Looking at the hundreds of spaces at the North Albany Village shopping center, you’d think parking is never a problem. But then you’re likely not one of the patients at Albany Dialysis, the local branch of the nationwide Fresenius medical company.
Bowers Rock State Park: Promising signs
Written September 7th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
It was time Friday for one of my occasional expeditions to Bowers Rock State Park, a big chunk of publicly owned land that now is getting renewed attention from the state parks department after decades of not much going on.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Bowers Rock, Oregon State Parks, Sarah Steele, Scott Youngblood, Willamette River Greenway
Tags: Bowers Rock, Oregon State Parks, Sarah Steele, Scott Youngblood, Willamette River Greenway
Another Walmart? No, afraid not
Written September 6th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Is Walmart planning to open another Albany branch in the vacant Mega Foods Building? A reader thought that might be happening, but it’s not.
Albany panel rejects demolition request
Written September 5th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Three old and dilapidated houses, condemned by the city as dangerous, likely will continue to blight the neighborhood at Fourth Avenue and Calapoooia Street for at least the next 10 months.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 4th and Calapooia, Albany Landmarks advisory Commission, Mark and Tina Siegner
Tags: 4th and Calapooia, Albany Landmarks advisory Commission, Mark and Tina Siegner
Let’s have smarter school speed zones
Written September 4th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
It is just before 5 p.m. on the first day of school, so those drivers on North Albany Road presumably are observing the 20 mph limit, even though as far as the eye can see, there’s a total absence of pedestrians connected to any school. I took the photo Tuesday to illustrate the stupidity of […]
Another dialysis center? Filing set aside
Written September 2nd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Last spring it looked as though a new dialysis clinic was planning to set up shop in Albany. Now uncertainty clouds that proposal, at the northeast corner of Hill Street and Pacific Boulevard.
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Mega Foods site: Zoning seems wrong
What exactly is the zoning issue that is making it hard to find a new tenant or buyer for the former Albany Mega Foods supermarket at 2000 Queen Ave. S.E.? I think I know the answer, but I didn’t get it from City Hall.
Tags: 2000 Queen Ave. S.E., Albany Mega Foods, Albany zoning, land use, Mega Foods site