Commentary

Riverfront design contract up for CARA action

Written October 15th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

This boardwalk, part of Albany’s Dave Clark Path, was built to skirt a restaurant that perched on the Willamette riverbank below the Ellsworth Street Bridge. The restaurant burned down years ago, but the path still winds around where it sat.

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Tags: CARA riverfront project, downtown Albany, urban renewal

Albany street bond? Not now, council says

Written October 14th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Sections of six main streets have been been proposed for reconstruction if Albany voters approve a general-obligation bond issue. But expecting to ask voters for other fee or tax increases in 2020, the city council has put off for now any consideration of a street bond.

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Tags: 14th, Albany Avenue, Albany street bond, Clay, NinthAvenue, street reconstruction, Third Avenue, Waverly

How fads change: This sign reminds us

Written October 13th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

If you’re looking for regulations made irrelevant by the passing of time, Albany’s city law on congested thoroughfares would be a pretty good fit.

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Tags: "congested thoroughfares", Albany code, cruising, outmoded laws

New law adds to Oregon’s sanctuary stand

Written October 12th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

In Oregon we now have a state law intended to let illegal aliens know ahead of time when the government is about to audit the forms they filled out in order to get a job.

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Tags: I-9 notification law, illegal aliens, immigration, SB 370, undocumented workers

Council acts to support Albany industry

Written October 10th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 18 responses.

Nov. 18 will be a red-letter day for the Albany metals industry. That’s when a 1.5-million-pound “hot isostatic pressing” or HIP unit is scheduled to arrive at the building Stack Metallurgical Group is having constructed on southeast Marion Street.

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Tags: Albany metals, Marion Street, Stack HIP, Stack Metallurgical

Carnegie Library still on the chopping block

Written October 10th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

Closing the Carnegie Library downtown is still not off the table of potential steps the Albany City Council is considering to save money in the next few years. But no definite agreement on that or anything else emerged from yet another round of council budget discussions Wednesday night.

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Tags: Albany city budet, Carnegie Library, utility fee proposed

No longer neglected: House rescue is under way

Written October 8th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

After standing empty and neglected for years, an old house in Albany’s Monteith Historic District now has new owners who have cleaned it out and are fixing it up. They hope that it will once again become a family’s home.

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Tags: 732 Fourth, Greg Schneider, Monteith Historic District