HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Time change: Not everybody fell back

Written November 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

That’s the trouble with all that time switching we are obliged to do twice a year. Some of us don’t always get around to it, not right away.


Albany housing: In the pipeline or being built

Written November 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Housing is being added in Albany at a steady pace and in many variations of type and size, and the planning for more continues.


Catching up with an E-bike and its rider

Written November 4th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

For some time I had occasionally noticed a man on an orange bike pedaling up Gibson Hill in North Albany, and I wondered at the speed with which he attacked the steep incline. One of those new E-bikes, I assumed.


Landfill hearing goes on for four hours

Written November 3rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

The proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill occupied the Benton County Planning Commission for four hours on Tuesday night. It was a public hearing, but the public didn’t get to speak till a quarter to 10.


Dump expansion rests on subjective standards

Written November 2nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

A big expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill is the subject of a public hearing before the Benton County Planning Commission tonight, Tuesday night. But the question is not whether the expansion is necessary or wise. Instead, it’s whether it meets some fairly nebulous or subjective standards in the county’s development code.


 
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