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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Weekly yard debris service proposed

Written March 23rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

If the Albany City Council agrees with a proposal by Republic Services, the company will pick up yard debris weekly instead of every other week, but it will charge more too.


Why they put up with this

Written March 23rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Why do ostensibly free people put up with congestion like this? Stick around and I’ll tell you why.


Five bike bills: Who needs them?

Written March 22nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Five bills specifically dealing with bicycles are pending in the Oregon legislature, and so far none of them is going anywhere, which is fine because only one of them is mildly helpful.


Oregon bill: Save the mammoths!

Written March 21st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

There’s not much the Oregon legislature can do to save the mammoths, which died out 10,000 years ago, but it is apparently going to try. You’d think that not even members of the Senate Judiciary Committee can protect a species that’s already extinct. But then why ban the sale of items made from mammoth teeth […]


Edgewater: Transformation takes shape

Written March 20th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

It’s encouraging to see the first houses going up in Edgewater Village, the planned development sandwiched between Albany’s Water Avenue and the Willamette River. It signals the continuing transformation of an old part of Albany that had been a wasteland for some time even before the former packing plant on this site burned in 2006.


About Iran, Israel and us

Written March 20th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

There have always been tensions between the Obama administration and the Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. Now their disagreement about Iran and other issues is even more acute, and the question is who’s right and who’s wrong. The answer should not be hard.

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CARA sees the light and likes it

Written March 19th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Albany likely will use urban renewal money to light the Dave Clark Trail on the Willamette River along with a portion of Monteith Riverpark, where the path starts. But exactly how or when it will go about it is still unclear.


 
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