On the mid-valley bike-trail front, there are developments and one of them — a bill introduced by Rep. Andy Olson of Albany — could complicate things a bit.
Here’s a modest proposal: Move either the tax-filing deadline or general elections so both fall on the same dates. Maybe then we’d vote for office holders more motivated to rationalize our federal and state income tax systems.
If everything goes as planned, in no more than seven years some 500 people working at Albany-area industries will have had specialized training on equipment bought with a grant from the Albany City Council.
Bonaventure of Albany, a big retirement complex in North Albany, will open by the end of the summer, and its manager says it’s already more than half full. That is, 51 percent or so of the 143 apartments have been reserved, executive director Michelle Hampl told me when I stopped by Wednesday.
The equipment is assembled, so this means that for thousands of North Albany commuters, a long season of construction delays and detours is about to start.
It’s going to take longer than expected to decide whether to charge the automobile driver in the cash that killed Albany bicyclist Grant Keith Garner on Feb. 17. That’s because the Linn County district attorney has been friends with the victim and his family, making it necessary to have the case reviewed by a prosecutor […]
Albany Lowe’s: Any day now
It’s been about two months since Lowe’s filed for building permits for its planned Albany home improvement and garden center at Ninth Avenue and Oak, and city officials say the company likely will be cleared to start construction any day now.
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