October 2021 Archives

Cumberland move: It won’t be Tuesday

Written October 11th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

In case you haven’t heard, the moving day has once again been postponed for the former Cumberland Church in Albany.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany buildings, cumberland church, old churches

Trouble in parks: City proposes officer to patrol

Written October 10th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Trouble appears to be on the rise in Albany parks and on the park system’s trails. To try to get a handle on it, city officials are proposing to hire a park services officer to go on patrol and enforce the rules.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany city counci, Albany parks, Albany trails and parks, graffiti and vandalism, park dumping, park services officer

Decision about Central School is coming up

Written October 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

Whether Albany’s historic Central School remains an elementary school may be decided on Monday. People interested in that issue get a chance to talk about it at a school board “listening session” from 5 to 6:30 that evening at the school.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Central School, Covid relief, ESSER funds, GAPS, Greater Albany Public Schools

New moving date for Cumberland Church

Written October 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

In case you’re wondering, the former Cumberland Church in Albany now is scheduled to make its long-awaited move on Tuesday, Oct. 12.

Posted in: News
Tags: Cumbeland Community events Center, cumberland church, Santiam and Main

On the riverfront: Treatment for opioid addicts

Written October 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Based on a notation on a remodeling permit, I reported in April that an “outpatient addiction treatment facility” was going into the historic Avery Mill Building on the Albany riverfront. Today I found out a little more.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Acadia Healthcare, Albany downtown, Albany riverfront, Avery Mill Building, historic building, opioid use disorder program, treatment center

The drive for more housing: Two decisions

Written October 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

The march for more housing continues in Albany as the planning commission has just approved a proposal for 113 lots on former farmland at the south end of town. It also recommended a zone change to allow apartments on a residential lot on Waverly Drive.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 241 Waverly Drive, Albany Planning Commission, Hayden Homes, Lochner Road, Meadowlark Estates, rezoning, subdivisions

Art project off Lyon gets enhancements

Written October 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

On this rainy Tuesday, let’s go back to last Saturday, when it was still sunny and warm and the new brick work around Albany’s public art project caught my eye as I passed by on the bike.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Arts Commission, Deedee Morrison, metal wildlflowers, public art