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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Fuss over veto prolongs spat on ADUs

Written February 25th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

The Albany City Council Monday went through the ritual of hearing the mayor’s veto message in regard to accessory dwelling units. Her opponents may try on Wednesday to override her veto, but at last report they lack the fifth vote to get that done.


20-mph zone on Waverly will be trimmed

Written February 25th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Efforts by some Albany residents to modify or eliminate the school speed zone on Waverly Drive have ended in a partial success. The city council Monday agreed with a staff recommendation to reduce the length of the zone by about two-thirds.


Phase 2: Hill Street contract awarded

Written February 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

More than half a mile of Hill Street in southeast Albany will be rebuilt this year, and the cost is substantially less than city engineers had feared.


So just what’s going on here?

Written February 23rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

To at least one reader, it looked as though Emery & Sons was building some kind of infrastructure on a big vacant lot off Albany’s Santiam Road, just east of the Carriage House Plaza and north of the tracks.


Worth a visit any time, even in winter

Written February 21st, 2019 by Hasso Hering

There’s no bad day to visit Thompson’s Mills, the state park east of Shedd. And if you’re new to the mid-valley, you owe yourself a trip there. As the only remaining water-powered mill in the state, the place shows off the ingenuity of the Oregon pioneers of 160 years ago.


Creating the ‘Opera House Apartments’

Written February 20th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

When the remodeling of the former Spruce Apartments at 222 First Ave. S.E. is finished, they will be named the Opera House Apartments, and a plaque on the building will tell the story of this site in Albany history.


Linn board says no to bridge district idea

Written February 19th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

No surprise here: The Linn County Board of Commissioners wants no part of a proposal introduced in the legislature to pay for a new Willamette River bridge in Salem.


 
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