HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Albany to get its “BottleDrop”

Written June 4th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

An ad by the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative in the University of Oregon’s magazine made me wonder whatever happened to the plans for a central redemption center in Albany. So I asked, and the news is that Albany will get one, probably by the end of August.


Sad to say, right-lane bill advances

Written June 4th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

In the Keeping-Track Department: The right-lane bill in the Oregon legislature is advancing, and there’s no evidence that lawmakers are paying the slightest attention to reasonable objections.


Suddenly, a newly popular book

Written June 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

If you want to increase local interest in a particular book, one sure-fire method is to object to its being used in a high school class. This I realized Tuesday when I tried to find a copy of “The Handmaid’s Tale” by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.


It looked like a close call

Written June 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

This was Monday afternoon and it could have been bad. Flaggers were regulating traffic on North Albany road, and the line of stopped northbound vehicles stretched back across the railroad tracks when the crossing lights started flashing and, moments later, the gates came down.


Cyclist’s death still under review

Written June 1st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

You’d be wrong if you thought everybody but the family had forgotten about the death of Albany bicyclist Grant Keith Garner last Feb. 17.  In fact the case continues to be under active review of potential charges against the driver who lost control of the car that killed him.


A safe place for homeless youth

Written May 31st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

An overnight shelter for homeless youth has been talked about in Albany for years. Now it’s about to become a reality, which I discovered when I was perusing the online records of the city planning commission the other day.


Albany police station for sale

Written May 31st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

It will probably be a couple of years before the Albany police can move into their new headquarters, but as last week’s city council discussion showed, it’s not too early for the city to think about selling their present digs near the Linn County Jail on Jackson Street.


 
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