HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Council asks about odor from dump

Written May 12th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

  If you live within a few miles of Republic Services’ Coffin Butte Landfill and Pacific Region Compost, you occasionally know they’re not far away because of the odor. That’s an issue that came up briefly before the Albany City Council this week but didn’t get explored.


Denver Street cleanup: A big job

Written May 11th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

The cleanup launched by the city of Albany at an abandoned house overlooking Bowman Park continues, and it’s turning into a huge job. But the eventual fate of the property remains uncertain.


What happened to station’s sign?

Written May 11th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

All those people milling about Albany Station for Railroad Day last weekend didn’t need a sign to know where they were. Good thing, too, because the station sign on the roof had evidently disappeared.


Ex-postal annex has found new use

Written May 10th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

For years the U.S. Postal Service paid about $10,000 a month in rent on an empty Albany building for which it no longer had a use, but those days now are gone.


Where the bear runs now

Written May 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Last Wednesday I reported the vignette of a wooden bear belonging to the Albany Carousel being pushed and pulled along Water Avenue. Now here’s the rest of that little slice of Albany life.


Old Book House getting bigger

Written May 8th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

The reconstruction of what I now call the Old Book House in northeast Albany has been moving along apace since the last update a month ago. The place scarcely resembles what was there before.


Ballot secrecy envelopes scrapped

Written May 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Something happened to the concept of the secret ballot. It is no longer guaranteed. “Really?” you ask? Well, that’s the way it looked to me when I got my Benton County ballot for the May 17 primary.


 
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