And finally tonight, this update: A crew working for the Portland & Western Railroad spent Thursday tearing out the bumpy pavement at the Riverside Drive crossing and putting down new asphalt.
Woodland Square on track to start
Written May 1st, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The transformation of Woodland Square, the dilapidated trailer park on Periwinkle Creek in Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood, is about to start in earnest. Seventeen trailers used to be there, and only two remain. “Both these folks have places to go,” says Julie Garver of Innovative Housing Inc. “They will be moving in the next couple of […]
Where did the ditch go?
Written April 30th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Nobody seems to love what’s left of Albany’s Thurston Street Canal. Decades ago it was turned into a narrow ditch. The water flow is very sluggish. Now somebody was kind enough to cut the grass on the banks. But look where the cuttings ended up: In the ditch, making an already stagnant waterway even more so.
Life in a railroad town
Written April 30th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Pity the poor people who do not live in railroad towns. They miss the fun of sitting at a crossing and watching a freight rumble past.
‘Canna’ operation changes course
Written April 30th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
It was Canna Kitchen whose existence indirectly led to marijuana dispensaries being allowed in Albany rather than banned for up to a year. But the mother and daughter running the business say they’ve changed their mind and now will not operate as a state-registered dispensary after all. They decided that all the state-imposed requirements were just […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany's Canna Kitchen, Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, Rhea Graham
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany's Canna Kitchen, Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, Rhea Graham
Slow down for the deer
Written April 29th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The deer are back with us after hanging out some other place for the last few weeks. That means it’s time to remind motorists on our semi-rural roads to slow down.
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Power failure: What caused it
A crew was working at Pacific Power’s Hazelwood substation in West Albany Thursday, installing a modern breaker to replace one that suffered a “catastrophic failure” on Monday afternoon, causing a widespread power outage in Albany and Corvallis. To learn more about the cause, I talked Thursday with Doris Johnson, Pacific’s Albany-area business representative, and James […]
Tags: Hazelwood substation, Pacific Power, power failure