Complaints about the speed camera on North Albany Road keep coming up at Albany City Council meetings, and city officials should do something in response before school resumes in the fall.
Latest step on ex-bank site: Option signed
Written July 10th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
The saga of 300 West First Avenue in Albany continues. That’s where years ago the First National Bank and later Wells Fargo had its downtown branch.
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Tags: Albany Revitalization, ARA, downtown Albany, First Avenue, Lepman, parking lot, Wells Fargo lot
Tags: Albany Revitalization, ARA, downtown Albany, First Avenue, Lepman, parking lot, Wells Fargo lot
A potential danger, big tree at school felled
Written July 8th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
A towering cottonwood in front of North Albany Elementary School was felled on Monday, raising fears that it was just the first to be cut down. But no, the other stately trees on the school grounds (mostly conifers) are safe.
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Tags: cottonwood, Facebook, GAPS, North Albany Elementary School, tree felled
Tags: cottonwood, Facebook, GAPS, North Albany Elementary School, tree felled
Council struggles with sale of 3 lots
Written July 7th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council majority is still hoping to get at least $145,000 for three vacant lots it is trying to sell near the Pacific Boulevard overpass at Jackson Street and Ninth Avenue.
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Tags: city lots, closed door meeting, executive session, Jackson Street, Ninth Avenue, Van Veet Meat
Tags: city lots, closed door meeting, executive session, Jackson Street, Ninth Avenue, Van Veet Meat
Fitting the pavers on Albany’s ‘plaza street’
Written July 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
When the contractor on Albany’s Waterfront Project started building the new “plaza street” on April 14, the city expected the closure of that section of Water Avenue to end in mid-June. The work has taken longer than that.
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Tags: "plaza street", Albany Revitaliation Agency, CARA, Water Avenue, Waterfront Project
Tags: "plaza street", Albany Revitaliation Agency, CARA, Water Avenue, Waterfront Project
It’s the season for lemonade stands
Written July 4th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
The calendar says it’s summer. Another name for that is lemonade-stand season. Or that’s what it was in days gone by.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: bicycling, lemonade stands, refreshment, summer season, summertime
Tags: bicycling, lemonade stands, refreshment, summer season, summertime
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Bike solution at Queen and Geary: It’s easy
For years, bike riders using Albany’s Periwinkle Bike path to go across town faced a slight dilemma: how best to cross the intersection of Queen Avenue and Geary Street.
Tags: Community Paths Program, diagonal signal, ODOT, Oregon Transportation Commission, pedestrian crossing, Periwinkle Bikepath, Queen and Geary