The Albany City Council is wasting no time in its drive to ban, at least for a year, any medical marijuana stores within the city limits that might be authorized by the state. An ordinance imposing a one-year moratorium on dispensaries — through May 1, 2015 — is on the agendas of the council’s work […]
Here’s an update on the Albany scene, literally the scene. Pretty soon there will be nothing but empty space where the former Hollywood video store sits on Santiam Highway.
Governor Kitzhaber says he’s angry about the all the mistakes by state officials that resulted in the Cover Oregon health insurance website or “exchange” still not working properly. But that trouble is about insurance and bureaucracy, two words that are almost synonymous. And it is small and temporary compared to what’s likely to happen with […]
Here’s yet another reason why it’s a mistake to ban plastic grocery bags, as Corvallis and a number of other cities have done. What you see here are bags — from Fred Meyer in Albany in this case — shrouding the side mirrors to protect them from crazy birds.
Albany’s urban renewal board has approved financial aid for a project to renovate the old Fortmiller Building at 420 Third Ave. S.W. and build four townhouses next door. Members if the Central Albany Revitalization Area board Wednesday had lots of questions for applicant Scott Lepman but eventually endorsed, by voice vote, his request of $336,000 toward […]
You can see why the Russians love their Putin. You can appreciate his domestic political appeal when you read the speech he gave in the Kremlin on Tuesday.
Update: How soon is soon?
An update of sorts from the retail scene: Last Nov. 13, I reported on the $700,000 worth of renovation that had just begun on the old G.I. Joe’s on Albany’s 14th Avenue S.E. The builder said on the permit application that 23,000 square feet of the 65,000-square-foot space was being finished for a branch of Marshalls, the discount department […]
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