finally, the Highway 34 bikeway in Linn County is finished and open to traffic. It allows cyclists to make a convenient and relatively safe round trip from Albany to Corvallis, though when I tried it out Thursday afternoon, mine was the only bike I saw all along the roughly 25 miles of the route.


To keep trains running: Trestle work

Written November 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Keeping a rail line in working order is a job that never ends. So the Portland & Western does frequent maintenance and repair work on the old Oregon Electric line that runs through Albany.


Old stamps and what they teach

Written November 11th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Ever heard of Gustaf Mannerheim? Me either. Not, that is, until I started wading through an unorganized pile of loose stamps left behind years ago by my wife’s late uncle. And the moral is: We could learn a lot from stamps, if only we still mailed each other letters and bought the commemorative stamps I […]


Cheap light bulbs: I miss them

Written November 10th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

What happened to cheap light bulbs? That’s what I was wondering, briefly, when I sauntered down the bulb aisle in my favorite store a couple of weeks ago. Then I remembered the deal.


Albany rain tax clears first hurdle

Written November 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Albany most likely will join the ranks of Oregon cities with a stormwater utility fee (or rain tax as I like to call for the sake of brevity), judging by the city council’s reaction to the idea at a work session Monday.


 
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