Problems with the delivery of concrete mix evidently were resolved so that the extension of the Periwinkle Bikepath along Queen Avenue in Albany could be completed.
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Good job: Cox Creek trash dump cleaned up
Written August 13th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Before any more time time goes by, I would like to acknowledge the good job of cleaning up the bank of Cox Creek between the railroad tracks and Salem Avenue in Albany.
It really wasn’t about actual mushrooms
Written August 12th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
The headlines have been all about mushrooms, but that’s misleading when it comes to “psilocybin therapy,” a subject the Albany City Council wisely decided this week to leave alone.
On Cox Creek, bridge replacement coming up
Written August 12th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
The contractor replacing the Union Pacific’s railroad bridge across Cox Creek is getting ready for the main event — tearing out the old wooden structure and installing the track on a new concrete deck.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek, Hamilton Construction, Oregon and California Railroad, Union Pacific, wooden trestle
Tags: Cox Creek, Hamilton Construction, Oregon and California Railroad, Union Pacific, wooden trestle
Surpised by police presence on a quiet corner
Written August 11th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Bike rides often take me into the old Willamette Neighborhood, which normally is quiet without much traffic. So I was surprised Wednesday to come across a fleet of city police and sheriff’s vehicles parked around one corner.
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Tags: 105 Columbus, Albany police, Benton County sheriff, police training, vacant house
Tags: 105 Columbus, Albany police, Benton County sheriff, police training, vacant house
Council votes down draft of portable-loo law
Written August 10th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
The subject of portable toilets just won’t die as far as the Albany City Council is concerned. On Wednesday the council voted down a porta-potty ordinance, but you can bet that in one form or another the topic will come up again.
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Tags: Albany city code, Albany council, First Christian Church, portable toilets
Tags: Albany city code, Albany council, First Christian Church, portable toilets
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Old Cox Creek RR bridge comes out
At the Union Pacific’s crossing of Cox Creek in Albany, the process of lifting off the old bridge and putting the new one in its place was about halfway through when I stopped there on Sunday afternoon.
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Hamilton Construction, Union Pacific