In the Keeping-Track Department: The right-lane bill in the Oregon legislature is advancing, and there’s no evidence that lawmakers are paying the slightest attention to reasonable objections.
It looked like a close call
Written June 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
This was Monday afternoon and it could have been bad. Flaggers were regulating traffic on North Albany road, and the line of stopped northbound vehicles stretched back across the railroad tracks when the crossing lights started flashing and, moments later, the gates came down.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, North Albany Road Project, Portland & Western Railroad
Tags: Albany Public Works, North Albany Road Project, Portland & Western Railroad
Cyclist’s death still under review
Written June 1st, 2015 by Hasso Hering
You’d be wrong if you thought everybody but the family had forgotten about the death of Albany bicyclist Grant Keith Garner last Feb. 17. In fact the case continues to be under active review of potential charges against the driver who lost control of the car that killed him.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: bicycle death, Grant Keith Garner, Lane DA Alex Gardner, Oakville and Queen
Tags: bicycle death, Grant Keith Garner, Lane DA Alex Gardner, Oakville and Queen
A safe place for homeless youth
Written May 31st, 2015 by Hasso Hering
An overnight shelter for homeless youth has been talked about in Albany for years. Now it’s about to become a reality, which I discovered when I was perusing the online records of the city planning commission the other day.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Albany youth shelter, Jackson Street Youth Shelter
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Albany youth shelter, Jackson Street Youth Shelter
Albany police station for sale
Written May 31st, 2015 by Hasso Hering
It will probably be a couple of years before the Albany police can move into their new headquarters, but as last week’s city council discussion showed, it’s not too early for the city to think about selling their present digs near the Linn County Jail on Jackson Street.
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany police station, Lin County commissioners, Linn County Sheriff
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany police station, Lin County commissioners, Linn County Sheriff
When you can ride Albany Carousel
Written May 29th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
For a dozen years or more the Albany Carousel and Museum has been working toward the day when people can actually ride its restored antique merry-go-round. Click on the video to learn from Wendy Kirbey, the driving force behind the project and its board chair, when she thinks that day will come.
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Albany to get its “BottleDrop”
An ad by the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative in the University of Oregon’s magazine made me wonder whatever happened to the plans for a central redemption center in Albany. So I asked, and the news is that Albany will get one, probably by the end of August.
Tags: Albany redemption center, bottle and can deposits, BottleDrop, Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, Oregon bottle bill