Here’s another casualty of the digital age. For more than 30 years, this little storefront on Albany’s Ellsworth Street had been the home of Shutterbug, a camera and photo processing business. A generation of family photos got developed and printed here, and the prints remain crammed in albums that provide a look back — and […]
Most Tuesdays, I join host Jeff McMahon on KGAL’s “Valley Talk” program to chew over what’s in the news, and sometimes what isn’t. Today (Feb. 18) I think we’re likely to chat about, among other things, Albany’s decision not to allow a bottle redemption center where the applicant wanted to put it, the pending legislation […]
Here’s what things looked like on Bryant Way outside of Albany this afternoon, Feb. 17. And for a related view …
The issue of Indian names and mascots of Oregon high schools is now before the Oregon House. The Senate, to its credit, has passed without dissent SB 1509, which attempts to solve the problem with the help of Oregon’s nine Native American tribes. Now the bill is before the House Education Committee, which has scheduled […]
In case the closed gates on Bryant Way outside of Albany don’t do the trick, the Linn County Road Department has emphasized the message with a sign that could not be clearer.
CARA, the Albany urban renewal program, is about to take the plunge and decide how to spend up to $3.1 million it planned to borrow this budget year. To help it decide, the city council might look for clues in the online survey it has just concluded. Among the roughly 1,800 people who answered the […]
Activity at Edgewater Village!
The long-delayed Edgewater Village development on Albany’s riverfront reached a milestone today: A contractor started cleaning up the site and preparing it for the construction of the first five houses. The city noted the occasion by sending out a press release that quoted George Diamond of Edgewater Village LLC: “Finally we get to see results […]
Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, Edgewater Village