After a few days away in Southern Oregon, I went downtown Monday and found newly planted trees and street lights that hadn’t been there before.
More space for assisted living
Written November 5th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Looks like Albany’s latest accommodation for the aged is getting ready to open. Waverly Assisted Living and Memory Care, at 2853 Salem Ave. S.E., is on one of my bike routes, and I’ve watched its construction for about a year and a half.
Bike paths in another 40 years?
Written November 4th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
It’s been 40 years since Albany, with the help of the state highway department, built the Periwinkle Bike Path. Now a class of university students has recommended another “increase in bicycle infrastructure,” but I wonder if anything will come of that.
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Tags: Albany bike paths, Bie transportation, Sustainable Cities initiatve, University of Oregon
Tags: Albany bike paths, Bie transportation, Sustainable Cities initiatve, University of Oregon
What time change? Just say no
Written November 3rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Rather than fulminate against the coming switch back to standard time, how about this for a change: Let’s try to ignore it.
That’s supposed to be safer?
Written November 1st, 2017 by Hasso Hering
At the risk of beating a dead horse, remember the reason why Albany city officials imposed back-in parking on Second Avenue outside the post office?
Here they are again, the little …
Written October 31st, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The dreaded box elder bugs are making their annual appearance in the mid-valley again this fall, though not in overwhelming numbers as far as I can see.
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Grant sought to replace this bridge
If the state transportation department approves the application for a grant, something will finally be done about the Waverly Drive bridge across Cox Creek.
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Waverly Drive